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Charges of Military IJiiifofGratfSFaTt New' Senate Probe WASHINGTON I Senate in-!southcrn New Jersey, and New vesticators said Sunday they are York Citv in 1951. 1952 and 1953. exploring new charges that "in-! chief counsel Robert F. Ken tricate" graft deals marked the nedy describes the inquiry as a awarding of contracts for millions sequel to one last year in which of dollars' worth of military uni-jthe subcommittee accused a Chi forms. jcaRo cap manufacturer, Harry Tht Senate Investigations sub-' Lev, of bribing government offi rommittee headed by Sen. Mr-1 rials to swing contracts his way. ClelUn D-Ark) announced it will Kennedy suitf "it is possible" that rtart public hearings, Tuesday on Lev may ae called to testify in r allegations about contracts award ed to tome garment firms in VA Medical ISIUUVU J. V1U By Probers By LEWIS GIXICK WASHINGTON OB Federal in vestigators Sunday reported hun dreds of "abuses" of the veterans medical program by both doctors and veteran throughout the coun try. Among doctors getting Veterans Administration JVA) payments, mainly dentists, numerous cases wert listed of charges made for! work not done for veterans. , Among veterans, one was found with net worth of half a mil lion dollars who got" free VA hos pital care after stating he could not afford to pay. j Findings of the dual investiga tion were made public by the 'louse Veterans Affairs Committee -headed by Rep. Olin E. league 'D-Tex). False Claims Teague said "abuses" by dent ists and physicians "varied from -linor administrative failures to -;rious false claims," but "cer linly do not provide the basis for :ie generalization that there is substantial dishonesty among the medical profession." Rather. Teague said, the In quiry shows that "in any large program, Involving many thous ands of individuals, ,. a certain amount of carelessness, misun derstanding and, in a few cases, outright dishonesty, will creep in." Similarly, the committee chair man said the study of veterans treated for non-service-connected sickness demonstrates that the "vast majority" of veterans are not abusing their right to free treatment if they cannot pay their own way. The twin reports did not Include a compilation of the ratio of "abuses" to the lize of the overall program. Cases cited were only a mall fraction of the total reoort- ed. CAO Pre Tht Investigation of veterans getting free hospital treatment was conducted by the General Accounting Office (GAO) begin ning In March, 195S. It dealt main ly with 1,100 cases the last 100 non-service-connected veterans to be admitted at each of 11 VA hos pitals following the start of the study. Of the 1.100 cases, net worth could not be determined in 150. Of the remaining 950. 774 had net ; worth of less than $5,000 while 176. or 18 per cent of the l.ioo, had net worth ranging from $5,000 to (80,000. In another investigation of 852 veterans hospitalized free for non-service-connected disability, the GAO reported an instance where a retired construction engineer had net worth of $507,670 and an annual income of $17,500. To get free hospital treatment for sickness not caused by service duty, a veteran is supposed to sign a form saying he is unable to pay. The VA must by law ac- the new inquiry, but not as a principal. Na Names Kennedy ' refused to name any other names in advance of the hearings, or identify any of the factories. He said that among other things the inquiry will deal with reports that two manufacturers used phony names in buying large amounts of "hard-to-trace munici pal bonds and government bonds of large denomination. He said that if these reports are substantiated, the subcommit tee will want to know why the bonds were bought under as sumed names, who ultimately re ceived them, and why. The contracts under investiga tion, he said, were awarded vari ously by the Army Quartermaster Corps and the since-liquidated Armed Services Textile Apparel Procurement Agency an organiza tion which in the' early 1950' han dled purchases for all of the Armed Forces. Shortcuts Studied The subcommittee also is study ing whether certain favorites were allowed- to take profitable short cuts in the production of 'trench coals - and Eiscnbower-type -.Army jackets which other . contractors and bidders were forbidden to take. Cheaper machine stitching instead of hand sewing allegedly was one shortcut Mother Learns Quantity of 300 Pounds of Nails THOENIX, Aril. - Mrs. Win ifred Jacobs discovered Saturday the mistake of allowing three small boys to play near a house under construction down the block. When she left her sons, Bobby, 4. and Dickie, 6, and their friend Tommy Bolin. 5, all three were playing with blocks of scrap wood. Later they switched to picking up handfuls of assorted nails and listening to the fascinating sound they made scattering over the floor. "Have you any idea how many nails make up 300 pounds" Mrs. Jacobs asked, stooping down to pick them up. Waihihi Lions Club Honors Salem Man New Mexico " " Man in Coma Since 1931 SfatfMiian. Salem, Ore, Mon., April 9, '36 (Src. 1)4 I il - A . I j i ' - m f ;'! - -tl " Lost Blood Hound,Walhing Homing Pigeon Mrdie Liglil Siwtsin Papers DuringjWcel: DEMING. N. M. .r Jimmy By JOY MILLER fV,y until he adjusted. Three days! man and beast-or collision Smith, 20, this week begins his NEW YORK After a hom-f later the pigeon turned up at his A bride of six months left her fifth year of complete uncon- ing pigeon walked home, a bloodr former home, footsore and be-1 husband, she told the Faterson, sciousness. hound got lost and a husband de-v-draSle' ,rom tne three-mile: N.J. , superior court, because he Smith has been in a deep corns , manded his wife pay rent to him, n'k- I '"Id her to pay rent to him and since an auto accident totally de-the concept of home as' a place! In "aton Ku. La-, one of the to pay for their wedding phota stroved the cerebral cortex of; to hang your hat took on a new sherif' 1 bloodhounds got lost; album to boot. After all, sht who was found wandering along! the streets of Baltimore's honkey- Ihis brain inl93lr1te liar "beetrimension last week. unable to see or move from the ; guj lime oi me acciaeni, ana auc tors, say he is completely . un aware of anything. His case, called one of . the strangest in medical history, has attracted nationwide interest. Brain specialists have said there Ls no possible cure for him. He will not get any closer to life than he is at present, doc tors say. He has been kept in a state of suspended life by his brain stem, the automatic part of the organ, food and water are fed to him through a nasal tube as he lies- In a deep sleep at a Dent ing hospital. HONOLLXU.T.-H, Alt. Martia (right), second vice president of the Salem, Ore., Lions Club, was made an honorary member of the Watklkl Club during a recent visit here. He is shows receiving . the "Calabash Cousla" card from Shigera Chye. the Waikikl club's president. Nebraska Bank Robbed; Omaha Man Charged &ECATUR, Neb. Un A federal bank robbery charge was filed Saturday night against a 30-year while he was tracking down rob-! worked, he reasoned. She asked k. . , . .. . . J - . I . . to launch the homey i 'u irauing ; h-uu maintenance ana ine discussion, a storv of a little eirl i ,u "u lne rrm P' real jancuora. . ..." A ,.,!. i snerui s oil ice. ine suspect was missing too. Collusion between tonk area and taken to a police ! station by a friendly cop. There oil or akmt similarity to other such tales ends. BUENOS AIRES CP The revo No ice cream cones and lollipops j lutionary leaders who kicked and Mother Goose. This little girl , Pres. Juan D. Peron out of office was- a 23-year-old stenographer clad only in a string of pearls and a pair of shoes. And her comment about police solicitude: "Every time I try to have a little fun I get into trouble." About that homing pigeon. A Vista, Calif., boy traded him for a parakeet. The" new owner clipped his wings so he couldn't last September got around last week to booting him out of the Argentine army. He previously had been stripped of his general rank and uniform, Ha lives in exile in Panama. Pd.Adv. 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The Vomic Of Salem's ANNUAL FASHION , Rifle Discharges In House Blaze, Man Wounded .EUGENE Wi Arnold Grove. 41, of Disston, suffered a minor wound in the leg Saturday when a rifle discharged in a burning house. He was sitting in his trailer home when a fire broke out in j the cabin of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover : Rhodes about 100 feet away. The ' fire heated the gun, causing it to : fire. The bullet crashed through the walls of the cabin and the trailer and hit Grove in the leg. ! cept the veteran's own estimate ; of his financial standing. The GAO listed eight other cas- es where it figured the veteran's ; net worth at from $103,734 to $156. 2C2. ..'... DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS MONDAY SPECIALS Starts Today At 4 P. M. ... . Shop Until 9 P. M. For Savings! The Vogue's X . 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