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Show Plans In Making For Vets' Group Plans for the formation of a new veteran's group In Salt Lake City, for those who fought In the first world war in 1917-18, are now in the making, according to A.T.G. (Al) Novak, of Seattle. Wn., National Chief of Staff for theVeterans of World War I of the U.S.A. Novak, editor of the Northwest Veteran, a weekly publication, enroute from San Francisco, Calif., is at the Hotel Newhouse, where he will confer with local veterans on the formation of a Salt Lake City barracks. Since the formation of the veterans of WWI some four years ago, according to Novak, there are now over 900 barracks with a membership over the 100,000 mark but no unit in Utah. "This is the call-to-arms for the last battle of the veterans of World War I," said Novak. "We will endeaver to secure for the veterans of the 1917-18 war. the same benefits, bene-fits, privileges and treatment by our government that is accorded to Civil War, Spanish American War and World War II veterans. "Our fight is for the World War I veterans, with either foreign or domestic service. Pensions, hospitalization, hos-pitalization, care of the widows and orphans etc. But, we cooperate fully in a harmonious manner with all veterans organizations," he concluded. |