Veterans Hospital Care Timeline From Civil War To 1937
The piece recalls wartime medical care for veterans and the creation of the Veterans Administration. It notes acts starting October 6 guiding hospital care for service connected and other disabilities, and outlines the Public Health Service coordination that expanded beds to 38,489 by 1920, with a 1937 system at 47,421 beds and 2,159 in private facilities, serving 446,416 veterans.
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Veterans Administration
Geebitten
Congress
Public Health Service
Amy
Navy
Loac
Ress
Christmas Messages from Knox King and Others Look Ahead
Navy and Marine leaders issue Christmas 1942 remarks urging hope and victory as the 1944 war effort looms. Knox and Admiral King emphasize the coming year as crucial to restore peace, with generals and chaplains assuring brighter prospects for service members and families.
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Washington
J. King
Knox
Pacific
U. S
Thomas Holcomb
The
Marine O
Russe R. Waesche
Coast Guard
Jt D. Workman
Naval Chaplains
Mildred H. McAfee
Waves
Dorothy C. Stratton
Spars
Ruth Streeter
Marines
Shrine game players start camps ahead of New Year clash
Eastern and western football stars drill in separate camps ahead of the Shrine charity game on New Year’s Day. Coaches Kerr Hauser Hollingberg and Shaw emphasize pass work as a key tactic for the East and West squads. Meanwhile tracks report 1913 profits with Bay Meadows leading races and war relief funds. East Chicago basketball roster includes Bernice Kielian and Stella Kiligen of the General American Transportation team, set to meet Pullman-Standard Sunday.
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San Francisco
Andy Kerr
Colgate
George Hauser
Minnesota
Orin Hollingberg
Washington State
L. T
Buck) Shaw
Santa Clara
Hammond
Ind
Chicago
Bernice Kielian
Stella Kiligen
General American Transportation
Pullman-Standard
Nazis may shift divisions to meet invasion threat
German spokesman told Berlin correspondents that all or some divisions in Finland and northern Norway could move to active fronts. Berlin gave no destination, but it may be thousands of kilometers from Finland. The Stockholms-Tidningen reporter noted possible German troop realignments as allied invasion plans loom. Meanwhile Mene Ramos survived after automobile crash in Farmersville. he walked through downed power lines carrying 11,000 volts.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Finland
Norway
Farmersville
Calif
Ramos
Sandts Eddy Porter Heroic Fire Rescue
Isador Sepack a porter at Minera Springs Hotel in Sandts Eddy caught five members of Walter Ga s family as they dropped 12 feet from the second story of their burning home. The piece notes a wartime transport estimate of 400 troopships and 700 cargo vessels for 1,000,000 soldiers overseas, plus 75,000 pounds of food daily per army division.
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Jack Stinnett
Secretary of War
Europe
Asia
Princess Cafe
Terry
Gene Ahern
Christos
Christmes
Clover Brand
Dairies, Inc
United States
Florida
Louisiana
Bay Meadows
California
Suffolk
Mass
New York
Detroit
Chi- Sportsmen's Park
Sandts Eddy
Isador Sepack
INS
Minera
Wadghelene Shop
North Main
Wilerican
America
North Main Street
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