Show 1 SERVICE 4 BUREAU EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE This Th newspaper through special arrangement with wit the Washington Bureau of Western Newspaper Union at af 1616 Eye Street N. N W. W Washing Washington ton D. D C. C it is able to fa bring readers this weekly column on problems of o f the tlc veteran and serviceman and his family Questions may be addressed to o the above Bureau and they will ill be answered in a subsequent column No replies can be made direct by mail hut but only y in in the column which will ill appear in this newspaper regularly Local Service Centers Gen Omar N. N Bradley adminis adminis- administrator administrator administrator of veterans' veterans affairs in a re re- recent recent recent cent statement declared that the most pressing need insofar as the civilian population and the veteran is concerned is the establishment of single a a service center in every community so that benefits to the veterans can get down to the grassroots grass grassroots grassroots roots of the home community Many communities already have set up these centers where the re re- returning returning returning turning veteran may go for information information information tion for service for advice but there are thousands of home com com- communities communities communities where no such benefit is available to the veteran We have the plans General Bradley said but you cant can't help a veteran with a plan We need the help of business patriotic and civic organizations of the press and ra ra- radio radio radio dio in solving a problem of space and personnel which is slowing up our job It ItIn In the meantime the veterans ad ad- administration administration administration ministration has inaugurated a six- six point program for amputee rehabilitation rehabilitation rehabilitation tation to include 1 direct veteran contact to learn problems invite criticism and provide corrective measures 2 a survey to determine availability of prosthetic appliances appliances appliances ances 3 to provide each veteran a booklet with essential information 4 a program of scientific after after- aftercare aftercare aftercare care designed to meet the need of the veteran 5 a conference with artificial limb manufacturers to es es- establish establish establish fixed limb standards 6 to establish a museum of prosthetic ap ap- Questions and Answers Q I want to know if a man who has been in the army over six months is 30 years old and has a wife wiCe and four children will be sent overseas or will he get a discharge soon Wife soon Wife Strasburg N. N D. D DA A A- According to regulations at this time your husband is eligible for overseas service According to the information on you give he has only approximately 42 points Q I want to know if my husband can get a discharge He lIe has been in service 21 months and overseas 14 months and has four children and is needed at home since his mother is his dependent too and very feeble He lIe is in the army and is 29 years old L. L. L B. B Pisgah Ala A. A Without any points for battle stars or decorations your husband has 71 points so he would be eligible eligi eligi- eligible eligible ble for discharge Q My husband served nine months in World War I five of these over over- seas While in service one of his bis ear drums was affected from roar of guns and he can hear but very little During this time his service record was lost and now he cannot get help because he doesn't have a record of his ear Does he be have to tobe tobe tobe be handicapped because the army army lost his bis record He lie e can do very little Wife WiCe work Wife Deatsville Ala A. A Your husbands husband's service record should be in the war department in Washington Would suggest that you immediately file a claim for pension pen pen- pension pension sion due to disability with the Veterans administration at ham Write to the bureau of enlisted en en- enlisted enlisted listed personnel war department Washington D. D C. C concerning his service record giving all details possible Q I was called for the army Sep Sep- September September 4 4 1918 and went to Fort Fart Riley Kans and got gat go my discharge at Fort Riley Hiley September 14 1918 I got the 60 bonus and the whole outfit out out- outfit outfit fit of uniforms un Did guard duty and my serial number was I asked for Cor the soldier tax exemption in Iowa and they turned me down E. E. E J. J II H. Webster City Iowa A. A You were apparently in the army only 10 days but the in internal in- in internal internal revenue bureau says there is no federal tax exemption for veterans veter veter- veterans veterans ans except on disability payments and the 1500 exemption on active service pay There may be an Iowa state law Jaw providing for some form of tax exemption for veterans Sug Sug- Suggest Suggest Suggest gest you apply to your state or local tax authorities Q My husband who is in the navy has three children and is 26 years old Under this new system of discharging fathers of three chil chil- children children dren will be he be eligible for dis dis- discharge charge charge Wife Wife Vanderbilt Mich A. A The navy department says yes Q How flow long will boys 18 or 19 years of age who entered service in the spring of 1945 19 and are now on their way overseas remain in the service N. service N. N G. G Lancaster Wis A A. Under present regulations un un- until until until til they have the required number of points to make them eligible for discharge Q I want to know if a man who has ban been in the navy 21 months is 34 years old and has a wife and three children will be discharged discharged- Owens Cross Roads Ala A. A Yes he is eligible for application tion for discharge i |