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Show MARCH 22, THE JOURNAL 15 THE OLD HOME TOWN Votorans Nows By STANLEY VA POW LIST BRINGS NEW HOPE Highlight. T Payments to veterans for benefits administered by the Veterans e and Administration are need not be considered in computing Federal income tax, VA has reminded veterans. Dividends which veterans have received on their GI insurance policies are exempt from taxation, and need not be reported. ; 4 tax-fre- v ij f i A if .tfei VA payAmong the ments are the following: Subsistence allowances for veterans training in schools, on farms and under the GI bill and Public Law 10. Payments by VA to be applied tax-exem- pt on-the-j- ob to veteran's GI loans. Under the GI Bill, VA pays the lender an amount equivalent to four percent of the guaranteed portion of the loan, which is credited to the veterans account. Disability compensation and pensions paid to veterans for both and nonservice-connecte- d disabilities. Grants for seriously disabled veterans for homes designed for wheelchair living. World War I emergency officers retirement pay. Death benefits to families of deceased veterans are also exempt from taxation, VA said. These include compensation, pensions and all GI insurance payments. Orange. N. J, Mrs. Ann Streit holds photo of hei husband, Lt John Streit, whose name was on a new prisoner of war list Command Seated on her lap is their published by the U son Its wonderful to hear that he may be safe, said Mrs. Streit, but I wont stop worrying until Im absolutely sure. ( International ) IN HER HOME to SEVEN LEAGUE BOOTS Patients in Veterans Administration hospitals will have a chance to bring their literary' efforts to the attention of some of the nations leading writers, editors and pubwritlishers, through a nation-wid- e ing contest now getting under way for the sixth straight year. The contest is sponsored by the Writing Hospitalized Veterans a volunteer organization Project, with headquarters at 919 North ; Michigan Avenue, Chicago, working in cooperation with the Recreation Service of VAs Special Services. Vetoran-patient- s have until the middle of April, 1952, to submit enteries in any of the contests. 14 divisions. Prizes include cash . i awards totaling more than $1,000, and other prizes such "as corresponding courses, magazine subscriptions and autographed books, worth another $1,000. Entries will be accepted in the following categories: Short stories, mystery stories; Readers Digest 'Life in These United States; plays; cartoons and gags; true experience stories; poetry; stories for children; an outline for a book for youngpeople; The Book I Want to Write an outline for adult readers; and, stories based on plots from newspapers. 4 o bring more telephone service to the people of Utah, we're building new facilities at the rate of more than Vi million a month! The program includes new buildings . . . new switchboards and dial equipment . . . more cable, poles, wire and all the other things necessary to provide telephone service. IMONJ Vital materials are difficult to obtain in the quantities we need, but we are doing all. we can to secure maximum allotments. Wkmm Every effort will be made to complete the program as planned so we may meet the growing demands of the armed forces and vital defense industries, as well as the requirements of home telephone users. J a to it titles i fit MB OKu SI '!mm (MUMejb (to ffca f.lcirntin States Telephone & Telegraph Co. the Heat-I- t's the Hide! It Isn't Money to finance $uch a huge program must come from people who are willing to invest their savings in the business. f Rom where-- I sit ... ly Joe Marsh ! itf 1 r Big discussion after the Grange meeting Friday night. Tik Anderson was arguing that hogs were lots more affected by the hot weather than cattle. Skeeter Morgan declared that it wasnt so that . he never saw any hogs bothered by the hot sun like his cows were. I was glad when Rusty Robin-io- n stepped in. Boys, he says, dont get so riled up. It all depends on what color the livestock are. Hogs or cattle, the ones with light-colorcoats absorb less heat from the suns rays than animals with dark coats. So youre both right! From where I sit, fo many useless arguments could be avoided if a person would remember he doesnt have afl the right oe his side. Reminds me of folks who insist that coffee, for instance, is the only drhtk, forgetting) ed CowiMhLl9tf United . i that other people have a right to a glass pf beer now and then. If we wonldiit get soJTiet up about our prejudices wed all be better off Wt HlHtsa itmda&a |