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GENERAL INTEREST—Denison, Texas, where Gen. Eisenhower
was born, is preserving this house, his birthplace, as a shrine.
Neighbors are attempting to restore it to the condition it was
in or October 14, 1890. when Ike was born. He is expected to
visit the Texas town during April.
By JACK RUTLEDGE—(/P) Newsfeatures Writer
DENISON, Tex.—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower is expected to go
down in history with Washington and Lee as one of the great Ameri
can generals of all time, and Denison is wasting no time in converting
his birthplace into a shrine.
Gen. Eisenhower was born here October 14, 1890, in a neat white
frame house a few yards from the<
railroad where his father worked.
It was in the best part of town
then.
A civic committee has bought
the six-room one-and-a-half story
home for $3,000 and will repair
and restore it to its original ap
pearance.
Furniture of the 1890s will be
used.
The living room, bedroom, din
ing room and kitchen will be typi
cal of the '90s, even to the kitchen
utensils.
Miss Jennie Jackson, a school
teacher who bounced Eisenhower
on her knees when he was a baby,
is in charge of the restoration.
It is hoped that many of the
general’s personal articles will be
on display for posterity.
At present, relics and souvenirs
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READJUSTMENT
ALLOWANCES PAID
TO VETERANS
Tilte V of t ie ‘*Servic°men’s
Readjustment Act of 1944” pro
vides Re^diustment Allowance for
former members of toe Armed
Forces who are unemployed. Any
person who has served in the Ac
tive Military or Naval Service of
the United States at any time af
ter September lfi. 1940, is entitled,
in accordance with the provisions
of this Title, and Regulations is
sued by the Administrator of Vet
eran Affairs, to receive Readjust
ment Allowances in the amount o'
$20 per week for a period not to
exceed 52 weeks. Qualified Veter
ans who are self-employed in a
business, profession, or occupation
for profit, are entitled to receive
monthly allowances based on the
difference between their net earn
I of World Wars I and II are being
■ gathered.
The shrine is a civic project.
Money is being raised through
public subscription. All civic clubs
are cooperating.
School children are donating
pennies and nickels. The home has
been deeded to the city of Deni
son.
A permanent committee will be
appointed to improve and main
tain the property as a shrine. It
will be the responsibility of the
city to see that it is done properly.
Denison hopes to have the res
toration completed by the time
Gen. Eisenhower visits his birth
place this spring.
The date has been set tentative
ly for April.
It will be his first return to the
city of his birth.
ings and $100.00.
John T. McLaughlin, Readjust
ment Allowance Agent for Alaska,
wishes to inform Veterans that
full information in regard to al
lowances is available at the offices
of the United States Employment
Service throughout the Territory.
Veterans residing in outlying dis
tricts where contact with the Em
ployment Office cannot be made,
may address their inquiries direct
to the Unemployment Compensa
tion Commission, Box 2661, Jun
eau, Alaska. The Unemployment
Compensation Commission,
through an agreement with the
Veterans Administration, is the
Agency responsible for the actual
payment of Readjustment Allow
ances in Alaska. Funds necessary
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17 Years After War
BELLEVILLE. 111., OP)—Among
the hundreds of crisp new World
War II discharge papers register
ed with the county recorder here,
a yellowed, old-fashioned dis
charge dated May 8, 1899. has just
been recorded for the first time. Tt
was issued to Capt. Fred J. .Schra
der, who served with the Fourth
Illinois Regiment at Augusta, Ga.,
during the Spanish-American con
flict.
for the payment of Readjustment
allowances are made available to
the Alaska Unemployment Com
pensation Commission by the Vet
erans Administration.
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