The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-02
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The Sweet bill passed by Congress
recently has amalgamated the U. S.
War Risk Bureau, The Public Health
Service and the Federal Vocational
Board under one head known as the
Veterans Bureau" with one coor-
dinating head over all.
Commencing Labor Day in st.
Paul, Travelling Squad" of the
Veterans Bureau, representing the
three former agencies mentioned
above, will travel through Mimi
esota, stopping for from one to five
days at seventeen different points,
at which former service men may
appear and have their claims for
compensation, vocational training,
and medical treatment, adjusted.
This is a special effort on the part
of the officers of the Tenth District
to bring justice as near as possible
to the home of the ex-service man.
If you know a buddy who has a
claim against the government, tell
him to write to the Manager, Vet
Grams Bureau, Keith-Plaza Building.
Minneapolis" and ask for "Trans-
portation Application Form" on
which to apply for free transpor
tation and expenses in connection
| with his trip to the nearest point
at which the Travelling Squad will
appear to examine him. Tell him
to ask for a list of the points and
dates at which the Squad will APP
pear, so that he may know how to
| fill out his Transportation Appli-
cation Form, which should then be
sent to Minneapolis, from which
transportation will be mailed him:
Before leaving for the examin-
alton point, everybody should have
with hiyn all correspondence relative
10 his case, all army papers in his
possession. including his original dis
charge, his marriage certificate if
any, the birth certificates of his chill
dren if any, and as many affidavits
as possible showing that his injury
was incurred in service, how it af-
fected his physical condition while
in service, how it affected his physi-
| cal condition since his discharge
from service, how the injury handi-
caps him in the work he did before
he entered service, and such other
official papers as he may have re-
lating to his claim against the gov
eminent. The more reliable infor-
nation he can produce, the quicker
his claim will be adjusted.
The Travelling Squad" will be in
Duluth on Sept 10 to 81 from 9
a. m. to p. m. for the counties
of Pine, Carlton, Aitkin, lower half
of st. Louis, Lake and Cook.
The squad will be at Virginia on
Sept. % 9 a. m. to Sept. "a, noon,
for the upper half of st. Louis
| County.
More than 100000 women, men,
bers of $500 units, will be repre-
scented at the first annual national
convention of the Women's Auxiliary
to the American Legion at Kansas
City, October 31st, November 1st
and 2nd-the same time and place
as the Legion Convention meets.
The Auxiliary has completed the or
| ganization of more than thirty
states, Minnesota having been the
first to establish department head
| quarters when it elected DR.. Helen
| Hughes Hielscher of Mankato State
! President last year. At the coming
national convention Minnesota dele
gates will urge the election Of DIR.
Hielscher as National President.
Other national officers will be elect
ed, national headquarters selected
| and perhaps a new name chosen.
The round-trip fare to Kansas
City for members of the Legion and
its Auxiliary will be only SO. from
the Twin Cities-or one cent per
mile from any point in Minnesota
to Kansas City and return. If dele
gates ride in sleeper the fare will
be one and one-third the regular
single fare of approximately $40.
from Twin Cities for round trip
plus the regular sleeping car fare
of $6.08 for lower berth and $4.86
for upper. A special train is being
arranged for to carry the Minnesota
delegation st. Paul and Mime
apolis each expect to send fifty or
more representatives, Willmar II,
Waterfowl 4, Hills A, and Duluth
expects to have big delegation ac-