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Show GREEKS SHOW LOYALTY BY PURCHAING BONDS There are about 350.000 Greeks in the United States. Although most of them are small shop keepers, confectioners confec-tioners and fruit dealers, they havo made generous contributions to the government war funds. Their subscriptions subscrip-tions to the fourth Liberty loan already al-ready mount into the millions and will probably exceed what they have invested in-vested In previous loans. For the third loan they have a record of $6,- ! 938.70U, and their total contribution in the first three campaigns is estimated at $1C,000,000. The notable fact about these Greek subscriptions is that they have como in small amounLs. Or the 22,500 Greeks who have bought Liberty bonds, only fifteon subscribed for bonds of $10,000 or over. Tho payments which they made came out of their sniall savings and represented sacrifices. Serving in our army are more than G0.000 soldiers of Greek birth or parentage. par-entage. When the treaty goes into effect, ef-fect, 40,000 more wfll be added to tho potential supply of troops. Although most of these men have been in Amer-. ica only a short time, they understand that her causo is the samo as that of iGrpoco and are satisfied to take their ! place in the ranks of tho United States j army. oo t |