Veterans Administration guidance on training and insurance options
A veteran asks about reentering job training under Public Law 16 and reinstating NSLI, with answers: most can reapply for training after reevaluation. up to July 31, 1948, to reinstate remaining NSLI without exam if health is as good as when lapse occurred. vocational rehabilitation covers medical treatment to prevent training interruption. NSLI can be applied even after wartime service but requires a physical exam. A note mentions lemon juice improving vegetables and cake texture.
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Army
Veterans Administration
Veterans Administration Office
National Service
National Service Life
Cleaning Mirrors with Ammonia Wipe
Overnight fog on mirrors in warm weather can be wiped away with a cloth dampened with ammonia, then dried with a clean cloth. This simple method removes the murky film and leaves surfaces clear.
VA raises subsistence for World War II veterans in GI Bill
The Veterans Administration mails notices to Texas Louisiana and Mississippi veterans with March checks explaining higher subsistence payments for full time education under the GI Bill. New rates after April 1 are 75 dollars with no dependents 105 dollars with one dependent and 120 dollars with more than one dependent. Automatic increases apply to 75 and 105 recipients. 120 level requires notifying about additional dependents. Transfers to new schools require 30 days notice and a supplemental eligibility certificate from the VA region office with a notice to VA and a progress statement from the current school.
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Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Veterans Administration
Iowa grocer offers pushcart to frugal shopper
An Iowa grocer saw a customer with a couple of items and offered a self-service pushcart. The customer declined, saying he only had $5 to spend.
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Iowa
American workers' republic praise and civic duties excerpt
A column extols the American way of initiative and enterprise for workers, praising earnings and freedoms while condemning the term workers' state. It stresses home building, electricity, cars, and personal career choices, then shifts to a legal notice from Grayson County Texas requiring publication about Sallie E. Wood estate final settlement with specific court dates.
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America
State of Texas
State of
Texas
Grayson County
Sallie E. Wood
H. G. Tuck
Said
Sherman
J. C. Buchanan
J.C. Buchanan
Marguerite Berry
No other land can show the progress America has made
The speaker praises America's high living standards and freedoms. They attribute progress to voluntary ingenuity, competition, thrift, and investment, contrasting it with tyranny or despotism from government. The question asks which political dictatorship can match this achievement.
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America
Rubber industry tightens belt as demand cools postwar
New York reports postwar demand easing in rubber and tire sectors. Goodyear cuts production by 30 percent and reduces weekly hours from thirty six to eighteen to align with weaker demand. Major firms contemplate second line tires to price cut and bolster sales while product advances like puncture sealing tubeless tires press on.
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New York
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
B. F. Goodrich
Why He Isn't a Farmer in Palo Pinto
The tale by Tom H. Thornton recounts Bill Abernathy not being a farmer due to a childhood mishap plowing popcorn in July with a mule. The heat caused the popcorn to pop and the mule to freeze, leading Bill to retreat indoors hungry after a potato heavy dinner and his father warning about eating yam excess.
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Bill Abernathy
Palo Pinto
Tom H. Thornton
Palo Pinto County
Bill
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