davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1948-03-11

OF ot, Thomas, where the
growing of vegetables is very
difficult and often unreward-
ing, the agricultural station in
st. Thomas is undertaking the
planting of selected varieties
OF fruit trees to provide the
suckers and bud-wood needed
for propagation work. In all
agricultural undertakings in
this dry climate with high
evaporation, production is
conditioned and limited by the
availability of water. In the
absence of permanent surface
or underground streams, small
dam projects to stop the oc-
|casional surface run-off and
utilize this limited water sup
ply for irrigation and for wat
Eering stock until it is dissapat-
ed by. evaporation, are being
undertaken in ST. Croix and
in st. Thomas. Although wa
ter is not provided for the en-
tire year, even this limited
impounding seems economic,
ally advantageous.
EDUCATION
The public school enron
ment in st. Thomas was 1924.
as compared with 2,494 in the
preceding year. This ENROLL
ment includes 785 pupils enc
rolled in junior and senior
high school grades as compar-
ed with 781 in the preceding
year. In st. Croix the total en-
rollment was 1,57O as compar-
ed with 1873 in the preceding
year. There were 36l pupils in
the Junior and senior high
schools in st. Croix as compar-
ed with 346 in the preceding
year. In st. Thomas, the aver
age annual expenditure for
public education per child child
rose from $66.50 in the proceed.
ing year to 1882 in the cur
rent fiscal year. In st. Croix
the average cost per pupil RS
NAMED about the same,
'$52.59.
On the island of ST Thomas,
the return to the government
of the Virgin Islands of al old
marine barracks property,
formerly used by the Navy
Coast Gaurd, enabled the REIN
Stallalation OF the CharIotte
, 1948-03-11
ANNUAL REPORT
of the r Of the
VIRGIN ISLANDS
the Secretary of fhe
inferior
L H. HASTE
Governor
continued from Monday
SUMMARIES
The Agricultural Station

The Agricultural Station
The agricultural Station in
st. Croix has completed ex-
periments with corn, grain
sorghum, velvet beans, sun
flower, and COW peas in the in
terest of greater agricultural
Investigation, Every effort is
being made to induce greater
production Of grain crops for
livestock and poultry feeding,
and soil-improvement crops
which will both increase fer
tility and add to the water
holding capacity of the soil.
More valuable and extensive
services to farmers character
lied by orderly continuity are
being assured by the estab-
lishment of individual farmer
files in the Extension Office
and the development of land
use maps to supplement exist
ing soil maps.
In consideration of the DO
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as the Islands offer. Such a
trade would attract the best
white and colored trade. To
say that such a possibility
could not exist would be to
admit defeat before we start
ed. Then, too, it must not be
forgotten that for years and
years colored America has
longed for a place where they
could enjoy themselves. and
forget, for the time being at
least, that they were colored,
and not just human beings,
THIS MATTER is highly
important to these Islands,
and we are confident that
there is a way out. If we can
accomplish this, and we are
confident that we can, we
shall again show the world
the way, and the world GER
tainly can stand such a lesson.
And in our efforts there is al
so a challenge to our brothers
on the mainland to help in this
great experiment. We believe
it can work, and will set about
to that end.
Evening star., 1948-05-02
Training School Girls
Cost Dc. $1,000 Each

Because 1t is costing the District
about $4,000 a year to maintain
each inmate of the National Train
ing School for Girls, an effort will
be made to have the Senate take
action on a bill that has passed the
House, and now is before the Sen
ate District Committee.
The measure would authorize the
Juvenile Court to commit girls to
the care of the board and let the
board decide where they will fit best
into the social picture. At present
the only inmates are girls sentenced
for serious offenses.
The average number Of inmates
in the institution at 5201 Lough-
borough road NV is 20, and the
budget for the fiscal year Is $40 1000
Mrs. Rose c. Smith, superintendent
Of the school expects to save about
$4,000 Of 1t this year.
Acting Director Raymond F. Clapp
told House committee hearing in
February that the Welfare Board
needed the legislation to take care
of about so girls already in custody
Of the board, but whose offenses
were not serious enough for SEN
fencing by the Juvenile Court.
The bill has been opposed by a
number of property owners in the
school area because the Board of
Public Welfare plans to put more
colored girls in the institution.
Evening star., 1948-05-02
Camilla DeIafieId Dies, 43;
Was a Native of BeIqium

Miss Camilla Delafield, 43, former
employe of Hessler Photographers
Inc, died yesterday at Gallinger
Hospital after a long illness.
Miss Delafleld was born in Ant
werp, Belgium, and came to New
York when she was about IA. She
returned to Europe about three
years later with her parents, the
late Hugo Selbeck. an executive with
the Red Star Steamship Line, and
Mrs. Cornelia Selbeck. She was edu-
Gated abroad and about 1927 she
returned to New York. She later
became an American citizen.
Miss Delafield came to Washing
ton five years ago and lived at 1884
K street NV. She did public rela-
tions and soliciting work for Hess
ler's until two years ago when she
resigned due to illness.
Besides Mrs. Selbeck, of Rotter-
dam, Holland, she is survived by a
sister, Mrs. William L'Estrange-
Gebhard, of the X street address
and a brother, Hugo Selbeck, also
of Rotterdam.
Funeral services will be held at
4:3O pm. tomorrow at Bethlehem
Chapel. Washington Cathedral
Burial will be private.
Evening star., 1948-05-02
640- Pound Iowa Hog
On Way to Trumon
BY the Assoeioted Press

MASON CITY, Iowa, May IA
640-pound Iowa hog was en- route
to President Truman tonight.
Lee Hartman. Ventura, Iowa,
farmer expressed the hog to the
President from here today and in
a letter also sent today, Mr.. Hartman
told Mr.. Truman farmers are losing
money by being forced to keep their
stock on their farms because Of
the strike Of the CIO United Pack
ing House Workers.
80 will you please use your in
fiuence and any powers at your COM
mand to get the strike differences
arbitrated without delay" Mr.. Hart
han wrote.
The hog Is worth about 500 at
current prices and it cost Mr.. Hart
han $65 to express it. 1t is to ar
rive in Washington Monday.
Evening star., 1948-05-02
Trade Board
Continued From First Page)

tonholed each voter, urging the
merits of their slate. The directors
elected that night swung the bal
anCe in yesterdays vote.
They turned a deaf ear to trade
board oldtimers. who pleaded with
them, before the balloting began.
not to assert the control so clearly
within their grasp. They were un-
impressed by warnings that the
prestige Of the organization might
suffer in such an open split.
Other Officers Elected.
In addition to Mr.. Chatelain, the
officers elected for the adminiStra-
tive year beginning yesterday were:
Frederick p. H. Siddons, vice
president of the American Security
q Trust Co., first vice president;
Thornton w Owen, head of Thomas
J. owen e. Son, real estate aution-
eers, second vice president; Thomas
j. Groom. president of the Bank of
Commerce e. Savings. secretary:
Robert " Fleming. president of the
Riggs National Bank. treasurer;
James A. Cassidy, head of James
A Cassidy & Co, building ma
terials firm, assistant treasures. and
Edward F. Colladay, Of the law firm
Of Colladay a. Wallace, general
counsel
The election for Offices other than
the presidency was as expected Mr.
Siddons and Mr.. Owen had been
in line" for the jobs to which they
were named, moving up one notch
from their positions last year. Mr..
Fleming. Mr.. Cassidy and Mr.. Cola
DAY we're reelected to Offices they
were already holding.
Mr.. Grooms election was not
seriously contested either, although
II was over the Secretary'S job that
today'S revolution" began.
Howat Endorsed Groom.
Mr.. Groom. who is ON the Mem
berShlp Committee. had been in
dorsed by Mr. HOWat for the secre-
tary's job, putting him lin line" for
the presidency III 1851. At an in
formal caucus" before the election.
however, representatives of the
Membership Committee had pro-
posed that the office and its sue
cesSion should go to Mr. Chatelain.
Mr.. Howat could not be Swayed.
Evening star., 1948-05-02
Car Hits Pole, Fens
Tree, Hurts Woman
In Rock Creek Park
Caroming of telephone pole and

Caroming of a telephone pole and
knocking down a tree, an automo-
bile went out Of control on Blagden
avenue near the ford in Rock Creek
Park last night and injured woman.
Park police said the woman was
Marsha Mcdaniel, "a. whose address
was not given. At Emergency Hos
Ipital 1t was said she was not seri-
ously injured.
The driver was identified as Bo-
leslaus Lyczak, 26 chief gunner's
mate, Anacostia Receiving Station.
He was charged at the 10th precinct
with failing to give full time and at
tention to driving.
-Four persons were injured in the
collision of two cars at Taylor and
Eighteenth streets NE. about 8 pm.
yesterday, one driver. John E. Eisler
80, OF 2749 Macomb street NV, was
charged with passing stop sign.
The other, Mrs. Dorothy H.
Bletch, 46, of 1000 Nineteenth place
NE, suffered a rib injury, and her
daughter, Marjorie, 20, an injury
to the right shoulder. They were
treated at Casualty Hospital.
Two passengers in the Eisler car
Ada Truitt and Miriam Latimer,
both Of 2749 Macomb street NV,
were injured about the legs, but re-
fused hospital treatment.
Raymond Gibbons, jr., 4, of 116
Pierce street NV, suffered a. pos
sible head injury when he ran into
an automobile driven by Alfred
Jones, %, Of 1910 Third street NE.
Police said the boy ran into the
street near his home from behind
a parked truck.
Evening star., 1948-05-02
Health
Continued From First Page \

are too lazy to take care of our
selves"
MI. Truman spoke with only a
few notes in front of him.
He used more emphatic gestures
than is his custom. He employed
broader range of voice infection
to stress his points.
Some OF the audience took It as
a sort Of Warmup for the eXtempo-
raneous speaking that is part of
an active political campaign.
Before Mr.. Truman spoke, Mr.
Ewing presented special citations
commencing columnist Walter
Winchell, dancer Bill Robinson and
Al Capp, creator of the LII Abner'
comic strip. for focusing public
attention on essential health pro-
grams
Mr.. Winchell was cited for start
ing the Damon Runyon Memorial
Cancer Fund, and Mr.. Capp. for
providing cartoons for health pro-
grams.
Waits SO Years for Honor.
Mr.. Robinson. who has appeared
at many health rallies, told the
group he was born in 1878. "Tve
spent SO years waiting for thi.
honor" he said. Il want, to assure
you I'll spend the next 40 years
trying to show that I'm worthy
of it."
Delegates to the conference, rep
resenting virtually every important
medical and health organization, d.
vided yesterday into IA sections te
discuss various phases Of the pro-
Evening star., 1948-05-02
oman Unit Leaves
Today for Paris 10 Set
ECA Wheels Turninq
By ChoImers M. Roberts

A three-man Economic Co-opera-
ton Administration mission is due
to leave today for Paris to estab-
lish the first official contact with
the 16-nation Organization for
European Economic Cooperation.
The group is in the nature of an
advance party for ECA's new row.
ing ambassador, w. Averell Harri-
man, who is remaining in Wash
ington for the present.
Members of the mission are Col
c. H. Bonesteel III, Franklin A.
Lindsay and Robert w. Tufts. Col.
BoneSteel was until recently special
assistant to Undersecretary of State
Lovett. Mr. Lindsay formerly served
with the Herter Committee in the
House and Mr.. Tufts is a State De-
partment official who has been
working on the European Recovery
Program.
Two Weeks in Paris.
During the two weeks they are
expected to spend in Paris, the trio
will initiate informal discussions
with the European organization on
information to be required by ECA
in administering the program. Mr..
Hartman will open ECAs European
headquarters in Paris, probably
next month.
A permanent mission to France,
expected to go to Paris later on,
probably will be headed by David x.
z. Bruce, now an assistant Secretary
of Commerce Another Commerce
offcial expected to go with Mr..
Hartman, former head of that de-
partment, is Undersecretary William
C. Foster He probably will become
Mr.. Harriman's chief deputy abroad.
AS the Paris mission was an
nounced by ECA, the multi-billion
dollar recovery organization also
authorized SIS, ,969 900 worth of addi-
tional shipments to Austria, France,
the Netherlands and Italy from this
country.
France to Get Wheat, Flour.
France will get wheat. and -four;
the Netherlands flour; Italy tallow
and Austria talloW. linseed oil, med
ical supplies, field mustard seed,
pesticides and buckwheat seed.
ECA also announced that pur-
chases of coal and seeds will be made
In Germany for shipment to the
same four nations. Included is coal
for Italy, France and the Neither
lands, and wheat, barley and oats
seeds for Austria. Value of these
shipments, part of the $15,969 900
total, is $6,455 900.
Evening star., 1948-05-02
Minister, Bride
And Groom All
Have Same Name

There's q wedding coming up
about May 80 bearing all the ear
marks of q closed corporation.
The bride-elect's name is Oliff
the groom -to-be's name is Oliff and
the minister's name is Oliff.
At least. that was what the license
clerk swore, adding that If you don t
believe it, call up and find out for
yourself. We did and can duly
report that:
Alton Deane Oliff, 1885 Corbin
place NE, q police private in the
first precinct, met Miss Virginia E
Olif1, 3706 S. Sixteenth street, Ar
lington, through q mutual friend
and the spirit Of spring did the
rest.
When Miss OlifI agreed to say
II do," Pvt. Oliff asked his brother
the Rev. Warren Lee Oliff, to per-
form the ceremony.
Evening star., 1948-05-02

were tossed into the hopper Of the
medical care section as the IA
groups began their first meetings
yesterday afternoon.
Discrimination against doctors
and patients, group medical practice
and medical prepayment plans were
some Of the topics touched.
what can be done about the
discriminatory practice of the
American Medical Association" in
excluding Negro doctory from mem
bership in some areas and what can
be done about medical school dis
elimination by exclusion or by quota
systems were questions asked by
Walter White of the National ASSo-
ciation for the Advancement OF
Colored People.
The A. M. A. is a federation and
the problem of admitting members
lies with the local organizations,
DR.. L. Howard Shriver OF Cincin-
natl answered.
DR.. Ernest P. Boas Of New York,
chairman of the Physicians Forum,
suggested amendment Of national
bylaws to eliminate exclusion OF
doctors because Of race, creed or
color.
Discrimination Attacked.
The discussion followed a talk
by DR.. w. Montague Cobb, pro-
fessor of anatomy at Howard Uni
versitv, who attacked discrimina-
ton as a barrier to adequate medi-
cal service for all Americans.
DR.. Thomas A. McGoldrick Of
Brooklyn, a member of the Council
on Medical Service of the Ameri-
can Medical Association, presented
the section with a statement of
the problem of medical care pre-
pared by the groups agenda COM
mittee.
Some form of group practice"
probably is the answer to medical
care difficulties which result from
specialization and medicines pres
ent-day complexity, Dr.. McGoldrick
said.
The committees statement listed
the following among the most i'm
lportant reasons why some of our
population does not receive adequate
medical care"
Increased cost Of care, unpredict-
ability of medical costs to the in
dividual, low incomes of many. lack
of medical personnel and facilities
III many cases. lack of public under
standing of medical and preventive
cares value, community discrimi-
nation against minorities, and insult
fcient coordination of action among
the personnel and facilities pro-
viding service.
Mr.. r. Ewing, at a luncheon yes
iterday marking Child Health Day
which was the first general assembly
activity, told delegates there is
nothing the President is more really
emotional about than this question
of health
Dl. Brock Chisholm Of Canada,
executive secretary Of the Interim
Commission. World Health Organi-
zation, who spoke at the main
luncheon meeting, said today's chill
dren must have the ability to live
harmoniously" if the world is to
Cllrviye
Evening star., 1948-05-02
oyIor
Continued From First Page.)

Connor over seating of the races.
The four accused of violating the
segregation laws were docketed as
DR.. James Dombrowski, 81, New
orleans, executive director of the
Southern Conference Education
Fund; Miss Doris Senk, 26, of New
York; Eddie Fowrey, 25, of Mobile !;
and the Rev. H. Douglas Oliver,
Negro pastor of the Alliance Gospel
Tabernacle. Bond was fixed at SlOO
in each case.
The congress got under way this
morning after a 24-hour delay be-
cause of conflict over the segregation
laws.
The first general meeting sched-
uled for last night was cancelled
when a Negro church withdrew its
invitation. leaving the congress
without an auditorium.
Louis E. Burnham, executive di-
rector of the congress, blamed COM
missioner Connor for the cancella-
ton. He charged the police official
had used every type Of intimida-
ton to deprive our organization of
the right of free assemblage."
Commissioner Connor denied that,
saying, 1T makes no difference to
the police how much the. Southern
Negro Youth Congress meets, as
long as 1t does not violate the city's
segregation laws"
Birmingham laws require that
whites and Negroes be seated sepa-
rately at public gatherings.
The meeting had been scheduled
previously at the Negro Masonic
Temple and several other Negro
churches, but each cancelled offers
because of the segregation issue.
Evening star., 1948-05-02

Thereupon, Mr.. Chatelain's hackers
proceeded to put their man-not
into the secretaryship-but the pres
idency. And, in the ballot for sec
retary, they supported Mr.. Groom.
In Mr.. Howat's view, however, the
dispute over the Office of secretary
was only incidental to his defeat
He told reporter before the cleo
ton that his quarrel with the Mem
bership Committee insurgents was
one of principles rather than per-
Sonalities.
Statement Is Issued.
II have favored elections to the
board Of directors by mail-in
vote" he said. Il have also felt
We would finance the organization
through sustaining memberships
The fellows on the Membership
Committee see both of these propo-
sails as threats to their growing
power"
Mr.. Chatelain was carefully chap
eroned through his first interview
with the press. after the meeting
yesterday. He had nothing to say,
but Mr.. Colladay dictated state
ment for him to the effect that Mr..
Chatelain was surprised" by the
election results, and deeply CRATE
full for the honor"
Il do not care to make any COM
mentS today with respect to public
issues" the statement said, and !
will not until l have had an oppor-
tunity to review previous actions of
the board of directors and estab-
lished Board of Trade policies
When it was all over. the tendency
of the old guard was to try to act
as If nothing in particular had hap
pened. Mr.. Howat stressed that the
meeting had been "amicable.' 1t
was, he said, simply strong
difference of opinion, such as people
have every day"
Concern Shown for Future.
Privately, however, several men,
bers expressed concern as to the
whole future of the trade board
Although they were in the dark as
to what Mr.. Chatelain's policies
might be, they were sure the over
throw of the traditional system
would have far-reaching effects on
the organization, if not on the city
itself.
A native Washingtonian. Mr.
Chatelain went to Tech High School
here and took degree in archi-
lecture at George Washington Uni
versity in 1927. Since then he has
been a practicing architect here.
His present office is at 1927 K street
NV.
A trade board member since 1890,
he had been chairman of a Com
mittee on Headquarters for the Or
ganization and of the Committee
on Architecture and Architectural
Awards.
Former Institute Officials.
He is past president of the
Washington chapter OF the Ameri-
can Institute of Architects and OF
the Washington Building Congress
His firm designed the Washington
Gas Light Co. building at Eleventh
and H streets NV, as we'll as sew
eral Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Co. structures. His hob
bies include photography and coin
collecting.
Mr.. Chatelain is a past master OF
Theodore Roosevelt Lodge, F. A. and
AM, and a director of the Metro
politan Police Boys Club. He also
belongs to the Shrine and Scottish
Evening star., 1948-05-02

posed l0-year program. Section
chalrmen will make final reports to
Mr.. Ewing on Tuesday.
Today, the group will meet at /
o'clock for luncheon at the Statler.
to be followed by tour of the Ma
tional Institute Of Health at Be-
thesda. Section meetings will re-
sumo later in the day.
Controversial Issues Raised.
Some of the most controversial
issues the assembly will consider
Evening star., 1948-05-02

Rite, the Theta Delta Chi fraternity,
the Royal Order of Testers, and the
Kiwanis, Reciprocity, Cosmos, Early
Birds Breakfast and Congressional
Country Clubs.
With his wife, son and daughter
he lives at 1850 Bradley boulevard,
Bethesda.
Evening star., 1948-05-02
Howard u. to Get
$4,000 Cancer Fund,
WincheH Reports

Columnist Walter Winchell
told the National Health As
sembly that the Damon Run
yon Memorial Cancer Fund
this week will make available
S25,000 for cancer research at
Howard University.
Mr.. Winchell, who originated
the fund drive. said more than
$4,000, 900 so far has been raised.
Evening star., 1948-10-22
Tydings Addresses
MaryIand j. Students

Asserting that America will never
again have the luxury Of time to
protect itself" Senator Tydings,
Democrat, of Maryland told an audi
ence of 5000 University OF Maryland
students yesterday that the greatest
challenge of all history goes to your
generation"
Speaking at the annual fall con-
vocation in the university Coliseum,
Senator Tydings reminded the stu
dents that fortunately, you face
this challenge living in the strongest
Nation of the world"
Other speakers were Judge Will
liam p Cole. chairman of the uni.
versity's Board of Regents. and DR..
H. C. Byrd, university president. A
high light of the program was. the
honoring of seven students by Phi
Kappa Phi Honor Society. They
were presented by Miss Marie D.
Bryan of the English Department,
president of Phi Kappa Phi at the
university.
Those honored and the colleges
for which they had the highest
scholastic averages were:
Marshall j. Brown, 325 Jefferson
street NV, engineering: Andreas j.
Moeller, 2230 Randolph street NE,
military; Helen P. Brown, Green
belt, education; James B. Wong,
New York, agriculture; H. Lucille
Eckhardt, Breathedsville, arts and
sciences; M. June Miller Hagers-
town, business and public adminls-
tration, and Jeanne Shirley Regus,
Baltimore home economics.
Evening star., 1948-10-22
Beer Truck Drivers Strike
Settled in New York
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-CIO union
leaders and brewers last night an
nounced settlement of an eight.
day-old walkout of 5000 beer truck
drivers and helpers.
The strike, termed wildcat" by
both union officials and operators,
had throttled the deliveries Of IL
major breweries and cut the normal
flow of beer to mere trickle.
There was no immediate indica.
ton, however, how rank-and-fllers
within the union, the CIO Brewery
Workers, would respond to the back
to-work agreement.
Over objections of their interna.
tional officers, the strikers quit work
in protest against suspension of sew
eral hundred union drivers for
failure to meet a stepped-up sched-
ule of deliveries embraced in q
new work contract.
Last nights settlement contained
assurances from the employers that
they would suspend all further
penalties for failure to abide by
the schedule.