Word: distressed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Farmers in dry areas, said Brannan, who promised to get their wheat into storage within 90 days could get "distress" loans (i.e., 75% of a normal support loan) on wheat even if it was lying on the ground. The farmer would not be responsible if the wheat subsequently rotted; it would be graded according to its original condition. Once the wheat was stored, the farmer could draw the other 25% of his loan. The CCC will also build 50 million bushels of storage space of its own, lend farmers 85% of the cost of building their own storage facilities...
Samaritan. Near Brooks, Ore., Truck Driver Ray C. Turney stopped to help a motorist in distress, had James R. Faris arrested when he recognized the stalled automobile...
After 34 years on college faculties, Dean Harry J. Carman of Columbia had to admit his distress. Last week at a Manhattan meeting of educators, he spelled it out: too few college professors and instructors know how to teach. He conceded that, as a class, college faculty members know a lot about a lot of things; but too many of them are "departmental-minded" people, who are "without ability to inspire...
...delegation of local fräuleins asked if something couldn't be done about Russian soldiers molesting German women. Said the commandant: "Always carry some ink with you. In case of distress, pour it over the soldier's clothes. Since every soldier has but one uniform, I can easily find out the culprit from the ink blot...
...Rescue. When the blizzard finally blew itself out, Army planes took off to drop supplies, scour the snow-burdened plains for signs of distress. Some spotted stranded motorists, who had survived miraculously far from towns. Some had been lucky enough to sit out the storm in their cars. One man and his wife who were marooned near Scottsbluff, Neb. had even found food-frozen ears of corn from roadside fields...