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...father as a boy of 18 enlisted for and served nine months in the middle of the Civil War. He came out entirely unharmed in any way. From the time when a pension was granted to all veterans until his death he received from the Government about $3,000. After his death my stepmother, 23 years younger than he, received her widow's pension of $30 a month, a total of almost $3,000 more. About $6,000 for nine months of service...
Meanwhile my taxes, of course, are still helping to pay the Government for my father's pension...
...Clairsville, Ohio, Alexander Hamilton Brandon, 75, was awarded an old age pension after officials had verified the facts that his grandfather was with George Washington at Valley Forge, his grandmother was an Indian, nine of his brothers fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War, eight for the Union...
Significance. Within the last year, blind enthusiasm for the Townsend Plan has grown to such proportions among U. S. oldsters that not a single Congressman today escapes the political pressure of this organized minority. A wholesome majority of the House considers Dr. Townsend's $200-per-month pension scheme, based on a 2% transaction tax, a financial monstrosity which would probably wreck the country's economy. But the same House majority also realizes that a clear-cut statement of their views would do each & every member inestimable political damage in home districts. As a matter of political self...
...Hollywood bit-part actor. Umpire George Barr is professor of umpiring at the Doan School of Baseball at Hot Springs, Ark. Umpire Bill Klem, dean of his profession at 62 and long past the length of service at which National League umpires are eligible for a $2,000 yearly pension, does nothing in the winter. He thinks he has never made a wrong decision in 33 years on the field. Among his colleagues, Dolly Stark has been distinguished for a variety of reasons. While continuing to coach basketball at Dartmouth, where a majority of under graduates prefer outdoor winter sports...