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Show JEWEL EXPORT ISJTOPPED Italian Government Stops Sending Precious Stones Out of Country. ROME. May 31 (By mall ) The exportation of diamonds, rubies, sapphires, sap-phires, pearls, and other precious Stones has been prohibited. The reason rea-son for this action is that the depreciated depreci-ated value of Italian money has made it possible for dealers in Switzerland p rance, or Spain to buy these stones In Italy at the market price in line and yet get a handsome bargain, real-:nOPnnnInM real-:nOPnnnInM fr 8 SPt f diamod.s worth wmiE? not more than 60'000 t0 itlv fnrre has bcPn cumulated in Italy lor many centuries past laree quantities of valuable stones, many of which since the war have been oa the market by needy owners, the fer has been expressed that Italy has bffC losing much of this form of her na-I na-I tional wealth, through exportation particularly to Switzerland I - |