Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-21 | Page 6 | Italy Buying Gains Bared

ITALY laYING BUYING T GAINS BARED WASHINGTON Dec 21 1 UP P- P Paced by y petroleum exports from the United States to ItaI Italy and ItalIan Ital Ital- i Ian n Africa increased sharply in November No No- vember despite this governments government's efforts to discourage trade with bel bel- The commerce department reported report report- ed today that to Italy alone during the month amounted to 9 compared to in November a year ago and in October this year Shipments of petroleum and petroleum petroleum pe pe- pe- pe products to Italy jumped to In the previous month they amounted to and in November 1934 1034 only An even greater gain in petroleum exports to Italian Africa was noted shipments of comparing with tho the previous month and 12 in November last year Exports of refined copper to the warring nation continued heavy at for the month a few thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand dollars less than in October but more than twice the figure for November a year ago ogo Shipments of tractors and parts to Italy and of automobiles and parts to Italian Africa both in In- In creased Observers regarded regard ed as significant that the department made public detailed figures only concerning trade with Italy and Ethiopia These were issued in connection with the customary report on total United States trade Details on shipments to individual individual ual val countries usually are given out several days later Raw cotton was the biggest single Item Hem on the list of exports to Italy tot totaling for the month but this compared with In November ember last year Iron and steel scrap shipments were compared to in the previous month and in November 1934 Aircraft engines and parts amounted to which the shippers said were made up of articles not included in the embargo against implements of war The department said exports to Ethiopia were just 1034 1 for the month At the tho time President Roosevelt banned shipment of a specific list of war and o of implements to Italy Ethiopia he warned that American citizens who had any any transactions with the belligerents would woud do so at their own risk This view has bas been reemphasized on several occasions occasions occa occa- by administration spokesmen Whether oil and other war essentials essentials essentials essen essen- should be added to the present present present pres pres- ent embargo is a subject expected to be a major concern of congress when it reconvenes next month