VA considers tapping ex-GIs life insurance dividend
The Veterans Administration announced it may use up to 30 million dollars of the forthcoming ex-GI life insurance dividend to recover debts owed to the government. About 600,000 veterans owe roughly 70 million. the dividend could offset less than half. Debts include subsistence overpayments under GI training, guaranteed loan defaults, pensions and unemployment payments. The 2.8 billion dollar dividend is due in early 1950 for about 16 million veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans Administration
Luetcke Joins Bustin Motor Firm in Austin
Carl T. Luetcke formerly of Houston becomes partner and general manager of Charles T. Bustin Motor Company in Austin. Bustin remains sales manager. Luetcke is a Kaiser Frazer dealer veteran with Texas auto holdings and UT alumnus. The Luetckes reside at 1002 West Avenue in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl T. Luetcke
Houston
Charles T. Bustin
Free 29 Years Convict Arrested
Arkansas convict G. W. Tyra who escaped from the state penitentiary 29 years ago has been arrested in California. He is identified as Ernest H. Hood alias Tyra, captured October 22 on a minor charge, with records showing a 1920 sentence and a May 5 escape. Extradition pending if Tyra waives it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas
California
G. W. Tyra
Howard Gladden
McMath
B. G. Broaddus
Yukiah County
Tyra
Ernest H. Hood
Washington, D. C
Broaddus
Hopland
Calif
Hood
Gladden
Arkansas State Penitentiary
Warren
Milanov Denies Moscow Spy Gossip Over Tito Ties
Belgrade based Moscow claims that soprano Zinka Milanov and Yugoslav leader Tito shared more than friendship were dismissed by Milanov through an Express interview. Her manager called the spy charge ridiculous while Belgrade sources noted no meetings with Tito and clarified past marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Zinka Milanov
Moscow
Marshal Tito
Belgrade
Zinka
New York
London Daily Express
Tito
The
Literary Gazette
Met
Kremlin
Mme. Milanov
Zinka Kunc
Ilich
Yugoslavia
the Gazette
Gazette
Jack Adams
Dict
Ljubomirich
Washington
Adams
Predrag Milanov
Zagreb
Croatia
Rana Dimitrievitch
Italy
Prince Philip Described as Nice and Ordinary in Malta
Malta police report says the Duke of Edinburgh was called nice and ordinary by naval wives after a dance he attended with his commander’s wife. He left early after fully dancing with the hostess and the commander. The prince is in Malta for active duty aboard the destroyer Chequers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valletta
Malta
Duke of Edinburgh
Chequers
Justice Department Drops Probe of Ball Game Broadcast Curbs
The Justice Department ended its inquiry into radio and television broadcast restrictions for major league baseball. New rules now let each club decide broadcasts with limited local veto power, in place during the World Series between the Yankees and Dodgers. The anti trust division will monitor future practices for any improper conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
New York Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Anti-Trust
Ames
Winged Juror He Serves In Higher Court
Westchester County Jury Commissioner Ralph Mum ford received a note from a Mamaroneck man claiming to be alive after being buried in February 1928. The letter asked to be contacted for jury service citing a postscript about a third jury notice since his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Westchester County
Ralph Mumford
Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Peter
Mamaroneck
Rent Controls List Will Be Celebrated
Fort Worth hosts the first Texas Apartment & Property Owners Association convention Friday and Saturday to celebrate "freedom from rent control." Property owners from Texas, Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Louisiana attend the victory convention with Mildred Fe publicity chairwoman announcing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas Apartment & Property Owners Association
Texas
Arkansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Mildred Fe
Nobel Prize To Hess And Montis For Brain Research
Two European scientists win the 1949 Nobel Prize in medicine for brain research. Dr Walter Hess of Zurich and Dr Antonio Montis of Lisbon share the award, receiving 156289 crowns to be split. The laureates, not acquainted, will receive honors at Stockholm on December 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Walter Rudolph Hess
Zurich
Switzerland
Antonio Caetano, Dewbreau Freire Egas Montis
Lisbon
Portugal
Alfred Nobel
Lord Boyd Orr
Scotland
Paul Mueller
Caroline Institute
University of Medicine
Coimbra
Lisbon University
Santa Marta
Madrid
Monitz
Prof. Hess
Frauenfeld
Bonn University
Physiological Institute
Zurich University
Bern
Insured Man Drops Dead Cancelling Policy
In Minneapolis Fred Dutshi aged 61 died of a heart attack while signing to drop one of two life insurance policies. He had visited his agent’s office to cancel the policy and collect the cash benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
INS
Fred Dutshi
Dutshi
Datshi
Kick a Kigmy Day Proclaimed in San Antonio
Mayor Jack White proclaims Kick a Kigmy Day urging residents to kick the lovable kigmy to vent hostility. Police Commissioner Raymond South and city officials clash over housing board controversy as a life size kigmy is sent to the council chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Jack White
San Antonio Light
Comedil Chamber
Also Mentioned on This Page
Don Hovey
Des Moines
Hovey
Leonard Wager
Clear Lake
Iowa
Sam
Carl Luetcke
Bustin Motor Firm
Hetory
Mr. al. D. Engles
Dennis Street
Houston, Texas
Moscow Literary Gazette
Prince Philip
Lover Engel
Chicago
Sigmund Engel
Engel
Reseda Corrigan
Hazel Orrison
South Bend
Ind
Annetta Kubiak
Wooinger
President Truman
Orrison
SEARS
Palomino
SEAR
Austin
Wilson
Guadalupe
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!