Show r a EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE iii 7 IIi newspaper through special arrangement arrall with l i the lae ashington 81 ut tf of II New News Newspaper paper Union lit itt 1616 6 lye hyc Street N N. If iC V Washington If D D. C C. ii h i able to brim bring readers this weekly column on problems ro lems lem ol oj the and serviceman end and his hi family may be ad all addressed dressed to the ic above Bureau and und thee J will be answered in a II subsequent col CoE cn limn No replies replie can crill be bc made direct by b mail but only o in III the column which will appear in III this newspaper regularly New Veterans' Veterans Hospitals Gen Omar N N. Bradley has ann an flounced authorization and approval by the President of 29 new veterans administration hospitals At 12 of 01 these a school of at medicine is ad adjacent jacent to the new hospital The fhe new hospitals authorized are Birmingham beds Little Rock beds Tallahassee Fla beds Saginaw Mich polo pelo Miss beds St St. Louis Mo beds bedi Southern Missouri 1000 1001 beds Poplar Bluff Mo beds Grand Island Neb beds Met Metropolitan New York 1000 beds Syracuse N. N Y 1000 beds Dur Durham Durham ham N. N C C. noo beds Charlotte N N. C C. beds Toledo Ohio 1000 beds Kala math Falls Ore beds Philadelphia Pa 1000 beds Altoona Pa beds Erie Pa beds Harrisburg Pa beds Chattanooga Tenn beds Bon Bon- Bonham ham Texas 50 beds Houston Tex Texas as 1000 beds Salt Lake City beds Spokane Wash beds Madison Wis beds and Beck Beck- Beckley ley W. W Va beds Questions and Answers Q Are Are Are requirements for dis discharge charge in the seabees the same as in the navy And can a seabee be eligible for state side duty be be- before before fore he has achieved enough dis dis' discharge discharge charge points Mrs W W. C. C G G. Diggs Va A. A Yes A.-Yes Yes point ratings In the sea sea- seabees seabees bees are the same as in other branches of the navy and they can be assigned for duty anywhere it IE continental U. U S. S at any time Q low v How many points are re required required for a from the coast guard gua rd 1 Also does docs a man in inthe Inthe inthe the coast guard get points when he gets married A reader Coleridge Neb A. A As A.-As As of December 11 1045 1945 en enlisted listed men in the coast guard are required to have 40 points to be be- become become come Carrie eligible for discharge To ob ob- obtain obtain tain taro the dependency points he must have been married on or before August 15 1915 1045 and must have hav mad a financial tin fin dial al allotment to his hll yf It Av Q Q 1 on was drowned It Is Germany lifter fter tel serving over true twe years In we e a army His Its insurance was made out to me as his parents parent are ure dead and I raised him from tram the day he was born However after sending In his Insurance papers the government wrote they didn't give it to grandmothers Is there any anything anything thing I can do or anyone I could write to so I can cnn get it Mrs C C. E H H. Hinsdale Ill m. A. A The A.-The The veterans administrator Informs us that legally grandparents ants are not Included in the range of kinship to whom insurance is pay payable able but in your case suggest thai that you legally establish your loca loco parental or that Olat you have acted at ai parent to this boy and contact yow nearest regional veteran adminis administration tra tion office Your local selective service board Red Cross or other service organization can aid yoi yot with your case Q My My boy has been in the Pacific 18 months He lie is on I Island U. U S S. Naval base late hospital I No 10 19 Navy No When wiP wil he be home on a furlough Mrs furlough Mrs T T. 1 H H. G G. Vernonia Oregon A. A You A.-You You do not give ghe sufficient in information Information information formation concerning your sons son time In service to venture an an sorer You should give his age and an complete service record Q Does Does the Ole period a enlists for mean anything an or not Our son became 18 years of age last January 29 2 He lIe enlisted it ir the navy for the duration of ot the oral wai waland and six months after now he has hai been blen sent to Japan and that sureh does docs not look as If u he is to be re released released released leased soon I am um particularly con concerned corned because he has another year yeal in high school Some boys In hit Mi class who entered service las' las year ear are back in school now Hay Hov can that be for one and not foi fos all Isn't the war over August Mother Sunbury Pa A. A You A.-You You are right it does not looV loo as ns though your son will be home hom soon The war Is not over and wil wilnot wilnot wilnot not be over until so declared by the thi President or congress No peace treaty treat has been signed Only tit tin surrender of ot Japan and German has been concluded Unless he be ii il released on points before your sor is eligible for service for six month attar after formal declaration of end en o OJ the till war is made Q Will Will a veteran who draws th the 20 a week until he draws ten weeks ever get a bonus If a veteran who is per cent disabled shout should get a light job would It cut his pen simi down s. Mrs M. M K Carrolton Ga A A. A. received under th the I GI bill of rights will be I from any future bonus received bj bl b tile the veteran This does not apply however to disability payments I II fa h per cent disabled veteran ii is isable able to hold a n light job it will no no- noi i cut his pension since it does docs not al alter alI alter ter his disability rating I |