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As a service lo veterans in this
area. THE NOME NUGGET will
publish a column of the questions
rr.osl frequently asked contact men
of 4 tl'.e Veterans Administration
this area.
— Lor more detailed inlormalion
veterans should contact or write
to the nearest VA contact unit at
Rooms 46 and 47, Post Office
building. Anchorage. Alaska.
Q. I am a World War II veteran
of the U. S. navy. At present I
am living in Canada. Am I en
titled to readjustment allowance?
A. No. Residence in the United
States, its territories or posses
sions is a definite eligibility re
cujirement for readjustment allow
ances.
Three types of endowment poli
cies are available to veterans who
wish to convert their G.I. insur
ance to a permanent form. New
plans are 20-year endowment, en
dowment at age 60 and endow
ment at age 65.
Ail restrictions on choice of
beneficiaries have been removed
from National Service Life Insur
ance regulations.
Sixty-six recognized organiza
tions now are authorized to pre
sent claims for veterans with the
Veterans Administration.
"FLOATING" VA
CONTACT OFFICE
Even Alaskan veterans in the
small settlements of Kivalina, Ti
gara and Kokolik are getting first
hand information on their rights
under the G.I. Bill. When the
North Star, operated by the De
partment of Interior’s Office of
Inidan Affairs, sailed from Nome
recently for Point Barrow, a Vet
erans Administration contact rep
resentative, R. B. Bolton, was
aboard. Veterans living in the iso
lated villages of the Northland re
ceived up-to-date information on
education and loans under the G.I.
Bill, insurance, pensions, terminal
leave pay and hospitalization.
FEW "52-20" CLUBS
IN NORTHWEST
Despite recent publicity, a very
small number of Northwest veter
ans are long standing members of
the so-called “52-20” club the Vet
erans Administration pointed out
today.
Washington, Oregon, and Idaho
are among the eleven states in
which a nationwide survey showed
less than 10 per cent of the read
justment allowance claimants had
drawn more than 20 consecutive
weeks payments. In Montana, 20
to 30 per cent of veterans on un
! employment rolls have drawn
| compensation for more than 20
weeks. Only 197 veterans in the
four states have exhausted their
unemployment allowance entitle
ment.
Under post-war liberalization of
National Service L'fe Insurance
regulations, veterans may specify
lump-sum payments to their bene
ficiaries.
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Army Volunteers Still Get
Credits For Free Education
There still are free educational
opportunities for volunteers in the
new peacetime Regular Army. Al
though October 6 was the dead
line for educational benefits un
der the G. I. Bill of Rights for the
full term of enlistment, men be
tween the ages of 17 and 34 join
ing the services now will continue
to get educational credits until the
war is officially declared termin
ated, the U. S. Army announces.
Before October 6, men volun
teering for three-year enlistments
were eligible for 48 months of free
college education. Nevertheless,
, educational credits for all enlist
ments will accrue until the official
termination of the war—one year
of college after 90 days of service
(one day of which must be served
prior to the official termination of
the war), plus one month addi
tional for each month served
thereafter.
; Allowances remain unchanged.
The government pays tuition, lab
oratory fees, etc., up to $500 per
year at a college or business or
trade school, of the veterans se
lection where he qualifies, plus
I grants of $65 monthly for living
1 expenses, $90 if the veteran has
; dependents.
Young men who want to obtain
a part of their college financing,
or those who* want to complete
shorter courses in business or
trade schools, will find that the
Army can help them. Those who
were unable to enroll in colleges
now crowded with wartime vet
erans resuming their education
after three to five year lapses,
may enlist in the peacetime Reg
ular Army and earn educational
credits until the war is officially
declared over, then start their
scnooling two or three years hence
when the crowded conditions in
American Troops Attend School in Germany |
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Text books in hand, American soldiers serving os occupation troops
enter the school opened for them under the U. S. Army Education Program
in Regensberg, Germcny. Education and trade training are two of the
inducements offered to those who enlist in the Regular Army. Qualified
civilians 18 to 34 years of age, inclusive, now can enlist at any U. S. Army
Recruiting Station.
colleges may be improved.
While in the Army, a soldier
may prepare for his higher educa
tion by training in the field he has
chosen for his career. It may be
engineering—the automotive lines,
aviation, chemistry — the Army
provides training in many skills
and trades in most fields of indus
trial endeavor. And the soldier is
paid while learning, with Army
pay today at the highest level in
history. Since a soldier has free'
food, lodging, clothing and no doc
tor or tax bills, the end of the
month finds him with more “take
home” income than in many sim
ilar jobs in civil life. As a career,
or for training and education for
a better future in civil life, the
new peacetime Regular Army of
fers America’s youth many oppor
tunities.
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