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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1949
Page
6
Washington reports that home building began to taper in early 1949 after a record 1948 boom. The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows 1948 housing starts at 931,300 with 62,000 starts in March 1949 and 158,000 in the first quarter. Construction costs for privately financed one family houses averaged 7 875 in 1948 up 43 percent from 1946.
Martin F Mallory 49 of Washington died in Baker hospital Martinsburg after WWI service in Co I 29th Div. Survived by wife Dorothy and children Conrad Howard Kenneth Wanda. brothers C B H W Allen J D. sisters J H Clarke Josh Huff and J F Morrow. Funeral Monday in Berryville with interment at Arlington National Cemetery at 3 p.m.
Police identified the victim as Jans J. Gareis of New York City, a Metropolitan Opera tenor who sang a role in Othello. He was found shot in an alley in downtown Atlanta as the company traveled to Memphis after a three day stay. Investigators and police planned further action to locate suspects and ensure the train’s quarantine on arrival.
Senator Myers predicts the long range housing bill will be approved largely as the banking committee fashioned it. He expects only limited support for Bricker Cain amendment to bar race creed or color discrimination in public housing rentals. The debate focuses on amendments delaying votes and shaping floor action.
Minnie Gardiner Rouzee 73 widow of Robert Rouzee of Rdings Chapel Frederick county died 7 a m at Hillcrest nursing home where she had been a patient since Jan 1 She was daughter of the late John H Gardiner and Frances Boyd Gardiner and last surviving member of her family She belonged to Ridings Chapel Evangelical and United Brethren church Surviving are a step daughter and several nieces and nephews Funeral arrangements set with Omp's funeral home and Ridings Chapel Reverend L P Tederick to officiate Interment in adjacent cemetery
Virginia National Guard units plan summer encampments at Camp Pendleton Virginia Beach and Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania Major General Samuel Waller announces tentative schedules for the 176th Combat Team at Indiantown Gap July 9 to 23 the 29th Infantry Division at Indiantown Gap August 20 to September 3 and the 22nd Antiaircraft Artillery Group 3647th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company and HQD at Camp Pendleton July 31 to August 14.
Voters weigh the fate of local public housing programs in upcoming elections. Communities consider funding, site selection, and long term impacts as residents debate housing access and urban development plans.
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