New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 4, 1929, Page 11

CONELTIOUT Z7TH. ON PERSION LSTS Naion B 13 Widows o Yar 2 ol {413 Sodles By GRORGR M. MANNING (Washingten Cerrespendent, N. B. Herald) : Washingten, D. C, Jan. ¢.—Con- Wecticut is 37th on the lst ef states in the erder of the number of resident peasioners. containing $.158 persens who receive $3.330,- 836 annwslly in pensions. The list i3 headed by Ohie with 43,740 pevsioners and annual pay- ments of .§20,633,157, while Penn- oylvania is second with ¢9,367 ane New Tork fs third with 33,600 pea- aloners. There are 14 states contain. ing more than 10,000 resident pea. sloners, and New Jersey is the four- Seenth. Of the 434.19¢ pensieners on the #oll June 3¢, 1934, mys the annusl sgport of Roy O. West, secretary f the Anterier,ifor the fiscal year of 1938, there were in the United States ¢84.331; in the territories ana insular possessions 3,849; and In foreign countries, 3,014. 13 Widows of 1813 Soldiers There are 13 living widows of sol- @iers of the War of 1812 who are drawing $50 a month pension but none of them resides in Connecticut. Three are in Virginia, two in New ¥ork and one each in Pennsylvania, Ohie, Massachusetts, Tennessee, West Virginia, Jows, Georgia ang the District of Columbia. Together the 13 widows received $3,903.3¢ last year, The average value of a pension the interior eecretary’s report showa, is $466.14, regardless of elasees. Pension rates based on war- time service have frequently been increased by Congress, but Fave not, as & rule, changed for peace. time duty. This, it is pointed out, explains largely the wide discrepan. ejes in ratcs pald to soldiers, wid. @ws and minor children, diserepan- cles not readily understood by per- ®ous not conversant with the provi- sions of the various pension laws. Of the annuitants who have re- tired from the government service, 149 live in Connecticut. The Dis- trict of Columbia contains more than any single state, being the home of 2,484 annuitants who are vetired. New York ranks second with 1,649 retired annuitants and Pennsylvania third with 1,163, Vie. ginia has 636 and New Jersey 408, Alasks and Idaho each has three. Refers (o National Gratitude “The annual record of the activi- ties of the bureau of pensions,” says the secretary of the interjor's Teport, “is an added chapter te the histery of a grateful nation's at- tempt to express in practical terms its sense of obligation which can never be fully messured or dis. charged. Statistics, though peces- sary, cannot tell the atory of the timelp and well-deserved ald whicn has helped lessen the burden of im- pun& health and of advancing years, ‘West states that notwithstanding the decimation by death of the ranks of Civil War survivors ane their . depenfents, the aggregate number of pensioners on the roll at the end of the fislal yesr 1928 was 1,262 greater than at the beginning of the year. The average annusl loss of more than 10,000, the re. port says, was overcome, and & net gain—the first in any year since 1905—was made. “This increase,” it in added, “would seem te indicate that annual decreases may mot be expected for some years.” - During the past fiscal year the amount disbursed for pensions was $228,965,672.49, a decrease of only $1,137,039.68 over the previous year. Altheugh Civil War pension expen- ditures in 1928 decreased, expendi. tures for war-with-Spain pensions and for Indian War pensions in- ereased. . Documents Show Origin Of Famous Vatican Art London, Jan. 4. UM—A small but valusble collection of manuscripts relating to work done by eminent Ttalian artists in commection with the Vatican, is to be found in Soho, the foreign restaurapt quarter eof Londen. They are the property ef Barberl, the padrone of the Taver. na Medicea. 8o precious are these manu- acripts that Barberl exhibits them rarely. They bear the signatures of such illustrious artists as Bra. mente, Donatello, Mantegna, Ra- phasl, and Plero della Francesca. All were acquired by their owner in London during the great war. The most important is & docu- ment written by Michaelangelo, in Jtallan. It is his agreement to erect the tomb of Pope Jullus 11, in 8t. Peters, and is dated 1513. can't come! Today, and every day, a lot of ‘women count their time to suffer. As regularly as the months come ‘round, comes pain that is borne in silence. “It's Nature,” women say. But it isn't! Women who have always had the hardest time, have no pain at all from the day they discovered Midol. Midol is the special preparation of specialists, and Is not a nareotic. Jt does nmothing to the menstrual pre- cess. Tt doea stop the pain—in five te seven minutes! 8o it is only com- mon sense to use it. And it costs Just fifty cents, at any drégstore iIn tiay carrying case of aluminum. inela Hluminated Dial Contrpl I’I i A2 AT —y il Description othe Murdock 6-A: Mahogany Cabinet—Just as lllustrated [Muminated Single Dial Control - EASY TERMS 32 A WEEK John A Andrews x Co 132 MAIN ST.. NEW BRITAIN.CONN.