125. October 26, 1944. Recognition by Brazil of the Italian government and reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Italy. (Boletim Aéreo No. 322, Secção de Informações, Ministério das Relações Exteriores, Rio de Janeiro, November 3, 1944.) CHILE 6a. February 27, 1942. Resolution No. 197, Department of Mines and Petroleum, adding five pesos per ton to maximum sale prices of Diesel oil. (Diario Oficial, February 27, 1942.) 79a. May 22, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 552, declaring the use of rented quarters to be a commodity of prime necessity as contemplated by Law No. 7,747 (see Chile 76c, BULLETIN, June 1944). (Diario Oficial, August 11, 1944.) 79b. May 31, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 345, appointing a commission to study, coordinate, control, and apply, in accordance with Law No. 7,747 (see Chile 76c, BULLETIN, June 1944), such measures in regard to severance of commercial and financial relations with enemy and enemyoccupied countries as are contemplated in Resolution No. V approved by the Third Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics. (Diario Oficial, July 6, 1944.) 81. June 14, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 661, prohibiting increases in freight rates of waterborne foreign commerce except as authorized by the Ministry of Economy and Commerce. (Diario Oficial, July 6, 1944.) 82. July 1, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 856, establishing a commission for control of the conservation and distribution of imported and domestic penicillin. (Diario Oficial, July 13, 1944.) 83. July 5, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 2,621, regulating the production of alcohol for addition to benzine. (Diario Oficial, July 18, 1944.) 84. July 5, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 2,622, regulating the addition of alcohol to gasoline. (Diario Oficial, July 15, 1944.) 85. July 6, 1944. Law No. 7,777, authorizing the President to exercise for six months more the powers conferred by Law No. 7,401 of December 31, 1942 for protection of the nation (see Chile 45e, BULLETIN, May 1943). (Diario Oficial, July 7, 1944.) 86. July 6, 1944. Resolution No. 12, Petroleum Supply Committee, repealing Resolution No. 7 88. July 7, 1944. Decree No. 1,839, General Subsistence and Price Commissariat, repealing the requirement that used tires be turned in when new ones are purchased. (Diario Oficial, July 11, 1944.) 89. July 8, 1944. Decree No. 1,869, General Subsistence and Price Commissariat, calling for declaration of existing supplies of oak and certain other woods in certain provinces. (Diario Oficial, July 11, 1944.) 90. July 8, 1944. Decree No. 1,879, General Subsistence and Price Commissariat, fixing new maximum prices for national cement (see Chile 47f1, BULLETIN, November 1943). (Diario Ofcial, July 11, 1944.) 91. July 8, 1944. Resolution No. 14, Petroleum Supply Committee, fixing rules for the sale of gasoline to buses and taxis. (Diario Oficial, July 13, 1944.) 92. July 10, 1944. Resolution No. 15, Petroleum Supply Committee, announcing cuts in gasoline rations. (Diario Oficial, July 26, 1944.) 93. July 12, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 786, requiring the General Subsistence and Price Commissariat to fix retail prices with due regard for business expenses, legitimate profits, and rapidity of turnover. (Diario Oficial, July 31, 1944.) 94. July 12, 1944. Decree No. 1,885, General Subsistence and Price Commissariat, fixing new maximum wholesale and retail prices for mutton in Santiago and Valparaíso. (Diario Oficial, July 15, 1944.) 95. July 15, 1944. Resolution No. 16, Petroleum Supply Committee, prohibiting the sale of gasoline in Santiago and Valparaíso for private automobiles and certain types of buses, with certain exceptions, and making other provisions. (Diario Oficial, July 18, 1944.) 96. July 17, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 794, approving the regulation of Law No. 6,844 of March 4, 1941 in regard to rent control, as amended by Law No. 7,747 of December 23, 1943 and by Decree No. 552 of May 22, 1944 (see 1 Chile 76c, BULLETIN, June 1944 and 794 above). (Diario Oficial, August 11, 1944.) 97. July 17, 1944. Resolution No. 17, Petroleum Supply Committee, amending Resolution No. 15 of July 10, 1944 (see Chile 92 above) to make further reductions in gasoline rations. (Diario Oficial, July 19, 1944.) 98. July 18, 1944. Decree No. 1,924, General Subsistence and Price Commissariat, repealing the provisions of Decree No. 902 of May 20, 1943 (see Chile 584, BULLETIN, January 1944) which prohibited clearance of consignments of oilseeds without authorization from the General Subsistence and Price Commissariat. (Diario Oficial, July 21, 1944.) 99. July 18, 1944. Decree No. 1,933 bis, General Subsistence and Price Commissariat, prescribing measures of rent control in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 794 (see Chile 96 above), and making other provisions. (Diario Oficial, August 11, 1944.) 100. July 19, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 806, repealing Decree No. 696 (see Chile 73, BULLETIN, June 1944), which regulated the use of rubber in manufacturing; prohibiting the use of crude natural, synthetic, or reclaimed rubber without special authorization from the General Subsistence and Price Commissariat; listing priorities for rubber manufactures; and making other provisions. (Diario Oficial, August 5, 1944.) 101. July 19, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 809, approving Decree No. 1,933 bis of the General Subsistence and Price Commissariat (see Chile 99 above) on rent control. (Diario Oficial, August 11, 1944.) 102. July 20, 1944. Decree No. 1,979 General Subsistence and Price Commissariat, fixing maximum wholesale and retail prices for polished rice in the department of Santiago. (Diario Oficial, July 24, 1944.) 103. July 21, 1944. Resolution No. 19, Petroleum Supply Committee, amending Resolutions No. 15 and 17 of July 10 and 17 (see Chile 92 and 97 above) which reduced gasoline rations, to make special provision for gasoline rations for farm machinery of the Production Promotion Corporation. (Diario Oficial, July 24, 1944.) 104. July 21, 1944. Resolution No. 20, Petroleum Supply Committee, repealing Resolution No. 16 (see Chile 95 above) and permitting the sale of gasoline in Santiago and Valparaíso under the regulations prescribed by Resolution No. 12 (see Chile 86 above). (Diario Oficial, July 24, 1944.) 105. July 22, 1944. Resolution No. 8, Public Transit and Transportation Board, regulating the use of private automobiles. (Diario Oficial, July 26, 1944.) 106. July 28, 1944. Decree No. 2,111, General Subsistence and Price Commissariat, repealing certain provisions of Decree No. 916 (see Chile 21e, BULLETIN, January 1943) in regard to the use of tin cans. (Diario Oficial, July 31, 1944.) 107. July 31, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 843, declaring tallow to be an article of prime necessity. (Diario Oficial, August 12, 1944.) 108. July 31, 1944. Decree No. 2,134, General Subsistence and Price Commissariat, fixing new maximum producer and wholesale prices for alfalfa (see Chile 76b, BULLETIN, September 1944.) (Diario Oficial, August 3, 1944.) 109. August 1, 1944. Decree No. 2,148, General Subsistence and Price Commissariat, regulating the use of imported and domestic silk, rayon, cotton, and wool yarns. (Diario Oficial, August 3, 1944.) 110. August 1, 1944. Resolution No. 22, Petroleum Supply Committee, amplifying Resolution No. 14 (see Chile 91 above) and fixing hours for the sale of gasoline in Santiago. (Diario Oficial, August 7, 1944.) 111. August 3, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 2,180, fixing maximum wholesale and retail prices for polished rice in certain additional cities (see Chile 102 above). (Diario Oficial, August 7, 1944.) 112. August 8, 1944. Decree No. 2,212, General Subsistence and Price Commissariat, fixing new maximum wholesale and retail prices for yerba maté from Brazil. (Diario Oficial, August 10, 1944.) 113. August 10, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 913, declaring certain drugs to be essential to the nation and requiring declarations of stocks. (Diario Oficial, August 26, 1944.) 114. August 10, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 914, declaring wire, sugar, coal, rubber, and various other commodities to be essential to the nation and requiring declarations of stocks. (Diario Oficial, August 26, 1944.) 115. August 11, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 3,046, amending certain provisions of Decree No. 2,621 (see Chile 83 above) in regard to the addition of alcohol to gasoline. (Diario Oficial, August 24, 1944.) 116. August 11, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 3,069, extending for one year from July 20, 1944 the provisions of Decree No. 4,223 (see Chile 76b, BULLETIN, September 1944) which reduced duties on imports of asphalt and fuel oil when effected through the Department of Public Works. (Diario Oficial, August 29, 1944.) 117. August 14, 1944. Decree No. 2,292, General Subsistence and Price Commissariat, amending Decree No. 2,027 (see Chile 744, BULLETIN, May 1944) in regard to maximum meat prices in Santiago and Valparaíso. (Diario Oficial, August 17, 1944.) 118. August 14, 1944. Decree No. 5,999-d, General Subsistence and Price Commissariat, fixing maximum retail prices for alfalfa in Santiago (see Chile 108 above). (Diario Oficial, August 17, 1944.) 119. August 14, 1944. Decree No. 6,000-d, General Subsistence and Price Commissariat, fixing new retail prices in Santiago for yerba maté from Brazil. (Diario Oficial, August 17, 1944.) 120. August 21, 1944. Resolution No: 24, Petroleum Supply Committee, making regulations for the retail sale of gasoline. (Diario Oficial, August 25, 1944.) 121. August 22, 1944. Decree No. 2,340, General Subsistence and Price Commissariat, fixing maximum wholesale prices for certain brands of thread in Santiago. (Diario Oficial, August 25, 1944.) 122. August 23, 1944. Resolution No. 25, Petroleum Supply Committee, temporarily increasing to fifteen pesos per ton the five pesos added to the maximum sale price of Diesel oil by Resolution No. 197 of February 27, 1942 (see Chile 6a above), to be effective from September 1, 1944 to December 31, 1944. (Diario Oficial, August 25, 1944.) 123. August 24, 1944. Decree No. 2,345, General Subsistence and Price Commissariat, fixing new maximum wholesale prices for edible oils and making other provisions. (Diario Oficial, August 26, 1944.) COLOMBIA 724. (Diario Oficial, August 30, 1944.) (Correction) Item 934, BULLETIN, November 1944, should have been numbered 93b. 125a. June 9, 1944. Resolution No. 389, National Price Control Office, amending Resolution No. 39 of October 6, 1943 (see Colombia 90c, BULLETIN, March 1944) to provide for the importation of wheat flour. (Diario Oficial, September 7, 1944.) 1256. June 9, 1944. Resolution No. 390, National Price Control Office, amending Resolution No. 26 of January 15, 1944 (see Colombia 101, BULLETIN, June 1944) which fixed wholesale and retail beef prices for Bogotá. (Diario Oficial, September 9, 1944.) 125c. June 14, 1944. Resolution No. 639 bis, Ministry of Labor, Hygiene, and Social Welfare, regulating the distribution and use of penicillin. (Diario Oficial, July 7, 1944.) 125d. June 15, 1944. Resolution No. 392, National Price Control Office, amplifying Resolution No. 26 of January 15, 1944 (see Colombia 101, BULLETIN, June 1944) which fixed maximum wholesale and retail beef prices for Bogotá. (Diario Oficial, September 13, 1944.) 127a. July 13, 1944. Resolution No. 144, National Transportation and Rate Office, fixing sale prices for certain kinds of tires and tubes. (Diario Oficial, August 3, 1944.) 1276. July 19, 1944. Legislative Decree No. 1,693, regulating trade in platinum. (Diario Oficial, July 31, 1944.) 128a. July 29, 1944. Resolution No. 470, National Price Control Office, prohibiting the exportation of quinine and requiring declaration of stocks. (Diario Oficial, August 31, 1944.) 1286. July 31, 1944. Resolution No. 471, National Price Control Office, clarifying Resolution No. 470 (see Colombia 128a above) which prohibited the exportation of quinine. (Diario Opcial, August 31, 1944.) 128c. August 11, 1944. Resolution No. 508, National Price Control Office, fixing maximum retail prices for penicillin. (Diario Oficial, September 14, 1944.) 130. August 19, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 2,010, providing for the duty-free importation by the national government of cement needed by the departments for public works. (Diario Oficial, August 30, 1944.) 131. August 21, 1944. Resolution No. 514, National Price Control Office, fixing prices for certain domestic cements. (Diario Oficial, September 14, 1944.) 132. August 22, 1944. Resolution No. 515, National Price Control Office, amending Resolution No. 39 of October 6, 1944 (see Colombia 90c, BULLETIN, March 1944) to fix prices for flour made with imported wheat, and making other provisions. (Diario Oficial, September 14, 1944.) 133. August 23, 1944. Resolution No. 520, National Price Control Office, clarifying Resolution No. 514 (see Colombia 131 above), which fixed prices for certain domestic cements. (Diario Oficial, September 14, 1944.) 134. August 24, 1944. Resolution No. 522, National Price Control Office, fixing maximum retail prices for imported lard in Bogotá. (Diario Oficial, September 14, 1944.) 135. August 28, 1944. Resolution No. 523, National Price Control Office regulating the retail sale of sugar in Bogotá. (Diario Oficial, September 15, 1944.) 136. August 29, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 2,043, amending Decree No. 1,999 of August 18, 1944 (see Colombia 129, BULLETIN, December 1944) to permit the national government to import explosive materials through private agencies under supervision of the Ministry of War. (Diario Oficial, September 12, 1944.) 137. August 31, 1944. Executive Resolution No. 140, authorizing an importation of lard for army use under Executive Resolution No. 95 of June 1, 1944 (see Colombia 125, BULLETIN, November 1944). (Diario Oficial, September 13, 1944.) 138. September 1, 1944. Resolution No. 536, National Price Control Office, fixing new minimum prices for domestic wheat, and making other provisions. (Diario Oficial, September 20, 1944.) 139. September 1, 1944. Resolution No. 537, National Price Control Office, directing local Public Improvement Boards in Bogotá to supervise the execution of the Price Control Office's orders on lard, sugar, flour, drugs, meat, and building materials. (Diario Oficial, September 18, 1944.) 140. September 7, 1944. Resolution No. 543, National Price Control Office, fixing new maximum retail prices for certain quinine preparations. (Diario Oficial, September 20, 1944.) 141. September 12, 1944. Executive Resolution No. 150, permitting a further importation of lard under conditions specified in Executive Resolution No. 95 of June 1, 1944 (see Colombia 125, BULLETIN, November 1944). (Diario Oficial, September 18, 1944.) COSTA RICA 133a. October 20, 1943. Legislative Decree No. 21, amending Law No. 37 of July 13, 1943 (see Costa Rica 112, BULLETIN, November 1943) which created the Central Supply Board, to change the number of members of the Board from five to three. (La Gaceta, October 24, 1943.) 172. August 30, 1944. Legislative Decree No. 206, repealing Law No. 26 of August 14, 1942 (see Costa Rica 41, BULLETIN, January 1943) which created the Gasoline Rationing Board, and parts of Law No. 34 of July 8, 1943 and Law No. 72 of August 4, 1943 (see Costa Rica 111 and 116, BULLETIN, November 1943 and January 1944) which prescribed measures against speculation; and creating the Office of Economic Defense (Oficina de Defensa Económica) to carry out measures for control of the adverse effects of the war on the national economy, and to study and recommend other such measures. (La Gaceta, September 3, 1944.) 173. September 9, 1944. Legislative Order No. 10, continuing for sixty days the suspension of certain constitutional guarantees. (La Gaceta, September 12, 1944.) 587a. May 19, 1944. Resolution No. 227, Office of Price Regulation and Supply, fixing maximum prices for national and imported cement to October 30, 1944, at which time the prices established by Resolution No. 147 of October 11, 1943, as amended by Resolution No. 158 of November 29, 1943 (see Cuba 480 and 500, BULLETIN, February and April 1944) will again be in effect. (Gaceta Oficial, May 25, 1944, p. 8641.) 651a. September 12, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 3127, extending to motorized, air and maritime public carrier enterprises in Cuba the customs exemptions on new equipment and repair parts imported from the United States provided for other industries in Presidential Decree No. 833 of March 15, 1944 (see Cuba 545d, BULLETIN, July 1944), and making other provisions pertaining thereto. (Gaceta Oficial, September 29, 1944, p. 16039.) 657. September 26, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 3168, extending the increased wage benefits of Presidential Decree No. 2631 of August 19, 1944 (see Cuba 644, BULLETIN, November 1944) to clinic, hospital, and similar workers. (Gaceta Oficial, September 28, 1944, p. 16005.) 658. September 26, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 3170, extending the increased wage benefits of Presidential Decree No. 2631 (see Cuba 644, BULLETIN, November 1944) to workers in the newspaper and publishing industries. (Gaceta Oficial, September 28, 1944, p. 16007.) 659. September 26, 1944. Resolution No. 257, Office of Price Regulation and Supply, making additional provisions concerning the acquisition of tires and tubes. (Gaceta Oficial, October 3, 1944, p. 16259.) 660. September 29, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 3371, extending to port and maritime workers the increased wage benefits of Presidential Decree No. 2631 (see Cuba 644, BULLETIN, November 1944.). (Gaceta Oficial, October 5, 1944, p. 16489.) 661. September 29, 1944. General Order No. 18, Cuban Maritime Commission, providing that for the three months beginning October 1, 1944, boats of 10,000 tons or more may carry only sugar, minerals, or other products the priority of which is determined by the Commission on its own initiative or at the request of United Nations agencies; and making other provisions to regulate Cuban maritime cargoes and traffic. (Gaceta Ofi. cial, October 20, 1944, p. 17189.) 662. October 16, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 3725, placing the Import-Export Agency and the Office of Price Regulation and Supply under the Ministry of Commerce again (see Cuba 159 and 501, BULLETIN, August 1942 and April 1944). (Gaceta Oficial, October 25, 1944, p. 17455.) 663. October 16, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 3779, amending the general tax system with a view to coordinating and simplifying it, by suspending the collection of 19 specified taxes, certain ones of which were levied as war emergency taxes. (Gaceta Oficial, October 25, 1944, p. 17450.) 664. October 16, 1944. Presidential Decree No. 3790, abolishing the Alcohol Regulatory Agency created by Presidential Decree No. 902 of April 5, 1944 (see Cuba 560, BULLETIN, July 1944), and transferring its duties and functions to the Import-Export Agency under the Ministry of Com merce. (Gaceta Oficial, October 26, 1944, p17603.) 665. October 23, 1944. Resolution No. 262 Office of Price Regulation and Supply, declaring specified building materials (wood, tiles, brick, wire, building paper, nails, etc.) to be articles of prime necessity, freezing stocks, requiring declarations of stocks, and prescribing other measures to control distribution and supply. (Gaceta Oficial, October 25, 1944, p. 17444.) 666. October 23, 1944. Resolution No. 263, Office of Price Regulation and Supply, broadening the powers and authority of the chairman of the Meat Supply Regulatory Commission. (Gaceta Oficial, October 27, 1944, p. 17667.) 667. October 25, 1944. Resolution No. 264, Office of Price Regulation and Supply, fixing ordinary quotas for tires and tubes. (Gaceta Oficial, October 31, 1944, p. 17859.) 668. October 26, 1944. Resolution No. 265, Office of Price Regulation and Supply, prescribing new procedures for tire and tube rationing. (Gaceta Oficial, October 31, 1944, p. 17859.) 669. October 28, 1944. Resolution No. 266, Office of Price Regulation and Supply, prescribing measures concerning fuel rationing. Oficial, November 1, 1944, p. 17987.) (Gaceta |