Alabama creates Veterans Affairs Department for postwar relief
Alabama forms the State Department of Veterans Affairs to aid men and women who served. A seven member governor chaired board, with four seats for American Legion and one each for VFW, United Spanish War Veterans and Disabled American Veterans. A fulltime director with pay up to 3700 a year leads the agency. County officials and district offices will cover multi county regions, with expansion to align with federal Veterans Administration plans for seven branch offices.
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Rex Thomas Montgomery
Ala
Wren Janine Pom
Alzhamshi Fiep
Civan Ife
Veterans Affairs
Alabama
Veterans Department
Unose
United States
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United Spanish War Veterans
Disabled American Veterans
State Department
Veterans Bureau
U.S. Veterans Administration
Veterans Administration
Eye Donts for War Workers Health Guide
Frayed and garbled ad style text offers hurried tips about eye care for workers during wartime. Mentions avoiding eye strain, poor light, and overwork with a patent remedy name Lavontik. Read as a fragmented advisory note from a period publication.
State department to aid veterans under G1 Bill of Rights
Alaska Air Head 16 contact units in the state will operate October 1 to assist discharged soldiers and sailors. The new State Department will act as a clearing house helping veterans secure peacetime goals such as employment home buying business ventures education and benefits under the G1 Bill of Rights and related federal acts.
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Pamary
State Department
Nazi Army Archives Reveal Human Cost Of War
Vast German military records and prisoner files, sorted by nationality in Munster under Allied supervision, promise to detail Allied and German losses and trace soldiers with unknown fates. The Berlin bulk archives, moved as danger rose, number about 2 million to 12 million cards.
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Louis P. Lochxer
Newa
Saalfeld
Germany
Fisis
Muningen
Hitler
Berlin
Southerners Told Best Opportunity In Small Business
The Commerce Department urged Southern communities to grow small business using home products amid a postwar study showing strong regional potential. It cites abundant raw materials, manpower, and low- capital needs, noting Southern income rose from 1929 to 1943 and per capita income more than doubled.
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Washington Fap
Commerce Department
United States
South
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Willard White
de Grover
Cave Amplifies Whispers Near Syracuse Legend
The Ear of Divisions a large artificial cave near Syracuse Siedly amplifies whispers with tales that the tyrant Dionysius placed prisoners there to overhear conversations. About 150 miles southwest of Berlin the article notes material about German soldiers fills six barracks with blacks involved.
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Syracuse
Siedly
Dionysius
Berlin
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