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Show Adjusted Compensation Claimed by 3,250s00 The benefits of the adjusted compensation compen-sation act have been requested by about 3,2.30,000 World war veterans up to the present time, according to the national rehabilitation committee of the American Legion, which has been in close touch with the working out of the bonus law for which the American Ameri-can Legion made a determined fight. The number of death claims which ' have been paid under this law is 20,-687, 20,-687, totaling $21,342,715. Claims of dependents for benefits on account of deceased veterans, under the provision provi-sion of the law, numbering 22,455, have been disallowed, but the opinion opin-ion has been expressed by officials of the veterans' bureau that on review under terms of amendments passed by congress on July 3, 192G, a large number num-ber of these claims will finally be paid. |