Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-08-28

organizations the "Amvets" is the
only one exclusively for veterans of
World War II, and it is gaining a
strong foothold in North Carolina.
state "Amvet convention is sche-
duled for Burlington this weekend.
The American Legion, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Disabled American
veterans, and other organizations
include eX-service men of several
wars. The "AmvetS" recruits mem
DerS only from those who served in
World War ii, though it is under
STOOD membership is not restricted
10 service outside the United States.
FURLOUGH - Speaking of vet
Grams, the Raleigh Service Center
on the lawn of the Wake county
courthouse, like similar centerS thro-
ughout the state, has done a land
office business the past few days in
assisting cN-Service personnel TO file
claims for Gil furlouGh pay. Scv-
erai state officials, themselves vet
Grams, have stood by TO answer
questions and advise applicants on
how to fill out forms. They report
many questions asked for which
there are no answers. Many service
men apparently do not understand
that they have until Sept |, l94T,
TO file claims and will get the same
amount of money if claims are filed
any time prior to that date as if
filed this week.
DIVERSITY - The daily lists OF
charters granted by the secretary of
state to new business firms in North
Carolina make dull reading-on the
surface. Analysis of the various bust
neSscs in which these firms will en-
sage shows wide diversity OF en-
terpriscs. Take the list released
Tuesday, n less than average day
with only eight new corporations It
included two general mercantile
iirmS, and one each to manufac-
turc wearing apparel, manufacture
coal truck bodies, sell coal, deal in
real estate, make brooms and extend
business courtesies. Monday was
little above average with sixteen
charters listed. They included three
textile plants, two automobile deal
erShipS, Il real estate firm, a hosiery
mill. dairy products outfit, Il lum-
Der mill, Il bottlin9 plant, Il laundry,
an entertainment en- terpris sc, a
church association, Il jcwclry store
and two brokerage firms. Most of
these are small businesses. MAIN
tanning the states traditional indi-
vidualsm and independence.
POTPOURRI - T he advertising
boys come through with some more
interesting data Oh the habits of
people. The retail division. bureau
of advertising, AMPA, reports that
failure of some eastern resorts TO
advertise during the time people
were making vacation plans led 20
empty rooms during the summer.
They also find that people are pref
ty honest. Experiment of an Okla
homa department store in lending
umbrellas to shoppers caught in the
rain, resulted in less than one per-
cent forgetting to return" the bor-
rowed shower sticks. "A ST. Louis
dry cleaning firm is trying harder
now 10 break people of the leash
and carry" habit than it tried to sell
EN- en- the idea in the first place.
Experience has proven customers
send lot more garments TO be
cleaned if they don't have to carry
'em themselves. Return of young
men to college is changing attitude
of co-eds as TO dress. They demand
more attractive styles than they &C
ccpted during the war years when
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