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April 20, 1933

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ALL MARKETS BOOSTED; Stocks Rise 1 to 9 1/2 and Commodities Spurt as Bonds Move Lower. DOLLAR DROPS ABROAD Value Sinks to 88.54 as the Pound Climbs Highest Since 1931 and Others Rise. MONEY DEALINGS CHAOTIC Up to $4 Bid for Sterling Here -- Control Is Predicted to Check Rise of Dollar. MARKETS BOOSTED BY ACTION ON GOLD

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£ rises to highest point since Oct 31, 1931, on news of U S suspension of gold standard

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Dollar Developments

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Repercussions in N Y, Chicago, Wash, London and Paris to suspension of gold standard

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Mission Property Is Damaged.; CHINESE IN CHAOS AS FOES SWEEP ON

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES.By Hallett Abend

Chinese-Japanese relations

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BRITAIN ORDERS BAN ON CHIEF IMPORTS FROM SOVIET UNION; Embargo, Effective in a Week, Would Bar 80 Per Cent of Goods From Russia. AIM IS TO AID 2 PRISONERS The Action May Be Revoked if Russia Commutes Their Sentences to Exile. PLEA IS MADE IN MOSCOW One of Four Britons Preparing to Leave Asks Permission for Russian Wife to Accompany Him. BRITAIN PUTS BAN ON SOVIET IMPORTS

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

embargo on about 80% of Russian goods declared

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PRESIDENT TAKES ACTION; Moves to Bring Dollar Closer to the Pound and Raise Prices. CURRENCY STEP CHARTED. Farm Bill Amendment Drafted to Give Roosevelt the Broadest Powers. THOMAS TO SPONSOR IT Note Issue, Gold Devaluation or Limited Silver Authority to Be Sought.

By Special to THE NEW TOBK TIMES

Roosevelt puts country off gold standard by ordering embargo on all gold exports except those earmarked; Sec Woodin admits standard is dropped "for time being"; Sen E Thomas revises agr bill amendment to give Roosevelt power to inflate currency

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