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The Gary American
Gary, Lake County, Indiana
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Harlem World War veterans, including many impoverished Negro soldiers, begin receiving their share of the $2.3 billion government bonus for adjusted wartime wages, after 18 years of waiting. Congress passed the bill last January over Roosevelt's veto, with $5 million expected in New York City.
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NEW YORK-(CNA)-Joy reigned in many an impoverished Harlem home this week as World War veterans here began receiving their share of the $2,300,000,000 which the government is distributing as adjusted wages for the months and years they spent in training camps, and lice-infested dugouts and trenches.
Of the 8,518,191 veterans who will benefit from the bonus payment it is estimated that 9 per cent are colored. Some 300,000 Negro veterans will collect approximately $158,000,000. Of this, $5,000,000 will be collected in New York City, it is believed.
Many of the bonus veterans were nerve-wracked, broken, middle-aged men in hospitals. They had waited 18 years for their bonus, payment of which was opposed by the very financial interests who had made huge profits out of the war.
The bill authorizing payment of the bonus in checks and bonds was passed by Congress last January over President Roosevelt's veto.
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Harlem, New York City
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This Week; Last January
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World War veterans in Harlem receive long-awaited bonus payments from the government, bringing joy to impoverished homes. Approximately 300,000 Negro veterans nationwide collect $158 million, with $5 million in New York City. The bill passed Congress over President Roosevelt's veto after opposition from war profiteers.