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; TIME COPY
By RAYMUND DANIEL
* Don’t Forget Funds.
i Causes for Fires.
; 4s Elijah of Old.
1 Funnies for Songs.
J Sign Posts Asked.
I When Hymns Go Away.
J Place in the Sun.
; Paul Revere Ride Tame.
j Spirit of Comradship.
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DON’T FORGET FUND
While we count our own suc
cess, let us join with those who
are giving their part to the
Memorial Home Fund.
CAUSES FOR FIRES
'The story of the fires in Sum
merville and the remainder of
the county is the story of short
age of labor, materials and man
power and neglect,” says Miss
Beulah Shropshire, well-known
and capable insurance agent of
Summerville. “Companies are
urging inspections and where
permitted, corrections are neg
lected, then there is the short
age of labor and all the confu
sion of the present day. Com
panies can’t prevent fires. They
can inspect property, which they
do, and pay losses (which they
do) and strive to keep dowm fires.
Fire departments are joining in
to protect against carelessness
and poor housekeeping and dirty
rubbish that causes fire. Clean
up and keep cleaned up are good
mottos. Replacement of damaged
flues and wiring are particular
ly needed. Be vigilant.”
AS ELIJAH OF OLD
Lyerlians may not be aware
of the fact that they have a
clergyman with the
of Elijah, according to the state
ments of his friends. (Let it al
ways be known that anything
said by Time Copy is in the spirit
of reverential fun.) The traits
of Elijah are held by Rev. S. E.
Adams, pastor of the First Meth
odist Church. Recently a friend
had an engagement to such pas
torial visits with Brother Adams.
There were no calls for the
“Heavens opened” and there
have been few calm days since
then. Most pleasing is the gra
cious charm of Mr. Adams and
his ability to preach the old
fashioned gospel. His charges are
delighted with his return by the
conference.
FUNNIES FOR SONGS
There is quite a versatile lit
tle 6-year-old lassies in our nei
ghborhood who sings from the
■funnies.” She will turn to the
Katzenjamer Twins and sing the
“Old Rugged Cross.” She always
turns to the same funny. She
also requires a Bible when she
repeats the Lord’s Prayer and
the 23rd Psalm. She never holds
the funny or the Bible upside
down and uses the same Bible
pages. She cannot read past
“rat, cat, dog, pig, etc.”
SIGN POSTS ASKED
The Seventh District plays a
unique part in an epitah in a
Gilmer County graveyard. The
inscription is on the tombstone
of a Mr. Hyde, who is the grand
father of Pearl E. Hyde, of Dal
ton. The words rest as follow:
as though by an old Irishman:
Remember friends as you
pass by;
As you are now, so once
was I.
Ast am now, so you must
Prepare for death and fol
low me.
An old Irishman used the in
scription and amended the lines
to read as follows:
Wherever you are, 1 wish
you well,
If up in Heaven or down
in hell—
But to follow you. Fit not
consent.
Unless I know which way
you went.
And all other Irishmen do sol
emnly concur in the revised in
scription.
PLACE IN THE SUN
Summerville is fast getting its
place in the sun. Here comes the
news that out of 13,000 students
at Washington University of
St. Louis, Robert E. Davison, Box
193, Lyerly, Ga., is a junior in
the school of dentistry. The en
rollment is the highest in the
history of the institution and is
an increase of 69 over last year.
Sixty-five students are veterans.
There is reason for additional
pride.
WHEN HYMNS GO AWAY
A Sunday School officer
vouches for the story that there
was a most appalling mix-up
(we say it reverently) in a Ma
con Sunday School song service.
Two departments were singing,
but in different parts of the
building. It was a warm sum
mer Sunday and doors and win
dows were open. The smaller de-
PAUL REVERE RIDE TAME
Hitching “old Dobbin’ to the
shay” was nothing compared to
BiutunmnUr Nms
VOL. 62 NO. 10
Vets' Memorial Home
Site Agreed Upon
At a joint meeting of Ameri-A
can Legion Post 129, members!
and the Mason McCauley Post;
6688, VFW members, a location'
for the Chattooga Memorial 1
Home was selected. After voting I
on four locations offered by gen- !
erous local citizens, the location ’
receiving the most votes of the
members present, was the site
offered by Archie Housch west of
Pennville on the Trion-Pennville
Highway. This is an ideal loca
tion, with city water, lights and
all the modern conveniences.
The members of both organiza
tions wish to thank Mr. Housch
for his generosity in offering
this location.
The Memorial Fund is slowly
but steadily climbing the long
ladder to the top, where the $30,-
000 total stands. Right now it is
at the half-way mark.
Additional contributions this
past week, which were turned in
through the Summerville Fund
Committee, was a contribution
from the Summerville Cotton
Mill employees and the Sum
merville Manufacturing Com
pany totaling over SI,OOO, Mrs.
Martha Alexander, $25; L. W.
Mitchell, $10; Mrs. Adeline W.
Taylor, $10; Mrs. J. S. Cleghorn.
$10; E. L. Pless, $10: Eddie Bry
ant, 10.
This will make a grand total
of around $15,000 contributed to-,
ward the building fund. Remem
ber, the campaign is still fn
progress.
If you have not contributed
and you wish to contribute and
no one has called on you, drop a
letter with your contribution in
it to E. C. Pesterfield or Rufus
Pruitt, Summerville. The mem
bers of the organization call
ing on Summerville citizens will
be out again this week and also
they are expecting reports from
the Berryton Cotton Mill and
the Montgomery Knitting Mill.
Remember the cause. Mem
bers of the Mason 1 McCauley
Post 6688, were urged to make
their personal contributions if
they had not already done so.
This last $15,000 is going to be a
hard pull and eve T yone’s help is
needed. Contribute to this wor
thy cause. Remember those who
have made the supreme sacri
fice and as we sit in our nice
easy chairs at home, those boys
are sleeping in a bit of land that
is American because there are
so many of them there, and that
in order for us to be here they
did what they thought best and
made the supreme sacrifice.
If we could only in some way
know the good that building a
Memorial Home, to those loved
ones who were separated so long,
would mean to them, we would
not hesitate in making our con
tribution as large as possible in
order that those veterans who
have returned might build this
home as a memorial. Give. Your
help is needed. Join the Memo
rial Home Drive.
MERCHANT WOULD
BE RENUMERATED
Following passage of the sales
tax bill by the Georgia House
of Representatives last week, by
a vote of 112 to 71, the finance
committee of the state senate
this week held a public hearing
on the legislation.
The additional revenues are
needed by the state to finance
the raise in teacher pay and oth
er expanded services. Many oth
er forms of taxation were con
sidered.
One phrase of the House bill
attracting particular attention
on part of the mercantile pro
fession is the allowance to the
merchant of 1 per cent of the
funds collected through the
sales tax levy, to cover cost of
collection, remittance, etc.
the preparations of the wedding
day and attending automobile
ride of Bridegroom Anderson
Smith of Lyerly and Summer
ville. Mr. Smith lives in Lyerly
and works in Summerville. He
was scheduled to be married Val
entine Day’s evening. He could
not leave his place of business
until his employer returned from
Florida. He was late. The friend
who was to carry him from Sum
merville also was late. Another
friend was pressed into service.
Motor patrol was dodged, a fire
blocked the highway. Anderson
had to turn back. He found he
had forgotten the flowers and
went back to get them. When he
reached home and his friend
took over the wheel it (the
wheel) was dripping wet. BUT,
it was worth it all, says his
friends, for the beautiful and
charming Miss Willie May Jones
of Lyerly was waiting to be his
bride.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1947
Andrew J. Gayler
Dies at Lyerly Home
Andrew J. Gayler, 75, died at
his home in Lyerly, Friday,
March 7, at 2:30 a. m. Mr. Gay
ler was well known in northwest
Georgia, had resided in Lyerly
for the past 60 years and worked
lor the Central of Georgia Rail
road as a section foreman for
35 years. He was an active mem
ber of the Lyerly Baptist Church
and the Masonic Order. Surviv
ing are his wife, Mrs. Minnie
Mae (Smith) Gayler; three
daughters, Miss Lucille Gayler
and Mrs. J. D. Ralls, Lyerly; Mrs.
Frank Oliver, LaFayette; three
nephews, two grandsons and two
granddaughters. Funeral was
conducted from Lyerly Baptist
Church Saturday, 2:30 p. m., by
Revs. Charles Rush and S. E.
Adams. Interment in Lyerly
Cemetery. Hill-Weems Funeral
Home, Summerville, in charge.
Georgia Returns
To Southern Fold
In Rates Battle
Georgia is now back with the
other southern states in the gen
eral South-wide fight for an ad
justment of railroad freight
rates, Gov. Herman Talmadge
having had Georgia’s name re
inserted in the suit brought by
the Southern Governors’ Con
ference.
Talmadge had directed J. Van
Norman, attorney of Louisville,
Ky., to represent the state of
Georgia in arguments before the
UnUited States Supreme Court.
Former Gov. Ellis Arnall with
drew this state from the South
ern Governors’ Conference suit,
which seeks to esualize freight
charges for the South and Far
West with those of the eastern
states on manufactured prod
ucts, to initiate a suit for Geor
gia alone.
Now. however, Georgia is
again co-operating with the
South-wude effort to secure eco
nomic justice in the matter of
transportation charges and to
brea down existing inequalities.
News.ol the
Today the Summerville Troop
No. 1 joins in spirit the thou
sands who celebrate the found
ing of Girl Scouting 35 years
ago. We honor Juliette Low, who
brought girl scouting to America
in 1912. We pay tribute to Mrs.
Hugh Given, who, in 1943, estab
lished girl scouting in our own
city, and to the Summerville
Manufacturing Co., who sponsor
our troop. We celebrate 35 years
of Girl Scouting in the nation,
and four years of Girl Scouting
in Summerville.
We will review the events that
led to the founding of the Girl
Scouts.
Lord Baden-Powell then Gen.
Baden-Powell founded the Boy
Scout movement in England in
1907. At the first Boy Scout ral
ly. which was held at. the Crys
tal Palace in 1909, appeared
some girls who called themselves
Scouts, were eager to take part
in the great adventure. The
iounder realized that the girls
must have an organization of
their own, and formed the Girl
Guide Association in that same
year. Scouting for girls traveled
to other lands before it reached
the United States. Australia.
Finland and South Africa start
ed the work and then it spread
to Denmark, Poland and Canada.
In some countries the girls are
called Girl Guides, in others.
Girl Scouts, but they all belong
to the same movement.
Mrs. Juliette Low. the founder
of Girl Scouting in the United
States, lived in England part of
her life and became interested
in guiding through Lord Baden-
Powell, who was a friend of hers.
Mrs. Low started her first com
pany of Guides in Scotland.
When she returned to her home
in Savannah, Ga., in 1912, she
was determined to have her own
country share in this movement,
and began her worthy gather
ing a group of eight girls.
Mrs. Low was vitally interested
in the international work of Girl
Scouting and one of her wishes
was to have a world conference
held in the United States. Her
wish came true. In May, 1926,
Governorship
Case Nsw In
Justices’ Hands
Does the legislature have the
right or not have the right—
that is the question.
Meaning the right to elect a
governor.
Around this single point re
volves the case now before the
seven justices of the State Su
preme Court.
The decision to be handed
down will determine who is the
legal governor of Georgia.
The lawyers for Gov. Herman
Talmadge on the one side and
those for Lt.-Gov. M. E. Thomp
son on the other, spent most of
Thursday of last week present
ing their briefs to the high tri
bunal, which sat in the court
room on the third floor of the
capitol building in Atlanta. But
to call the arguments “briefs”
might be misleading—Chief Jus
tice Jenkins said they compete
quite successfully in length with
“Gone With the Wind.”
An' intensely interested audi
ence crowded into the courtroom
and filled up the doors—-so or
derly an audience that its be
havior drew the commendation
of the court.
Thompson’s counsel contended
that the supreme court consti
tuted an umpire or arbiter over
the acts of the general assem
bly, even when they had to do
with matters political.
Talmadge’s legal representa
tives held that the state consti
tution confronted by the pres
ent assembly, and that “the ju
diciary is commanded to stay
within its boundaries just as the
general assembly and the gover
nor are.” ,
The court has the benefit of
the detailed, almost exhaustive
analyses of the case and issue as
e< ntained in the lengthy rulings
of Superior Court Judges Hen
drix and Almand. whose deci
sions were among those appealed
to the supreme court.
The decision of the latter, ex
pected soon, will comprise one
of the most historical events in
Georgia politics, and also one of
the most far-reaching as to re
sults.
Hogs excell all other farm an
imals in the efficiency with
which they convert feed into
meat, according to reports from
livestock specialists of the statt
extension service.
Girl Scouts
she welcomed delegates from 26
different countries at Camp
Edith Macy, our national train
ing school for Girl Scout lead
ers at Pleasantville, N. Y. At
the opening of the conference.
Camp Edith Macy was dedicated
by lighting a world campfire, on
which each delegate laid a fagot,
telling what her country had
contributed to the welfare of the
w'orld. Dean Sarah Louis Arnold,
who was then president of the
Girl Scout organization in the
United States, expressed the
purpose of the conference and
of all Girl Scouting when she
said, as the fire was lighted,
“We have come together tonight
in this “Great Hall” that we
may. by the very pureness of our
purpose and the strength of our
striving, enable each one of us
to go out not only with greater
courage and hope and faith, and
perhaps with more light on our
path, but also with the full con
fidence that in the end the mes
sage shall go on and on, and all
life be purer and stronger be
cause of the fagots that tonight
we cast into oui - fire.”
Today, there are more than
51,000 Girl Scout troops in this
country. In 35 years. Girl Scouts
have added to the list of “things
to do in Girl Scouting.” But
Juliette Low's first idea of giv
ing girls the fun and training
of outdoor living is still a major
part of all Girl Scouting.
Girl Scouting in Summerville
does not end with this expres
sion, of pride in our past and
gratitude to our national and lo
cal founders. It continues with
a promise to the future, made by
Summerville girls uniting with
millions of others in a friendship
that is one of the greatest con
tributions toward world peace. It
continues to grow with every
need of our community and our
world, and with each renewal of
our promise:
On my honor, I will try,
To do my duty to God and my
country,
To help other people at all times.
To obey the Girl Scout laws.
Infantile Fund
Nets $2,995.00
In Campaign
In the Infantile Paralysis
Drive just closed, $2,995.29 was
collected. The money collected in
this drive is used for infantile
paralysis victims and anyone
needing help can do so by call
ing on Mr. W. C. Sturdivant, lo
cal chairman.
Half of this money remains in
the county and the remaining
half is sent to national head
quarters.
Mr, Sturdivant wishes to thank
all the workers and to all who
contributed in this drive.
Red Cross Meeting
Monday, 3 O’Clock
There will be a meeting Mon
day, 3 o’clock, to perfect plans
for the Red Cross drive, which
begins Tuesday morning.
Everyone that can please be
present and help in this worthy
cause.
W. B. CHIDSEY OF ROME DIES
Funeral services for W. B.
Chidsey, of Rome, who died last
Wednesday, were held Thursday
at Jennings Chapel. Rev. E. D.
Rudisill, pastor of First Meth
odist Church, officiated. He is
survived by his wi'e the former
Miss Annie Dowdell, and one son.
Rev. J. Walker Chidsey. of Blue
Ridge; a brother. James B. Chid
sey, of Rome; a sister, Mrs.
Charles Lumpkin, of Columbus,
and two grandchildren, Nancy
Ann and Jack Chidsey, of Blue
Ridge.
Mr. Chidsey had many friends
in Chattooga County w r ho regret
to hear of his death.
ARMY ENLISTS COMBAT
WOUNDED VETERANS
S/Sgt. Millard Q. Davis, sub
station commander of the Rome
Army Recruiting Station, an
nounced today that the army
will enlist partially disabled com
bat-wounded veterans in the
grade held at discharge, if they
enlist prior to March 31, 1947.
Men who have been combat
wounded may be enlisted'if they
pass medical requirements, oth
er than their specific combat dis
ability, and possess one of the
military occupational specialties
which are open. There are open
ings in more than 100 of the
MOS’s.
S/Sgt. Davis further stated
that this fine opportunity is
available not because high-rank
ing army officials feel sorry for
disabled veterans, but because
an intensive study had been
made and it was definitely
proved that - the special talents
of these men could be utilized
in the army. Men w’ho are ac
cepted under the provisions of
War Department Circular No. 6,
which makes provision for such
enlistments, must relinquish
their pension claims for the pe
riod of enlistment, but are as
sured that their claim will auto
matically be paid again at she
termination of their service.
S/Sgt. Davis urged that all men
in this category contact the
Rome Army Recruiting Station,
located at 214 Post Office Build
ing. Rome, for complete infor
mation at once, in order that
they may take full advantage
of this circular before the March
31 deadline.
V. F W. Elects New
Officers for Year
In a meeting of the Mason-
McCauley V. F. W. Post last
week, new officers were elected
tor the coming year.
Officers were largely the same
as in the past year, with one new
trustee added to the group. J. C.
Cavin, who was elected junior
vice-commander in the first
election of officers last March
20, was re-elected post com
mander after having taken over
this post upon the resignation
of M. B. Eubanks, who served
for several months as command
er after his election last March
20. In addition to the re-election
of Commander Cavin, Mose
Brinson was again elected as
senior vice-commander. Charlie
Gordon. Jr., was re-elected jun
ior vice-commander a:ter tak
ing over this post vacated by
Mr. Cavin last year. C. B. Brick
er, editor of the Trion Facts,
was appointed adjutant, and T.
J. Espy was re-elected post ad
vocate. Rufus Pruitt was re
elected quartermaster. Leon Espy
was elected new 3-year trustee,
with Glee Bryant becoming two
year trustee, and James “Slop
py” Floyd becoming one-year
trustee.
Red Cross to Begin Annual
Drive for Funds Monday
T.B. Committee
Aids Needy Family
The Tuberculosis Committee
would like to tell the people of
this county about a family they
are trying to help get on their
reet and get well of T.B.
The father of this family has
TB and is being treated. He is
better, and has negative sputum,
but it will be years before he is
able to work. One daughter is
<pow in Battey and one other
child is getting ready to go there.
There is another baby expected
in May. All other members of
this family are free of TB so far.
They have moved to the country
and are in a very nice place.
Mrs. Allen has gotten them on
the aid for dependent children,
which amounts to $69 per month.
The TB Committee is giving
them $5 worth of groceries a
week until the new baby comes.
If we could get them some
chickens and a cow the father
could take care of a small gar
den and eventually feed his fam
ily.
I am listing their needs. You
people who have health and so
many of the blessings of this
world, dig down and help us get
these people on their feet. You
will be saving a whole family
from death.
They need two mattresses, two
springs, blankets or quilts, a cow
12 hens, one or two pigs.
This appeal is made in the
name of the TB Committee. They
are: Mrs. Emmett Clarkson. Mrs.
Agnes Hammond, Miss Fay Bus
bin, Mrs. John Stubbs, Mr. G.
D. Erwin, Mrs. Baker Farrar,
Mrs. Oscar Clerker, Mrs. O. A.
Selman. Miss Ethel Simmons,
Mrs. J. H. Newman. If you will
phone or see any member of this
committee they will take the
things to our friends in trouble.
POOR FISHING THIS
MONTH REPORTED BY
RANGERS IN STATE
Poor fishing thorughout Geor
gia. which has been prevalent
tor the last several weeks, still
continues, according to reports
of state rangers.
In the coastal area only two
accounts of fair fishing have
been disclosed. Fair fishing on
Lake Decatur, considered the top
fishing spot in southwest Geor
gia, was reported by Ranger V.
A. Miller, of Sam Jones’ Dis
trict, with large-painted bream
biting at the power plant. Fif
teen large bream were caught
by Wayne King, of Donaldson
ville. in half a day.
It is expected that, as soon as
weather conditions become more
favorable, Lake Blackshear in
Crisp County will again reach its
usual standard.
STATE SPORTSMAN’S
LEAGUE PLANS ARE
MADE FOR MEETING
Plans for the state-wnde meet
ing of the State Sportsman’s
League, to be held at Macon on
March 12, have been disclosed
by Dan Rainey of Toccoa, secre
tary of the league.
Rainey said that every sports
man’s club in the state had been
contacted in an effort to secure
the greatest representation pos
sible. He added, “If you want
your county to have its fair share
of weight in the control of the
policy for conservation of our
wildlife resources, be sure that
a representative from your club
attends.”
Among prominent visitors ex
pected to attend the meeting is
Bill Sutton of the agricultural
extension service in Athens, who
has attained national recogni
tion for his outstanding work
with 4-H Clubs.
Included in clubs who have
been salient in the field of iish
and game, Rainey pointed to the
Paulding County Club, which has
one of the best conservation re
cords in Georgia, having
aside 20,000 acres as a deer ref
uge. This area was stocked with
deer by the state in 1946. Such
action by the club, it was ex
plained, will benefit the entire
state.
The Crisp County Club in Cor
dele and the citizens and courts
of this county were also cited for
the.r splendid co-operatton with
the State Game and Fish Com
mission in restoring game and
fish to their communities.
The club in Clinch County also
gained mention through their
record of game protection, which
it was stated, is second to none
in the South. Its members list
almost every sportsman and
landowner in t.hp nmint.v
We Have a Modernly
Equipped Job Printing
Department.
$1.50 A YEAh
★ The Chattooga County Chap-
I ter of American Red Cross will
! begin its annual drive for funds
on Monday, March 17. Moses E.
I Brinson, chairman of the local
■ chapter, assisted by members of
: the board of directors and other
,: volunteers, will lead the drive.
During the month of March the
American Red Cross through
2.500,000 to 3,000,000 volunteer
’ workers, will ask the public to
’ subscribe $60,000,000 to carry on
' its far-reaching program for the
' next fiscal year 1947-48.
In making the goal announce
ment, Red Cross Chairman Basil
' O’Connor said that Harry D. Gib
. son of New York City, who head
ed last years campaign, has ac
cepted the fund chairmanship
again this year. Nationally
known as a philanthropist and
financier, Mr. Gibson served
’ with distinction overseas as Red
Cross commissioner in Western
' Europe and Great Britain for
three years from 1942 to 1945.
Pointing out the continuing
. need for Red Cross services to
! veterans and servicemen, Mr.
j O’Connor said:
“Never in time of peace has
( the American Red Cross been
> called upon to-render such ex
.\ tensive services to the military
forces at home and abroad and
' i to veterans as are now required.
, j “Approximately 75 per cent of
Red Cross funds are still spent
( in war-related services at home
and overseas. We still have more
than 2,900 workers serving out
side of the United States. As
our work in army and navy hos
pitals and other installations
gradually decreases during the
next few years, work with vet
j erans and their families will in
' crease.”
The 1947 goal of $60,000,000
was set after a careful survey,
which pared the 1947-48 budget
i to the minimum consistent with
I responsibilities of the organiza
tion.
At the present time, the chair
man emphasized, more than 10,-
000 Home Service workers are
employed in chapters, supple
mented by 19.000 volunteers in
( this service alone. These work
ers are serving men in uniform
and veterans and their families.
Added to this, Mr. O’Connor
' pointed out, is the work of the
Red Cross in supplying warm
clothing and milk for children
and medicines for the sick in
battle-scarred areas, and, at
home, the provision of surplus
blood plasma for civilians, and
’ the courses in home nursing, nu-
I trition, first aid, water safety,
' and accident prevention.
NOTICE
J The taxes of the City of Sum
. merville for the year 1946 have
been for the greater part col
lected. There are, however, some
remaining unpaid, and tax fi fas
will be issued after April 1 for
all unpaid taxes for the year
. 1946
J CITY OF SUMMERVILLE
l !
i |
LYERLY MASONS MEET
THURSDAY NIGHT
There is to be a called com-
> I munication of Lyerly Lodge on
.’ Thursday night. The regular
, j meeting will be held Saturday
. | night.
| All Masons are invited to at
' tend.
J
CHURCH HONORS PASTOR
The Berryton Baptist Church
| gave their pastor, the Rev. W.
H. Dean, a surprise birthday
j supper Saturday evening at 6:30
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
| P. Umphurs.
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WHO KNOWS?
1. What is the leading cause
of death in the U. S.?
2. What per cent of U. S. men
, are classified as divorced?
3. What state has the largest
percentage of foreign bom?
4. What state had the largest
; population in 1790?
5. What is the length of the
boundaries of the U. S.?
6. What is the size of the Ca-
Jnal Zone?
7. An accidental death occurs
L in the U. S. every 6. 11, 23 or 35
. minutes?
I 8. How long was it from the
German invasion of Poland to
> the surrender of Japan?
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» I Red Cross founded?
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