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I THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY, S. C. SERVICE ■ BUREAU EDITOR’S NOTE: Thu newspaper, through special arrangement with the Wushinutnn Rurenu «/ Western Newspaper Union at 1616 Eye Street, N. WWashing ton, I). C-, is ahle to bring readers this weekly column on problems oj the veteran and serviceman and his family. Questions may be addressed to the above Bureau and they will 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 regularly. Regional Expansion In line with the Veterans admin istration’s objective of taking the administration out to the “grass roots” of the country, rather than centralizing the organization in Washington, Administrator Omar N. Bradley has announced the opening of 21 new centrally-located regional offices and the contracting for ap proximately 300 advisement centers. Regional downtown offices weie opened in Des Moines, Wichita, At lanta, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Portland, Indianapolis, Los An geles, Muskogee, Okla., Phoenix, Helena, Mont., Detroit, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Chicago, Newark, Hart ford, Charleston, W. Va., and Char lotte, N. C. New advisement centers were opened at Greenville, S. C.; Bene dict college, Columbia, S. C.; Uni versity of Kansas at Kansas City, Mo.; Tuskegee institute, Tuskegee, Ala.; Eastern Oregon college at La Grande, Ore., and Superior State Teachers college, Superior, Wis. Services of the advisement centers are available to all veterans plan ning to continue their education or take vocational or rehabilitation training either under public law 16 or the G.I. bill of rights. Regional offices function as the op erational offices of the administra 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 Q. In July, 1.944, my brother was killed on Guam. I was made his beneficiary in his insurance policy. But before he went across he made a will that has never come to light and this is causing 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?— R. A. B., Houston, Mo. A. Of course we would have no knowledge where the will might be. You might write to the finance offi cer of his outfit. If you are refer ring to national life insurance, the money will be paid to whoever was named beneficiary in the policy re gardless of any will. Q. Would it be possible for a sol dier to get a release from the army, if he is 25 years old, has a wife and three small children, who live in the country with no modern conveni ences. The wife’s health is not good and a 21-month-old baby daughter must have an operation for removal of a bone growth on her foot. He is now somewhere in Japan aboard a ship?—Mrs. M. E. M., Port Alle gany, Pa. A. He is eligible to apply for re lease because of the three children. Q. I have a friend who has been in the army since December, 1944, He left the states on July 2, 1945 and is now in Japan. He has no de pendents and is 19 years old. Will you please tell me how many points he has and how long it will be before he is sent back to the states? — Miss D. P., Dennison Ohio. A. He has approximately 16 points as of December 5, 1945 and needs 55 to become eligible for discharge. He probably has many more months 41b serve. Q. Will a mother who has a son killed in action, and who is physical ly unable to make her own support, lose her pension if she marries? Will a father’s pension be discontinued it he marries? — Mr. T. S., Jackson, Tenn. A. In the case of a parent, the question of marriage is not consid ered. The pension is based upon de pendency and whether the parent, mother or father, has sufficient in come to keep them. Q. My son was killed in Italy Octo ber 1 a year ago. His wife is named as beneficiary in his insurance but hasn't received any yet. What is the delay? — A mother, Brownsville, Tenn. A. Have you filed a claim for your insurance? Suggest that you write to your nearest Veterans adminis tration office, probably at Nashville or Memphis, set out all the facts and am sure you will get some action. Q. When a soldier has been through hell of the battlefield for two years and has been discharged with a tired and nervous condition which can be cleared up by being at home and rest, how can he get this psycho neurotic name off his discharge so he can go to college?—J. J. C., West- by, Wis. A. 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