Southern VA clears veteran disability backlog in southeast
The backlog of pending disability pension or compensation cases for veterans in Tennessee Alabama Georgia South Carolina and Florida fell from 49 000 to 14 000 in three months. VA deputy administrator John M Slaton Jr announced the improvement and said adjudication is virtually on a current basis with 162 785 veterans in the five states drawing benefits.
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Southeastern
John M.slaton Jr
Staton
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Florida
Elizabethan Slander Punishments Highlight Ear-Nailing Tradition
In Elizabethan England, slanderers faced pillorying and ear-nailing penalties as public shaming measures. The practice underscored harsh reputational discipline and the era’s approach to defamation and social control.
OPA Grants One Cent Bread Price Increase
Washington June 12 The OPA approved a one cent rise in bread prices effective immediately and an additional one cent per dozen for bread rolls due to flour cutbacks. Rye bread prices rose two cents per loaf April 30. The agency cited higher production costs and famine relief needs while allowing producers to adjust price by higher, lighter loaves or weight reductions.
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Washington
OPA
Cpa
Aiter
Field Commander Terauchi dies of cerebral hemorrhage
Singapore June 12 AP Field Marshal Count Juichi Terauchi 77 former War Minister and supreme commander in the south died of a cerebral hemorrhage at his quarters in Johoce British Southeast Asia headquarters announced He commanded Japanese armies in North China and was identified in 1944 as General MacArthur's adversary in the Philippines.
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Singapore
Juichi Terauchi
Johoce
British Southeast Asia
Count Terauchi
China
Japan
MacArthur
Philippines
Accused Officers at Cruelty Trial Refuse to Talk
In Bad Nauheim Germany four officers including Col James A Kilian refuse to answer questions in a cruelty case tied to Lichfield England guardhouse. The trial of Lt Granville Cubage proceeds with other defendants awaiting dates and testimony about chain of command and prisoner abuse.
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Bad Nauheim
Germany
U. S
Lichfield
England
Highland Park
Richard E. Lokouno
East Pittsburh
Herbort W. Bluhm
Chicago
Leonard W. Ennis
Peekskill
N. Y
Ennis
Kilian
Bluhm
Lobuono
Granville Cubage
Oklahoma City
Luboune
Joseph A. Robertson
Akron
Ohio
Italian Cabinet Considers Immediate Assembly on Naples Riots
Rome June 12 AP The weary Italian cabinet ponders convoking the newly elected constituent assembly to craft a new constitution as seven die in Naples clashes. Royalist Carabinieri clash with republic supporters while Naples plans a pro republic demonstration. Rome saw a peaceful pro republic march of 100000.
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Rome
Tulian
Umberto II
Naples
Italy
Trlice
Mberto
Umberto
Viminale Palace
Thomas County Farm Bureau Meets Next Saturday
The Thomas County Farm Bureau will meet Saturday at 3 p.m. in the courthouse. A special program includes a DDT spraying demonstration by the County Agent on the courthouse square. Livestock producers are urged to attend and bring friends.
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Thomas County
Disqualifications Over Illiteracy Mark Valdosta Voting
Tax Commissioner Jeff Davis said in Valdosta that both white and Negro applicants in Lowndes County were being disqualified for illiteracy in registration. The Board of County Commissioners adopted a resolution urging separate voting places for whites and Negroes for the July 17 primary.
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Valdosta
Jeff Davis
Lowndes County
Board of County Commispote
County Democrate Executive Committee
Supreme Court under fire over Roosevelt era rulings and race issues
The piece criticizes Justices Jackson and Black and the Roosevelt administration for court interventions in New Deal laws. It argues the court distorted constitutional limits, influenced segregation, elections, and business privacy, and it warns Georgia voters amid Governor race tensions between Carmichael and Talmadge.
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Robert L. Jackson
Hugo L. Black
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
South
OPA
Xuan
Arnall
Jimmy Carmichael
Gene Talmadge
Carmichael
Talnfadge
Thowen
Hugo Black
Alabama
Murphy
Michigan
Detroit
General Clark protests Russian target practice over Austrian airfield
Vienna reports General Mark W. Clark protested twice to the Russian command about fighter planes carrying out target practice over the American air field at Tulin. A burst was fired at a Red flag atop the American radar tower as Clark warned of possible harm to the state.
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Vienna
Mark W. Clark
U. S
Allied Control Council For
Austria
Tulin
New Officers Elected At Legion Meeting Last Night
At the T. L. Spence Jr Post 31 Amer ican Legion meeting last night new officers were installed by Second District Commander Ern T Hughes of Camilla. The slate includes Roy Lilly Commander Co E Layton Vice Commander Tim Callaway Adjutant Rudolph Keyton Finance Officer Marshall Woodson Chaplain Sol Aultman Service Officer.
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T. L. Spence, Jr
American Legion
Ern. T. Hughes
Camilla
Roy Lilly
Co. E. Layton
Tim Callaway
Rudolph Keyton
Marshall Woodson
Sol. Aultman
House
Cdeywood Vann
Jimmy Haddock
Aughes
Almond Sperce
Joe Barber Adams
John Griner
J. F. Stewart
The
Legion Auxiliary
Dick Wood
Post
Frank Ranford
Boston
Legion
Roy State
H. R. Mahler
Harvey Chastain
Legion Home
House Committee
Executive Committee
Chinese Communists Reported Attacking Near U S Marines Base
Shanghai reports say Chinese Communist forces attacked within six miles of the U S Marines garrison at Tsingtao airfield. Officials caution comments pending. China warns that capture attempts aim to provoke U S withdrawal from China. Major General Rockey travels to Tsingtao to confer with the garrison commander.
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Shanghai
U. S
Tsingtao
U.S
United States
China
Shantung
Peiping
Tientsin
Chinwangtao
Keller E. Rockey
William T. Clement
Radar studies find no sterility or baldness in tested air crew
Captain Meyer Berke at Lowry Field tested 30 enlisted radar handlers for sterility and other effects. All appeared normal, countering wartime rumors of radar causing infertility and hair loss. Air force doctors at Duke long ago ran guinea pig tests with electrons but found no clear threat.
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Meyer Berke
Lowry Field
Air Force
Duke University
Berke
Veterans May Take GED Test for High School Diploma
World War II veterans with a high school background may apply to take a GED at state testing centers. The Moultrie Georgia center invites applicants to mail requests to the Veterans Testing Center at Moultrie High School. Vets must bring discharge papers and pay $2.50 on test day. this program is not GI Bill funded.
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State Department of Education
Moultrie
Georgia
Erans Testing Center
Moultrie High School
Moultrie, Georgi
Avignon Papacy Era and Key Historical Facts
The text notes Avignon in France as the papal seat from 1309 to 1377. It mentions Brazil abolishing slavery in 1888. It also asserts wrestling as a universal primitive sport and oddly claims a dog has 42 permanent teeth.
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Avignon
France
Brazil
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