VOLUME THIRTY-ONE " ~ . PAftMyiLXJt PHT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23,1940 ^ ? NUMBER FOURTEEN
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Opening Prices Average
20c. at Bor Markets
Tobacco Growers Pleas
ed Over Receipts;
Several Marts Blocked
As Sales Began
Lumberton. Aug, 20.?Prices paid
for flue-cured or cigarette-type to
bacco at the opening of the 16 mar
kets of the North Carolina and South
Carolina border belt Tuesday appear
ed much higher than last year.
Tobacco auctioned during the morn
ing was estimated unofficially to have
brought an average of around 20
cents a pound compared with 15.49
cents for the whole of last season.
Growers, who had been apprehen
sive lest the almost complete loss of
the export market and general world
conditions act as depressing price
factors, were jubilant over early re
ceipts.
On several markets during the
morning not a single tag was turned,
a gesture indicating dissatisfaction
with prices.
Merchants in the market centers
prepared for gala business days.
Some markets were decorated, the
sales were launched with ceremo
nies designed to attract crowds to
the business areas and some news
papers published special tobacco edi
tions.
Mullins, with 12 warehouses, the
largest market in the belt, had
about 1,500,000 pounds on the floors.
The average was 20.97 cents.
Sales were blocked at Lumberton,
where more than 1,000,000 pounds
were offered. The first row sold
in one warehouse averaged 19.80
cents for 53 piles of 81 pounds aver
age weight. Farmers were satisfied
with prices there.
The Imperial Tobacco Company,
large British company whose buyers
were withdrawn last year, were buy
ing leaf on the border belt markets
Tuesday.
At Dillon the first five rows sold
brought prices which averaged "well
over 20 cents." Prices ranged from
eight to 30 cents.
No tags were turned at Timmons
ville during the first hour, when
? prices brought an official average
of 19.30 cents. The range was from
eight to 29 cents and more than
1,000,000 pounds were offered.
A total of 450,000 pounds was of
fered at Darlington, where good qual
ity center leaves brought from 25 to
28 cents and low grades sold for
from eight to ten cents.
The first 5,000 pounds sold at
Tabor City brought an average price
of better than 19 cents. Quality of
offerings, which filled the warehouses
was good.
Prices average slightly better than
20 cents at Whiteville, where good
quality was selling well. Prices
ranged from four to 32 cents and all
warehouses were filled.
The Loris market, where about
500,000 pounds was on the floors,
reported an estimated average price
of 20 cents for the early sales.
Legumes Have Place
In State's Pastures
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Corn is the only crop grown more
extensively than pastures in North
Carolina. But pastures do not re
ceive near the attention of corn, cot
ton, tobacco, small grains and other
crops .
R. L. Loworn, State Collegg agro
nomist, says that "the expanded live
stock program in the South thai
everybody is talking about depends
on cheap feed, and pasture is th<
answer to that problem." With few
exceptions, no livestock industry ha*
ever permanently survived that die
not depend to a large extent on graz
ing and hay crops,,he says.
"We have more than a millioi
acres of cleared pasture land n
North Carolina," the agronomist con
tinned, "hot a great deal of it is no
worthy of the name. Successful pas
turns must include legumes in th
- sod. Experimental results bear this ou
aA pure stand of good Dallis gras
sod has yielded only 1,600 pounds o
dry herbage per acre during the las
two years in a test A similar ph
seeded ta Dallis grass plus lespedea
produced an everage yield of 2,00
pounds * forage during the sam
period. The addition of lespedesa ir
creased the poamfcgu of a carp,
grass pasture from 600. to 1#
pounds, and Bermuda grass froi
dooblod dy repor
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AIR BASES
London, Aug. 21.?British foreign
office sources today confirmed re
ports the United States has leased
the islands of Canton and Enderbury
in the - southern Pacific from Great
Britain as air bases. The lease, the
sources said, is for 50 years with pro
vision that it can be extended indefi
nitely. i.
Canton and Enderbury islands,
mere dots on the map of the Pacific,
came under the joint control of the
United States and * Great Britain
April 6, 1939, by virtue of a 50-year
agreement reached after a year's ne
gotiations as ti their ownership.
Dies Bares Nest of
Axis Spies In U. S.
San Francisco.?Congressman Mar
tin Dies said Tuesday he had evi
dence that both Germany and Italy
maintain active espionage organiza
tions in San Francisco.
"I have the names of seven known
Italian spies in San Francisco and
the names of 20 of the leaders of the
German espionage organization here,"
he said after taking testimony from
half a do^en witnesses at a secret
hearing. Names of the witnesses
were not made public.
Dies, chairman of the congress
ional committee on un-American
activities,, also said he had been told
that three maritime unions operating
on the San Francisco waterfront and
on vessels plying out of this port
were controlled by Communists,
i While the rank and file of these
unions were not Communists Dies
said, they nevertheless were run by
Communist leaders.
State Delegation '
For Conscription
Washington, Aug. 21.?The princi
ple of conscription to raise the man
power to operate the nation's de-j
fense machine received overwhelm
ing approval today from the North
Carolina members of Congress.
In response to inquiries North Car
olina members said they favored se
lective service, but still were think
ing over what form they would sup
port.
Senator Reynolds said the nation
"of necessity" must resort to the
serective service draft if voluntary
enlistments failed to provide the re
quired number of men.
He suggested that draft machinery
be set up which would go into .effect
if voluntary enlistment did not pro
duce sufficient manpower.
Other North Carolina representa
tives favoring the principle of con
scription were Folger, Durham,
Weaver, Kerr, Clark and Burgin.
Defeats Move
Make Changes
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Amendment To Defer
Actual Draf ting Is
Voted Down; Attempt
Lost on 15 to 3 Vote
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- Washington, Aug. 21.?The Hous<
i Military committee rejected today a
1 proposal to amend the Burke-Wads
. worth conscription bill to defer ac
. tual drafting of men for militarj
i service until the United States wai
] at war.
s Chairman May (D.-Ky.) said the
t committee rejected the amendment bj
- a vote of ,15 to three.
e The proposal to make a draf
t operative only after a declaration a
B war first gained widespread atten
f tion yesterday when it was pat for
t ward in the Senate by Senator Wals)
t (D.-Mass.) who said he would offe
a it formally as an amendment later.
0 In the Senate today Walsh joine
e m debate over the drift bill pendipi
i- there with the charge that airplsa
it manufaeturess were delaying accept
O ance of government contracts fo
n warplanes because they were receiv
ing 18 per cent profits on foreig
,y Supporting an amendment by Seta
* tor Lee (D.-Okla.) to "draft" wealt
le las well as manpower, Walsh asserte
* "toockin^at^ door^of the Sena!
t- In an effort to abiilw "repaid of ah
.]'? plane and ship profit limitations.
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less In Flooded I
Roanske Areas i
Coast Guard Gtews j
Lowlands Near WH-;
liamston As Crest;
Moves Seaward
Williamston, Aug. 21?The Ameri
can Bed Cross tonight reported 6,000
flood sufferers homeless in north
eastern North Carolina as the rebelli
ous Roanoke River prepared a final
fast-stand assault before emptying
its flood waters into the sea. v
A record-breaking 11-foot flood is
erpected here early tomorrow morn
ing.
Anything that happens after that
crest is reached will be anti-cli
mactic, for the river widens con
siderably below here, and Plymouth
?the only remaining river town
which has not borne the brunt of
the crest?is believed safe from the
rampaging waters.
C. Leo-Wilhelip, general field rep
resentative for ^Eastern North Caro
lina, declared, however, that the
"situation is well in hand through- (
out this section." I
A close check by his organization
showed that 1,600 families, or 6,600 j
persons, have been driven from their
homes by floods, he said.
The Red Cross report of persons
fed in flooded counties and com
munities is as follows: Bertie
County, 660; Hertford County (near
Murfreesboro), 150; Northampton
County?Rick Spuare, 375; Severn,
350; near Jackson, 300; in Jackson,
1,225; Palmyra, 156; Tillery, 200;
Bricks School, 250; and Weldon, 600.
The estimate of homeless in other
communities ? includes: Princeville,
450; Rocky Mount, 120; Roanoke
Rapids, 200, and Martin County, 375.
Coast Guard Busy.
Lieut B. H. Brallier of Norfolk,
Va., in charge of Coast Guard res
cue activities on the river,.expressed
the opinion tonight that "We've got
everybody out" of the danger areas.
"But we are going to stay here
until we are sure that everything
that can be done has been done," he
added.
No deaths have been attributed to
the flood in this section, but five per
sons were drowned earlier this week
in the upper reaches, when the Roa
noke established new flood records
in the Weldon-Roanoke Rapids area.
Most severe damage here was to
a three-mile fill on U. S. Route 17,
which was covered by water. High
way officials placed the loss at $200,
400, and said the route would be
closed for "weeks."
Damage to crops" and livestock
along the river was staggering.
Refugees were being quartered in
schools, mills, warehouses and priv
ate homes. Red Cross aad Surplus
Commodity officials sent food and
blankets into the flood area and es
tablished soup kitchens.
SCHOOL REGISTRATION
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Superintendent J. Hi Moore calls
attention of students to the follow
ing-schedule for registration 1946-41
term, on Friday, August 30:
Eighth grade?9:00 to-10:00 A. M.
f Ninth grade?10:00-to 11:00 A. M.
. Tenth grade-11^0 to 12:00 M.
Eleventh grade?12:00 to 1^00 P.
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I FOUNTAIN NEWS "
j (By MRS. M.B. YBLVEBTON)
! Mn. Eric Copeland, of Durham,
- and Mrs. Leslie Newman, of fMsa
r betbtown, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
i J. B. Eagles.
Miss Elizabeth Eagles, of Crisp,
i was-a week end guest of Miss Hazel
j- Owens.
, Miss Mary Carolyn Radick viaited
t relatives in Parmetet this waofc
f Mr. and Mrs. W. C, Redick are at
i tending the World's Fair in New
- York.
i Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Jefferson, Jr.,
r visited rsiativps in Mount Vernon
Springs daring die aaok end.
i Miss Ann Maria Jatfseaon tot
j Wednesday for Pend<^wbere Ae
>4 mary school
r/ W.:-:E. Yriverton and Mi*vUcfle
? Yelverton spent several daya reeent
n ly at Mantao and Nags Head. They
attended the Loe* -Catoajjr*
? Rev. A. Q. Courtney, End ttwn
I ALLIANCE i
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Unofficial reports from London
'esterday said the British govern
aent seeking'-a full military alliance
rith the United States to embrace
he defense of Canada and other
ixitith possessions in the American
feraisphere. v
The report did net indicate whether
Britain would except direct United
states aid hi hpr struggle with the
uds powers.
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(Washington Correspondent)
HOOVER'S PROPOSAL.
STARVATION THREATENED?
BLOCKADES BAR FOOD.
DIFFICULTlfeS AND DANGERS.
OUR BASE ATHONOLULU.
JAPAN READY TO MOVE.
ARMY BUYING SUPPLIES.
"CAMPAIGN BOOK" ISSUE.
U. S. "LISTENING POSTS^'
The State Department gives no
evidence of any intention to re
quest Great Britain to lift her "naval;
blockade in order to feed the popula
tions of Fiance, Norway, The Nether
lands, Belgium and Poland. The
question came to the front when
former ; PrAesident Herbert Hoover
issued a statement suggesting that
an effort be made to secure agree
ments with Great Britain and Ger
many to permit a relief organization
to supply food to thg people caught
in the meshes of the conflicting
blockades.
Reports as to the imminence of
actual starvation in the territories
occupied by Germany are conflict
ing. Some apparently well-founded
observations indicate that unless
Something is done, nearly 20,000,000
people will face the prospect of fa
mine. Other sources indicate that
Europe has enough food to get by
during the coming winter if the
available supply can be distributed.
This will be difficult in view of the
heavy demands made on rail and
water transportation routes by Ger
many's military campaign.
Mr. Hoover would seek important
concessions from Germany, including
pledges not to seize food in occupied
areas and to replace foodautffs al
ready appropriated. He would have
Hie Berlin Government give a safe
conduct to food ships and open up
the way for the shipment of food
supplies from Russia and the Bal
kan areas. In addition, he seeks a
pledge that the organization in con
trol of food distribution shall have aj
free hand in its work and absolute
control of its supplies.
Dispatches from Great Britain re
flect reluctance to consider any alle
viation of the rigorous blockade now
covering the occupied territories as
I well aa Germany. The British con
tend that Germany is short of essen
tial fats and that any food sent to
ocoupied'areas will be equivalent to
assisting Germany in securing the
fate that are essential to munitions
making. TL^ The British insist that
Germany, having occupied the terri
tories, ia responsible for the feeding
of the populations, which under forc
ed regulations, are compelled to work
in the production of supplies for
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We call attention to this situation
because it is easy to create sympathy
for men, women and children who
lack food. There to the possibility
that some Ill-will toward Great Brit
Ian will' result from a campaign in
this country to paas food through the
naval blockade. Americana should
remember that both nations are at
tempting to blockade the "enemy"
and that, apparently, Great Britain
and Germany alike are depending
upon the long-range effects of a
blockade to produce the decisive re
sults in the fighting. It should be
understood, also, that it v, onethlrifr
to feed starving people in a free
country, aad another to propose to
feed the population in areas occupied
by German troops and likely to be
annexed-to Germany.
At Honolulu, greatest American
naval base, our buttle fleet, consist:
lug of tail battleships, two aires*
carriers, fifteen cruisers, six destroy*
JjUited States a
mo^d tojjie Atla^
: I ,.11- a {ale. jgt|j_ npfnml'- nro
Athsns Military
LmSrChuII
Russian Experts
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Soviet Enters Picture
As Prospect of Itato
Greek Clash Draws
Nearer
Athens, Aug. 21.?The Greek gen
eral staff conferred with Russian
military experts today as Italo
Greek tension rose on reports of
Italian mobile divisions massing
along the frontier between Albania
ahd Greece.
An Italian plane was understood
to have made a forced landing at
Eleuis, 15 miles west of Athens and
site of Greece's largest munitions
plant during the night. The crew
of five was interned, bringing to 27
the number of Italian airmen in
terned in Greece in recent weeks.
Reports were circulated that the
plane carried 20 Italian staff officers
and military technicians who were
held overnight under military guard
in a hotel in' the Athens suburbs,
and were released this morning.
The German wireless, in an Ath
ens dispatch, said all leaves of the
Greek army had been suspended!
and that all officers on leave were
told to report immediately to their,
garrisons.
The Rome radio said hostilities
between Italy and Greece were "ex
pected in the near future," accord
ing to Italian political quarters, and
that Greece has become a "provok
ing agent on behglf of Britain."
> Cabinet Meets.
Italian Minister Emmanuel Grazzi
conferred with Premier George
Metaxas for an hour today and a
short time later the cabinet was
convened in special session, presum
ably in regard to the Italian envoy's
! visit. j
Officers of the Greek general staff
.consulted during the morning with
?Russian military and air attaches in
Athens, a development considered
significant in some quarters in view
of Greek-Turkish-Soviet defense poli
cies. \ ? .
There have been reports of Greek
Turkish talks since the rise of Italo-.
Greek tension as well as reports of
Turkish troops moving up to the
Thracian frontier with Greece.
Turkey, according to some re
ports, is seeking to bring Russia
into a bloc against any aggression in
the Balkaps. .
A Greek commercial mission
headed by the manager of the Bank
of Greece is scheduled to go to Ber
lin next week.
Reliable reports said that con
centrations of Italian mechanized
divisions were moving up to the
Albanian-Greek frontier, spot 1 of
possible trouble since the recent as*
sassination of the Albanian nation
alist leader Daut Hoggia.
More' Albanian troops from north
ern areas are being moved south
ward toward the border by the
Italians, it was reported.
Tension High.
Greek quarters admitted that ten
sion with Italy was at its highest
point since the torpedoing and silk
ing of the Greek minelaying
cruiser'. Heile by an unidentified
submarine in the- Aegan harbor.-of
Tines last week. Greek naval ex
perts said a fragment of one of the
submarine's torpedoes was marked
"Turin-1930," indicating that it was
Italian-made.
. A military spokesman said- that
Greek defenses on the Attknian
frontier were "adequate and ttiat
there were no indications, that- any
Greek mobilization was imminent.
However, it was learned thai-Pre
mier George Metaxas conferred
with the general staff ymtardat after
an audience with King Gew^e H*
In Rome, Viginio Gayada, writing
In the authoritative Giornak Bltalia,
accused Greece of conspiring with
;?*t*in to attack Albania and said
that "there is an a?utev open prob
lem in relations between Italy, AI
I bsnia and Greece/* Italy, he said, is
? "ready to defend Albanian national
rightB" and added that Greece's
; Giarouria province "rightly belongs
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, ship American Legiop was about 40C
, mitt* mrt of tt? owUta
and thus well out of the area whicl
| Germpny had described as highlj
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EASTWARD?
Cairo, E?yp', Aug. 21.?The Egyp
tian Chamber of Deputies, in secret
session tonight, decided to take up
arms if Egypt's territory is attack
ed; arid the British Near East Com
mander predicted that Adolf Hitler
may abandon his assault on the Brit
ish Isles and turn eastward..
General Sir Archibald Wavell, com
mander-in-chief of the British Mid
dle East armies who has just return
ed from London, said that his forces
"very soon will have plenty of work
to do."
"Hitler," he said, "will find his
way blocked (in the British Isles) as
surely as did Napoleon and he, too,
may turn east in search of easier
succesb."
The commander, who made his
statements in a radio address, went
to London to confer with the British
war council and' hinted to newspaper
men here that any day now they may
receive "an encouraging piece of
news."
The Egyptian chamber took its de
cision to defend Egypt against at
tack as Italian, forces massed near
the Libyan frontier facing Egypt and
reports were heard that the frontier
between Libya and Egypt might be
come the next big African battle
front. i
R C. T. C. to Graduate
Class of 102 Friday
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Greenville, Aug. 2J.i?Dr. Howard
J. McGinnis, registrar at East Caro
lina Teachers College, today reveal
ed, that 12 candidates have applied
for graduation in the annual Sum
mer commencement exercises to be
held Friday. This will be the larg
est number of Summer school grad
uates in the history of the ?qllege.
"Upholding Worthwhile American
^Traditions" will be toe theme of the
address to be delivered to the grad
uates by President L. R. Meadows in
Austin Auditorium Friday .morning
at 11 o'clock.
Five members of toe Summer stu
dent body, four women and one
man, will be awarded Masters' de
grees. This is an increase of three
over last Summer, when two grad
uates received M. A. degrees.
A student recital Monday night
in toe Robert H. Wright building by
Jade Humphrey, baritone soloist, and
a dinner honoring seniors Thursday
evening at 6:80 o'clock in the new
dining hall, rounds out the ^social
eve?tjj of the Summer term.
TOBACCO EDITION NEXT WEEK
Our annual Tobacco Edition will
come out next week. We are strit
ing to make it bigger and better
than ever.s ^ . .
Greenville-Mi
Road Closed As
Wash-Out Feared
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Tar Rfrer Reaches 21.9
Feet and Expected To
Crest at 22 Feet
Greenville, Aug. 2L?With the
rivfen having, reached toe . 21.9-foot
stage, water 14 or lb indies deep on
the road, and highway engineers fear
ing a washout about a hundred yards
north of ? the bridge here,, toe Green
vilfe-Bethel highway was: dosed to
traffic about U o'dodc Wednesday
morning. , ,
This was not the only, route avail
able, however, as traffic was still
open over the new bridge near Falk
land.
Water started edging up on the
xoad Tuesday morning and continued
throughout the day and Tuesday
night. Wednesday morning traffic
was, allowed at toe'driver's own risk,
i but-only a few were attempting to
cross as water came up above the
B. T, Clark, in change; of the local
weather station, said-tout the water
) stream had reached a depth of 21.9
> feet, after having risen about three
i The river is expected to cris* here
?
- 82 hours after it create at
? and it reached .its peak there about
trol duty unless some emergency ae
velcps. Although property loss has
been heavy along the rivfer, no re
ports of human life being' threatened
bare been received here and few
families- are believed to* have been
driven from thei/ homes because of
the high water. IV; . ;? s '
-Lieut Jones said that highway en
gineers feared that a washout In ;
front of Chicken and Duke's place
had resulted from the overflowing \
water and the road had been
closed to all
sary for thr waiter.to go down before
toad bed has been washed out suffi
ciently to require the road to be -
have to be^Uofb up it
tefot* traffic; can at tWrtmed over
, jjrior to Vo8in| of Jj? road
1 traffic had been the heaviest prob
Britain Uet Warning mat
The Worst Is Yet to Come
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Air Chief Says (My
Fraction Of German
Bombing Fleet Used Bo
Far; feather Halts
Mass Raids By Both
Sides; German Aerial
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London, Aug. 22.?Destruction of
an entire row of workers' homes by
a huge German aerial torpedo drop
ped on a southeast town was reported
early today after a British radio
warning that Adolf Hitler thus far
has hurled "only a small fraction"
ofs his bombing strength against the
British Isles.
The aerial torpedo presumably
the first to smash into British soil,
was said to have been dropped from
a low-swooping raider, gouging a
20-foot-deep crater and rocking the .
entire town.
Late last night rescue squads dug
in ? the wreackage for victims whose
voices could be heard beneath de
bris. An 80-year-old woman who had
just been put to bed by her son
escaped as her home was blown to
pieces around her.
In the area where the aerial tor
pedo struck, it was reported, there
was "not one brick left on top of
Another."
A short time before, another Nazi
dive-bomber had dropped two
screaming shells on the outskirts of
the same town without, damage or
casualties.
Scattered Raids. CV
Air raiders were reported over
scattered areas of southeast England
last night and early today, after 24
hours of bad weather that limited
Hitler's sky raiders to sporadic hit
and-run attacks.
The air Ministry said that the
Germans had "found mass attacks
expensive'.' and had returned to the
small force raids which they em
ployed previous to the aerial offen
sive. . ?L
A government spokesman said 10
German planes were shot down over
Britain Wednesday, but later
authoritative estimates raised the
figure Jto "18 planes.
A number of persons were said to
have been killed in the aerial tor
pedo blast
Witnesses told of seeing a Nazi
bomber swoop down from low
hanging clouds upon the town, its
engines silent.
"As it dived, I saw a huge black
bomb shaped like a torpedo leave
the plane," said one resident
"The explosion shook the entire
town and debris was hurled more
than 100 feet into the air."
The crater gouged by the so-called
torpedo was said to have been about
30 feet in diameter and nearly 20
feet deep. ." .
WHO KNOWS t
1. Where was the heaviest earth-! ?
quake ever recorded in the U. S. ?
2. How many men will be drafted
if the compulsory service bill be
comes law?
3. What is the strength of U. S.
forces at Shanghai?
4r. . How many members of the
British Commonwealth have do
minion status? ? j\4 .
5. When Did Germany invade
Belgium?
6. A 76 mm. gun fires.a projectile
of what size in inches?.
7. Who discovered the North and
Souths Poles? :
8. How many Americans were
in the armed forces of this nation
during the World War ?
9. Where is the Coast _ Guard
Academy located? , f,
10. How many needy old persons,
dependent children and needy blind
are receiving public assistance under
Social Security legislation?
(See "The Answers" on Page 4)
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When you touch the money nerve
you get down to the real person.
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