Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 18, Number 34, DeMotte, Jasper County, 23 July 1948 — ust 1st. Mr. Hoehn is a retired farmer. U.S. To Furnish-Wheel Chair Homes [ARTICLE]

ust 1st. Mr. Hoehn is a retired farmer. U.S. To FurnishWheel Chair Homes

Grants Up To SIO,OOO To Be Made To Certain Paralyzed Veterans The President has signed into law H. R. 4244, which provides certain paralyzed veterans with Federal grants up to SIO,OOO for the purpose of purchasing or remodeling homes especially designed for wheel chair living; Veterans Administration announced. Eligible under the law are veterans ®f war or peace who served in the armed forces since April 21, 1898, who have a permanenttotal Service-connected disability due to a spinal-cord disease or injury, resulting in paralysis of the legs and lower part of the body. The purpose of the law is to provide these disabled veterans, who must spend a major part of their lives in wheel chairs, with homes especially adapted to their needs. Fo? complete information concerning veterans’ benefits get in touch with the Veterans Administration Office, Purdue University,

545 Northwestern Avenue, West Lafayette, Indiana.