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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY. JULY 26, 1948
The
Veterans’ Corner
FULL CARE GIVEN
SERVICE DISABILITIES
Medical care and hospitalization
are benefits available to all veter
ans, but most of all the Veterans
Administration is concerned about
the care of veterans with service-
connected disabilities—those who
suffered an ailment while serving
in their country’s uniform.
Medical attention for veterans
with service-connected disabilities
is complete and far reaching: out
patient care, treatment by private
physicians, preference for admis
sion to VA hospitals and other spe
cial benefits may be provided for
a,<y veteran whose illness is service
connected.
To be eligible for the special at
tention available for treatment of
war-time service ailments, the vet
eran must ^ve legally established
a definite service-connected disabil
ity. Only after a VA rating board
has adjudicated his case and issued
a specific percentage rating of ser
vice connection is the veteran le
gally a service-connected case.
The following questions have
Been frequently asked about VA
medical care for service-connected
cases:
Q. How does a veteran establish
a service-connected disability?
A. Go to the nearest contact of
fice of the Veterans Administration
and seek the aid of a contact re
presentative ' in filing VA form
526. It will then be forwarded for
adjudication by a rating board.
Q. Suppose the rating board de
cides I have a service-connected dis
ability but calls it “O’’ percentage.
What does this mean?
A. It means that you have prov
ed that you did sustain an injury
while in service but that in the
opinion of the rating board it is in
no way a present disability.
Should you need medical atten
tion for this disability, however, you
have already legally established
it’s service-connection. You are
therefore entitled to full medical at
tention for such an eilment as a
service - connected disability.
Q. I have fi’ed a Form 526 as
a result of an injury while in serv
ice. My claim has not yet been act
ed upon and I need medical treat
ment. What do I do?
A. If you have filed a Form 526,
the VA can on the basis of prima
facie evidence presume you are
service-connected until the rating
board renders a definite decision.
Q. Exactly what is out-patient
treatment?
A. It is special treatment offer
ed at a hospital or in a physician’s
office which does not require hos
pitalization. Veterans with service-
connected cases are entitled to this
treatment for their service-connect
ed ailments.
Q. Must such out-patient treat
ment be taken at a VA hospital?
A. No. Veterans who do not
live conveniently close to a VA
hospital or a VA medical office
may get out-patient treatment from
private physicians.
Q. Must VA authorize such
treatment by a private physician in
advance?
A. Regular treatments over a
period of time should be authorized
in adcance by VA. Such authori
zation may be made by any contact
representative of the VA. In an
emergency, veterans with service-
connected disabilities may go to
their own physician for treatment
without authorization if there is no
VA doctor nearby.
Q. How does a veteran with a
service-connected disability apply
for hospital admission?
A. If it is not an emergency, he
should forward a Form P-10 to the
nearest hospital or regional office.
Any contact representative will as
sist him in filling it out. He will
be given priority in admission over
veterans with non-service-connect
ed ailments.
Q. How does a veteran apply
for hospitalization in an emergency
which develops as a result of a ser
vice-connected condition.
A. He should communicate by
wire or telephone with the nearest
V/- hospital. Transportation to the
hospital by ambulance or other ap
propriate means will be authorized
at government expense. In the
event of an acute emergency when
it is not practicable to make the
trip to a VA hospital, hospitaliza
tion in a private hospital at govern
ment expense will be authorized.
Q. Do veterans who need drugs
and other prescriptions for their
service-connected ailments have to
get them from a VA hospital.
Walters Studies Needs
For More Hospitals
W. N. Walters, recently appont-
ed director of the health facility
turvey for South Carolina, assum
ed his duties this week and im
mediately started platis for deter
mination of the hospital needs of
Newberry county.
Mr. Walters’ appointment was
announced in Columbia by Robert
M. Cooper, director of the state re
search, planning and development
board which was instructed by the
last legislature to have the survey
conducted.
Mr. Walters assumed his duties
Monday. He has just completed a
similar survey for Tennessee, where
he has had extensive hospital ex-
prience. His selection by the
planning board will be followed by
the appointment of other person
nel to work with him in Newber
ry county and other sections of the
state.
Inspection of the hospital, clinic
and health center facilities in this
county will get under way just as
soon as possible. Results of the
survey here and in other counties
will be compiled in the form of
recommendations which ultimately
lead to a large-scale construction
program to provide health facilities
for the most people in the state.
The survey does not mean that
each county will have a hospital
necessarily. Mr. Cooper explained,
but all the results will be studied
to provide the best facilities for
the money available. A federal
appropriation is now before con
gress and if it is approved, as ex
pected, funds for construction work
will be available over a five-year
period.
Mr. Walters has had etxensive
hospital experience in Virginia as
well as Tennessee. He will become
superintendent of a large, modern
Tennessee institution when it is
completed and in the meantime will
devote his energies and talents to
the South Carolina survey.
A. Not necessarily. Arrange
ments can be made to get drugs
through regular private pharmacies
for service-connected cases. Veter
ans who need this service should see
their nearest contact representative
for further information.
Veterans wishing additional in
formation on service-connected dis
abilities are asked to call at the VA
Contact office at 1113 Boyce street.
JUDGE SUSPENDS TRAFFIC
CASE OF IWO FLAG RAISER
A young man appeared before
Judge A. Hedding in district court.
Milwaukee, Wis., on a speeding
charge. A bailiff whispered to
the judge and the judge asked:
“Were’t you one of the Marines
who planted the first American
flag on Mt, Suribachi on Iwo
Jima?”
“That’s right,” answered John
Bradley, 22, of Appleton, Wis., a
former fifth division Marine.
“I’m glad to meet you,” Hedding
said. “Case Suspended.”
12 POLIO CASES
A total of 12 cases of poliomey-
litis in South Carolina since the
first of the year have been re
ported, the state board of health
said Tuesday, compared with 55
cases in 1945 and 18 in 1944 for the
corresponding periods.
Dr. James McLeod, candidate
for governor, is a veteran of both
World Wars.
COTTON QUIZ
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BY "LONG STAPLE"
MEANT COTTON WHOSE
IN DIVIDUAL T/BERS
HAVE A LENGTH OF
OEt INCH OR MORE •
"Hello, Beautiful!”
Yessir, Signal Maintainer Bob is in level
The “glamour girl” he’s making pretty speeches to
is a fast-traveling beauty that tips the scales at about
450 hard-working tons ... a 6000-horsepower Diesel
freight locomotive.
But he’s just as “head-over-heels” in love with all
of the 99 Diesel locomotives put into service on the
Southern Railway System in recent years.
Modem, efficient motive power is only one of the
ways the Southern has geared itself to give the South
continually better transportation service.
From 1940 through 1945, we spent more than 62
million dollars to make extensive improvements in our
plant and facilities...and to buy Diesel locomotives, six
streamlined passenger trains, 1,521 track miles of rail,
and 8,752 freight cars.
And that’s only the beginning. This year, we have on
order 3,000 freight cars, 211 track miles of rail, anc 39
more Diesels... including twenty-five 6000-horsepowe’
freight locomotives. And we’re going to order scores of
new streamlined passenger cars.
This costly modernization and improvement program
is tangible evidence of our abiding faith in the future of
the South.
To us, it’s a future so bright that even Bob’s greeting
of “Hello, Beautiful” doesn’t begin to express our en
thusiasm for what’s ahead.
President
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
DRAFT RESUMES
SEPTEMBER FIRST
WASHINGTON, July 16—Selec
tive service officials today an
nounced drastic plans to mark the
end of the current draft holiday
September 1 by inducting 25,000
men between the ages of 19 and 29
during that month. Deferments will
be held to a minimum.
WIRES STATES BOARDS
Simultaneously, Selective Service
Director Lewis B. Hershey author
ized the reinduction of veterans in
the 19-29 age group who served no
time overseas and whose service in
this country amounted to only six
months or less.
Hershey sent telegrams to state
draft directors announcing Sep
tember induction plans shortly af
ter President Truman formally
fixed the minimum draft age at 19
years, according to terms of the
draft extension act.
No deferments for occupational
reasons will be granted in Septem
ber, Hershey ruled, unless the reg
istrants are “indispensable and ir
replaceable to the national exist
ence.”
Farmers will remain free from
induction under terms of the so
called Tydings amendment banning
the drafting of men essential to ag
riculture.
Occupational deferments pre
viously were granted to any regis
trant “necessary to and regularly
engaged in an activity in support
of the national health, safety and
interest.”
Under the revised deferment pol
icy, an estimated pool of 155,000 in
the 19-29 age group would be
available for induction. Youth of
19 have enjoyed draft immunity
since May 15, when selective serv
ice, minus authority to induct teen
agers, was extended for six weeks.
The new-extension bill permitted
their induction.
Deferments previously allowed
undergraduate college students for
the completion of a quarter or
semester no longer will be granted,
but high school students will not
be inducted until their graduation
or until they become 20 years old
TO RECALL MEN
At the same time, state directors
were told to recall and reclassify
men in the 26 through 29 age group
who previously were found unfit
for military service.
No attempt was made to fix
state September quotas at this
time.
A selective service spokesman
said the plan to recall veterans
with less than a minimum period
of duty in this country probably
would affect only a small number
of men, since most who were dis
charged before serving at feast six
months here were discharged for
physical reasons and probably
could not pass a re-induction exa
mination.
Bradley-McCartha •
Miss Lucy Victoria Bradley be
came the bride of John Clarenc
McCartha on July 2nd in Augusta
Ga., Judge Gordon W. Chambers o
that city performing the ceremonj
Mrs. McCartha is the daughte
of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie B. Brad
ley ot Newberry. She receivei
her education in the city school
and is now employed in the New
berry Textile mills.
Mr. McCartha is the son of Mi
and Mrs. W. J. McCartha of Pros
perity. He received his educatioi
at Little Mountain high school, am
is now employed in the Oaklam
plant of the Kendall mills in thi
city.
Mr. and Mrs. McCartha wil
make their home in Prosperity wit]
his parents for the present.
LAVENDER CHAMBRAY
Pat McGeLer, daughter of Rep.
and Mrs. Dan McGeh-' of Missis
sippi, models this cotton chambray
at the Congressional fashion show
held in Washington in honor of .
the 1946 Maid of Cotton. A Dorris
Varnum original, the lavender
chambray ia one of the hits of
the new season. The black em
broidery, just below the waistline,
hints of the hip fullness that grand
mother achieved with hoops and
starched petticoats.
New Higher Pay
for the Army!
NEW
PAY
AC ALE
IN ADDITION TO CLOTHING, FOOD, LODGING, MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE,
AND LIBERAL RETIREMENT PRIVILEGES
Starting
Monthly Retirement Income After:
Bat. Pay
20 Y.an’
30 Y.ari*
Master Sergeant
Per Mofith
Service
Service
or First Sergeant
$165.00
$107.25
$185.63
Technical Sergeant
135.00
87.75
151.88
Staff Sergeant . .
115.00
74.75
129.38
Sergeant ....
100.00
65.00
112.50
Corporal ....
90.00
58.50
101.25
Private First Class
80.00
52.00
90.00
Private
75.00
48.75
84.38
IN ADDITION TO COLUMN
ONE OF THE ABOVE:
20% Increase for Service Overseas.
50% Increase if Member of Flying or
Glider Crews.
5% Increase in Pay for Each 3 Years of Service.
Highlights of Regular Army Enlistment
1. Enlistments for lYly 2 or 3
years. (One-year enlistments per
mitted for men now in the Army
with 6 or more months of service.)
2. Enlistment age from 18 to 34
years inclusive (17 with parents’
consent) except for men now in
Army, who may reenlist at any age,
and former service men depending
on length of service.
3. A reenlistment bonus of $50
for each year of active service since
such bonus was last paid, or since
last entry into service, provided re-
enlistment is within 90 days after
last honorable discharge.
4. Up to 90 days’ reenlistment
furlough with pay, depending on
length of service, with prescribed
travel allowance paid to home and
return, for men now in the Army
who reenlist.
5. Consult your Army Recruiting
Officer for other furlough privileges.
6. Mustering-out pay (based upon
length of service) to all men who
are discharged to enlist or reenlist.
7. Option to retire at half pay
for the rest of your life after 20
years’ service—increasing to three-
quarters pay after 30 years’ service.
(Retirement income in grade of
Master or First Sergeant up to
$185.63 per month for life.) All
previous active federal military ser
vice countr toward retirement.
8. Benefits under the GI Bill of
Rights assured for men who enlist
on or before October 5, 1946.
9. Choice of branch of service
and overseas theater (of those still
open) on 3-year enlistments.
ENLIST NOW
AT YOUR NEAREST
U. S. ARMY RECRUITING STATION
A GOOD JOB koR^YOU
,U. S. Army
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