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Show Public Warned on Fund For Blinded Veterans i WASHINGTON. Declaring that several hoaxes already have been detected, the war department recently re-cently warned the public to guard against fraudulent solicitation of funds supposedly for aid to blinded soldiers. Although the army medical department de-partment has stated publicly that only 73 men have suffered total blindness in this war, the war department de-partment has discovered circulation circula-tion of misinformation and rumors of "thousands" of blind casualties. The army emphasized that it will give complete care and training to any blinded soldiers, and that it will even furnish them with guide dogs if the blinded veterans need or request them. |