West Texas VA Office Serves 81 Counties
The West Texas Veterans Administration regional office at Lubbock Army Airfield operates to serve veterans across 81 counties from the Panhandle to Big Bend and from Abilene to El Paso. It handles new disability and hospital eligibility claims with 26,000 veterans on disability pay and 30 to 40 new claims daily.
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West Texas Veterans Administration
Lubbock Army Airfield
Panhandle-Plains Territory
Panhandle
Big Bend Country
Abilene
el Paso
Robert W. Sisson
West Texas VA
Lubbock
Forks of the Creek
First National Bank
Murph
Benjamin O. Murph
Infantry and Signal Corps
France
Army
Veterans Administration
Fort Worth
SSS Tonic Promises Relief for Gas and Bloating
An advertisement touts SSS Tonic as a solution to stomach gas bloating and indigestion claiming it increases gastric juice flow. It asserts benefits for appetite sleep strength and overall health with alleged laboratory backing and wide mass usage.
West Texas VA rating board Details and authorization units
The four men form the West Texas Veterans Administration rating board with Henry Owsley, E. C. Price, Claude Yarbrough and A. M. Armstrong. The article explains the role of authorization units, ad judicators, and the process from rating to award. It notes retroactive disability pension rules and the need to include full medical information when filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Veterans Administration
Murph
Lubbock
Veterans Administration Rating Board
Vocational Class For Veterans Set Monday
County coordinator Earl Fine announces the first veterans vocational education class Monday at 8 p.m. in the second floor district courtroom. The session will cover program purpose, enrollment, and field trips focused on agriculture with future welding and woodwork options depending on demand.
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Earl Fine
Fine
Unofficial Speed Mark Set by Army Jet at Muroc
An unofficial speed mark of 608 miles per hour was set by a U S Army P-84 Thunderjet at Muroc Army Airfield on August 31 but will not be recognized as it did not surpass Britain's existing 606 mph record by enough. RAF Group Captain Hugh Wilson set that record on November 7, 1945, at Herne, England, in a Gloster Meteor jet fighter.
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Saturda Muroc
Calif
Muroc Army Airfield
Republic
Great Britain
Army
RAF
Hugh Wilson
Herne
England
Veteran C-number guidance for VA correspondence stated
Murph explains regional office practice that claim numbers or C-numbers are assigned to veterans. Veterans should use their C-number in all VA communications and correspondences for accurate tracking and filing.
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Lubbock VA
Veterans Administration
Murph
Budget Committee Named for Community Chest Start
Members of the budget committee for the Community Chest were announced and met in the City Hall chamber. The eight appointees include Mrs. Durwood Bradley Parker F Prouty Robert Maxey Knox T Thomas Charles Whitacre Chas H Read Homer D Grant and Charles Maedgen. Prouty was elected chairman as the group planned to confer with welfare and charitable agencies on next year’s budgets. Hubert L Allen and John Mansfield attended, with J D Hassell Jr away.
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Community Chest
Durwood Bradley
Parker F. Prouty
Robert Maxey
Knox T. Thomas
Charles Whitacre
Chas. H. Read
Homer D. Grant
Charles Maedgen
City Commission Chamber
City Hall
Prouty
Ats
Hubert L. Allen
Chest
John Mansfield
American Civic Bureau
Chicago
Boy Shows Duckling Hatched From Crack in Egg
Nine year old Arnold Grotchett Jr of Kane Illinois presented a duckling hatched from a cracked egg he had taped up. The moment was photographed as a novelty for a local news feature.
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West Texas
Rating Board
Veterans Organization
Skinner’s
Wallace Simpson
Dia
Plymouth
Transportation Headquarters
Cook Health Institute
VAPO
Dial
Texas
Avalanche-Journal
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
THE
West Texas Hospital
Roy Riddel, JR
Roy Riddel, Jr., M. D
22Nd Street
Dick Tracy
Republic National Life Insurance
ELI W. Gregg
Lubbock National Bank
Kryptok
SEE Optical CO
Ellis Carp
Fred Feris
Optometrists
Sanjea
4&Q Clothiers
Broadway
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