Horning Unemployment Compensation Case

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

Claimant in this unemployment compensation case was employed as an apprentice plumber by R. J. Lilly & Son, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, for a period of three years and eight months prior to February 5, 1954, his last day of work. He was employed under the. Veterans’ Training Program. When he started work his hourly wage was 75 cents, which rate gradually increased thereafter until he was receiving $1.25 per hour.

The claimant’s usual quitting time was 4:30 p.m. About 4:00 p.m. on February 5, 1954, he was requested by his employer to take a specific assignment that might…