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The Evening Independent from Massillon, Ohio • Page 10

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Massillon, Ohio
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10
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TEN Facts For Veterans Director Massillon Chapter, lumn wcck dc American lin wlth SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIFICATES I-'OK SCHOOL OR TRAINING Veterans attending colleges and universities under the G. I. bill must obtain supplemental certificates of eligibility from Veterans administration if they plan to enroll in a new school this fall. The certificates should be requested from a VA regional office at least 30 days before the date the term opens at the new school Advance requests will help speed prompt payment of subsistence allowances after the start of the new ferm. Supplemental certificates to the original certificates of eligibility issued by VA arc necessary unly when a veteran changes from one school or training establishment to another.

The veteran's full name, correct address, VA claim number and establishment should be included in any jj Cross can help you apply for your THE EVENING INDEPENDENT. M'ASSILLON OHIO request for new certificates, supplemental certificate. HOME TOWN PRESCRIPTION SERVICE The Ohio Pharmaceutical i this ceiling or limitation to $80 I for one dependent parent; S135 for as-: two, and an additional S35 for each wciation has renewed minor dependent upon them. The current rate of death compensation is S60 for one dependent parent, and S35 each for two on wartime service-connected deaths, and S48 for one and S28 for each with Veterans administration to provide "hometown" prescription service for eligible veterans dur- ng the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, it was announced at the VA's branch office in Columbus. Under An information service on GI matters of all kinds anything pertaining to the needs and welfare, rights and privileges, of servicemen and women, veterans and their dependents.

Mail your questions to Red Cross Veterans' Service Center, Room 507, McClymonds Building, or call in person. peace-time deaths. service-connected The VA stressed that these limi- ment at age 60, and endowment at age 65. Q. May I go to a private hospital in my home town and VA pay the bill? A.

If you have a service-con-j nected disability and have receiv-i ed prior approval from VA 1o do! so. you may go to a private hospital in your home town at VA expense. Q. May a veteran obtain a GI loan with which to buy a trailer for use as a home? A. may nol obtain a GI loan guaranty for the purpose of buying as a home a house or motor trailer.

Q. I served six months in the Women's Army Auxiliary corps it became the Women's Army corps. For that period of service, Housekeeper Waged 11-Year War On Ants In White House 1 1 would I bonus? be entitled to the Ohio A. Members of the WAAC who did not also serve in the WAC are not entitled to the Ohio bonus. Q.

How long must a World War II veteran be totally disabled before he is entitled to a waiver of his National Service Life Insurance premiums? A. A veteran must have been totally disabled for six or more consecutive months before he may take application for such a waiver. ASH CAP) "We always had ants in the fall along oHicial functions," writes Mrs. Henrietta Nesbitt in "White us Diary which records her 11 years as housekeeper for the lale President Roosevelt. "They were the little black fellows and we warred on them the year 'round, but they came out strongest for the big affairs.

Mrs. Nesbitt says in her book tations are not controlling in anyjoi 11 I7 i case, but are used merely as primaP" el by Womail enl Collision its individual merits, and all pertinent factors are considered. Insurance, mustering out pay and that the ants particularly loved the second floor, where Mrs. Roosevelt always had plates of fruit set out for the guests. "She had mice up there too," writes Mrs.

Nesbitt. "Government entomologists spent field days in the White House. We were the testing grounds for every new disinfectant and spray. During World War II we achieved the dubious distinction of being the first place to try out DDT." NOT ONLY government entomologists but zoologist were called in to help solve problems at the White House. The last were consulted after Mrs.

Roosevelt received a letter complaining that the squirrels on the White House lawn looked mangy. ''Well, it ever there were petted squirrels, those at the White House were." says Mrs. Nesbitt. "But I phoned the zoo they some men traps and caught a couple and gave them physical examinations Shelby woman was i wol th of heroes. They weren't killed and two Richlaud county residents are in a critical condi- the service plan, eligible veterans simply take their prescriptions, issued by VA-fee basis physicians as part of authorized medical treatment, to the nearest pharmacy to be filled, and VA pays the bill.

Fees charged by participating pharmacies are approximately equivalent to average fees for prescriptions charged the general public. six months gratuity payments are li in shellj Memorial hospital exemnt alter two automobiles collided NEW DEPENDENCY CEILINGS FOR GOLD STAR PARENTS Up until now, a dependent par- ed to benefits, ent or both parents could not draw exempt. "This new regulation will now permit the payment of death benefits to many a parent of a deceased veteran who has been previously denied on the ground the income restrictions determining dependency were not met. Wide publicity should be given this change in the regulations not to build up false hopes of gold star mothers or fathers, previously denied, but to reach every one of these parents who may now fall within the regulation and who are not entitl- VA stated. death compensation deaths due to for wartime service or peacetime service-connected deaths, if the income was more than S60 for one parent, or S100 for both parents, and S25 for each minor dependent.

By administrative action the Veterans administration has raised QUESTIONS OF INTEREST Q. Can I transfer my National Service life insurance to any ofj the private companies? A. No. Your NSLI is convertible to one or more of the six permanent plans issued only by VA. These are ordinary life, 30-pay- collided Wednesday at the intersection of Myers and Greter Lake Roads, five miles south of here.

Mrs. Ada Lybarger Radke. 2:3. of this city, wife of Arthur, was killed when the car she was driving collided with one driven by Earl Wirick, 65. of Lexington, a salesman, who is in Memorial hospital with a fractured skull.

His condition was reported as serious. Wirick's grandson, Dean Yeager, 15, of Mansfield, who was riding in the machine, was in a fair condition at the hospital with a brain concussion. Beacuse telephones were out of order in the area, the injured were brought to the hospital in a furniture truck. The parents, a two-month-old ment life, 20-payment daughter. Penny; another brother, Jay of this city, and three sisters, Mrs.

Clara Boske of Mansfield. Marguerite and Doris Jane of this city, also survive. Sen-ices will be held here at 2:30 p. m. Friday.

mangy, of course, but the report came back, very official: "White House: Stop feeding your squirrels so many This is but one of ihe many intimate anecdotes Mrs. Nesbitt relates. Here are others: "It seemed funny at first to be cooperating with the Secret Service on fish fillets or sausages for the president's breakfast. But we had to be careful about such things. Each morning after the war started the Secret Service picked up the groceries I had ordered the afternoon before.

The White House was the center and jumping- off place for all sorts of people, and Mrs. Roosevelt was the perfect hostess and wanted them to do what they liked and have anything they liked to eat. The queerest meal was the meal President Prado of Peru ordered. He had for his breakfast beans, cauliflower, boiled ham, fruit juices, hot and cold milk, coffee and toast." Mrs. Nesbitt says the president liked large pint coffee cups for breakfast but drank non-caffein coffee liver, kidneys, brains, sweetbreads and mushrooms and all kinds of game.

roast beef, pink juice running. did not indulge in many desserts but preferred crackers and cheese. he did not care for either coconut or anise flavoring. Daniels Is Indicted Murl Daniels, 22, awaiting trial in the Richland county jail in Mansfield for the triple slaying of John Niebel, his wife and daughter, was indicted by the Seneca county grand jury late today on two' first-degree murder charges. The bills charge Daniels with deaths of James J.

Smith, 25, a fanner, and Orville Taylor. 27 Niles (Mich.) truck driver, July 23 on State Route 53, north of liere. Smith was killed at the side of his wife, Rita. 24, after his car had been crowded from the pavement, and Taylor was awakened from sleep and shot to death at a roadside park. A driveaway car transport truck, taken from Taylor, was recovered the next day at Van Wert when Daniels was captured and John C.

West, 24, his companion in the killings, was killed by police. Until the trial at "Mansfield fs completed, no action will be taken on the indictments here. 1 -'f J. F. Bateman, superintendent of the Columbus state hospital, and Dr.

R. E. Bushong, head of the' Lima state sanity Wednesday afternoon. They spent several hours with Danials but' declined to discuss their finding. Daniels is to go on trial Aug.

30. Th butter tree is a name given to several tropical trees of different families, the fruits of which yield complex fixed oils, having somewhat the appearance and used for the purpose of butter. 40,000 May See McNeill NEW PHILADELPHIA Radio listeners will have their day in the political sun here Friday when this Tuscarawas county seat will be host to Don McNeill's Breakfast Club presidential "Fourth party" convention. Like Philadelphia, which was nost (his summer to the Republican and Henry Wallace Third party national conventions, this city of 15,000 has taken on a festive air for the novel mock convention. The popular morning radio broadcast, which has operated continuously for 15 years in Chicago, will feature the convention program which will be broadcast from the stage of the Tuscora park amphitheater.

Between 40,000 and 50,000 people are expected to visit the city to see McNeill receive the "Fourth party" nomination for president of the United States. All business places in the city will be closed several hours Friday morning. The entire business district has been draped with bunting for the big day. McNeill, his wife, three sons and the entire cast 01 his show left Chicago this morning and will arrive in Carbon, at p. m.

Gov. Thomas J. Herbert and his wife will be among the welcoming party. An old-fashioned torch light parade will be held in the evening. The hour-long broadcast, starting at 9 a.

will be aired over a national A. B. C. hook-up on Fri- THURSDAY, AUG. 12, 1948 day.

A parade from Tuscora park to the public square will climax the activities with Mayor Robert Lukens, 27, one of the youngest municipal mayors in the nation, appointing McNeill mayor for the day. Other members of the cast will be made honorary officials for the day. Make New Plans LONDON, (AP) The drapes will be taken off Britain's "New Lobk" aircraft, which is built ol non-iuflammable magnesium and has its propeller in the tail, at the society of British aircraft constructor's flying display at Farnborough, Hampshire, in September. The plane, the' satellite, made by the Planet Aircraft Co. has a top speec' estimated at 208 mph with a cruising speed of 190 mph.

Its range is 1,000 miles with a full load, or 2,450 miles equivalent to an Atlantic crossing with only the pilot. Summer Dresses To Be Sold At COST and Below COST 112 Lincoln Way, E. ANTHONY'S SUPER MARKET 220 Lincoln Way, W. Tomatoes Home Grown SHAWS Why not come down tomorrow and see for yourself! See Bow easily and quickly you can own a diamond or a famous watch! Be in line duu yuu can own a diamond or a famous watch! Be in line tomorrow with "savings" in mind! Easy terms for the asking at Exceptional Value! Man's and Lady's uiAMOND BIRTHSTONE RINGS Remarkably Low-priced at This is only one of the many fine bargains you'll find tomorrow! Beautiful birthstones set with sparkling diamonds-your's tomorrow! Hiamond Bridal Set $50 51.50 Weekly Diamond Bridal Set $250 S5 Weekly Diamond Engagement $175 S3.50 Weekly Diamond Bridal Set $30O S6 Weekly i Cantaloupes Vine 19 Celery Home Grown 2 bun 25 1 Carrots Home Grown 2 bun -1 Peaches Oranges Sweet Juicy doz. 29 Cucumbers 2 15 CRISCO 1" Chunk PINEAPPLE 37 JELL-0 3 23.

Campbell's TOMATO SOUP Cans for No. PEACHES 2 Cans 55c PORK BEANS 3 for 29c WHEATIES 2 £or 29c Grapefruit Juice Cans OMDOL or DUZ 2 Pkgs 65c Gold Medal FLOUR Sliced Bacon Extra Lean Lb. 59 Bacon Lean Slab Lb. 55 CflLLA HAMS Small Tenderized Lb. 53 T-BONE STEAKS Tender Lb.

69 BEEF LIVER Freshly Sliced Lb. 69.

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