Your GI Rights column answers draft and allotment questions
NEA Service conducts a postwar column where a writer answers reader questions in Washington. A man who received a Certificate of Gratitude from President Truman for merchant marine service is not exempt from the draft. The new law on allotments to dependents is explained, detailing October allowances for Army and Air Force personnel.
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NEA Service
Washington
Nea
President Truman
Merchant Marine
Army
I Air Force
Army and Navy Dependent Allotments and Reserve Deferment Advice
Instructions outline that October pay and service allowances will fund dependent allotments for Marines Navy Army and Air Force. Beginning November checks will go directly to dependents. Clerks specify addresses for unresolved Army Air Force Navy cases and deferment questions follow individual review. teachers face slim chances for deferment while reserve service can still trigger active duty calls.
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Marine Corps
Navy
Army
Air Force
Army Finance Center
St. Louis
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Cleveland
Ohio
Marine Reserve
Merchant Marine
Blue Star Mothers Convene in Columbus for Convention
The eighth national convention of the Blue Star Mothers of America gathers about 400 delegates in Columbus to approve universal military training and the President's Korea policy. Delegates extend membership to mothers of servicemen and women in the Korean conflict, with events including a visit to Chillicothe Veterans Hospital for the cornerstone laying of a stadium and ball park funded by Ohio Blue Star Mothers.
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Columbus
Blue Star Mothers of America
Mothers’ Organization
Veterans Hospital
Chillicothe
Burglar Steals Only Passports
Akron police puzzled by motel theft in which only the travelers passports to Venezuela were taken from Mr and Mrs Willard Trainer who planned to return to Venezuela where he works for an American oil company. Clarence M Purdy longtime Baltimore newspaperman dies at 89 after 60 years in journalism with Cleveland Plain Dealer Baltimore World and Baltimore Evening Sun. Rollers replace brushes for painting flats increasingly.
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Akron
Willard Trainer
Venezuela
Trainer
Baltimore (Ap
Clarence Melvin Purdy
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Purdy
Baltimore
Old Baltimore World
Baltimore Evening Sun
Sunpapers
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NEA Stat Correspondent
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Castel
Adv
Rogers
Central Ave
Ross
Gabardine Sport
Quarty
Juilliard
Botany
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Hockanum
Special Purchase Group
Aluminum
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