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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY DAYPARIS PARIS France March 28 It was decided today to lift the blockade of German Austria as soon as the necessary machinery has been established to prevent reexport into Germany said an official communique communiqueAVild AVild disorder and exciting buying featured the Chicago stock market yesterday when more than 70 000 shares changed hands It was by far the big ¬ gest day in the history of the Chicago market Heaviest trading was in Swift International About 40000 shares of this stock were sold at an increase of 4 per share over the opening price Anticipation of big earnings to be shown in the forthcoming annual report of the company caused the luptiirn Swift Chicago stock alsfo advanced 4 per share while Libby McNeill Libby went from 28 to 30 30NEW NEW YORK N Y March 28 New York and a big strin of the north Atlantic seaboard together with neighboring states shivered in the grip of a blinding snowstorm today The gale attained a velocity of sixty miles an hour and with the snow was responsible for partial paralysis of traffic Several transports and cruisers due to dock during the day with returning troops were delayed by hours hoursWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C March 28 An immediate call for 50000 volunteers for service in Europe has been prepared by the war department and probably will be published tomorrow As an incentive to enlistment the men will be offered early duty in France as a relief for men in the expeditionary forces who wish to return home homeBERLIN BERLIN Germany March 28 The former kaiser and his entire family are to be called upon to pay their share of the war cost in cold cash This is the sum and substance of a decision of the Prussian government according to the interpretation put upon it today
