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Need not have been in school be-
foreD
3. Permits a veteran to enroll
in any school or training course
which is on the approved list of
the Veterans Administration.
( 4. Requires the government to
pay tuition and training fees up
to $500 a year, plus $50 month
to single men and SIS a month to
those who have dependents.
5. Requires that the Veterans
Administration set up plan to
help veterans choose what they
want to study, and explain courses
to them.
Those who did not serve 80 days
or more are not eligible for bene-
fits. Time spent in the Army
Specialized Training Program or
the Navy College Training program
may not be counted in the go day
qualifying periodD
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6. |. Bill Is Given in
Nutshell; War Veterans
Are Given Guarantees

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training course to fit him for work,
and he must not be participant
in labor dispute that causes work
stoppage.
5. A veteran need not accept a
job if it is vacant because Of a
labor dispute, or if the wages,
hours or other conditions are less
favorable than for similar work in
the same city or locality.
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c. Is any veteran eligible to
the benefits provided by the G.
Bill?
| A. No. Only those veterans who
served 80 DAYS or more after Sep
TENDER 16, 1910 and who were dis
charged under conditions other
than dishonorable are eligible.
@. What if man is wounded
or disabled before he has served
80 days?
A. The go day restriction does
not apply if he was discharged for
disability incurred in line of duty
@. Does the time spent in school
under the Army Specialized Train
ing Program or the Nays College
Training Program count as active
service under the Legion's G. ].
Bill?
A Not if the veteran completed
a course of study which he had
begun in civil life before entering
service.
@. 1 was under IS years old
when I entered service; am 1 eli
gible to return to college and fin
ish my course in medicine?
A. So long as you had not
passed your 25th birthday when
you entered service you are auto
matically eligible to all of the edu-
cational and other benefits of the
G. I. Bill.
@. l have a friend who was over
Us and was just starting to prac-
tice law when ne entered service;
now he feels that he has to brush
up on his law because he was away
from 1t so long. Is he eligible for
aid?
A. If a man was over 25 when
entering service he has two op-
portunities: l. He is automatically
eligible for one year refresher
or retraining course; 2, he can get
OliC odiiC CQuCdllOlldI DCllCllJS do
other men by proving that his edu-
cation was interrupted by entry
into service.
@. Are Nurses, Waves, Wacs,
Spars, and Marine Women Reser-
visits eligible for benefits under the
G. 1. Bill?
A They are, and on the same
terms as men.
@. Where can a veteran apply
for aid under the G. 1. Bill?
A. He may consult the Service
Officer of any American Legion
Post or ask the Manager or con-
tact representative at any of the
branches of the Veterans Admin
iStration.
@. If I want to enter my state
university what do 1 do?
! A. Go to the registrar with your
honorable discharge and your high
school and other credits. He will
tell you whether you are qualified
to enter and will show you what
forms to fill out for submission
to the Veterans Administration.
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TITLE ~
Job Placement and COunselling
Service

l. Names the Veterans Admin
istrator, War Manpower Commits
sioner and Director of Selective
Service as a board of three to
provide job placement and coun-
selling service.
2. Requires that a war veteran
be appointed in every state to di-
rect the job placement and coun-
selling service in behalf of vet
Grams.
8. Requires the job placement
and counselling service to keep lists
of jobs, and lists of veterans cap
able of handling those jobs.
d. Requires federal offices to
furnish all statistics and informa-
ton necessary to job placement and
Icounselling, and to cooperate fully
with the three-man board.
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TITLE vi

Administrative and Penal Sections
l. A discharge or release from
active service under conditions
"other than dishonorable" is neces-
sary to be eligible for any benefits.
2. If any adjusted compensation
(war service bonuses) are author
lied in the future, benefits paid
under the &c. l. Bill Of Rights"
are to be deducted from payments.
3. Any veteran who has been
denied benefits may have a hear
ing before an impartial state or
federal agency.
A. Any person who obtains bene-
tits by fraud or deceit, may be
fined up to $1,000, imprisoned up
to one year, or both.
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@. Do 1 have to wait until the
Veterans Administration acts be-
/ foe I can enter school?
A. The rules and regulations
are now being drawn, but the plan
is to have the school certify you
as a student eligible to veterans
benefits so that you can enroll at
once.
@. How much will the govern
ment pay toward the cost of my
schooling?
A. Up to $500 a year in tuition,
fees and similar costs.
@. Will 1 receive anything to
support myself?
A. Yes, $50 a month if you are
single and $75 if you have wife
or other dependents.
c. How long may I remain in
school?
A If you were under 25 when
you entered service you will re-
ceive one year of schooling for
your first ninety days of qualifying
service, plus a period equal to the
time you spent in active service
over 80 days.
@. If 1 am out of job, what
do I do?
A. Go to your American Legion
service officer and also register for
work with the United States EN-
ployment Service, which will ask
you to report regularly.
@. Will 1 get any money while
1 am waiting for job?
A. Yes. You will be paid $40
a week for unemployment which
begins after the first Sunday in
September 1914
@. How long will this last?
A. 1t can last as long as SO
weeks.
@. Do all veterans get that
much?
A. No. Less than 80 days no
entitlement but man who served
only 80 days receives eight weeks
of benefits for each month of active
service, or "a weeks.
@. If man served more than
80 days how much would he be
paid?
A. He would be eligible for "a
weeks of benefits for his first 80
days and four additional weeks for
each month of active service above
go days, but in no case may he
draw benefits for more than So
weeks.
@. If man finds work while
he is drawing benefits what hap
pens?
A. The benefits stop.
Q. If he should lose his job
after a short time, but has not
used all of the benefits due him
what happens?
A. He may again draw benefits
for the number of weeks remain
ing to his credit.
Q. How does the employment
service help man find a job?
A. 1T keeps a list of jobs and
will refer veterans to employers
for employment.
@. Suppose 1 lose my job be-
cause of strike?
A. If you have not participated
in the strike you may still draw
benefits.
G. Do I have to accept a job
in place where there is strike?
A. You do not.
@. Do 1 have to take any job
that is offered in order to be ELI
gible for help?
A. You do if the job is in line
with your ability and talent.
c. Some jobs do not pay what
they ought to?
A. If the salary, hours and
working conditions of the job that
is offered to you are not up to
the standards of similar jobs in
your home area you do not have
to accept it and you may still draw
the unemployment benefits.
@. If I want to learn a trade
instead of going to school may
do that?
A. Yes. The Veterans Admin
istration is making up a list of
private employers who will provide
veterans with the opportunity to
learn the trade which they are
suited to teach.
@. Could learn to be a ma
chinist?
A. Provision is made so that you
can learn to be. machinist,
foundryman, printer, engra yer,
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TITLE v
Benefits for the Unemployed

! l. Provides that veterans who
served 80 days are to get eight
weeks of benefits at the rate of
$4,000 week for each month of
service, or total of "a weeks if
necessary.
+ Q. Veterans who served more
than 80 days are to receive four
weeks of benefits for each month
of active service in addition to the
above, but in no case more than
Ia total of So weeks.
T 3. To be eligible for benefits,
Veterans must register with the
employment service and stand ready
lto accept any work for which they
Eare fitted.
q J. Other requirements are that
fthe veteran be willing to take a
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mer, or any other occupation you
choose.
@. VIII / have to leave home
to take any of these educational
or training courses?
A. Not if there is place in
your city, or near your farm where
you can learn what you choose.
@. If l want to borrow money
to build home how do I go
about it?
A. Go to your own bank or
building and loan association.
@. Won't the government lend
me anything directly?
A. No. The government merely
insures or Endorses half of the
amount of your loan.
@. How much can I get this
way?
A. That half" may amount to
as much as $4,000 so that most
men with reasonable credit and
earning power will be able to get
$4,000.
@. ] have C friend who wants
to buy a $4,000 house: what will
he do?
A. If he has good credit and
/ prospects of a good income, the
I Veterans Administration will in
sure $4,000 of the amount and the
Federal Housing Administration or
other agency will insure the bal
ance.
Q. Then. some veterans can buy
a $4,000 house without any cash
outlay of their own?
A. That is correct
@. Why was this arrangement
made?
A. Because many men with good
earning power have been in service
a long time and their savings have
been used during their absence in
the armed forces.
@. May L borrow money to buy
a farm or set myself up in bust
ness?
A. Yes, you may borrow money
under this plan for any business
which you are qualified to operate.
You also may borrow money to
repair your house, pay taxes, and to
buy farm machinery, equipment and
livestock.
@. Then I could build or buy
filling station, garage, barber
shop, drug store, hardware store,
meat market or grocery?
A. You could.
@. How long will I have to re-
pay my loan?
A. AS long as 20 years, depend
ing on how much you borrow and
for what purpose.
@. If I should become sick or
get hurt after l am out of service,
will the Veterans Administration
help me?
A. AS veteran who fought for
his country, you can get the best
treatment that money will buy at
the Veterans hospital closest to
your home, or the one best suited
to handle your case. Men and wo-
men with service connected dis
abilities will be hospitalized. Nom
service connected cases will be
hospitalized according to the avail
ability of beds.
@. Will I have to pay for this
care?
A. Not if you sign a statement
you are unable to pay the cost OF
disqualification and treatment.
@. If there is reason to believe
that my trouble is the result of
service what do I do?
A. Call for representative Of
the Veterans administration or an
American Legion service officer and
he will help you to prepare a claim
@. If become totally and per-
manently disabled from cause
not due to service am eligible for
a pension?
A. Yes, subject to certain SER
vice requirements and an income
limitation.
@. If am not Legion member
may I ask for help from Legion
service officer?
A. The American Legion helps
all veterans.
An officer in the camoufiage
troops found a pair of dice out in
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WHAT 1T DOES

THE following questions and
answers about The American Lee
gion's &c. l. Bill of Rights" for aid
to returning service men were pre-
pared by the Legion for aid to
service men until complete regula
tions are drawn by the Veterans
Administrations
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An officer in the camouflage
troops found a pair of dice out in
the woods one day. AS he was
STOPPING to pick them up he was
startled when juniper bush yell
ed, Don't touch them, sir; that's
my point"
The Csl1ifOi1
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-28
Model Marriage
At an End

HOLLYWOOD, March % CuF)-
The model marriage of Bflane
Aherne and Joan Fontaine was at
an end Tuesday with her an
nouncement that they had been
separated SO much they might as
we'll make it legal
The beautiful Mrs. Aherne, talent
ed academy award winner and
sister of Olivia De Havilland. said
she would file for divorce as soon
as her lawyer gets back in town.
"Regrettable misunderstanding
and constant separations were
blamed. Mrs. Aherne, aged 25 and
l6 years younger than her British
actor husband, said they had been
separated by circumstances more
than they had been together during
the past year.
They were married five years ago
at Saratoga, Calf. She once called
him the finest husband in the
world
She won gilded oscar as the
finest actress CT the year in the
film suspicion" and was nominat-
ed in ether years for the same
honor for her work in "Rebecca"
and The Constant Nymph."
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-28
Section Honors
Mrs. Blank

Parliamentary law section of the
Ten Thousand club Monday night
honored Mrs. David Blank who has
served the club as an officer and
who is to leave the valley this
weekend for Santa Monica where
she will join Mr. Blank and where
they plan to live.
After brief study hour, the Sec
tiCn members surprised Mrs. Blank
with a handkerchief shower, and
then had a game of contract, prizes
going to Mrs Don c. Paulus and
Mrs. Dan Scott,
Members and guests, including a
number of friends of the guest of
honor, met at the w. j. Thornburg
hcme, Mrs. Thornburg serving
decsert to the group
Next regular meeting of the sec
ton will be april 10 at the home
of Mrs H. c. Diller with election
of officers on the calendar.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-28
Ten Thousand Club
Par+y Thursday

In Thursdays bridge luncheon,
the Ten Thousand clubs annual
series of monthly parties will come
to a close. tournament prizes, as
well as those for the days play,
being awarded at this time.
Mrs j. ID. Townsend and her COM
mittec are planning a salad lunch
con and also decidedly attractive
and original decorations in the
Easter theme, this party promising
to be one of the most delightful of
the year.
This affair is open to all women
of the community, but reservations,
which are coming in rapidly, should
be made at once with either Mrs
T. j. McQuade. telephone 1887, or
Mrs. w. A. Tondro, telephone 462.
Scheduled originally for next
week, which is Holy Week. the party
was set ahead one week.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-28
Cen+raI's G!ee
Club, Orchestra
Plan Concert

Central's Girls glee club of SO
voices and the orchestra of 35
members, both directed by George
w. Burt, will be presented in the
annual spring concert in the school
auditorium the evening of Friday,
April IA, at 3:15 o'clock.
Both organizations are busy re-
hearsing the program promising to
be an outstanding one with many
interesting arrangements.
Margaret Anne Henderson and
Barbara Deem will be sCloists for
the glee club, Miss Henderson sing
ing the we'll known italian Street
Song" by Victor Herbert.
Dvorak's Coin Home" from the
New World Symphony will be
another favorite number, while, Of
fering color and contrast, will be a
modernistic arrangement Of Star
dust" The girls will salute the
Navy with group of new songs,
Miss Deem singing the alto solo in
the solemn" Navy Hymn"
The orchestra will open its half
of the program with the impress
sive march. THE Pilgrim" Mat
thew Lake.. One CT the Eighlights
of the entire evening will be Wini-
fred Alderson's rendition of Con
certo in G. Minor" by Joseph
Wagner with orchestral accompani-
ment. Two grand pianos will be
used in the foreground for this
selection, Helen Womack playing
the second piano
Brass Instrumental Soloist for the
evening will be Howard Pipes.
tromboniSt who will play Castles
in the Air. by Clay Smith.
Probably the mCSt enjoyable as
we'll as the most ambitious selec-
ton of the evening will be the
allegro movement of Franz ScEu-
berts symphony in B Minor
popularity known to many as The
"Unfinished Symphony"
Russian composers will be rep
resented in the numbers written by
Tschaikowski, Rimsky Korsakoff,
and Mous$orgsky.
This concert is open to the gen.
cral public and not only will prove
an evening CT real music for en-
thusiasts, but will also give citi-
zens an opportunity to learn some
thing of the fine work being done
in the school music department.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-28
SHOES

SHOES
Ration book |, stamp 10. good fol
one pair of shoes through April
80; ration book 3, airplane stamp
|, good indefinitely for one pain
of rationcd shoes.
MEAT, BUTTER, CHEESE, OIL
Book 4, Rcd Stamps A8, B8. CO,
D8, E8. F8, G8, H8, J8, coed through
May 20, each for 10 points.
Grease bonus four cents and
two meat ration points per pound
CT Salvagcd kitchen fats.
SUGAR
Ration book 4, stamp No. 80 good
indefinitely for five pounds of
sugar.
Sugar stamp No 40, good for five
POUNDS of canning sugar expires
Feb. %, 1915.
GASOLINE
Coupon IL, A book, good through
June 81.
CANNED GOODS
Book 4, Blue stamps A8, BE-, CO.
D8, and E8 good through May 20,
each for 10 points.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-28
Skating Party
For Students

First of the weekly skating par
ties for Ell Centro students will
take place Wednesday night at the
rink, when the owner of the rink
will turn it over to the young people
for their exclusive use.
All students presenting their STU
dent body cards will be admitted at
special rate and these parties will
take place each Wednesday evening,
7:30-1 80, under the sponsorship of
the Community Council.
AS their share in this recreation
program for the youth of the city,
members of the American Legion
and Auxiliay will supply chaperon-
age at the rink, the parents being
responsible for seeing that the young
people get to and from the rink.
These weekly skating parties are
one feature OF general recreation
program to be sponsored by the
Council for the young people of the
city.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-28
Dinner Party
Recent Event

Capt. and Mrs. Mark Hebbel-
hWaite entertained dinner guests
Sunday at their home, l434 Euclid.
Guests included Mr.. and Mrs.
Monte Banks of Visalia. Mr.. and
Mrs. Glenn Snow of Ell Centre and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Condiff CT
Calipatria.
Learning that Mrs. Banks and
Mrs. Snow had anniversaries that
day. Mrs. Hebbclthwaite surprised
them by having a birthday party
fer them.
Friday night members of the
California Highway patrol and
their wives met at the Hebbel-
thWaite home and from there went
to Mexicali for dinner and dancing
Mr.. and Mrs. Banks. Mr.. and Mrs.
Snow, and Inspector Rudy Schmoke
cf San Diego were other guests at
tie party.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-28
Section Elects
Officers, Has
Fine Program

Election of officers, with Mrs.
Don c. Paulus as the new chair
man, and a delightful story by Mrs.
E. j. Mack, were the highlights of
the Twice Told Tales section meet
ing Monday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. J. Rodney jenkins.
This Ten Thousand club group
chose Mrs. Paulus to succeed Mrs.
William j. Burke CT Holtville as
chairman: Mrs Malcolmn Macurda.
as vice. chairman, and Mrs. j. d.
Townsend as secretary treasurer
Mrs. Laural Ferguson, because of
her excellent work, was chosen to
represent the section in the annual
program given for the club
Mrs. Mack selected Kathryn
Forbes' "Mama'S Bank Account" for
her program, telling certain chap
ters from the book whose heroine
is Mama" one of the most loveable
characters in recent fiction, hard
working, honest, blessed with
kind heart and intuitiveness, and
sympathetically portrayed by the
author and by Mrs. Mack who
gave an excellent version of the
story.
Mrs. Jenkins served tea from
table centered with nasturtiums
and lighted by orange candles.
Garden flowers in attractive ar
rangements decorated the house.
Mrs. Karl E. Voelter was guest
of the section and members present
were: MeSdames William Burke,
Jr., Earle G.. Davis, H. c. Diller,
Laural M. Ferguson, J. Rodney
jenkins, w S. Kong, Forrest f.
Kutz, F.. j. Mack, Malcolm Ma
curda, Lee Nuffer, William Pata,
Don C. Paulus, w. A. Tondro, J. d.
Townsend, w. H. Tyler, vr., Robert
w. Ware, Guy A. Weakley, Arno C.
Yaeckel.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-28
Booth Operated
Bv Gideons

E. E. Hyder, president of the San
Diego camp Of The Gideons, is in
Ell Centre distributing copies of
the New Testament with Psalms,
free of charge. for servicemen.
Through the cooperation of civic
groups a booth has been erected at
Sixth and Main where the diStribu-
tiCn taker place and Hyder ex-
pressed his appreciation Tuesday for
the courtesy he has received. The
booth opened Saturday and will be
in operation this week. Hyder
estimating that he had given some
100 copies of the Testament away in
the first three days. He stated that
every school room in Imperial and
San Diego counties now has a
Gideon Bible
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-28
CALENDAR

Tuesday
Shrine Social club, 6:30, Ben
HulSe home.
Night school, I, high school.
Girl Scouts. $50, Scout hut.
Troop 73, 1880, fire hall.
Jobs Daughters, 1880, Masonic
temple.
WOmen's Union, 1870, First Bap-
tist church.
l. v. COmmandery No. 81, 1880,
Masonic temple.
Business Women, 7:i5, Gibson
studio.
Central Labor Council, 8, Labor
temple.
American Legion, 8, Veterans hall.
Eagles, 8, 500 Broadway.
Wednesday
Surgical dressings, Cd, 1880,
Ten Thousand club.
American Legion Auxiliary, I,
Ten Thousand club.
Bridge dinner, !. Elks club.
Troop 10, 7:15, Scout hut.
State guard, 1880, stadium.
CAP, 1880, high school.
Servicemen's dance, $3.50, Vet
Grams hall.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-28

Mansfield has scored many tri-
umphs on the concert stage, last
fall giving a special performance
fer Mrs. Levertt Saltonstall, wife
OF the governor of Massachusetts,
following a brilliant concert given
in Boston.
Mansfield's life follows the pat
tern of the American success story
from poverty, by dint CT sheer
talent and hard work, he has
reached the heights. educating him.
self and contending not only
against hunger and poverty but
illness as well.
Without cOnfining himself to any
class of musical literature. Mans
field nevertheless is prominently an
interpreter of the Negro spiritual,
giving the spiritual its native flavcr
and bringing before his audience
the original scenes and circum-
stances in which the spirituals
were written.
Possessing beautiful, we'll
trained voice. Mansfield will offer
to the music lovers OF the valley a
splendid and well chosen program
when he appears in concert Mon
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-28
En+er+ains for
Husband

Mrs. w. j. Thornburg gave a
dinner party Saturday night for
Mr.. Thornburg, inviting a group Of
friends to join them for the eve
ming, celebrating Mr. Thornburg's
birthday.
. Bridge was played, Mrs. Ben
Danielson winning beth the high
score prize for the women and the
rowing prize, while Mrs. j. B.
McNeecc received the second high
core prize. For TIE men, John B.
McNeece won first prize and John
T. Rice, the second, the low score
award going tC W. A. TondrO.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-28
Alton Marsh's Engagement
To Andrew Dubois Revealed

An engagement announcement
made recently in Berkeley will be OF
considerable interest to Ell Centrans
that at which Alton Marsh,
daughter of Mrs. Marsh and the
late Paul Marsh, Sr., of Ell Centro
revealed her betrothal to Andrew
Dubois, son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. L.
Dubois. Sr., Of Ell Centre.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
Miss Marsh announced her en-
gagement at EpWorth hall where
she is living while a Sophomore
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-28
Emanuel Mansfield to Give
Concert Next Monday Nioht

Emanuel Mansfield, noted Negro
singer, acclaimed by many concert
gcers as a second Roland Hayes
will be presented in concert next
Monday night, April 3, under the
auspices of the State Street Christ
ian church.
This concert will take place in
the church auditorium that eve
ming, $3.50 o'clock, and is open to
the public.
One of the noted tenorS of today