The Archive · 1938

REICHSBANK RETURN

Berlin, Feb, 2, The Reichsbank return issued today shows the gold stock unchanged at 70,800,000 but the foreign exchange holdings 400,000 less at 5,300,000, making a total decrease in the note-cover by $00,000 to 76,100,000 Reichsmarks.

The amount of credit issued as measured by bills, cheques, advances and investments inerensed by 730,- 600,000 to 5,979,500,000 Reichsmarks. The total legal tender in circulation on January 31 was 7,121,000,000 as against 6,716,000,000 zt the same date last year and 5,335,000,000 Reichsmarks on January 3l, 1933,—Trans-Ocean, Piccadilly Hotel Artists Give Show to Prisoners Maidstone gaol convicts, among them, sitting side by side, Clarence Harry and Leopold Harris, had a two-hours West-end cabaret show in the prison recently, states the "Daily Mail."

Harry, former millionaire, often in the past engaged such shows when entertaining guests at his wonder-house at Stanhope-gate Park-lane, W. Harris, wealthy assessor who turned fire-raiser, knew some of the artists personally.

They both applauded with the other 240 convicts in the hall and joined in the choruses to "Lily of Laguna," "Two Lovely Black Eyes," and other songs.

Included in the show was Giovanni, the conjurer and master (for amusement only) pickpocket. He did card tricks, extracted the prison chaplain's waistcoat without making him take off his coat, and produced all sorts of unlikely articles from the pockets of the unsuspecting.

Mrs. Alma Tremayne, who, with Mr. Maurice Winnick, the band leader, organised the she said. "The reception was terrific

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