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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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In Athens, the American Mission is reviving 12 idle Greek box-making factories to produce export boxes for 60,000 tons of currants and 10,000-15,000 tons of sultanas to Britain for Christmas, despite higher costs, to boost employment.
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Greece To Make Costlier Boxes To Create Jobs
ATHENS, (AP)—The American Mission has pushed a program to revive 12 out of 22 idle box-making industries.
Hopes are that they will be able to produce boxes in which to pack sultanas and currants for export to Great Britain in time for the Christmas season.
Greece has available for export 60,000 tons of currants and 10,000-15,000 tons of sultanas. Approximately 1,900,000 boxes are needed now and 2,900,000 for later distribution, says Philip F. Maguire of South Plainfield, N. J., director of AMAG commerce and supply division.
Importing boxes from Norway and Sweden is cheaper than importing lumber and manufacturing here, Maguire says. However, the factories will import lumber and will temporarily operate "at slight losses in order to increase Greek employment."
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factories to operate at slight losses to increase employment; production of 1,900,000 boxes now and 2,900,000 later for export.
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The American Mission is pushing a program to revive 12 out of 22 idle box-making industries in Greece to produce boxes for packing sultanas and currants for export to Great Britain in time for the Christmas season. Greece has 60,000 tons of currants and 10,000-15,000 tons of sultanas available for export. Importing boxes from Norway and Sweden is cheaper, but factories will import lumber and operate at slight losses to boost Greek employment.