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Show Legion to Furnish Holiday Boxes For Vets Hospital "A Christmas Box for a Yank Who Gave" is the watchword oi Sugar House Post 65, American Legion, as they launch their campaign this week to provide a real merry Christmas xor veterans veter-ans in the hospital. Following up the success of last year's drive which was inaugurated on a national scale by Eddie Cantor Can-tor and his "Thanks to the Yanks" program, the local post has set a goal of 300 boxes for this season. They have applied for assignment to the Veterans hospital in Salt Lake this year and have volunteered to look after aft-er the whole personnel there. Last year they joined with other oth-er groups in providing the boxes for Bushnell. About the boxes, they are to be of about $2 value each and should contain a number of small personal gifts and items, rather than just one or two large presents. Suggested items for inclusion are toilet articles such as hair oil and shaving accessories ac-cessories handkerchiefs, cigar-ets, cigar-ets, candy bars, gum, playing cards, chips, matches, lighters, pens and pencils, and similar goods a good variety of things that a hospitalized veteran would most enjoy. The local post is calling on l business houses and civic groups of the area to contribute in this project, either in donating cash i to purchase articles to be assembled as-sembled and packaged by the post, or by contributing complete boxes. In the latter case, the donor is asked to put his own or his firm's name on a slip or card inside the box, and the Legion post's name and number on the outside. .A central depositing depot will be set up in the business section sec-tion of Sugar House where contributions con-tributions and boxes nlay be brought. Cliff Husbands is chairman chair-man of the post's committee on the project, assisted by Lyman M. Sherwood, John Grubb, Bernard Ber-nard Hulquist, Paul Beecher and Joe Morgan. Members of the committee and their wives along with a full dress Santa Claus will deliver the boxes individually individual-ly to the patients on Christmas Eve. The city firemen have, offered offer-ed their services toward the See LEGION on Page 8 WITH THE LEGIONNAIRES POSTNO 65 ! Sugar House! Commander Ernest J. Hamilton -vrfStor-j 1st Vice Cmdr D. T. McDonald Jj&aij&fe 2nd Vice Cmdr Henry Moore WlJiSliaTI j Adjutant Horace Taylor wySS''y ! Finance Officer Redge Corn-well oitjf j have to accept it and you may still draw the unemployment benefits. Q. If I want to learn a tade instead of going to school may I do that? A. Yes. The Veterans' Administration Admin-istration is making up a list ot private employers who will provide pro-vide veterans with the opportunity oppor-tunity to learn the trade which they are suited to teach. Q. Will I have to leave home (Continued from Page One) project, and Mr. Beecher of the committee is contacting schools in the area to solicit their cooperation. co-operation. Any firm, individual or group desiring to lend a hand in this most worthy effort is invited to go ahead and prepare boxes, or if additional information is desired, to contact any memuer of the committee listed above. There is no standard size or shape for the boxes, but it is desired de-sired that they be of about uniform uni-form value and contain a variety of items such as are listed above or other things of similar nature. This is a good chance to express ex-press in a material way your "Thanks to the Yanks " t Following is a continuation of the question-and-answer discussion dis-cussion of salient points in the G-I Bill of Rights,- provided by Post 65. Veterans interested in obtaining further information o,n this program should inquire in-quire of post officials. Q. I have a friend who was over 25 and was just starting to practice law when he entered en-tered service; now he feels that he has to brush up on his law because he was away from it so long. Is he eligible for aid? A. If a man was over 25 when entering service he has two opportunities: op-portunities: 1. He is automatically automatical-ly eligible for a one-year refresher re-fresher or retraining course; 2. He can get the same educational education-al benefits as other men by proving prov-ing that his education was interrupted in-terrupted by entry into service. Q. Where can a veteran apply ap-ply for aid under the G. I. Bill? A. He may ask the service officer of-ficer of any American Legion Post or he may consult the manager or contact represen- to take any of these educational education-al or training courses? A. Not if there is a place in your city, or near your farm where you can learn what yon choose, i tative at any of the branches of the Veterans' Administration. Q. If 1 want to enter my state university what do I do? A. Go to the registrar with your honorable discharge and your high school and other credits. Q. Do I have to wait until the Veterans' Administration acts before I can enter school? A. The rules and regulations are now bejng drawn, but the plan is to have the school clarify clar-ify you as a student eligible to veterans' benefits so that you can enroll at once. Q. How much will the government gov-ernment pay toward the cost of my schooling? A. Up to $500 a year in tuition, fees and similar costs. Q. Will I receive anything to support myself? A. Yes, $50 a month if you are single and $75 if 'you have a wife or other dependents. Q. How long may I remain-in remain-in school: A. If you were under 25 when you entered service you will receive re-ceive one year of schooling for your first 90 days of qualifying service, plus a period equal to the time you spent in active service over 90 days. Q. If I am out of a job, what do I do? A. Go to your American Legion Le-gion service officer and also register reg-ister for, work with the United States Employment Service, which will ask you to report regularly. Q. Will I get any money while I am waiting for a job? A. Yes. You will be paid $20 a week for unemployment which begins after the first Sunday in September, 1944. Q. How long will this last? A. It can last as long as 52 weeks. Q. Do all veterans get that much? A. No. Less than 90 days no entitlement but a man who served serv-ed only 90 days receives eight weeks of benefits for each month of active service, or 24 weeks. Q. If a man finds work while he is drawing benefits what happens? A. The benefits stop. Q. If he should lose his job after a short time but has not used all of the benefits due him what happens? A. He may again draw benefits bene-fits for the number of weeks remaining to his credit. Q. Suppose I lose my job because be-cause of a strike? A. If you have not participated partici-pated in the strike you may still draw benefits. Q. Do I have to accept a job in a place where there is a strike? A. You do not. Q. Some jobs do not pay what they ought to? A. If the salary, hours and working conditions of the job that is offered to you are not up to the standards of similar jobs in your home area you do not |
