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Show 'first TRADE WITH ! SOVIETS IS LOSER I j CONSTANTINOI'L,!-:. Feb. 5. The lint trading venture with the boU fthevikt haa resulted unprofltably, chief- I ly because of high charter cost, said officers of the Italian steamer Ancona which arrived here today from Novor- ossi k, a port vn the east cost of the Itlack sea. ! The crew added that the Ancona was ! oblmed to remain at Novoross.ok for 1 a month awaiting a cargo of hides, furs, carpets, sunflower seeds and other oth-er commodities, which were exchanged for sugar, flour, coffee and cloth, j The soviet overseas commissaries, according to the Aneona's officers, j treated traders courteously, Ufe ashore j in Novorossick, they said, apparently . was normal and no untoward incidents were witnessed. Americans In Constantinople are de-: de-: laying fitting out a vessel belonging ' to the t'niied States shipping hoard, because of heavy charter charges. |