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The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28

FL NJte.-This newspaper
arranged with the Washington
Bureau OF National Weekly
Service at 62l Union Trust
Bldg. Washington 5. ID. C.. 10
answer questions pertaining 10
servicemen and veterans. These
questions will be answered in
this column II addressed as a
bove. No replies can be made
By mail. but this paper will
print answers 10 all questions
received.
O. viii my boy get pay after he
is discharged from the army7 He
came home a year ago from the
front line with malarial fever and
has had the fever four times since
ne arrived but never has reported
70 the army doctor, but has had
the family doctor? Mrs. A. S..
Loekport.
A. Unless he has back pay com
ing your boy will not receive pay
after he Is discharged from the
army. II he obtains an honorable
discharge. he will be entitled Ia
mustering-out pay. which in the
case OF your son would be $500,
payable si00 upon discharge and
the rest In Si00 monthly Install
ments. He likely will BE- entitled 10
ssrvioe-disability benefit payments,
but be should report 10 his nearest
Veterans administration personally
or through his doctor or local draft
board for rating on service
connected disability payments as a
result OF his malarial fever.
Q. How are the bodies Of men
killed in action az sea buried?
A. The bodies of officers and
men OF the L. ;. navy who die at
sea are placed in a flag-draped
canvas or coffin with weights TO in
sure sinking. The flag is pulled
away as the body is committed 10
the sea. Religious ceremony is con
Quoted by the chaplain II there is
one aboard ship.
O. How many rehabilitation GEN.
tiers has the army in the United
States7
A. Five have been established
since their inception In 1912. They
are at Fort Slocum. y. Y: Fort
Jackson. s. c.: Fort Knox. KY;
Camp Bowie. Texas. and Turlock.
California.
O. Can you tell me what pay
second lieutenant In the parsiroops
overseas would receiver
A A second lieutenant in he
paratroops receives about $1,000
plus 500 per month extra for be-
ing a paratrooper. plus 10 per cent
OF his base pay OF $500 for be
ing overseas. That would total
approximately $3.50. An enlisted
man in the paratroops gets $50 per
month extra.
q. Must a discharged veteran
report 20 his local draft board7
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28
ESYEIERANsSMatS s.
s@z..oUEsIn4sesSSxXEgg

A. Yes. within 10 days after his
arrival home. He receives new
registration and a new classifica-
tion card.
O. What is the purpose OF field
artillery service battery7
A. The war department says that
a service battery OF the army Is an
administrative unit that provides
supply and baggage transport in m
artillery battalion or regiment
@. What fees or loan charges
may be made against the veteran
applying for an agricultural loan
guaranty?
A. Such fees. in accordance with
local customs. as are usually made
against a borrower. such as fees for
appraisals. credit report. surveys.
abstract OF title search. etc.
Q. How long a schooling does the
C. 1. Bill provide vor veterans7
A. one year. or its equivalent in
part-time study. II you complete
this satisfactorily you will be en-
titled TO additional education or
training not 10 exceed the length OF
time you spent In active service aft
er September l6. 1910. and before
the end OF the war. not including
ASTP or navy college programs.
and In no case more than four
years.
@. Can a veteran select his own
course under the G. I. law7
A. Yes. proyinding the institution
which accepts him says he is quail
fled 10 take that course.
O. am having some difficulty
getting my old job back with a
small firm in my home town. What
can do about IL!
A. The law provides that II you
were working for this employer at
the time you entered the armed
services you are entitled to get
your old job back, or one substan-
TALLY equivalent in every respect.
II (aD you completed your military
service satisfactorily. (b) you are
qualified to perform the duties Of
the position. (cl you apply for re-
employment within 80 days OF your
discharge and Id II the employ
er's circumstances have not
changed so as 10 make IL impossible
or unreasonable. Having met these
conditions. you cannot be dismissed
without cause for the period OF a
year. II you have met these quail
iicatlons aud are having difficulty.
report the facts to your local selec-
tive service board.
O. was employed by the gov
ernment under civil service as
field representative before en-
tered the armed service. How do |
! get my job back since my dis
charger
A. II you were civil service en-
ploye. other than temporary. in the |
federal civil service when you en-
tered the armed forces. you are
entitled TO your old job or one "of
like seniority. status and pay"
Apply TO the agency where last en-
ployed within 90 days of your dis
charge. II you experience any diff
ficulty in being reistated. go TO the
U. S. civil service commission or
selective service local board. II you
did not have civil service Job |
when you entered the armed forces. |
but wish to obtain one. apply to the |
L. s. civil service commission. AS
an honorably discharged veteran
you are entitled to a number of spe-
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28

OTom Adams and his son, Kenneth
Adams, of California stopped here
Friday TO visit the formers
nephew. r. o. letter. while en-
route to Texas. The Adams had not
seen Jeter for 26 years. They will
visit Tom Adams sister. Mrs.
Myrtle Vaughn, in Texas.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28

cial benefits in appointment Of a
civil service job.
Further information may be OBJ
tanned from the Z. S. civil service
commission, Washington, %, d. c.,
or from the secretary. board of
u. S. civil service examiners, at
any first or second class post office.
@. What is my best bet to obtain
new job after my discharge?
A. If you are having any diff
fully. your best bet is to go to
your nearest L. S. Employment
service office as soon after your
discharge as possible. Many of the
courses in this institute are of a
university extension nature and
meet university standards. Some
25 trades and businesses are on its
lists of courses.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28

OJackie and Eddie Nabors spent
the weekend with their grandpar-
ents. Mr.. and Mrs Earl Nabors of
Phoenix, who brought the children
home Sunday and remained for the
day to visit with the Earl Nabors,
Jr.
OMr. and Mrs. Herbert Hanna and
her father, r. H. Pottebaum OF
Casa Grande, returned Wednesday
from Prescott, where they spent
several days with Mrs. Hanna's
mother.
OMrs. Martin ITALIA arrived home
Thursday from Oklahoma City,
where she spent a month with her
her daughter-in-law. Mrs. Martin
Parker Talla. who has been seri-
ously III. She had entirely recover
ed when Mrs. Talla left.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28

Oh. B. Chapman and daughter,
Jane, spent the weekend in Flag
staff with Mrs. Chapman, Judy and
Jimmy Chapman.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
Wife in S,Day Coma
After Alleged Beating

Mrs. Ethel Kellett, 81, of e25
Riverbank, Wyandotte, was un-
conscious for the eighth day to-
day in Wyandotte General Hos
pital as the result of a beating
allegedly administered by her
husband, Harry, 80, last Friday.
Kellett was held for inVestiga-
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
Hooper Murder Trial
Decision Monday

BATTLE CREEK. Oct. 26 49,
Judge Blaine w. Hatch is eX-
pected 10 give his decision Mon
daS on the pleas of Harry and
Sam Fleisher, Mike Zelik and
Pete Mahoney for a new trial.
The four now on trial in Pom
tiac were convicted of conspiring
20 kill Senator Warren G.. Hooper.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27

of Russian reparations claims.
II was officially announced to-
day that Is of the plants were
among the Al demanded by the
Russians IN the Potsdam agree
ment. The remaining rs were of
forcd as substitutes for requested
plants that were not available.
The Russians. Il was learned,
had asked for Al key plants, in
some of the greatest in
Europe and A number OF which the
Americans had begun diSmantling
for their own reparations pur-
poses.
The Russian list also included
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27

several plants deemed necessary
by the western allies for continued
functioning OF Germanys peace
time economy.
Among the plants being disman-
tied for shipment 10 Russia are
the Blom-VosS shipyards at Ham
burg. the /. G.. Farben plant at
Ludwigshaven. the Krupp- Essen
works. several ball-bNaring plants
at Schweinfurt whit were top
priority targets for AID airmen,
and a number of metallurgical
plants. oil refinerles. machine and
tool factories, diesel and power
plants.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
Jail Draft Evader

William L. Juran. %. Of 1245e
r. Warren. today was sentenced
10 three and one-half years in
prison Tor violating the draft law
after his conviction by a jury.
Juran told FedGal Judge Arthur
4. Kozinski that he was a con-
sctcnDouS 0hicCtor
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27

ton on charges Of aggravated as
sault after his daughter, Shirley,
13, told police she awoke at the
sound of her mothers screams.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
Rally at Maryerove

How % educate the elementary
schsss child for home and family
living will be the main theme Of
q conference 10 be held d, Mary
Frdve College tomorrow
PnIIrlcAl -Ar,t-l-r--- --.---,--
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
DiSIrlaufIe NaZiPIanfS
TOPav Debt To Russia

FRANKFURT. Oct 26 (INS) -Thirty-one huge German
industrial plants in the occupation being
dmaned and shipped the Soviet Union part payment
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-01
TOO MANY FARMERS HAVE LOW
INCOMES

Agriculture Department specialists
released in large numbers there will
be plenty of farm help, especially in
localities where the boom in war pro-
duction fades away. But they aren't
any too certain that their wishes will
come true.
When we talk about agriculture
we talk about food, and that has
been controversial subject across
the counters of grocer and butcher
in recent years. There has not been
enough food produced on the farms
because of manpower shortage, plus
a lack of farm machinery and equip
ment. It's all right to send tens of
thousands of "city fellers and girls"
meaning, of course, men and wo-
men-out with their shovels, hoes,
and rakes into vacant lots to produce
their own food. Nevertheless, the de-
mand for more progress in tilling the
soil must be recognized and met.
According to the Census there are
more than six million farms in TIE
United States, but the proportion OF
"low-income farmers" is astonishing
ly large and something must be done
about it.
The head of the Bureaus of Econo-
mics of Agriculture has predicted
that there will be about 100000
more tractors on farms in five years
than there are at the present time,
and he correctly observes THAI mech
anization of farms has been respon-
sible for most of the steady rise of
the efficiency of farm labor"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-01
WHAT is A BOY?

He is a person who is going to
carry on what you have started.
He is to sit right where you are
sitting and to attend when you are
gone to those things you think are
SO important.
You may adopt all the policies you
please, but how they will be carried
out depends upon him.
Even if you make leagues and
treaties, he will have ITO manage
them.
He is going to sit at your desk in
the Senate, and occupy your place on
the Supreme Bench.
He will assume control of your CT
ties, states and nation.
He is going to move in, take over
your prisons, churches, schools, uni
versities and corporations.
All your work is going to be judg-
ed and praised or condemned by him.
Your reputation and your future
are in his hands.
All your work is for kim, and the
fate Of the nation, and of humanity
is in his hands.
So it might be we'll to pay him
some attention. Author Unknown
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-01
True or False

Test your knowledge of your
Governments War Bond Financ-
ing program. The answers to
these questions, given at the end,
should be known by every
American. How good are you?
|. IS million Americans have pur-
chased Series. E War Bonds.
2. 849o of all the money ever in
vested in E Bonds is still invested
in them.
8. If Bond is lost, stolen or de-
stroyed, it is just the same as if the
owner had lost the money he in
vested.
4. E Bonds may be cashed at any
qualified bank for their full cost any
time after go days from date of issue.
5. The U. S. Governments prom
Use to redeem War Bonds any time
after go days from date of issue is
just as strong as it's promise to
stand back of dollar bill.
6. You have to hold a Bond the
full ten years to get any interest.
z. The 1owest-priced War Bond
costs $25.
8. War Bonds are better than cash.
g. Two persons cannot own War
Bond jointly.
10. The only reason we should buy
War Bonds is to help pay for food,
ammunition, ETC., for the armed
forces.
ANSWERS
/. True.
2. True.
8. False. War Bonds are regis
tered in the names of their owners,
and lost Bonds can be replaced.
4. True.
S. True. Compare wording on a
Bond and bill.
6. False. Your Bond increases in
value after one year. See the values
on the back of the Bond. But you
get a greater increase in value the
longer you hold a Bond, up to 81
at the end of 10 years for every So
you paid.
z. False. A $25 Bond costs $18.75.
8. True. They can be replaced if
lost, they increase in value and they
can be converted into cash in case
Of need.
9, False. War Bonds can be owned
by two people as co-owners or as
owner and beneficiary.
TO-. False. Your savings invested In
War Bonds will also help to stabilize
prices now and to provide for your
own security in the future.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-01
A CUT IN LEND-LEAsE

President Truman has notified
Congress that Lend Lease will be
continued, on reduced schedule, to
the destitute peoples of. liberated
Europe, and he has also directed ma
jor Government Procurement Agen-
cies ito grant priorities to satisfy the
minimum civilian requirements of
the liberated countries in northwest
ern Europe. The President points
out that reports received by him
from an on-the-scene investigation in
Europe impressed him that ito a
great extent the future peace OF
Europe depends on the restoration OF
the economy of these countries, in
Guiding a resanoble standard of liv-
ing and employment" The President
added: at is the established policy
of tkis Government to accept its re-
sponsibility as far as it is possible
TO do so.'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-01
RECoNvERsIoN ON THE WAY

The good news coming out Of
Washington, and for which everyone
is waiting, is that industrial recon-
version is on the way, and that the
Government is taking steps to bring
back IAN avalanche of civilian
goods" AS an example, the War Pro-
duction Board has already revoked
control of hundreds of items, but it
has not simultaneously made avail
able the necessary raw materials.
After July /, producers will Lave
free access to metals as far as priori-
ty is concerned. 1t is still too early
to say when civilian production will
get into full swing. The one man
who seems to be holding out is OPA
Administrator Chester Bowles and
his popularity seems to shrink.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-01
MARYLAND U. LOOKS AHEAD

Beginning in September, 1945, the
students at the University of Mary
land will be required to study Ameri-
can history and related material for
one-fifth of their credits. DR.. H. C.
Byrd, President, has inaugurated the
plan ahead of any other university,
but it is to be hoped that others will
adopt it, for recent surveys show that
about 80 per cent of college students
manage to get through somehow
without studying American history.
Comparisons will be made with other
civilizations so there will not be a
narrow, nationalistic bias, but the
students will not be graduated in ig-
norance of the American scene.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-01

Four members of a U. S. Signal
Corps unit stop to test a field tele-
phone line that they put through.
II don't think you can go more
than half a mile when you're near
the front without seeing telephone
men working" writes Robert Lissell,
Blue Network correspondent, from the
Ruhr front. "HaH the time they're
under direct enemy observation. Most
Of the time they're ducking incoming
mortar shells, but they keep the lines
intact. You don't hear much about
these GTs who work as linemen, but
they're just as much a front line CT
as q rifeman." He continues: ain
uncertain country, if you're not too
sure Of just where the enemy lines
are, follow the black wire. But if you
suddenly come upon bright red wire.
turn back and don't waste any time
about it. You see, the Germans Use
red WIRE"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-01
THE FIRST SUBMARINE

The first submarine ever to be en-
ployed in war was built in America
in 1875, according to Encyclopedia
Britannica. This early immersible Of
the American Revolution, called the
Turtle" attempted unsuccessfully
to sink an English ship by fixing a
gun powder charge to the ships bot
tom. Another example of early Amer
lean ingenuity in submarine warfare
occurred during the Civil War. In
1854 the Confederate ship, Huosa-
tonic, was sunk by torpedo fred
from the bow of Union submarine.
In this case the submarine itself and
it's nine-man crew we're lost when
water came in through TIE hatch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-01
STATE WINS AWARD

For having effected reduction Of
more than 6,181, 900 miles in official
travel of state motor vehicles during
1914 in comparison with 1941 mile
age, che Office of Price Administers
tion has given it's Award Of Merit to
the State of Maryland.
The presentation was made by Leo
FL Mccormick, State OPA Director,
to Governor Herbert r. O'Conor in
the Governors Baltimore Office, in
che presence OF Captain Andrew T.
Conner, State Mileage Administrator,
otlier state officials, members of the
State Police Department and OPA ex-
executives and mileage rationing OFF,
GERS.
Maryland thus became the FIRST
state in OPA Region II to receive the
award.
To win the award the state reduc-
ed mileage travelled by state passen-
ger cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles,
and other vehicles slightly more than
Al per cent. During 1941 the state
mileage was reported as 15.075,794.
The mileage covered during 1914
was 8,894,719. VIZ
The OPA award is made to units
of Government showing a reduction
of 40 per cent or more below 1871.
The award has been made to several
cities but Maryland is the first state
in this region to receive it. AS re-
ported by Captain Conner, the state
mileage administrator, the mileage
covers motor vehicles of all types OPP
Grated by the State.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-01

The Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration is SO much larger than any
private corporations and SO much
bigger than all the biggest bankers
that Chicago newspaper. summed
up the power of RIG; the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation; the
Smalled War Plants Corporation and
the Export-Import Bank, as SO over
whelming that the Government could
operate all the manufacturing bust
ness of the country, from carpet
tacks to steam engines"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-01


and Dad and my brother ard sis
ter and all the folks at home.
Thanks for the food and water
we have in this shell hole. Take
care of my buddies. Take care
of me. Amen"
In this case the kids name was
Private Ken Miller of Green's
burg, Kan, veteran of Two Jinla.
Private Miller won't mind if you
substitute the name of your boy
for his as the boy who PRAYED
in a foxhole for the home folks.
The link between foXhole and
home is never broken unless
you break it here yourself. Your
fighting sons look tc you in the
7th War Loan tc demonstrate
that you ara helping them in one
of the most direct ways open to
you, the acquisition of the most
War Bonds you have ever bought
in any War Loan.
THE EDITOR
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-01
I lLOONNC
|XII AHkAD
BY GEORGE S. BENSON
y PresiatHf--4arding College
SeaEey. .ArkaKsas
Pay-Cut

the acquaintance of business man
whose salary was $4,000 year. l
looked upon him with a great deal
of admiration and respect for sew
eral reasons. He earned what he
has with hard work and know-how.
His employees, numbering above
ten thousand, call him Uncle Frank.
He lives in a small town and helps
a lot of people in quiet way.
Last week somebody showed me
a page of a pocket-size magazine
published for the employees of his
company and I read with grave in
terest that his pay had been cut.
That was news by anybody's stand
ard; most people are getting raises
in pay these days. What's more,
this mans pay-cut is big. It amounts
to more in year than most men
manage to accumulate in a whole
lifetime.
His Own Words
II insisted that the board of di-
rectors reduce my annual salary
from $4,000 to one dollar" the
signed statement said, 81 have not
been receiving net anywhere near
$4,000 year for working. =. :.
Only $309.36 was left for my use out
of my 1914 wages. =. Why should
permit the company to pay out
$4,000 year to benefit me by only
5000. 1862"
Let me make haste to say that
am not sorry for Uncle Frank. He
will be all right; he has some other
money. I am not worried about his
employees either. The faithful work
ers among them will be able to
retire in dignifed comfort. My only
concern is over men who, next year
or the next, may hunt jobs and not
find them; jobs Uncle Frank would
like to offer but can't.
Inside Figures
Here is another enlightening pas
sage from his statement: Perhaps
you wonder why my net realization
from wages has been so~small. The
answer lies in the extremely high
income tax rates which apply to my
wages, added as they are to my 9TH
er income, and to the fact that I
must pay not only federal income
taxes but also state income taxes"
This man is not the only big-com-
pany official in the country who has
cut a lordly income to less than 10
cents month. Why do they do it?
Because their big salaries benefit
them so little and cost their firms
so much. My young friend who
started last fall to work his way
through college, running a steam
dishwasher four hours a day, real
lied more net from his salary than
this $4,000 executive.
Who Is Injured?
Men who cut off big salaries have
other income. That's why their tax
rates are so high. That's why they
can afford to spurn a salary. But if
they must decline the proceeds of
their own invested earnings, one
thing is sure: They will not invest
further earnings to start new ven
lures or expand old ones. Invest
ments in business are not safe, new
er have been. Any investment is a
risk.
Men with money invest it only
when they believe, to the best Of
their judgment, that it will pay rea-
sonable returns. Now they are sure
of only one thing: Nearly every
thing an investment earns will be
taxed away from them. Will they
invest in new enterprises? No. Then
where will our returning service
men find work? Unless present tax
laws are changed soon. they will
find it on a huge W. p. A. to the dis
grace of our free America.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-01

The self-questioning German is
likely to find the root of his trouble
in a too great proneness to follow
leaders and to merge his personal
thinking into that of the mass. More
than any other one quality, the Ger
mans fundamental sin is collectivism
carried into the world Of thought.
Persons cropping toward what ito
do about Germany says the German
people, the future generations OF
them, must be differently educated.
Plans for this are unedr way. OF the
new teaching basic principle
should be independence Of individual
thinking. Mark Sullivan.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-01
HOMEMAKERs FIND HELP IN
ALMANAC FEATURE

Busy women looking for new ways
to prepare appetizing meals, get the
most from rationed foods and tighten
household chores will ind helpful
suggestions in the Food Almanac
pages of
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