Expansion Of Treatment Facilities For Disabled Vets To Be Sought
A special government medical commission will urge President Truman to broadly expand facilities for disabled veterans including paraplegics and amputees. The plan, tied to Korea's emergency, covers Naval Long Beach Sawtelle San Fernando and Birmingham hospitals with neurology and dedicated paraplegic staff.
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Robert G. Nixon
Washington
Truman
Veterans’ Administration
South Korea
Korea
California
Los Angeles
Naval Hospital
Long Beach
Sawtelle Veterans Hospital
San Fernando Hospital
Birmingham
van Nuys
Birmingham Hospital
Calif
Bronx
Mass
Staten Island
N.Y
Richmond
11 Texans Named On Casualty List
Department of Defense Korean casualty list No. 55 lists two killed in action and two died of wounds. It shows 71 wounded, four injured not in combat, and 47 missing in action. Texans named include Pfc Troy D. McCarthy Roswell N M Cpl Russell D. Talley San Antonio Pfc Eddie Ellis Waco Pvt Thomas E. Gilbert Beaumont and others with statuses varying among wounded and missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Defense
New Mexico
Troy D. McCarthy
Ike McCarty
Roswell
Oklahoma
Donald E. Powell
Rosa Powell
Lawton
Texas
Earl M. Seay
Winnie E. Seays
Far East
Earl Seay
Waxahachie
Russell D. Talley
Betty S. Talley
San Antonio
Albert Bess
Emma L. Bess
Houston
Eddie Ellis
Mary R. Hunt
Waco
Thomas E. Gilbert
Jeraldine Gilbert
Beaumont
Horace B. Later
Sedalia Forrest
Fort Worth
Jimmy C. Marks
Gillis S. Marks
Kermit
Carrol F. Shumake
Sam Shumake
Luling
Doyl R. Stewart
Ida McBride Stewart
Bonham
O Donnell Rites For M F Ballew 70
Special funeral services for M F Ballew 70 retired farmer and resident of O Donnell for 42 years who died Friday will be held at 2 PM in O Donnell First Methodist church. The Rev H A Longino and Rev E H Crandall will officiate burial in O Donnell cemetery directed by McDonald Funeral home Lubbock survivors include wife one daughter Mrs H W Hancock of O Donnell one son R R Ballew of O Donnell four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’donnell
M. F. Ballew
O'Donnell
O'Donnell First Methodist Church
H. A. Longino
E. H. Crandall
First Methodist Church
Lubbock
McDonald Funeral Home
Military Draftees Named Lieut Boydston and Pvt Quiroz
Lieut. James L. Boydston, son of Fred L. Boydston of Freeport, and Pvt. Santiago Quiroz, son of Santos Quiroz of El Paso, are listed as draftees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Boydston
Fred L. Boydston
Freeport
Santiago Quiroz
Santos Quiroz
el Paso
Lubbock Man Sends First Stock Show Ticket Order
Ceril E. Batton of Lubbock wrote for six tickets for the first Saturday night of the Fort Worth Stock Show and Fat Stock Show, sending a check and seat preferences. The 1951 exposition runs January 26 to February 4, with advance sales to follow. Batton’s order will be filled when sales begin. The Nunataginiut Eskimos are mentioned as a separate note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Fort Worth
Ceril E. Batton
Twentieth
Batton
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Lee Brewer
Wheeling
W. Va
Brewer
Avenue
ORIG
Rayon
Brassieres Orig
DIAL
Larg
Automotive Electric Co
Broadway
Smith Furniture
Red
Beck
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