Show il SERVICE ICE I BUREAU EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE This newspaper through special arrangement ement with the Washington Bureau of oJ Western Newspaper Union at 1616 Eye Street N N. W. W IT Washing ash ing- ing ington ton Con D. D C. C is able to bring readers this weekly column on problems of oJ o f the tle veteran serviceman sert ceman and his family Questions Que may be addressed addres ed to the above Bureau i 2nd they will u. u l be answered in a subsequent I olumn No replies can be made direct by fly mail but only in the column which will appear in this thir newspaper regularly Regional Expansion In line with the Veterans admin admin- administrations administration's adminIstrations adminIstration's objective of taking the administration out to the grass grassroots grassroots grassroots roots of the country rather than I centralizing the organization in inI I Washington Administrator Omar N. N N Bradley has announced the opening of 21 new located centrally-located regional offices and the contracting for approximately ap ap- approximately approximately proximately advisement centers Regional downtown offices were opened in Des Moines Wichita Atlanta At At- Atlanta lanta Minneapolis San Francisco Portland Indianapolis Los An An- Angeles Angeles Angeles geles Muskogee Okla Phoenix Helena Mont Detroit Milwaukee Cleveland Chicago Newark Hart Hart- Hartford Hartford Hartford ford Charleston W W. Vat Va and Char Char- Charlotte Charlotte Charlotte lotte N. N C. C I I New advisement centers were opened at Greenville S. S C. C Bene Bene- Benedict Benedict Benedict dict college Columbia S. S S C C. C Uni- Uni University i of Kansas at Kansas City Mo Tuskegee institute Tuskegee Ala I Eastern Oregon college at LaGrande La LaGrande LaGrande Grande Ore are and Superior State Teachers college Superior Wis Services of the advisement centers are available to all veterans planning plan plan- planning planning ning to continue their education or take vocational or rehabilitation training either under public law 16 or the GI bill of rights Regional offices function as the op op- operational operational operational offices of the tion Individual case records are maintained at these offices and claims are rated and adjudicated Almost all benefits administered by the administration can be handled at the regional office level Questions and Answers Answer Q Q In July 1944 1914 my brother was killed on Guam I was made his beneficiary in his hi insurance policy But before he went vent across he made madea a will that has never come to light and this is causing cau ing some trouble among the heirs as he was single Another brother in service says a duplicate will was made and kept on record somewhere Could you tell me where this will is kept kept kept- R 13 A 10 1 A. A Of course we would have no knowledge where re the will might be You might write to the finance officer officer officer of his outfit If you are referring refer refer- referring referring ring to national life insurance the money will be paid to whoever was named beneficiary in the policy re re- regardless regardless of any will Q Q Would it be possible for a sol sol- soldier soldier dier to get Iet a release relea e from the army If he is i 25 years old has a wife and three small sma Ii children who live in the country with no modern The wife's health is not good and a old month baby daughter dau mutt must have an operation for removal of a bone growth on her foot toot He HeIs Heis Heis Is now somewhere in Japan aboard a ship ship Mrs M. M E. E E M. M Port Alle- Alle Allegany Allegany gany Pa ia A He is eligible to apply for release re re- release release I lease because of the three children Q I have a friend who has been in al the army since December 1944 lie He left the states on July 2 Z 1945 19 5 and andis andIs andis is now In Japan He De has no de de- dependents d dependents pendent and is 19 years old Will you please plea e tell me how many points he has and how long It will willbe willbe willbe be before he Is sent back to the states Miss D D. D P. P Dennison Ohio A. A He has approximately 16 points as of December 5 1945 and needs 55 0 o become eligible for discharge He probably has many more months to serve Q Q Will a mother who has a son killed in action and who Is physical physical- physically ly unable una hie to make her own support lose lase her pension if she marries Will Willa a fathers father's pension be discontinued if he hc marries Mr T. T S. S Jackson Term renn A. A In the case of a parent the question of marriage is not consid consid- considered ered The pension is based upon de de- dependency dependency dependency and whether the parent mother or father has sufficient in in- income income come to keep them Q My Iy son was killed in Italy October Octo Octo- October October ber 1 I a year ago His wife Is named is 5 beneficiary in his insurance but received any yet What is the lelay A mother Brownsville Tenn A A. Have you filed a claim for tor your Insurance Suggest that you write to your nearest Veterans adminis adminis- administration administration administration office probably at Nashville or Memphis set out all the facts ts and andam andam andam am sure you will get some action n. Q When a soldier has been through hell of the battlefield for tor two rears and has been discharged with l t tired and nervous condition which can be cleared up by being at home and ind rest how can he get this psychoneurotic psycho- psycho psychoneurotic neurotic name off ort his discharge so he can go to college college J. J. J C C. Westy West West- y y Wis A. A You have evidently received a medical discharge and would suggest sug sug- suggest suggest gest that you make application to your regional reglo al Veterans administration ion Uon for tor a re-examination re and an ap ap- Deal ocal from the medical findings |