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, 1948-01-10

GOVERNMENT OF
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES
Charlotte Amalie. ST. Thomas
EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 51947-1s48
Charges for use of Public Arports at Bourne Field. Island Of
St. Thomas. and Benedict Field. Island of ST. Croix,
Virgin Islands of the United States.
gn Islands OF the United States approved June %. 1896.
winch empowers the Governor to issue executive regulations
IN conflict with any applicable law or ordinance. and for
puOhc safety and protection, the following charges for use Of
the puphc alrports in the Virgin Islands are hereby promn1-
gated to be IN full force and effect from and after 1901 m
January !, 1913:
: All commercial TRANSPORT planes shall pay a land
ing lee OF $500 per landing maximum gross weight more
tnan l5,OOO lbs. and less than 10000 lbs1 provided that If
any one company makes more than 80 landings il l.
one month"; the landing fee will be reduced to $500 per
landing for planes Of the above weight class. Planes
larger than 10000 lbs. maximum gross weight will be
charged proportionally larger landing fees.
z Lighter commercial planes shall pay a landing fee of
SlOO per landing maximum gross weight less than i
$4,000 lbs) Flight instruction operations will be handled
by separate agreement.
8. Parking fees will be charged at u of the LANDING fee
per day. Qf aircraft departs within s hours no charge will
be made)
& Hanger space will rent for $3.50 per square foot Der
arnum.
5. Office space will rent for $3.50 per square foot per an
mum.
o. Hanger charges for aircraft will be $1.50 per day or
$4,000 per month for aircraft weighing less than 5000 lbs.
maximum weight. Aircraft weighing 5000 to $4,000 lbs.
will be charged $3.50 per day or $4,000 month Aircraft
larger than $4,000 lbs. will be charged the same rate per
day as their landing fee, on monthly or yearly rates to be
negotiated considering the weight and wing span of the
aircraft.
7. Comprehensive contracts including all or part Of the
services listed abve may be negotiated in the case Of per
manent airport users.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and the Seal Of the Government of the Virgin Is
lands Of the United States at Charlotte Amalie, st.
Thomas, v. /, this thirty-first day of December d,
1947.
WILLIAM H. HASTE
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rison, Harrison. Langston-Slater
Lovejoy. Thomas. and an eight
room addition to SyphaX. The sec.
ond addition to Young the school,
board has not considered.
The rehabilitation program rec.
commended by DR.. Strayer for Al
elementary schools includes new
lighting, reconditioning and replac-
ing Of floors in the classrooms with
linoleum, construction Of fire towers
and replacement of old toilet fix.
lures.
. The % white schools recommended
for this work are Blair, Brent, Con-
gress Heights, Corcoran, Edmonds
Emery, Fillmore, Gage, Grant, Hyde
Jackson, Ludlow, Madison, Maury
Orr, Peabody. Petworth, Randle
Highlands. Seaton, Takoma, Thom-
son, Webster Characterization
SCHOOL, and West.
The % colored schools named are
Bell, Bruce, Burrville, Cleveland
Crummell, Garfield, Garrison, Har-
rlSon, Hayes, LangSton-Slater, Len
OK, Lovejoy, Magruder-Sumner
Monroe, Morgan, Morse. Mott
Phillips, Pierce, Taylor, Wilson ano
Wormley.
Lighting Program Sought.
School officials have asked money
to start lighting program and q
program of refnishing floors. Money
for correction of fire safety viola
tions also has been asked. A program
of replacing toilet fixtures has beer
underway.
DR.. Strayer emphasized that the
age of a building generally affects
to a great extent the safety anc
service offered by a school. His
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Lowest rating of any Dis
trict school went to the Jones
Elementary School, left, 10
Gated at First and L streets
NV. The building scored only
2O4 points out of a possible l.
600 in the Strayer survey. One
reason-the school site, Is less
than four-tenths of an acre
instead of s acres. Jones is
overcrowded this year with
about TO pupils in part-time
classes because of an enroll
ment above its 240 capacity.
The school, for colored pupils,
will be replaced in the near
future, however. Congress has
authorized a 24-room replace
ment.
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schools, and either Phillips or
Wormley when enrolment falls off
further at those two. making 1t pos
sible for one to handle the load.
Colored Schools Urged.
New colored elementary schools
recommended were as follows:
A 2O-room school east of the Ana
costa to serve the same area which
the proposed Nalle, now under con-
tract, will serve; a 20-room school
in Northwest north of Florida ave-
nue. and west Of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad tracks to take over
flow from Mott, Monroe and Bruce.
A 20-room school in the Northeast,
north Of East Capitol street and
east of Twelfth street to take care
of overcrowded conditions in that
area; replacement of Jones' Walker
which the school beard has started;
a 20-room school in the Northwest,
north of Florida avenue and west Of
North Capitol street to take over
flow from Cleveland, Garrison,
Grimke and Harrison.
A 24-room replacement for Van
Ness; q 16-room replacement for
Payne: a 20-room replacement for
Stevens; A 24-room replacement for
Ambush -Smallwood, and a 24-room
replacement for Birney, all approved
by the school board.
Additions recommended.
Additions were recommended for
nine colored elementary schools.
Eight rooms should 60 on Young in
addition to the eight now being
added; second story on Slowe: eight
rooms and q gymnasium at Turner
gymnasium and assembly at Gar
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tributed throughout the city in 10
other school buildings accommodate
ing elementary and secondary
pupils.
"The geographical scatter makes
efficient orderly administration ex-
ceedingly difficult, If not impossible,
he added.
The Board of Education has a
new administration building on its
long-range program-but with a low
priority.
DR.. Strayer said Central High
School was rapidly passing as a
regular comprehensive senior high
school" and made three alternate
suggestions for the building.
New Two-Year Plan Proposed.
AS first choice, he recommended
that Central be continued as high
school but that a two-year program
above the present high school course
in technical training Of semi-pro-
fessiona1 grade be offered. This
would bring the District in line with
the educational trend over the coun-
try to the establishment of COM
munity junior colleges. In time, the
high school pupils would be transs
ferred to other schools, leaving Gen.
trail a junior college unit.
The second recommendation
would close Central as a school and
turn it into the administrative Of
fees of the school system.
The third alternative would be te
conduct it as a six-year junior
senior high school. something the
Board of Education did last Sep
tember.
Reason for the decline in enroll
ment is the decline of white high
school pupils living in the area plus
the fact that Roosevelt and M"E:1-
ley High Schools serve about the
same area, he pointed out.
The details of DR.. Strayer's build
ing program follow:
No changes were recommended in
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study pointed out that 43 per cent
of the white schools and SAG Of the
colored schools were built 40 years
or more ago. Three per cent Of the
white schools are more than 10
years old while per cent Of the
colored schools are In the same
class.
Gen. Young said the Strayer pro-
gram and the program of the Com
missioners agreed on 80 Of the 48
construction projects covered by the
s35 ,655,626 item, both as to loca-
ton and scope.
Eight Jobs Not on District Plan.
On eight projects, the programs
agreed as to location but differ az
to the nature of the work, he said.
There are eight projects recon-
mended by DR.. Strayer which are
not on the Commissioners program.
In addition, there are II projects
on the Commissioners list not rec
commended by DR.. Strayer. Gen.
Young said five Of Dr. Strayer's
recommendation which are different
are for new unnamed" schools
which study may show are the
equivalents of some Of the II on the
Commissioners program"
The Engineer Commissioner said
the Strayer report called for i'm
mediate decision from the Board Of
Education on only one item-the
Stanton Elementary School. The
present school is an old building
with new addition. A 24-room
replacement is authorized by Con-
gress at a cost of 1925 ,000 and plans
are to advertise for bids shortly.
S6l6,000 Project Favored.
DR.. Strayer recommended q Is
room replacement and retention OF
the addition, which would cost $685.
900.
Gen. Young said the school board
should decide whether it wants this
change so plans can be redrawn.
School Supt. Hobart M. Corning
termed DR.. Strayer's report an lex
cellent professional job" and par
ticularly praised the program to
renovate the As elementary schools,
something which had not been con-
sidered by school officials on the
scale advocated by DR.. Strayer.
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Schools
Continued From First Page.)

building scores one Of the lowest
scores on record anywhere in the
United States for q junior high
school or high school plant"
DR.. Strayer has conducted more
than so similar surveys for other
large cities in the United States.
48 Projects Included.
The $35 ,655 ,626 for construction or
major additions covers 48 projects
which includes 10 new buildings, II
requirements for present buildings
% additions to present buildings
and alterations to two junior high
schools and vocational high school
and stadium.
DR.. Strayer recommended four
new elementary schools for colored
children, two in, the Northeast and
two in the Northwest, and a new
Elementary school for white children
stn the Southeast.
{: DR.. Strayer strongly advocated
I: administration building for Il the
:school, costing $1,45O,0O0, pointing
!: out that public respect. for Govern
ment functions is based on the ap-
spearance of the building in which
is housed
ITO the extent that the above
measure of public respect be true,
(: the place accorded the administra-
ton of public schools in the District
sapproaches the zero point" he de-
.clared.
Offices in Abandoned Building.
+: DR.. .Strayer pointed out that the
.Board: of Education and the school
superintendent have Offices in an
abandoned school building, Franklin
which is 80 years old, while five
s0ther abandoned schools in different
s.sections of the city serve as Offices
for other school officers. In addi-
zion, administrative officers are dis
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Here Are the School Ratings in the Stroyer Survey

heavy expenditure either for alteration repair additions
The key to the charts showing the Of each school
follows:
The column headed shows the total
is the for site adequacy determined by ze condition.
mn Is the adequacy the building based condition
Column Is the Of the systems heating lighting toilets
fire protection Column is the general csoos
ze condition and equipment Column is the Of the special
cassrooms laboratories
is the the general service which
toriums gymnasiums libraries cafees Column
the such the principals oce the teachers
the janitor's
figures top perfect
each the with total
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George D. Strayr his standard
the Districts public schools
contains 100 items which
q ideal school plant. Perfect 1000
fall into eight depending
high school elementary
The chart which follows shows these major divisions
said that the thousands
country
scored high
general satisfactory buildings
scoring satisfactory
of adequacy additions of essential
improvements to low scoring elements of the plant
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Another school scoring low
IN adeuuacy was the Stevens

SAAAOUANl 0IA1OOA SNOl lAlS INV
in adequacy was the Stevens
Elementary School, right, To-
Gated at Twenty-first between
K and L streets NV. The sur
vey report specifically called
attention to the fire escapes at
the Stevens School, saying the
window exits are bolted In
such a manner as to make
escape through them all but
impossible" To get to the
escape from the classrooms,
the windows must be raised.
This school also will be re-
placed in the future. Congress
already has authorized a re-
placement for it.
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schools recommended were eight
rooms at Bunker Hill; eight rooms
at Noyes; second story at Kenil-
worth; eight rooms at Davis; eight
rooms at Ketcham, and a playroom
at Rudolph. The school board had
recommended only the Bunker Hill
addition of this group.
The report recommended that
three colored elementary schools be
abandoned, Military Road, when
the enrolment dropped lower; Reno,
now and transfer pupils to other
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structed Gas recommended by school
board.
New white elementary schools ad-
vocated by DR.. Strayer were a r.
room building at River Terrace and
q 24-room building at Oxon Run
both approved by the school board
24-room school to serve Shipley Ter
race, and new Stanton Of Is rooms
not "a as recommended by the school
board, because present Stanton an
mex is too good to abandon"
Additions to white elementary
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The scoring Of the elementary schools indicated the
which follow The of the
explained the high exception
added the elementary school kindergarten
rooms which the high schools
Again. the
in each category of the ideal school with perfect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04

sleds hit 10 miles an hour toward
the end of the run and the sled
Brundage rode on made the
course in minute 81 seconds,
faster than some Olympic COM
petitors.
AS Bingham put 1t, "You don't
carry on any conversation on the
sled. Your heart is right up in
your throat. I was hanging on
with all my teeth rattling and ice
slapping at me from all sides SO
hard couldn't see anything"
Prince Bertil of Sweden was to
have gone along with Brundage
and Bingham, but he was unable
to make 1t. The sled was piloted
by Marshall Clyde, a wealthy
sportsman.
70 Europeans have been puzzled.
over the night on the two Ameri-
can hockey teams. the one spon-
y sored by the olympic Commit
tee-which has yet to play a
game in Europe-ard the AHA
team. But that never has both
cred Brundage.
As Brundage sees 1t, his fight
over hockey in the Olympic
Games represents a stand for
amateurism at a time when
theories of sports are in a state
Of f1ux.
The European notion is that an
amateur should receive compen-
sation for the time he completes
and possibly also for the time he
trains.
otherwise, how can poor boy
afford to compete?" they argue.
"Where are you going to draw
the line?" asks Brundage.
Furthermore" says Brundage,
II never heard of a poor boy who
did not manage to compete some
how. I've known some well-to-
do men who could not afford to
leave their businesses for sports.
They are the ones who suffer"
Brundage competed In the 1912
Olympics in the all-around
events. He knows sports thor
oughly. Here Is his philosophy,
and the thing he had in mind all
through the bitter arguments at
st. MoritZ:
sport Is fun, amusement, rec
reation. The minute money
enters in it becomes work, just as
much as bricklaying.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
Steber, Harris Signed
For '48 by Redskins

John Steber, veteran Redskin
guard, and Henry Harris, rookie
lineman who alternated at guard
and tackle last season, will be back
in uniform next autumn. They re-
turned their signed 1948 contracts
yesterday, making a total of 81
players in the wigwam.
steber, an all-American at
Georgia Tech, will be beginning his
third term with the Tribe and Coach
Turk Edwards believes 1t will be
his best. The square-jawed South
erner was bothered by chin
injury that was ripped open each
game last autumn but still was a
standout in the line.
Harris should have a much better
season than his freshman year when
he was shunted around like freight
car as the coaching staff tried to
bolster a wobbly line. A years ex-
perience also figures to make the
stout gent more troublesome for the
opposition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
Doqqie Newsletter Stems From Gift OF F. D. r.
Mrs. Notes. Chatter for Old Dominion Club

thinks, because 1t is not a nu-
merical problem.
And she was in the forefront
of a fight on a proposed stiff tax
assessment on kennels In nearby
Maryland. The tax was supposed
to 60 into a fund for rabies con-
troll but Mrs. Forbush thinks
family pets, running loose In a
neighborhood, are more OF 4
disease-spreading menace than
kennel dogs, which are always
under control and vaccinated
against disease.
Writing the newsletter comes
easy to the lady, who has been q
writer all her life and recently
published 1.-THE John Book" in
collaboration with Halle Erinine
Rives. 1t tells about great men in
history who bore the name
John" Her greatest problem is
collecting news for the paper.
Most of it is done over the tele-
phone at home after office hours
or at luncheons where she meets
other dog lovers to exchange
notes. When times are dull the
mimeographed paper (mimeo-
graphing courtesy of another Cd
member) is thinner than usual
and contains more breezy per-
sonal chatter than dog news. She
sits down at the end OF the month
and bats out oil items in Jig time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
ReIic-Phar Mon Duel
To Be Renewed al
HiaIeah Today
BY the Assnciofad Press

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. A couple OF
outstanding 3-year-olds-Relic and
Phar Mon-renew their duel in the
$4,000 Bahamas Handicap at Hia-
leah Park today.
Circle M Farms Relic, winner OF
the Hibiscus Stake January IT, picks
up four pounds off that triumph and
will carry 1876, including Hialeah's
leading Jockey, Ted Atkinson.
Phar Mon, from the William
Veeneman stables, was runnerup in
the Hibiscus and gets in at 124
pounds, two more than he carried
in the early event. Al Snider will
pilot Phar Mon in the seven-furlong
feature.
Mrs. Helen L. Sagner's Saggy,
making his Hialeah debut, will pack
l22 pounds, the Belair studs Hyp-
nos goes at 112 and Marlboro stud,
farms Roman Road a feathery l06,
completing the five-horse field
Relic, Phar Mon and Saggy are
Kentucky Derby candidates.
Relic won the Hopeful a year ago
and was second in the Saratoga
Special. The son of War Relic and
Bridal Colors copied the six-fur-
long Hibiscus in ITO fiat.
Phar Mon won the Juvenile at
Hialeah last year, the Bashford
Manor at Churchill Downs and the
Lafayette at Keeneland.
Saggy is rated the third horse In
the slim field. Last season this
sophomore set a world record Id
winning the Aberdeen Stakes at
Havre de Grace April ,23, covering
Az furlongs in SIN seconds to win
by three lengths.
Hialeaha officials predicted wager
ing would exceed million dollars
for the fourth straight day. Yes
terday's crowd of 1886 poured
$1,O3s 1893 through the machines,
somewhat less than Mondays peak
of the season and also below Satur-
days $1,200,000 handle.
Atkinson rode three winners to
push his total for the 16 days to 28
triumps. Snider is next with 10
winners,
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published for obedience fans;
Mrs. Freida Boyces Cocker Chat
ter, the Bulldog Bulletin, edited
by Fred Warner; Mrs. Margaret
Perkins news about miniature
Schnauzers and Mrs. Earl r.
Nagle's Siberian Husky items.
Nov there's a glowing exam
pie of what a person can accom-
plish with dogs when they be-
come interested In them and are
willing to work. Mrs. Nagle had
the first one in the city and liked
1t so well she began breeding and
showing huskies and now it's one
of the best known classes here.
But it's work and anybody who
has visions of getting rich in this
business will have a sad awaken
ing. But if a person gets the right
breed, dogs are worth all the time
and money spent on them"
The right breed, Mrs. Forbush
contends, is important because
dogs and people go together like
ham on rye or their tempera-
ments clash as violently as cream
and crabs. She doesn't think
every child should have a dog
any more than every child should
have an auto or piano, but she
does believe every dog should
have a good home. And don't be
feeling sorry for the poor city
dogs. penned in like convicts.
Many tears are wasted on city
dogs" explained Mrs. Forbush,
but owners walk them every
day, bathe and feed them and
take good care of them. But q
country dog runs loose most Of
the time and I've often WON
dered If some didn't get rather
bored with their own company"
The DDS secretary was pretty
riled up, too, about a recent pro-
posal to limit District houses to
two dogs. She called the idea
silly.
VERY often one dog is too
many" she pointed out, but IN
other cases a family could have
a dozen and you would never
know they were around" The
type of dog and neighborhood
should govern such matters, she
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
|0Iiver Of Rio Grande
Has 202 FouI.Shots
lin Record Bid
BY The Assoeictsd Press

RIO GRANDE, Ohio, Feb. IA
pint sized speed demon of the hard
wood today claimed the leadership
Of college basket balls foul line ex-
perts with 202 hits In 264 tries.
Newt Oliver, 5-foot s-inch for
ward at tiny Rio Grande College,
also Is aiming for total scoring
honors. He now has 40 points In
20 games, for an average Of "A a
contest.
The Byesville, Ohio, war veteran,
whose rabbity capers literally have
left the opposition inert, throws foul
tries with unusual speed-and shoots
them one-handed.
He holds the ball first in his left
hand, cycling the basket briefly, then
moves the ball to eye level before
transferring it to his right hand.
He appears to push 1t into the basket.
Coach Bob Stoneburner attributes
divers frequent fouls to a swift
change of pace combined with some
cagy ball tactics.
Hes tricky. He stops fast and
starts fast" says Stoneburner. This
change Of pace makes it pretty hard
for a guard to avoid fouling him
when he's shooting" the coach
explains.
What's more, the 134-pound Oliver
Is no strictly home court star. Al
most half his free losses have been
scored elsewhere.
While as few as four free throws
have been made in games here, Newt
bagged % a week ago in the seasons
biggest scoring spree. That was the
night Wilberforce Church extended
Rio Grande to three overtimes be-
fore Newt and his mates won, 1l8
to 116. Oliver had SO points at
the finish.
Two better free throwing records
were turned in last year, but with
10 games to go they're roofing hard
for Oliver at Rio Grande, where the
200 enrolment includes only l54
males.
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Chapman Pins Hopes of PhiIs
On Simmons, Other Youths

include Dick Koecher and Lou
Possehl, from Utica Eastern League
champs, and Bubba Church from the
Salina, Kans, club.
Al Flair, up from New Orleans, Is
a top candidate at first base. AL
three shortstop candidates are
youngsters-Ralph La Pointe and
Jackie Albright, who played briefly
with the Phils last year. and Gran
Hammer. described by Chapman as
"the best shortstop in the minors
with Utica of the Eastern League.
Johnny Blatnik, power-hitter from
Wilkes Barre of the Eastern League
is an outfield hopeful, while Stan
Lopata of Utica is catching pros
pect.