Veterans Information
Center Opened In Nome
Designation of Selective Service
Local Board No. 6 as an official
Veterans Information Center of
the United States Government
was announced by Douglas John
son, Chairman of the Board today.
The Board is located at Nome
Alaska.
The new Veterans Information
Center has been officially named
by the Retraining and Reemploy
ment Administration which is
charged by law with the coordina
tion of U. S. Government agencies
serving veterans. The Board’s lo
cation as a Veterans Information
Center is identified by a colorful
poster bearing a large reproduc
tion of the gold discharge emblem.
“Our Local Board has inducted
a large number of men into the
Armed Forces during the last five
years,” said Chairman Johnson.
‘‘Now we are ready to assist these
same men in reestablishing them
selves in civilian life, if they want
and need our assistance.
“Congress has provided many
rights privileges, and benefits for
ex-service men and women. These
rights and benefits are provided
by many different laws and are
administered by a number of dif
ferent Government agencies. It is!
the puropse of our Veterans In
formation Center to aid the veter- 1
an in getting to the right place
and obtaining the right informa
tion so that he may take advan
tage of all benefits to which he is
entitled.”
Mr. Johnson pointed out that
persons who left positions to en
ter the Armed Forces are entitled *
by law to reinstatement in their ,
old jobs when they return, if they 1
fulfill certain requirements of the
law. He explained that it is part
of the Local Board’s function to.
assist the veteran in asserting his
reemployment rights. The Local
Board is also charged by law with!
rendering aid to veterans seeking
new employment.
“Many veterans, of course, will
not need assistance,” said Mr. i
Johnson, “for industry and busi- '<
ness in general already have seen ^
to it that their former employees
in service are welcomed back to
their old jobs—or better ones.
But, a large number of veterans
are not familiar with their rights
to reemployment and what they,
are entitled to in the way of pref
erence for new jobs. Full infor
mation is available at the Local
Board and the veteran is urged to j
come in and talk over his prob- j
lems.”
Chairman Johnson said the
Board also will advise and assist
the veteran with his other prob
lems, including his insurance, GI
loans, educational opportunities,
and the like. “All these services”
he said, “are free to the veteran
for the asking, and he will find
the Board’s members, reemploy
ment committeemen, and employ
ers ready to do the utmost to
save him time and trouble in get
ting back in stride as a civilian.”
THE POOR FISH
LAS VEGAS, Nev.—(/P)—S/Sgt.
Lowell H. Elliott of Las Vegas
Army Air Field was credited with
catching 3,066 pounds of black
bass from Lake Mead at nearby
Boulder Dam in his three-year
stay here. He was recently trans
ferred to Harlingen, Tex., where
he hopes they’ll still lv biting.
FILL ’ER UP
A Coast Guard Base in the Pa-!
eit'ic—The ‘‘Mighty A" is a 29
! year-old Coast Guard tanker
which serves as a floating oil sta
tion in a Southwest Pacific port.
All types of naval vessels, from
picket boats to cruisers, pull up
alongside for rations of gasoline
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and oil.
Recently, a destroyer, reports
Coast Guard Combat Correspond
ent Ed Frankel, was sucking thou
sands of gallons of oil into its
belly when a little outboard mo
torboat skippered by a teen-age
kid putt-putted nearby.
After the destroyer’s thirst had
been quenched the tankers offi
cer-of-the-day bellowed to the
youthful pilot, asking what he
wanted. The kid held up his hand
with fingers outstretched and, in
typical tourist style, said. “Five
gallons, please.”
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