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K*ISA.:h10St)0idirDistrict VF W ConventionWants Probe Boise OfficeOf Veterans’ AdministrationVeterans of Foreign Wars members from districts 7. 8, 9. 10 gathered in Pocatello Sunday to aporove legislation and deter-■n mine policies for 1947 for the V.F.W. in Idaho. u The districts went on record as approving Dept. Comctr James Ingalls’ charges against the veterans administration inI--^ Idaho and recommended that a thorough investigation be madeiby the branch office of the veterans administration in Seattlei-1 — — - 4Qf Manager Leon Field and the Hr j m 1 | whole veteran admini : rat ion atW' 1 Pt* i^l 1 Till IV B°iSP- especially the finance divi-J.| f Ul/Vl sion anrt the vocational rehabill-t- TT*J 13«r tatton section, in view of therp JllL JtJ y A 1000 numerous complaints of the non-ic! : receipt of subsistence checks andpension benefits. It was the unan-KELLOOO. Idaho «V-Kel!OSS *m°us lt;*■“»».ot »r combined 51 ui wlthoul a water supply today dlncls eatherlng that the vete-e,in the wake of floods which dta- rans' . administration in Boise* I UiAtd communications and tram- 5l',ould * *■*lt;» “? T' ° m?• Donation service here and In Wal- *«***■ f “h- »«' “ iaw» v«*t*rri«v adequately protect the veteransas; * ■' interests and benefits in t’-e «.tate4 Cgw trying to divert flooding f M hocharged t hat many ofok % a water mar* the .divisions of the VA in Boise..... ;ht. officials said. arc nc( functioning properly and t^idenU wwt getting along with hjj incompetent divisionj the water lert. in the pipes, rhe chief., should be removed prompt -expected to be repaired jy appears that the contacttoday. The Bunker Hill-Sullivan representatives hired and paid by mine could divert water from its are nothing but public refitidtoown system to Kellogg in an etner- lations men trying to justify their R«icy. existence, and continued expendi-Flood waters across Union Pa- ture of government and taxpayers cific tracks at Elk Creek and funds. Ingalls added.Cataldo prevented a regular Spo- Proposed legislation to be put kane - to - Wallace train trip yes- before the incoming legislature interday, but service had returned 7Z~ .•, to normal today. (Continued on Pago Sevan.)ra\Urcf
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The Pocatello Tribune
Pocatello, Idaho, US
Mon, Dec 16, 1946
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