WEST GERMANY’S TRADE
EXPORTS TO SOVIET ZONE BANNED
(Rec 7 p.m.) BONN, August 2. The West German Government today ordered aU West German exports to the Soviet zone to be stopped from midnight to-night, according to the West German news agency. The agency said the ban was ordered because the East-West trade agro - mnnf pxnires at that time* and ooviei on West Berlin export* had prevented the signing of a new tr Earlier to-day the Allied High Commissioners were understood to have discussed possible measures agamst Soviet interference in Berlins trade thousand West have been stationed along the 600-mile-long Soviet zone border with orders to stop all goods traffic to .the Compatrolling a six-mile-wide no man s est&lished by toe Bonn ment from the Baltic to the Czech mountains.
Drur-Peddler Arrested. Federal Treasury agents to-night announced toe wrest in g New York of Ipt aeed 62, alias Waxey Gordon, on narcotics charges. The agents said Wexler who was reputed to have, had a 1000 000-dol’ar bootlegging business during prohibition, was in possession nf 17loz of heroin. Three other men wen%% with Wexler.—New York, August 1
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26491, 4 August 1951, Page 7
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