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...against: shipment of potential war material to Russia; price-control and rationing; the proposed Missouri Valley Authority...
Recently the Greek government deposited in Kalavryta's bank 230 million drachmas (about $250,000). Also in the town was a heavy shipment of U.S. food parcels. The Communist guerrillas, from their spies, heard about this loot...
...down expressionlessly from their high official bench at the small woman in navy blue who spoke to the assembly. She was Berlin's Mayoress, grey-haired, matronly, bespectacled Louise Schroeder; and her hands gripped the rostrum firmly. She attacked the restrictions on transportation within Berlin and on the shipment of packages to the Western zones. Prosaic issues? Yes-but they involved orders of the Russian occupying army...
Some exporters were using duplicates of licenses issued for the shipment of small quantities of goods to export large quantities of commodities high on the restricted list. Example: license No. 758,447 had been issued by the Department of Commerce for the export of a 1942 Buick car; the copy that went through the Custom House indicated that the license had been used to ship 1,000,000 pounds of flour to Brazil. The perforated word "validated," which made the license official, was forged...
...week's end the first returns were in. In Dallas, Neiman-Marcus Co. practically sold out a $5,000 shipment in four days. In Manhattan, B. Altman & Co. sold out its Merry Mites almost as fast. Other orders were coming in so fast that the Geissmanns' goal of a $750,006 output this year (provided they can get enough material) began to seem much too small...