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Show New Bill Provides For Increase in j War Risk Payments WASHINGTON'. Aug. 25 Increases ranging from 5u to more than 150 per cent In the monthly compensation, paid under the war risk insurance act to disabled soldiers and sailors are pro- ided by a bill recommended for pus-sage pus-sage today by the house interstate! commerce committee. Proposed extension ex-tension of free insurance for two years, however, was rejected. The principal provision is that pio- viding the increased payments for disability, dis-ability, rated as tot ' and temporary. Single men would receive $80 a month instead of $30 provided by the original act; those with a wife, $90 instead of $45; those with a wife and one child, $95 instead of $55; those with a wlf and two or more children. $100 liH stead of $65; those without a wife, ut having one child, $90 instead of $40, ( with $5 additional being allowed for each of two additinoal children. Ptr-1 tlal disability is to be rated by a percentage per-centage of the foregoing Another important amendment, es't 1 mated to co-t the government $5,000,' 000, is that granting automatic insur- j ance tor 120 days to eery one in ser- j vice at any time between April 6, 191"i J and November 11. L91? The new measure extends the per- J mitted class of benetlriaries to include 11 uncles, aunts, nephws, nieces, broth- j ers-in law and sisters-in-law Likewise j the terms "father" and "mother" of 1 the original act are extended to iff- j dude step or adopted parents. Representative Sweet of Iowa, u i thor of the bill, said an effort would -j soon be made to pass the bill thro'Jgii j fbo house. no |