CHANCE REFUSED
Rec. 9 a.m. BUDAPEST, Dec. 20. Many citizens received free drinks and free tram rides in Budapest when they proferred high banknotes which none would change becausi they feared that denominations over a pengo would be devalued, possibly today, says the Associated .Press correspondent. The Supreme Economic Council torbade the banks to accept money during a three-day period. This caused the public to start a run on the shops, many of which were closed in selfprotection. Foreign currency black rates, according to diplomatic circles, rose 100 per cent, in 24 hours.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 149, 21 December 1945, Page 6
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93CHANCE REFUSED Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 149, 21 December 1945, Page 6
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