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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1949
Page
11
Gloucester county residents will vote March 31 on a $30,000 bond issue to finance school improvements including a combined elementary and high school for Negro students. Judge J. Douglas Mitchell announced the election date.
Mrs. Katie Larrick wife of James Larrick 86 died at home in Gore after a brief illness She was a daughter of the late James W and Priscilla Good of Frederick County lifelong member of Rock Enon Christchurch and last of her family Funeral services set for Saturday at 1 pm from Carrier funeral home to Shiloh church for 2 pm rites Burial will follow Pallbearers listed include Bryan and James Good Turner Lockhart Meynard Larrick Goner Larrick and Stewart Larrick.
The piece details how 34 Trumanites oppose 62 Republicans with 263 Democrats and 171 Republicans in the House and one American Labor member. It notes Southern Democrats’ revolt against Truman’s civil rights program and Byrd’s defection influencing Wallgren’s NLRB nomination. It warns that Republicans and Southern Democrats can derail Truman’s agenda, weakening the Democratic party.
Hoover era debate on a new department merging river development duties of the Army Engineers with the Bureau of Reclamation and Federal Power Commission functions prompts a sharp dissent. Critics accuse the plan of risking efficiency and national security while citing cost discrepancies and overlapping plans such as Hell’s Canyon.
L. E. Marlowe of Richmond is named state chairman of public information for Horace Ward Edwards. A former Richmond Citizens Club president, Marlowe lauds Edwards for proposing a sales tax to fund Virginia schools and calls him courageous for backing financing needs.
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