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Show LEHI FREE PRESS, LEHI, UTAH Soldiers' Allotment Checks Help Solve Problem of Home Front Dependency FV "- fit his heart is filled with anxiety about his loved ones. The federal government is providing for the basic needs, at least, of millions of wives, children and parents of fight- Benefits in by consolidating four separate agencies. The navy hasNa-a similar service in the Bureau of tober, v through the Office of Dependency Benefits to any dependent. He may end money to his wife and children, parents or to a bank for deposit, or to a life insurance company. This allotment is entirely voluntary, and can be stopped any time, or increased or decreased. The only regulation is that; a man keep at least $10 a month for his own needs. Soldier Gives $22 a Month. The family allowance is a sum provided by the soldier and the government jointly. The enlisted man gives $22 a month from his army, pay, and to this the government adds an amount that increases according to the number of depend- ents. There are two classes of dependents: A, wife and children; and B, parents, brothers and sisters, and other relatives, in special cases. If a man wishes to provide for both class A and B dependents, he must pay $27 a month. Otherwise his contribution is Just $22, regardless of his army pay grade. All men are eligible for this family allowance, excepting those above the rank of sergeant, tha is, those in the four lowest grades. How much dependents can receive Is shown for typical cases by this summary: A wife gets $50 a month. A wife and one child get $62. A wife and two children get $72. (There is an additional allowance for each child over two). Wife and parents get $80. Father and mother only, $47. To be eligible for these benefits, the relatives must meet certain requirements of the office, the principal one being that they prove actual dependency. They must have been supported, at least in part by the soldier before he left for service. In many cases, this proof is difficult. On the other hand, in certain cases, the enlisted man must pay his share of the allowance whether he wants to or not. A wife can demand her allowance, and a minor child may. Even a divorced woman may be entitled to payments, if she had been receiving alimony. Dependents in class B can get an allowance only if the army man agrees to it, in any case. The family allowance sum begins to accrue the first of the month following the month in which the man applies for it. That is, if he makes application in June, the allowance begins to accumulate on the first of July, and is paid after July 31. A soldier may apply as soon as he is on active duty, that is, as soon as he enters a camp or any army under orders. Every enlisted man can provide for his family and relatives both through the family allowance and the pay allotment channels. Twenty Million Affected. Army nurses, members of the Women's Army Auxiliary corps (WAAC) and certain civilian employees of the war department may make use of the pay allotment system, but only soldiers can obtain the benefits of the family allowance. More than 20 million people are included in families of enlisted men. As the army is. to be increased to about 8 million by the end of the year, many more wives and children will be left alone. While many women are working in war plants and at other essential tasks while their husbands fight, other wives cannot, or should not leave their homes. The family allowance, authorized under the Servicemen's Dependents Allowance act of June, 1942, is the nucleus of home security during wartime. J if V V i I i, ? t X "V. W Tfa. ' 7 J1 y sir fill " ' t ,J -- i .aA.T- fl Hush Up "Now, sir," said the ambitious young man, "you have tried my voice. I want you to tell me frank-l- y what it is best adapted to." Without a moment's hesitation the singing master replied: "Whi- Wollmar Fihp Bostrom, Swedish minister re-to the United States, reached the tirement age of 65 the other day, but he is staying . A Sprtghty Chap right on the Like This Retire ? job. With the Union. Released by Western Newspaper APPROPRIATIONS EFFORT THE WAR spering." inTHE PRESIDENT has been for of congress Too Much! clined to be critical what he has termed its lethargycer-in Cop How did you knock this per can Apstrian down? regard to the war. There the on subject criticism no Motoristl didn't. I just pulled up be tainly of appropriations for they keep well to him. Hopped my car, waited fur hint world That's Ridiculous President's ability to to pass and he fainted. topsy - turvy ahead of the From January, 1940, to and with plenty of things to worry spend. But to Come Back about elsewhere, his foreign office March, 1943, congress appropriated an hour late." "You're over 240 bilonly war for to purposes decided that this was no time I fell down a flight of sir, same "Yes, the period, call in a man who had made good lion dollars. During able to spend stairs." been had President the a to Besides 17 on a job for years. "But surely it doesn't That an only some 90 billion dollars. nation ruled over by an to fall down a flign of hour wc noi omy covered 65 a bit expenditure isn't old, anyway. king, stairs?" war commodities we bought, but inCalvin Coolidge was in the Millions spent for the erection cluded White House and Frank B. KelSinging may be beneficial is cerand equipment of war production for food tain cases of deafness, says a doclogg was secretary of state when more billions and plants tor. And the other way around. the blue-eyeruddy cheeked and other commodities purchased funds. envoy with the build of an athAllies by lend-leas- e our for lete arrived from 'Stockholm n Would Soon Know Even at the high cost of production He was one of those young men February of '26. At Upsala uniwage an caused by versity in Sweden, where he was scale, and the paying of time and a who never seem to know when . She had yawned several graduated in 1903, he had half for over 40 hours, we simply studied to be a lawyer, but he cannot produce enough to eat up all times, when a clock in the hall soon decided that the diplomatic the vast sums congress has put into struck midnight. service was his forte. He was "Is that an eight-da- y clock?" he the hands of the President. At the sent first to the legation in Paris, new asked. the including time, present but in 1907 King Gustav called "Well," said the girl, sliding anarmy and navy appropriations, the him home to become his private commanu uu other yawn, "why don't you stay at nis has President secretary. In 1913 he went to unexpended balance of more than a little longer and find oifc?" the legation in London and was 150 billion dollars. It will take some there during most of the last spending to get rid of such an Wasted Energy war. Just before coming to amount. Congress gives him- what to estimate that during a Scientists America, he was minister a dissenting he asks for without Madrid. violent earthquake enough energy is vote. Neither Republican nor DemoAt Upsala, he had been a top crat will vote against a war appro expended in less than one minute the world's largest battleship at notch performer at both hockey and bill. full speed for 45,000 years. In 1908 he represented priation tennis. Sweden in the Olympic games. He FORMULA first began playing tennis with King SUCCESSFUL Laboratory Diamonds FARMERS FOR have tried to make Chemists Gustav as far back as 1900 and not WHEN A BOY back in the early in the laboratory ever diamonds so many years ago he and his monpleasure to visit since 1880, but have succeeded only arch won the doubles title in an "old eighties, it was ofa Uncle John Nichhome the farm " tournament. On his 60th in producing tiny crystals. boys' ols and listen to the reminiscences birthday, his wife snapped a photo- of the well beyond then. Statute's Eyelashes graph of him when he was swinging the fourpatriarch score year span or me. The colossal statue of "Sleeping upside down on the flying rings in a of Iowa was an Uncle John pioneer Ariadne" in me Vatican is believed gymnasium. 1840. to be the world's only marble figure "When Mother and Ben and I 'THINGS are looking up for the came to Iowa, three other couples with eyelashes. Allies on the Pacific front. Take came with us and the four men took it from Sir Owen Dixon, Australian up the claims that are now this minister to the United States. He farm," h said. DON'T LET returned to 'We were all New England born Envoy From Down Washingto n and raised, but only two of us had Under Heartened SLOW YOU UP farm raised, that was Bill a been When bowels are sluggish and yon ? a"er Rooks and me. The other two men By a Visit Home feel irritable, headachy, do at millions trip home came from town. All proved upon the modem do chew and should know. He had been away our adjoining claims, but the two laxative. Simply chew chewing-gufrom Australia for 11 months and before you go to bed, town did not have the 'know-how- ,' was delighted in the changes for the from taking only in accordance with Bill expected the rain, and better he noted in that time. sleep without being disall. In and soil to do AND d, Cj 1 Mil I Wherever they are, soldiers must receive their pay regularly. Here the men of the 46th engineering regiment line up for their money at night, while on maneuvers in Louisiana. More than ZV million men provide for their dependents through contributions from their salaries under the family allowance plan. Added to these benefits are the volanticipated induction of more fathers untary allotments, thereby insuring and childless married men as the the essentials of life to the sol- war progresses, Brig. Gen. H. N. Gilbert, U. S. A., director, has andier's family. The Office of Dependency Benefits nounced. Even if the induction rate exceeds mails out about Vh million family allowance checks a month at pres- the present estimate of 12,000 a day, ent. This number will doubtless in- this will not throw the ODB macrease rapidly as fathers go to war. chinery out of gear, nor strain its About 1,320,000 men have made pay capacity, the director pointed out. allotments. Most of these probably The original framework of the ODB are included in the family allowance was set up on a modern production figure too. About 83 per cent of the line plan, capable of rapid expanto handle a large army's personnel are eligible for the sion andofgeared with volume work All benefit. efficiency and allowance men, family from buck privates to full generals, speed. The ODB now receives an average of 12,000 family allowance may make pay allotments. The director of the Office points applications a day and 4,000 Class a day, and is of the E allotments-of-pa- y out that more than those that are in order of Office the disbursed processing by money Benefits comes from at a comparable rate, the director Dependency army men's pay. The ODB acts as stated. Men now going into the army are a fiscal agent, that is, a bank or currency exchange, for soldiers. given an opportunity to apply for a One hundred per cent of the pay family allowance at the Reception allotments, and 45 per cent of the Center, he said, in order to get the family allowances are deductions application in as soon as possible from soldiers' salaries. The rest since the family allowances begin to accrue the first of the next month represents the government's contribution to the family allowance, or after application and are due for of the total sum disabout payment at the end of that month. To further save time men entering bursed each month. the service are advised to take with Two Billion Dollars Yearly. them such documents to support Right now the Office of Dependtheir applications as are necessary; ency Benefits is sending out money certified copy of marriage certif2 a billion of dollars at the rate and birth certificates of chilyear, to 7Ms million dependents of icate, and affidavits of dependency soldiers: Every month more than dren, for fathers and mothers or minor to all 3Vi million checks go out, or sisters who are depend parts of the nation, from Newark. brothers ent upon them. In the case of wives N. J., which is headquarters. Since the Office was organized and children the family allowance last October, it has disbursed some is payable on proof of relationship 19 million checks. Ten thousand only. Chiselers Are Few. clerks and a staff of army officers under direction of Brig. Gen. H. N. We have all heard that there are Gilbert labor at the tremendous some people taking advantage of the clerical burden. They are housed in family allotment. No doubt there an building. The volume of are. It is practically unavoidable mail has forced the Newark post- that a small number of wives, par master to increase his staff by ents and other relatives who are The mail room of the Office not entitled to support should be handles 60,000 pieces of incoming obtaining it. These cases are being mail, and 74,000 pieces of outgoing investigated, however, and rules are mail every day. This is exclusive being tightened, so that these leaks of checks, which would bring the will be plugged in time. daily outgoing total to 130,000 pieces. On the other hand, it is inspiring Ample machinery has been set up to Know that many dependents, by the Office of Dependency Benewives, children, fathers and moth fits to handle the expected increase ers who are worthy of every as in requests for family allowances sistance, are patriotically refusing to soldiers' de- aia. TT and allotments-of-pa- y Here are a tew typical letters will from the result which A soldier s mother writes from pendents Michigan: two-thir- one-thir- ry one-sixt- h. 1 , the mother of this soldier, did not expect any monthly allowance. Let my son have his full monthly payments, which I think he needs. The government needs money, too, which we all know. I have a son on the farm yet. I can depend on him and we will do our bit here, loo. All I ask is to take care of my son in the forces, Another mother says: V k thank you very much for sending me the application for family allowance. I wish to say, for the government to take the money which I should have from them, and use it to help win this war, and bring my hvo sons safe, and to keep the other one from going. Thanking you very kind. ly v .. From a divorced wife in Arizona comes this refusal to accept anything from her V mK A ' v. v, i s t, x,l 1 Service men stationed in remote parts of the world often have little opportunity to spend their salaries, so they send home larger sums under the pay allotment method. This finance corps officer is handling $150,000 for the of North Africa. 57th fighter group ODB Rules Children Aren't 'Evidence' The Office of Dependency Benefits can't accept the physical appearance of a soldier's children as "required documentary evidence." Why? Well, for one thing, this evidence has to be filed with the application for that family allowance, and Mrs. America naturally doesn't want to file Junior and Mary Anne, even in an building. Quite a few Mrs. Americas have brought their young along, however, when they went to the ODB infor ' . it - 1 1942, val Personnel. "Pay allotment" means simply that the soldier sends home a certain fixed part of his army pay every month. He directs the army finance corps to deduct this amount from his salary, and to remit it Release. 1 As more and more husbands and fice of Dependency NU XJEW YORK. fathers enter the armed forces, the nation must assume the care of the soldiers' dependents. No man, it has been well said, fights well when Oc- Featurei.-W- , r, ffga?8fk' By Consolidated SmS 7f M Delos Wheeler Lovelace Army Finance Corps Offers Assistance To Men in Service ing men through pay allotment and family allowance checks, sent out monthly. To distribute the billions of dollars involved, and to handle the many details of this vast affair, the war department established the Of- Who's News This Week mation office to arrange for that family allowance, or to present proof that they were really married to the soldier and entitled to the monthly benefits. One soldier's wife arrived the other day with nine children in tow. She didn't leave them, though, as "proof." She left their names on the application blank. The ODB assured her that their names and their birth certificates .would be, quite enough. I don't ask of Private or the government any help. I did not ask for alimony when I obtained my divorce, but only custody of the children. Another mother came into the Newark office and told the interviewer, "I've got a job, and so I stopped in to discontinue my family allowance. My son arranged .for it, but I won't need it any longer I start work tomorrow." This widespread attitude of patriotic pride and unselfish desire to sacrifice, goes far to counterbalance the chiselers and unworthy dependents. The Office of Dependency Benefits believes that it is providing basic security on the home front. Security for Mary Ellen, who is 19 and unafraid as she prepares for motherhood while her young husband is fighting to make sure there is a free world for his child to enter. Security for small Jimmie, whose big brother helped clothe him and get him "book larnin " before he jmarched off to war. ever-increasi- - CONSTIPATION theother FEEN-A-MIN- m FEEN-A-MIN- T package-direction- This tall, angular envoy from the underside of the world first took over his job here last year when Richard Casey moved on to the Middle East. He had had a distinguished career as a lawyer and a judge and had directed some of his commonwealth's top war boards shipping control, wool, war risk insurance before that. Born in a suburb of Melbourne 57 years ago, he made a brilliant record at Melbourne university. He won his B.A. there in 1906 and his law degree two years later. His law practice mounted rapidly in size and importance, and he was rated as one of the outstanding attorneys in the dominion when he was elevated to a judgeship in the supreme court Victoria in 1926. Three years later he became justice of the high court of the commonwealth. With high forehead, keen eyes and graying hair, he looks every inch a man to hand down learned decisions. He has been addressed as Sir Owen for two years now. He is married and has four children, two boys and two girls. of 1ST Maj. Gen. Ralph Royce among those who have great faith in what the Allied bombing raids will do to lick the Germans T " Vet Backs Air Bombs To Soften Up Nazis Hard-Hittin- g and make it sunshine time I bought the other three claims and with mine, they make this 640 acre farm. Yes, sir, it takes some thing more than rain, sunshine and soil to make a success of farming. and The other things are 'know-howork, just as they are needed in any other business." A CYCLE OF WAGE 'EQUALITY' TO THE EQUALIZATION of wages there is no end. One group of workers demands more money on the ground that some other group is receiving more. When they win on the grounds of equalizing wages, the oth- er group demands more on the basis of being more essential and point to the difference in wages existing before the second group was raised as evidence of worth. So it goes on, month after month. With war and the necessities of war as a stimulus, with a week to retard maximum production, wage earners, with government backing, have been able to force an war cost as the penalty for which all must pay. A bit of sacrifice on the part of each individual would have prevented much of the war cost and reduced the debt burden we must 40-ho- turbed. Next morning gentle, thorough relief, helping you feel swell again. Try Tastes good, ii handy and economical. A generous family supply FEEN-A-MIN- FEEN-A-MIN- m W K EA I HeaT JUST FARM POLICY 'CONSISTENCY' A FRIEND tells me he has iust received a govern ment check as payment for his laud able accomplishment of "not planting 47 acres of wheat." People of the United Nations need food. The department of agriculture is demanding increased food production. Congress refuses to pay a subsidy to farmers for the production of increased foods. The OPA refuses to allow a fair price for what the farmer raises. The Manpower board refuses to give the farms adequate help. WPB refuses to permit the production of needed farm equipment. "Consistency thou art a jewel." with its heat rash misery. Sprinkle on Meisana, morlv MfiTipan Heat Pow der. Costs little, and you aye lota in larger sizes. for-t- uc ""sW A i utsTU CADTim 1 DASH IN HATHERS Find the Scrap to Eliminate the Jap ever-increasi- carry. 161 T Afflff"DATES7 W) for girts who hasten healing of externally caused pimples with by relieving irritation FARM-OWNIN- XTo reGeve distress of MONTHLY them want peace for a lon8 time to come. Place WHICH MAKES YOU CRANKY, NERVOUS! him also among those who point out ComLydla E. Plnkham's Vegetable to rethat there is no street for has helped thousands pound e air raiders. It's the latter thought, lieve periodic pain, backache, with weak, nervous, cranky, incidentally, which is his major condue to functional blue feelings cern at present, for he is now in la due monthly disturbances. This one 01 command of the First Air Force of to Its soothing effect on the U. S. army, and it's his job to WOMAN'S MOST IMPORTANT ORGANS. Taken regularly Plnkham's Comprotect the Atlantic coast from enpound helps build up resistance emy planes symptoms. agalntt such annoyingWorth There isn't much about air tryngt Pnllnw lahel directions. V combat and flying that this athletic appearing, hard hitting vet43 eran doesn't know, for he's been WNU W at it a long time. Since 1915, in FARMER'S PROBLEM fact. That was the year after WLB CAN FIND innumerable he won his first commission at of increasing wages, despite ways West Point. He flew for Persh-- ' the President's fear of inflation, and ing in the brush with Mexico in OPA can find equally as many rea'16 and agaib in World War I. sons for maintaining or lowering the He came home from France May Warn of Disordered price the farmer may have for the with a Croix de Guerre and Kidney Action food he raises. The farmer would some staff experience at the Modern life with Its hurry and like a taste of that time and a half r Irregular kabits, improper a1"'". and general's headquarters. hnlJ drinking its risk of exposure pay for over 40 hours a week. tion throws heavy strain His fame as a flier did not wane of the kidneys. They are apt J0" with the Armistice, however. In 'HORSE-SENSand fail to aitei and other impurities from the 1930, while at Selfridge Field in his SLIDE RULES and college formunative Michigan, he won the Mackey las You may auBer oaeglna bfbh applied by theoretical bright-botYJ headache, diMinesa, fein up medal for leading a midwinter test economists are not the leg of pains, awellini-f- eel out. Other type reguof out to the Pacific flight planes tired, nervoua. all worn lation the average American appreof kidney or bladder disorder are coast and back. His ships froze up ciates. times burning, scanty or too frequ". the They prefer application en route, but he borrowed a railway of "horse-sense- " urinaliok. and practical exPills. Urfy Try locomotive, hooked up a steam hose, o harmtul e" That for calls perience. kidneysThe? something and got them going again. t more had have waste. more than a college degree. Are He has won the DSC and DFC in century of public approval. mended by frateful users everywu the present war. He gained the forAss mmr Mtoaoorr BRING mer by his spectacular raid on the discussionsBACK the winter evening held around the potJaps in the Philippines from a secret bellied stove in the base in the Islands in the spring of store and we will country general again have the 1942. America we loved. one-wa- y Female Weakness bead-ach- 27-- 13 2i over-taxe- E d y ta'i . , mm |