Evening star., 1936-06-15
BONUS PAYMENTS
START WITH D. c.
TO GET S15,OOO,ODO
Veteran in Walter Reed Is
First to Receive Bonds
and Check.
ST, 900, 1000, 900 TO GO
TO $4,000 PERSONS
Main Distribution Scheduled to
Begin Here at $50
O'Clock.

With the big push" scheduled to
begin at $50 o'clock this afternoon.
distribution of bonus bonds and checks
at hospitals and military establish
menH was we'll under way today.
The ceremonial beginning of this
gigantic task of paying of a wartime
obligation took place at 9 am. at
Walter Reed Hospital where Patrick
]. Luby Of Elizabeth, N. j., received
bonds and a check totaling S76607.
The bonds, which he Immediately had
certified for redemption, amounted to
$3.50, with the balance in a check.
First nurse to receive her packet OF
bonds was Miss Jeannette Blech, on
duty at the hospital.
Within few days 1t Is estImat-
ed that approximately s1.900,000-
900 in checks and bonds will have
been transferred to some 3,515,000 vet
Grams. About 100000 bonds have
been printed. In the District, nearly
10000 veterans are expected 10 share
approximately sl5,000,000.
Distribution Under Way.
Following the ceremony attendant
on paying Luby. 10 men from the
City Post Office started the task of
distributing and certifying the BONDS
for other patients and members of the
personnel at the hospital. Similar de-
tachments are on duty at other instl-
tutions In the District. Regular postal
delivery men are not authorized to
certify the bonds in cases Of home
delivery.
Luby enlisted in the Army in May,
1917, and served until the close of the
war. He was wounded by shrapnel
and later suffered an ankle injury i'll
an airplane crash. He is being treated
at Walter Reed Hospital for complica-
tions
He received his bonds and check
from Postmaster Vincent c. Burke
after being identified by a wartime
friend. Maj j. NJ. Huddleston. Medi-
cal Corps, now on duty at the hos
pital.
Luby, calling the bonus settlement
pretty good thing" said he expects
to buy some clothes with part of the
money. put most of it in the bank and
finance a trip to Elizabeth to see his
brother with the rest. He Is unnlar.
ried.
Premature Delivery Cited.
Meanwhile. instances Of premature
delivery of the bonds we're reported
in various places throughout the
country. At the City Post Office it
was said that no deliveries had been
made here until after Postmaster
Burke's appearance at Walter Reed
Hospital. Several persons working in
Washington, however, received their
bonds at suburban post Offices on
Saturday.
At the Post Office Department the
superintendent of registered mails
said a few cases of this kind we're
expected. although specific instruc-
tions had been given that no bond
envelopes were to be delivered before
today. In any event, he pointed out,
certifcation was impossible before to-
day and proper Identification must
have been proved to obtain the regis
tered letter anyway. so no actual loss
Of funds was likely.
The bonds may be cashed within a
few days or held until their maturity
date, June Is. 1945. In the latter
choice, interest at per cent yearly
is allowed. Such interest, starting at
once, is forfeited if the bonds are
cashed before June Is. 1887.
With the expectation that a major.
ity of the veterans will seek cash inn
mediately for their bonds. business
enterprise throughout the country is
anticipating marked upswing in
trade figures. Virtually all important
lines of trade have extended special
appeals to bonus recipients.
Roosevelt Asks Cooperation.
Even two of the Federal agencies
have invited veterans expenditures,
the Home owners Loan Corp. calling
attention to loans outstanding to
many ex-service men and the Federal
Housing Administration pointing out
that the average bonus payment would
represent about 40 per cent down
payment on a new home"
President Roosevelt, over whose veto