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, 1949-10-21
Local Health Officials
To Attend Confab On
Mainland Mondoy

Several local health Off
cials left for the mainland
earlier this week to attend the
American Health Association
Conference to be held in New
York from October ID to %.
They are Miss Helen Joseph,
Health Educator for the Vir-
gin Islands, Miss Trandailer
Jones, Nutritionist, and Pedri-
to Francois, Public Health
Engineer.
These will be joined there
by Commissioner of Health
John S. Moorhead and Chief
Municipal Physician for St.
-Croix, DR.. Brian T. Shorney.
, 1949-10-21
Eisenhower Calls On
To Stop ).
Arguments

General Dwight Eisenhow-
er, war time chief of all the
Allied armed forces, urged
the military forces to act to
make unification work. He re-
fused to enter into the con-
troversy centering on charges
against defense department
policies. The General indicated
that the present arguments
between these forces give aid
and comfort to the enemies of
the United States. He assured
the Congressman that there
viii be complete cooperation
between the forces when the
occasion calls for it.
he U. S. can lick the world
if its armed forces are united.
He therefore urged that uni
fication be given a chance and
not go into a panic at the first
setback. We are expecting per-
lection too quickly, he said.
, 1949-10-21
Senate Committee
Reports FuvorublY On
Bond Issue For v. |.

On October II, 1949, H. R.
An Act to authorize the
Government of the Virgin Is
lands, or any municipality
thereof to issue bonds or other
obligations, which passed the
House of Representatives on
June 6, l949, was reported out
favorably by the Senate Com
mittee on Interior and Insular
Affairs with amendments.
Word has not been received
as to whether this act has pass
ed the Senate.
, 1949-10-21
Hon. Fronk E. jacobs
Speuks In Chris sted
Market Mon. Night

The Hon. Frank E. Jacobs,
First Member for Christian
sted Town, will speak to the
people on Monday night in the
Christiansted Marketplace at
$3.50.
Mr.. Jacobs will discuss
much of the work thus that
has thus far been done since
he took office. Also, his stand
on many issues, including his
failure to endorse the Govern
ment Secretary for the Cover
norship.
The public is invited.
, 1949-10-21
Indies Prime Minister
Honored AT
Columbia University

Prime Minister of India
Pandit Nehru, visiting the Uni
ted States for the first time,
has received from Columbia
University the honorary de-
gree Of Doctor of Laws. The
degree was conferred by the
University's president, Gene
raj Eisenhower, during cere-
monies conducted on the
schools grounds this week.
In an address following the
comforting of the degree Pan
dit Nehru expressed fear that
ornaments race would eventu
ally lead to war. He frequent
~ mentioned the name of the
man whose disciple he was
Mahatma Gandi, and pointed
to the great bloodless, peace
full revolution conducted by
that leader, aresolution which
produced results without the
loss of life.
, 1949-10-21
Hditi's International
Exposition To Open
December g

Haiti, that neighboring is
land whose colorful leader,
Toussaint POuverture, made
Napolean sit up and take no.
tice, will celebrate the 200th
anniversary of its capital city,
Port-au- Prince. To mark the
occasion Haiti has planned an
international Exposition which
opens December 9.
The Haitian Government
has gone to great lengths to
make it one of the outstand-
ing events ever to take place
in the West Indies, & for over
a year hundreds of workmen
have been converting the ex-
position grounds into a spot of
beauty.
Many nations will exhibit
at the Exposition, among these
being the U. S., Mexico, France
and Argentina. Vatican City
is also building a chapel.
, 1949-10-21
UGO-SLAVIA WINS
SEAT ON SECURITY
DESPITE RUS.

Despite the threat of Rus
sia's Andre Vishinsky Of the
the dire consequences that
await those who vote for Jul
go-Savia against Soviet wishes
Jugo-Savia won a seat in the
Security Council by a vote of
80 to 10 against Czecho-Slovak
ia, the protege of the Soviets.
After the balloting, Vishin-.
sky took the platform and an
nounced that the five nations.
in the Soviet sphere, will not
recognize Jugo-Slavia's new
position.
Secretary of State Acheson
had scorned the threat and
informed the Russian delegate
that the Jugo-Slav's election
was not illegal, and that there
had been no gentlemen's agree
as Mr.. Vishinsky claim
ed.
, 1949-10-21
Mrs. Castillo Of P. R.
Calls s.. Croix
A Paradise

Mrs. Mariel Louisa Castillo
of Puerto Rico, an outstanding
artist and instructor at the
Polytechnic Institute, in CIV
ing her impressions Of Saint
Croix said it was lone of the
most brilliant blues & greens
of the surrounding water were
intensified by the cleanliness
of the white beaches, accord
ing to an article in Photograph
The article continues: Zone
of the things which thrilled
Mrs. Castillo most was the old
Danish mills, many of which
have been converted into
homes by American tourists.
Mrs. Castillo added that there
are a large number of church
es in the island and that the
Gothic architecture is clearly
seen there especially in the
Anglican Est. John's) church"
"St. Croix is one of the few
places, she said," where you
can live in the past while be-
ing in the present.
Mrs. Castillo visited ST. roix
Continued on Page a
, 1949-10-21
DR.. Rikki Won Decken.
Luers. New Vet. For
Virgin Islonds

DR.. Rikki Won Decken-Luers
a veterinarian who has been
residing here for several
months, has been appointed
Veterinarian for the Agricul-
tural Station of the Virgin Is
lands and will take over her
duties early next week.
A native of Minnesota, DR..
Won Decken-Luers was gradu-
ated in 1899 from the New
York Veterinary College at
Cornell with the degree of
OWN. She will replace DR..
Julio A. Echegary who was
transferred to the Bureau Of
Animal Industry in Puerto
Rico on June 80, 1949.
, 1949-10-21
Governor Hustie Due
In v. I. Tomorrow

Governor HASTE is due to
arrive in St. Thomas tomor-
row morning on the first
flight of the Caribbean Allan
tic Airlines plane.
The Governor went to Wash
ington to appear before the
Bureau of the Budget on be-
half of appropriations for the
Virgin Islands.
, 1949-10-21

DR.. Won Decken-Luers is
probably the first woman to
hold such a post in these Is
lands. She is also captain Of
the yacht on which she sailed
into these waters.
Evening star., 1949-06-05
BY JACLAND MARMUR

that lifeboat," he heard Larry gowl. 'I1l
paddle you - and goodr'
That was enough for Theophile. He went
aboard in one jump. And up on the little boat
deck he saw the girls face, lovely in anger.
framed by tumble of honey-colored hair.
HER head and shoulders were poking surpris-
ingiy out from under the cover of Number
Two boat. She was waggling finger at the
second mate who was reaching for her. grin
ming. Before Captain Theo could move an
other step, he had her bodily out of the boat,
kicking and squirming in his arms, her dress
in disorder. her fine legs flashing.
How dare your she was crying as Cap
tain Theo came boiling up. ''You ="
"Shut up!' said the second mate.
Evening star., 1949-06-05
A Short Story

NAPrAIN THEoPHiLE BURNHAM, Master of
~ the lumber schooner Makolo in the Homo
lulu trade. was smallish, stoutish man, with
a giistening dome and seraphic little blue
eyes. Swinging merrily down the San Fran
cisco dockside. all he could see of the Makola
IN her berth was her dockload of chain-lashed
lumber. her after housing and her funnel
rising weirdly into the foggy night. And from
up there near the portside boat. Captain Theo
heard voice. A startling. female voice. It
stopped him short.
Il think you're the nastiest man ever
metz it was saying 6ercely.
DO tellr' That. Captain Theo knew. was
his second mate. IF you don't come out of
Evening star., 1949-12-14

been made q special issue with
many groups interested in elm
mating segregation in recreation
here. It is in a neighborhood
that has q large colored popula-
ton and, while the Terrell stu
dents have no adequate place to
play, its high gates remain locked.
Mr.. Christensen said this move
to change the status Of the New
York Avenue Playground is one Of
ways the Recreation Department
is trying to implement its new
policy Of adjusting racial inequal-
tiles and eliminating segregation
as fast as practicable.
In discussing last summers ten
mis- tournaments run by the
Recreation Department, Mr.Wen-
der said there should be an op-
portunity for city-wide tourna-
ments, with no restrictions, as to
race since many Of the tennis
courts are on a bi-racial basis.
His comments came in reference
to q letter from the National As
ISOLATION for the Advancement OF
Colored People, asking why ten
mis- tournaments are on a segre-
gated basis.
It was pointed out the whole
program Of the Recreation De-
partment is undergoing gradual
changes as the department finds
ways OF eliminating the racial
barriers that have been in effect
for many years.
Evening star., 1949-12-14
Brothers Get ; 10 9 Years
In BeckIey Safe Theft

The James brothers, Stance. 20,
and Oliver, "a. today were SEN
fenced to three to nine years for
stealing a safe containing $6l,850
in cash and jewelry from the
home of Richard H. Beckley. a
former police detective sergeant.
District Court Judge Henry A.
Schweinhaut imposed the SEN
tence after denying new-trial mo-
tions previously argued by De-
fense Counsel Curtis Mitchell
and Henry L. johnson. Judge
Schweinhaut also refused to set a
bond for the defendants when the
lawyers announced they would
appeal the case.
The James brothers, who are
colored. we're charged along with
third suspect in the theft Of the
safe belonging to Mr.. BecNey, OF
the 1900 block Of New Jersey ave-
nue. NV. last January. The case
against the third suspect was dis
missed some time ago.
Mr.. Beckley, SO, also colored, re-
signed from the force in 1920 and
is said to have real estate hold
ings here. Stance James home
is in the 1900 block of Ninth street
NV, while his brother lives in
the 1900 block Of A street Sc.
Evening star., 1949-12-14

his office with another woman,
told him he was not paying Miss
Keller enough, land threatened to
tear OIL her blouse and use the
woman against me as a witness. y
He said he paid her.
Meanwhile the inquiry into
Hollywood police vice tieups has
concluded with the clearing OF the
last of five police officers OF all
charges.
The fifth to be freed was Police
Sergt. Elmer v. Jackson yesterday.
Superior Judge Stanley Barnes
dismissed the case, relieving a
jury Of seven men and flve women
Of the chore.
Brenda Allen. former Holly
wood vice queen, flatly refused to
testify against Sergt. jackson. al
though she told the grand jury
that she paid him $50 per girl per
week for protection. Her refusal
was on constitutional grounds
that she might incriminate her
self.
After her refusal the district at
torney's Office recommended dis
missal of perjury and bribery
charges against Sergt jackson.
Others previously indicted in
the vice investigation but later
cleared were former Police Chief
c. B. Horrall. former Assistant
Chief Joseph Reed, Capt. Cecil
Wisdom and 1t. Rudy Wellpot.
Evening star., 1949-12-14

sion that the United States Su-
preme Court repeatedly has re-
affirmed its 1917 ruling on the
illegality of zoning ordinance
based on race or color.
Several Negroes testified during
the two-day hearing that they
bought lots in the North Smith
field area, but the city refused to
issue them permits to build houses
there.
North Smithfield is on Birming-
hams west side and lies between
Ia section zones for whites and
one reserved for Negroes. Negroes
have slowly been encroaching on
the white area there for some
months.
Five Negro houses were dyna-
mited in the North Smithf1eld
area this year. Three houses
bought by Negroes for occupancy
were badly damaged last March,
They were unoccupied at the time.
Two others occupied by Negroes
suffered slight damage from a
dynamite bomb in July.
Evening star., 1949-12-14
Roll, Telegraph Strike
Faces Italy Tomorrow
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

ROME, Dec. IA 24-hour
strike by 100000 government
employees may cripple 1taly's rail-
way and telegraph services to-
morrow.
Unless a last-minute wage
agreement is reached. members
of both Communist and anti
Communist labor unions will walk
out. The government-operated
railway, post. telegraph and
school systems would be affected
The government workers are de-
manding general wage increases OF
1000 to 5000 lire 1920 to $3.50
monthly. The government said 1t
can offer 80 per cent OF its en-
ployes raises averaging no more
than $500 to 1000 lire ($2.38 to
$500 monthly. Leftist labor
leaders claim many government
employees now get less than $4,000
lire (about $40D monthly.
Evening star., 1949-12-14
Exfortion Trial Told
Of $1,000 Payment
Coast Party Girls
By the Assoeiofsd Press

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 14.-A
trade school owner testified yes
terday that fear Of being exposed
as an adulterer caused him to
pay about $4,000 in extortion
money to a shapely party girl
and her roommate.
Ben H. Klekner told a Superior
Court jurS the money was paid
at vario1s times between 1916
and 1948 to red-haired Helen
Keller, Is, and her friend, Toni
Hughes, 26.
Miss Keller is formerly from
Selinsgrove, Pa, and. Miss Hughes
of New Rochelle, N. Y. Both were
indicted on an extortion charge.
Klekner admitted he promised
to marry Miss Keller. He said
he promised her he would divorce
his wife. that he had effected a
property settlement, would gain
custody Of his three adopted
children and make his home with
Miss Keller.
Wanted Home With Pool.
But I did this" the 49-year-
old television trade school owner
and operator said. more to pla-
cate her than anything else. She
was making constant demands
upon me for money and 1t finally
got to the point where I couldn't t
meet them. I thought If I prom
ised to marry her she would be
less insistent in her demands for
money"
Klekner said Miss Keller told
him of her ambitions and her de-
sire to own a home, complete with
swimming pool. Somebody is
going to pay for the home. and
you're the man." Klekner said
she informed him.
Klekner told the jury he had
hired Miss Keller "as a party girl
or prostitute on numerous oc-
casions," and that he had sent
her IS or 20 times to friends and
acquaintances, but he denied he
ever seriously intended to marry
her.
Klekner said Miss Hughes made
frequent demands in behalf Of
her roommate.
He testified she once came to
Evening star., 1949-12-14
PHA Tells Charlotte
Negro Housing Plea
Ignores White Needs
By Robert J. Lewis

Ihe Public Housing AQmln1Stra-
ton today said it had asked the
Charlotte IN. c. Housing Author
ity to revise it's application for a
preliminary loan with which to
plan construction of 400 public
housing units because the applica-
ton, as first submitted. discrimi-
mated against low-income white
families.
The temporary rejection of the
application, said PHA, was in line
with PHA's forthcoming new
racial policy which will require
that a community provide lin
equitable proportions" for all
racial groups.
The rejection was based on
objection to a resolution by the
Charlotte City Council restricting
occupancy of all the units to
Negro families.
PHA was quick to explain that
there was no question of seek
ing to require mixed occupancy"
of white and colored families on
the part of the agency.
400 Units May Be Split.
1.-THE city of Charlotte may
build the 400 units it applied
for in several projects if it wishes
to do so. with each limited to
families of separate racial
groups the PHA spokesman ex-
planned.
What is contrary to our pol
icy in the Charlotte application,
however, is that the city intended
to set aside all the units for col
ored families. We are required
under our rules to see that 'equit-
able provisions are made for all
racial groups in a community pro-
gram.
ITO apply this policy it will be
necessary for us to see that white
families needing low-rent housing
are not Disseminated against in
the same way that it will be neces-
sary to guard against discrimina-
ton against Negro families" the
spokesman explained.
In disclosing rejection OF the
Evening star., 1949-12-14
Birmingham Racial Zoning
Thrown Out by u. S. Judge

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Dec. IA.
(P.-A Federal judge yesterday
threw out Birmingham's law bar
ring a Negro from living in a
white section.
Mayor Cooper Green said the
city would appeal the decision to
the Supreme Court. He COM
mented:
breakdown of this Southern
custom Of residential coming will
cause strife and turmoil, and I
regret the ruling of the court"
Mr.. Green Is president of the
United States Conference OF
Mayors.
The ruling was by Federal
Judge Clarence Mullins in a suit
filed by a group of Negroes. He
said the city could not inforce
it's racial Zoning ordinance be-
cause it violates the Federal Con-
stitution.
The ordinance fixed areas in
which Negroes can occupy houses.
It does not cover Negroes who
live in servant houses adjacent to
white homes.
Judge Mullins said in his deci-
Evening star., 1949-12-14
Plan 10 Shift Status
OF New York Avenue
Playground Studied

A change IN status Tor the New
York avenue playground. long q
point Of contention because it is
a white playground. although it is
across the street from the Terrell
Junior High School for colored
students, is being considered by
the District Recreation Board.
Meeting yesterday. the Recrea-
ton Board authorized a special
committee to study conditions in
the area Of the playground, which
Is located at First street and New
York avenue NV. and to bring
in recommendations.
Milo Christensen, recreation
superintendent, said he saw no
reason why the matter could not
be settled quickly.
He pointed out that a number
Of solutions are available. The
Terrell students could be given
permission to use the playground
during school hours. and it could
be retained as q white area at
other hours. It could be made
inter-racial or 1t could be made a
colored playground.
Harry S. Wender, Recreation
Board chairman, appointed Mrs.
O. B. Hankins chairman Of the
special committee and named Mrs.
Alice Hunter and himself to the
committee.
Mrs. Hunter wanted to know
why the board could not give i'm
mediate permission for the Ter
rell students to use it during
school hours.
Mr.. Christensen pointed out
that a pre-school program for
white children Is held at the play
ground during those hours and
the committee should have the
chance to study all aspects of the
problem before making a recon-
mendation.
It is this playground that has
Evening star., 1949-12-14
REsxsZ4B is the identical
cold-kiNing formula that
proved 50 successful in
Larqe. scale clinical tests!


cember's Readers Digest! For antihistamines
are now big news for all who suffer from colds.
But one all-important fact you may not know
is this:
The Identical sermvIe tested wa. The REsIsTAs
sormvIo. Yes, The REsIsTAB formvIo.
And here is what these clinical tests have
proven: When taken at the first sign of cold,
Bristol Myers effective new antihistamine,
RESISTAB, kills colds in an Average OF one day.
Even when treatment started on the second
day, REsIsTAB was found 10 stop colds within
enc 70 three days.
But frankly, to get the greatest benefits from
RESISTAB, you must start taking it at once.
After your cold has progressed as much as AZ
hours, RESISTAB may give you some relief, but
at this late stage neither it nor any other anti
histamine can completely stop your cold.
So have REsISTAB handy at all times-at
home, at work, in your pocket or purse Start
taking it the minute you feel cold coming on
or have been exposed to someone else's cold!
That's when RES1STAB can best help you to
resist q cold!
RESISTAB is absolutely safe when used as
recommended-eyenfo for children. Your druggist
can sell it to you without prescription. See him
ask for clinic-prouen RESISTAB today!
Evening star., 1949-12-14
Largest Tanker Soils
Under Liberiun Flag
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 14.-Built
with American dollars, the largest
tanker in the world, sailed yester-
day for Puerta La Cruz. Venezuela,
flying the flag Of Liberia.
The ship was the Bulkstar, con-
structed, at the plant Of the Weld
ing Shipyards, Inc, at Sewalls
Point, at a cost said to be about
$4,000, 900.
The craft is OF 10000 gross tons
and can load approximately TO-
900, 900 gallons of oil in bulk, the
greatest amount ever put on a
single ship.
Evening star., 1949-12-14
Dr.. Henry Summers Dies

SOUTH PASADENA, Calf.
Dec. IA (P.-Dr. Henry E. Sum-
mers, 86, former State entomolo-
gist of Iowa and past president
of the Association ofor the Ad-
vancement Of Science, died at
his home here Monday.
Evening star., 1949-12-14
A--8 **THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c.


application, Harold T. Dillehay,
executive secretary Of the Char
lotte Housing Authority, said PHA
had informed him 1t would be
necessary to revise the original
application by eliminating any
reference to white or Negro oc-
cupancy, according to the Associ-
ated Press.
In Washington. PHA said 400
public housing units had been set
aside for construction by the
Charlotte Housing Authority some
time ago.
However, owing to the restric-
ton subsequently placed on their
use by the Charlotte City Council,
in limiting their use to Negro
families only, it was necessary to
hold up action on the Charlotte
authority's application for a
$130,000 loan.
There is not the slightest ques-
ton here about Charlotte's right
to build segregated projects un-
der the 400-unit program" a PHA
spokesman said.
"Our policy is to let the ques-
ton of segregation or non-segre-
CATION be a matter entirely for
local OPTION"
Evening star., 1949-12-14
'U.S.Theme Adds Color
In Swede's Lucia Fete
BY the Asseeiofsd Press

STOCKHOLM. Dec. 14.-Uncle
Sam, the New York skyline and
the Wild West lent extra color
last night to Stockholm's tradi-
tional Lucia pageant. Five Amer
lean Lucia brides were the center
of interest.
Norma Freeman of Chicago had
been chosen Lucia Bride" in New
York. She was here with her
four runnersup in the encourage.
A great part of the pageant
last night consisted of American
floats. There was Uncle Sam
against a background Of sky
scrapers, and a float depicting the
Wild West.
Miss Freeman's associates were:
Carol Audet, Bristol. Conn.,;
Corine Nehrman, North Minne-
apolis, Mimi; Lorraine Olson.
Seattle, Wash. Lois Westerdahl.
New York City.
KIMSTAD, Sweden, Dec. IA (Ho.
The deaths of three young Lucia
maids in a taxicab-train collision
the Lucia celebration in
this South Central Swedish town
yesterday. The train sliced the
taxicab in two.
Two other girls and the driver
of the cab were injured. The girls
were on their way to work. wearing
crowns of lighted candles on their
heads as they served coffee, cakes
and other special delicacies to
I h eir ca-W0rkers
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-31
MAN WHO SAW KATMAI
 BLOW up, IS TO RETIRE
 FROM EDUCATION DEPT.

Norman Cook, retiring January l after 16 years as accountant for the Territorial Department of Edu- eaton, wants it understood that pushing a pen' isn't his profession.
 His first profession was that of a civil engineer, and a good part of bis life was spent as prospector.
 lie came to Alaska in 1910 after helping construct the M lwaukeo Road in eastern Washington and tuilding streets in Spokane.
 His arrival in the Territory marked the end of his work as a civil engineer and the beginning of his work at prospecting. He rrospected the Alaska Peninsula from 1910 until 1918
 People see me sitting here and think I'm just a pen-pushing old duffer," he said yesterday But they're not right. Most of my life wasn't spent beh nd a pen"
 He recalls the days when he was younger and would go out into the wilds in search of ore--into the wilds for as long as seven months 3t a time.
 wouldn't see a white man in all that time" he said. "Fact is, l was behind Mount Katmai pros recting a copper deposit when the mountain blew up in 19l2.'
 That was a great show, he says. The mountain eruptsd like an atom -onL-threw up a spout of smoke which mushroomed out, twisting in -,..a wind at a hjgn altitude.
 Mount Katmai Is near the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, ita erup- ton bringing the valley into existance.
 Then the ash began dropping, and there was three and one-half feet of it at his camp near Naknek when it stopped falling. And con- tinually from June until Novem- Der, when he started back to civili- ration, there were earthquakes.