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The Washington times., 1937-12-23
OId-Timer
Grange Head, TGbeT
so Years In Work

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. %
GN.S0.-Twenty-five years of
continuous service as an officer in
the State and National Grange
are being celebrated this year by
Louis j. Taber, master of the Ma
tional Grange.
Mr.. Taber has spent so years of
his life serving the Grange in one
way or another and was a na,
tional deputy Of the organization
33 years ago.
From his modest home in Co
Ilumbus, Mr.. Taber, assisted by his
wife who serves as his secretary
directs the policies of 100000 paid
up members of the Grange.
In his lifetime the Ohio Grange
has grown from a membership of
10000 to 100000, a fact of which
the national master is exception.
ally proud.
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
and that I'd buy him a new Ruby

and that I'd buy him a new Rub!
Goldfish the very next day.
But she'll live much longer,
1 reminded him. "if you don't lift
her out so often by the tail wher
you're showing 'em to visitors"
I didn't make her die" he as
serted stoutly. ut was those ami
eggs you gave me-
I didn't remember buying any
goldfish food.
well, anyway, those I sneaked
out of your waste-paper basket
when mummy and 1 we're waiting
in your office today" he con
ceded.
remembered the package the
police captain had thrown in the
basket.
IT knew there was something
wrong with 'em," he said, sleeplly
"cos they sank. I tried to fish
'em cut, but Ruby ate 'em from
the bottom.
"Then she died. And she sank,
too" he added, suddenly asser-
tive. "And dead goldfishes don't
ever sink. They always float to
the top"
His eyes closed. I sat there
thinking hard. Then sudden in
spiration came to me. I shook
the boy, and his eyelids opened
YEARLY.
"Where d'you put Ruby?" I
asked, eagerly.
I'm the ashcan," he said, then
turned over and went to sleep: I
shut the door quietly, then
scrambled down the stairs. I
stopped in the hall at the phone.
and called the office. The JAM
tor answered the phone.
IMPORTANT CLUE
my waste-paper basket" I
asked him. HAS it been cleared
vet? If it hasn't"
Eyes, sir" he said. 1T all went
into the incinerator an hour ago"
I groaned, said it didn't matter,
and hung up. Then I heard a
sudden metallic clang. I didn't
have to be told what that was.
I knew it well enough from the
many times it had awakened me
during the night. It was an alley
cat raiding the ashcan and push
ing the lid off with its head. An
alley cat looking for Ruby.
I raced down the hall, through
the kitchen, out into the yard.
Then I gasped with relief. The
alley cat this time had been out
of luck, for the lid had dropped
inside, and its head was well and
truly caught between the lid and
the side of the bin.
I lifted the lid out and released
the cat. It Scampered away, then
sat on the fence, splitting and
yowling in derisive annoyance, for
I had removed from between its
teeth a very tasty supper.
I took the tooth-marked body
of Ruby inside, laid it on a plate.
and performed a major post-mor-
tenn operation with a razor blade.
And what I found inside that
dead goldfish made me hustle to
the phone and call the police
captain.
1t explained, too, why the Am
sterdam diamond cutters had
never been able to trace the dis
and theft of thousands
of tiny cut stones and why the
fences in America had always such
a regular supply of small diamonds
to offer for mounting at cut
throat prices; and, too, why Pas
quale could bank $4,000 a few days
after receiving his shipment of
ant eggs from Amsterdam.
For those ant eggs were just a
flour and water dough rolled in a
small pill around a tiny diamond.
But Ruby Goldfish had been too
hungry to worry about that. She
had gobbled them as fast as they
sank.
And no wonder she lay on the
bottom. Even a dead goldfish
hasn't enough buoyancy to lift
several carats of high-grade dia-
P,YIra
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1'Zhe G0LdifSh NNrdSr MyStety'
By JAMES PEERS

Maybe Pasquae hadn't been in the habit of smoking dollar
around his pet store wouldn't have been murdered
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
COAST GUARD LIGHTS

In night rescue work, the coast
guard uses powerful acetylene
searchlights, practically wind and
water proof. which shed a diffused
light over the field of operations.
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A Miniature Bible Land That You
Can Tour in Single Day. Brother
Joseph's Reproduction At AIabama's
AenedietiHe Monastery, OF All the
In IN AmsF4can Weekly, vita aWSS.
dAy'a y s9shingtOa Herald.Fimea,
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ROBIN HOOD CRobin), st. Vincent
April IL, Capetown 2s, Lourenco Marques
May 8, and Beira IL; Pier 6, Brooklyn
(Furman St.)-Mails close 1880 p. M
Letter and prints mails for Cape Verde
Islands; parcel post.
West Indies and Latin America
DUNSTAFFNAGE CBooth-American).
Para April "A and Ceara 19; Pier 90,
Staten Island-Mails close a. m--Let t
ter and prints mails for North Brazil
and Peru UQuitos only); parcel post.
INGRID (American-Caribbean) st.
Kits April IL, Basse Terre IL. Marti-
nique 13, Barbados II, st. Vincent is.
Trinidad Is. Georgetown IS, ParamaribO
20 and Cayenne 81; Pier 2S. E r.
Catherine St)-Mails close m.
(supp. mails to : p. m.)-Letter and
prints mails for Antigua, Barbados,
Caripito, Ciudad Bolivar, Dominica,
Grenada. Guadeloupe. Guiana. Martinique.
Montserrat, Nevis, St. kits. st. Lucia,
St Vincent and Trinidad; parcel post
ORIENTE IN. Y. & Cuba MaiD, Ha-
vana April 3; Pier 13, E. r. (Wall SL)-
Mails close l p. M: sails 4 p. m.-Prints
mails for Cuba: %letter mail and parcel
post.
TACHIRA (Red d.. San Juan April 6.
La Guayra 8, Puerto Cabello 10, Curacao
IL, Aruba IL and Maracaibo 10; Pier II,
Brooklyn (Furman St)-+Mails close
1880 a. m. (supp. mails to 1890 p. m.)
sails p. m.-Letter and prints mails
for Curacao and Venezuela Except
Caripito and Ciudad Bolivar); prints
mails and %letter mail for Aruba; Sordi-
merry correspondence for Puerto Rico;
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STRIKES Hell P
MACHINE SALES

The recent wave of labor trou-
bleS, with the accompanying rise
in wage scales has increased the
incentive for purchase of capital
goods to raise the productivity of
labor and thus reduce unit labor
costs.
Concentration of such troubles
in certain centers encourages de-
Capitalization of activity, with
consequent building and equipping
of new plants, as is pointed out
by the Standard Statistics Com
pany.
When this is added to the effect
OF growing demand resulting from
rising purchasing power and of
the obSoleScene of capital equip
ment which developed during the
depression years, it is obvious that
the recovery in the capital goods
Industries to date has not gone
very far toward satisfying the po-
tential demand. Capital goods
producers are better situated than
those making consumers goods to
to pass along expense increases TO
customers.
Thus, the most promising out
look for future expansion is to be
found in the capital goods indus
tries, including building, steel,
metals, oil, chemicals, machinery,
railroad equipment and electrical
equipment.
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Loans, Investments
Rise i'm February

that reserve requirements will be
further increased on May /, there
still remains q basis for a large
expansion of loans and invest
mentS by member banks. One indi-
cation Of this is that the ratio of
total reserves of the Federal Re-
serve banks to deposits and Fed
eral Reserve note liabilities COM
bined was 80.4 at the beginning of
March as compared with the same
figure a month earlier and with
the required ratio of between 35
and 40.
Is Expansion Desirable?
The fact, however, that the
board of governors of the Federal
Reserve System has raised reserve
requirements and that the Gov
ernment is now SteriliZing newly
mined and imported gold indicates
that conditions are not considered
favorable for a much further eX-
pansion of loans and investments.
This suggests, according to the in
stitute, that if any great expansion
starts to develop, the board of
governors will decide to resort to
higher interest rates to halt the
movement despite the expressed
desire to keep interest rates low.
If such step is taken, it will mean
the beginning of the end of the
current inflationary movement
which has been the fourSdation Of
the business recovery that is now
approaching boom proportions, the
report declared.
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Bids and Proposals

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. UNITED
STATES PATENT OFFICE, Washing
ton. D. c.. March 20 1937.-Sealed Pro-
pOsals lin qusdruplicatel will be received
at this office until 10 a. m. Saturday,
April 10. 1887, and will be opened i'm:
mediately thereafter. in the presence Of
such bidders as attend. for produc1ngS
during the. fiscal year ending June 30s
1898. by planographing. or other process.
copies of drawings of the weekly issues OF
patents; and for the reproduction Of ex-
hausted copies of drawings and specitica-
tions etc. by planOgraphing. The prices
named will be considered in connection
with the ability of the bidder and his
plant to do and deliver within q specified
time. first-class work. Under the condl'
tiOns above. except that no specific num-
Der of pages can be estimated for produce
ing or reproducing by the color process OF
photo-engraving, copies of drawings OF
ditions, producing by half-tone process,
copies of drawings OF patents on plants.
Prior to the determination of an award.
such preliminary investigation as to the
qualification of bidders and efficiency OF
plant will be made as the Department
shall deem necessary. A low bid, unsup-
ported by satisfactory evidence a. to abil-
ity to perform the work in agreement
with the terms of the proposals and con-
tract to be awarded. will be rejected. All
bids accepted and contracts awarded sub
iect to an appropriation by Congress to
meet the expense. Lack Of commercial
standing on the part of the bidder. or
Inadequate facilities or plant with which
to perform the work specified will con-
stitute good and sufficient grounds for
the rejection of such a bid. BIDDERS
WHOSE WORK HAS BEEN UNSATIS-
FACTORY IN THE PAST MAY BE ELM
MATED FROM CONSIDERATION ON
THAT GROUND. Specifications with forms
of proposal will be furnished on applica-
tion to the Chief Clerk of the Patent
Office. All bidders are invited to be
present at the opening. The right to re-
ject any and all bids, in whole or in part.
is hereby reserved. All plates used in
color work or half-tone work to be the
property of the Patent Office. The num-
Der of colors used in the color work to
be in accordance with the drawings AZ
furnished. All work of current issue
(Class Az to be performed in the District
of Columbia. CONWAY P. COE, Confs
missioner.
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COTTON HOLDS
EARLY GAINS

NEW YORK, March 80 Q.NS.).
After a firm and active opening
featured by a renewal of foreign
buying on a large scale, cotton
held gains ranging to IS cents a
bale.
Fears that loan cotton releases
might be stopped at the end of the
month, and a general upswing in
consumption, stimulated covering
in May and July. Additional sup
port came as other commodities
showed strength, and Liverpool
cables running as much as 19
American points higher than due
helped the staple.
The trade fixed prices exten-
SiVely, and demand came in from
Liverpool and the continent. Wall
Street and wire houses were also
on the buying side. Quick profit
taking on the bulge was noticed,
and there was considerable hedg-
ing. The South and New Orleans
sold, a large spot house hedged in
July. and ring traders offered
contracts.
Among the possibilities for the
future of loan cotton suggested to-
day, while the trade awaited an
announcement by the Commodity
Credit Corporation, was one in
corporated in a bill to be intro
duced in Congress providing for
outright purchase by the CCC of
cotton it now holds as collateral
on loans to farmers. BY this plan
the Government would cancel the
loans and pay an additional y
cent for the cotton. Release on
the market would be extended
throughout the year, except in the
few months Immediately following
harvest.
May sold at 14.27, up II; July,
14.14, up 8; october, 1853, up 7;
December, 1888, up 4; January.
1887, up 7, and March, 1889, up 4.
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W. u. EARNINGS
RISE IN 1896

NEW YORK, March 30 Q.N.S).
Western Union Telegraph Com
pany's better earnings for 1896
were ascribed in the annual re-
, port today to a continuance OF
better business conditions and to
further development of the COM
panyS services.
Increased expenses were also in
CURED as a consequence Of better
, volume and more repairs, New"
combe Carlton, chairman, and R..
b. White, president, explained.
, Commenting on taxes, the re-
port stated that levies of all kinds
were equivalent to $3.96 share on
, the company's stock, accounting
for SO per cent of the net income
before taxes. The Federal mes
sage tax, collected from patrons,
was described as having deter
rent effect on the telegraph busi-
ness"
; AS previously reported, net
amounted to $7,199,120 or $3.50 a
share, against $5,258,O78 or $5.O3
q share the year before.
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SURVEY SHOWS
RAIL GAINS

A survey of the year-end finan-
clal reports of the Class I rail-
roads by the Brookmire Economic
Service shows that for this entire
group the earnings available for
fixed charges in 1886 exceeded
such charges by slightly more
than Is per cent.
This, while not a broad margin
OF coverage, represents a SUBJ
Stantial improvement over 1895,
when earnings available for fixed
CHI argeS only approximately
equalled those charges.
The total net railway operating
income for the Glass railroads
increased 1877 per cent in 1896
over 1885. With the exception of
the New England group of roads,
which showed a decrease of lat
per cent, every regional group
made substantial headway, the
southwestern region showing the
greatest gain with an increase of
rs per cent.
Many of the Glass railroads
are relatively unimportant. A
study of So of the principal ones
by Brookmire reveals that IA of
these roads increased the percent
age coVerage of fixed charges in
1886 over 1885. In % roads there
was a decrease.
The railway outlook for 1887 is
favorable. The aggregate car
loadingS for Class I railroads in
the first II weeks of this year
show an increase of 14.1 per cent
over the corresponding period in
1896.
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WHEAT PRICES
=. LOSE GROUND

CHICAGO, March 30 QN.S0.
Wheat was easy in today's early
dealings because Of selling on dis
appointing cables and heaviness at
Winnipeg. Bearish crop news from
the domestic wheat belt also in
fluenced pressure.
Led by new crop months, wheat
here yielded as much as NC a
bushel, July easing to $1.27A. May
dropped cent to $1.42.
Other grains here were erratic
but generally lower with wheat.
Around mid-Session wheat was
/ to 1Ac lower; corn, % to 7sc
down; oats, 1sc up to 12c down
and rye, "a to 17sc off.
Liverpool, which reopened after
the four-day holiday, rose 23s to
2B pence to new highs for the
season. The upturn, however, was
not fully in line with expectations.
Rotterdam, following an extended
holiday, closed 47s to sac higher.
Winnipeg wheat was to 13sc
off at mid-session and Buenos
Aires % to 34c up.
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WASHINGTON PRODUCE

Strawberries-No carlot arrivals; no
cars on track. Supplies light; demand
slow; market dull. Florida, 36-pint
crates holdovers fair to ordinary quail
ity and condition, $3.6OGI5O; few, best,
IS per crate.
Sweet Potatoes - No carlot arrivals;
no cars on track. Supplies light; de-
mand moderate; market about steaAy.
North Carolina, bushel baskets, Porto
Ricans, $1.25; Nancy Halls 31.1591.25;
Maryland, Ane-Arundel county, bushel
hampers Jersey type, u S. No. 1, SIPS
@1.35; bushel baskets Nancy Halls, best
mostly $1.25; poorer, &1.15.
TOmatOes-One Florida arrived; un-
broken car on track. Supplies light; de-
Florida, lug boxes, green, ripes and
turning, wrapped, 6x6 and larger. mostly
fair to ordinary quality and condition,
$1.50@2.50; few fine quality. $3@3.50.
Mixed Vegetables-No carlot arrivals; /;
8 broken cars on track.
Lima BeanS-Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate: market about steady.
Florida, bushel hampers, $4@45O:
possnsT snap lGEsTi S.an.-No earlse arrivals; no
cars on track. Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate; market about steady.
Florida, bushel hampers, green, round
type. $25O@S.2S; green fiat type, $3.50
$500.
Eggplant - Supplies light; demand
moderate; market steady. Florida, "
busheI crates, fancy. $1.75@250 choice.
$161.5O.
Peppers-Supplies moderate; demand
moderateh market about steady. Flor
ida, / -bushel crates, green, fancy. 50
a $50; poorer low as $3.50; choice, $1.75
02.5O.
Squash-supplies moderate: demand
slow; market dull. Florida, bushel ham
pers. Yellow Croknecks $2625o; poorer
lower: white, wrapped. $1.75@2.25.
CuCumbers-Supplies moderate: de-
mand fair; market steady. Florida,
bushel baskets, fancy, &4@A5O; choice,
$3.5G@4.00.
OranEes-No carlot arrivals; 1 car di-
verted; broken and 1 unbroken cars
AIS; No. 2, $2.5O@4. as to size.
Grapefruit-Two Florida arrived;
broken and unbroken cars on track.
Florida, boxes No. /, $2.25 q $50; No. 2,
$2@225, as to size.
LemOns-No carlot arrivals; no cars
on track. California, boxes, No. l, $3.50
Of; No. 2. $666.5O.
E. Pineapples-Cuba. crates. S363.25.
HOneydews-Chile. crates, jumbos,
$2.25 standards, 81.
Turnips- crates. $3.50.
MushroOms-3-pound cartons: Mary
land. 25@S5c; Pennsylvania, 65@75c.
BrOCcOli-No Carlot arrivals: l broken
car on track. California, pony crates,
32.7563.
Beets-Texas u crates. s1.35.
AvOcadOs-One California arrived: 1
unbroken car on track. California, lugs,
33@3.50.
The Washington times., 1937-03-30

Total loans and investments of
reporting member banks rose dur
ing February after receding in
January but failed to regain the
peak Of the upward movement
reached at the end of 1886, accord
ing to the Alexander Hamilton In
Stitute.
Commercial loans, loans on sc.
curitieS and investments in securi-
ties other than Government obi
cations increased during February
and more than offset a moderate
decrease in investments in Gov
ernment securities. Total loans
and investments at the beginning
of March amounted to $22,718,.
900, 900, as against $22,579, ,000, 900
at the beginning of February and
$22, 2,931 ,000,O 900 at the end of De.
cember. The rise during February
provided no particular evidence
that progress toward greater in.
flation came practically to a halt
last June, has been resumed.
Funds Are Reduced
The supply Of loanable funds
was reduced at the beginning of
March by an increase in reserve
requirements for member banks
Primarily as the result of this &C
ton, excess reserves held in the
Federal Reserve banks by the
member banks declined from
$2,150, 100000 at the beginning OF
February to $3.50, 900 900 at the
beginning of March.
Despite this fact and the fact
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
METAL AND OIL
ISSUES STEADY
ON CURB LIST
BY EDWARD KRICKER

NEW YORK, March 80 QN.SO.
Irregularity continued in curb
stocks in later morning trading,
although the list was somewhat
firmer than at the call. Mining
shares and oils we're relatively
steady. Trading was in moderate
volume.
A few soft spots were evident in
the miscellaneous shares. Pepper
ell Manufacturing sagged almost
three points and Pittsburgh Plate
Glass two points. United Shoe
Machinery and Continental Roll
& Steel were down about a point
each. An initial gain in Techni-
color on better earnings, was
erased.
Singer Manufacturing was a
feature on the upside with a gain
of five points. Reed Robber Bit,
Bridgeport Machine and National
Rubber Machinery worked higher
The utilities were mixed with
Electric Bond & Share easing
further after it's announcement
that it would appeal the court de-
cision on registration with the
SEC. At 2O7s. off "a, the issue was
at lows for the year. Electric
Power End pfd and Consolidated
Gas of Baltimore netted almost
two points each. Niagara Hudson
Power and Cities Service were frac-
tionally lower.
Fractional gains were registered
in a quiet oil division. Creole,
Pantepec and International Pc
troleum worked higher while Lion
Oil met with light profit taking
after recent sharp gains.
Mining shares turned mixed
also but were holding higher on
the whole. Sunshine Mining and
Hecla gained while Hudson Bay
eaSed.
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
STOCKS BETTER
AFTER EARLY
DECLINE

NEW YORK, March 80 QN.SO.
The stock market registered mod
est improvement today, after NOV.
ing irregularly lower earlier.
Steels, rubberS and coppers were
among leaders on the second hour
recovery, gains in a few instances
running to more than a point.
Mail orders, rails and oils moved
we'll above previous closing levels.
U. S. Steel movements were
typical of the market. After open
ing "a higher, the stock fell 7s be-
low last nights close, then rallied
to 119 for a small fractional gain.
Bethlehem climbed a point. I'M
provement APPARENTLY reflected the
latest squirt in steel operations to
a rate of 90.7 per cent of theoreti-
cal capacity.
?. In coppers, American Smelling
advanced better than 2 points.
Anaconda and Kennecott did half
as we'll, but international Nickel
ruled fractionally lower most of
the way.
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
Metal Markets

NEW YORK, March 80 UN.S).-Ex-
port copper sold in moderate volume at
price equivalent to 17.45 cents a pound
) c. j. (. European base ports, against last
Thursdays range, 17.225@17.45 cents.
Domestic copper continued unchanged at
1926 cents a pound.
Lead sales were in fair volume al
prices ranging sos @7.O5 cents a pound
New York and 6.S5 cents East St,
Louis.
price was firm at 7.85 cents a pound
New York, and 7.5O cents East st.
Louis.
Spot Straits tin eased today, follow
ing a drops in London, and sales aver
aged SIS cents a pound.
Spot antimony was unchanged at 16h
cents "a pound for American and II
cents for Chinese.
The Washington times., 1937-03-30
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, March 80 U.N.sD.-Hogs-
Receipts, 5000; market 1Oc lower Hold
overs 1000 Top, $1O35; bulk, 1925 %
10. 80: heavy S1OG1 1880; medium, $1O.1O
@1O.35: light, $9.SO@1O.35; light lights,
$9.25@10.1O; packing sows, SS99.SO;
pigs, $6@965
Cattle-Receipts 5000; market steady.
Calves, 5000; market steady. Beef
steers: Good and choice. $14@16; COM
mon and medium, $7@13; yearlings, $40
1850. Butcher cattle: Heifers, $S@12.75;
cows, $5.5O@9; bulls, S5G7.50; calves.
steers $6mS75; stocker cows and he
ifers. $45O@75O.
Sheep-Recepts. 5000: market steady.
Lambs, $12@14; common, $S@11; year
lings. s1OG11; feeders, $1od11; ewes,
S3m725
The Washington times., 1937-03-30

The following shows the names
of ships, the lines operating
them, their times of sailing from
New York, and when their regu-
lar and supplementary mails
close. The time shown is East
ern Standard Time. Dates after
names of ports indicate sched-
uled date of arrival. ~ Indicates
mails must be specifically ad-
dressed by this steamer " Indi-
Gates supplementary mails will
be accepted on pier up to 10
minutes before sailing time.
TOMORROW
Transatlantic
AQUITANIA (Cunard White star)
Cherbourg and Southampton April 6; PieI
80. N. r. (West 5Oth St)-tMails close
a. m. (supp. malls to 10 a. m.); sail!
noOn-Letter mails for Bulgaria. France
Greece, Italy, Kenya and Uganda, Malta
Siam. Spain. Switzerland, Syria, Turkey
and Yugoslavia; "letter mails for othel
European countries.
PRESIDENT HARDING 20: s. Lines)
Cobb April 7, Plymouth and Havre s
Hamburg 10 (Seapost): Pier So, N. r
(West 18th St)-tMails close a. m
(supp. mails to 10 a. M; sails noon
Letter mails for Austria, Belgian Congo
Belgium, Canary Islands, Czechoslovakia
Danzig. Denmark. Estonia, Finland
Germany. Great Britain, Hungary, Iran
Irish Free State. Latvia, Liberia, Lithu
ania, Luxemburg. Madeira, Netherlands
northern Ireland. Norway. Poland, Portu
gal. Rumania, Sierra Leone, South Africa
Swedan, U. s. s. r.: "letter mails fol
other European countries; prints mails fo1
Europe, Africa and West Asia (excep
Alden, British India, Cape Verde Islands
Ceylon Denmark. Norway. South Africs
and Sweden); parcel post for Austri'
Czechosl~ vakia. France, Germany, Grea
Britain, Hungary, Irish Free State
U. s. s. r.