STRESS IN RUSSIA
SHORTAGE OF ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS MANY SHOPS CLOSE Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, April I. The Riga correspondent of ‘The Times ’ states that owing to a scarcity of essential products, and the recent Soviet measures designed to prevent private traders from receiving flour, butter, textiles, and footwear from Soviet stocks, a great number of traders have been forced into liquidation. Official figures mention that 500 shops have been closed in Leningrad alone. One result has been to accentuate the rise in prices.-—' London Times ’ Cable
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Evening Star, Issue 20140, 3 April 1929, Page 6
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86STRESS IN RUSSIA Evening Star, Issue 20140, 3 April 1929, Page 6
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