Veteran Questions And Answers About VA Benefits Clarifications
A veteran asks about receiving two separate VA disability checks for two service connected disabilities. The answer: only one compensation award is paid, but wartime rates apply if any disability is service related. Additional Q A covers discharge status claims, survivor pensions, preexisting disabilities, and GI Bill provisions. The article also quotes Brannan expressing concern about public attitudes toward farmers and a shrinking farm population affecting agricultural programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Farmer Seen Losing Out In City Esteem
Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan said farmers risk losing federal farm benefits as city consumers distrust farmers. He blamed some farm organization leaders for stirring a belief that farmers gouge prices and pursue self serving policies. He spoke at a meeting of agricultural editors, offering no specific names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles F. Brannan
Brannan
Prison farms grow 10000 bales of cotton in Texas
General Manager O B Ellis told the prison board that the 1951 cotton crop would bring in about 2 million dollars. About 9000 bales had been ginned and total yield was expected near 10000 bales on 1100 acres. The budget for 1951 1952 shows 2 5615 00 in expenditures plus a 1 million state lump sum. A surplus of about 500000 is projected for emergencies in September 1952. Cattle and other crops also rose, and pasture improvements are to double cattle production within five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
King
Texas
O. B. Ellis
Ellis
Everlasting match patent history and availability
The repeatedly ignitible match was patented by Ringer in 1928 in Switzerland. It appeared in Holland in the 1930s and allowed about 40 lights per device with a strong odor from retardants. In the U S the patent expired in 1945, allowing anyone to manufacture the match. Dutch pricing and U S penny packs are contrasted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringer
Switzerland
Holland
U.S
New Texas Law Keeps Dealers From Handling Gas Tax Refunds
A Texas law, effective Sept 1, requires farmers to do their own bookkeeping for motor fuel tax refunds. Dealers may not notarize or issue duplicate exemptions or file refund claims, but may help customers fill forms. Farmers must list acreages by crop type when filing and may move tractors up to ten miles without accounting for fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
For Sale and Wanted Ads from Whitewright Area
Classified notices list items for sale including fryers and a refrigerator, farm help, houses for sale and rent, goods like sacks bags and hardware, and services from local businesses. Notices include contact names and phone numbers in Whitewright and nearby towns with multiple real estate and autos items. The page also carries thank you notes for bereavement and a golden wedding anniversary celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Hatfield
Carl Holland
Whitewright
Texas
Bond Street
Main
Delfel Place
Lewis Whitworth
Main Street
Stephens & Bryant
Butane and
Jack Nossaman
Caro Maxey
Tom Barbee
Alotf
Babcock Auto Store
Hannah Florists
Carrie Hamilton
M. D. Shelton
W. Woodard St
Denison
Westinghouse
Philco
Sandy
Ben Clark
R. L. Clark
G. W. Ball
Jim Ayres
Truth as Aggravation in Colonial Libel Law
The piece notes New York as the third largest city with a printing press and newspaper, and explains an old English law that truth did not negate libel and could even aggravate the crime. It emphasizes how truth did not shield a statement from libel in that era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farmer
Stetson
T. W. Ayres & Son
Shop Ayres
Gene Autry
T. Ww. Ayres & Son
C. J. Meador Hardware
Farmall
Orenduff
B. N. Barton
P. O
Sherman
East
Houston Street
Katy
Pascal Farley
AMAC
Dallas
Junket
White House
Hunt's Pears
Imperial Sugar
Donald Duc
Birdseye
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!