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Show HIGHLIGHTS in the week's news ! PEACE SCARE: Slocks, bonds 1 and commodities broke on rumors of peace with Germany. Shares on 'the New York market fell from one to ten poinls before rallying. Low grade bonds dropped sharply. Wheat went down two cents a bushel, wool 'two to three cents, cotton $1.35 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 $1,000,000,000, 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. |