Poor Though Rich
(Received 2.30 p.m.) MOSCOW, December 23. The official Soviet organ “Pravda” features the disclosure of the arrests of two workers, members of the cooperative at Tashkent, who, with their mothers, were found to be concealing over £250,000 worth of gems since the revolution. The women are widows of wealthy Uzbekistan Khans. They were forced to live frugally for 21 years, despite the fortune, because it was impossible to dispose of the gems without revealing their guilt, as possession is against the law.
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Northern Advocate, 24 December 1938, Page 10
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85Poor Though Rich Northern Advocate, 24 December 1938, Page 10
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