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Evening star., 1939-04-23
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DON'T LIE TO ME
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'Lousc2' Bud suggested.
Yes" she snapped. That louise,
He says" - dropping her head on one
side -" "'Of course. we can't take
them back. modom; you've worn
EN-. -
h Bud jotted down her complaint;
vaguely suggested that he might bring
it to somebody's attention, and started
her off to the elevators.
But the other waiting women had
l. taken 1t all IN. Three of them sur
rounded Bud and told h,m their
troubles. with gestures. Thinking he
might get some ammunition for his
own argument with kilgore, Bud took
IL all with his usual infectious cheer.
He was trying to end the doleful
story of baby-faced blonde when he
saw her look blankly past his shoulder
Turning, he found kilgore beside him,
glmlet eyes quite green with wrath
Didn't warn you to stay out OF this
store" the runty man shouted.
The youthful blond matron stared
with wide eyes. Isn't he a - store
official or something?"
>Ha!' kilgore exploded. The blue
vein laced his forehead. up to your
favorlte game, eh, McQuarrle? He's a
trickster and fraud, madam. but I'll
put a stop to it right now Hey, boy -
. call the detective
A crowd began to gather, and Bud
felt like Public Enemy No. 2.
Then to his complete dismay he saw
a familiar hat and under It lovely
scornful face, framed in shoulder
length black curls. Bethany Day came
pushing through the double rank OF
onlookers and up to the railing.
Hat kilgorc exclaimed again.
. "Thcre's the girl you brought up here
the other day BY CAD. believe you
did take her IN And. by gad. tins is her
stuff you have, I'll wager SO that
the game 1t all adds up now Tic
turned to the pretty blond matron
Did he ask you to let hlm take
your stuff and return II -
Ne - he was about to. think,
she stammered. turning big excited
eyes on Bud. while Bethany looked
her up and down. and Bud squirmed.
''S-ss-so," said kilgore. "We've got
you dead to rights now. my laddie
buck. Are these your thlngs?" he de-
manded of Bethany. indicating the
packages on the railing.
She nodded. Yes. I'll take them,
Her voice was monotone OF con
tempt To Bud she said, 81 came
down because was afraid you might
get into trouble" She glanced at the
big-eyed blonde Il didn't think II
would be this kind of trouble. see it's
your speciality
Bethany. wait" Bud implored.
Thanks" she said over her shoul-
der. Twice is enough.
Hey" kilgore said. II want you
for witness. But Bethany pushed
away as if she hadn't heard.
We'll, we can reach her later if we
need her." Kllgore said to the young.
blond matron. "Your testimony and
mine ought to be enough to fix this
young sharper Hi. Cronin," he called.
81 want this man arrested"
So. Buds miserable eyes were glued to
Bethany's trim receding back. He saw
her stop and hesitate. at kllgore's
eorder. .D,,
Bethany" Bud called. please!
L Bring the store manager here and III
L clear up everything"
p But after momentary pause
y Bethany moved on, dark head held
down. till she disappeared.
This the fellow. eh?" A stocky man
with a square jaw indicated Bud with
a square thumb. Tell me, what's he
Evening star., 1939-04-23

*
This lady and are the Witnesses
II want to see the store manager.
said Bud
you're gong to see the judge
said the detective Come along,
buddy" He eased Bud smoothly
through the crowd. They were nearly
to the elevators when Bud decided to
try an experiment "Okay, pal," he
SAID Run me in 1t ought to be good
for ten grand. maybe twenty-tive.'
The detective looked hard at him.
False arrest, public humiliation,
injuries to reputation, extreme mental
agony" Bud reclted gllbly. He was
surprised and gratified when Cronin
pulled HIM to a stop.
Don't try to kid me" the detec-
tive growled. but his sloplng brow was
creased with sudden doubts.
You'll save the store a lot Of dough
If you take me to the manager.
Then kilgore's sharp voice called
from behind them What's the mat
ter, Cronin? Get him out of herer'
At that moment elevator doors
clattered open before them and
Bethany Day stepped out beside tall
man with thin alert face and live
gray eyes.
This is HIM" Bethany jabbed
finger at Bud with fine disregard for
grammar. To Bud she said. This is
Mr.. Waldner, the store manager
whats your game. young man?'
demanded the tall man. focusing bril-
liant gray eyes on Bud.
II can tell you very quickly. MIR.
Waldner." snapped kllgore, pushing
forward This chap masquerades as
foorwalker. department head. any
thing to win the confidence of GUS
toners who are trying to return goods
Then he induces them to let him take
the goods on pretext of fixing things
up He's a smart young slicker.
I'D rather talk this over in your
office. Mr.. Wa,dncr." Bud urged.
Right here is good enough" said
the tall man. a little grlmly.
"Okay," said Bud. Goaded by
kllgore's smile, he whipped several
old envelopes from his pocket. much
bescrlbbled
Mrs. Silas W. Locke. OF 1917
Stevens Avenue, quit Blum 4
Whtaker's three months ago because
OF a row over returning two pairs OF
ninety eight cent slacks.' Bud said.
Her account averaged forty dollars
month. You've lost hundred and
twenty dollars in trade in that time.
at least"
''Of all the gall" exclaimed kilgore.
Waldner lifted long hand for
silence. watching Bud with brilliant
eyes.
Mrs. Zachary Roodhouse." Bud
continued. "of PIP Sheridan Drive.
has DttI d Sildl kS SuStoiii>i hNAS AcA
thlrty-two years. She quit today be-
cause of that louise. as she called him.
Bud indicated the purpfe-faced
kllgorc.
''Mr. Waidner =" the runty man
screamed, but Waidner shushed him
with gesture.
HIN. Old Mrs. Roodhouse.' the
tall store manager said reflectively.
when | was an errand boy -
My record speaks for itself. MIR.
Waidner," Kilgore broke in. i've cut
down Blum & Whitaker's returned
goods losses ffty-three percent. in the
SIX months I've had charge OF this
department. :"
Waldner did not seem to hear HIM,
but turned on Bud. whats your
game, young man." he demanded.
Bud waited for absolute silence be-
hp
Evening star., 1939-09-10

His greatest military feat to date
was the "pacification" Of Syria,
Frances postwar mandate. He was
sent there in 1925 to smash the re-
bellion of DruSes. fanatical tribes
men who were in the habit Of SWoop-
ing down on caravans and other
travellers from hideouts in the Leb-
anon Mountains.
Entering the country few months
after the campaign, the writer heard
Gen. Gamelin praised as a savior
of Syria by both Christians and
MohammedanS.
Gen. Gamelin drew up maps and
orders for Joffre in the early years
Of the war. He is credited with hav-
ing. warned his superior officer, years
before hostilities began, that Bel
gium was Germanys ideal highway
into France. He won citations in ac-
ton and was chief of the reserve
armies before the war ended.
For four years before the Syrian
expedition Gen. Gamelin organized
and trained modern army for
Brazil.
IrOnSide a Huge Man.
Gen. Ironside APPARENTLY has re-
tanned one record he holds In this
war. In the last one he was the
first British officer to reach France
Then he went over as captain
to organize rail transportation
He had his first taste of fighting
In the Boer War. There is a legend
Evening star., 1939-09-10

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Sept. 9.-Master-
minding the allied armies on the
western front today are middle
class Partisan, who came out of the
last war with reputation for being
"map-crazy," and towering Scots
man, who once fought as an officer
for the former Kaiser.
Gen. Sir. Edmund (Big Bib Iron
side and Gen. Maurice Gustave
Gamelin, the British and French
supreme commanders, already have
held meetings somewhere in
France" to plan their first great
offensive against the Germans.
The dispatches say Gen. Gamelin
will get the mantle worn only by the
late Ferdinand Foch through the
last seven months of the World
War-that of generalissimo of all
armies. 1t took more than three
and one -half years for the allies to
forget national jealousies and put
one man in command.
In the last war, Gen. Gamelin
went IN as a major, 1ronSide as
captain. Though they came out as
generals, there were many generals
in 1918, and they were among the
lesser known.
Succeeded Weygand.
Gen Gamelin recently succeeded
Gen. Maxine Weygand as chief of
Frances land, sea and air forces.
He will be ST September 20.
Evening star., 1939-09-10

hogs and cotton.
Therefore, the buyer did not have
to pay the American farmer any
such prices are were being asked.
What the Kansas farmer would
like to know is, what the Secretary
of Agriculture means by talking
about prot1teering, and knocking
the first decent general price he has
had in prospect for years? ="
mo one wants profiteering. But
the farmer certainly is not profiteer-
ing when farm produce prices are
still far below the very parity that
Mr.. Wallace himself has set up as
their due.
When prices reach this parity
then is the time for Mr.. Wallace to
talk about farm profiteering-not
now"
Evening star., 1939-09-10
Summary Of the Course

TT Is EASY TO BEGIN THIS COURSE, and
once started, you will look forward eagerly
to every session. Meetings are held one
evening week for II weeks. Each meeting
consists of two sessions, dinner and class
session. You will speak at both. Throughout
the course, you are trained to develop self
confidence prepare and boil down
talk hold attention acquire poise
-. improve your gestures >. train your
voice. introduce speaker. Special eve
nings are reserved for strategy in Dealing
with People" s. remembering names and
faces building mental index for ready
use when on your feet, before an audience.
This is condensed outline. For first
hand impression, visit the opening meeting.
Evening star., 1939-09-10
Farm Prices Are Still
Too Low, landon Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOPEKA, Kans., Sept. 9.---Former
Gov. ALI M. Landon, commenting on
speech of Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace, asserted today prices of
agricultural products still are below
fair" level for the farmer despite
war increases.
The 1895 Republican presidential
nominee said:
THE Secretary of Agriculture last
night did his best to stop increases
in farm prices. He told all prospec-
tive buyers at home and abroad we
had great surpluses of wheat, corn,
Evening star., 1939-09-10
PERSONAL COACHING

The Granville Jacobs method is based personal in
structon. Mr.. Jacobs does not accept students
than he train personally. Personal training is i'm
portant to you you want to develop your speaking
ability to the hgest level of effectiveness Granville
Jacobs conducts every class session. except twoand
these two directed by specialists of national repu
tation in the field of speech
He directs your progress from the beginning to the end
of the course. You will know hirn-he will know you.
Coach Rockne developed aAmerican football players
because he knew his personally-they knew him.
They received personalized coaching. That is what
this training gives YOU
Evening star., 1939-09-10

that in hand-to-hand combat he
once squeezed a Boer to death. Big
Bill' weighs q mere 252 and Is s
feet ( inches tall.
Shortly before the World War
Gen. Ironside disguised himself as
q Boer and tricked the Germans into
making him an officer in their
African Army, which was engaged
in putting down native uprisings. If
they had known he was British he
almost certainly would have been
shot. He spoke the Boer tongue
perfectly and is reputed to know
20 other languages.
Gen. 1ronside's first big oppor-
tunity came at the end of the World
War, when he commanded allied
forces in North Russia in the 1919
war against the Bolshevists. Later
Evening star., 1939-09-10

he served in Persia. During the re-
cent Spanish war he had the i'm
portant command Of British forces
at Gibraltar.
Gen. Ironside. &c.. swapped jobs
with Viscount Gort, who is only So
and who became chief of the i'm
perial STAFF shortly before the pres
ent war began. Only few months
ago Gen. Ironside became Inspector
general of overseas forces, ranking
next under Lord Gort. Now that
war has begun the inspector-general
post becomes that of commander In
chief of field forces, and this is Gen.
Ironside's assignment.
Evening star., 1939-09-10
You CAN Profit
from this Course II You Are

OF Importance, whose reputation and pres
tige suffer because of a nervous, awkward
manner while addressing groups of people
"A PERSON with speaking experience but
who desires the increased force and ease
gained by a period of guided practice and
constructive criticism.
AN INDIVIDUAL with ideas but who has
never received recognition because of being
held in shell of timidity.
"A TEACHER whose career could be ad-
vanced by improving your ability to address
influential persons
"A SALESMAN who knows that effective
selling Is dependent on forceful confident
manner of speaking.
A PERSON who is too restless to sit still
who has burning desire to move forward
and to make this year count for something
In your life.
Evening star., 1939-09-10
Baltimore Woman Dies,
3 Hurt as Cor Hits Tree
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAVRE DE GRACE, Sept. g.
Miss Frances Kowalcyzk, %, of Bal
timore, was killed today when an
automobile in which she was riding
struck a tree and caught fire.
Three other Baltimore residents
in the car were injured and two
more were unhurt.
The dead woman was pinned In
the car by the engine, which was
driven back against the seat.
Evening star., 1939-09-10

Shoe manufacturers Of Belgium
are seeking government control Of
production.
Evening star., 1939-09-10

Abraham Lincoln's father was
variously known and called Linck-
horn, Linckern and Lincoln.
Evening star., 1939-09-10
T0P.N0Tcn EXECUTIVES,

And younger men on their ,rdv up. from
the tollotDing Washington organizations
have taken this training:
RIGGS NATIONAL BANK
NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY
AMERICAN SECURITY 6s TRUST COMPANY
PEOPLES DRUG STORES
MELvERN DAIRIES INC HECHT COMPANY
SOUTHERN DIARIES CALL CARL INC.
HECHINGER ENGINEERING CORP
CONGERS LAUNDRY c. S p TEL MEPHONE CO.
sTERRErT OPERATING SERVICE
ARMY WAR COLLEGE
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
BUREAU OF STANDARDS
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
In addition, members of the faculty of
Washington high schools dentists, physi-
clans and leading attorneys CAT the meet
ing you will be given list of graduates)
People from these concerns were asked why
they enrolled in the Jacobs course 93T
gave as their hrst reason, Personal
Coaching"
Evening star., 1939-09-10
z. J.-TVI, ,,
One Wall St., New York City
B, S.-N, s

Granville Jacobs has been training adults
in effective speaking and in dealing with
people for IA years. Many leading business
and financial institutions have engaged his
services to improve their personnel.
He has had wide experience not only as an
instructor, but also as practical business
man. Has held key positions in direct sales,
sales promotion and sales training with The
Celotex Corporation of Chicago Awarded
the L. c. Roberts Fellowship for advanced
study at Columbia University, New York,
1922-1923. Served as lecturer at Walton
School of Commerce and at Loyola Univer-
sity Chicago. Organizations which have
engaged him for addresses include such as
White Motor Truck Co., The Glen Falls In
surance Co., The Financial Advertisers As
ISOLATION of America, Safe Deposit Associa-
tion Of Washington, Real Estate Board OF
Baltimore, Sales Forum Adv. Club of N Y. C.
and Riggs National Bank.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, May l3 (P1 u. S Dept. OF
Agriculture, -Salable hoss. 100: salable
supply too small to test conditions: quota :
Bile top, 125; shippers took none: esti-
mated holdover 500. Compared week ago
Good and choice, barrows and gifts. all
representative veiehtS steady to 5 cents
lower packing soWs little changed.
Sslable cattle. 200; salable calves. none
Compared Friday laSr week-Medium-
weight and weiGhty fee steers other than
few loads specially offerings, % lower;
finrs steady 10. @5 lower. this trend also
applying to light heifer and mixed year
linss; prime l.3"5-pound steers again
topped al "A 90; next highest price 1928;
but very little above u 90 yearlings
scarce, best ll.90: mixed offerings ll.5:
heiferS 10S5: cows. .,5-4O lower; cutters
off most: bulls. 1925 lower: vealers
SOL 90 higher: light kinds up most: active
firm trade limited crop replacement cattle.
steady: fieshy light feeders up TO 1875;
most thin and meaty light cattle. S.50-9.75.
Saiable sheep. 300 Late Friday-Best
fed wooled and clipped lambs around
steady, lower grades unevenly lower with
outlet undependable; top fed wooled lambs,
steady. Compared Friday last week-Fed
1896 lower, finished offerings showing
least decline: spring lambs scarce. steady:
fat sheep weak to 25 lower; weeks top
fed wooled lambs, 1918. paid at opening
bulk lO.OO-1O.5o; best clipped lambs.
SI5 with closing top a35: bulk, 900
90 top Colorado spring lambs. II 90:
6eS range California. 1913, with fed
Saiiornis sprineers. 10.S5: small lots fat
snorn ewes, AIS; bulk 3.75-4.25.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
FOREIGN Exchange

NEW YORK MAY l3 ,P,.-Conaictin in.
currents flowed thloush foreign eXchaneS
markets today
Among spot rates sterling lost 10 of
cent and the French franc .Gol@, Of cen
in terms of the dollar The belga anc
Eullder were a shade hleher
Futures ra;cs-with the exception of TIE
pound and French franc continued /,
improve. The Swiss franc due in 30 DAYS
was aealn quoted al a small premium.
Late morning rates follow
Great Britain in dollars. others in cents
Great Britain. 6S - Gn-dav bills. go Il
Canada. Montreal in New York, % g. =
Canada. New York in Montreal. 100 -.
Belgium. Il .oGi2: Denmark. @0a Fin
land EOS: France n677s; Germany
4ol4: benevolent. 2l.3a: travel. u &c;
Grece. s57s; Hungary 1870. Italy. : 36la
Yusoslavia, 40; Netherlands SO IS
Norway. % 81; Poland 1855: Portugal
42s Rumana. - Sweden. ~ -
switzerland, :"4f: Argentina, 81 2lu
Brazil, 605n: Mexico City. % ION Japan
1872; Hong Kong. 2S.96: SHANGHAI 1915
Rates in spot cables unless otherwise
indicated. n Nominal
Evening star., 1939-05-13
S8,177,O23 Claim Granted
In Van Sweringen Co.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, May 13.-An So
17702 claim by the Terminal &
Shaker Heights Realty Co, formerly
Midamerica Corp, against the Van
SWerlngen Co. was held valid in a
memorandum opinion by Special
Master William B. Woods on file
here today.
The claim arises from five notes
given by the Van SWeringen Co. a
real estate concern in the process
of reorganization, to the Vaness Co.
for money borrowed The notes
later were purchased by Midamerica,
which counsel for the defendant
contended was organized by the late
0. P and NJ. J. Van SWeringen to
make such a purchase.
In the subsequent dissolution of
the Van Sweringens' vast holdings
control of Midamerica went eventu-
ally to Robert r. Young and Allen
P. Kirby of New York, while the
Van Swerlngen Co was put under
reorganization with control being
held Jointly by bondholders and
equity holders
Under Woods opinion the s8.O00,-
900 item is set up as general claim,
subsequent to about 100000 in
bonds. In the plan of reorganization
for the Van Sweringen firm. ap-
proved by 83 per cent of the bond
holders. the Terminal & Shaker
Heights Co. will get the equivalent
in common stock of the reorganized
firm, to be known as the Shaker
Heights Co. Woods opinion in eff
feet, thus would vest control of the
new company in the Terminal &,
Shaker Heights Co, owned by Young
and Kirby
Evening star., 1939-05-13
10 Low Yield Bonds.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, May l3-The bond
market stayed within a fractional
range either way of Fridays prices
today with trading quiet.
Only a half-dozen Treasury issues
had appeared on the tape toward
the close and most deals we're made
within l-32ds to 3-32ds Of a point up
Or down from the preceding session
In the corporate list there were
a few strong spots, notably Brook
1yn Union Gas SIS. New Orleans,
Texas & Mexico SIS and Louisville
& Nashville As, all up to points
But the general run of active
issues We're we'll mixed A shade
ahead were Detroit Edison 4i2s
Rock Island As, American & For
eign Power SIS and Southern Pacific
4l2S.
Unchanged to lower were Della
ware & Hudson refunding As
American Water Works IS. Bethle-
hem Steel 3 IS. Missouri Pacific SIS,
Nickel Plate 5i2s and Pere Mar
guette SIS.
Foreign dollar loans followed the
general market pattern. Argen-
tine As and Australia 4'2s were
ZIP fractionally while Rome 6i2s
yielded more than a point.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Washington Produce

BUTTER-s0 score. pound prints. IS:
tub 20; s-pound prints. %: 92 score,
1-pound prints, -; tub. 26; h-pound
MEATS beef. 1919; good beef
l'-ls: calves. 1913; spring lambs 1923:
veal. 1918 pork loin, 1919: smoked reg
ular ham 23-24: smoked skinned ham "a
lsree smoked skinned ham. 21; bacon.
sliced -; bacon. piece. 23: compound. 10:
pure lard, q.
LIVESTOCK -. Pigs. 1oo-I4o pounds
5.40-h.S5. light pigs, I4O-16O pounds.
bi0-h.3b; Id0-21O pounds. 6 1875 40;
2lO-2h0 pounds, 5a0-8.15; 250-30O
pounds 565-5 90. calves. good grade O.
ga down lambs, | down; spring lambs.
Prices paid shippers net fob Washing
ton. BY the United States Bureau OF Agri-
cultural Economics:
EGGS Market steady. Government
graded and dated eggs MAY 13J: Whites
united States extras, large. 2l: u s.
extraS. mediums, ~; U. s. standards. large
is; u. S. standards. mediums IS: u S
trades, IA Nearby ungraded eggs. Cur
rent receipts. whites, 1871: mixed colors
LIVE PoULTRY-Market about steady
Fowl: Colored, all sizes, II to is; mostly
roo.tSo: ~; No rs /" 70 -: Leshorns, y % l3;
Sfo'lers Ho RS and # tryeFs &! sizes to rs
crosses. broilerS and fryers all sizes =
to =; mostly -; No. "s. II to I3, Mixed
coiored fryers. IA to - Lezhorns. broilers
to - Turkeys, old toms. IS to i6; old
hens. II to ls; few higher.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Chicago Grain
sy the Associated Press.

sv the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 13.-Prospects of
warm weather over the entire wheat
belt during the week end and in
dications of very little rain during
the coming week boosted wheat
prices as much as IL cents a
bushel today.
Wheat for July delivery reached
Is cents, up IL from the previous
close, and the September contract
was up u al 747~. The current
delivery advanced to 7934, up las
from yesterdays close, after opening
fractionally down.
Wheat closed Ia to Il, higher,
May 79@s "a, July 747s, September
7474-7s; corn Is lower to ~ higher,
July 5l7s-24, September 52l2-ss :;
Oats Il off to l. up, July 33ls s-33.
September Bis: soy beans !. off
to I, up, July 951a, October 83a. :;
Rye u to 2's higher, September
5l7s; lard unchanged to ) cents up.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO May 13 P,.-Butter. 1,143.-
352: weaker Creamery. aI score. 22s4:
80: 21a4: SO. 2lA 90. centralized carlots'
Eggs. 371f5: easy: storage packed ex-
tras, IN; firsts, II; other prices un-
changed
Potatoes "a: on track. o35 total United
States Shipments 500: new stock. Southern
Triumphs weaker: California Long White
about steady; supplies moderate; demand
Louisiana Bliss Triumphs, y. 8. No; !,
washed 1872 90: mostly 1.s5: unwashed.
y; S. No /. Ia minimum. one car lsn;
washed s5-2 90: mostly around l:95
unwashed very few sales. 1.!5,s5: Gal-
fornia. 100-pound sack. Long White, 3.
: o5: old stock, supplies moderate: Idaho
Eussets demand good; steady; Northern
s.oek a,sk demand light; steady; Idsno Eassss
so: Wisconsin Round Whites. q. .. No. !.
one car large. size. 1.30.
Evening star., 1939-05-13
Clearing House Issues
Report at New York
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 13.-The week
ly statement of the New York
Clearing House showed:
Total surplus and undivided
profits unchanged at s9l8, TIT 800.
Total net demand deposits taver-
age) decreased S84 ,921 900
Time deposits taverage) decreased
Salts 900,
Clearings, week ended yesterday,
81 2,821 ,083, ,172.
Clearings. week ended May 5,
$3,710 1881
Evening star., 1939-05-13
London Trude Data

LONDON May 13 tP,. British
Board Of Trade figures for April
are as follows: Total imports, s7O,-
100000; exports of British products
f35 lao, 900; re-eXports. G4570000:
total exports. s39,7l0000; excess of
imports, 30,370000.