The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 31, 1944, Page 13

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE THIRD SECTION PAGES 1 TO 6 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1944 AMERICAN LEGION EDITION =2 TEAMING FOR A. L. Disabled Vets of World| War | Demonstrate fo | War Il Disabled INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—Meet Tony | and Mac, the new team of field secretaries of The American Legion TONY, MAC ! ‘. in its expanding rehabilitation pro- - ingly expert in the use of their 5 he . 0y . . s . v ‘ Mac. gram for disabled World War II| veterans. Between them they have | two arms and two legs. | Tony is Walter A. A;ltonmwu:z‘ of Brooklyn who lost both legs in | World War I [ Mac is Charles 0. McGonegal of | Sunol, Cal, who-lost both arms in the last war. ’ They first formed their partner. ship for mutual assistance in Base Hospital 9 in France in the sprinq‘ of 1918, shortly after each was| wounded. ‘ When Tony first saw Mac there, he said to him: i “If you can get along without | your fins, I can get along wn.hom‘ my pins.” | Thereafter Mac pushed Tony's wheelchair around, and Tony fed| Now after 25 years they are re.‘tane or crutches. He can bound nationwide tour of Army and Nw')r role in industry. united as a team in The Ame“cflm‘up stairways, two steps at a time, bospitals to demonstrate their skili eral war plants in Indianapolis, Legion field service, to demonstrate | &8n walk normally, and can dar e | o the men of this war who nave | to similarly handicapped Worla With his artificial legs. lrst arms or legs. War II veterans how they too can| McGonegal can fly a plane, drive To Make Industrial Contacts overcome their misfortunes. fa car, operate a tyvwewriter, feed, | Team Starts National Tour |dress, shave himself, play Tony and Mac are glowing ex- and perform almost every normal|to armless and legless veterans of amples of how determination can |function of life with bis steel hooks. this war. | lead any individual to overcome ob-| McGonegal has been an American | 1n Indianapolis, just before stavi- stacles. Both have become amaz- |Legion field secretary since lastling their nationwide tour, ar-|December. Antoniewicz became a|jaunched a program of indus‘riai " |field secretary, July 1. |contacts to étmkonstraw R L B e e |als of several large plants, gave Jones Hospital Michigan. at Battle tificial limbs, They visited sev- From there they went to Detroit. | There they appeared before offic- Tony and Mac have an additional | demonstration at Camp Legion, and cards | mission besides bringing inspiration |SPent nearly a week at the ge“;y reek, They gave the handicapped World thay War IT men a new outlook for the |future by the clever manipulation | ‘They SCIENCE TELLS HOW TO TREAT SERVICE NPs| By H. W. BLAKESLEE AP Science Editor 6. I. Bill Is Given in | Nuishell; WarVeterans | INQUIRIES, ~ Are Given Guarantees G-I RIGHTS NEW YORK-—Neariy a quarter| | of a million young men have been discharged from American military forces as psychoneurotics. Before the war is over another quarter| million are likely to be released for the same cause, but with the vital 'HINES GETS Educational, Other Bene- fits Are Given Brief Explanation WASHINGTON, D. C. — Thou- sands of discharged service men and women of this war are swamp= ing the Veterans’ Administration n ‘Washington with written inquiries |about opportunities offered them under The American Legion's “G. 1. Bill of Rights” which President Roosevelt signed as Public Law 346, 78th Congress on June 22. | American fighting men on every|at the of release from ser- start figuring X\()W‘\'l('k‘ |front may safely 3. Requires that a veter: time on what they want to do after dis-| charge from service, for all possible 'Jeased or discharged for dis opportunities are guaranteed 10 execute a claim for compensation, them under the so-called “G. L |pension or hospitalization or a d“,f":f“c_", ,:hm lh;y. will not bBeipy) of Rights' which The Ameri-|signed statement that such right v ecoplB e gl can Legion had written into 1aw|has been explained to him upon | The two clasmes add up to DAl uy oongress. discharge but prohibits the armed a million men whose families are es from refusing discharge asking—how do we receive_tnem,| il B AR O e v |becuusé @ veteran. refuses to. file how do we treat them, OPROTRURLE S SRR, S 7 gt R ink what can m |man in the armed forces,” The a claim at the time of gt o Jor e | American Legion stated in a sum- | 3 There is one, and just one, big| "‘: "‘t“ ll":“ :);11111. ated In & 8 | 4 Declares null and \.Ol(l r]m)‘} fact for families and friends to re- |2y of the : |statement which a veteran has| Tf a man worked in a store and | peen required to sign against his member: these boys are no dif- i # i | ¢ ferent than when they left home,|Wants to start a store of his ownown interest' in connection with the war he can get Basically the Same | after the any injury or disease. | Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, ad- They will have different habits,|™00¢Y t0 do so. If he was a stu-| 5 Permits any officer or enlist- ministrator of veterans' affairs, ditferent experience, different fears,|9€nt and wants to resume’his edu- jed person to appeal the kind Of jsaid that up to July 24, a month but basically they are the same. | cation, he will ‘be helped to do so.|discharge, retirement or release he|after the bill was signed, his of- They were in short, psychoneu- |1 he was just graduating from has been granted, unless that dis-|fice had received more than 4,000 otics before they left, provided mey:hizh school and hoped to hecome charge is the result of a general letters of general inquiry. In ad- were correctly labeled when dis»‘“" apprentice in some trade, the|court-martial. dition there have been more than charged from military service. | veterans’ administration will lend | 11,000 applications for educational Without war they would largely ‘hlm a hand. Or, if he was a farm | benefits provided under Title II of worker and wants to buy a place| the new law, to veterans who want RYe £ gaia = GHOAD Li8 wlthout‘or his own, the way is open to| . school serious troubles, regarded as nor-| i i v to resume their schooling. mal by family and friends. . & 0 i 1. Makes all veterans regardless| As a result, application forms for Psychiatrists have summed up| The American Legion explained|or gge eligible for one year re-|those who seek to take advantage what to do. The summing-up em- |10 the bill had six general titles | groner or re-training courses injof educational benefits have been phasizes the little, kindly, tolerant |°F Chapters. These, with their|any school or industry teaching the|distributed to the VA's 51 fleld ponsiderations which mostly would |T8OF Provisos, follow: |subject which the veteran wishes stations. Nearly 50 applications have been done without a thought | , to “brush up” on. have been approved so far. had not the war label, N. P., raised | EIXLNT -/ 2. Declares that a veteran who| “There is widespread interest a great fear. Hospitalization, Claims and | was not over 25 years of age when among veterans concerning educa- Procedures he entered the service may enroll|tional and vocational training bene- { | a| The psychiatric and psycholog- | z o . ical summing-up also emphasizes | ' A"i'm:zfih “ppr"?”‘“;"’f“ ‘;" in any compiete educational or vo- fits granted under the new law," fhe dinger.that overdoing the wel=|"0 m‘“h“"_ ollars to build lo.sl! "a‘s‘cnclonal training course and draw|General Hines said. come home may aggravate the very(and other facilities anywhere in|.och penefits for one year plus Must Have Served 90 Days thing it is designed to avoid the United States and the pur-|ipe jength of time he spent in| Any veteran who served 90 days Avoid Pity; Don't Pry chase of any supplies, materials|c. vice between Sept. 16, 1940 and |or more and who had not passed Welcome. them, enjoy them, but|®, €duipment needed to help the iarmination of the war, on con-(his twenty-fifth hirthday at the avoid pity. Listen, but don’t pry. i“‘,'""“" return to perfect health. |gjpion the iuitial year's schoolingtime of entry into service is auto- Regard them as normal, com-| 2 -Requires the services to de- y.s peen satisfactorily completed. | matically eligible to educational or ' lliver all or the greater part of a| TITLE I Education and Vocational Training Antoniewicz has never used a' Now they are teamed up on a without arms or legs can play a (Continued on Page Five) (Continued on Page Three) |veteran’s pay and discharge papers| Page Two) (Continued on Page Five) | m||muummmummlm||‘|immm|'mmummu|uiliu'uum'umuim||fimm||miliun’nu|ii|i|||||i||||u'|7||||||'|7|'||||7|i|7||||||||umummumnmu|mumiuuuu||||||||||||||i||mhiuunhuu||||||||nuin|m|i|i|||i|i||||uu|m|nm||||||fiu7||'|m|||||i|u||'|uni|i|||||u||||uu|||ml|lm|||u|||||||m||||m||m||m|||||nmmm I Cabinets FULTON Phone 433 \\\ Fixtures & KRUSE 146 Se. Shown by the comparative photos in this group is the remarkable toning up of old buildings that MODERN BUILDERS can do. The one photo, (upper left), is a view of the Lena Beach home of Mr. and Mrs. Les Sturm before duced the result shown, (lower left). remodeling, which pro- At right are two photographs which repre- sent the use of modern brick siding, ex- pertly applied. The old finish of weathered boards may be seen at lower right. Note the improvement in the view, upper right. This building is owned by W: D. Thompson, is located at Second and Gold Streets. P e e III|||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllIII_IIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIlIlIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIlIlIIlIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIII[IllIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'IIII|IIIIIIIIIIlIlIIIlIIlIlIIIIIlIIlIIIIIIIIlIlIIllII