Word: somma
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Dates: during 1939-1939
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...officially pegged at 27?, U. S. currency. With the Japanese-backed North China currency now cheaper, money-smuggling was due for a boom. That the financial situation of Japan in China (not to mention Japanese prestige there) had suddenly taken a turn for the worse was evident when Toshigo Somma, Shanghai secretary to the Japanese Minister of Finance, suddenly departed for Tokyo for advice and counsel. And in Japan proper, the Government began a census of gold which included plates, rings, antiques, but not teeth...
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