Show VA asks dylr ing to flurry hurry insie rance ranee forms purim the first few lays dayi after application b I 1 n n k s for the tiati n iti onal onti service bif ilfe life in silra siira tj ranc nce ncr divic dividend lend lena benin bc nin avail ahle able hl to world war II 11 veterans v teran the tho vetera velera veterans p q administration re r colvea I 1 ry million lillion 0 day h the till number of applications now being briny received d from frow veter ans uns daily d il hns has ha fallen failen off tiff consider ably VA says the V VA s busi riess machine assembly line those i in n a larr larke e volume and in i j steady stream in order to process them most efficiently more than 10 million applications have been received by the VA h however however sev several e ra 1 m million illi on v veterans have not yet mailed in in their a applications ap pp locations licati ons the VA reminds veterans that payment of this special dividend is not automatic that the veteran must apply for it on the special form provided by the VA these forms are available 1 e at all post up offices veterans organizations a and nd all VA offices the VA lepor reports t s th that at many veterans have forgotten to sign the application blank if you are sure you ou forgot to sign the blank be sure to send another signed application the VA advised because unsigned applications cannot be accepted do not send in another blank if you gave only your correct address and signed the application VA said even if you left out all of the other information requested on the blanks this will only complicate the problem and delay process irig your application veterans should carefully fill in blank no 4 with their service SL serial gerial rial number not the date they entered service nor their rank and ond if they had one service serial gerial dog tag number as an enlisted man and another as an officer they should list each in the ap appropriate prop place in ir blank IV no 0 4 with the exception of the blank for address and the blank for the signature blank no 4 is the most important on the application form VA said and if this information is given the veterans tc rans insurance records ca can n be located if they know them veterans hould should include their insurance p policy alicy number or numbers if they h have ave mo more re than 0 one ne po policy ile lie y and their claim number if they have been assigned one by the VA if they do no not t know these numbers humbers they are asked not to contact the VA corthern for thenn them but to fill jill in the remainder of the application i ca ti on a as s c carefully y and ana an d completely as possible and mail it in As soon as the VA receives the application half of the tho form is torn off and mailed bock back bae bap k to the veteran as an as that the application has been received veterans are advised to keep this until they receive their check when dont begin to look for your check until after late january of next year VA says late in january in 1950 the VA expects pacts to start mailing out the checks checks at the rate of close to a day and hopes to have the job completed by july I 1 of that year so if you mailed in in an a application epli blank and received a check by july of next year or when the VA announces that all dividend checks have been mailed out let us hear bear from you VA says every 1 letter ietter e tt er we have to write concerning insurance dividends now J just U s t s slows lows up the he program an and d d delays e the checks |