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1959. To qualify, the veteran must
have been a resident of Washing-.
“‘U. S&S. and $200 for more than
Street, Grass Valley,
bility rules for “ou
veteran. must have been distions “other than dishonorable,” . 1
and be in need of treatment for
a disability incurred or aggravated in wartime service,
* An exception to this rule applies for Spanish-American War
_ veterans, including the Philipppine Resurrection and the Boxer
Rebellion, whose. disabilities ‘are
considered service-connected” for
the purpose of outpatient care;
not, however, for local hospitalization. 4
In the case of peacetime service
only, the veteran to be eligible
for outpatient treatment must
have been discharged for disability, or be receiving compensation,
or be eligible to receive compensation except for the receipt ‘of
retirement pay. And he must
require treatment under either
the World War II or the Korean
Conflict vocational rehabilitation programs; and ‘who need
outpatient medical care for nonservice-connected disabilities to
prevent interruption of their
training, may be so entitled.
Outpatient treatment may be
provided at VA clinics,. or the
VA may authorize it to be given
by an approved private physician
in the veteran’s own community.
. Assistance in applying for oltpatient treatment by making out
the proper forms is offered by
the veterans service office.
Other States Vets
Veterans Service Officer H. £.
Nolen, -whosé office is at 255
South Auburn Street, Grass Valley, advises veterans from ‘states
other than California of some recent bonus actions that may affect:
them.
a bonus bill nf Tn. Illinois,
Korean Conflict” veterans —h
been passéd by the Illinois Leg
lature. It will be. financed from
a’ l-cent per package increase in
the Illinois cigarette tax at
estimated cost of between $6 and
$8 million. The bonus is restricted
to veterans with service in the
Korean combat zone, and. their
surviving dependents. It provides for payment of $100 to these
veterans, and ‘$1,000 death benefit
to survivors of servicemen killed
in the Korean theater.
Application forms aré not yet
available here, butare obtainable by writing to the Illinois
Veterans Commission, Springfield
Illinois. The ‘service. office here
is available for assistance in applying. ~
In the State of Washington,
the deadline for bonus applications from Korea veterans has.
been extended to December 31,
ton for one year immediately
prior to his military service, and
he must have served 90. days or
more between Jurie 27, 1950, and
July 26, 1953. ~
The Washington bonus is $100
for 90 days service in the continental U. S.; $150 for more than
90 days and less than 365 days
with some ‘service outside: the
365 days of service including some
foreign duty. Certain survivors
are also eligible. Applications are
obtainable from the State Auditor, P. O: Box 205 Olympia, Wash-.
ington. hee :
In Pennsylv
for a Korean bo will be re
for distribution in late September
or early October of this year,.
and will be acceptef until De-}
cember 31,. 1963. type. of}.
application is for living veterans; . .
-the other for (1) the guardian or
representative of .a mentally incompetent veterab, and (2) the
beneficiary of & veteran.
through the Federal Veterans Ad-.
‘ Po mencined income rider to my GI
is
of a veteran who died as a result
is 2 applications ;.
The final date
who served in the
Veterans Service Officer H. E.
eral hundred eligible Americans
still have not filed for Canadian
benefits. Some 27,000 Americans
served Canada during World War
II; 19,000 of them in the armyand the remainder in the Canadian Air Force, 4
The C&nadian benefits for
which these American are eligible
are “service gratuities” and “reestablishment credit.”
The final date for making apPlication for a gratuity was December 31, 1954, except for those
'veterans who served outside the
Western Hemisphere and who
were unable to apply before that
date due to exceptional. circumstances, ; Se ea
Veterans of the Canadian forces
living in the United States may.
use their re-éstablishment credit
only for the plrehase of veterans
insurance in Canada. The policies are issued to eligible veterahs without medical examination
in amounts up to $10,000.
A formula of $7.50 for each day
of service, with an additional 25
cents “for each day overseas is
the formula for re-establishment
credit. The amount of tredit to
dian insurance policy.
The only exception to the January 1, 1960, deadliné would be
if the 15th anniversary of the
veteran’s. discharge from the
Canadian forces falls on a later
date. é
Further information is~obtain.
able by writing the Director
-General, Veterans Welfare Services, Department of Veterans AffaifS, Ottawa, Odnada.
: “QGuestionsAnswers
Q. If I should add the total
VCanadi mnie
armed forces during World War. 3 to file applications for Cana-f
dian veteran benefits is Januaty: z
Nolen said it is estimated by the :
Canadian Government that sevther recognition this week. Representatives of The National Geographic Society came all the way
from Washington, D. ©., to confer.
with him relative to material for
the. world renowned ‘National
Geographic ‘Magazine.
day with Mr. Davis, who -guided
them to. the. Malakoff hydraulic
diggings and other points of historical
Juan Ridge. They interviewed old
timers and took 112 pictures.
phases of California
tended the University of -Tennessee, Columbia, and
versities, ;
which an American is entitléd]
would be put toward his Cana-)of training in mining was at Cobalt, Ontario. He there engaged
in silver mining for eight years.
As vice president and general
manager of the United West Indies Corporation for 16 years, he
had_offices contemporanedusly at
Porte au Prince, Haiti; San Domingo, and Curaco.
before him, -had gained fame in
the mining world., They shared
offices in New York, where H. P.’
knew and admired Waldemar
Lindgren,whom he considers
“the world’s greatest economic. as chairman of the War
geologist.”
H. P. DAVIS, authority on 1
vada County history, gained furThese “scouts” spent an entire
interest along the San
“H. P.” has long been our contact man with the outside world.
Dr. RockwellHunt of the Uni-.
versity of Southern California
and Dr. Robert Burns of the College of the Pacific have consulted
him on otherwise little-known
istory.
Born in Bangor, Maine ,;he obtained his preparatory education
at Andover. He successively atQueen’s UniHis first practical application
Owen Warren Davis, his father
him at. the National Hotel. She
Airways, now vacatio :
family home near Saranac in the
brothers, William H. Davis, served
Davis continually y refers to
Lindgren’s opus “Oriferous Veins
of the Sierra Ne’ -. While
drafted for the official-dedication
of the Lake Tahoe’ Airport last
Friday through Sunday.
~The program began officially
at 3 p.m. Friday with a mass jet
fly over the Lake Tahoe Airport.
Fighter jets from the
Fighter Interceptor Squadron of
the Nevada Air National Guard
‘Participated in the thunderous
salute to the airport.
192nd
Then at 4 p.m. beauty took over:
with finals in the Miss Lake Tahoe Airport Queen contest held
at the airport,
The girl. who was elected to
reign over the airport dedication
ie tee of the U.S — crowned at the highlight of
Geological Survey, Lindgren prepared another favorite of Davis, . .
“The Nevada City-Grass Valley. !
Mining Di: ae
H. P. arrived in Nevada City
in. 1936. He had been sent’ here
by a group/of six New York banking houses to inv
to consolidate all mines’ in the
Nevada City district and drain
water from them into the South
Yuba River. There: were.then 28
mines in operation. in Nevada
Courlty with payrolls amounting
to $2,800,000 a year: © «
Davis felt duty-bound to report
unfavorably to the New ‘York
capitalists. He could. foresee the
good miners leaving their $6-aday jobs for industries elsewhere
paying $15 or more. He cémments
that local mines were “elosed by
economics,” if lhia
H. P. refers proudly to a relief
map of this area which he made.
He wrote the charter and by-laws
of the Nevada County. Historical
Society. He has written, magazine
articles for Munsey’s,‘. Leslie’s,
Travel, Outlook, and Fortune.
His books include. Handbooks of
Canadian Mining Districts. and
Black Democracy. © ee
Sonja Van Hall, his attractive
granddaughter, frequently visits
he ceremony. She began her official duties at the start of a flyn breakfast Saturday.
On Saturday morning at 9
o’clock the '30-piece 561st Air
Force band from the California
National Guard arrived by plane
ate a planjfrom, Mather Air Force Base,
Sacramento, The air guard bandsmen played the National Anthem at 1 p.m. to officially open
the formal dedication of the airport, and then scrambled to waiting aircraft to be flown back to
Sacramento; where they continued their daily appearances at
the California State Fair and Exposition.
Before the official dedicatoin
ceremony opened another mass
jet-precision fly-over was held at
12:30 p.m. with jets from the Nevada Air Guard again doing the
honors. ,
The dedication ceremony. was
halted for an intermission at 1:45
p.m. while a jet trainer from
Stead Air Force Base, near Reno,
Nevada, put on a 15-minute aerobatic demonstration. At the same
time the crack 858th ACandW
Squadron’ military drill
from Fallon Air Station perteam
is a hostess for .Pan “American
at the
Adirondacks.
The Davis name looms large in
national life. -One of H. P.’s
Labor
rance and later become disabled ‘so I-could not. work, chow
much money would I receive?
A. You would _ receive, after
you had been totally disabled for
six months, income amounting to}.
$10 a month for each $1,000 of}*
your GI insurance. The maximum payments are $100 a month.
Q. I have a service-connected
disability. Gan my family doctor
treat my. disability and send his
bill to the VA?
A. If he has prior . approval
from VA, yes. Under the law, that
is necessary before he may treat
your ‘service-connected condition
at government expense.
Q. Is it possible to attend school
less than half-time under the
War Orphans training under’ the
War Orphans
‘am wondering if my mother still].
being alive would mean I am not
eligible. Will ‘you please tell. me?
eligibility for War Orphans training. You would be considered a
War Orphan for purposes of this
act, Since your veteran-father died
as a result of war service.
an with less than 90 days’ service
ever be eligible for a VA pension?
charged sooner, for a service-connected disability, that would be
possible, yes. He could be eligible
Education Act, but
A. The fact that your mother
s living has no bearing on your
Q. Could a World War I veterA, If the veteran had been dis233 Mill Street, Grass Valley
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War Orphans Education program?
A. No. War Orphan payments
may not be made to a student
attending’ school less than halftime,
Q. Where can I write to get a
replacement for my honorable
discharge, which. is lot?
A. Write to the Personnel Records Center of the Armed Forces,
9700 Page Boulevard, St, Louis,
Missouri. Give? f-service number and. your branch of service.
There is no charge for this replacement. +
Q. I am 19 years old, the son
of injuriés received in World
War Il. I am thinking of ‘taking
Ma
Payments rangé ‘up to $500.
FOR THE.
‘FAMILY
Stop on Highway 99E
AT 5th STREET
_PLAN
for pension.
Me
Wicbadiediamdadiasities ates
a glass of beer
_is many things
lace in California. And so, tc
0, has beer.
formed. precision drill routines.
The drill team.has won 35 of the
last 36 competitions in which it
has performed.
The ceremonies were resumed
at 2 p.m. At 2:45 p.m. the Nevada
Sky Divers under the direction
of President Jim Eaton performed four parachute jumps to
demonstrate free fall and spot
landing techniques.
A helicopter demonstration at
3:30 p.m. rounded out the Saturday program. The helicopter,
which carhe to Lake Tahoe from
Stead Air Force Base, demonstrated maneuverability and rescue capabilities.
Sunday morning saw the arrival of 12 aircraft from the California Army National Guard. The
small planes flew from Stockton,
San Joaquin County, where they
are based.
Throughout the three days
many military. and private aircraft, including fighter jets, troop
carrier aircraft and helicopters,
were on display for the inspection
of the spectators.
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use would overload their sewagedisposa] systems. They are legal, <;
howevér, in such large cities as
Chicage, Los Angeles, San Fran-.
cisco, Cleveland, Houston, and
Washington. Some cities require
them in alf homes, new or old,
to eliminat® garbage collections.
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