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Show EDITOR'S SOTE: This netcspaper, through special arrangement uith the Washington Bureau of Western !eic$-paper !eic$-paper Union at 1616 Eye Street, S. Washington, D. C, is able to bring readers read-ers this weekly column on problems of the veteran and serviceman and his fum ily. Questions may be addressed to the above Hureau and they will be anstvered in a subsequent column. A'o replies can be made direct by mui, but only in the column which will appear in this newspaper news-paper regularly. Vets Attending Colleges As of March 10 there were 394.557 veterans of World War II enrolled in 1686 colleges and universities of Junior college level and higher, and the estimate for the fall term, according ac-cording to VA officials, is 695,321. The largest number of these veterans vet-erans or approximately 15 per cent of the total are taking such courses as business administration, accounting, ac-counting, banking and clerical. For instance, out of the 82,543 veterans who started their education in Feb-I Feb-I ruary under the G.I. bill, 12.513 enrolled en-rolled in these courses; 9,459 chose engineering fields including electrical, electri-cal, mechanical and other types while 8,305 went into mechanics, including in-cluding auto repair. Other school courses rating high with the veterans veter-ans included agriculture with 3,960, metal working with 3,504 and teaching, teach-ing, law and construction each claimed more than 1,500. Out of this February enrollment, the liberal arts courses attracted 16,182. More than 80 per cent of the new students entered colleges and universities while the balance began on-the-job training. Questions and Answers Q. My husband was drafted In World War I and has been dead three years. I don't have his serial number. All I have is a form, as his discharge burned in our home. He was drafted from Madison, Tenn., on October 4, 1917 and was kept in service till October 25, 1917 and discharged for disability. Would I be eligible for a pension as I am a widow and unable to work? Wife, Brownsville, Tenn. A. I believe you would be eligible for a pension, but you should apply to your veterans' administration office of-fice either at 408 E. Main, Jackson or 8 N. 3rd street, Memphis. Q. I have a son who was called to the army in October. He is needed need-ed at home badly to care for the farm and stock. He has six depending depend-ing on him. Could I get him out? How long do the boys called in October, 1945, have to stay7 How many points and what do they get points on? M. H., Nashville, Ark. A. Your son evidently is still in training in this country and must serve, under regulations in effect, up to June 30, 1946, 24 months or 40 points as of September 2, 1945. Your son did not get into the army until after September 2, 1945, so we do not know what point score he will have earned by the time new regulations are announced. At the present, one point is awarded for each month of service, one point for each month overseas, 12 points for each minor child and 5 points for decorations or battle stars. Your son, however, likely will be eligible for discharge . only ' on length of service, unless a new point score is fixed. He likely will have many more months to serve. If he can prove a hardship case, he would be entitled to ask his commanding com-manding officer for release for that reason, but it would be up to the officer. Q. My husband was in World War I and his insurance lapsed. Upon a physical exam he was refused. They said he had asthma and defective de-fective eyes. He tried to enlist in this war but was refused on the same grounds. Later we left that state and he was drafted and found OK at the induction center. Doctors Doc-tors in the army couldn't understand under-stand how he could get in since he had asthma and hearing in one ear gone. He was sent to a medical de-, de-, partment enlisted technician school, but after a few lessons his asthma got so bad he couldn't attend, so he was flunked and shipped out. They would not hospitalize for asthma and their medicine didn't help. Upon his discharge he went to the Red Cross who told him he had a claim. He filed for the claim, but was refused for they said he bad asthma and poor hearing when he was drafted. Still he was found physically fit for induction. Is there anything he can do about this? Mrs. R. A., Parsons, Kans. A. You have the right of appeal for the disability rating. There is a contact office of veterans' administration adminis-tration at the municipal building, Pittsburg, Kans. Suggest you apply there and if it is necessary to go to a regional rating board, they will tell you where to apply. Q. My brother, an M. P. stationed in Brazil for three years, plans to marry a Brazilian girl. If he is discharged dis-charged within the next six months, will he have to pay for her transportation trans-portation home? Or will transporta-tion transporta-tion be provided for her as in the j case of the European wives of j American soldiers? Mrs. C. S., Palmdale, Calif. A. I am not sure about after his : discharge, but if he is married while he is in the army, he is en- titled to apply to his commanding officer for transportation of his wife j to this country. |