Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-10-24
OUerpayment Refunds Asked

fault lies in the fact that schools and
industrial institutions failed to re-
port Interruptions in training, in
which veterans are equally guilty.
Another reason is the ceilings re-
Gently placed on subsistence pay
ments in on-the-job training, and in
the meantime the subsistence
checks have been going forward to
the veterans. AS a consequence, VA
has notified veterans they have 60
days in which to make refunds and
If they do not they will be unable to
re-enter training.
They may make restitution in a
lump sum, may arrange for future
subsistence checks to be withheld
until their obligation is paid or, in
hardship cases, may have a small
amount deducted from their SUBJ
sistence payments each month.
Those who have no intention of re-
Stunning training should make some
other arrangement to repay the
money due the government.
In thousands of cases, where vet
Grams have discontinued schooling
or on the job training, the school or
the industry has failed to report
promptly the interruption or discon-
tinuance, and until these are re-
ported to VA the subsistence checks
are mailed the veterans. Such pay
ments after discontinuance are, I'M
der the law, illegal and should not
he accepte6 hv yeteranc
Questions and Answers
@. My son was taken from the
farm year ago last May, drafted
into the service and later he en-
listed. His time expires the last of
November. He wants a job as a
state policeman. Whom should he
contact to help him get this POSI-
tion?-M. M. A., Toledo, Ohio.
A. These are usually political jobs.
However, suggest you write or call
the superintendent of the state po-
lice department at the state capitol
at Columbus, Ohio, for information.
To Corporal W. H. at Ft. Sheri-
dan, Ill.,, who wrote a fve-page
letter explaining a furlough which
lasted over year: Relative to your
back allotments suggest you write
to the Office of Dependency Benefits,
1900 Goodfellow Blvd, St. Louis 20,
Mo. With reference to your back
pay, suggest you take the matter up
directly with the finance officer at
your post and if you do not get salts
faction, write direct to the Chief of
Finance, Department of the Army,
Pentagon Bldg, Washington rs,
D. c.
@. My son was a veteran Of World
War II. After he was discharged in
1915 he had tropical malaria. He
married after his discharge and had
been married only a week when he
was killed in highway accident.
Then congress passed the terminal
leave pay law. His wife was married
less than year after his death.
Who should collect his terminal
pay? Also if there ever should be
any bonds issued to the soldiers of
Mississippi, who would collect them
since his wife has remarked? They
did not have any children.-Mrs.
v. B. T., Tillatoba, Miss.
A. The army says next of kin is
entitled to collect his terminal leave
bond and whether his wife, although
remarked, is entitled to the money
will remain for the army to deter
mine. Suggest that you write di-
rectly to the Finance Office, U. S.
Army, Building 203, St. Louis, 20,
Mo-, and explain the situation. 1t
may be that under their ruling the
mother would be the next of kin if
the widow has remarked. AS to
state bonds in Mississippi, it would
depend upon the wording of. the
state law.
@. am drawing compensation for
a service incurred disability and
have chance to take job which I
feel that I can handle despite my
disability. My question is, II take
this job will l continue to receive
my compensation or will it be re-
duced because of my employment?
w. A. j., Independence, Mo.
A. The answer is no. Earnings for
such work do not affect the amount
of compensation received from Vet
erans' administration.
@. My son served in World War IL
in the Pacific and had an honorable
discharge. He was pensioned, but he
is dead. I am his mother, 81 years
old. Am I entitled to his pension, or
his father, who is "a years old and
disabled to work? He left no wife or
children.-Unsigned, Wenona, Md.
A. You would likely be entitled to
a pension, together with the father,
if you were dependent parents. You
also would be entitled to his service
life insurance unless he had made
someone else his beneficiary. Sug-
gest that you contact Veterans ad.
ministration> at Baltimore.