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Insurance Dividends Forms For Vets Available At P. O. After August 29 veterans of World War II will be able to application forms for the special dividend on National Serv - ice Life Insurance free of charge from post offices, veterans or ganisations and offices of the Veterans Administration through the country. The Government Printing Office has been at work turning out a Stage volume of 70,000,000 of these application forms. August 29 was the first date they could be made available. All World War II veterans who had National Service Life Insur ance before January 1, 1948, and held it in force for three months or longer are eligible to receive a special dividend, regardless of whether it is in force at the pres ent time. According to VA the applica tion form is so simple that any veteran should be able to fill it AJB L PRtVtNT wwtm r 1 DURE POWER COMPANY iAt /Zuhmmt/ CeubO&naA DIO * TELEVISION * HOLLYWOOD MEW VOP.K, N. Y. — Judy * ^ Canova is one of compara tively few feminine stars this season to have her own radio pro gram. This frolicsome hillbilly queen is back on the airwaves Mr Cimti (till Quern Saturday night (10 EST) via NBC stations. In the early shows, at least, she will play the role of a doing-t h e-best she-can citizen suffering from snooty neigh bors. She'll, too, sing two or three songs on each program. many oi juays ians ao noi real-i ire that the actreu is a first class | coloratura soprano. Nelson Eddy once was so impressed by Judy's j vocal potentialities that he ar ranged for her a concert tour. But Judy has found more money in playing a dummy. She is Jack sonville, Fla., born—not Unadilla, Ca. She uses the latter on the radio because the pronunciation makes for euphonious comedy. BRIGHT SPOT FOR MONDAYS One of the biggest budgeted programs yet to come to television » “Silver Theater,” moving into the choice • p.m. (EST) time spot Monday evenings via the full TV network of CBS. The show will feature light romantic come dies with top flight Broadway and Hollywood star's in the guest roles. An in ter esting point is that each week’s story will be an original, espe rritten daily writi scripters for ‘ * TV«m<*« television presentation. The pro cram plans to recognise little known television performers by giving, on the first show of each month, a “Silver Award” to the actor or actress turning in the best supporting performance. Con rad Nagel will be the program’s host. n.i mi- . GOLDBERG’S 20fH ' The warm, homey "Goldberg" family, c, 20-year-old radio fea ture, is back this fall on both radio and television. The regular broadcast program (AM) is heard Frirfav niffhtr th/» TV ihnur 4c Gertrude Ber* . .. few changes Monday nights —both on facil ities of CBS. Motherly Ger trude Berg, who created, writes and produces ••The Gold bergs.” goes on as “Molly,” the understanding and guiding spirit of the popular, earthy familv. Other. wise there are few changes in the show's long, successful formula. Among these: the family, origin ally residents ofKew York’s Low er East Side, has moved to the Bronx. A new cast member, the first in 20 years, has been added in “Pinky." He’s a little mongrel dog on the show (and that in real-life, too). TICK TO CLICK One thing about television. You don’t have to be around long to get somewhere. The top-rated mystery show in the TV picture is “The Clock” (Wednesday nites, Vnf.TV network). which cam* on the air in May. It is a pay* chological sus pense drama. Its stories, played by ra dio and stage stars, are based on a general theme that time, in modern life, is a dom inant or deci "The Clock" time till* live Kciar. - . . Pinched for 1 time, its characters invariably have to beat the clock. The pro gram essentially is a live perform ance but, for stark and vivid scenes Aim inserts are used. If a sequence calls for a railroad wreck viewers see one—quit like ly a tremendous one,' real and compelling from an actual crash. out without assistance. It has three sections. One of them, which contains instructions, is to be kept by the veteran for his records. The other two are to be mailed to VA. If the veteran does not know his insurance num ber, he rfiould not delay mailing the application and should not write to VA for the number. If the rest of the application is filled in. VA will supply the in surance number. Q—My son, a veteran of peace time service, is drawing compen sation for a service-connected disability due to spinal cord in jury which has paralysed his legs. Is he entitled to Federal aid to acquire a specially designed home for wheelchair living? A—A veteran of war or peace time service with a permanent total disability due to service connected spinal cord injury such as you mention may qualify for Federal aid to acquire a home. Q—My father was dependent on my brother who passed away while hospitalized by Veterans Letter-Press Printing Letter press printing in the graphic arts means the direct application of inked type and engravings or other type material to paper. It is the simplest Of all graphic methods of reproduction and at the same time the moat lasting. It was the method employed by the medieval craftsmen who first ap plied type to paper and it has persisted throughout the. centuries over all innova tions, until today, when the best of crafts manship is sought in a job, there is no al ternative to letter press printing, along with high grade paper and typographic good taste. We suggest that if you have some print ing in view that you want well done, you consult us. Simply telephone 5-1776 or else call at the office, 118 East Sixth St., Charlotte, N. C. H. A. Stalls Printing Co* PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS 41 YEARS EXPERIENCE AT YOUR DISPOSAL P. O. Box 1061 CHARLOTTE, N. C. Administration. Is my father en titled to death compensation? A — Your father may qualify for compensation if your brother’s dearth was due to service. Com pensation for a parent is $48.00 per month. Q—What will I have to do to have the amount of my National Service Life Insurance policy re duced ? A—You will have to submit .to VA a written request stating your desire over your own sig nature. OVER 16,000,060 VETERANS FILE DIVIDEND CLAIMS Washington. — More than 10, 000,000 World War II veterans have applied for the special life insurance dividend to be paid next yeir the Veterans Administration announced. The applications, available at all post offices and veterans' cen ters, still are coming in at the rate of about 200,000 a day. Large numbers are being mailed in without signatures, it said* The agency added that indications are that about 10 per cent of the applications are improperly filled out- Many of these can be cor rected by checking with the files, however. About 16,000,000,000 veterans will share in the $2,800,000,000 payment, scheduled to start ir January. JOBLESS INSURANCE (Continued From Page 1) that inventories of steel had reached too low a level, that it might be wise to buy a little steel now in case the industry was closed down by strike. At least part of the rise grew out of new orders from such industries as re frigerators and plumbing equip ment as production in these in dustries rose.” The construction industry and the automobile industry were also named as major groups to the country’s economy, and the “ag ricultural. sector of the economy” was said to be “probably in the most favorable situation that has ever existed in the history of the United States.” PLANT OUTLAY SUMS NEAR RECORD '48 LEV El Washington. — Nearly $18,000,-? 000 will be spent by American business during 1949 on new plants and equipment, the gov ernment estimated. While the expected total of 17, 900,000.000 would be 7 per cent below the all-time record set last year, the Department of Com merce and the Securities Ex change Commission said the total would be the second highest in history The two departments broke their figures down, this way: Actual expenditures in the first, half of the year was $9,100,000,-j 000 Another $8,800,000,000 is e* pected to be spent between July' and December. Actaul expenditures in the first, half of this year were slightly above those for the first six months of 1948. The anticipated spending in the second half is 14 , P*r cant below the corresponding period of last year GREEN SENDS GREETINGS (Continued From Page 1) “To the Jewish workers i n America, many of whom are loyal and devoted members of our 1 great labor movement, I wish to express my • profound appreciation * for their contribution to the wel- ’ fare of our country and aB its > people. 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