Veterans Affairs Q and A on NSLI loans and VA transfers
The Q and A covers NSLI loan limits at 94 percent of cash value after one year, VA loan interest at 4 percent, reopening disallowed prisoner of war disability claims, transferring colleges with VA approval, and paying NSLI premiums at VA offices except contact offices. It advises contacting the nearest VA office for case reevaluation and school transfer guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
G. I. Bill
National Service Life
Irate Patron Demands Service Before Closing Time
A waiter informs a patron the restaurant is closing and asks for payment. The patron protests he has not been served, prompting a quip that there will only be the cover charge. The exchange captures a terse, humorous negotiation over dining service and billing.
Germans Told To Stop Grumbling And Go To Work
In Berlin the American and British military governors urged Germans to quit striking and grumbling over the food crisis and to meet obligations with hard work. Gen. Lucius D. Clay Air Marshal Sholto Douglas and Sumner Sewall warned protests could cost German access to U S aid and demanded stamping out the black market. British officials reported Westphalia farmers resisted authorities seizing hoarded food and cattle, with flying squads ordering 1 800 cattle seized.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Sholto Douglas
Sumner Sewall
Wuerttemberg-Baden
United States
Germany
Sewall
Westphalia
NBC May Face Fade Out For Crime Stories
NBC, after cutting off comedians for insulting the network, faced a potential fadeout if it airs crime programs during children's hours. Radio station KFI interrupted a network broadcast last night to state it prohibits crime programming before 9 p.m., warning to prevent recurrence as murder and crime are not for the children's audience.
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Los Angeles
National Broadcasting Co
KFI
Commas, Even, Add Up in the National Debt
Morris M. Townsend of the Treasury Department told the Massachusetts Bankers Association in Swampscott Mass that at $250 a minute since 1947 years ago the national debt would total about 258 billion dollars.
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Swamuscott
Mass
U. S
Morris M. Townsend
Treasury Department
Massachusetts Bankers’ Assn
Youth Drowns Saving Pet Dog in Kettle Falls River
In Kettle Falls Washington a 15 year old boy Don Marble drowned in the Colville River after jumping in to save a dog that had jumped into the stream. He was on a raft with friends when the dog leapt in and he apparently suffered a cramp while trying to rescue the animal.
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Kettle Falls
Wash
Colville
Don Marble
Wesley Marble
Don
Opening and closing sale quip sparks retail banter
Schultz jokes that the opening sale has closed and Schwartz replies that the closing sale opens. The exchange captures a playful cadence in post sale timing, highlighting rival shopkeepers noting inventory and pricing shifts as a new sale period begins.
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Schultz
Schwartz
Nazis Sought Secret Peace With Russia
The Nazis hoped for a 1943 armistice with the Soviet Union kept secret from the Western Allies while the Soviets would continue to draw lend-lease from the United States. Captured German naval documents reveal this plan and note a proposed high speed six engine bomber was abandoned in July 1943 as insignificance.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Hitler
Farm Loans Offered by Grayson County Farm Loan Association
Federal Land Bank loans available to refinance debt improve or aid land purchase Inquiries invited Grayson County Natl Farm Loan Association Grady Ellis Secretary Treasurer 211 W Houston St Sherman
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Federal Land Bank
Grayson County
Nat'l Farm Loan Association
Grady Ellis
Secy-Treas
W. Houston St
Sherman
Doenitz Plan to Use New Weapons Against Gibraltar
Adm Karl Doenitz proposed using air force weapons, likely V-1 or V-2, to attack Allied shipping at Gibraltar in 1943 launching from Marseilles. Hitler vetoed fearing land impact and British discovery. Plan surfaced in minutes from a July 1943 Grand Strategy conference.
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Adm
Karl Doenitz
Navy
Air Force
Gibraltar
Marseilles
France
Hitler
London
Solitude Dumnutt Career Reflections on Beach Thoughts
Solitude Dumnutt recalls a past summer spent alone on the beach with quiet contemplation. Rebutt notes the scene as perfect solitude, highlighting contrasting perspectives on isolation and reflection.
Witty Exchange Highlights Vanity Through Time
A humorous dialogue presents a quip about women and vanity. One speaker suggests women were created before mirrors, while the other counters that vanity has persisted long before and after such reflections. The exchange threading through time underscores fashion and self-image without graphic detail.
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T. W. Ayres & Son
Childress
R. P. Childress
NBC
Huski
Abidh
Stephens & Bryant
D. E. McCoy
John Deere
Tom Brown Jr
Allen T. Short
Phone 100
Hannah's
IRON
Karo Maxey
Figidaire
White Auto Store
W. E. LaRoe
Morris Moss
Bonham, Texas
Tom Blakey
Canaan School House
Jack’s Furniture Store
Bells
Tom Barbee
Tipton Floral of
O. A. Huseman
Home of Flowers of
Carl May
Red Hawk
Champion
L. LaRoe & Company
White
Sun Office
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mar
Travis, Sherman
Tappan Ranges
Western Holly Ranges
Dawson Butane
Diston
Beaver-Board
Whitewright Lumber Co
Lilly’s Clothing Store
Our New Man’s Department
The
Taylor-Vaughan
Vaughan Davis
Houston
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