VA Official Explains Death Benefits For Widows and Children
A VA official from Elkins West Virginia outlines non service connected death pension eligibility for widows and minor children of veterans. World War II dependents may qualify only if a service connected disability existed at death. Income limits apply and federal pension starts at 42 dollars monthly. The Elkins office serves Randolph Taylor Barbour Tucker and Pocahontas counties with Friday contact in Grafton at the Dept of Employment Security office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Shaffer
Elkins
W. Va
Dept. of Veterans Affairs
D.W.A
Mr Shaffer
Shaffer
W. Va Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Randolph County Court House
Taylor
Randolph
Barbour
Tucker
Focahontas
Elkins L.V.A
Grafton
Dept. of Employment Security
Notice clears up Ford misidentification and CAB probe
The Sentinel clarifies that Richard Ford of 231 West Main Street is not the Mr Ford on the municipal police docket. The Westake company of Seattle faces another CAB investigation into overloaded planes and improper operation. The 1949 European corn borer losses are estimated at 350 million dollars by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Richard Ford
231 West Mail
Street
the Sentinel
Mr Ford
San Juan
Westake Company
Seattle
Civil Aeronautics Board
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Sentinel Finals Feature 13 Nominees
The 13 contestants nominated by Sentinel readers in a balloting contest advanced to the finals, appearing in a featured segment on page one.
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JO Ellen
Page One
Sentinel
Tact Nlaht Ware
Detained Pacific Far East ship captain amid China collision
CAPT William Murray of the California Bear is held by Chinese Reds in Tientsin after the freighter collided with a Chinese steamer off north China in fog on April 20. An officer aboard the Bear reported 37 survivors were picked up by Iceboats, while Reds claim 70 lives lost. The incident was first disclosed upon the ship's return to San Francisco.
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William Murray
Pacific Far East Line
Tientsin
San Francisco
North China
International
Baseball Fever Joke Exposes Fan’s Sleep Struggles
A humorous Bennett Cerf anecdote on baseball mania scenes from 1949 pennant races. The fan, tormented by dreams of Mel Parnell Stan Musial and Casey Stengel, seeks psychiatry’s remedy, joking the solution is imagining a beautiful girl in his arms.
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Mel Parnell
Stan Musial
Casey Stengel
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
Hickenlooper and Loveland Seek Iowa Primary Nomination
In Iowa, Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper seeks renomination in the Republican primary while Albert J. Loveland former undersecretary of agriculture runs in the Democratic senatorial race as a pro-Brannan plan candidate.
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Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Albert J. Loveland
International
Diploma at 72 signals airliner fate and more
A fragmented set of notes reports a 72 year old obtaining a high school diploma before a fatal incident tied to an airliner, along with a death by own action case, a missing person in West Alexander Pennsylvania, and a labor dispute near Lenann Coal Company.
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Thespians
Re-Echo
Salem
Elkins
Re -Echo
Malone
Graton High
National Honor Society
Girl Reserves
MackLeod
Sheppard
Gay
Lenann Coal Company
Move to Bar Outlaws Communist Party in Japan
Premier Shi heru Yoshida’s pro U S Liberal party wins big as moves to ban the Communist party gain momentum in Japan elections. International observers note the shift strengthens U S aligned policy in the region.
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Communist Party In
Japan
Shigeru Yoshida
U. S
Liberal Party
International
Grasso Captured and Punished by War Hero Senator Rookie
Washington Senators catcher Mickey Grasso, a peppery rookie, holds a lifetime membership in the American Prisoners of War Association. He spent three years three months and ten days in Nazi confinement after being captured in Africa.
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Grasso
Washington
Mickey Grasso
Washington Senators
American Prisoners of War Association
Africa
Closing Bell Starts Summer Trips For Longtime Tutors
The Ma ble and Lula Martin sisters, both school teachers from Kankakee Illinois, have spent 12 summers traveling the globe. After visiting 46 countries they plan a South America journey this season. A coronagraph is a telescope instrument used to study the sun by blocking its bright disk.
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Kankakee
Ilinois
Mable
Lula Martin
South America
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