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Show ITALY PLACES BANON LUXURIES Importation of Articles Not of Prime Necessity Is Forbidden Forbid-den by Government. Home, via Paris, May 16, 350 a, m. The cabinet issued orders today prohibiting pro-hibiting the importation of luxuries and bulky articles which are not of prime necessity, such as pianos and furniture This stop has been taken to remedy tho difficulty in securing freightage for government supplies and such common articles of food as It is necessary to Import The government is also considering establishing maximum prices for provisions pro-visions and making a more extended use of female labor Other measures to Improve the economic and industrial indus-trial situation arising from the war are being planned The action of the Italian government govern-ment in restricting importations follows fol-lows a similar stop takon yesterday by the French government. A largo proportion of the prohibited articles are of American and English manufacture. |