davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1948-03-12

ciative of the genuine inter-
est which Caribair has con-
stantly manifested in their
needs and the attempts made
to improve its service and
equipment, and. therefore, are
very DESTROYS of assisting Car
ibair to preserve the volume
of business which it now en-
joys;
NOW, BE IT
RESOLVED, and it is hereby
resolved by the Municipal
Council of st. Thomas and st.
John in session assembled,
That the People through this
medium signify their whole
hearted approval of the rec
ommendation of the Examin-
ers of the Civil Aeronautics
Board to Deny Pan Ameri-
cans proposal to include st,
ECroix in its San Juan-Port OF
Spain Route; and,
BE IT FUTHER RESOLV.
ED, and it is hereby futher re
solved, That the Civil Aero
nautics Board be and is here
by petitioned to approve the
Recommendation of the Elk
aminers who presided at the
hearings on Pan Americans
proposal;
BE 1T FUTHER RESOLV.
ED, and it is hereby futher re-
solved, That in appreciation OF
the services rendered the Peo-
pie of the Virgin Islands that
"a copy of this Resolution be
forwarded to Caribair and
that copies be forwarded to
the Examiners of the Civil
IAeronautics Board.
Proposed by
ROY p. GORDON
First Elected Member for the
Country District
Passed March 3, 194a
, 1948-03-12
Barbados.

Inenadatlon OF the examiners
report favor the establishment
of air service by an American
carrier to islands under for
eign flag in the Caribbean and
discriminates against an
American Island (St. Croix)
which has equal or better pos
lsibilities for tourist trade de-
velopment if it had adequate
direct air transportation SER
vice,
WHEREAS, The Examin-
lers report disregards the
availability in St. Croix of
lone of the largest and finest
airports in the Caribbean
Benedict Field) admirably
suited for larger utilization,
and it does so solely to protect
a certifcated airline with the
shortest scheduled route on
record,
WHEREAS, The Examiners
report maintains that the GER
tification of Pan American
World Anyways System into
st. Croix will financially effect
the Caribbean Atlantic Air
lines SO adversely that it may
seriously impair their earn
ing capacity, and,
WHEREAS, It IS logical to
assume that if Pan American
IAirways be cirtiicated into
lSt. Croix the total volume of
air travel in the Virgin Islands
will increase to such an extent
that Caribbean Atlantic Air
lines will obtain a larger total
business than it is now enjoy
ling, and,
WHEREAS, The services of
Caribbean Atlantic Airlines,
Inc, are appreciated as a
splendid but strictly local SER
vice BY the People of st.
Croix.
NOW, THEREFORE,, BE IT
RESOLVED and it is hereby
resolved by the Municipal
Council Of St Croix, in. ses-
sion assembled, That the Peo-
pie through this medium go on
record as being opposed to the
Examiners recommendation
that Pan American World Air
ways be excluded from In
GLIDING St. Croix in their SER
vices and
, 1948-03-12
der Docket No. 2246 ct al,

~ AORO4
that Pan American World Air
ways System be certified into
st. Croix unless the benefits
to be derived from its propos-
ed services are of such mag
nitude to outweigh the proba-
bly, detrimental effect upon
Caribbean Atlantic Airlines.
Inc,
WHEREAS, On the Srd of.
March 1913 the Municipal
Council of St. Thomas and st.
John passed a Resolution sup
porting the recommendation
of the Examiners of the Civil.
Aeronautics Board to deny.
Pan American World Airways
Systems application to IN
clude st. Croix in their ser
vices,
WHEREAS, No opportunity
was given to any responsible
body in st. Croix to appear at
the hearing which was held
in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Doc
ket No. 2246 ct al, although
the matter that was up for dis
cussion was of vital interest to
the people Of St. Croix,
WHEREAS, The economic
benefit which St. Croix would
derive from a direct air SER
vice from New York and from
points South of st. Croix has
not been taken into consider.
alton by the Examiners,
WHEREAS, The arguments
advanced by the Examiners
lpages Is, rs and 40 of this re-
port) to prove that st. Croix.
needs no additional air trans.
portation facilities are based.
upon statistics for the period.
193O-38 showing yearly aver
age of 319 sea passengers ex-
changed between the United
States and Barbados during
the same period; these figures
show that on at least this point.
the Examiners report is gross
ly incorrect, and that the fig
ure Of 319 passengers probably
has been derived form the di-
rect traffic on the port Of Fred
eriksted, st. Croix, while the
bulk of the passengers travel
led from and to st Croix via
Puerto Rico and st. Thomas,
- 49,
, 1948-03-12
RESOLUTIONS
Pro and Con

The following are the reso-
lutions passed recently in re-
gard to the admitting of Pan
American to land in st. Croix.
, 1948-03-12

Friday, March IL, 1948
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-03-11
Annual Spring Fiesta
Set In New Orleans
Three Weeks Event
Begins March 70;
Lasts Until April l8

"In New Orleans yesterday, today
ond tomorrow are all of a piece"
Tohn Erskine said during one of his
visits to the city. At no time is this
more apparent than during the Spr-
inc Fiesta program when the gay old
creole city presents the best of the
mast and present and emphasizes its
promises for the future-eras of time
are so closely linked that evolution
takes place sans radical change. The
distance between the age of hoop
skirts and the modern trend towards
International relations and big bus
mess is of no consequence in this
colorful metropolis-"all of a piece!"
And our brilliant contemporary,
John Erskine. is not alone in his
opinion and regard for New Orleans.
Since the time when Pere Charlie
voix visualized a great city rising on
the site of a group of round hewn
huts by the mighty Mississippi, until
TODAY, when the Nations Second
port towers above the cathedral spir-
es against a semi-tropical sky, the
glamorous Crescent City has capti-
waited the hearts of visiting celebri-
ties, many of whom remained to be-
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-03-11

come a part of its history-others
carried their impressions to their
nomelands. Literature glows with de-
scriptions penned by delighted tour
lsts' among whom are found the
names of Chateaubriand, Louis Phil
lppe duo d. Orleans, later King of
Franco, Andrew Jackson, John
James Audubon, Walt Whitman,
Charles Dickens, Henry M Stanley,
Thomas Upton, Adelina Patti, LAT
cadlo Hearn, Mark Twain and 20.
Henry" No n a recapture the &C.
stacies registered by these person
ages on seeing New Orleans for the
first time. No one can experience
the sensations enjoyed by William
Makepeace Thackery while partak-
ing of bouillabaisse and medoc dur
ing his visit, o the spine-chilling
shivers that crept over Charles Dud-
ley Warner at an old st. Claude Str
eet voodoo ritual; no one can relive
the moments of pleasure that inspir-
ed Eugene Fields Antique Shop"
and Good Children Street." These
thrills are beyond repetition-gone
with the men who felt them, but
guests who attend the Spring Fiesta
may feel delightful reactions akin to
those of many intellectuals, plus pri-
vileges that ever the great of former
times did not enjoy. For it only dur
ing the Spring Fiesta that New Or
leans opens her homes as well as her
heart to strangers within her gates,
and here the past is always present
| as a great city strides forward to-
wards an eve greater future.
Beginning on Easter Sunday, the
Spring Fiesta will run for three
weeks-gay with colorful flowers,
lovely costumed hostesses and a cal
endar of events that will satisfy
everyone. Plantation pilgrimages to
the homes along Bayou Lafourche-
the worlds longest street"-and up
the Old River Road beside the Mis-
sissippi; tours of Upper New Orleans
and Vieux Care homes; formal
gardens, "Patios by Candlelight" at
night: "Courtyards and Crinolines",
featuring small patios behind usually
locked intriguing gateways; recep-
tons in outstanding club houses, Wig
nettes from history, a steamboat ride
by moonlight; the Pirates Alley
Outdoor Art Show, and a spectacular
horse show exhibiting splendid en-
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-03-11

Scouting is a fine thing for every
American boy, particularly in build
ing character and honor in many
ways that are helpful to him as well
a S teaching him to help others. / also
want to thank each and everyone
who has contributed time and money
to this worthy organization in help
ing us get started again here in Lex
ington.
LOUIE BEALL NICHOLS.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-03-11

a price tag of $1,000. About 100000
loans were for existing homes and
100000 for newly-constructed houses.
An estimated 14.000,000 veterans
still have nearly 10 years in which
to exercise their loan guarantee
rights under the CT Bill. Real estate
loans carry a Government guarantee
of SO per cent of the amount of the
loan, up to a maximum guarantee of
$4,000.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-03-11
Scouting News

Due to weather conditions, our act
ivlties for the past month have been
somewhat shorter than planned. We
are looking forward, however, to
better programs and more action
both in camping and out door sports
prior to spring and commencement
of school. As you all know, troop "a
is an entirely new troop, and the ball
has just begun to roll. Our new troop
has got to get itself established, and
we are hoping for bigger and bet
ter scouting in the future months.
Our new patrol leaders are John
Bell Rosamond and David Skinner,
and our scribe is Joe Chapman.
Other officers are to be named at a
later date. A patrol is comprised OF
eight boys and we now have two
such units and are looking forward
to another by our next meeting. Our
meetings are held weekly on Thurs
days at 1880 p. m. at the Grammar
School.
Mr.. L. d. Dean, the state Scout ex-
ecutive from Jackson, will meet with
the Lexington committee today and
60 over a program to help us in plan
ming activities for the boys in the
coming months.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-03-11
Veterans News

Veterans and dependents of de-
ceased veterans of the Indian Wars
will receive a 20 per cent increase in
their service pensions effective with
payments due for, the month of
March, the Veterans Administration
has announced.
The e are provided in Pub
lie Law 1913 of the 80th Congress APP
proved January 10. They affect
about $50 living veterans, 2,100 Wi
dows and some SO helpless children
of deceased Indian Wan veterans.
Under the increased rates, which
followed the granting of similar in
creases for pensioners of other wars,
rne veterans will receive from $l24
to $12O a month, depending upon ex-
tent of disability, age and qualify
ing statute. Widows rates will range
from $50 to $50 monthly, with addi-
tional allowances for children.
VA said the average age today OF
| Indian War veterans is IS years, and
| that dependents average 80 years OF
age.
More than half a million World
War II veterans in l947 bought
homes of their own with the aid OF
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS loans under
| the CT Bill, VA reports.
VA said $4,000 CT home loans
| were made to veterans during the
years compared with 4l0,00 in 1916
This brings to 1,056.771 the total
| number of CT home loans approved
| since the program started late IN
1914.
VA found that the average home
| bought by veterans in 1947 carried
tries from many parts of the contin-
ent.
The Spring Fiesta makes no room
reservations, but a list of hotels, etc.
will be mailed on request. For ad-
ditional information write to the
New Orleans Spring Fiesta Associa-
ton. $40 st. Peter Street, New Or
leans 16, Louisiana.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-03-11
Arhritis Pain

Y0g Qutek, delfghtful1y eomfordnG heID 1of
aches and pains Of Rheumatism. ArtAsn4a.
Npuritia Lnmba9e, ociatica. or Neuralgia ~
RomlpA, WORKS through ths blood ffrst ooos
usuaiiy starts allsviating pain - yea nn
vefk. enjoy life end sleep moro comfortably.
a. aomlHd a& druggist today. Quick, eem-
pases Satisfaction Or money back guaranteed
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-03-11

At last the men mustered enough courage to come right ont and
say they don't like the new look" in women's fashions. Ted Malone.
we'll known radio personality revealed. while serving as a member
of Cosmopolitan magazines male-tested fashion show at the Stork
Club in New York that when he mentioned the new look" on two
of his radio programs he received 97,432 letters assaiing he new
fashions. The Jury which also included Arthur Hale. Richard HOLMAN,
Peter Roberts and Peter Donald agreed that the new fashions were
too extreme. They selected the cocktail suit in billiards wOrsted
re, shown above, MS the suit most likely to succeed with men
Evening star., 1948-04-29
Chrys|er, UAW Meet
Aqain as Union Plans
To SET Date for Strike
BY the Assoeioied Press

DETROIT, April 29.-Union and
management went to the bargaining
table again today in an effort to
avert the increasing threat of a
strike among 5000 Chrysler Corp.
workers.
The CIO United Auto Workers
will set the date for a strike tomor-
row at an emergency session OF the
unions Top Policy Committee.
With that announcement. the
UAW coupled a statement that a
strike will be called on the date
set unless an agreement is reached
by that time"
If a strike is called it will AFFECT
Is Chrysler plants.
The union demands a fiat 30-cent
hourly wage increase and other
fringe" concessions, but the COM
pany has withdrawn its only offer
Of cents an hour.
Notices Are Filed.
Necessary votes have been taken
and notices filed so that only the
Top Policy Committees word Is
needed to send the workers on a
walkout.
Norman Matthews, UAW Chrys.
ler director, refused to comment or
any present progress in the wage
talks. The union has placed the
calling of strike in his hands ano
its policy committee is expected tc
take Mr.. Matthews word on any
strike date.
| AS threat of a major walkout
mounted, steel shortages took q
deeper cut in auto production. Both
Chrysler and the Briggs Manufac-
turing Co. reported proposed partia
shutdowns which they said were
necessitated by lack of steel.
$500 to Be Laid OFF.
Briggs announced its body assem-.
bly, line at the Mack avenue plan
would be in only partial operation
by tonight. Chrysler planned tt
lay off $500 of its 1000 Plymouth
assembly plant employees for weel
starting Monday
Both the extent and the duration
of the Briggs shutdown remained
in doubt. Vice President w. o
Briggs, jr., reported, pending re
vision of production schedules.
General Motors Corp. currentl!
is in the midst of a progressiv,
layoff begun last Friday and affect
ing some 100000 workers. Tha
shutdown, too, was blamed on tn,
steel shortage.
Meanwhile Kaiser Frazer Corp
announced it would put a six-da,
work schedule into effect May il
order to step up production.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
CHICAGO Livestock

.Df. CHICAGO Sass, 1aooo A65 e sots 1ssSo
sales weights under $50 pounds, 25-5G
lower and few early sales steady TO 2S
higher; market then came to 9 stsndstill;
very little done with most bids midses-
ps,s D:5 sD.sin.Iy Sa s.fIs .hs,, top 7oss6 LTD
BOUNDS, 30 nS ~ssh ~si o6e9i 69if SO: s4o"sso pounds.
10 5O-2o.0O; hardly enough done to IS.
tablish market no action on sows.
salaols cattle; 5000; total no. 5000; sal.
able calves 500 sSss 400 etiHe ;i,afntfT aI
stead STEADY: A"s cows steady to IS hisher; bulls
fully steady with late wednesday: veal:
ers frm; top 32:25 for load choice around
,200-pound fed steers; most good and
choice fed steers and yearlings, $500
81 so; medium to low good grades, rs So
- so; three loads choice 9S4-pound Colo.
choce soUsseq heifers. a7'eo.so. 80 .o6 medium to
good beef cows, u 1924 90; Gamers and
cutters 14OO-lS5O; medium and good
sausage bulls, % .OO-24 rs: mostly q: so
and down; good and choice vealers, 27O0-
80. 90.
..sshssr sssss .mss inssD sssv sGen.
to around 25 higher; some sales up more
on medium and good grades; ewes scarce.
mostly steady; around four loads good
pound averages. a5,s5-2e. 90; top, .s 90:
load mostly good grade s!, ss-poand md. woosd s,
skins. s3.0o-s5, SO; few. common to med
i iO4-pound shorn lambs with mostly No.
9 pelts 24.15: load good and choice So
pound averages with No. l pelts, rs 90:
odd head good and choice wooled ewes.
1900; comparable shorn ewes up to
Evening star., 1948-04-29

SyIvania Electric Products. Inc,
earned s1,162,737 or $106 in the
March quarter VS.. s805,342 or 10
cents a year earlier.
Freeport Sulphur Co. net for the
March quarter was $674,672 or Sl.09
VS.. $776,438 or 81 cents.
Motor Wheel Corp. earned $780,
984 or 70 cents in the March quarter
VS.. $628,252 or "a cents.
Savage Arms Corp. net for the
March quarter was S64l ,222 Or 95
cents VS.. s307,73S or 46 cents.
Shelter Mfg. Corp. earned $685.
575 or 81 80 in the March quarter VS..
$6l0,693 or $120.
Pittsburgh Steel Co. earned $780,
310 in the March quarter VS.. S7l6,-
472.
American Agricultural Chemical
Corp. profit for nine months ended
March 81 was $2,89l ,268 or $3.50 VS..
$2,523 s464 or $4.02 a year earlier.
Allen b. Du Mont Laboratories
net for II weeks ended March %
was $552,829 or q cents VS.. loss
Of s163,23l in the like l947 period.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
Oils Hold Spotlight
In Uneven Market;
Rails Also Gain
By WiIIiom D. Horeon
A.xoeiofed Rrsxs financial Writer

NEW YORK, April 29.-Investors
and SPECTATORS took oil issues for
another upward whirl in the stock
market today.
Railroad stocws also came in for
considerable attention on the buy
ing side, but the bulk of trading was
in oils.
Grains ranged to more than two
points while losses-and there were
plenty-were mostly smaller. For
the market as a whole plus signs
balanced closely with minus.
Closing point or more higher
were Mission Corp, Skelly Oil,
American Woolen and United States
Gypsum. The balance of the mar
ket had little difficulty deciding
which way to 60.
Steel company issues, for instance,
swung this way and that up to the
final hour when they suddenly ad-
vanced. In the last few minutes
they lost part Of the gains.
Youngstown Sheet added a major
fraction and smaller gains were
posted for United States Steel and
Bethlehem.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
Capital Bank Loans
Show Big Increase
Since End Of 1947
By Froncis P. DouoIos

Loans and discounts of l9 banks
In the District, as tabulated by the
office Of the Controller of the Cur
rency from the April IL call, showed
substantial increases over the figures
for December 81 and last June 30.
On April IL the total was $253 ,682,-
600. Last December 81 loans and
discounts aggregated S242, ,755 900,
and on June 80 the total was s2l3,-
$4,000.
Government obligations were up
slightly from the December 81 hold
ingS but still below the figure for
mld-l947. The figures: April IL,
$500, ,508, 900; December 81, s505 ,881,- :
0G0; June 80, $550,930 900.
Total assets: April II, S1.094 ,834,-
600; December 81, s1,096, SOB 900;
June 80, 81 ,088 036,000
Total deposits, $l02o, ,765 900; De-
cember 81, S1,023, ,899, 900; June 30,
Sl,Gl5,0l8,000.
Undivided profits and reserves
April II, $l4,98l 900; December 81,
Sl43l7,000; June 80, S13,376,00O.
Commercial Credit Net Up.
Commercial Credit Co.'S consoli-
dated net income for the quarter
ending March 81, after setting aside
a reserve OF $500 900, was $3,006, ,453,
the best flrSt-quarter results since
1887. The comparable figure for
the first quarter of 1947 was ST.
44l26l.
For the II months ending March
81 the net was $9,560,60l, compared
with $500 ,555 for the preceding
l2-month period.
After payment Of preferred diVi-
dendS the flrSt-quarter net applica-
BILE TO the common was S2,78l, ,453,
or sl5l a share, compared with
sl,2l6,26l, or IS cents a share, for
the first l947 quarter.
Laurel Banker Honored
Walter M. Cole, cashier of the
Citizens National Bank of Laurel
and treasurer of the Maryland
Bankers Association, has been
elected chairman of group of the
MBA.
Leo j. Naughton, vice president and
cashier of the Seat Pleasant Bank,
the retiring group chairman, was
elected to the administration coun-
Gil of the MBA.
Perpetual Still Leads.
Tabulation by the Investment
Dealers Digest of the country's 100
largest savings and loan associations
as of December 81, 1947 shows Per-
petual Building Association of
Washington still in No. position.
Five other Washington asSocia-
tionS are among the first 100 They
are First Federal Savings e. Loan
ASsocia ton, American Building AS
sociation. National Permanent
Building Association. Interstate
Building Association and Washing
ton Permanent Building Association.
Whitney w. Irons of Seabrook,
Md, member of the Special Stock
holders Committee of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, will attend a meet
ing of that committee next Tuesday
In Philadelphia. The meeting has
been called to give the committee
an opportunity for a discussion with
officers Of the road in advance of
the annual meeting.
Mr.. Irons said he is trying to
assess the opinion of stockholders
about holding the line against the
inflationary spiral which leaves
stockholders at the bottom of the
pile"
Evening star., 1948-04-29
Washington Exchange

at 44I2, 10 at 44ss.
Garhnckel 51a0o pf-25 at 24A.
Hecht common-35 at 24L
Potomac Electric Power $50 pf As at
Peoples Drug Stores common-o5 at 81.
Potomac Electric Power common-3O at
1873, 40 at 133s.
PIIRI
Evening star., 1948-04-29
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. April 20 P-Foreisn
exchanse rates follow Great Britain in
dollars. others in centsl:
Candian dollar in New York open
market, 81. per cent discount or 91-9394
United States cents. unchanged.
Europe-Great Britain, 4.03A, un-
changed: France francl. .321s Of a
cent. unchanged: Italy 0ira), April fixed
rate, ,0O1742; March. .001745: Sweden
krona), 27.S5, UNCHANGED; Switzerland
tfrancD tcommerciaD. 2340. unchanged
Latin America-Argentina, tree. 25Os,
up .01 of cent: Brazil, free, $50, un-
chansed; Mexico. 20.bl, unchanged.
Evening star., 1948-04-29
Chicuqo Grain

CHICAGO. April 20 R.-A railroad
strike threat aided in propping grain
prices on the Board of Trade today, par
ticularly May contracts But oficial ex-
pressions of optimism over the prospect
of avoiding the strike caused the grains
to be reduced or eliminated in late deal-
ings
Also helping grain prices were q boost
in the Government buying price for wheat,
a pickup in domestic -four business in the
Northwest and increased demand for feed
DEVELOPMENTS, were tied in with the rail-
road strike threat
oo Shipping sales Of corn expanded to So
weeks
Despite the frmness of May contracts,
crop months of both grain and oats were
under the previous close a god opart of
the day,
Snsn.:a o.ts { we're sfa! lSs:5 A.y NV
cents higher: May. 4,04.
WHEAT-open. High. Low, Close. .
Mfg M1y s453. 451. S44sh S4sh S44s. s4s,. q
september 2.32 2.33s 2.3lla 233- -a2 i.
December 2.31A 2.331a ABBA 2.32-32A
Suiy Mfy "a s'' 49,, ssS :G9:: :sG9s: 22l5;!. o4aI
September 1909 1917 1885, $50 ~
December 1.6SH2 l.69ka 1853 16SI-,s
OATS
May 111a4 112 11Oh 110ss-s4
July .911s 9lH $685. .Sass- 3.
September S37s S41s S2h S2h
December S4ss S434 S33. S33s- 70
SOYBEANS-
May 400 400 400 4O4
July 39S 39S 3S9 392
November 3O5 305 3O2 3O2
LARD
May o220 90 81 21q7 21a1
July 22.52 1852 2225 2225
September 2272 22sO 2245 2247
October 227O 2270 225O $3.50
November 2240 2240 22O5 22O5
ChicaEo Cash Grain.
=. Wheat, none: corn. No. L yellow "a
No. >. .32@-3312; No. 3. 2.Is; No 4,
2.13-?9H; sample grade, 200; oats, No.
mixed, ! %; No. l heavy white, 1.24
No. white, %; No. 3 heary white.
.2414 No, 3 white. 24A; No extra
heavy special red, 1.251a Barley ,.ominal;
mailing. 225-50; feed. 1.75-93. Soy