Tokyo, Apr. 25.
A ninth issue of China "war bonds" totalling Y.50,000,000 already had been subscribed for at post offices throughout the country in advance of Y4,000,000 and this amount was expected to be still short of the de-
Italy's foreign trade balance for the first quarter of 1939 shows a decided improvement over the corresponding period of last year, figures published today show.
Imports totalled 2,400,000,000 lire as compared with 3,40000000 lire last year, while exports totalled hove as compared with The import surplus. is thus 72,150,000 lire as against 616,000,000 fare nding period of 1938.
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