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The Lowel^ _Sun_Wedne$day__M«y _ 12 1943 How Johnny Doughboy's
Home Folks Get Paid
(leadfor Final
Action to
Extend Pact
WASHINGTON, May 12 (UP)—' The house today headed ..toward. Inal action on a bill to txlendtho '
reciprocal trade agreements act, • amid reports o£ a compromise de- signed to pacify opponents who seek to give congress veto power over the trade pacts.
Under the terms of the com-( promise, it was reported, admin- istration .supporters would be asked to agree on a two-year ex- tension iti return lor Republican' dropping the proposed amendment, giving congress final authority over all. agreements,.
The bill, as reported, would ex- tend the act for three years.
Under Soviet law, any citizen
PROCESSING—Here begins Ihe examining, SORTING—High-speed machines move author- SIGNING—Machine puts name SEALING—Fifteen of these vho refuses woi': to a woman imply because she Is a woman, is
''NEWARK, N. J., May 11 (.•}•)— ir.ired veteran of 27 years of Along a hidden battlcfront thai rmy life.
extends from headquarters here If you do your part, he is con- lo Cherokee City.'i' "
Six Mile Hun and every other town and hamlet In the U. S. A, the army's O. D. B. Is making good in a fabu- .'lous battle to guarantee that. Johnny Dough boy's dependents! get monthly al-l lowancc checks swiftly and sure-
The meaning for YOU is that you too will be paid promptly and without hitch as soon as your man is called into service—if you do your part.
Seven million dependents are getting theirs now.
fident O. D. B. will stay on a cur- rent basis even when the army reaches ils currently estimated 'ull strength of S- or 9,000,000. 12,000 Applications a Day
New applications lor family al- owances are flowing in at the
rate of 12,000 a day.
To handle these applications,
read 50,000 letters a day, write another 82,000, answer 10,000 telephone calls, interview h u n - dreds of applicants and do all the saper work behind each one of [he more than 3,000,000 monthly checks requires the efforts of 10,- 000 workers now. Col. Gilbert es- timates he will need about 1,500 more for peak production. They are as important as an armored division, for they have to keep up :iome morale. More than 90 per
It's a fabulous battle because a
year ago the agency wasn't even cent of them are women, teonaged checking, double-checking, approving and au- tied claims. Applications with proper proofs of Lieut. Col. W. L. Johnson on gadgets stuff and seal 85 envcl- ialilc to punishment.
on paper. Now, disbursing at the lassies lo graying matrons. There thoriiing of family allowances. arc okayed in a few days. rale of 52,000,000,000 a year in an are fewer than 200 Army officers
ever-growing monthly avalanche supervising.
of green checks, the lusty infant Ironically, the office which han- dicr wants 'to contribute to their checks a month come linck be-
each check,
opes a minute.
Greek Refugees
Help RedCross
has proved, to the joy of army dles Ihe mandatory family allow- support.
cause payees have moved and left How You Can Help
no forwarding address. And there
have been 340,000 other changes Speed Checks
in dependency cases, each neces- • II J-oii arc n soldier's de-
sitating a complete rehanclling. For pendent, the Army's Office of lor proof. It dldn'l work. example, 10,000 payees have died
men, that the war department isn't
always snarled in red tape. ances for the four lowest ranks
"We had one letter," the colonel recalls, -which said 'We under- stand the government sends checks to the parents of a soldier. Please put us on the mailing list.' "
leflls—and used the certificate of marriage lo the other woman
hands
(buck private to line sergeant) as the Office of Dependency Bene- hssn't one enlisted man on duty. fits. Its director is Col. HaroldThe -family allowances comprise N. Gilbert, a six-foot, sandy about two-thirds of the monthly checks. The rest, are voluntary allotments of pay by soldiers, from WAKE UP YOUR private to general, sending more money to the folks back home, for bank deposits or for insurance. Forty-five per cent of the fam- ily allowance disbursements are
The agency is known officially
bath 10c-19c-39c
LIVER BILE-
"If you have any safety pins," ctablc buyers a! Ihc Uoston mar tlic afterthought confided, "please
favored lit
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Noonan'sLEMONShampoo
Mother sdys:
since the checks began issuing last O. D. B., which issues one-fifth September.
Dependency Benefits fays your monthly check will arrive promptly if you help by:
Many old requests come in, but
perhaps the O. D. B.'sweirdest as-
slBnmenl was set In. a P. S. lo a
letter from a soldier's mother who
refused to accept her allowance. BOSTON, May 12 (INS)—VCR
of all the checks paid by Uncle Then (here was the company of
Sam, is housed in an 18-story, buff soldiers which carried a trunk- 1—Making sure the applica-
brick skyscraper in which the ful of dependency application ail tisionacbcyomthpeansioelddiebryordoycoumrsoenlf-
plaster was scarcely dry when the way to England and North
the brand new agency moved in Africa. lary proofs, such as marriage send me three dozen. Daugh!er-ln- :;ct terminal conspired today will from Washington last October.
or "5 and 10"
It tikes' those gooa, old Curtcr'a Little
Llref Pint to 8«t these Z pints of btln flow-
kie tteely to make you leel "up and up."
Get a px'cklge todiy. TaVe as directed.
EffeetfTt in xnakinz bile flov freely. Aik
(or CuUfl Little LlTet PDls. lOt Mill 25; Class B, consists of --tents, stood factor is that people believe ware—the family allowance checks any correspondence.
All Not Eligible
Another group ' of dependents,
bling does occur.
brothers, sisters or grandchil-
family allowances begin immedi- arc signed and mailed on the 13th ately after the application," Ihe floor.
(1NS>—Mayor i-'rank Hague of I'AZO ointment Boo.hos inflamed ircaa
Jersey City today hud won an-
At present f>0,000 cases arc in- other smashing victory at the But O. I'. A. .sIcppcd In and dried purlB—helps pierenI cracking and
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name, his serial number and
The donation, Iliey Informed Ihe1 There's cood reason why PAZO oinU buyers, was iti part payment for. mcnl has b'ccn uscJby BO miiny milI loot JERSEY CITV, N. J.. May 12 Ihe help ttic Ked Cross had given or • uffcrcrs from aimplc Pitea, Firal.
and counter-checking devices.
"The most generally misunder- And—let the superstitious be- the authorization number in
Itchingof
smaller amount. One ol the O. D.
ooUit fllry torment—allay deilre lo B.'s biggest headaches, says Coi. and begin, issuing the month fol- llinir monny. Equally impor- or dubious factor.
them and their people. —rcHcvca pain and itching. Second,"
dren. The allowance scale is low- colonel says. "Instead Ihey begin er and the soldier contributes to accrue the first of the month
Precautionary admonitions arc constantly given payees to prevent grafters from getting
vestigated each month hcoauho
polls. £fiid premium prices must not be Ifa^ue-liaclccd candidates In yes- pnlcl.
PAZO oinlmonl- Jubrin.eg h»T<Jencd, Bareness. Third. PAZO ointment tend*
after the application is approved,
of some incomplete, suspicious
lo reduce * welling and check bleeding.
Fourth, fi'-j ciir (o use. PAZO olnl- terday's local elections were swepl So Hie buyers paid the ccillns TnrrU'a perforated Fife Pipe makes ap- nkfi—ind 10*13 htalinj wilh bland Gilbert, is putting over '>•« racl lowing that." tant to the government, a One woman was found to have Inlo office In a move regarded as prices nncl look up a collection plication simple, thorough. Your doctor
RESINOL that Class B individuals receive The Keasons For Delay *laff 'of field investigators is married three soldiers to get their repudiation of efforts of Governoi of about SlliOO for the share ran Icll you aboul PAZO ointment. * •. - allowances only if direct depend- Another grumbling factor is on the job to make sure frauds dependency allowances. Another Charles Edison lo break which tlic Red Cross would have Get PAZO Today! At Drugstores!
ency can be shown and if thesol- disclosed by the fact that '10,000 don't cheat Uncle Sam cither. case was that of a soldier scpa [lower. obtained,
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•alcd from his wife who met an- other man's estranged wife, de- cided to gel her his dependency
New Beauty For Hair home sizes for hair
and birth certificates. 11 Greek refugees settled in The job of issuing the monthly aw going lo have a baby. Please
deducted from soldiers' pay;the Colonel Gilbert is an infantry:checks becomes a highly mechan- L*—Understanding payments send pins'. This is serious. I'll Mexico to outwit O. !'. A. for Without Ciloratl—And You'll Jump Out ol rest is a government contribution. officer who has served around the] ized job of stencilling mru'hincs, do not begin until (he month pay postage." Hie bcnellt of the Uc«l Cross.
Btd in the Morning Ruin' lo Go For Class A (wife and/or children) world. In 1939 he directed Amer-
computers, counting devices, following the first fill! month The O. D. B.'s feminine The Greeks, engaged now In
The lifer should pour out about 2 pints ol Me juice inln your bowels every day. If lbi» Me u not flowing freely, your lood may not tKint. It miy juit decay in the bowels. Then gas blo1ats up your aUjmach. ^ ou get con- utinxteo . You fed sour. Bunk and the world
dependents which the soldier must help support, he contributes $22 a month; the government $28 for the wife, S12 for one child and 510 for each additional youngster under IS.
thai the authorization is in ledger-printing machines, envelop- force.
obliged.
Frank Hague Scores Victory
fni'inltiK, senl G-10 cases of loina- toc.s lo the Boston distribution terminal wilh instructions that they be auctioned off nt premium
ica's greatest peacetime recruiting campaign and originated Ihe now- famous "Keep 'Em Flying" slogan.
His slogan now, cinhlRzoncd
in ever corner of (he building,
is "Gel 'Em Paid."
In spite of everything, grum- vouchers in a maze of checking 4—Including the soldier's
ing and mailing contraptions, once the application is approved.
.1Notifying Ihe O. D, B. office at 233 Washington street Newark, N. J., of any change
PAZOiPILES I Relievespainandsoreness,
The seemingly cffortles.s, quid
job of getting out the monthly of address.
prices niui I h e proceeds lo Ihe Reel Cross.
Part Payment
donated | !
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