Ex-PWs Can File War Claims Under 1948 Federal Act
Governor Folsom announced Alabama residents who were prisoners of war or civilian internees in World War II can obtain official War Claims Act forms from Colonel C. C. Horton or county offices. Claims must be filed with the War Claims Commission by March 1, 1951 using official forms. Eligible include POWs in any theater and certain internees in territories attacked after December 7, 1941, with survivors potentially owed benefits. former POWs may receive one dollar per day of imprisonment.
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Alabama
C. C. Horton
Department of Veterans Affairs
War Claims Commission
Philippines
Midway
Guam
Wake Island
United States
C.C. Horton
Folsom
War Claims’ ‘Commission
Washington
Daniel F. Cleary
Restrictive Covenants Ban Will Not Cripple Values Of Property
Washington column analyzes Truman admin policy on racially restrictive covenants in government insured mortgages. FHA and VA regulators clarify rules after Feb 15 1950, easing fears and outlining enforcement, while noting potential slowdowns and continued non gov insured activity.
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Peter Edson Washington
NEA ~ I
Truman Administration
Federal Housing Administration
Veteran’ Administration
Supreme Court
Philip B. Perlman
New York State Committee On
FHA
Franklin D. Richards
Carl Gray
U. S
Truman
United States
Disastrous Fire Strikes San Francisco In 1848 Christmas
San Francisco residents surveyed the ruins a century ago after a massive blaze began on December 24 1848 destroying wooden structures in the town center. The Parker House and gaming halls suffered severe damage as a firebreak was forced by explosives. Nearby Mission Dolores kept Christmas traditions with re-enactments while Monterey kept to its old coastal rituals as Walter Colton recalled the Nativity celebration and church service.
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San Francisco
UPL
Christ
Parker House
Argonauts
Mission Dolores
Old Monterey
Walter Colton
Christmas at Our Camp by Rock Creek Glimpse
Anonymous reminiscence recalls a Christmas at a frontier camp along Rock Creek. Campers shared food and a fiddle, welcomed a bear and a deer, and found joy as six bottles of port appeared. The tale ends with a note on overindulgence and a later regret. A jarring line notes three bushels of apples in 1949 versus two bushels to 948 in the United States.
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Rock Creek
United States
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Hank
W. Moffett, Jr
Rochester
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Chicago
Ex-Pw
Baxter
Delmanette
Ladies Life Stride
Roblee
N. Foster St
Dothan, Ala
Fritz
Roy ‘Milter
Miller
Bauman
Sulova
Dothan Bus Company
Southside
Danley
Florence
N. Oates St
Witure CO
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