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This contains a regular news round-up from the middle pages of the 8/6/38 edition. Other stories below the lead are as follows:

MEXICAN DEPUTIES APPROVE NOTE TO U. S.

MORE OIL LEAVES MEXICO

BURKE URGES ATTACK ON REICH ‘BARBARITIES’

BLUM ASSERTS SOVIET WILL GET FRENCH AID

Cuban House President Quits

PARALYSIS GRIPS BRITAIN

Canal Tolls Still Dropping

Italian Civil Employes To Wear Uniforms Oct. 28

Puerto Rico Teachers Unionize

29 Die in Portuguese Boat Crash

German Prince, Bride in Tokyo

[PeterPrinciple]

Canal Tolls Still Dropping
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-The July traffic figures for the Panama Canal, made public today by the War Department, showed a continuance of the decline which was first manifest in April. The peak for the year was in March, when 506 ocean-going vessels, paying $2,015,585.34 in tolls, passed through the canal. Since then traffic had dropped steadily until July, when 429 vessels paying tolls were cleared. These paid $1,694,205.

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Why would shipping have declined? protectionism? anticipation of war? Side note that the avg toll was about $4,000 then. Wonder what it is now.