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Show EDITOR'S AOTE: Tiij neuspaper, thruugh special arrangement with the Washington Bureau of Western Newspaper News-paper Union at 1616 Eye Street, IS. W Washington, D.C., is able to bring readers read-ers this weekly column on problems of the veteran and serviceman and his family. fam-ily. Questions mar be addressed to the above Bureau and theywill be answered in a subsequent column, No replies can be made direct by mail, but only in the column which will appear in this newspaper news-paper regularly. Credit for Army Schools The Veterans' administration is completing arrangements with high schools, colleges and universities so that veterans may be given Academic Aca-demic credit on diplomas and degrees de-grees for study and technical experience ex-perience acquired during wartime service in the armed forces. For this purpose VA is using as a guide a compendium of hundreds of educational and training studies given by the armed forces during the war compiled by the American Council on Education. School authorities may consult this guide and obtain the recom-1 mended evaluation of courses taken from the U. S. Armed Forces institute, insti-tute, or at one of the four overseas Army Study centers, or in any .of the service technical schools, civil affairs training courses, etc. For instance, a veteran who stud-, ied the history of philosophy at Biarritz Biar-ritz American university in Biarritz, Biar-ritz, France, and is credited on his AGO form 100 with completion of the course, would be given by the guide's recommendation, 24 hours toward a baccalaureate degree. In many instances sufficient credits have been earned so that a veteran forced to leave high school to enter the service, finds he may receive a high school diploma upon his return. Questions and Answers Q. My son received his discharge In September and the first six months In the army I didn't get my allotment or that for two minor children, one IS and the other 8. Is there any way I can get this money? C. E. J.. Halifax, N. C. A. An allotment to parents is not compulsory and you could get it only If the amount was deducted from your son's pay. If the two minor children are your son's children chil-dren they are entitled to the allotment allot-ment which every serviceman is required re-quired to pay his dependent family. Suggest you write to Chief Finance Officer, Allotment Branch, Adjutant General's office, War Department, Washington, D. C, giving son's name, serial number and all other data. Q. My cousin was killed In the Battle of the Bulge, December 25, 1944. I would like to know in what cemetery and in what town and country he Is buried. D. D., Potts-viUe, Potts-viUe, Pa. A. Write to the Office of the Quartermaster Quar-termaster General, Graves registration, registra-tion, War Department, Washington 25, D. C, giving the veteran's name and serial number. Q. I have a son who was Inducted Into the army in January, 1943, and was discharged the following March, 1943. Is he entitled to mustering-out mustering-out pay and the G.I. Bill benefits? Mrs. E. M. P., Decatur, Neb. A. He is probably entitled to $200 mustering-out pay if he served 60 days in active service. He is not entitled to G.I. benefits unless he received a disability discharge, for this requires 90 days active service. Q. I am the mother of a boy killed In action in 1944. He made me beneficiary bene-ficiary for his insurance. I am 50 years old and get J52.80 monthly. Will I ever get any more monthly, and how soon? Mrs. H. G., Sharon, Kan. A. If the insurance is National Service Life and has not been converted con-verted there are two options for payment: (a.) If the beneficiary is under 30 years of age at the date of death of the insured, payments are made in 240 equal monthly installments in-stallments at the rate of $5.51 for each $1,000 of insurance. However, the beneficiary may elet to have the insurance payable in monthly installments as a refund life income, payable for a definite period and continuing throughout the life of the first beneficiary and in event of death of the first beneficiary the remaining re-maining installments, if any, paid to the second beneficiary or, (b) If the ' beneficiary is 30 or more years of age payments are made in equal monthly installments throughout the remaining lifetime of such beneficiary with the proviso that such monthly installments shall be payable for 120 months certain. If you are not satisfied with your installments, suggest you write to Insurance Department, Veterans' Administration, at your regional office of-fice in Kansas City. Q. My brother was killed In action in Germany, leaving a wife and one child. Several months ago her Insurance In-surance checks stopped coming. We have written to find out why but have been unable to do so. an you help us? Mrs. J. H. ft., Riddle, Ore. A. The only suggestion I can make is that you contact, personally il possible, your nearest Veterans' administration ad-ministration regional offices, at the Veterans' hospital at Portland, and tell them the whole story and case history. |