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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1947
Page
2
This note provides a Q and A on readjustment allowances for partially employed WWII veterans, GI Bill eligibility after a bad conduct discharge, how disability compensation interacts with earnings, and VA loan guarantees. It also adds two unrelated facts noting Kodiak bears as the largest land carnivore and camphor’s prominence in Chinese embalming and medicine.
Army engineers cleared to build VA hospitals in Shreveport Louisiana and Big Spring Texas. Bids likely within sixty days. General Omar Bradley orders major revisions to curb costs, plans for hospitals in Bonham Dallas New Orleans Mound Bayou Tupelo Mississippi to be altered. Houston El Paso plans unaffected. VA forecasts record fall enrollment of nearly 100000 World War II veterans in Southwestern colleges and universities amid expected 15 percent rise in GI Bill attendance in Texas Louisiana Mississippi. Eligible first time students should obtain eligibility certs from VA offices. others needing to change schools require prior VA approval. Returning students may continue without contacting VA if not changing courses. The hammerhead nest takes six months to build.
Washington report from the Veterans Administration shows almost 483,000 World War II veterans are under 30, with 440,000 under 21 and 43,000 under 20. Average veteran age is 29.1 as of June 30, drawing from 14,361,000 men and 316,000 women across age brackets.
In Pontia, a 1904 Sears two cylinder chain drive passes most safety checks but lacks a windshield and a wiper. Piloted by Vere Goff and Vernon Bos hart, the car has no windshield by design, highlighting the era's evolving safety expectations.
MARYVILLE Tenn Mrs N W Lakey aged 82 was granted a divorce from her 86 year old husband after 53 years of marriage. She said he would go for a month at a time without speaking and she spent years cooking and keeping house. Circuit Judge Pat Quinn presided.
The State of Texas issues citation No. 55799 to Joseph W. Butler and heirs and legal representatives of several deceased parties including Mrs. Joseph W. Butler Bert Hahn Construction Company Bert Hahn Kirk Dyer G. A. Ramsey and T. H. Dunn along with their heirs and legal representatives. The document directs whom to notify and the involved parties in the civil action.
Legal notices from Grayson County Texas include a land dispute case No 55799 where Alma Sewell sues Joseph W Butler and others to quiet title to property in Sher man with metes and bounds tied to Martha B Moore Addition. The second notice for case No 55797 commands W C Bruce and Annie Bruce to appear October 6 1947 to answer delinquent taxes on property described as Lot in Grayson County near Choctaw Bayou with a claim for 1937 to 1944 and 1946 taxes totaling $107.50.
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