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How to Get Swindled j
When Buying New Housed
By DAVID C. BAREt'THEK
AP Krai Estate tdtter
Why give advice? There'i an old
laying ttiat a nun who ia imart
enough to take advice, never needs
any But ao many hcAneownen
have been swindled lately ? and
(til! are being swindled ' ? by ao
called "suede shoe salesmen'' and
"dynamite dealers" in cut-rate
home modernization tlut con
science begins to push us toward
dishing out suggestions
The only trouble ia that ever
since we got out of the Army we
have hated to be told "Dont."
So perhaps you recall we wrote
some detailed instructions on "How
to Break Your Neck at Home"
and "llow to Burn Your House
Down." because this modern "How
to" idea seems to be much more
popular than "Dont."
Now we suspect that most house
holders are ready for a little lesson
on "How to Be Swindled."
This is very easy and painless
? until you wake up. The quickest
way to accomplish it is to sign
anything that can turn out to be
a legal contract without first con
sulting a lawyer of your own choos- <
ing. Be bashful about lawyers. A
lawyer's fee is such chicken-feed .
compared with what you are sign
ing for. that you can get a much
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ligger thrill by gambling for the
ull amount of the contract and all
if its penalties.
And most of the time yon don't
?ven have to gamble. Just ignore
he very small print, believe the
roung man who say* this has (11
>een drawn up by i lawyer any
vay The man will undoubtedly
?xplaln to you that thii is "juit
i form ? something to ihow the
mks ? just needed to get the
oan, you know." So you aign.
You'll feel a little bad - but
lot much ? s when the salesman
-alls up a few days later to say
he loan was refused. So what?
fou really didn't want all that
(2.080 modernization anyway. He
lad talked yon Into H.
You - have almost forgotten the
?hoJe dream as weeks roll by,
intil you are served with a sum
mons. The "dynamiters" are suing
-on for backing out of your con
tract. This is funny. That small
print said you agreed to a 30 per
cent pentalty for dropping the con
tract. That's $600. And they want
H50 more for their lawyers' fees.
You'll fiever have to pay that?
Oh, no? The judge will be sympa
thetic, of course, and since a legal
contract is a legal contract in court,
when the judge is compelled by
Ihe law to hand down judgment
against you, -he might even make
some sympathetic remark. A New
Vork judge recently was quoted as
saying:
"The only successful defense to
i suit such as this is the defense
that the plaintiff is guilty of fraud
in obtaining the signature on the
contract. In the absence of such
proof and the presence of a signed
contract, the judge must decide
in favor of the plaintiff."
Your lawyer at this time may be
sympathetic, too. and . say some
hing about it having been too
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f Dom mooey have a way o i dipping through your tingert?
Than STOP, LOOK and LISTEN to thi? money ? taring
plan)
No and to ever be out on a financial limb aftar you have
an active saving* account with Flrft-Citiiant ? and it
doean't taka much to (tait onal lust a littla aaoh payday
? before you go (hopping. Than watch that money growl
Your aaving* account bring* you down out of that tree
and keepa you thaxe.
Start your Fint-Citixens aaving* account *oon. With rag
? ulardepositt, and interest earned, you'll have that "money
-in-the-bank" feeling before you Know itl
Wa are ready to terra you . .
Convenient jBxana/iei
In
?MOREHEAD CITY
* BEAUFORT
?NEWPORT
?HAVEIOCK *CHEMY POINT
and throughout
?ottarn North Carolina
1
tIRST-CITIZENS
BANK fr TRUST
COMPANY ,
ww MM Mill on Auto Lotas thru oik Installment Loan Department I Ask Your Dealer I
" - ? v ? *-- , &?>???* ^ v . .
Richmond it Again Sit*
Of Reb-Yank*? Shooting
Richmond, Va. (AP) ? It may
be the atomic age but tl S. Grant
m 4 Kobert E. Lee would fool right
at hose In the woetfs around here.
ConfedMMe and Union army un
iforms are being >een frequently
on former Civil War (War Between
the States down here, Suh) battle
fields as the port of muxzle-loading
rifle shooting grows. Richmond has
two South teams Which frequently
have Yankee or North teams as
their guests for old time shooting
matches In full uniform.
bad that you didn't let him read
that contract before you signed it.
But brother, you won't be lone
some if you are swindled in this
way. You will have plenty of com
pany.
"Several hundred cases have
been referred to the FBI for in
vestigation," says Norman P. Ma
son, commissioner of the FHA. (He
doesn't mean cases of homeowner
victims. He means "dynamiters ")
Since Mason took office in April,
1954, "precautionary measures"
have been taken against 983 fly
by-night home improvement deal
ers and salesmen. Another 89 such
persons have been indicted for
frauds.
Of course, if you want to spoil
this game and not get swindled,
you'll go to that old reliable con
tractor in your community, to your
own bank or other lending insti
tution, and talk to your own law
yer, too.
You'll find even more company
by doing things in the convention
al way, because a lot of people
are making gpod use of FHA home
improvement loans. In 10 months
after Mason took over, 1,355,600
such loans had been insured by
the FHA ? pretty close to the
1,559,500 listed for the correspond
ing period of the previous year.
So everybody doesn't go in lor
getting swindled.
"Lending institutions and Better
Business Bureaus have most help
ful to the FHA." Mason says, "in
our efforts to protect homeowners
against unscrupulous salesmen and
dealers who would exploit the
Title I program." (Title I is the
home improvement loan, up to
$2,500 with three years to repay
in monthly installments.)
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Economical with an expansion attic which can lie finished as
shown in this plan, or as two extra bedrooms and balh. this house
covers only 936 square feet. The Karaite adds 200 square feet. This
is plan B-2265 by Alwin t'assens Jr., architect, 145 So. Franklin Ave.,
Valley Stream, N. Y.
Advice May Help
Solve Drought
The farmer about to "beat the
drought" by installing a sprinkler
system would be wise to talk the
situation over first with his eounty
agent or other impartial adviser.
"Irrigation is no cure-all for
poor crops," warns irrigation en
gineers of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture's Soil Conservation
Service.
Installation .of numerous irriga
tion systems in the eastern states
in recent years indicates that many
fanners may be turning to water as
a kind of crop insurance against
drier-than-normal weather.
Although irrigation can bring
about spectacular increases in
yields, it will not replace other
good management practices, en
gineers point out. Irrigation will
do nothing to solve problems of
erosion ? it may actually increase
the runoff. Likewise, irrigation
alone will do nothing to improve
fertility or poor soil conditions
which limit crop production.
So don't buy that irrigation sys
tem and think that all your prob
lems are solved. "The advice of
a soils specialist can help you de-.
termine whether an irrigation sys
tem is what you need for your par
ticular farm," specialists say.
Exemptions
(Continued from Page 1, Section 2)
sons, other than you, your wife or
husband and your children, who
may be claimed as an exemption.
The list Is complete, when taken
together with the new provision
noted Just below it (the one aimed
it foster children) allowing you to
claim some persons, even if not
related to you, who live in your
home at a member of your house
Isold (paid servants are not mem
bers of a household).
, All must meet the usual de
pendency tests (not. earn over
MOO, get more than half support
from you, not file joint return,
and must be a citizen or resident
Df the United States, or a resident
of Canada, Mexico, Panama or the
Canal Zone), Mth the following
exception, which Is the final new
exemption provision. > ?"
This il for ? person who is sup
ported by more than one taxpayer,
but where no one taxpayer con
tributes more than half the sup
port.
In this cue (for instance, an
?ged mother supported by three
w four children), the new law
provides that one of the taxpayers
may claim the person supported
?s an exemption it: ,
1. The (roup contributes over
half the dependent's total support.
2. Each of the group could claim
the person aa an exemption if be
contributed over half the support.
3. The person claiming the ex
emption contributed over 10 per
cent of the dependent's support
4. Bach othor- person In tbe
group files I statement saying he
will not claim tbe exemption. For
Information sr how and whore to
file such statements, fee your
nearest internal revenue service
representative. ,
( Next: Income yon do not hare
to declare.)
Old Man Has 'Bank'
In Aurora City Park
Aurora, III. (AP) ? Park cus
todian Ray Moses now knows that
there really was $365.10 buried
under a clump of bushes in his
park.
Frank Butenoff, 70, told Moses
that he believed someone had
stolen the money he had buried
in a tin can. Moses grabbed his
shovel and asked where it was
buried.
Butenoff showed Moses who soon
uncovered the tin can containing
the exact amount Butenoff told
him he had buried.
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