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Show EDITOR'S NOTE: This newspaper, through special arrangement with the Washington Bureau of Western Newspaper News-paper Union at 1616 Eye Street, N. W Washington, D. C, is able to bring readers read-ers this weekly column on problems o the veteran and serviceman and his family. fam-ily. Questions may be addressed to the above Bureau and they will be ansicered in a subsequent column. No replies can be made direct by mail, but only in the column which will appear in this newspaper news-paper regularly. Unemployment Benefits The veterans administration in clarifying rights of veterans under the unemployment or readjustment allowances feature of the G.I. bill has announced that veterans who take temporary jobs retain their rights to unemployment allowances after they are released and they are not required to claim unemployment unemploy-ment payments immediately after their discharge in order to protect pro-tect their rights to benefits. The G.I. bill provides that readjustment re-adjustment allowances will be payable pay-able to eligible veterans for two years after date of discharge, or two years after end of the war, whichever is later, and, since the war is not yet officially over, veterans vet-erans already discharged still will have two years after official termination termin-ation in which to file claims for unemployment un-employment benefits. In no case may unemployment benefits be paid later than five years after the war. This would allow al-low the veteran who re-enlists for three years during the war period an additional two years in which to receive payments. The veteran may apply for allowances as often as he becomes unemployed providing he does not voluntarily leave his employment em-ployment without good reason, or he is not discharged for cause, and still has benefits available out of his maximum of 52 weeks. Questions and Answers Q. My step-mother has a sort who has been in the army since World War I and she hasn't heard from him in six years. Could you tell me how to get in contact with him? Mrs. J. E. R., Guntersville, Ala. A. Write to the bureau of enlisted en-listed personnel, office of the adjutant ad-jutant general, war department, Washington 25, D. C, giving his full name, serial number if you have it, and all details. Q. My husband was inducted into the army April 8, 1946. What would be the earliest date he could be re- leased? He is 24 years old and in partnership with his father on a 12,800 acre ranth with 300 head of cattle. His father is in poor health and has no other help. Could he get a discharge on these grounds? E. C, Miles City, Mont. A. It would be impossible to tell you when your husband will be released re-leased since the army has not made regulations beyond June 30, 1946. If he can make a hardship or dependency case because of his need at home, he is entitled to apply ap-ply to his commanding officer for release on these grounds. Q. My husband is a private In Japan. He went into service February Febru-ary 28, 1945. Went across in November. Novem-ber. We have a crippled baby which has to be taken to the hospital every ev-ery two weeks in Atlanta. I put in for a discharge for him but they turned it down. Now I am hoping he will get a discharge by being a father. Can yoa tell me when all fathers will be home? Mrs. E. M., Cartersville. Ga. A. Under ordinary circumstances, your husband probably would have another year of service before he is eligible for discharge. At present, pres-ent, there is no distinction between fathers and non-fathers in the armed services, except where they have three or more children. Q. I see where widows of war veterans of World War I are entitled en-titled to a pension. My husband recently re-cently passed away and would yon kindly tell me where I should make application for the pension? Mrs. A. E., DeGrasse, N. Y. A. You should apply to your nearest near-est veterans administration office, probably at Sunmount hospital near Tupper lake, or at the post office building in Watertown. Q. My boy was drafted into the army in November and was married mar-ried a few days before he left. He made his wife a S50 allotment. Can he make his mother an allotment too? He helped me before he went into the army and ail of the children chil-dren at home are still of school age. 1 am in bad health and so is my husband and I need his help badly. Mrs. A., Arab, Ala. A. Yes, he can make his mother an allotment, but it is voluntary on his part. Q. 1 have a son who has been in Germany a year and two months. He is in the 4th army of occupation, occupa-tion, TRPB, 51, constabulary squadron. squad-ron. He is almost 20 years old and has served most of his time overseas. over-seas. He went into service Oct. 11, 1944. Will he be sent home soon? M. B., Macks, Ark. A. From your letter I cannot determine de-termine how many points he has earned, but he has served approximately approxi-mately 18 months. Men who have served 24 months by June 30 may be eligible for discharge by that date |