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Show BUREAU EDITOR'S NOTE: This newspaper, through special arrangement with the Washington Bureau of Western Newspaper News-paper Union at 1616 Eye Street, V. VP Washington, D. C, is able to bring readers read-ers this weekly column on problems of the veteran and serviceman and his family. fam-ily. Questions may be addressed to the above Bureau and they will be answered in a subsequent column. No replies can be made direct by mail, but only in the column which will appear in this newspaper news-paper regularly. Disabled Vets Producers Disabled veterans on occupational occupation-al therapy farms operated in connection con-nection with 31 veterans' administration adminis-tration neuropsychiatry hospitals will this year attempt to surpass their last year's record production produc-tion of 9.857,000 pounds of foodstuffs valued at $948,676. The higher goal set for this year will aid in conserving other foods for feeding the hungry in Europe, but it will also furnish thousands of patients in VA hospitals with fresh vegetables, fruits, eggs, milk and meat. Although the agricultural activities ac-tivities on VA farms are operated primarily to provide beneficial therapy ther-apy for patients, all of the food grown is used in hospital kitchens and none is wasted. During the past year, more than 2,000 patients in the 31 VA hospitals spent a total of 2,263,000 man hours cultivating gardens and tending cattle, cat-tle, sheep, hogs and chickens. They provided the dieteticdepartments of the hospitals with a total of thousands thou-sands of pounds of badly-needed food products. The largest farm is at Chill-cothe, Chill-cothe, Ohio, where 1,444 acres is devoted de-voted to truck gardening, wheat and barley crops and pasture for dairy herds. Questions and Answers Q. My husband was killed In action on Luzon and I have had . several tell me I may be entitled to get a loan to build a home under the G.I. bill of rights. Is this true? And if it is not, then I as one of the many widows of this war think we should be able to. I have three children and have to pay $48 per month for rent which I could be putting into my own home. Mrs. S. M. S., Littlefield, Texas. A. As a widow you are not entitled en-titled to loan privileges under the G.I. bill. You are, however, entitled to (V all your husband's back pay, plus a gift of six months pay from the army, (2) a pension for life for yourself and a pension for each of your three children until they are of age. Unless you have already done so, you should' make application immediately for back pay allowances to claims division, general accounting office, office of special settlement accounts, 27 Pine street. New York 5, New York. For your pension write all details or visit vis-it personally your nearest Veterans' administration hospital or office at Amarillo or Wichita Falls. Q. My husband has been in service serv-ice 16 months, 5 months in the states and overseas 11 months. We have one child. What I wan to know is does he get two points for the 11 months overseas. Do they get two points a month now? Mrs. F. C. T., Marshall, N. C. A He receives one point a month for each month of service and an additional point for each month overseas, up to September 2, 1945. Q. My husband has been in service serv-ice 18 months and overseas 10 months. He has 42 points. All the boys who went with him have already al-ready come back. If my husband is still in the hospital, he has been there over 3 months. Do you think he will get home soon? Mrs. 0. C.f Tishomingo, Miss. A. I have no way of knowing how long he will be in the hospital. If he has 40 points, he should be home by June 30, 1946, unless he is detained de-tained for some other cause. Q. I am a widow with four children, chil-dren, my husband died in 1916 during dur-ing World War I. His death was not connected with the war. I have reared my children from the time of his death until now, 30 years, without an income of any kind. He died before he was enlisted in World War I. Am I entitled to a widow's pension? Mrs. K. M. C, Union Church, Miss. A. No, since your husband was never in the army, you are not entitled en-titled to a veteran's pension. Q. My husband was discharged from the -army November 21, 1945. He had a war bond coming at that time and hasn't received it as yet. Where should I write to find out about this? Mrs. J. L. C, Lew-isport, Lew-isport, Ky. A. Write to war bond division, U. S. army. 4300 Goodlellow blvd., St. Louis 20, Mo. Q. My husband was drafted into the army in August, 1944. He landed in India in August, 1945, and is still there, not expecting to be home any time soon. How many points doe be have? Mrs. M. D. P., Blue Springs, Miss. A. As ol September 2, 1945, your husband had 13 months service, or 13 points, plus 1 month overseas or an additional point. If he has no children and no decoration or battle bat-tle stars, he then has 14 points. No, he will not continue to earn points after September 2, 1945, the army now considering length of service. |