Show 91 I 1 1 BUREAU 1 i EDITORS NOTE this thil newspaper through special arrangement with the washington bureau of western newspaper p per union at 1616 F eye e street N TV ff ashington fT va sh ington R D C is all able e to bring readi I 1 ers this weekly column on problems of the leteran and serviceman sen sert iceman and his il family amily questions may be addre addressed sied to the above bureau and they will be answered su ered in a subsequent column N no replies can be made direct by mail but only in the column which will op pear in this newspaper paper regularly i disabled vets in schools i gen omar bradley has instructed ed all branch anil and regional VA offices to exhaust every possible resource to obtain admission of disabled veterans into schools this tall fail despite crowded conditions in the nations educational institutions general bradley at the same time called upon the schools to make special arrangements if necessary for admission of these disabled veterans at the present time disabled veterans are in training under the vocational rehabilitation act and of this number are in schools and taking on the job training this is is six times the total number enrolled a year ago engineering leads all other courses for those in schools and mechanics for those in job training questions and answers Q my sons war bride Is in france and has a baby can you tell me at what age she may bring the baby to this cout country itry mrs C A IV ocala fla A the war department says that war brides with babies are permitted to come to the united states at government expense only after the baby Is six months old Q how long is the re enlistment period in the army corps it if a former WAC reenlists re enlists will she have the same rate that she held at the time of her disc discharge barge WAC chicago A all ali former who wish to reenter re enter the corps must volunteer either for the duration of the war plus six months or until june 30 1947 unless sooner relieved for the convenience of the government re enlistment will be in the army ot of the united states in the grade held at the time of discharge Q my son was in the invasion of the philippines ile be collected a lot of invasion money I 1 have been told I 1 can get it changed tor for a certain per cent of our money Is that true P U H belmont Belmo nf miss bliss A the war department says that regular philippine pesos apesos were used for exchange during the philippine invasion however it if your son obtained any foreign money except jap invasion money he may exchange it through the army finance office channing place N E washington D C Q can a veteran get sugar to open a business such as a bakery A S cleveland ohio A yes provided you meet certain basic sugar qualifications if you have a honorable discharge and at least SO 90 days active service in in the U S armed forces and if the business will be your principal occupation cu and if you have owned no other business since your discharge you should have no trouble in in securing sugar tor for such a business contact the sugar rationing division of the cleveland office of OPA Q my son was reported missing in action in germany and insofar as we know is still in an unresolved status can you tell me how bow many soldiers who died in action have not been found or ubo are unidentified mrs II 11 G eureka springs mo A statistics of the graves registration command of the quartermaster department show that american soldiers are in an unresolved status of this number were buried in U S military cemeteries unidentified 15 are recorded as buried in iown known isolated locations in addition there are approximately whose whereabouts are still undetermined ter mined Q will you tell me if a temporary officer in the army can waive his bis discharge points and request an extension of his period of service or must he be discharged and then re enlist J E G mooris ville olda okla A the war department says it depends upon circumstances it Is possible that his category may be exchanged tor for another thereby extending his period of service he may volunteer to remain in the army tor for the duration and six months and request overseas service such a request probably would be granted if he Is physically and otherwise qualified Q can you tell me the first ship which got out of pearl harbor after the ja jap raid there december 7 1911 mrs J II 11 F pekin IU ill A the battleship nevada Q if a lender turns down a veterans application for a GI loan what should the veteran do E R denver ait may be possible that some other lender or bank ww will grant the loan it may be the first lender did not desire to make that type of loan tor for various reasons it may pay tp to see several lenders it if the loan has merit |