Show sa ICE a heiau EDITORS NOTE this newspaper through though special arrangement with the washington bureau of western newspaper union at 1616 E eye y TS street efrer eel N W washington D q C l is able to bring readers this ibis weekly ca column lumn on problems of the she veteran and serviceman questions nay may be bead ad and his family dressed to the above bureau and mel they aill he be angered in it a subsequent 1101 ca dmn no replies can an he be made dire direct ct by mail but only in Is the column which will appear in this ibis newspaper er regularly liberalizes Liber alises insurance president ident truman has signed a new law one of the first passed by the congress which further liberalizes era lizes the national service life insurance act tor for world war II 11 veterans who have permitted their t term erm insurance policies to lapse the new law gives the veterans administrator authority to determine the conditions of 0 reinstatement by administrative e regulation some of the provisions of the new law are I 1 extends the deadline for reinstatement from february 1 1947 19 to august 1 1047 1947 2 A veteran may obtain permanent from VA without the previous necessity of first holding holdine term insurance 3 automatic conversion in certain cases case s to a permanent plan for policyholders policy holders who are totally disabled under the old law if they failed to convert within the term period their insurance protection lapsed 4 all policies provide for a waiver of premiums tor for veterans 7 who become totally disabled for six or more consecutive months and even though premiums are waived editors note war department Is refusing to supply addresses of men in service except to their immediate family due to this ruling it will be impossible for us to secure addresses except for wives children parents brother or sister of the serviceman questions and answers Q my husband and I 1 were married and had two children before world war 1 I in which he participated lie ile was wounded in action and gets a pension several years ago he obtained a divorce from me and has remarried I 1 was given a monthly amount which will run out in a short time I 1 am not able to work would I 1 be entitled to a government pension where can I 1 get information about this what I 1 get now Is barely enough for necessities as prices are so high F B goodland kans A the chances are you are not entitled to a government pension and neither would you be entitled to a widows pension since you are not legally the veterans wife the only method by which you might be able to obtain a part of the veterans pension is by mutual agreement or by some court action would suggest that you contact the attorney in the nearest veterans administration office since laws in force in the several states govern largely Q I 1 am writing for information as to whether I 1 can draw anything or not I 1 am a widow of a war veteran of world war 11 II we were separated at the time he went into service although we were never divorced and I 1 am not drawing his insurance lie ile was killed in action in 1913 1943 and as I 1 am not able to work I 1 want to know it if I 1 can draw the maintenance for my support widow dallas tex A apparently you are still the legal wife of the veteran not being divorced and you likely would be entitled to a widows pension tor for the death of your husband even it if divorced if the divorce was granted because of misconduct of the veteran and not your own misconduct you likely would be entitled to a pen sion I 1 do not believe you coul could d draw any back allotment or gratuity payment alth although au gh you might write to the office of dependency benefits goodfellow blvd st louis 20 mo suggest however that yo you contact your nearest office of veterans administration and ask about a widows widow s pension Q I 1 would like to know who I 1 Is s head of the old age pension of north carolina also h how ow much a person in north carolina Is supposed to draw per month BI at S P walnut cove N C A although this question a apparently does not pertain to veterans affairs suggest you contact the county superintendent of public welfare at winston salem tor for answers to your questions each county in north carolina operates its own old age pension Q when man and wife both veterans go to college what hat Is their heir subsistence allowance under the GI G I 1 bill so far I 1 have received two wo differ different ew answers to this his question and I 1 would like a definite and of iclal one L J al phoenix ariz A heres the official one veterans veter administration says when both man and wife are qualified voter veter ans taking educational training un der the GI bill the man receives 90 per month and the woman 65 A new regulation will provide that where there are children the woman also will receive 90 man |