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Show HIGHLIGHTS i the week's news PEACE SCARE: Stocks, bonds and commodities broke on rumors of peace with Germany. Shares on the New York market fell from one to ten points before rallying. Low grade bonds dropped sharply. Wheat went down two cents a bushel, wool two to three cents, cotton SI. 35 a bale. Two billion dollars of "paper valuation" were lost in the sharp decline. POST OFFICE: Revenues of the postal department have passed the one billion dollars a year mark for the first time in history. For the 12 months ending September 30, total income was $1,006,000,000, Postmaster Post-master General Walker reveals. Expenditures totaled $994,000,000, leaving a surplus of $12,000,000. The period is neither a regular fiscal nor a calendar year |