Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                East july ave 3 t vantages in filing  f 1 w r by department of the homesteading has always been a Strong american itself particularly after every i Joes of world War ii dream As of establishing Homes on the land As did the soldiers of the Continental Grants Blu Clad veterans or Pershing doughboy of requests for inform Ariton on available Public lands to the department of Secretary Harold Ickes run higher than monthly and the number is Zickas has ordered a new departmental pamphlet entitled our last land fron veterans and others can share to be available to the Public this veterans Are urged to obtain this guide to avoid disappointment and Pitfalls v 42 yank divisions homely Christmas i it of Drew patients from Ward erect a wedding Bower of crutches As Wil Liam who lost his leg near and his the former Nancy a wac medical leave the Chapel at Walter seed dog Sale Gyp brings dismissal from army James 1 of Lake has been dismissed from the army for Selling a dog to an enlisted Man at a profit of a statement from the third ser vice command revealed that Pat Node had arranged to buy an a my owned Eskimo a Laiuste dog for Malcolm Douglass of East when the animal went on Public the dog was bought for by a woman whom Patnode later then Patnode wired who had been Transfer red to another that he could get the dog for him for this said the was grossly unfair to an enlisted Happy lading War has revealed that 42 of the 68 divisions which fought in and the Mediterranean Are scheduled to return to the states before the end of this though fairly Well Are subject to Radical changes at any stressed the announce divisions Are slated to re main in Europe As occupational they Are the 1st and 4th 62nd airborne and the 29th and 36th infantry the and 96th have returned to the eight others have shipped part of their person Nel with the rest scheduled to arrive this they Are the 13th armoured and the 41th and in Fantry the tentative schedule for other returning divisions is August 20th armoured 28th 13th september 7th and 14th armoured 17th airborne 88th 45th and 103th infant october 9th armoured 79th and 99th november 10th armoured Ilhan Mountain 13th airborne 63ru and Iotch december 2nd and 1lih Ai cured 79th in these divisions Are slated to main in Europe for the rest of the year 12th and 16th armoured 101st airborne 84tha 100th and d02nd Hun pow8 get ten years fort Utah two German prisoners of who re fused to take their places in a work formation on hitlers birth have been sentenced to ten years Alt hard labor for striking two american officers in the scuffle which Sprague Sanderson of fort fair was one returning Over teas Veteran who didst have Long to wait to Greet his loved Landing at Presque from Europe he found his wife and 14yearold waiting for him at the Sanderson had been overseas 35 months and has 122 press Tatj 1 in Jurf pubic land is no longer the Siiple process it used to says a department no longer can a Man go out and select a piece of Public stake a claim and Settle Down without further Are now definite Legal procedures governing the disposal of Public a requisite for obtaining a title to Public land is three years actual residence beginning within six months after permission has been numerous other requirements concern the building of a habitable cultivation and other military service credit the veterans advantage Over other citizens is that service in the armed up to a Maxi mum of two is credited to Ward the three year residence re this applies generally to All citizens Over 21 years of age who have served at least 90 Days m the armed forces and who have been honorable Vete rans also enjoy a 90day priority in filing applications for Settle ment on Public land classified for that any Veteran of world War ii under 21 is entitled to the same rights under the Home Stead Laws As those Over 21 who May be veterans of this or other residence requirements of such minors will be suspended until six months after their discharge from the Homestead claims of world War ii initiated before their Entrance into the Are protected against forfeiture during the period of their service and for six months veterans honorable discharged and because of physical incapacity due to their service Are unable to return to the May make proof without further improvements and opportunities More than 90 per cent of alaskan Square Miles is under government the major portion is open to Homestead while opportunities in alas a Are there Are Many difficulties to it is still no place for the Finan Cial tenacity and Wise selection of land Are import Only about of alaskan acres have been Survey All unappropriated and in reserved Public land in not Mineral or Saline in adaptable to any agricultural use or not occupied for the purpose of Trade or business and not within the limits of an incorporated City or town is subject to Homestead the amount of first class land suitable for profitable farming comparatively in Homestead Laws in the states apply to information May be obtained from any of three District land offices at Fairbanks and veterans in Alaska have the same preference As in the in addition to homesteading on Sites limited to 160 any adult citizen whose employer is engaged in manufacturing or other productive Industry in or who is himself engaged in such May Purchase one not exceeding five of non Mineral land at an but for not less than a minimum of an applicant is required to pay the Rich Mineral storehouse any citizen after occupying land in Alaska As a Homestead or head quarters in a habitable House not less than five months each year for three years May Purchase Suph not exceeding five if no Mineral in at an but for not less than a minimum of such an applicant required to pay the Cost of the raising of fur animals As minks foxes is especially in Southeastern Alaska and along the coastline where a Basic fur animal is alaskan Mineral resources Are Large and varied and consist of Lead and there also May be considerable Oil a natural Scenic wonderland and sport fish ermans the territory also has potentialities As a Vaca Tion tourist facilities today Are settlement in Alaska is enc our but not caution is there is Little doubt that ultimately the territory will be come an important crossroad at the top of the it is a natural Way station on air lines to Asiat and Eastern irrigated land in West opportunities for establishing farm Homes on existing projects and newly irrigated land in West Ern United states will open up As Congress provides the projects already authorized would provide approximately new farms averaging seventy acres each on potentially Fertile but arid plus new farms to come into being in irrigated areas which have been faced with inadequate the reclamation Bureau has pre Sentsel to Congress an inventory of 415 irrigation these projects would create new in addition to farms that would be made possible on land which now has to be cultivated in Large uneconomic units be cause of inadequate would bring the total of new farms to extending Over an area of under the Columbia Basin project act of Ickes is authorized to Purchase arid land in the state of Washington for resale to settlers when that development is under the Law sets the maximum size at 160 irrigable applicants for farms on irrigated Public land must have a minimum of in Cash or live Stock and farm Irequi Valent sufficient to develop the they must also show they Are in Good health and have had at least two years experience in preferably in irrigated i Bill will set you up Loans to veterans guaranteed under the i Bill of rights May be used for acquiring equipment and for other necessary capital expenses in establishing a farm on irrigated As each project is opened up veterans have 90 Days to file and these will be acted upon All irrigation projects Are located in 1 Western As Fol lows Cali new North South Ari Zona and there is an abundance of Public particularly in desert and mountainous areas of the which is not suitable for Home steading but which is Ideal for health Conva recreational or business while it is not possible to obtain title to this it can be leased for these specified Pur poses in Sites not exceeding five acres under authority granted by Congress in leasing of Small Sites Small Sites leased under this a in Are not intended to be applicants for such leases must satisfy the government that they Are financially responsible and that they conform to certain other rules affecting the Public approximately 142 million acres of grazing lands in ten Western states Are under the Taylor grazing act by the grazing service of the department of in included Are acres of Public while Homestead Laws apply to All Public lands within the grazing homesteading for farming or other purposes is possible Only after it has been classified As being better suited for other than Graz ing generally the Public land within grazing districts is not considered suitable for Homestead if it had it would have been taken up Long but if an applicant can prove to the Satis faction of the general land office and to the Secretary of the Inte rior that homesteading is profit Able on a Given 160acre parcel of land within a grazing it can be classified and opened for in such veterans enjoy the same preference us on any other Public new burp less bottle gives babies a break the familiar old practice of burping the baby is definitely passe when you return to Shang i dont be the Patent office has granted a Patent on a nursing bottle which eliminates the necessity for beat ing Junior on the Back after feed Harry Boxley of Richmond invented the bottle which has a vent Hole through a Knob on the Side to prevent Junior from Swall owing a lot of air with his longest overseas record York Plato Ritch of came in on a troop ship this week with four eight months overseas service in a radar Hes thought to have the longest Over seas record of any lightning strikes b29 lightning struck b29 super fort after it took off from its Home Field near blowing us the ship and killing All the Crew of Sultan inspector general Washington do Niel who commanded the Burma India has been nominated inspector general of the army with the permanent of major general