Veteran Receives Guide Dog and VA Treatment Guidance
A blinded World War II veteran and his father seek answers on government aid. The VA confirms service-connected blindness earns a guide dog at government expense and related devices. Any veteran with a service-connected disability may receive outpatient care for that disability regardless of disability degree. Government may pay private exam costs only with prior VA authorization. If a VA-authorized physician treats the veteran, the VA covers prescriptions for service-connected treatment.
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Veterans Administration
Veterans aid targets deaf veterans in Southwest
Nearly 2,000 World War II veterans in Texas Louisiana and Mississippi are being paid compensation for deafness and receive rehabilitation. The VA survey of eight regional offices coincides with National Hearing Week. About 2,000,000 veterans may earn high school diplomas via Veterans Testing Service centers nationwide. over a half million already hold diplomas.
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Dallas
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Veterans Administration
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Mississippi
American Hearing Society
Truman
Southwestern
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Waco
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Veterans Testing Service
State Departments of Education
VTS
Robert Todd Lincoln the Jinx at Presidential Deaths
Robert Todd Lincoln son of Abraham Lincoln lived 1843 to 1926. He was present at or beside the deaths of three U S presidents Garfield and McKinley and Lincoln himself. A lawyer and banker, he claimed to be a jinx on presidential deaths and refused to attend events with presidents after McKinley’s assassination.
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Abraham Lincoln
United States
Springfield
Ill
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Chicago
U. S
John Wilkes Booth
Garfield
Lincoln
McKinley
Leon Czolgosz
One third of US apple crop processed this year
One third of the United States apple harvest has been processed into products such as canned goods frozen apples dried apples apple butter juice and bland syrup, reflecting a shift in utilization across the industry.
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United States
Ramie Fiber Seen as Growing Threat to Cotton
The Cotton Trade Journal notes ramie is moving from experimental to development stage, with U S growth in Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas and California. Industrial and processing advances, including cattle feed from leaves and new ramie uses like cigarette paper, boost interest and potential to compete with foreign ramie.
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Ramie
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Review of Business
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Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
California
New Orleans
Children Roam as Squaw Drinks in Chicago Zoo
A full-blooded Indian mother, Ann Webster, was arrested in Chicago for contributing to the delinquency of four of her five children found alone at Lincoln Park Zoo. Police say she drank fire water in a tavern while the eldest, Barbara, age seven, stayed at home. The father is being sought.
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Mae
Cotton Trade Journal
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Office For the Practice
Walnut
Sherman, Texas
Mrs. Ann Webster
Whitewright
S. H. Montgomery Agency
K. Wolens
Denison
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