Word: shipments
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President Coolidge, who recently authorized the sale of arms to the Mexican Government, announced last week an embargo on all shipment of arms from the U. S. to Honduras. Following a call for protection of life and property from U. S. Minister Franklin Morales, 176 officers and men from the U. S. cruiser Milwaukee were landed at Amapala and marched to the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa...
...holdings by new purchases. He prepared for Spring "maneuvers." So he bought a shipload of French munitions. He tried to buy a few warehouses full of Italian arms which were encumbering the vicinity of Peking, but negotiations fell through so he sent to Holland and bought a big shipment of arms that was stranded there in 1918 after the War. Then he hired a Mexican ship,-for Mexico wasn't signatory to the arms embargo agreement. Now he sits at Mukden waiting for his ship to come in. Meanwhile along the Pekmukden line north of Shanghaikwan, Chang rolled...
Berlin received its first shipment of "real" bananas in a year. The word "real" was inserted in the despatch to prevent confusion with the well known German song, Ach, wir haben keinen bannanen, heute. Shipments arrived from Holland and England and 60,000 cases were placed on the market at the Hamburg docks. Heretofore the anti-luxury act has forbidden bananas, oranges...
...Textile Syndicate of Moscow-has been set up to deal directly with American exporters, and obtain credit directly from New York banks. In cotton this new arrangement makes another saving possible; cotton bought abroad is to some extent heavier and more costly since it absorbs moisture in the ocean shipment. By purchasing in New York, this element of hidden expense can be eliminated. Payments for U. S. goods will be made with the chernovetz, which has replaced the rouble as Russia's basic currency...
Representatives of the Mexican rebel private faction, as a counter move, undertook the purchase of arms for the rebel forces. As a result, President Coolidge declared an embargo on arms and munitions of war for shipment to Mexico except such shipments as the U. S. Government may approve for shipment to the recognized Government of Mexico...