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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1953
Page
10
The Veterans Administration issued a series of training tips for veterans in the Korean War era education programs. Veterans must select training programs carefully, complete required forms promptly, and ensure schools sign and forward documents to the VA.
The Veterans Administration Fort Snelling district office informs discharged Korean veterans of four dividend settlement choices. Cards are mailed after insurance records arrive, with options including cash payment, credit with interest, advance premium payment, or a deposit against cash value.
A reader asks how VA pension interacts with other income and which deductions apply. They want to know if contributions to a retirement plan and taxes reduce the pension calculation and whether take home pay is considered. The guidance clarifies that taxable income and deductions affect overall taxable amount, not the pension itself.
The Veterans Administration tightens inspections on construction for government loans to avoid deficiencies. It lists required steps and regional offices in the Pacific Northwest region including Boise Idaho Seattle and Portland. A reader asks about resuming World War II GI Bill studies after discharge and is told to begin training within a reasonable period with satisfactory conduct and progress.
The War Claims Commission announces an April 9 deadline to file claims under Public Law 303 for compensation to POWs held in World War II. Eligible veterans or survivors may obtain claim forms from the Veterans Administration regional offices, the American Red Cross, recognized veterans groups, or the War Claims Commission in Washington DC. More than 98 000 claims had been filed, with about 12 000 adjudicated and adjudication rates rising.
A fragment from J W Sutherland recalls January 25 as Robert Burns birthday and presents a deathbed poem dedicated to Jessie Lewars. The verse ponders charity toward the poor and questions a friend’s fidelity as Burns lies dying in bed.
The dialogue notes the top guarantee increasing from 4000 to 7500 dollars. It states an entitlement to an additional GI home loan guaranteed for 3500 dollars to cover the difference between old and new guarantees.
Beaverhead county livestock owners are invited to the Grass and People caravan exhibit at Bagley school in Dillon on February 10. County agent Clair A. Michels notes the display covers grass and conservation, irrigated pastures, grass feed values, and the link between grass and human nutrition with special focus on range grasses and plants.
A fragment recalls Burns thinking on self view versus others eyes and a street scene where a passerby mocks a Scot’s sweep. Burns retorts calling the man English and notes there is space to pass between the wall and him.
The Soil Conservation Service completed range and soil surveys on 51 101 acres of privately owned land in Beaverhead district in 1952. About nine percent of the district’s 1 169 224 private acres were surveyed. Surveys provide land data for planning range soil and water conservation. Mapped factors include depth texture permeability slope and erosion. Salinity wetness and flood hazard are noted where needed. Range surveys also inventory forage plants on the land.
The exhibit will help livestock producers identify plant varieties and showcase forage uses for cattle sheep and hogs. It also features forage preservation stressing timely harvesting proper hay and silage handling. Additional displays cover grasslands conservation soil tilth and topsoil protection. Dillon Examiner. February 4 1953.
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