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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1949

Page

10

Air Force Ends Segregation Rule Implemented Policy

The Air Force approved a plan to end racial discrimination by distributing Negro personnel based on individual capacity. Some separate Negro units will continue. 21,026 Negro service members are recorded, including 316 officers and numerous enlisted personnel. Johnson expects similar moves from Army and Navy after seeking clarifying information.

Washington Air Force Johnson Army Navy

Lost and rental notices and a historical Q and A item

A collage of small classified notices includes lost items a brown handbag with reward for return to Amherst Street a wallet with cash and papers a black male Cocker Spaniel named by Dr Leon Slevin a small black kitten near the Baptist Church plus rental ads for furnished bedrooms modern apartments a four room apartment and private bath near Gare Star a small furnished home at Albin office space downtown and a new building suitable for manufacturing or storage on Hart Street

Apple Pie Ridge Front Royal Highway John M. Hepfer Martinsburg Pike Bickers Motor Co Henry Seal Rhodes Drug Store Winchester R. H. Byers Barr’s Farmer All Creeds Care Evening Star Borrent Shawnee Amherst St S. Cameron St Leon Slavin W. Cecil St Collar Baptist Church Albin S. Loudoun St Hart St E.o.d

Clarke Says Truman Will Bring Peace To Entire World

U S Attorney General Tom C Clark told Ohio Democrats at the Jefferson Jackson day dinner in Columbus that President Truman will bring permanent peace to the United States. He warned a poisonous philosophy threatens Jeffersonian ideas and said the government is fighting communism with every constitutional weapon on all fronts.

Columbus Truman United States U. S Tom C. Clark Clark Ohio

Family and Local Visits Mark Apple Blossom Weekend

Middletown Virginia residents and visitors spent Mother's Day and the Apple Blossom festival period with relatives and friends. Individuals from Washington and Rome New York joined locals in visits to parents and neighbors, with several moves and social gatherings noted.

Middletown Fred Wealthy Katharine Conkcville D. W. Walker Near the Depot Stephen City Ben Massie Warren Williams van Walker Rome N. Y Ethel Henson Maude Wright Washington Holmes Campbell Grace Clark Bernice J. Burdette Main St Lovel Manuel Philip Goode Ed Goode Curtis Andrews Front Royal Franklin Guthridge Shull Church St Irvin Hottel Florence Wilkinson Nanie Miller Henretty Apartments Mae Ginn Mark Sperry Trone Sperry H. Ernest Flowers Stephens City

E R Synod Votes For Church Merger

The Pittsburgh Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed church votes 88 to 4 to merge with the Congregational church to form the United Church of Christ The plan permits the two churches to govern separately until they agree to combine Rev Dr E M Dietrich of McKeesport announces the result

Frostburg Pittsburgh

Gutenberg Bible copies in existence

About forty copies survive, including incomplete and heavily damaged volumes. Of these, three are on vellum: one at the Library of Congress in Washington, one at the British Museum in London, and one at the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris.

Library of Congress Washington, D. C British Museum London Bibliotheque Nationale Paris

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Molden Electric CO Willow Lawn Pool Buncutter Tire CO. Corner Braddock & Germain Cash Star Ford Chevrolet Plymouth Montgomery Ward S. Loudoun G. I. Loan Smithfield Ave South Winchester Apply Trust Department Shenandoah Valley National Bank Harry H. Willis W. Germain St Good Homes Culpeper E. E. Johnson Johnson Law Building Ezra Frazier Bob Hill Woodland Frym Route 1 Valley Ave Oliver Tractor P. O City Fairview Ave McCormick-Deering Pennsylvania Thurman Ballenger Loudoun Ford Chevrolet C. S. Hartman McCormick- Deering J. E. Allder Bluemont Chester R. B. Clevenger Clearbrook Jerry Clarke Richards Ave Massey Harris International John Deere New Idea Transplanters Cockey Farm Mauchinery Center Stevenson Road Pikesville Allis-Chalmers Barr's A. W. Jones Shawnee Ave C. M. Russell South Mountain Dairies, Inc E. Cork St Piccadilly Soda Sh Telmble Griffith Freeze St Russell Lineburg Berryville Howard Shockey Chanticleer Winchester Restaurant Crystal Cafe Diana Shop Winchester Va Acme Market Braddock & Wolfe Rawleigh Rawleigh’s Dept. Vae Richmond George Washington Hotel Bowman Barr’s Farmers Hardware Sodom Dead Sea Cal Pine Motor Co Call Pine Motor Co Gare Star Memoriam Frances E. Cather Frances Berryville Ave Woodland Ave National Ave Morningside Drive Valley Avenue Greystone Gray Ave Glaize Ave Acorn Heights Riley’s Real Estate Rouss Ave Ewe Vteal FF Vuyers Pase Hillside Alexandria Lincolnia Asphalt CO J. Gayle Lincolnia Virginia Davis Braddock St Alley Clarke Pine Motor CO DODGE E-R Synod Icker’s Est OLDS J. G. Hollinger & Son Handley School Miller’s Hardware Sherwin-Williams Stag & Eagle Sherwin-Williams and Valspar Disston Stanley Tools Planes Atlas Shop Tools Miller’s Marlow
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