Ways to prove age for Social Security claims in 6 methods
The Social Security board lists six acceptable proofs of age for old age and survivors benefits. If birth date proof is unavailable, applicants may present physician or midwife statements, Bible or family records, other probative evidence, or immigration records.
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Social Security Board
Ernest L. Tutt
Dallas Social Security Office
Bureau of the Census
United States
British Leader Says Japan Power Misjudged
Major General Henry Gordon Bennett, the Australian commander who escaped from Singapore, said in Sydney that Britain and Australia underestimated Japan. He cited Japanese independence from supply lines, portable mortars, and rapid air support, noting their tactics mirrored German methods in Europe.
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Sydney
Australia
Henry Gordon Bennett
Singapore
Bennett
Holland
Belgium
Norway
Malaya
No Thief Mentioned in Court Drama
An attorney questions a witness about theft, asking if he thinks the man is a thief. The witness declines to label him a thief, replying he cannot say so, and adds a quirky line about roosting high if he were a chicken.
Mixed Drinks Joke From Sunday School
A boy named Jimmy jokingly argues that alcohol isn’t bad if mixed with ginger ale as his teacher condemns drinking in a Sunday school class. The remark humorously highlights a child’s innocent misunderstanding of adult habits.
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Jimmy
Treasury seeks doubled income tax for most Americans
The Treasury proposed a sweeping tax increase to raise about 9.61 billion dollars, touching individual and corporate income taxes, excises on items like soft drinks and candy, social security taxes, and estate and gift taxes. Morgenthau urged Congress to allow withholding and joint returns, with rates rising sharply from 6 to 16 percent on the first dollar and up to 90 percent at top brackets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
House
Ways and Means Committee
Morgenthau
Congress
Boy Scouts Hold Court of Honor and Barbecue
The Boy Scouts held their monthly Court of Honor Friday night with a barbecue. Scout Executive H. L. McLean County Councilman F. T. Jackson and others presided as several scouts advanced in rank or earned merit badges. Guests from the Rotary Club and scouts fathers attended. Robert Sears submitted his Eagle rank application. Afterward, visitors played games while barbecue preparations continued. The group noted cabin and equipment improvements funded by the Rotary Club businessmen and scouts, including a new flag first aid kit tent cooking outfit and 35 merit badge pamphlets.
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H. L. McLean
F. T. Jackson
Sherman
B. W. Newman
R. A. Gillett
John Reeves
Tom Sears
Rotary Club
Tenderfoot
Eugene Thornhill
Sonny Myrick
James Reeves
Jim McSpedden
Clarence Wootten
James Kent Johnson
Bob Morgan
Dan Kent
Eugene Reeves
Robert Sears
Robert
United States
P T Association Meeting Slated For Tuesday
The Parent Teacher Association will convene at the Grammar School auditorium on Tuesday March 10 at 430 PM. President Mrs Floyd Everhart will lead the session and officers for the coming year will be elected. Mrs E C Butler speaks on Building Safety Mindedness A Community Enterprise. Mrs Kelous Watson discusses Home Hazards. A vocal number by Mrs O L Jones. Welcome awaits.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Grammar School
Floyd Everheart
E. C. Butler
Kelous Watson
O. L. Jones
Government aims accelerate secondary crops in wartime
Rudolph M. Evans testifies before a House subcommittee on agriculture spending that the wartime program for farming aims to boost production of secondary crops in Texas. He says cotton remains unchanged while the wheat program is cut, noting a reduction from 62 million to 55 million bushels due to eroding export demand as Britain sources wheat from Canada and Russia.
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Washington
Texas
Rudolph M. Evans
Division of Conservation and Use of
House Appropriations
Agriculture Department
House
Great Britain
Canada
England
Russia
Notice to Oak Hill Annex Lot Owners
Annual dues for Oak Hill Cemetery Annex are due and payable at the First National Bank or to committee members Mrs. C. P. Johnson Mrs. J. L. Kirkpatrick or Mrs. H. C. Willis. If the cemetery is to be kept in good condition this year, pay your dues at once. Do your buying in Whitewright.
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Oak Hill Cemetery
First National Bank
C. P. Johnson
J. L. Kirkpatrick
H. C. Willis
W. H. Stedham
Grammar School Dental Health and Citizenship Club Notes
Newsletter covers dental health survey of 254 pupils with 54.2 percent defects and 187 showing signs of care. lists cavities malocclusion and enamel mottling. Mentions honor roll for perfect teeth, parent letters, voluntary corrections, and health ethos. Also reports Sixth Grade Citizenship Club results and new teaching substitution, assembly program, absentees’ return, and Defense Stamps totals by grade.
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Layman
America
Grammar School
Texas Artillery Outfit Fights Japs in Java
Lubbock area families hear brief war updates as a Texas artillery unit under Lieut. Col. Bleacher S. Tharp is reported in action on a nearby Java sector. The Lost Battalion from the South Plains, once scattered, may be among those engaged alongside British and Australian forces defending Java.
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Lubbock
Far Pacific
Java
South Plains
Washington
Indies
West Texas
Far East
Crete
Singapore
Bleacher S. Tharp
Amarillo
W. H. M.dougal
United Press
Plainview
National Guard
Lost Battalion
Brownwood
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Hawaii
Draftee Loses $40 in Federal Recruiting Office The Sun
The Sun reports a $40 theft from a draftee at the U S Army Recruiting Office in the Federal Building. Federal authorities had no suspect as seven Sherman area draftees were sent to Dallas induction. Deputy E R Goss pledged leniency if funds were returned within an hour. none returned and the group departed.
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the Sun
Dallas
Sherman Selective Service Board
Dallas News
United States Army
Federal
E. R. Goss
United States
Ogle Charged With False Statements to Draft Board
James William Ogle of Travis County Selective Service Board No 1 faced charges under the Selective Service Act for making false statements on a questionnaire. He was free on bond pending action by a federal grand jury.
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Austin
James William Ogle
Travis County Selective Service Board No. 1
FBI
Arthur J. Norstrom
Ogle
Selective Service
Plant For Victory Week Proclamation by Gov Stevenson
Proclaims March 1 to March 7 as Plant for Victory Week in Texas urging farmers to increase food production beyond original Food-For-Freedom goals. Highlights need for cooperation by citizens, service members, and workers to ensure adequate food for wartime efforts and national victory.
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College Station
Pearl Harbor
United States
Farmers of America
United States Department of Agriculture War Boards
Texas
Coke Stevenson
Production drive aims 25 percent rise in 1942 output
War Production Director Donald M. Nelson calls on industry and workers to lift output by 25 percent on existing machinery in 1942. He proposes plant and worker competitions, joint management labor committees, and recognition for those who exceed goals as he urges near round-the-clock operation to meet expanded wartime targets.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Germany
Japan
Second Contingent U S Troops Reaches Northern Ireland
The second contingent of United States troops, numbered in the thousands with full field equipment, disembarked in Northern Ireland and spread to posts across Ulster's six counties. The arrival follows the first contingent by a little over a month, with the force described as larger than the initial group and largely composed of Midwesterners trained in southern camps.
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Northern Ireland
Ulster
London
Washington
United States
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W. L. Ashburn
Denison
Whitesboro
van Alstyne
Bells
Howeson
Gunter Collinsville
Tioga
Sadler
Tom Bean
Boy Scouts
P.T. Association
Oak Hill Annex
Grammar School News
Citizenship Club
Jacqlyn Nossaman
Safety Committee
Dwight Smith
Zoe Vestal
Martha Dee Williams
Junie Hood
Herman Bedford
Bedford
Louis May
Hoyt Layman
Sun Office
Gov. Stevenson
U. S
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