Show 1 G SERVICE p a BUREAU EDITORS EDITOR'S ED 1 TORS TOR'S NOTE This newspaper through special arrangement with the Washington Bureau oj of Western Newspaper Union at 1616 Eye Street N. N Wn W. W Washing ng ton Ion D. D Ct C. C is iJ able to bring readers reade this thi weekly column on problems of oJ the veteran teran and serviceman and his family Questions Question may ay be addressed to 10 the above Bureau and they th y will be answered in a subsequent column No N replies can be made direct by mail but ut only in the column which will appear in this newspaper regularly New GI Bill Bm of Rights Principal provisions of the new amendments to the GI Bill of Rights which became law over the Christmas holiday holidays include 1 I Increase in the amount of guar guar- guaranteed guarante guaranteed ante d loans for purchase of a home a farm or for entering business from fr m 2000 ogo to 2 2 Elimination of the provision that all benefits of the GI Bill are to be deducted from any future bonus for veterans 3 3 Increase of subsistence allow allow- allowance allowance ance for single men going to school or taking the on-the-job training from 50 to 65 a month and for married men from 75 to 90 per month 4 Extends time t me an educational course may be initiated from two to four years after end of the war and also extends the time for completing a course course from seven to nine years 5 Removes all age limitations 6 Permits taking of short courses up to with a proportionate re reduction re- re reduction du tion in the veterans veteran's period of eligibility 7 Permits veterans to take corre corre- correspondence correspondence correspondence courses at government expense 8 Permits approval of a loan by accredited lending institution and permits purchase of stock for small smaIl businesses Under Public Pub ic Law aw 16 which pro pro- provides provides provides vides for education for disabled vet vet- veterans veterans veterans erans disability pension payments are increased sed from a minimum of 92 to a month for single men and from to for married men plus 10 per month for one child and 7 for each additional child and 15 for any dependent parent Questions and Answers Answer Q I am an honorably discharged veteran who spent three years and three months in the army and was wounded in action I found a good farm for tor sale and borrowed the money from our local bank on the basis that I could repay it with the 2000 to which I am entitled under the GI bill How Bow can I go about getting this loan started through I have been to see the representative of the farm security and he keeps putting me off and tells me to come comeback comeback comeback back in 60 days G. days G. G W. W S. S States- States Statesville Statesville Statesville ville N. N C. C A. A You probably should have com com- completed completed completed your GI loan before you bought the farm but the first fast thing to do is to make application to your nearest ne rest veterans' veterans administration re re- regional regional gional office and they will issue a certificate of eligibility Then com com- complete complete complete the deal through your local bank Under the new amendments you can borrow up to instead i of 2000 Q Aly My husband has been in the service 22 months and he is over- over overseas overseas seas about 14 months m and we have five children and he is needed at home I need him this winter Will he be discharged discharged 1 Mrs E. E B. B B. B Norris S. S D. D D.A. D.A. D.A. A. A Your husband is certainly eli eli- eligible eligible eligible gible to apply for a discharge if he wants it because all men in service service service ice are eligible for discharge if they have three or more children Q Why have young men in the army air corps been discharged with less than a year of oC service when other men 18 or 19 years old with two years or more haven't enough points R. points R. R Z Z Canton Ohio A. A The war department says they have no need n ed for more flyers so in inmany inmany inmany many instances cadets are being re re- re leased Under army regulations men may be discharged if they are of no further use or if there is no place for them whether they have sufficient points or not Q I am am- am ama a veteran of World War WarI I and drawing a pension Am I en en- entitled entitled entitled titled to government dental treat treat- treatment treatment treatment ment regardless of whether the den den- dental dental dental tal condition is due d e to service con con- Does this alter the case any any E. E. E L. L B. B Tamarack Minn 1 A. A A The Veterans' Veterans administration says you are not entitled to dental treatment unless it is service con con- connected connected connected or unless ss such treatment is required for service connected dis dis- dis- dis ability Q My ly son went to Japan with 47 41 points Will he lie receive any more points or is that the final count count count- A mother Martin 1 S. S S D. D D.A. D.A. D.A. A. A He will continue to earn e-arn points so longs he is in the service Q My Iy husband works nights ev ev- every every every ery other week and would like to take a high school course but cannot can can- cannot cannot not because of his present job Un Un- Under Under Under der the GI Bill of Rights would it be possible to take a correspond correspond- correspondence ence course and would the govern govern- government government government ment pay the tuition on such a course Mrs R. R V. V B. B St. St Paul Minn l A A. Yes under the new amendment to the GI bill your husband could take a correspondence a course and the government would pay tuition up to but he would receive no sub sub- subsistence subsistence subsistence allowance |