VA reports on veterans bills and actions by Congress
The VA tracked 6834 introduced bills and resolutions with 15,288 pages of Congressional Record 581 committee reports and 346 public and private laws reviewed for relevance to veterans and dependents. The system logged 16,000 personal and 1115 000 telephone contacts and 470 individual case briefings. A copy of the report costs 65 cents from the Superintendent of Documents. Also notes a chimney fire at 208 West Twelfth Street and a shark reaching 40 feet.
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Congress
Senate
House
U. S. Government Printing Office
Washington
D. C
Associated Press
VA annual report reveals vast VA outreach and records activity
Major Thomas M. Nial summarizes facts from the VA's 1948 49 annual report. It notes 11 000 legal opinions and 1 391 precedent rulings, 15 500 000 visitor interviews, 6 000 000 forms prepared, 177 900 000 letters sent, 1 282 000 veterans records moved, and about 12 miles of records destroyed, illustrating the scale of veteran affairs operations.
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Thomas M. Nial Washington
Congress
Today in History and Anniversaries Highlight Fall of Leaders and Events
Anniversaries list figures born and died, including Thomas Crawford and others with ties to New York, Chicago, and North Carolina. It also notes historical events such as Congress granting Revolutionary War officers five years’ pay and the 1941 start of Grand Coulee Dam operation, with brief context and dates.
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Thomas Crawford
Capitol
New York
John Hannister Tabb
Ballimors
Laura Jean Libbey
Brooklyn
Oliver Max Gardner
North Carolina
the Treasury
England
Shelby
N.C
Congress of the Confederation
Lars Antonio
Tony) Pastor
Congress
United States
Lindbergh
Norfolk
Grand Coulee Dam
State of Washington
Gen
Wainwright
Unsettled 1940s notes and birthday blurbs mix into column
A jumble of historical notes from 1944 to 1949 covers wartime events in the Philippines and Casina region, Truman loyalty probes, and Germany postwar governance. The page also lists birthdays for Edith Mason, Arthur Vandenberg, Kent Cooper, Grace Coyle, Hanson Baldwin, and James Gavin, followed by a brief Horoscope warning of a forceful, quarrelsome day and caution about becoming uncontrollable.
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Philippines
Cassino
Italy
Truman
Clay
Germany
Ine Koch
Edith Mason
Chicago
St. Louis
A. S
Arthur H. Vandenburg
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
Columbus
Ind
Grace L. Coyle
Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Science
Cleveland
Adams
Mass
Hanson W. Baldwin
New York Times
Baltimore
James M. Gavin
82Nd Airborne Div
New York
Work Out Its Own Destiny Noted In Brief Prose
A terse remark hints at choosing a path by its own rule. The fragment suggests careful action when a specific instance arises, stressing circumspection in decision making.
Frederick man attends five day meat dept managers conference
Millard J. Cooley of Frederick Maryland a manager for the A and P market at 48 South Court Street attends a five day managers conference at a training center on Castor Avenue in Philadelphia during the week of March 20. The event aims to discuss exchange ideas on meat department operation. Cooley is married and a father of one.
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Philadelphia
Millard J. Cooley
Frederick
South Court Street
Castor Avenue
Cooley
T. B
Washington
Ormsby
Don Fayne
Minneapolis Morine Tractor
M. M
Massey-Harris
McC
Deering
G. I
New Idea
John Deere van Brunt
John Deere
McCormick-Deering
David Bradley
Syracuse
Barshear
Edwin Hood England
Tamsville
New Market
Glenn Trout
Emmert
Bowlus
Raymond L. Kelly
The
Monrovia
Church of the Brethren
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Nial
Junior, United and Citizens
West Twelfth Street
Harry Tinney
Hamitten Ave
Bhots
Claude EB. Toms
Dual Highway
Myersville
T. Band Bangs
Oliver and Brown
Oliver
McCormick
Morris
Elwood J. Green
J. A. Grossnickle
Clay Putman
Middleburg
Tohnsville
Johnsville
Carroll County
Hampshire
Ferguson
Myers
J. H. Trussell
America
Edward Brown
Mt. Airy
Ridgeville
Rt. 40
Damascus
Ford Ferguson
Ford
Ontario
Allis Chalmers
Int
Kalamazoo
Kenmore
Co. E. Almony
Emmert FR. Rowlus
Calvin M. Murray
WSCS
Bernie's Arena
West Patrick Street
Maryland
Boston
Stafordshire
Staffordshire
Adams, Ridgeway
Ironestone
Satsuma
Trish al
Ice’s Antiques
Est
Patrick ST. Frederick, MD
Ammert R. Bowls
R. L. Kelly
W. A. R. Bell
G. D
West Patrick
Southern States
Frederick Service
Pease Ask
New Holland Daler
New Holland
Daniel L. Yingling
Gettysburg
Taneytown Road
Littlestown
West 7Th St. Pike
Yellow Springs
Florence
New Hampshire
Byron E. Harley
Yellow Springs, Md
Chas. W. Kintz
NULL
Louis Bussard
Lester Briggs
Galthersburg
Montgomery County
mmPacmane
McCormick-Deering Farmall
Farmall
Little Genius
McCormick-Deering Gang
3Dea
McCormick- Deering
Hoand
Lavall
David Bradley Hammer Mill
RCA
Douglas Briggs
YP. O
BABY
Maryland U
Urbana
Fingerboard Road
Frederick, Md
Detour
Keysville Road
Sixes Bridge
Groff
Saxton Harrow
Dunham
Woodsboro
Rocky Hill Church
Chester
Farrow
Poland
Barshare
Harry C. Dorcus
Walkersville
Thout Brothers
Gail LI
Catshall
Woodsboro Lutheran Sunday School
Clas
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