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Show Measures Are Taken I To Assist Veterans I Measures have now been taken ; to permit returning veterans to I purchase surplus property to set I themselves up and help maintain . themselves in business without I buying through regular dealer channels, according to the current i news letter issued from the office i of Congressman W. K. Granger, ! representing Utah's first district. ;This new regulation becomes ef- fective July 1, and provides that j any veteran may purchase surplus ' property direct at the government ' "spot sales." The Veterans' administration likewise has eased the rules to aid ' in supplying equipment for disabled dis-abled veterans who have suffered amputations or will require braces ci other prosthetic applicances be-; be-; cause of service-connected injuries. in-juries. Just how many of these veterans will be helped by this order is not known, but the army alone has reported 8,470 leg amputations ampu-tations and 2,530 arm amputations. |