Questions and answers on the 1946 Leave Act benefits
President Truman signed the Leave Act of 1946 to equalize leave benefits for all service members and provide cash and bond payments to eligible veterans. The act covers those honorably separated between 1939 and 1948 who had unused leave credits. Women are eligible, including WACs for service after the name change. Applications are by mail with discharge copies. help is available at Veterans centers. Bonds mature five years after separation with a 2 percent interest. Next of kin can claim cash, and guardians can claim for incapacitated individuals. Filing runs to September 1, 1947. processing times vary, but no mail inquiry helps.
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Truman
Armed Services
Wacs
WAC
Adjutant General of the Army
Goodfellow Blvd
St. Louis
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Marine Corps
Commandant of
Coast Guard
Washington
D. C
Treasury
Veterans Community Information and Advisory
Railroad Employment Drops Across I R Group May 1946
Fewer workers on Class I railroads in May 1946 total 1,307,251, down 8.38 percent from May 1945 and 2.98 percent from April 1946, per Interstate Commerce Commission Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics. Executives and some transportation staff rise slightly. major declines seen in clerical and maintenance categories.
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Denton Journal
Denton
Maryland
United States
Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics
Interstate Commerce Commission
Child’s Allowance Training for School and Home
A guide on starting a child with a small allowance to teach wise spending, progressing to weekly and monthly sums as they age. Parents should guide choices, treat extra money as loans, and avoid paying for routine chores to avoid a selfish attitude while encouraging responsibility and family duties.
Germination Timetable for Quick Annual Flowers
Quick Germination Annuals including ageratum amaranthus and others germinate in five days. Large seeds with colorful blossoms like marigold and zinnia drive popularity, while petunias, though popular, have the smallest seeds and take ten days to two weeks to germinate and are rarely sown directly.
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Petunias
Courage and Duty Inspire Bold Resolve
Quotations crediting courage as essential of high character and duty. Fragments note strength, purpose, and boldness sparked by the assurance of doing one’s duty, attributed to Froude and Scott.
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Froude
Scott
Hudson River Valley in History and Mussel Diving
The Hudson River Valley is praised for beauty and peace by Henry Hudson and early observers. Along the Ohio and Kentucky rivers mussel diggers use brails and sail-less boats to harvest shells for making shirts buttons and cheap jewelry, employing muslin canvas to counteract drag.
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Hudson Valley
Hudson River Valley
Henry Hudson
Troy
Ohio
Kentucky
Public Sale of Valuable Farm Equipment and Cattle
Public auction at Hopkins Farm on the Harrington Frederica road at 10 A M features 12 grade Holstein and Guernsey cows, calves, heifers, a registered bull, a 1946 John Deere tractor set, plows, cultivators, mower, combines, drills, loaders, planters, manure spreader, wagons, trailers, tools, pumps, fencing, milking equipment, hay and more. Terms cash. lunch on grounds. Walter Messick and Dickerson Brothers Auctioneers. Edward Taylor, Clerk.
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Guernsey
John Deere
McCormick-Deering
Everite
Myers
Shane
Public sale of household goods in Denton Maryland
W F Jackson owner announces a public sale at 1 o clock at 6th and Market streets Denton Maryland featuring living room furniture dining sets bedroom suits rugs appliances and an assortment of tools and firearms. Auctioneers James Temple and clerk Ormond Andrew. Rain or shine.
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6Th and
Market Streets
Denton
Public sale to liquidate Kibler Farm property assets
Arlie Knotts owner and Edgar Breeding co own farm goods for public sale on the Kibler Farm between Greensboro and Whiteleysburg starting at 10 30 oclock. The listing includes mares cattle a John Deere tractor multiple plows binders mowers harvesting gear wagons scales hay and hundreds of farm implements with houses furniture and household items. All items to be settled for before removal.
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Lusan
Louis N. Kibler
Greensboro
Whiteleysburg
Auction on Greenwood road sale by John Dickerson
Personal property sale of farm on State highway one half mile from Hickman on Greenwood road. Auction begins at 1 o'clock P M Daylight Saving Time rain or shine. John Dickerson, Auctioneer.
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Hickman
Greenwood
Dairy Cows Public Sale At Hemsley Farm Queenstown
One mile from Queenstown on the Centreville Road at 1 30 p m on 28 head of young high grade Guernsey cows to be sold. Herd raised from registered bulls over twenty years. J Elmer Anthony auctioneer.
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Hemsley Farm
Queenstown
Centreville Road
Bradley Todd Public Drainage Association Viewing Notice
In the matter of the petition of L C Bradley John Todd D B Williams and others to the Commissioners of Caroline County for the appointment of a Board of Viewers to drain low lands in the 5th Election District the undersigned appointed by the county give notice that on and after August 26 1946 they will view the lowlands to lay out a ditch known as the Bradley Todd Public Drainage Association and perform duties under the Maryland Drainage Law Chapter 261 Acts of 1941. Signed Harry L Sullivan John T Williams Walter Everngam Board of Drainage Viewers.
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L. C. Bradley
John Todd
D. B. Williams
Caroline County
Maryland
Bradley-Todd Public Drainage Association
Harry L. Sullivan
John T. Williams
Walter Everngam
Board of Drainage Viewers
Sale of Howard Farm personal property on State Highway
Having sold my farm between Bureau and American Corner known as the Howard Farm I am obliged to give immediate possession and will sell on the premises beginning at 1 oclock p m rain or shine the following personal property.
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Bureau and
American Corner
Howard Farm
Pritchett
Pickering
Denton
Order Nisi for sale of farm property in Caroline County
In the Orphans Court for Caroline County Real Estate Proceedings No 392 the sale of listed farm equipment and stock is ordered ratified unless objections by October 2. The sale report shows a $3000 total. Carlton V West Register of Wills confirms true copy. Additional household items and appliances listed with sale terms noted. Ivan M Garman is owner. Wm E Andrew auctioneer.
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Orphans’ Court
Caroline County
J. Redden
Carlton
Public Sale of Farm Personal Property Near Denton
John O. Davis owner offers a 10:30 a m sale on the Pritchett Farm adjoining the Picker ing Home Farm east of Denton. Describes 10 milk cows, 2 Holsteins, Ayrshire, a Dunloggan bull, 1 pair horses, 1 mule, Oliver 70 tractor, cultivators, disks, planters, mowers, reapers, hay rake, cultivators, wagon, spreader, seed drills, wheels, plows, milking machines, scales, and many farming implements. Terms cash. sale on premises. O L Andrew clerk.
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South Bend
McCormick-Deering
Oliver
McCormick- Deering
McCormick-Deerin
McCormick-Deerine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tuckahoe Neck
Aberdeen
Morris Sneider
Hopkins Farm
Harrington
Frederica
Law
Fuesday
Conde
Wilson
Walter Messick
Dickerson Brothers
Edward Taylor
W. F. Jackson
James Temple
Ormond Andrew
T. B
Deering
Arlie Knotts
Wm. E. Andrew
Luther Bennett
Edgar Breeding
John Dickerson
Frank S. Dudley
J. Elmer Anthony
Nisi
J. Virgil A. & Son
S. Philip W. Porter, Et al
Studebaker
H.p
Ivan M. Garman
Dorsey Nichols
Ayrshire
Dunloggan
John O. Davis
O. L. Andrew
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