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Show EDITOR'S KOTE: This newspaper, through special arrangement with the H'ashinzton Bureau of Western l'eus-paper l'eus-paper Lnion at 1616 Eve Street, Y. IT'., W" ashington, D.C., is able to bring readers read-ers this weekly column on problems of the veteran and serviceman and his family. fam-ily. Questions may be addressed to the above Bureau and they will be anstvered in a subsequent column, A'o replies can be made direct by mail, but only in the column which will appear in this newspaper news-paper regularly. Correspondence Cottrses Veterans administration has negotiated ne-gotiated contracts with 38 educational educa-tional institutions throughout the country authorizing them to furnish correspondence and extension courses by mail to veterans eligible for educational benefits under veterans vet-erans legislation. Courses offered cover virtually every ev-ery educational field from academic subjects to a wide variety of trades and professions. Approximately 500,000 veterans already are enrolled en-rolled under the government program pro-gram in schools and colleges, or taking on-the-job training and further fur-ther thousands already employed are asking opportunity to further their education by mail. The veteran receives no subsistence subsist-ence while pursuing a correspondence correspond-ence course and the total cost of all such courses may not exceed $500. Of the 38 contracts thus far signed, 25 are with colleges and universities in 19 states. Fifteen of these offer high school as well as college courses. The balance of 13 are trade and business schools offering of-fering courses in such subjects as refrigeration, radio electronics, engineering, en-gineering, television, journalism, federal income tax, machine drafting, draft-ing, hotel training, traffic management, manage-ment, accounting and filing. Application for these correspondence correspond-ence courses should be made at your nearest Veterans Administration Administra-tion regional office. Questions and Answers Q. My daughter's husband was honorably discharged In December, 1945, after two years and three months overseas. She never received re-ceived an allotment. In 1943 she wrote in and asked why. She received re-ceived an answer saying her husband hus-band never signed an allotment to her. But they sent papers to sign and she sent these in with her marriage mar-riage certificate. We never heard from them again and they never returned the marriage certificate. New she is divorced, but it is not a year yet. Is she still eligible for this allotment? Mrs. W. W., Mt. Angel, Ore. A. I believe she is eligible, but write to Army Central Adjustment Office, 4300 GoodfeUow Blvd., St. Louis 20, Mo., and give all details. Q. How would I get a business loan through? I would love to have a grocery store. I went to general headquarters, but they don't tell me anything. They don't care whether a veteran gets anything or not. Give me all the information possible. World War II veteran, A. O., Ropes-ville, Ropes-ville, Texas. A. First, find a bank or other lender lend-er who is making G.I. loans. Tell him your story, your background, how much money you have, if any, and what you want to use the loan for. If he thinks you are a good risk, he will send in the papers for your eligibility certificate and make the loan. Your local chamber of commerce, local Red Cross, or county agent can help you find a lender making these loans and give you all details. Q. My husband deserted me and my two children. He went to the navy, but also deserted there for 7 months and 21 days. When they got him back in the service they gave him 3 years in prison. We drew an allotment while he was in service, but it stopped when he was out. Now he is overseas and we have a divorce. Should the children be drawing from him? The navy was to notify me if he went back to duty, but haven't. What shall I do? Mrs. A. M. W., Bluff, N. C. A. The navy suggests that you write to Field Services, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Department, De-partment, Cleveland, Ohio, and explain ex-plain your situation, giving all details de-tails possible. Q. My husband is with the 6th marines in China. He has more points that are required for a discharge, dis-charge, but he is a regular. He has been overseas 16 months. How long will he have to remain overseas? He has been in the service for over 10 years. Mrs. J. D. P., Lincoln, Lin-coln, Neb. A Ordinarily a tour of overseas duty in the marines for a regular is 24 months unless his enlistment is up prior to that time. Q. Will a serviceman returned from Manila so 111 with malaria it appeared he would die and now improved be able to work after filing fil-ing for a pension? He filed for the pension while in the hospital, but believes now be could farm a little could he draw money like other soldiers sol-diers do? Mrs. D. S., Luther, Tenn. A. A disability pension will not interfere with his drawing adjusted compensation for self-employment if he is eligible for such compensa tion and able to work. Apply to youi nearest state unemployment compensation com-pensation office. |
