Veterans Q&A and new VA hospital plan details
A Washington Bureau column answers veterans questions on discharge points for sea bees and coast guard, survivor insurance eligibility for grandparents, furlough timelines, war duration rules, and pension effects. It also lists 29 new VA hospitals with beds and adjacent medical schools across multiple cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar N. Bradley
Veterans Administration
Birmingham
Little Rock
Tallahassee
Fla
Saginaw
Mich
Tupelo
Miss
St. Louis
Southern Missouri
Poplar Bluff
Grand Island
Neb
Metropolitan
New York
Syracuse
N. Y
Durham
N. C
Charlotte
Toledo
Ohio
Kalamath Falls
Ore
Philadelphia
Altoona
Erie
Harrisburg
Chattanooga
Seabees
Navy
Continental
U. S
Coast Guard
Coleridge
Ned
Germany
Hinsdale
Ill
Veterans Administration Office
Selective Service Board
Red Cross
South Pacific
Titian Island
U. S. Naval Base Hospital No
Navy No
Vernonia
Oregon
Japan
Sunbury
Para
Congress
Jyour
Rafter
Carrolton, A
Truman reshuffles White House Bureaucracy and policy tone
A year-end inventory of Truman's reconstituted federal setup shows sustained Roosevelt ties in key posts, with Byrnes Morgenthau Vinson and Clark among those continuing or elevated. Critics flag slow policy direction and unresolved wage price issues as OWI and WPB wind down.
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WNU
Eye Street
N.W
Washington
D. C
Truman
White House
FDR
James F. Byrnes
Southland
Roosevelt
United States Supreme Court
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Byrnes
Henry Morgenthau
Treasury
Mr. Roosevelt
Fred Vinson
Vinson
Robert E.hannegan
Robert Patterson
Henry S. Stimson
Department
Navy
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Clinton P.“Anderson
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Tom C. Clark
Paul V. McNutt
Philippine Islands
William D. Hassett
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
WPB
Senate
Roosevelt Association
OPA
National War Labor Board
WLB
Civilian Production Administration
Congress
British HK rat bounty ends as Chinese breed rats
Report mentions Hong Kong’s rat bounty failed as Chinese farmers began breeding rats for profit. Also notes a Japanese women’s federation proposal to donate kimonos to fund food imports, with the call to strip for warmth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Japanese Women’s Federation
Koreans Claim Role in Spreading Chinese Culture
The text boasts that Koreans introduced Chinese culture to the Japanese, lifting them from the Dark ages, and notes a reciprocal idea of repayment. It mentions Nuernberg Castle modernization by a wealthy wife and reports that during the Nuernberg trials about 200 guests shared three bathrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Faver
Nuernberg
Hedy Lamarr
George Kingfield
U. S
Hedy
Hans Stromberg
London
Angel on My Shoulder era preview and Hollywood notes
Western Newspaper Union reports on the project Angel on My Shoulder with producers paying 60 400 for the screenplay by Harry Segall. The piece ties in other industry gossip including stars sp[eculation and 1946 predictions from Darryl F. Zanuck, plus various film and radio tidbits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Vale
Aul Muni
Charles Rains
Angel On
Charles Rogers
Harry
Darryl F. Zanuck
Jeanne Crain
Vivian Blaine
Jane Haver
William Eythe
Dick Haymes
Mark Stevens
Glenn Langan
Richard Conte
Nancy Guild
Rex Harrison
Hollywood
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Western Newspaper Union
Veterans
Diggs
PA Coringee i
Anderson
John W. Snyder
Snyder
OWMA
Office of War Information
Pearl Harbor
OWI
State Department
Bureau of the Budget
United States Government
Office
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Rio Grande
Baukhage
Dick Powell
June Allyson
Brentwood
Powells
June
Claudette Colbert
Bob
Joan Davis
Beverly Wills
Joan
CBS
Daughter
George White
Beverly
Bob Hawk
New Haven
Conn
Boston
Theater Guild of the Air
Harold Levy
Florence W’ightman
Sidney Black
Mer
Bretaster
Brewster
Michael Curtis
Paul Muni
Stephan Decatur
United States
South Africa
Sewing Circle
South Wells St
Chicago
McKesson & Robbins
Sioux City
Hop
Ut Oge
Wey
Hulman, & Company
Terre Haute, Indiana
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