Family Allowances for Enlisted Men Explained
A Brief Outline of Soldiers' Benefits
Under Public Law 625?77th Congress
If hat it a family allowance?
A government check sent to the
soldier's dependents regularly ev
ery month. The family allowance is
made up of money set aside from his
pay and money contributed by the
government. It is granted only upon
application. It is payable only to
dependents eligible under the law.
These include, primarily, wife and
child (Class A relatives); dependent
parents and minor dependent sisters
and brothers (Class B dependents).
How much it let aside from
the soldier's pay?
Twenty-two dollars a month, if
the allowance is for Class A rela
tives only, or class B dependents
only; $27 a month, if it is for both
Class A and Class B.
How much will the soldier's
dependents get?
Here are a few examples:
, * Wife '$50
1 Wife and child 62
Wife and 2 children .... 72
Wife and mother only .. 47
Wife and parents 80
How toon does a family allowance
begin la be paid?
' The allowance begins to accrue
the month after he applies and is
payable when that month has ended.
For instance, if he applies in March,
the allowance begins to accrue in
April and is payable in May.
IF ha may apply?
The soldier may apply as soon as
he is on active duty. All enlisted
men in the fourth, fifth, sixth or
seventh grades may apply. Depend
ents may apply, too, but it is better
' for the soldier himself to do it. His
wife or child (also a divorced wife
to whom alimony is payable) may
receive this benefit with or without
his consent. But class B dependents
may receive it only if the soldier
agrees.
How u application made?
Application is made only on the
official form WD, AGO 625. These
forms are available at reception
centers, recruiting stations, local
chapters of the American Red Cross,
service command headquarters, and
the office of dependency benefits.
It documentary proof of relationship
and dependency required?
Yes, and soldiers or relatives
should gather that proof before sub
mitting applications and attach it to
application. Documentary evidence
consists of certified copies of the
public or church record of marriage
and of the birth of the soldier's chil
dren: two affidavits of dependency,
sworn to by disinterested persons,
for each Class B dependent named
in application.
Evidence must accompany any
application filed by a relative or
dependent of the soldier.
All army men may authorize a CLASS
E ALLOTMENT FROM THEIR PAY
For their dependents.
For a civilian life-insurance pre
mium.
To a bank, for a savings or a
checking account in the soldier's
name or in the name of a dependent.
IThat is a Class E Allotment?
The Class E allotment is a volun
tary allotment authorized by a man
in the army, by WAACs, by army
nurses and by certain civilian em
ployees of the war department on
duty outside the United States. The
allotment is taken from the allotter's
pay each month and sent to his de
pendents in the form of a govern
ment check. It may be in any
amount the allotter wishes to au
thorize, provided (if he is an en
listed man) he leaves himself not
less than $10 a month. An officer
may allot his entire pay and al
lowances.
Who moils the checks ?
The Office of Dependency Benefits,
213 Washington street, Newark, N.
J., administers Class E allotments
as well as other soldier's benefits,
and issues all checks.
Honr soon will an allotment be paid?
An allotment is payable at the end
of the month for which it is made.
Check may be mailed during the
following month. An allotment au
thorized to begin in January is pay
able in February.
Can a soldier authorize an allotment
and also apply for a family allowance?
Yes, if in the fourth, fifth, sixth, or
seventh grades of the army.
Can he increase, decrease or
discontinue an allotment?
A soldier may do so at any time
on the official form provided for this
purpose.
What is the difference between an
allotment and a family allowance?
An allotment is a sum deducted
entirely from the serviceman's own
pay. A family allowance consists of
a sum deducted from his pay, plus
a sum contributed by the govern
ment, and is payable only to certain
relatives or dependents.
[Minut* Make - Ujai
By GABRIELLE
Got an ugly little bump on your
chin? A special date? One minute's
work will hide it! Blend a little
foundation cream with a little face
powder. Apply the mixture to the
blemish. Blend and reblend. Press
on face powder with a tissue. Brush
it down and forget your blemish!
Ledger Syndicate.?WNU Features. I
Spring Must Be Just Around the Corner
Heavily clothed as a defense against the llekle March winds, Dick
Wakefield, Harold White, Harold Manders, Tommy Bridges, Manager
Steve O'Neill, and Albert Unser, of the Detroit Tigers, are shown (left
to right) running around the park before going in after the first day'a
workout in spring training camp at Evansville, Ind.
More Pork Through Disease Control
CHICAGO.?Two steps by which
farmers this spring can achieve
greatest results in increasing pork
production for the nation's war
needs, were outlined here recently
in a report issued by the commit
tee on swine diseases of the Ameri
can Veterinary Medical association.
The two steps are: prevention of
baby pig mortality, and reduction
of swine disease losses.
Nearly one third of each spring's
pig crop dies during the first few
weeks or months, the committee's
report declares. If more of these
pigs could be saved, it could mean
a large increase in our food pro
duction. Here are some of the spe
cific steps recommended by the
American Veterinary Medical asso
ciation committee, to help save the
lives of baby pigs:
"Provide a balanced diet for the
sows, so they can nourish healthy,
vigorous pigs, both before and after
farrowing; make sure that hog
houses are warm, dry, well-ventilat
ed, and free from drafts; keep the
sow and her litter away from old
hog lots where the young pigs can
pick up parasites or infections; pro
vide sufficient floor space for each
litter to prevent overlying; if illness
appears, call a veterinarian prompt
ly instead of waiting until a number
of pigs have been lost."
Swine disease control is more im
perative this spring because of the
larger number of hogs per farm
and the greater possibilities of dis
ease spreading, the report indi
cates. Some of the suggestions for
disease control offered by the report
include:
"If feeder pigs are purchased at
public auctions or sale rings where
they have been in contact with, oth
er animals, isolate them from the
home drove for two or three weeks,
to permit latent diseases to mani
fest themselves. Hog cholera will
again be the greatest swine destroy
er this year, and all pigs should be
vaccinated around weaning time. In
erysipelas areas, pigs should be vac
cinated against this disease, also.
Rigid sanitary measures should be
practiced for the control of enteritis.
Balanced diet for sows will help
prevent pig scour. Breeding stock
should be selected carefully to avoid
infectious abortion. Nutritional ane
mia of suckling pigs can be avoided
by making a preparation of iron and
copper available to them. Sanita
tion can be one of the greatest fac
tors of all in prevention of swine
diseases."
The report declares that tens of
thousands of hogs are lost because
their owners are not sufficiently
alert to detect disease symptoms
when they appear, and then delay too
long in taking steps to check the
spread of the disease when they do
recognize it. "Prompt diagnosis of
the exact cause of the illness is
half the battle in preventing dis
ease losses, and the other half de
pends on immediate measures to
check the disease and prevent its
spread," the committee states.
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By PHYLLIS BELMONT
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W ?r ? ?
If you are planning to marry ?
man in the service and your wedding
is going to be a "hurry up" fur
lough aSair, please spare him too
large and pompous a wedding party.
Most girls picture as romantic the
idea of a military wedding and an
archway of crossed swords?and it
is. But the man in the case would
like a quiet affair with just a few
intimate friends present without the
fuss and excitement.
Your wedding can be as lovely,
though it is small, and you can
look just as alluring in a street
length dress as you would in a flow
ing gown and veil.
You won't be nearly as tired out
when it's over with as if you had
planned and executed a large affair
with all the attendant entertaining
and arranging.
Ladder Syndicate.?WNU Feature*.
Fun For Your Family
By MISS ABBIE CONDIT
National Recreation Association.
Spring is here and with it come
spring fever, marbles, roller skates,
and above all, kites! When the "kite
catching" winds begin to blow, boys
and girls retire to the basement
workshop with paper, wood and
string to build kites of every size
and shape.
How many of those who fly kites
know how ancient or how scientific
a pursuit they are following? His
torically, according to one authori
ty, kite flying dates back to the
Fourth century B. C. when kites
were reported to have been invented
in the Greek city of Tarentum. It
is possible, however, that kites were
known even before this date in the
Far East, where the tribal people
of New Zealand and Asia have a
long history of kite flying.
In eastern countries kite flying is
an ancient custom and a popular
form of recreation. Korean men,
women and children from the king
down fly kites during the first days
of the New Year, and in China, Kites
Day, the ninth day of the ninth
month, is an important holiday.
It was a Korean general who, feel
ing the need for reviving the spirits
of his troops, attached a lighted lan
tern to a kite and sent it up at
night. The troops regarded it as a
divine sign of success in battle. It
was another Korean general who,
when his forces were divided by a
stream and his enemy was prepared
to take advantage of this difficulty,
bridged the stream by first send
ing a kite across and then attaching
a cable to the kite string.
It is interesting that for years the
daily weather forecasts were based
upon reports from professional kite
fliers at the government weather
bureaus, but they have now been
replaced by the airplane and bal
loon. Great box kites carrying in
struments for recording conditions
in the upper air were sent up from
one to three miles high.
Every school boy and girl who
flies a kite knows how Benjamin
Franklin with his famous kite and
key drew electricity from a storm
cloud. But when March comes they
won't be thinking of this great sci
entist or of kites as military instru
ments, but just as something with
which to have great fun.
But lest their kites prove danger
ous fun, these safety rules should
be followed:
1. Do not fly a kite near light,
telephone or trolley wires, or near
high voltage transmission towers.
2. Do not use wire or tinsel twine
of any sort. Use only cotton string.
Wet string is also a conductor of
electricity and will cause as much
damage as wire if brought into con
tact with electric wires.
3. Do not use a kite with metal
ribs.
4. Do not run across public high
ways while flying a kite.
5. Always fly a kite in open, un
obstructed places away from traffic,
poles, and power lines.
6. Do not attempt to climb poles
or knock down entangled kites with
stones.
7. Do not let your kite go over
radio aerials.
8. Do not attempt to pull down a
kite which has become entangled in
power lines because a short circuit
might result. Sometimes a wire
breaks and falls to the ground, caus
ing danger or injury to kite flier or
bystander.
9. Do not attempt to remove a kite
entangled in a power line. Call the
power company and they will send
out a skilled workman to remove the
kite with danger to no one.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
AMERICA
INACTION |.
AIRCRAFT MACHINISTS
Suppose some day an American
bomber were to come limping back
to its base with certain engine bolts
sheared and shattered by enemy
fire, unable to take to the air again
until they were replaced. Suppose
supplies on hand didn't include those
bolts. A ship, otherwise airworthy,
might be grounded for days or
weeks.
The aircraft machinists who are
developed from air forces enlisted
men are skilled in general machine
work and all tasks of ordinary heat
treating and repair likely to come
up in maintenance of aircraft and
the stations from which they op
erate.
Chosen, as are the candidates for
all the air force specialist schools,
by competitive aptitude and intelli
gence tests, the embryo machin
ist is plunged immediately into days
of basic training in metal working,
a training he shares with sheet met
I al and welding trainees.
1 He learns the channels through
which aircraft service orders come,
and how to find his way about in
parts catalogues and systems of ref
erence for repair and service of
parts. He learns to identify various
metals and to recognize their prop
erties and composition of alloys by
the painted color bands which are a
I code for the various alloys at army
supply bases. He learns to read
and interpret blueprints, and is giv
en elementary training in mechani
cal drawing. He learns the uses of
all the fundamental hand tools es
sential to this branch.
Then he is ready to take up the
tools themselves. Emphasis through
out is on tools?how to make them,
how to handle them and care for
them. Woe be unto the man who
handles them carelessly, for this to
an army machinist is the unfor
giveable sin. From the simplest
wrench or file to the most compli
cated turret lathe, tools are his busi
ness?the tools that "Keep 'Em Fly
ing."
Ktkmd by Western Newspaper Union.
Ca*L T. 1. Lynch
Cituu^u, P?.
t VICTORIES
Lieut. K. C. Sparks
BUckwell, Okla.
7 VICTORIES
Lieut. H. A. Eason
Meridian, Miss.
? VICTORIES
Lieut. C. 8. Gallop
Chicago, ni.
( VICTORIES
Lieut. K. I. BM|
PtpUr, Wta.
I VICTORIES
SINGLE U. S. SQUADRON
DOWNS 72 JAP PLANES
Destruction of 72 Japanese planes in aerial
combat by a single United States army air
force fighter squadron based in New Guinea
between June 1, 1942, when it moved into
that area, and January 8,1943, shortly after
the fall of Buna Mission, has been disclosed
by the war department. Five of the squad
ron members credited with downing the
Japs are pictured here.
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Released by Weetera Newepeser Vain.
C. 8. PRODUCTION
IS BASIS OF WEALTH
PRODUCTION is the foundation
upon which is built our ever-increas
ing national wealth, consisting of
everything upon which a monetary
value can be placed. Dividends
from our national wealth, including
wages, constitute our ever-increas
ing annual incomes. In the early
years of our Republic, that annual
income represented less than $190
per capita. Today it is better than
$700 per capita. Year after year,
decade after decade, it has been
more equitably divided. It is the
increase in our annual income that
has raised the standard of living for
all of us in America. It has made
possible better homes, automobiles,
radios, washing machines, tele
phones, and all those things which
make living for us easier than it
was for our parents and grandpar
ents.
It is machinepower of the present
as against manpower of past gen
erations that has made increased
production possible, and at the same
time, reduced the hours of labor
and the cost of production. With a
tractor attached to a gang plow, the
farmer tills more acres and in fewer
hours than did his father with a
team attached to a single plow share,
turning one furrow at a time. The
same thing is true in manufacturing
plants. Power ? driven machinery
makes possible the mass production
of automobiles. It reduces the coat
of cars to a point where all can
own them. It reduces the hours of
labor and the sweat at manpower
days.
Production creates a demand for
production to satisfy, and satisfying
creates new jobs, which, in turn,
create new demands.
To place a limit on production in
any line is but to stop progress, to
break down the foundation upon
which our well-being is built Our
need is not less production, but in
creased facilities and speed in dis
tribution. That is the problem fac
ing not only the economists and
statesmen of America, but those of
the entire world. It is a problem
which can be solved when applied
to a world scale. It cannot be done
by uttering idealistic phrases or by
merely wishful thinking. It calls for
the application at the nation's and
the world's best brains, and it calls
now.
* A *
AMERICANS DO NOT LIKE
TO BE POSHED ABOUND
WAY BACK ISO years sad more
ago, England's German king,
George ni, tried to tell the Amer
ican people what to do and when
to do it, without telling them why
and without saying "please."
At Boston they slapped that Ger
man king of England in the face and
after a few years of armed con
troversy, they kicked him in the
pants at Yorktown, and sent him
home. That was America's first ex
perience with a bureaucrat.
Since then the American people
have selected leaders whom they ex
pect will lead and not drive. They
expect leaders to tell them the
"what," "when" and "why" of do
ing things, with an accompanying
"please." They have never been
willing to be pushed around, but
have been willing and anxious to be
led. Whenever their leaders have
attempted to become pushers, the
American people have demonstrated
a habit of dispensing with the serv
ices of those pushers, as they did
with George III. They do not take
kindly to bureaucratic methods or
government by decree.
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LOCAL OFFICIALS
KNOW THE REGULATIONS
RECENTLY I listened to the heed
of a state rationing organization at
tempt to explain what rationing is
all about and how it is done. After
a brief statement as to the necessity
of rationing, he offered to answer
any questions members of the audi
ence might ask. The questions
poured in to the speaker. They were
normal inquiries, the kind for which
any head of a household, anxious
and willing to obey the regulations,
would like an answer. The speaker
could not answer one in a dozen of
those questions. He had either not
read the voluminous and often con
tradictory instructions, or had not
interpreted them. A member of the
town rationing board came to the
rescue and did a satisfactory Job of
imparting detailed information which
fully satisfied those who asked the
questions. All of the ability and
wisdom is not centered in high
places. The federal official was
drawing a handsome salary. The
local man received nothing for his
work, but be was a conscientious
American.
? ? ?
SOME YEARS AGO I witnessed a
farce prize fight ? two would-be
gladiators in a ring pounding type
writers. At the call of time, they
rushed to the center and read what
they were going to do. I am re
minded of that at times whan I read
about what we and our Allies are
going to do to the common enemy.
More punches and less talk would
bring a knockout faster.
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THE WORLD DEMAND for food
will continue so long as America
will provide H on lease lend terms.
PATTERNS^
SEWING CIRCUE^jfi
8363?
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Tot's Wardrobe
TXT'HAT the well-dressed young
* * lady of 1 to 5 years will wear
this spring is right here?a gaily
printed ensemble consisting of
playsuit, overall and dress. Ev
eryone's going to be the happier
for these clothes?the youngster
because they are so pretty and
sensible and hex mother because
they are practically no bother at
all.
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Pattern No 8363 Is in ilact
8 yean Stxe 2 dress takes 1% yards 16
inch material, overall 1% yards, plajrsutt
% yard; 8% yard* btedteg
Due to an unusually large demand and
cuilent war conditions. sligfMly mot* '
time is requiied in filling onkri'for's
few of the most popular pattern numbers
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tot Seveatk Are. New Tuft
Enclose SI oemte to cotes tor sack
pattern desired.
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Pigeons Being Trained
In U. S. as Commandoe
Several hundred . pigeons, note,
being trained as carriers of mea- '
sages for the United States forces
are undergoing a strenuous Case
rn ando course.
To get them accustomed to the -
blackout the birds, which nor
mally roost at night, are seat sal
in the darkness to make two-w*y
flights. They are also trained to
return to roosts mounted oe trail
ers which sometimes remain only .
a few days at ode station.
To get them ready lor MUM
conditions aeroplanes are usefl^s
dive at them, and they By amid
exploding firecrackers. They are
given medical attention, and, Hhe
the troops, they get leave. '
In the RAF there are instances
on record in this war of these
couriers flying through battles to
deliver messages despite a bullet
wound in the breast or the lees of
a leg.
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Aerial Freighters
The world's largest carrier of
aerial freight is the TACA line
(Trans portes Aereos Centro
Americanos), which serves the
seven countries of Central Ameri
ca with 56 planes, 30 radio sta
tions, 126 offices and 200 airports,
says Collier's. Each day over its
7,000 miles of scheduled routes,
are carried such articles as dy
namite, chicle, mahogany, foods,
heavy machinery, household goods
and work and meat animals.
Incidentally, it is the only air
line in existence that owns a fly
ing oil tanker.
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