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St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1935-04-02

the Municipal band. and including the
Bishop. the priests, the mothers and The
persons to be confirmed passed
through Queen Street into Company
Street and into the Church where in
clear and forceful language the Bishop
explained the sacrament Of confirmation.
He commented on the words of our
Lord to Peter when IheChristian Church
was to be established ana exhorted all
Catholics to love ano obey the success
sors OF Peter and the priests who are
chosen to carry on the work of Jesus
Christ on this earth
The Marion" which left here on
Saturday MOI ming for St. Thomas arriv-
ed yesterday in Frederiksted with stock.
holders who had gone to attend the
the organization of the new bank.
Rosetta Daniel was found in rhe Cen
terline road near Est. Mt. Pleasant on
Sunday night by Mr.. Rueben Neazer
who reported ii to the police. When ia.
ken to the Hospital it was discovered
that she lad suffered severe blows.
Size was UNCONSCIOUS. One arrest mere
" On suspicion was made.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1935-04-02
Tuesday April End 1885.
Random Notes

After the preliminaries had been gone
through at the meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Virgin Islands National Bank
on Saturday in St. Thomas, the board of
directors was elected. The Board the0
proceeded to the selection of the officers.
AS President was chosen Mr.. Patrick
Fitzsimmons of the Reconstruction FL
nance Corporal ion as Vice-Presdent
Hon. Arnold M. Golden Chairman of the
Colonial Council of S Croix.
Hon Herbert Lockhart Councilman and
merchant of Sc. Thomas is the cashier
and Dr. V. A. Christensen Chairman of
the Board of Directors.
In discussing this matter with Mr..
Golden we commented on the great hon.
or conferred on our countryman in that
his name will go down in history as the
first man to hold this important office.
Mr.. Golden replied that the honor was
not his, it was rather an honor to our is-
land that the stockholders comprised of
citizens of the entire Virgin Islands
ch ose to select son of St. Croix for
the office OF Vice President.
In the absence of the President Mr.
Golden has attended to all matters re-
lating to the application for charter and
is preparing all details for the arrival of
the President.
All St. Croix rejoices with Mr. Golden
and for another reason. that the organ
ization of the Bank shows that the peo-
Die of the Virgin Islands will through
their directors control the affairs of the
institution with the assistance Of expert
financial assistance from the United
States.
And at this moment we must say word of
ere dit to Mr.. Henry 2. Persons who
worked harder as the difficulties con-
fronting the launching Of the Virgin Is
lands National Bank increased.
The Most Rev. Edwin Vincent Byrne
confirmed 80 children aAd Is adults at
the Holy Cross Church in this city on
Sunday afternoon. A procession led by
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1935-04-02
VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL BANK
ORGANIZED

a meeting of the subscribers to the
stock of the Virgin Islands National
Bank was held in the Colonial Council
Hall, Administration Building in st.
Thomas, V. l., Oh Saturday. Marcn Both
1885.
The subscription TO the stocF OF the
bank has been successful result
ing in ninety shareholders.
At the organization meeting the fol.
lowing shareholders were elected Direc.
tors of the bank.
From St. Thomas From St. Croix
DIR VA. Christensen Arnold M. Golden
II E. Lockhart Douglas Armstrong
Geo. Conrad Christian Joseph
A. Lindo Miles Werwin
J. E Kuntz Robert Skeoch
Application for the charter has been
forwarded to Washington by Airmail
and everything has been done TO expe-
dite the necessary procedure liz is ex.
pected that the bank will be opened on
or about the first of May, 1885,
PETERSEN SERIOUSLY INJURED
BY TRUCK
Truck 242, colided with Mr.. Joe Peter
sen yesterday afternoon at about 6
O'Clock, outside the w. /. & P. Tel.
Office. Mr.. Petersen received serious
injuries and was unconscious for several
hours.
The operator of the truck was arrested
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1935-04-02

later in the evening. bat was bailed by
Mr. Leopold Barbe, owner of the motor
vehicle. The Daily News.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1935-04-02
Notice
TO HOLDERS OF CIRCULATING
BANK NOTES OF THE NATIONAL
BANK OF THE DANISH WEST
INDIES

INDIES
Pursuant to Section Of Ordinance
to provide for the retirement of circulat-
ing Notes of the National Bank of the
Danish West Indies passed by the Colo
NAL Council for St Thomas and St.
John on February 4. 1895. passed and
approved by the Governor on February
l6. 1885, notice is hereby given TO all
holders of The Circulating Bank Notes
Of the National Back of the Danish
West Indies that the Bank is prepared
to redeem its Notes in accordance with
the procedure prescribed ln the said
Ordinance as follows:
a. All Circulating Bank Notes pre-
scented curing the period April l.
1885 to Apr! l, 1896, to the Bank
at its office in st. Thomas or eth
mer of its branches in ST. Croix. or
at any agency or agencies desig.
mated by the Bank, will be redeem
ed by the Bank on demand.
(2.) With the approval of the Cover.
nor. the Bank may on April /,
1886, deposit with the Govern
ment in a fund to be known as
amount 10 legal tender, coin or
currency of the United States.
equal at the legal rate to fifty per-
centum of the Notes outstanding
at the end of the business day of
april l. 1856.
CD Thereafter. and upon procla-
nation of the Governor, the Note
of the Bank shall he redeemed
from the Note Redemption Fund
IN the order Of presentation for
redempto and in accordance
with 5ne rules establis he'd for the
said fund; provided however. that
the Government of the Virgin is
lands shall be under nc obligation
to redeem any such Notes if not
presented for redemption before
April l. 1889, or if the Noe
Redemption Fund shall have been
exhausted.
a. After the iss uancs Of the Gov.
ernors proclamation, no action
may be commenced against the
Bank for money due and payable
upon any of the Notes.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1935-04-02
ST. CROIX TRIBUNE

Published daily except Sundays 8 Holt
days at 53B Company ST.. Christiansted.
st. Croix. " l., U. S. A. by st. Croix
Cooperative Society
Entered as second class matter on July
1st 1922 at the Post Office at Christian.
sted. St. Croix. V. |. U. S. A. under the
Act of March 3rd, 1879
r. DE CHABERT, Editor
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1935-04-02

R. DE CHABERT. Editor
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1935-04-02

The Most Rev. Edwin Vincent Byrne
confirmed 80 children aAd Is adults at
the Holy Cross Church in this city on
Sunday afternoon. A procession led by
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
D. {. VETS SEEK
GALE PROBE

Resolutions demanding a thor
ough investigation into delay Of
transporting to safety veterans
from the FERA camp wrecked by
the Florida hurricane, adequate
disqualification for survivors in
hospitals of their own choice and
payment to dependents of the de-
pendents of dead veterans of S.
900 in cash, $500 a month and
the balance due on bonus certifi-
Gates we're approved last night by
Canal Street Lodge, Federal Tran
sient Bureau.
Three hundred veterans at
tended the meeting. The FERA
was assailed in the resolution for
failure to provide adequate living
quarters for the veterans in the
Florida camp.
Copies of the resolution, which
asked an immediate answer, were
addressed to President Roosevelt,
FERA Administrator Harry l..
Hopkins and Gen. Frank T. Hines,
director of the Veterans Admin
iStration.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
.EUR0PEW WORKS
AT WAR PLANS

A report on general economic
situation in Europe has been sub
mitted to Secretary of State Hull
by Charles E. Stuart, vice presi-
dent of the export-import bank,
who has just returned from a sur
vey of European economic situa-
tion.
Mr.. Stuart brought back word
that the economic situation in
Europe has shown marked i'm
provement but that the impetus
is due largely to war preparations.
He explained:
Germany is arming at the
rate of a mile minute. There
is great activity in Germany.
Everybody seems to be working,
but it is mostly public works
projects and largely in muni-
tiOns factories. They are going
at full blast.
"Great Britain appears to
have made the most strides
toward economic recovery, while
conditions in France were not
so good"
Italy, he added, is going ahead
feverishly with war preparations
and expects to complete the prep
arations for its campaign in Eth1-
opia by the end of this month.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
BAPT|STS PICK
DR.. PRINCE

DR.. G. L. Prince. Of Galveston,
Tex, was reelected president of
the National Baptist Convention
of America at the fifty-fifth an
nual session yesterday at Metro
politan Baptist Church.
DR.. Prince becomes head of the
organization for the third conse-
cutive time. Other officers elected
include the Rev. c. C. Coleman,
of Oakland, Cal, vice president;
the Rev. S. A. Pleasant, Houston,
Tex, recording secretary; the
Rev. S. S. Jones, Muskogee, OKLA,
treasurer, and the Rev. William
Grimble, Alexandria, La, CORE
spending secretary.
An address by Representative
Oscar w. Mitchell of Illinois and
reports of committees will feature
the activities today.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
UTILITY PROBE
TO CONTINUE
International News Service

International News Service
The House utility lobby COM
mittee may hold hearings in New
York, Chicago, Atlanta, San Fran
cisco, and other cities during the
congressional recess.
The committee, it was disclosed
tedy, by Chairman O'Connor CD
of New York, has investigators
seeking information in those
cities.
Tentative plans call for ap-
pointments of subcommittee to
hold hearings in various cities on
the activities of utility companies
during the last session in their
efforts to defeat the utility hold
ing company death sentence.
The committee may investigate
the activities of Commonwealth
and Southern and Electric Bond
and Share. Information promised
by H. C. Hopson, Associated Gas
and Electric master mi2d," is
eagerly awaited. Hopson prom
ised to lay before the committee
his income from various corpora
tions.
The hearings may be called in
New York in October, to finish
the inquiry into Hopson's activi-
ties.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
20 i'm Family.
OnlylILiVe
lin q ale

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 6 G.N.S0.
Fifty years ago Capt. John Russell
settled at Islamorada, in the Flor
ida keys.
He saw his children grow up
there. He also saw their children
and their children grow to man
hood and womanhood on his be-
loved keys.
Monday afternoon there were 70
members of the Russell family liv-
ing on the Florida keys. After
the debris left by the hurricane
had been cleared away, it was
discovered only II members of the
family survived.
Captain Russell, who survived
many hurricanes uninjured, was
less fortunate this time. The aged
patriarch must remain in the
Jackson Memorial Home with a
broken leg while 68 members of
his family are taken to their final
resting place under the soil of his
beloved keys.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
La FoIIettes Want
$4O,0OO,0OO for WPA

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Sept. 6
GN.SO.-A demand that $40,000,-
900 of work relief projects for
Wisconsin be speedily released
was made on President Roosevelt
today by the La Toilette brothers,
Senator Bob and Governor Phil.
Here as overnight House guests
and conceding that they dis
cussed other things than works
projects-the two youthful lead
ers of Wisconsin's Progressive
party pointed out that during the
first part of last month direct re-
lief grants from the Government
had been reduced in the State by
one-third, but no action had been
taken by Washington to substitute
Work-relief projects.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
LEAGUE ASKED
FOR JUSTICE
BY SELASSIE
Emperor Seeks Speedy
Settlement of
Dispute

Adds ABABA, Sept. 6 G.N.SJ.
Emperor Halle Selassie called on
the League of Nations anew to-
day to seek a speedy settlement
Of the Italo- Ethiopian dispute and
maintain peace in accordance
with "equity and justice"
In a communique to news
correspondents, the Ethiopian
emperor commented briefly on
the findings of the conciliation
commission regarding the Wal
Wal incident, which precipitated
the present crisis, and added:
"It is now up to the League
to execute the decision con-
tained in the second resolution
of August 4, whereby the whole
dispute will be examined and
resolved during the present
League session.
"AbySsinia, as a member of
the League of Nations Council,
asks the Council to deliberate
on the Interpretation of the
Italo- Ethiopian treaty and upon
the other questions in dispute.
ut lies with the League to
decide according to equity and
justice, and thus assure main
tenance of peace. The opportun-
ity for decisions must not ham.
per the force of right and inter-
national morale"
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
TRADE PLEDGED
BREATHING
SPELL
President Defends His
Program in Letter
To Publisher

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Sept. 6
G.N.SO.-Declaring that his basic
reform program had now been
virtually completed, Pres ident
Roosevelt today promis ed a
breathing spell" for business.
He predicted that further sub
stantial and widespread recovery"
is on its way and added that un-
employment is steadily diminish
ing.
Admitting that he waved no
"magician's wand" Mr.. Roosevelt
asserted that his policies restored
public confidence and paved the
way for recovery by saving the
banks, the farms and the homes
Of the country.
Letter To Publisher
This, in brief, was the substance
Of a remarkable 3,000-word defense
Of his Administration made by the
President in an exchange Of let
ters with Roy w. Howard, news
paper publisher, who wrote the
Chief Executive that real recoV-
cry was impossible until business
was assured of a breathing spell"
Mr.. Howard's letter and the
Presidents lengthy reply were
made public today at the temper
ary White House. The publisher
frankly told the President that
many patriotic business men were
fearful of the Administration pro.
gram and looked upon the recent
tax bill as a-"revenge on busl-
ness"
In reply Mr.. Roosevelt defended
the tax measure, asserting that it
was based ION a broad and just
social and economic purpose" and
claiming that the new corporation
rates actually reduce taxes on 95
per cent of the corporations.
Objectives Attained
President Roosevelt wrote, In
part:
"This Administration came
into power pledged to a very
considerable legislative program.
If found the condition of the
country such as to require draS-
tic and far-reaching action.
Duty and necessity required us
to move on q broad front for
more than two years.
TT seemed to the Congress
and to me better to achieve
these Objectives as expedi-
tiousIy as possible in order
that not only business but the
public generally might know
those notifications in the con-
ditiOns and rules Of economic
enterprise which were involved
in our program.
"This basic program, how
ever, has now reached sub
stantiaI completion and the
breathing speIP of which you
speak is here-very decidedly
So"
In his letter, Howard said he
expected to continue in support OF
Mr.. Roosevelt's Interpretation of
American liberalism, even though
he disagreed as to some details
and thories.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
Schools in Richmond
Teach Safe Driviinq

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. g..
Richmond public schools will CO.
operate in attempting to eliminate
automobile accidents this year by
holding classes in safe driving
and automobile mechanics and by
Stressing the Importance of care
full driving among high school
pupils and instruction in careful
street crossing to youngsters in
elementary schools, Jesse H. Bin
ford, superintendent of schools,
announced.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
Cab Drivers Head
Faces License Loss

Bernard L. Henning, president
of the Cab Drivers Protective
Union, today will be ordered to
appear before the District license
committee to explain why his
hackers license should not be re-
voked for failing to abide by zone
rates established by the Public
Utilities Commission. Henning
contended the commission lacks
power to fix rates. He announced
he would continue to charge the
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
CROPS, HOMES
IN COUNTIES
DAMAGED
Potomac at Crest To-
morrow; DeIuge HaIts,
Sun Returns
CONTINUED from Page -
which flooded the highway and
homes near the Peace Cross.

(continued from Page -
which flooded the highway and
homes near the Peace Cross.
Defense Highway Closed
The Defense Highway at Ed
monston Road, inundated by 18
inches o fwater, was bolked to
traffic.
Nearby Maryland and Virginia
were lashed by the tail end OF the
hurricane, spreading death and
damaging crops and property.
Ripping through Farmville. Va,
about 60 miles southwest OF Rich
mond, a funnel-shaped twiSter de-
molished the home Of Mrs. Fred
Simanski, ST., causing her death
and injuring her son and daugh-
ter-in-law.
College, Hospital Damaged
Heavy property damage was
also reported from the Hampden-
Sydney College and the South
side Virginia Hospital, at Farm
vile.
Louis Wright, 43, was injured
when the roof Of his home was
torn off. He lives at Deltaville,
Va, at the intersection Of the
Chesapeake Bay and Rappahan-
mock River.
Storm warnings remained posted
along the Atlantic seaboard be-
tween the Virginia Capes and
Sandy Hook, N. j. Although the
hurricane is moving in the direc-
ton of the sea, towns along the
Atlantic Coast will feel the effects
of a terrific gale before sunset
tonight, the Weather Bureau
forecast.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
Coal Association Aid
Promised Guffey Act
International News Service

Under a resolution adopted by
the board of directors of the Ma
tional Coal Association, its presi-
dent, j. P. Williams. jr., president
of the Koppers Coal Co., of Pitts
burgh, Mellon-controlled prop
erty, was instructed today to
tender the good offices of the as
Sociation to the agencies of the
Government charged with the ad-
ministration of the Guffey coal
StabiliZation act.
The action of the board was
unanimous and was regarded as
significant because some of the
directors have been outspoken in
their denunciation of the Guffey
act as being unconstitutional.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
Sdger Quits; Jordan
New MI. Rainier Clerk

MT. RAINIER, Md. Sept. s.
B. E. Sager, town clerk since 1929,
resigned and the town council
named Llewellyn Jordon in his
place, at a meeting here last night.
Mr.. Jordon is a former Govern
ment Printing Office employe and
will take over his new duties
october 1.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
Pupils Help 10 Battle
Cambridge School Fire

CAMBRIDGE, Md, Sept. 6
G.N.SO children helped
fight a fire here today that
destroyed their 100000 school
house constructed in 1929. School
was scheduled to begin in few
days.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
20 Dixie Passengers
Land at Charleston

CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept. 6
G.N.SO.-Bearing 20 passengers
from the stranded Morgan liner
Dixie, which was swept aground
on French Key during the hurri-
cane Monday night, the steamer
Atenas rolled into port here today.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
Treasury Condition

Treasury balance as af Septem-
ber 4, $1,521, ,691, ,o48.45; miscellan-
eous internal revenue, $10,012,-
1856; customs receipts, $685.
275.64.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
Do You Remember?

One month ago the tolloD-
ing names Were In the head
lines. Can you recall them?
Bertha Bergdoll.
Bolton Mallory.
Gene VinSOn.
Nelson ROunSevelI.
Vaudeville Zenge.
(A1ISDerS on Page 81
The Washington times., 1935-09-06
Bald ness Starts at
These Three Points
HEED THESE
WARNINGS

When your hair begins
to recede at the (1) tenn
pies, (2) crown, or (3)
frontal, Nature is pain
lessly warning you that
some serious scalp ail-
ment is attacking your
hair, and badness is
surely approaching.
Heed these positive
warnings and let The
Thomas save your hair
with their reliable
proved scalp treatment.
The Washington times., 1935-09-06

scalp disorders which within the OF Thomas treat"
men Therefore, there really why you should be-
come bald or remain bald.
Thomas treatment effectively the Of bald
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home nothing to worry Thomas expert determines
exactly which scalp disorders attacking your har
day at Thomas Office for complete scalp examnauon' Ae
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The Washington times., 1935-09-06

PALDNESS is not caused
- by sleeping in short beds
or damp churches. Nor is it
inherited. More than $50 of
all cases of badness are caused
hv one or more of the IA local
The Washington times., 1935-06-25
BATTLING FISH
' FROM AMAZON
ARRIVE HERE

Fresh from their home in the
Amazon, two specimens Of the
most dreaded and most dangerous
fish known to man were on exhl-
bition today at the Department
of Commerce Aquarium behind a
barrier of thick plate glass.
They belong to the piranha
family pronounced "peer-on-ya~ !,
are only about foot long, and
their generally innocuous mien be-
lies the fact that shark and the
barracuda are relatively harmless
water denizens in comparison.
Except for a bulldog like jaw,
these blood-thirSty creatures with
their silver-gray appearance do
not look unlike the mackerel or
a dozen other species familiar to
every housewife.
Shear Off Flesh
But within these small mouths
and along each jaw are sets Of
triangular, razor-edged teeth which
shear off flesh of man and beast
with the deadly accuracy OF a
butchers cleaver.
Ferocity personified. these ra'
pacious marauders of the Anna
zon and Orinoco long ago learned
the efficacy of mass attack. Ira
Yelling in schools of thousands,
the scent and taste of flesh or
blood in water whips the piranhas
into a murderous fighting body
with 10000 avid jaws and my
Rad of tiny knives which strip
the flesh from cattle or man as
effectively as would a concen-
trated acid.
When the late explorer-Presi-
dent Teddy" Roosevelt was in
South America, he was an eye
witness to the ruthless complete
ness of the piranha's savage ap-
petite for flesh. In his mementoes,
Through the Brazilian Wilder
ness," he relates the story of a
man riding a mule who became
separated from his party.
When he did not return they
followed the trail back to a ford,
where they found the skeleton of
the man in the water, every
particle of his flesh stripped from
the bones by piranhas.
Attacks Its Own
Nor is the piranha immune
from attack by it's own kind.
Seldom or never is one seen or
caught which has not been injured
or mutilated or SCARED from old
wounds. This fact is mute testi-
mony of the fate which awaits the
piranha whose blood is once
Savored by the members Of its
own family.
And lest any fish fancier be-
little the propinquity of even the
youthful offspring Of these South
American man-eaterS let him con-
slider the experience of a friend
of George S. Myers, of the divi-
sion of fisheries of the United
States National Museum.
This man, who has three or
four-inch specimen in a small
tank, happened to let the tip of
his finger idly touch the surface
Of the water. In a flash, his
finger tip looked as though it had
been inserted in a cigar cutter.
The Washington times., 1935-06-25
NEW TVA BILL
To GET VETO

President Roosevelt is prepared
to veto the Tennessee Valley Ad-
ministration bill in its present
form, DR.. Arthur E. Morgan, IVA
chairman, revealed yesterday after
a call at the White House.
Mr.. Morgan was asked about
amendments tackled on by the
House Military Affairs Committee,
sharply limiting the Governments
authority to engage in the power
business at Muscle Shoals. He re-
piled that it was a good guess"
Mr.. Roosevelt will veto the bill,
adding:
"It would be worse than moth
ing in its present form. 1t looks
as though the amendments were
deliberately written in to kill the
bill"
Charles o. West, White House
liaison man, was with DR.. Morgan
at the White House. He will make
known Roosevelt'S views on the
measure to congressional leaders.