European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Yank the army weekly 1945 assistance state militia dear yank i understand that service in the National guard is added to the service spent in the army and that a total of three years in both entitles one to longevity does service in the Home guard or state militia count the same Way we were activated when the National guard was made part of the we received the same training and had the same duties As the National we took their do we get the same Breaks Britain Louis Dante you do the National guard had a Federal status but Home guards and state militia never that is Why National guard time counts toward longevity and Home guard or state militia time does civilian Job rights dear yank before i entered the service i had a Job for Over five years with a firm that manufactured electrical household now that firm is doing War work and i hear that it does not plan to manufacture the same Type of goods after the in addition the firm has been is under a new management and has a new i do know that the same Board of directors still runs the am i still eligible for my old Job when i am discharged Jack Balien you a veterans eligibility for his old Job is not affected by a change of name or management of his old whats your problem letters to this department should Bear writers full serial number and military to turn my daughter Over to a state Home for i have no other relatives who can take care of my i do not think that a state institution can Supply the parental love and care my baby is there any Way that i can get a discharge to take care of my child Larry read you May be Able to get a dependency discharge under a paragraphs the a states that when by reason of death or disability of a member of the family of an enlisted occurring after his members of his family become dependent upon him for care and he May be to get the discharge you will have to submit an affidavit to your co showing that you Are needed at Home to care for your that there is no one else who can care for her and that this situation is the result of your mothers combat engineers dear yank i am with a combat engineers unit in the am i part of the army service forces or of the army ground forces fronce William Walton a combot engineers unit in the Field comes under the army ground the office of the chief of the Overall Headquarters of the is a part of the army service Homestead ing dear yank you ran a Short item in strictly go recently about in that item you stated that veterans with two years of service would need Only seven months on a Homestead site to fulfil the residence requirements of the can you Tell me where i can get full information about Sites and other details about homesteading Alaska George Combs the department of the Interior has prepared literature on and you can get any information you May require by writing to commissioner Fred general land department of the Washington insurance payments so Long of you apply for your old Job within 90 Days after you Are discharged you should get dependency discharge dear yank i entered the army in and my wife died hot we mlle after that at that me my old daughter went to live with my Mother two months ago my Mother passed Avyay and i had Page 14 dear yank will you please Settle an argument for us i say that i insurance pays off to a gis widow Yven if she but my buddies insist that it Only pays while she remains who is right Ludm Archd Stanton you National service life insurance has nothing to do with the marital status of the if a widow the monthly payments on the insurance keep right on coming for a specified number of years without regard to her financial or marital Home Loans dear yank Taam Here to ship Back to the when i get there i expect to be Dis with that in i have had my wife looking around for a House we can buy with a loan under the i Bill of she writes me that she has located a House but that she has run into a couple of snags on the the one that annoys me most is the fact that the local realty Agency insists that i will have to pay extra for getting it to put through my loan guaranty with the veterans Are they try ing to take or can they soak a Veteran for helping him get the loan okd by the veterans administration Howo t Milford Jones h such a charge is regulations issued by the veterans administration state that brokerage or similar charges May not legally be made against a Veteran for securing a Loon Only fees usually paid by the As title search and Transfer be charged to the