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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1925
Page
8
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The American Legion national rehabilitation committee led by Wat son B. Miller will press for passage of World War II era Johnson act provisions. Aimed measures include retroactive disability pay to April 1917, permanent rates for tuberculosis cases, reinstatement of insurance for veterans unable to pay back premiums, family allowances for totally disabled beneficiaries, removal of vocational training end dates and claim filing time limits, plus creation of a permanent medical corps in the veterans bureau. An estimated $13.85 million is needed in the December session to fund new veterans hospitals, following prior authorizations and limited cash due to end of sessions.
Friends of Woodrow Wilson in xl parte of the United States will fund a college as a national memorial to Wilson in Georgia where he grew to manhood. Col. Edward M. House, adviser to President Wilson, says he will aid. Pleasant A. Stovall leads the movement and praises House’s support as essential to the memorial effort.
Guardian embezzlement of government funds paid to wards and World War beneficiaries will face federal prosecution. Law sets a $2000 fine or five years hard labor, or both, backed by American Legion support. Veterans' bureau notes many guardians returned about $100,000 in six months from uncashed checks, including a large backdated series of $100 checks since 1910. Estimates show 0,519 guardians of minors and 16,000 guardians of adults in permanent total cases, with about 80,000 minors under guardianship.
A Seward Post of the American Legion found a youth in Omaha who pleaded to be sent abroad. W M Merriam, commander, was tasked to arrange travel for the discontented youth who warned Americans may abandon the nation. The post offered to pay his way out if he would not return, then the youth accepted with visits allowed.
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