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NEWSPAPER ABOUT ME
HAVING A FORTUNE IN THE BANK -- MAGGIE MUSTN'T SEE THIS UNTIL I TEL HER--
Some of the weak as well as the strong points of the German economic structure are revealed in the annual report of the State-owned Reichs-Kre- dit Gesellschaft!
For the first time it is possible to appraise the eco- nomic consequences of the annexation of Aus- tria and the Sudetenland.
The annexation of the Sudetenland, in particular, has brought a remarkable increase in Ger- manys potential war resources. Among the mineral substances of special importance for military purposes which this territory can pro- vide are:
Antimony, which is required for balance of some 450,000,000 marks shrapnel bullets;
£87,500,000 at the official rate of
exchange accumulated last year. 000,000 compa Lead; iron; manganese, which is This is a liability, which is causing 000 in 1933-4 needed for the manufacture of ex-some hard thinking among the con- tra hard steels;
Copper; nickel; tungsten, which is used for "high speed" tool steels. tin and zinc. A.
102
trollers of German's trade policy.
policy” announ President of v spring, has n tension of sho
and of curren latter rose by the year under
The report throws considerable |light on Germany's grain storing policy. In spite of the record har- None of these minerals has yet vest of 1988, imports of grain”. in been produced in very large quan- the first three months of the cur-
Herr Hitler tities in the Sudeten areas. It is rent agricultural year, August to
are October, rose to 1,440,000 tons, as the opinion. stated, however, that there possibilities of extensive develop compared with 1,190,000 tons, in in credit and ituna o Hryk. 1. long as everý“ the previous year.
is backed-by-
ment.
At present there is storage space RADIUM AND LIGNITE
kut ad
for 5,600,000 tons of grain, and this Apart from these resources, Ger- is to be rapidly increased by “an- many, as a result of the incorpora- other 4,000,000 tons. = "The con- tion of the Sudetenland, now has at sumption of grain in a normal year her disposal 90 per cent of the world is estimated at about 25,000,000 | production of lignite. She has ob- tons, while last year's harvest with- tained important supplies of china out imports brought in 29,000,000. clay and graphite, and has become
the second-largest radium producer
NATIONAL FAT RESERVE
also
in the world, by acquiring the uranium pitch-blende of St. A national fat reserve is Joachimsthal which yielded 5,019 being formed. This consisted at milligrammes in 1986.
the end of July of 44,000 tons of
The other side of the picture is animal fats, and 418,000 tons of ve- provided by the additional strain|getable fat and whale oll. A similar on Germany's economic and 'finan- policy is being followed in raw cial structure Imposed by the ad- materials, but figures venturous foreign policy and ter-available. ritorial gains of 1938.
MOTHER-WHAT DO YOU
THINK? MRS. SOPHIE
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Although tax receipts in the Austria is responsible for nearly | financial year 1988-9 are expected to half of the Reich's adverse trade reach the record figure of £1,400,-
WHAT - YOU
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MISTAKEN- SHE IS THE
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WHY-YES-MRS. LA SEDOLIGH-WHY-ER
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Copr. 1938, King Features Syndicate, Inc., World rights reserved.