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...mutation of silver fox, platina fox furs come as low as $300, as high as $12,000. Since the quota on platina foxes has already been filled, due to unloading by Norwegian furriers before the war, the fur Ripley's four Norwegians brought with them is being held in a warehouse until December. To suggest the fur that wasn't there a fancy platina fox worth $11,000 was on display in the studio. On hand for the show were representatives of many a famed Manhattan store, along with bidders from stores in Philadelphia, Dallas, Cleveland, Chicago...
While the quota this year is reduced to forty it will undoubtedly run over, and aluce the course is not being given in two halves probably almost twice the number will be accommodated. A few of the successful applicants will probably be dropped because of mechanical inefficiency...
...December. While the Boston area is only allowed 150, Lt. Commander J.E. Fraher, Recruiting Officer at the Boston Navy Yard stated that he would continue to accept applications until the Navy Department told him to stop. Since the Boston district is so easy to fill it is likely his quota will be boosted...
...would drop like ripe fruit. Japanese farmers already have a strong foothold in the archipelago, and Philippine independence would mean the end of a U. S. market which has absorbed 85% of Philippine products. Recently Quezon had his Assembly pass an immigration law, aimed at Japanese infiltration, limiting the quota of every country to 500 a year. Commenting on this law, a Japanese Foreign Office spokesman said silkily: "It is our intention to make the Philippines understand our just position and take measures accordingly...
...death to Bolivia, constitutes 70% of her exports. Yet the Bolivian mines, thanks to depression and years of mining by their absentee landlord, are run down. Controlling more than half the production, Patino has also managed to restrict the rest. Not for ten years has Bolivia produced the full quota set for her by the British-controlled cartel. Last year Bolivia mined 27,000 tons of ore. To reach an estimated potential of 50,000 tons, the Bolivian mines need back maintenance, new machinery, more labor...