Government Still Pays for 5 .-
\i ars; 43 Widows Draw-
ing Annutics from me
War of 1912.
w .\ F HINGTON. 7
c: the pension bureau shdw that
milks o: the men who wore the
. pm the defense or the, China
,< 1651 to 1865 ore inst dwin
—2 "2.1: it will not be
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t _ source of heavy expense to the
1:" mment has been almost entirely
f 9.: ”ed provided no further at-
. 1 < ire made to widen the scope
o - a pmsion laws.
11:6 L'nited Stntes is nt pmt Mir
:1;
pension to the survivors or
widows or children at, an
Home War of 1812. Mexlcan
\\ Cull W‘ar, Spanish War and the
“w 1 “hr. to say nothing of the
-1 ~ A Wars. the Boxer troubles nnd
:111ppine Inmrrectiompere ore
r) .- .:\'1V-ors oi the War or 181: on
msion rolls. but there are “3
51, who draw an annuity m
3.,wrnment no the result of a
. uhl“h took place more than 100
d ,l .10.
.~ pension roll reached its high;
:11: in 1905 when there were
a. million persons drawing
auras or about 1 out or every
11 the country. Since then, ow-
« :1) the death of pensioners, the
' 1- on the roll has steadily de-
i but the amounts of pensions
, 10o n repeatedly increased and
-. sult is that the actual amount
;-n»i»wi for this urpose has con-
; l to rise unti very recently.
,, chh water mnrk for expenditures
for prrzslons was S260.000.M0 for R
“'iT'.
3:
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(Mi War Heaviest Drnin
\ that the Bursum bill greatly
» «smg all pensions and opening
"nor for other pensioners. has
r -; Vrtocd by the President. it
m s likely that a rapid decrease will
mie in appropriations for this
: so. The CiVil War is. aside.
a the World War, the heaviest
1: on the treasury and the death
.11 nong Veterans of that war and
widows is now very high. The
.1ge age of veterans or the Civil
1s 79 years. The widows are
i1 younger but they seem to be
_: oi! almost as rnpldly no the
ms themselves. In the year
11;: May, 1931. 48, 000 pensioners
taken from the rolls by death
wt hnlt veterans nnd halt wid-
n. It is expected that at the pres-
: rate of deaths. almost 150,000
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83.0“» in 17 Years
The total number of Civil War
rem-toners on the rolls at the end or
w.- past fiscal year was 183.881.
whnh is a big drop from the enor-
mrvxs total in 1905, only 17 years ago.
While the e ”dltures oi the gov-
{a
:1
Jon. tsp-The rec. ‘
long heron ‘
‘1 be taken from the rolls by death -
theatfifiundryfi Co.
«mm whore-
tirestrsnhthnt otter-tryou-
to the building and reel estate
h- mm.
‘11". has been nreddent
01th;r tonndry tor several months
inim- continuum Human-t
in m n until a. few days
on."- the Gilles o! president.
Mr. melamine new assumes n m-
Jodi! interest in the foundry. 1
With the retirement of Mr. Harris
corne'sal‘so. n change in the entire ex-
sontivn personnel. Benjamin 1". Palm-
er. vicevp
nouncd today. hove sold out their in-
temts.
Virglnlus 1. Mayo. 0: swimmin-
cotnes secretory and trensurer to sue-
ceed Eugeno Palmer.
elected R. Merritt. hpuel
Sunrise D. .1. Buckley. all of
Bridgeport, the letter s. member of
the low iii-In oi Nicholson 3: Buckley
0! that citY.
Mums-o has been identified‘with
several niece-1m manufacturing en-
terprises, and was the-originator of
the Moro Radium-Co. or New Haven.
He is n mechanical and electrical e'n-
gineer. and will take over the corn-
plets management of the local plont.
MIPROAD CONFERENCE
By Amended Press.
HARTFORD. Jan. 25.—The legis-
lative committee on roilronds has in-
Vited the public utilifls commission-
New York. .New Haven and Hartford
mum to appear nt a hearing in
the House chamber next Wednesday
at z 9. n. to explain the conditions of
railroad service about which members
or the General A-embly complain.
The hosting will be a public one
nt end Eugene Pnlin- 3‘
. er. secretory“ trasnrr. it was an-
New directors _
ers and will invite oxicers or the. I
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WWW" (Igneo-
vnilo) march, m
(v :-
:15—"Indutrini Mobilisotion." Gen.
* Robert L Builnrd; inn-II: the six-
menu: Infinity Bond. ‘
D: 55—1131“ sigu'nls: wenther tors-
Shtet Army.
W, man. ‘im Meters)
i: 30 p. ran—Stories tor children: uls-
ioal prom .
1: iii—Solos. Mrs.- Corn Remington
mu. soprano; joint rscitni. Low
Eel“. tenor; Eugene Fry. 'hfy-
m
WOR. Rework, (400 lenses)
to p. m—Agriogramr
:: {ii—Mabel Phillips will tell of bar
experiences in Rum end Turkey.
3: oo——8porting news.
3:10—— Early United Stotes MP
8: 30—‘80’ngs. Gertrude 1:. Finish
mnn: "“ris Enough (Edwards):
“sweet Miss Mary” (Neidlinxor).
3: io—Pisno solos. Ruth Greenberg.
a: 50—-Son§s Gertrude K. nominal:
”Little Trees" (Osgood):
non” ‘(EdwnrdsL
a: 15-Daris Doscher on
Culture. "
6: ail—"Scientific Baisihg of Chickens."
Albert Angeli. Jr.
ems—"wny the Boy Failed.” Dr.
John A. Crnlton.
Raymond R. Ade.
Successor to
Raymond £4 so}:
; WALL & HIGH STREETS
and any one interested may have the
privilege of spouting.
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TO PA"
us A Vlerr
or~mvnt tor the Civil and previous
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a may be expected to rapidly dc—'
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use so'. min ea.
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Here are some more of those Golden savings which has marked this Ann!- ‘9;
verSary celebration a: unique. ‘ ’2":
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quantities to be sure, ma each day new woe: have MMlths been
most interesting Mill Ending and profitable too, for those who have followed:
it systematically 1 ... .. . 9 . j” j:
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£4
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Men!” here are 9* some
fGood * ' stylish shoes» "
in the; Mill End.
1 WOMEN’S ONE STRAP SILVER PMS, Junior
heels, slightly tarnished. gegulorfl.
WOMEN’S COLONIAL PUMPS,
French heels. Regular $8.50.
WOMEN’S BLACK SUEDE TWO STRAP PUMPS
withmilitaryheel. Regularfl. ’
womy's PAmy LEAmi: COLONIAL“
PUMPS, Frenoh heel. Begulnr $8. ' . , -
WOM’S PATENTT LEATHER STRAP PUMPS,
French he‘ols. Regular $8. ‘ — Tw
WOMEN§ PATENT LEM O STRAP
hoelABegnlsr qgo.
WOMEN’SBROWNCAIPSTRAPPSMPS Cuban ,_
heels. Regular $8.50. 7 1
- WOMENS BLACK CAPE STRAP PUMPS, annn
heels. Boglfllr $7. a.
WOMEN’S gROWN CAPE LACE OXEOES low
LACE CHORDS, mill-
(-
_brown satin,
$331593”.
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oxfords‘nndbluo 33mm withtui'eellsrs. may
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