Word: va
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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ARTHUR MADONICK Lexington, Va...
...night before his death in 1799, George Washington sent one of his slaves from Mount Vernon to fetch the latest copy of his favorite daily newspaper-the Alexandria (Va.) Gazette. When he died, the Gazette ran black, reversed-ruled borders on its columns and a poem which began: "What means the solemn dirge that strikes my ear?" "Light Horse Harry" Lee subscribed to the Gazette; his son Robert E. Lee, was reared on it, and Henry Clay wrote...
...Joiner. Flamboyant Louis Johnson, 58, has been performing such useful chores ever since he first hung out his law shingle in Clarksburg, W. Va. 37 years ago. At 26 he was the Democratic majority floor leader of the West Virginia House of Delegates. He returned from World War I as an infantry captain, soon became a $40,000-a-year corporation lawyer. But he never strayed far from politics...
Searching his brain for a fresh lead on an editorial on slums, Editor P. Bernard Young of the Norfolk (Va.) Journal and Guide stared moodily out the window-and saw a Negro hovel cave in. Rushing from his office, he got pictures, a story and a bitter editorial that shocked Norfolk's officials into action. That was in 1933. Now Norfolk has four modern Negro housing developments, and Editor Young heads the Negro housing advisory commission...
Minute Man. One night last week, Harry Truman got into his limousine and rode over to the Army & Navy Country Club in Arlington, Va. There some 200 members of the Reserve Officers Association and their wives, gathered for dinner, had reached dessert. Mr. Truman sat down at the head table...