The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-11-18
CHECKS MAILED 10
 473 VETS IN NORTH
 RECOMMENDATION
Many Training Under Edu- CafionaI Provisions
 of GI Bill

Checks to veterans as compen- sation for service connected dis abilities were mailed to 473 veter- ans in Alaska at the beginning of the present month, Ernest Lin coin, manager of the Veterans Administration in the Territory said today. During October there were TT new claims filed by veter ans for compensation with GA claims adjuoicated
 The above figures, Lincoln said represent but a small proportion of the claims filed within the VA branch area which includes. Ore gon, Washington, Idaho and Mon t~0o where 1872 veterans filed claims for service connected dis arIltIes Receiving compensation on running awards in the branch area were 69,617 veterans, both men and women.
 Veteran trainees taking institu tional training in the Territory numbered 487 as of November l with the applications of IA pend- ing determination Of eligibility and for other causes. This compares with 42,371 veterans taking insti- tutional training within the area and the applications of 9289 awaiting determination of eligibil- ity or for other causes.
 In addition tc those veterans listed above taking training under the GI Bill eucation provis- ions there were also six disabled veterans in Alaska in institutional or on the job training with 32 disabled veterans applications awaiting advisement and guidance or for other cause , before training was started.
 Sixty requests for physical ex- aminations were pending at the end of October, the report indicat- ed, with 25 requests cleared dur ing the month by examination and completion of examination forms. In the branch area there was total Of l1,353 requests for examinations with 249l requests "leared. Applications for hospital CT dcmiciliary care within Alaska numbered 75 as compared with 1868 for the branch area. or the number above, 75 were dis posed of in the Territory with no applications yet to be acted up- on. Within the branch area a total of 1421 applications were dis posed of during the month showing a redyction of the current load from the previous month. But IT applications for examination were pending for the entire branch area.
 The Veterans Administration re- eional office here had @ total of 34 veterans who were undergoing treatment in hospitals at govern ment expense at the close of the mcnth of October while the branch area had total of 653 veterans remaining in hospitals. Veterans with service connected disorders in hospitals numbered seven in All aska and ITS in the branch area. Veterans receiving treatemnt for non-service connected disorders In hospitals fer the Territory num- bered 27 at the end of October while the branch area had 478 iii hospitals fer treatment.
 Fifteen veterans of World War II eligible for loan guarantees un- der provisions of the GI Bill had received loans from banks or other lending agencies within the Ter ritory upon which the Govern ment had guaranteed a part of ] The lean. This was in comparison with guaranteed loans numbering 15,6e3 in the branch area. Total amount of leans made to veter- ans in the Territory was S44033, i the manager said, of which amount ] S23,l66 was guaranteed for repay ment by the Veterans Administra- ion. Within the branch a total of S67,80O,l25 had been loaned to veterans with the VA guarantee Ing S32, ,365 of this amount. | -