London, Mar. 9.
Quietly steady conditions prevailed in the London silver market today, with quotations being fixed atti— going to waste because of the deplorable state of storage facilities. The percentage of rotting food supplies is said to be as high in Moscow as in Leningrad Meat scarcity is especially acute in Moscow and has necessitated government intervention. "Izvestia" ascribes the meat shortage, in the main, to the deplorably bad management of the state-operated cattle farms, the production of which is declining in Spite of increasing government subsidies.—Trans-Ocean.
Mar. 8 Mar. 9
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