Oregon State Vets'
Bonus Blanks Are
Available in Juneau
Veterans eligible for the Ore
gon state veterans’ bonus may ob
tain application blanks at the Ter
ritorial Veterans Affairs office in
the Federal Building. Applications
for the bonus have been accepted
by the Oregon office since October
1 although no payments will be
made until the state is able to sell
the bond issues authorized by the
legislature to finance the payments.
Floyd Guertin, commissioner of
Territorial Veterans Affairs receiv
ed a letter from the Oregon director
stating that the bids would be
called soon on the bond issues.
Oregon application forms have also
been set to Sitka, Ketchikan, Fair
banks and Anchorage and copies
may be obtained from the depart
ment adjutants of the American
Legion and Veterans of Foreign
Wars or offices of the Veterans
Administration.
Qualifications
To qualify for an Oregon bonus,
a veteran must have been a bona
fide resident of the state for at
least one year immediately preced
ing entrance into the armed ser
vices, must have served at any time
between Sept. 16, 1940 and June
30, 1946, and have been separated
from the service under honorable
conditions, be still in the service,
or retired.
Every veteran who served at least
90 days is eligible to receive $10
for each full month in active dom
estic service or $15 for overseas duty.
Copies of discharges and separa
tion- papers must accompany the
application and they must be certi
fied by a U. S. Commissioner.
Committee OK's
Bowies si India
Ambassador
WASHINGTON, Oct, 3-:#)—The
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
has approved 8 to 2 the nomina
tion of Chester Bowles, World War
II Price Control boss, as Ambas
sador to India.
Chairman Connally (D-Tex) an
nounced the vote but did not say
how individual members stood on
the controversial appointment. How
e \ r, Senators Hickenlooper <R
Iowa) and. H. Alexander Smith <R
UJ) told newsmen they voted
against the nomination.
The nomination probably will
come up for Senate action later this
week.
Senator Sparkman (D-Ala) de
clared that he believes Bowles is
qualified for the strategic post. , j
Sparkrnan headed a subcommit
Gen. MacArthur
To Fly to Seattle
Fer Centennial
SEATTLE, Oct. 3— l£l —Gen
Douglas MacArthur will fly here
November 13 to open Seattle's Cen
tennial celebration, Greater Seattle
Inc., reported yesterday.
George Gunn, Jr., president of the
Civic Promotion group, said Sen,
Harry P. Cain, Washington's junior
Senator, wired that the General
had accepted an invitation to take
part in ceremonies opening a year
long celebration of Seattle's 100th
anniversary.
Gunn said MacArthur will make
a public address at the University
of Washington pavilion sometime
alter his arrival. He will remain
for part of the following day.
Anticipating overflow crowds, the
centennial committee is trying to
arrange for outside screens to tele
vise the General's appearance in the
pavilion, Gunn reported.
Gunn said governors of all western
states will be invited to attend.
Agreement Stops
Atlantic and Gulf
Shipping Tie-Up
NEW YORK, Oct. 3—bT)—A Pos
sible tieup of shfpping on the At
lantic and Gulf coasts was averted
a few minutes before last midnight’s
deadline with an agreement between
ship owners and the AFL Masters,
Mates and Pilots (MMP).
Federal mediator Bernard F. For
man announced the agreement,
which contained apparent com
promises by both sides.
The ship deck officers won a 6.2
percent wage increase, according
to terms announced by Forman,
but yielded on a hiring clause.
Both the union membership and
the 40 individual shipping compan
ies must ratify the agreement. Act
ual writing of the contract will not
start until negotiations receive a
copy of the pact reached Sunday
night in San Francisco between the
MMP and Pacific Coast ship op
erators.
Contracts between the MMP and
the companies expired Sunday mid
night, but the eastern pact was ex
tended 48 hours under a “truce”
agreement.
tee which last week voted 3 to 2
approval of the nomination. For
confirmation were Sparkman and
two other Democrats — Senators
Fulhright (Ark) and Gillette (Iowa).
The ballots against Bowles were
cast by Republican Senators Brew
ster Me.) and H. Alexander Smith
(NJ).
Thousand Dollar
Awards Announced
In region Contest
WASHINGTON, Oct, 3—i/Pl—Two
blinded veterans, a multi-tortured
prisoner of the Japs and the victim
' of a direct hit of an artillery shell
' which caused paralysis, recently
were named winners of $1,000 each
and a fully paid trip to the Nation
al Convention of The American
Legion at Miami, Oct. 15-13 as a
result of their entries in "Opera
tion Comeback’’ a contest of letters
for handicapped veterans.
The winners are :Thomas C.
Hasbrook, a blinded veteran of
6C01 Haverford Street, Indianapolis,
Ind.; Charles A. Boswell, also
blinded, of 111 Urmosa Drive,
Birmingham, Ala.; Lewis Astor
Moore, a victim of Japanese atro
cities, of 107 Hillside Circle, Gads
den, Ala., and Douglas B. Davenport,
a paralytic as a result of a direct
shell hit. who lives in New Lisbon,
Wis.
There were 16 other winners in
this nation-wide contest. Four re
ceived $400 each; four, $200 each;
four, $100 each and four, $50 each.
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