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Show I Vets Must Act ! Or Lose Bonus I Warning that world war veterans j stand to lose all rights to the federal adqu.-ted compensation "bonus" unless un-less tiiey act before January 1, was voiced Sunday by Colonel F. L. ; Knuusen in announcing the opening. ! of an information center at the local ! U. S. army recruiting offices, 306 ; Beason i.uilding, Salt Lake, to aid j veterans in filing applications, i Tiie information center is now open I and Colonel Knudsen urges veterans ! to make use of it before it closes I January 1. More than 500,000 ex-service men ; throughout the country, with claims i a!;ureaating possibly half a billion ! uuilars. have failed to apply, the war di-parunent has informed Colonel ! Kiiuiisrn. Another group of 40,000 veterans has neglected to return applications ap-plications sent them for correction. To date, over 3,100,000 applications have been received at Washington. Local veterans or relatives of deceased de-ceased soldiers who visit the infor-! infor-! niation center will be given every as-J as-J sisiance in completing their applica-I applica-I tions and interpreting the rejrula- tions governing their cases. Blanks, j addre.-sed envelopes and detailed in-! in-! structions will be available. Finger-I Finger-I printing facilities, with an operator in attendance, have been installed, j According to Colonel Knudsen, any honorably discharged veteran who served in the army navy or marine corps for more than sixtv days between be-tween April 5, 1917 and July 1. 1919, ! providing; he began his service be-iore be-iore tiie Armistice, is eligible for the benefits of the adjusted compensation compensa-tion law. To be valid, applications must he filed on or before January 1, j I92S. Tribune. |