Old Folk Face Another Pension Cut in Austin
The Texas Department of Public Welfare announced another cut in average old age assistance payments. The new average drops to 23.43 dollars as rolls rise to 185,258 with 2,213 added last month. Net payments fall despite more recipients due to a 2,200,000 dollar monthly limit and matching federal funds. federal act may boost aid starting October by about five dollars per pensioner, though gains may offset future decreases as rolls grow.
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Austin
John H. Winters
Department of Public Welfare
Veteran's Pension and readjustment questions answered
A wartime Q and A outlines eligibility for death pensions for children and widow when a veteran dies in service, conditions on plan changes after guaranteed loans, muster out pay and allowances, reasons to keep National Service Life Insurance, inability of VA to loan during disability adjudication, and rules on illegitimate children and life insurance beneficiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
United States
American Red Cross
National Life Insurance
July divorce suits filed in Fifteenth District Court
Fifty seven divorce suits were filed during July in Fifteenth District Court, a decrease from June. Among 691 civil cases filed this year, 463 are divorce suits, with 272 disposed of through grand or dismissal. Grayson County issued 163 July marriage licenses, reaching 1946 total of 1,021.
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Sherman
Fifteenth District Court
Grayson County
Brides Two Cent Tips Spark Redcap Crisis
A 1946 column reports that Travelers' Aid will handle tipping for G I brides arriving from England to avoid redcaps complaining of two cent tips and overlong luggage hauls. The note mentions safety tips and a stool for home use. Also includes legal notices from Grayson County Texas, detailing an appearance for T J Calhoun heirs, a land dispute in Denison, and a sheriff sale tied to tax judgments in Pottsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Travelers’ Aid Society
G. I
England
Redcaps
Sheriff's Sale In Grayson County Texas 1946 Lot 9 Block 3
The State of Texas and the City of Sherman intervener sue for 98.11 dollars plus costs with 6 percent interest from judgment date July 5 1946. The sale on the first Tuesday in September 1946 will convey Lot No 9, Block No 3, Christian College Addition Sherman Grayson County Texas. Any interested party may claim rights in the property. The case is No 54329 in the 15th District Court Grayson County.
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State of
Texas
T. J. Calhoun
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Mary E. Lyday Fuller
T. J
A. D
S. V. Sarnest
Nancy Drake
State of Texas
Grayson
15Th District Court
County of
T. A. Perdue
Little Mineral Creek
Pottsboro
J. A. Potts
Pott
G. P. Gafford
Sam York
C. L. Woods
Christian College
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Possum Flats
Gladiola
Viake
Fant Milling Company
Sherman, Texas
Graham Hunter
R. P. Childress
Whitewright Lumber Co. “Neighborly Service
Franz Lebar
Walter Cassel
Christina Carroll
Saul
Fender
Woody
Magnolia
Gosnell
Just
ATLAS
Marsalis
L. LaRoe &% Co
Orenduff
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