Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1918 — INSURANCE AWARDED INDIANAPOLIS WOMAN [ARTICLE]

INSURANCE AWARDED INDIANAPOLIS WOMAN

The first grant of government war insurance to an Indiana benefidtory was made Friday under unusual circumstances. Mrs. Anna N. Nolen, of Indianapolis, will receive $25 a month of twenty years, or until her death, the maximum amount to be paid her being $5,600. f Her son, John B. Nolen, was killed' September 18 in an automobile accident while on his way from Dayton, 0., where he was a private in the 19th aero squadron, to Indianapolis. He was not at the time on duty, as he was on furlough. He did not die while he was performing military service. Nolen had not asked or received protection under the terms of hte soldiers’ insurance act. The bureau of war risk insurance on receiving inquiry from Senator Watson replied that every person in the military service was presumed to have taken SIO,OOO worth of insurance up to February 1, regardless of whether he had made application for the insurance or not. It was held further that insurance applies to men not only in the performance of their duty, but as long as they are in the military service.