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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1948)
Veteran's Benefits Summarized; '47 Funds Involve $50,000,000 Veterans’ benefits distributed through the Oregon regional office of the veterans administration dur ing 1947 packed a major financial punch involving nearly $50,000,000 in federal funds in more than a half-million checks. Donald C. Schworer, VA contact representative here, made this j statement today in summarizing statewide activities of the federal agency in disability compensation, GI education, rehabilitation of the disabled, outpatient medical and dental care, readjustment allow ances, GI loan guaranty, and con tact and advisement services. In Oregon, 17 contact units han dled 267,604 requests for informa tion and aid, and noted that educa tion and insurance were the most frequent topics. Compensation Rolls At the end of 1947, 22,512 veter ans were on the disability compen sation rolls, while nearly 3800 monthly checks were going out from the VA’s northwest office in Seattle to widows and orphans. Ex-GIs in school or job training totaled 24,022 in December. Among these, 21,329 were studying under the GI Bill and 2093 under Public Law 16 for the disabled. All-time peaks were reached by { -:--! A QUART SERVES SIX . . . and it’s quick to fix! i Oregon schools in November when 20,285 veterans were enrolled and for on-the-job training last Janu ary when 6724 were getting VA supervision and subsistence. Medical Services The VA’s outpaitent medical ser vices included 53,645 examinations and 24,649 treatments last year. In addition, 10,557 dental examina tions and 8820 dental treatments were authorized. One hundred one cars were purchased for leg-ampu tee veterans. Readjustment allowances, the GI bill's provision for the unemployed, amounted to $7,497,718 last year in Oregon. This fund was distributed locally through the state unemploy ment compensation commission to an average of more than 5700 job less ex-GIs per week and over 1300 self-employed per month. G loans were approved for 4750 veterans, involving nearly $25,000, 000 for purchase of homes, farms or businesses. Private firms made the loans and the VA backed them up with guaranties averaging about 48 per cent. More than 13,000 Oregon veter ans reinstated nearly $90,000,000 worth of National Service Life in surance in 1947, the Northwest in surance office reported. Veterans’ hositals, not counted as regional office operations, listed 11,074 patients during the year in the Oregon area. These included Portland, Roseburg and Barnes VA hospitals, the latter located in Van couver, Washington, but adminis tered from Portland until late Oc tober. Student's to Enjoy (Continued from page one) Serenaders’ old favorites including “Little Brown Jug, ” “In the Mood,” “Tuxedo Junction,” “Moon light Serenade,” “Sunrise Sere nade,” and others. The orchestra will appear here under the auspices of Leo Jaroff, owner of the Cloud Room in Port land. Tickets will sell for $2 per person including tax and may be obtained at the Applance Center, 70 W. 10th street. It is against the law to smoke or strike a match in any down town store in Springfield, O. . — ■-. Shop In... We have a complete line of • FROZEN FOODS © MEAT • FRUITS and VEGETABLES Drop In... STOCK UP ON APPETIZING SNACKS CUT-RATE PRICES ON POPULAR BRAND CIGARETTES ELLIOTT’S ONE-STOP GROCERY 13th & Patterson Phone 95 Who Says There Ain't No Santa Clause? \ pi'/mnmu jrum j'uyt uut j the tune offered on every box. We searched, but couldn’t find a “Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair.’’ Literature, Too Cheerios, wise to their consumers, offer four Walt Disney "sensational new pocket size comic books—10 cents and order Sank from top of pack age.’’ As if that weren’t enough to guarantee a Cheerios Fan club, they offer a Cosmic Cruiser on the back (with three other parts printed inside.) Also assures consumption of the food before the Cruiser can be assembled. Nabisco Shredded Wheat stands on its own merits—nary an offer, but Kellogg’s Shredded Wheat gives games and comics. Rice Krispies, complete with lucky charms and bracelets for the sending in, entertain the young minds with Snap, Crackle and Pop funnies. Quaker Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat Spark les hand out airplane pictures for the air-minded, but we quickly skipped the next display shelf— Aioer s yuicK oars ana Baste! Chinaware. The aluminum was a struggle, but pastel chinaware is absolutely indigestible. Fie on Moppets Paper dolls are featured on Kellogg's Krumbles boxes, while the same company's All-Bran, avoid ing the younger set, appeals to home-seekers, with “modern Homes Kits,”—plans and pictures—on each box. 40 per cent Bran Flakes by Post offer nothing for the alert reader or box-top addict by 40 per cent Bran Flakes. All in all, a very foolish inventory for the col lege student. Everyone knows that college-aged persons have outgrown the box-top stage long since. Say, by the way, let us tell you about our com pletely scientific Atomic Ring—atoms bursting like crazy in frenzied flashes! All for only one box top and . . . —J. B. S. Hetinger to Play Lead I (Continued from page one) in Eugene O’Neill’s “Ah, Wilder- i ness" and in many other plays. Her first introduction to a University audience came when she appeared as Miss Preen, the harried nurse in “The Man Who Came to Din ner,” presented fall term. Musically speaking, she modest ly admits to a mezzo soprano voice and some skill at the keyboard. In recognition of her musical and dra matic abilities she was pledged to Phi Beta, national music and dra matic honorary this year. “I’m not too sure about the fu ture after graduation,” she said, “but if I do well in the drama field I will continue studying at the Uni versity of Washington or Iowa and do summer stock.” No Fool Is Good “I think one either has to have a terrific conviction about his tal ents or is an awful fool to know for sure what he is going to do, and if he’s ail awful fool he’s not very | good,” continued Geraldine. Supporting Mr. and Mrs. Zero are Le Jeune Griffith as Daisy De Vore, Dick Rayburn as the Boss, Louise Clouston as Judy O’Grady, Stan Smith as the Young Man, Alan Button as Shrdlu, and Nor man Weekly as St. Charles. 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