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 EDITOR T/Sgt Bennie Howe
ART EDITOR T/5 L. E. Gorman
SPORTS EDITOR T/4 F. J., McDonald
ASSOCIATE EDITORS T/4 C. W. Thomas
T/3 W, D, O'Neal
OFFICER IN CHARGE 1st Lt G. P. Guillot
TRANSPORT SERVICES
OFFICER Capt T. J. Hess
Everyone is invited to our song service each evening at 7:00 in Sq. of the Hatch #2. We have been having good
crowds and fine singing.
Transport Chaplain
CANADIAN G1's
Troops of the Canadian Army's First Div. landed at Halifax today to the tune of
a tumultuous welcome. At the present time,
these lucky guys are speeding to Separation Centers throughout Canada on
special express trains reserved for that purpose. This was
the first Canadian
Division to go
overseas in the Global War
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Oratory is the art of making Jeep sounds
from the chest seem like important messages from the brain.
H. I. Phillips.
It takes a baby two years to learn how to talk, and it takes a
man 40 years
to learn how to keep his mouth shut.
Our dreams are coming true, says U.S. General. And likely it 1s because the
whole country woke up.
A double chin develops when a couple of women meet.
Theirs is a real garden romance--he is a dead beat and she's an oln
[sic]
tomato.
Always say what you mean, mean what you say, and refrain
grom saying anything mean.
A bachelor is man who never makes the
same mistake once.
Take a tip from an old razor blade; it's
useless when it loses it temper. |
PENSIONS
•• a number of men have asked questions about pensions. So we
present below
some of the main facts about pensions for veterans of
the present war.
Who is entitled to pensions? Well to state the matter in a few words we may say
that you are entitled to draw a pension only if you have become
disabled, that is, if your ability to earn a livelihood has
lessened.
.. If this disability is service connected you are entitled to a pension as a
matter
of right regardless of need. The amount will
vary according to the amount of disability from $11.50 to $115 for total
disability.
For certain specific disability such as total blindness or loss of limbs this amount
is increased by specified amounts up to a maximum of $265. The widow and
children of veterans with service connected
disabilities are also eligible for pensions regardless of need. Parents may be
eligible if their income is insufficient otherwise.
.. Smaller pensions are also payable in case of total disability which is not
service connected in case of need. The criterion is
that income must be less than $1000 for a single veteran or less than
$2500 for a married one. The widows and children of these veterans are also
eligiblee providing the veteran had a disability due to service which
if it had
been of greater degree, a pension would have been payable, and need exists.
This disability need not have been the cause of death.
.. All pensions are payable by the Veterans
Administration and are not taxable. Other income from the V.A. such as National Service Life Insurance proceeds are not considered in
determining need of
dependents.
Those individuals having service connected
disabilities will be given an opportunity to file claim. for a pension before being
discharged.
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