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The Spectator

Location

Joliet, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1946

Page

4

Veterans get full child allowance and higher burial aid

Veterans of World Wars and peacetime service now receive full payment for minor children with no family ceiling. Widows get automatic extra payments, and burial allowances rise from 100 to 150 dollars for claims since July 24, 1946. Joliet Will county veterans see a 20 percent October pension increase. Contact the local VA office in the Morris building. Little birds in their nests eat 200 to 300 meals daily with a worm diet.

Kenneth A. Mulvey Veterans Administration Morris Building Mulvey Joliet and Will County Congress Chicago Street

Loud-mouthed fans and players face jeers and comebacks

The article notes how hecklers influence baseball lineups and benching with examples from Leo Durocher and players like Ray Mack Jack Wallaesa and Ted Williams. It mentions Connie Mack critiquing fans, Claude Passeau considering retirement at 38 and Fred Apostoli returning after a four year layoff. It also covers Southern California football interest and USO camp show handicapped acrobats Claude Dean and Harold Brown. It ends with the first horseshoe pitching club founded in 1900.

Leo Durocher Brooklyn Ray Mack Cleveland Philadelphia Jack Wallaesa Connie Mack Ted Williams Claude Passeau Chicago Cubs Fred Apostoli Pedro Vallejo San Francisco Los Angeles Southern California University of California At New York Yankees Chicago Rockets Washington Redskins Brooklyn Dodgers Pacific USO Claude Dean Harold Brown

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