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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1949
Page
6
Veterans in Institutional On-Farm Training under the GI Bill must file 1948 earnings reports with the Veterans Administration Regional Office by March 1, 1949 to continue subsistence payments. Reports, covering income from productive labor, will be used to adjust each veteran's 1949 subsistence and may lead to suspension if late.
Under the law subsistence allowances drop if a veteran’s income from productive labor plus subsistence exceeds thresholds for no dependents one dependent or more than one. Annual earnings derive from farm accounting records. By year end 1948, 207,433 veterans were in Institutional Uniformed courses. 91 percent operated their own farms. Colorado to Wyoming reported 4255 disabled veterans in educational institutions and 1924 on the job in approved establishments. Disables ranged from total to 60–90 percent ratings. Training under GMB and Vocational Rehabilitation Act supported many as the medical population pursued various courses.
County Agent W O Edmondson urges expansion of home grown produce as a key part of the food economy. A Wyoming Extension Service official cites surveys showing growing public demand for year round home grown foods and stresses cooperation from governments, clubs, schools, and the press in building a national garden program. The note previews Ranch Farm and Home Week events and speakers from March 10 to 12, with topics on fabrics, rural America, livestock trends, and wider agricultural leadership. Nineteen 4 H Club national contests reopen to Wyoming in 1949, with scholarships rising from 200 to 306 dollars and continued county and state awards.
Wagoner, chairman and CEO of Underwood Corporation, receives Stevens Institute of Technology’s Doctor of Engineering. Stevens president Dr Harvey N. Davis presents as Wagoner recalls graduating in 1896, later leading Underwood to become a top typewriter and accounting machine maker. Davis cites Stevens thesis linking engineers to top executive roles.
Uncle Sam notes in February two founders of the republic, Washington and Lincoln, valued thrift and orderly saving. It urges a payroll saving plan via work or Bond a Month for the self employed. Ten years yields regird four for every two invested, per the Treasury.
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