Show 9 f Vt TOnS EDITORS VOTE NOTE This newspaper through special arrangement with lids wil the Jl ol of Western Jl Nerus- Nerus I paper r Union at III t 1616 Lye Eye Street S N. N If Jr if l D. D C. C n i it liMe chic to III l bring read readers rear ers en this weekly net on all problems problem of 0 I the tc end and l serviceman shad anil aIM hit his Jam fam lily ily ilp Questions may mil be bl ed In to the I shore above Bureau and they will be in ill illI a I subsequent ro No replies can call be made direct by mail ii but bill only In III time the column will appear in iu ui l ripi news paper per regularly I When Will W I Vets Return I The Washington office ollice of Western I Newspaper Union has received i i scores of letters from parents wives sweethearts and friends of of men in service all asking when their loved ones will get out of the service We cannot answer these let let- lotters letI letters I tors with any degree of accuracy because there Is no way of ascer- ascer ascertaining when men with a given num num- number i ber her of points in a n given theatre will willbe i ibe Ibe be released There are too many circumstances which must be bo con- con conI considered I in any particular area are I I Here however Is the me promise of Gen Dwight D. D D Eisenhower made j In his recent address before a Joint I session of congress January 15 as regards enlisted men By April 30 1040 1046 all aU enlisted men except volunteers with 45 points as os of September 2 1945 1045 or I with 30 months' months service as of April 20 1040 1940 will be separated from the I army or aboard ship returning home By Dy June 30 80 1946 1040 all enlisted men except volunteers with 40 40 points as ns of September 2 1045 1945 or with 24 months' months service as of JUhe J he 30 1040 1940 will be separated from the army or aboard ship returning home General lice Ike further said that whether this rate of discharge can be maintained depends directly upon the rate of replacements or Inflow into the army So this com com- commitment commitment commitment is limited to July 1 I 1040 1946 Questions and Answers q I am a widow willow of World War II Il with one child chilli I 1 drew an all allot allot- allotment allotment ment for far myself and baby lu until he ho was killed in lu action in III the navy ills III Insurance was made malle to his par par- parents cuts lIts and neither the time baby hally or I 1 was mentioned In III the papers Now his parents mire arc drawing this Is there here therean any an anay nay ay for me to get this or any may maypart part of or the thc insurance Insurance tIrs Mrs O. O 0 M. M C. C C Crossville Ala A. A There Is no way for f r you to ob ob- obtain obtain obtain tain this Insurance if It you were not named name as us beneficiary clary unless parents of or the serviceman are ore willing to share shore with you You however are entitled tied to n a pension for yourself and baby Q Q Would W It U be possible for a vet vet- veterans veteran's veterans veteran's erans eran's widow who is receiving a Spanish American war pension of 01 30 per Ier mouth month to exchange It for a 1 World War pension to which she Is also entitled low How would she go about I making the U B. exchange IS AI I. I D. D Ei 1 Aid Md A A. A Yes the veterans veterans' administration lion tion says it Is possible Consult your nearest regional veterans veterans' admin admin- administration administration I onlee ollice probably at nt Rich Richmond mond or Baltimore Q Q We Wo had a 1 nephew who was WIS In Inthe Inthe the tite army In III the Philippines when war win was declared Ho lie was svgs taken prisoner and tiled died In hr n 1 i lap Jap prison camp In III July 1111 1942 19 19 He lie 11 did not carry I Insurance Ins Ills mother Is it a widow and lId Is she entitled to receive any i compensation o The fhe boys boy's father was wasn wasa a n World War flu I v veteran died In III 1930 lIls I His aunt Watsontown n Pa Ill A A. I would say that the widowed mother If U she was dependent upon the veteran Is dlo n II pension i However she should Vie file fl a claim with the nearest neatest ollice of the veter veter- veterans veterans' veterans veterans' ans' ans administration probably at Philadelphia or Pittsburgh h and they will determine her eligibility Q My 1 son has been discharged from the army He lit entered service l' February 1911 I. I Is he hc entitled enticed to the pre pre r ribbon en en- entitled entitled titled tilled to three bronze stars but hilt only one olle was shaven in to his discharge Is there sonic some sO I way VII this can 1111 be b put on his discharge rg and where when run can 1111 I ob ol- obtain tain the Information airs Purvis Miss 1 A A. For answers to both questions write to the onice on of the adjutant general enlisted personnel war de de- department department I Washington D. D C C. I Q Q My ly husband has one ammo child hUd and I Ihas has been lIen In the marines since Au Aim- August I gust 1913 19 and amt overseas since June Junc I 1 I 1945 19 How lIow many points does docs he have ve lie He Is in III China I When can I 1 expect him home home home- Mrs I U. U II IL S S S. Lt Lewisburg Pa Ia A A. As of September 2 your our husband has 38 33 points He Is not likely to be home soon since the marines are screening all low point men and arid regulars out of units sched sched- scheduled scheduled to return home soon SOOIl Fifty Filly points are necessary for tor discharge I C Q l. l I have e had three years ears in the I army ar Received my m honorable ills dis discharge I charge in III the till fall and put In to a 1 claim for trouble my ankle also ton tor tonsils sils Received ed my notice for lIl l. examination es nation n. In III December x-ra x rays x-rays It etc As s Asyet Asyet I yet et I haven't ha ent heard hard from them Am Alii AmI I 1 eligible for a 1 disability pension n. I II V. W. Salisbury Md Sid A. A It may mu take several weeks foi to the veterans veterans' ad to catch catchup up with your claim They Th y will even even- however There is ts a shortage of manpower in all veterans' veterans admin adminIstration offices Keep wi ting 01 or calling the office where you ou tiled filed r |