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Show I FORMER SOLDIER AN ARTIST H John Avardo Will Bo Sent to Rome I by Veterans' Bureau to Com. H plete His Course. H Befotfetho wur John Avnrdo was a I wultcrrri n rcstuurant in Baltimore, Md. Now lie Is a student of nrt, nnd, according to the American Legion nt Witsh-lngton, Witsh-lngton, D. C, will be sent to Homo to complete his While recovering recover-ing from war In Juries at a Haiti more hospital, Avardo displayed considerable skill In moulding clny. The Veterans' bureau become Interested In the case, and sent him to an nrt school where he shortly afterward won first prize in a modelling contest. Ills growing ability has led the bureau to under-tuko under-tuko to send him abroad. Avnrdo's Is only one of a number of cases of rehabilitation In which men who before the war were driving trucks or pushing shovels huve discovered dis-covered their trun talents In the course of being vocatlonnllzed. Men who previously had been content with unskilled labor are now attending classes In uuto-inechanlcs, radio-work, drafting, machine design, agriculture, and various other trades and professions. |