Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 14, Number 43, DeMotte, Jasper County, 8 September 1944 — Claim for Dead Arab $200; For His Mule It’s $250 [ARTICLE]

Claim for Dead Arab $200; For His Mule It’s $250

While no country is required by International law to pay claims to foreign civilians for death or damage resulting from combatant or nopcombatant action of its armed forces, the U. S. government does compensate for accidents not occurring during battle and has paid over $2,100,000 to some 18,000 claimants, says Collier's. As these payments are based on local values, the accidental death of a North African Arab, for example, costs us only S2OO, while that of his mule costs $250.