Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 July 1951 — Page 2
41 Per Cent
in World War 11. lk
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. have finished their school.
in schools,
dental,
$250 million cost.
administration’
= That's 41 per cent of all the manager, said many emotionally| Eo ndiana veterans who participated unsettied veterans found release |
e b of the governmerrtpaid students already have taken ana veterans entered 46 approved tage of their rights. Most institutions of higher learning in| | Ulithis state. Most were graduated. | there are 23,847 still eligible, still some completed degrees at alsa, . in school or awaiting acceptance oun expense. A few quit short of
osteopathic students, |engineering, medicine, law, arts teathers and others eligible to re- 44 other fields contributing to —— enter will boost considerably the | the welfare of Indiana who would
institutes were approved. 1 and schools for led the list, ; is 00 voeational sche hlopen to 10,565 veterans still en-| rolled. Altogether 62,274 entered]
them, Many Find Release | ‘M. D. Cummins, VA regional
these schools.
{in Mr. Cummins said 49,213 Indi- |
graduation,
‘not be doing so if it weren't for VA Office Here
VA officials say between 66 and the GI bill,” Mr. Cummins said. ny . 75 per cent of the money goes (, ine.job training and appren- Open to Midnight |
for subsistence and the rest for Auition, supplies, ‘equipment ana ticeship attracted 22,376 veterans.
So Hog.
The Indianapolis office of the Most of them completed the train- po
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1200 Line Up | Rights, j “With very few exceptions,” |
| The last few days as the appli- explained M. D. Cummins, re-
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[1200 veterans lined up at VA ceived after midnight.” regional offices here and In South| Bend, Richmond, New Albany, duty at the Indianapolis office to-| Bloomington, Evansville, Tere night. Haute, Lafayette and Ft. Wayn Shortly before midnight, a uck will be sent to the Post, portunity. | Office to pick-up VA mail, which | | VA will keep its educational will be returned to the office and staff together, for there's still!stamped to show it was received {work to be done. | before midnight. | “The education part of the bill Mr. Cummins reported the numlends for most today,” said Mr. ber of inquiries about GI school{Cummins. “But there are quite ing and job training has been ‘a few eligible for schooling and 2bout three times normal for the other benefits and we want to last three weeks. help them all we can.” jie ——————
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A Missouri man accused of stabbing his wife 17 times two months ago was cap’ re by FBI
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agents in New Castle yesterday. Virg" Leroy Duncan, 41, of Un-| lon, Mo., had hidden out for more
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jcation deadline approached, about) gional manager, “none can be re-lle
: BLIGHTED VACATION—While other youngsters frolic in the sunshine, it is no- happy vacation They and unplaced pre-medical, “There are thousands of men in for Richard Cosgrove, |1, of 1011 Lexington Ave. He is in critical condition Hospital. He walked into the side of a moving car two days ago.
Beverage Group Asks Age Cards for Youths | rp, organization aiso voted to
‘By United Press
today in General
Hoosier adults with age identi|fication cards.
hold its 1953 convention at Evans-
TERRE HAUTE, July 25--The ville and re-elected all its top
| On-the-farm training was ex- received orders to stay open un-|Association took action at the 14,930 who til midnight to handle last-min- close of its three-day convention jenrolled to learn modern farming ute requests for schooling and yesterday to take the burden of {Job training under the GI Bill of [proof off bartenders when persons! {of questionable age ask to be served. The 700 delegates asked their gislative committee to prepare la request for the next General A staff of seven will stay on|Assembly providing all young
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COTTONS
[Veterans Administration today Indiana Retail Alcoholic Beverage officers, including Fred E. Griese,
Evansville, president.
Back to Duty
Sgt. 1/¢ Ferris W. Land, husband of Mrs. Mary J. Land, Rushlville, has returned to duty, according to the latest Defense Department casualty list. He was
Toward Gulf, - Leaving 40 Dead
(damage.
lof this dikeless city of * 21,500,
By United Press CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., July
25-—The Mississippi-Missouri flood crest rolled past here today, leaving a trail of devastation that took 40 lives, left 500,000 homeless and caused a billion dollars
‘The Mississippl swept along— 41.9 feet deep—toward the Gulf of Mexico. All major population centers in its path were thought to be safe. . Water covered about 40 blocks
driving 200 persons from their waterfront homes. But most resldents, long used to floods, went about their tasks as usual. !
Upstream, however, 26,000 acres of farmland bordering the river) in. Perry County, Mo. and at Chouteau Island, Ill, opposite St.| Louis, still were endangered. |
The expected drop in the river there was slowed by the run-off, of heavy rains that hit parts of, Illinois and Missouri. About 2000 soldiers and volun-| teers patched levees in the critical areas along the river.
At McClure, Ill, across the Mississippi from Cape Girardeau, there was severe seepage through the 50-foot levee and water covered more than 250 acres of farmland. i But though the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers were dropping, | thousands of families still were homeless. The Red Cross in Washington announced that a “substantial over-subscription” of its $5 mil-| lion flood relief drive to aid’ 52,076 families in stricken, Kansas, Missouri, parts of Oklahoma and Il-
previously reported infured.
linois would be needed.
No Red Men in ‘Indiana Tribes’
Washington Burean WASHINGTON, July 25— As re in the Congressional Record, the Senate adopted the following: “Resolved, That the General Accounting Office is authorized and directed to make a study and investigation for the purpose of ascertaining the ‘amounts of funds and securities of the several Indiana tribes, inc those in tribal organizations, whether "held in the Treasury ‘of the United States, in private banks or elsewhere ..." The Indian Bureau in the In-
‘WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1051 Ugh, There Are
Transit Firm ~~ Shows Profit 4th Straight Month
| For the fourth straight month {since the city's transit system in{creased fares, Indianapolis Rall‘ways has showed a slight, but steady, profit. Transit officials disclosed today Railways made a net profit ef $15,000 for the month of June. This information will be for warded to the state Public Service Commission as’ part of a
terior Department said that In- monthly report.
diana has no Indians, the last tribe being the Miamis who went westward from Peru. The resolution really referred to “Indian tribes” they explained.
Transit fares now cost a flat 15 cents or 2 tokens for 25 cents. Before they were boosted by the PSC on Mar. 15, fares here cost a flat 12 cents or 3 tokens for 35
The error was attributed to theicents,
Government Printing Office. Probably a Hoosier printer suf-
Late yesterday, the transit company asked the PSC for au-
ering from nostalgia,” was onejthority to finance the 25 new
view of the matter,
Tough LONDON, July 25 (UP) — British stomachs — like
the empire—haye shrunk to an alarming degree In the past 100 years. . Eighteen good men and women of Britain tried last night to eat their way through the kind of a dinner described in the 19th century tales of Charles Dickens. They quit halfway through the menu. It consisted in part of salmon, “partridge, grouse, chicken, lobster, turkeys, hams, teout and beef flown from the United States. The dinner was a Festival of Britain event sponsored by the British Wine and Food Society and the Dickens Fellowship.
trackless trolleys ordered several months ago. The utility indicated He new trolleys will cost $471W. Marshall Dale, president of {Railways, said the trolleys will be delivered in January for use {over the entire system. He added
that they would be used in addi-
tion to the 28 other trolleys purchased from Louisville recently. At present, the Louisville trolleys are in the process of being repainted and made ready for im- | mediate use. Permission to finance the new trolleys was expected to be grantjed the utility without delay, according to PSC sources.
Big Loot From Church
BOSTON, Mass, July 25 (UP) —Thieves took $6000 in gold and silver vessels, crucifixes and money yesterday from the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation.
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