Soldiers Allotment and Family Benefits Confirm Home Front Security
The Office of Dependency Benefits manages pay allotments and family allowances for soldiers dependents. About 13,000 daily applications and 4,000 daily class E allotments are processed, with over 20 million people in enlisted families. Benefits begin the month after application, with payments widely distributed nationwide from Newark headquarters.
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Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
WAAC
War Department
Office of Dependency Benefits
ODB
Newark
WN. J
OPA
Army-Navy
Atlantic Coast
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U. S. General Staff
Churchill
North Africa
Harry Hopkins
Justice Byrnes
Harry
Fdr
Shenango Depot
Washington Planes To China And Russia Boost War Supply
Washington reports a bottleneck in transporting planes to China has been broken, enabling more combat aircraft to reach China via Chennaut’s group and air power. Russia now receives increasing air deliveries, shifting Soviet pleas from planes to food as the breadbasket remains German-occupied.
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Washington, D. C
China
Ichang
Chungking
Chennault
Chennault Group
India
Russia
Red Army
Washington
U. S
Egypt
MacArthur
Pearl Harbor
Army
ODB Rules on Accepting Soldier's Children as Evidence
The Office of Dependency Benefits rejects physical appearance of a soldier's children as required documentary evidence. This proof must accompany the family allowance application, and many mothers travel with their children to the filing, even when in an air conditioned setting.
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Michigan
Charlotte
N. C
Navy
P. U
Philadelphia
WAAC
Dayton
Ohio
Fleet Air Arm
Office of Dependency Benefits
Evidence Motion to Validate Family Allowance Claims
A motion to arrange for family allowances or to prove marriage to a soldier arises. One wife arrived with nine children but left their names blank on the application. Officials said birth certificates and names on file would suffice for eligibility.
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ODB
Barbare Hell Pattern 1769 B For Numerous Sizes
Pattern 1769 B offers sizes 36 33 40 42 4 46 48 60 and 52 with 43 yards of 35 inch material for size 23 and short sleeves. A Real Favorite shows this ensemble as a smart simple day wear option for summer use.
Practical Food and Laundry Hints From Daily Notes
Fragments advise browning sausages to drain fat, stuffing expansion, and avoiding tight packing to prevent sogginess. Separate colored clothes to dry, store olives in oil after bottling, and prefer firmly woven cloths over knitted washcloths for best shape and longevity.
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Army Finance Corps
Office of
Dependency Benefits
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Iife
Finance Corps
57Th
H. N. Gilbert
U. S.A
Zeven
Arizona
Mary Ellen
Small Jimmie
46Th Engineering Regiment
Louisiana
Childre
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
New
Montgomery Street
San Francisco Art
Philadelphia and
Lanecaster Turnpike Co
New York
New Jersey
Rutgers University
BF Goodrich
Wms
Cope
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