Report of Shipping Board Order Denied Washington, Jan, 27.
A report thit the United States Shipping Board has ordered 24,000 tons of oil, presumably Russian, from the Standard Oil Ca. of New York, to be delivered at ports in the Near East, has led the Govern" ment to deny. it.
By denying the report the Government has tacitly approved trade relations between the company and the Soviet.
Tt is officially stated that the Government is in no way involved the transaction, as the ordering of oil is a matter of routine which, is curried out by the Shipping Board and, in making contracts, the Source of the oil is not specified,—Reuter.
Sir. H. Deterding's Visit to few York New York, Jan, 1, Financial circles have been great
henri Deterding, the head of the interested to learn, "that Sir Royal Dutch-Shell interests, is. coming to New York this week.
His visit is taken to indicate that pourparlers will shortly be opened between the Royal Dutch and the Standard Oil Ca, of New York to settle the vexed question of Russian oil purchases.—Reuter.
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