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1949-51_Vol.1J -    Note: 51cb

Page: 185-186
Date: 3. 8. 50.
Location: Ardi
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3/8 Ardi. 6 brothers all in bez fabriki {gl : cloth factory}- 100-150 T.L. a month.
All separate - reason economic independence achieved. For demirci {smith}cf. 3/36, 4/ crafts.

Railwayman - cavu {foreman}, responsible for 10 kilometres of line, with 2 beki {watchmen}. Gets 1 month's leave with pay, free doctor, 10 T.L. per month per
child, bonus for second marriage if it is necessary, not for the first, etc., etc. At present at Bozliyan (in Taurus) cf. F.O. 3/37
They get a modern little home. The only man on the railway in the village. "They go to the factory".

k<migrant railwayman, allowances>

{c: marriage allowances !! My misunderstanding? His? mistake in writing up?}

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