World War Veterans' Legislation: Hearings Before the Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation, House of Representatives, Seventy-sixth Congress, Third Session, on H.R. 1008, H.R. 2288, H.R. 2289, H.R. 2650, H.R. 2891, H.R. 4793, H.R. 7558, H.R. 7560, H.R. 7593, H.R. 7697, H.R. 7705, H.R. 7707, H.R. 7764, H.R. 7873, H.R. 7874, H.R. 7894, H.R. 7895, H.R. 7896, H.R. 7925, H.R. 7939, H.R. 7977, H.R. 8355, to Amend Certain Laws and Veterans Regulations Affecting World War Veterans and Their Dependents ...

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Page 33 - An Act to maintain the credit of the United States Government...
Page 296 - That the United States shall bear the expenses of administration and the excess mortality and disability cost resulting from the hazards of war. The premium rates shall be the net rates based upon the American Experience Table of Mortality and interest at three and one.half per centum per annum.
Page 81 - ... an illegitimate child, but, as to the father only, if acknowledged in writing signed by him or if he has been judicially ordered or decreed to contribute to such child's support, or has been judicially decreed to be the putative father of such child...
Page 26 - States, and periods of honorable service in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States...
Page 312 - Without prejudice to any other cause of disability, the permanent loss of the use of both feet, of both hands, or of both eyes, or of one foot and one hand, or of one foot and one eye, or of one hand and one eye, or the loss of hearing of both ears, or the organic loss of speech, shall be deemed total permanent disability for insurance purposes.
Page 306 - The ratings shall be based, as far as practicable, upon the average impairments of earning capacity resulting from such injuries in civil occupations...
Page 200 - States during the War with Spain, the Philippine Insurrection, and the China relief expedition...
Page 24 - That this section shall not apply to regular or emergency commissioned officers retired for disability Incurred in combat with an enemy of the United States...
Page 156 - Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin. Wage Region II includes. — Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming. Wage Region III includes. — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. Certified...
Page 290 - June 4, 1920, in which it was provided 'that all officers of the Naval Reserve Force and temporary officers of the Navy who have heretofore incurred or may hereafter incur physical disability in line of duty shall be eligible for retirement under the same conditions as now provided by law for officers of the Regular Navy who have incurred physical disability in line of duty.

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