The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-09


Kansas State Normal school, Kansas
State Agricultural college. Topeka
Business college and the KanNs In
dustrial and Educational Institute.
Eighty.seven men are receiving place
ment training in Industrial establish
ments. 49,
Some Men Won't Accept 1t.
There are fift.--five men. who were
declared eligible for this training, but
declined it. ,One hundred and eighty
three men who are also eligible for
the training have deferred it to
later date. Eight mem eligible for
the training let their eligibility lapse
by not entering training when re-
ouired.
Five compensation claims were re-
ceived by the bureau in August asking
for vocational training.
Seventy foGr trainees were granted
leaves of absence without pay this
summer in order that they nigh;
work on their parents farms.
Men; who are receiving scompensa-
ton allowance for a disability of 10
per cent or more. which does not con-
stitute a vocational handicap, are also
being helped in securing vocational
training. Tuition books. supplies and
incidental expense of training are paid
but no maintenance allowance is
granted. Fifty-seYen men are now
receiving this training in various in
situations and one is securing thru
private firm. Three additional men
were declared eligible for this training
last month.
Many Examined During August.
In August medical examiners and
designated specialists Of the Topeka
office made sxam nations and ADMIN
istered treatnen p to beneficiaries OF
the bureau as follows: general medical
examinations. 165; general medical
treatments, 23o; eye examinations, 10;
eye treatmentc. -21; ear, nose and
throat examinations. Q: ear. nose and
throat treatments. 81; tuberculosis ex-
aminations, l. surgical examinations
10: surgical treatments, Is; X-ray ex-
arninations, %; X-ray treatments, 1.
four men were sent to hospitals.
Forty-six men who received train
ing under the jurisdiction of the To-
peka office have been declared re-.
habilitated ard are now successfully
employed their vocation. for which
they received training.
There were seven persons rehabili-
tated recently by the bureau. Aubry
NJ. Lee was a student at the Kansas
State Agricultural college prior to en-
gust. 1917 and served with Ambulance
company No. Is, Second division as a
first class private. He was in active
engagements in the Marine. Verdun
and Chateau Thierry sectors. He re-
ceived a shrapnel wound in the left
Leg On January 25. 1919 he was
discharged and took up vocational
training in September of the same
year. Lee studied veterinary medi-
cine at the Kansas State Agricultural
college and graduated last month. He
has accepted a position of pathologis1
Wyoming university Laramie, Wyo.
He Lost His E,yesight.
Carl P. Alderman of Sabetha, Kan,
served as a private in thu 353rd In
fantry. Eighty-Ninth division. An ex-
plosion from a mustard gas she'll
burned his face and eyes, resulting in
blindness.
He is now taking a correspondence
course in poultry raising from Massa-
chusetts Agricultural college. Am
herst. Mass under the direction of
the Veterans bureau in an attempt to
overcome his handicap. Mrs. Acker-
man reads the course to him. A pro-
gram for his training has been out
lined by the bureau and he follows
this program with the cooperation of
the county agent. He recently pur-
chased five acres of land and two
cows. He helps in the milking. He has
been supplied with equipment neces-
sary for poultry raising. Thru the
efforts of the Sabetha post of the
American Legion he has been fur
nished with machinery for manufac-
turing brooms and fills orders for
them in his locality.
Cie1l A. Newell of Lincoln, Kan.
had completed one years work at the
Kansas State Agricultural college
prior to enlfsting in the service Au-
gust. 1917. He was wounded twice
by machine gpn bullets near Varrenes
France. in September 26. 1918. He
was discharged February 49,. 1918.
The injuries resulting from the
wounds caused a vocational handicap.
Thru the Veterans bureau he was able
to. resume mis- work at the Kansas
State Agricultural college on Febru-
AIRY "a, 1919. five days after his dis
charge. He completed his work N
January, 1921, and is now county
agent of Lincoln county. Kansas.
Harry D. Wolf of Haven. Kan.
served in the United States marine
corps, as a private in 49th Company.
Fifth regiment, Second division. He
participated in active engagements in
the Verdun sector and Chateau Thier-
~. On June {. 1918. while in Belleau
Woods. he ~as wounded His left
limb was amputated above the knee.
He had completed one. semester of