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Evening star., 1950-01-01
u. 5. Price Supports
Take Beating From
Big Grain Crops
By WiIIiom Ferris
Associofed Press Market Writer

CHICAGO, Dec. 31.-Bumper
crops and the Government price,
support program clashed head-on
this year.
After each harvest the bumper
crop got the better of the pro-
gram. Prices slipped below the
level at which the. Government
exerted its support.
But, as the immediate market
ing Of surplus cereals dwindled,
the program began to bring tan
gible results. Prices started a
timid climb. BY years end wheat
was selling above the support
level in most parts of the country,
and oats approached their sup
ports.
Corn. harvested in the autumn,
fell farthest under the price-sup-
port level and had the most diff
Guilty in regaining its lost ground.
1t still was being offered at less
than support prices as the year
drew to a close.
CCC Funds Drained.
The price support program
drained the Commodity Credit
Corp. Of funds. At years end it
was planning to ask Congress for
more money. There was little
doubt in grain trade circles that
it's request would be granted.
The aggregate volume of the
1949 crops was second only to
1948. Production of eight grains
wheat, oats, barley, rye. corn,
grain sorghums. rice and buck
wheat-totaled nearly 161 900. 900
tons, exceeded only in 1916 and
1948. Output of soybeans-a
legume, not grain-was the Sec
ond largest on record.
While the harvest Of major
cereals was not as large as in
1948. there actually was much
more grain available. That was
because of large carryovers from
the 1948 crops, which contrasted
with the small carryovers of other
postwar years. asa &5E -"
Prices tumbled in all grains,
particularly after the haryests.
Cash wheat, after touching a high
of $2.42 in Chicago in April, fell
to $1.79 in August. Later it start
ed q climb and got back above.
the 81 level.
Corn reached q high of $1.59
in July. tumbling to Sill in Oc-
tober. Oats made a peak Of 81
cents in January and a low Of
58h cents in July. Against al
high of 1920 in July. soybeans
touched low Of $2,12 in October
and November. Rye's high was
Evening star., 1950-01-01
Lower Hogs Restoring
Prewar Relationship
To Cattle Prices
By Lawrence N. EIdred
Associated Press Financial Writer

CHICAGO. Dec. 31.-Meat ami
mails returned still closer to their
prewar relationships this year.
Top-quality cattle scared to
new record high prices while hog
values sagged to the lowest levels
since price controls were in ef-
feet in June, 1916. This widened
the price spread between the two
major meat sources as they were
a decade ago.
In fact, pork animals just
missed having to be price, support
ed by Government purchases late
in the. year when country sup
plies flowed to market more heav-
lily than last year. Careful day.
to-day tailoring of salable supply
to trading demand. however,
helped keep average prices above
the guide prices at which the Gov
ernment is compelled by law to
enter the pork market.
Weights Below Normal.
Marketing at lighter weights
than normal also was a factor,
since this meant less total pork
tonnage than the bigger numbers
of hogs would indicate.
Production of hogs from jan
uary l through December 3 was
estimated at 45,871,485 animals
going through Federally inspected
slaughter. In the comparable Pc
riod a year ago there were an esti-
mated 41,043,141 head sent in.
Cattle slaughter was only little
above last year-12,008,54 head
through December 3 and II, ,673 ,845
in. the similar 48 weeks Of 194s. In
contrast, calves, sheep and lambs
were lower this year. An estimated
5.783.93 calves showed up at the
80 Federal inspection centers,
compared with 6.236,854 a year
ago, while only 11.043,399 sheep
and lambs came in, compared with
13.988,500 last year.
Cattle feeding in 1850 is ex-
pected to be "as large or slightly
larger than last year." The num-
Der of feeder cattle flowing into
corn belt feedlots has been at a
record high level in the July
through November period, the de-
partment neted.
Pig Crop to Be Larger.
As for hogs, the department has
predicted the fall pig crop from
June l to December l would run
about 8 per cent higher this year
than last. These hogs will consti-
tute the first big installment on
next years pork. Last springs
crop already had run an estimated
Is per cent over 194s.
Pricewise, live hogs averaged
about Z cents q pound lower at
the key Chicago market in No
vember-the last full month tab
ulated-than III the same month
a year ago. Barrows and gifts
averaged $16.04, compared with
$22.9l a hundred pounds q year
ago. During price controls, the
average price was just about at
the ceiling price Of $14.s5. A
decade ago, before war buying
entered the domestic picture, the
monthly average on live hogs at
this market ranged from $3.65 to
$9.40 a hundred pounds.
General Motors Corp. an
nounced the appointment of H. D.
Dawson as vice president and gen.
|eral manager of the Delco- -Remy
Division to succeed o. v. Badgley.
Evening star., 1950-01-01

General Motors Corp. an
nounced the appointment of H. D.
Dawson as vice president and gen.
eral manager Of the Delco-Remy
Division to succeed 0. V. Badgley
, 1950-07-13
SHIPPING NEWS

The SIS Tundra, sailing
from the ports Of Mobile July
LIST, and New Orleans July 9th,
is due at Frederiksted on or
about the 18th Of July, accept
ing freight for Guadeloupe.
AIcoa Steamship Company. Inc.
Rob't /. Merwin & Co., Inc,
, 1950-07-13
TO WHOM IT NAY CONCERN:

I. Ebenexer Willocks. through
this medium. do inform those per-
sons owing me that they are asked
TO make final settlement Of their
account before July 80 since this
is the very last notice they will
receive.
All bills that are outstanding
after the aforementioned date
will be handled through the
courts.
, 1950-07-13
THE NEW ST. CROIX
TURF CLUB

cordially invites all members
to attend a'meeting at the Ola
.dOND r SCHOOL
HOUSE. on Friday, July a, at
$50 pm. Plans for LABOR
DAY RACES will be discussed
at this time. Members are re-
minded that their annual dues
must be paid at the same time.
My direction of the Manager
WE. MESSER
Secretary=Treasurer
July II, 1850.
, 1950-07-13

During the month of July I
will be away on vacation. DR..
Magda Shorney will take care
Of my pricate medical and sur
gical practice, Our office will
be open and appointments can
be made as usual.
Brian T. Shorney,
MD. F.A.C.S.
Chief Municipal Physician
, 1950-07-13
S P o
by
Hubert Francis
Concluded from yesterday

for the Nationals, and whitfield
Houtteman & Dolby, with Rizutto
fouling out. Both sides went down
|, 2, 8 in the 9th inning, but in the
9th Ralph Kiner, first man up,
blasted one of Houtteman's pitches
into the left field seats to dead
lock the ball-game at 3-3.
The Americans failed to o
in the 9Th inning, so for the first
time in All-Star competition, the
game entered the 10th inning, AL
lie Reynolds then entered for the
A. I1eaguers, and Larry Jansen
continued for the NJ. Leaguers.
The MI. went l, 2, 8 overheard
in the 10th inning, and although
Dolby singled. in the A. Leaguer's
10th, he never reached second.
The N. Leaguers succeeded in load
ing the bases in the 18th on XII
ner's double, Musial's Intentional
pass, and Co1eman's error, but
Pafko's long high drive was Gagged
by Dom Di Maggie. l, 2, 3 was the
fashion in which the A. Leaguers
were subdued. The 18th inning
saw both teams dothis same thing
Ted Gray was in charge of the A.
League pitching in the 18th and
Ewell Blackwell was on the hill
for the National Rebels. Jones
singled to open the 18th, but never
budged off first Blackwell took
the Juniors, l, 2, 8. Then came the
18th inning. Red Scoendienst who
replaced Jackie Robinson at sec
ond stepped into one of Lefty Ted
Gray's pitches and gave it the
same treatment that Kiner gave
one in the 9th inninf, Home Run
Wallop. After Pafko had singled
and Campanella struck out, Bob
Feller replaced Gray, struck out
Blackwell, walked Reese, but then
got Jones on a hoist to Dolby. The
chips were down for the Ameri-
can Leaguers in their last try.
Dominic Di Maggie hunted, but
was thrown out by Blackwell.
~
Fain lashed a single to center, and
the tension held. The next batter
was Joe Di Maggie, and Vern Ste
phens and Sherman Lollar lined
up as pinch hitters to follow. They
never got a chance however, as
Di Maggie sent a hot smash to
Jones at 3rd. who fielded it nicely
tossed to Schoendienst to get Fain
and Schoendienst relay to first
got the Clipper by margin of an
eyelash. Nice try Joe. So the Ma
tional League won their fifth clas-
sic. Final score: American League
3 runs, 5 hits, ! error, National
League, 4 runs, 1Ohits, and 0 err
rors. The winning pitcher was
EweIl tWhip) Blackwell, and the
loser, Ted Gray. The American
Leaguers' eight hits were scatter
ed as follows: Rizutto (2), Dolby
~, Williams ~, Dropo (1), Fain
~, and Michae1s ~. The Nation
al Leaguers' hits were Jones (l),
, 1950-06-02
Governor Gets
Authority to Accept
Liberty Bell

Legislation approved this
week include a resolution
passed by the Municipal Coun-
Gil of St. Croix authorizing the
Governor Of the Virgin Islands
to accept a replica of the orr
ginaI Liberty Bell, and an or
dinance amending the penalty
for delinquent payment of cor
poration annual license fees,
both identical with legislation
, 1950-06-02
VICORP's President
Invites legislators. to
Inspect Operations

Members of the Municipal
Councils Of St. Croix and st.
Thomas & st. John, have been
invited to be guests of the Vir-
gin Islands Corporation on
Tuesday, June s, for the pur-
pose of inspecting the Corpo-
cations activities. They viii
also be guests at a luncheon al
Orange Grove afterwards.
Representatives of the IS
lands press have also been
invited.
, 1950-06-02
P~uiewonskY to Get
VICORP Distillery
And Rum Stock

Director Davis Of the Divi-
sion of Territories and Island
Possessions has advised the
Governor that Secretary Chap
man, Chairman of the Board
Of Directors Of the Virgin IS
land Corporation, yesterday
approved the sale of the entire
stock of VICORP rum and
lease Of the distillery to Isaac
Paiewonsky Of St. Thomas.
It is expected that the form
al document will be signed
in the Virgin Islands within
the next few days.
, 1950-06-02

- A
st. Crolx, addressed Harlem's
American Virgin Islanders &
their friends at the Wayside
Casino last Sunday afternoon
in New York City, according
to press release from the Co
ordinating Committee. Besides
the member societies of the
Committee other organized
groups which shared the plan
ming of the program made the
public mass meeting a UNIT
ED FRONT.
The labor leader prefaced
his address with the lead state
ment that Americans are push
ing the Virgin Islands eco
nomy out Of equilibrium by
paying as much as $1,000 an
acre for land which formerly
sold only for $50. On top Of
this situation, the legislator
added, Puerto Rican settlers
are making inroads and now
control 1870 of St. Crooks bus
mess. /
MI. Harrigan made himself
clear in these words: # have
nothing against the Puerto
Ricans. ] admire their spirit.
But they do not want to work
as citizens who are a part of
the community Governor Ma
rim Of Puerto Rico who had
visited St. Croix, & discussed
his people with him agreed
that they should cooperate, he
said.
Saving the land for the st.
Croix Labor Union which the
veteran crusader heads as Pre-
sident made the trip impera-
Continued on page ~
, 1950-06-02
Sign on Steeple
Now Tells History
OF Building

There has been attached to
the front face Of the Steeple
Building in Christiansted a
small attractive sign briefing
the history Of this building as
follows:
Built prior to 1896 by the
French Designer
unknown. Upon the arrival Of
the Danes in 1888 the Build
ing was too dilapidated for
use. On May 81, 1855 the re-
novated Church was conse-
Grated as The Lutheran
Church Of the Lord Of the Sab
bath"-The Tower and steeple
were added in 1896 in the style
of Christopher Wren.
Here translation of the
Testament and Lutheran
Hymmbook into the native
Creole were made.-From its
pulpit the Act of Frederick VI,
forbidding the Importation of
slaves, was proclaimed.
after the 1916 hurricane
the Building was used as a
Hospital-It is at present a
Public Primary school,
This sign, made and lettered
by Cyril Marshall and present
ed by the St. Croix Landmarks
League, is both antique and
artistic in design and in exc
cution. It is hoped that this
idea can be extended so as to
mark our various historic
structures and sites, and IN
form our, visitors with regard
thereto.
, 1950-06-02
Seniors Complete
Program for
Presentation TONIGHT

Members of the Senior Class
OF the Home Economics De
partment and their instructor,
Miss Gladys Palmer, have com
pleted all arrangements to
give patrons of the Fashion
Show something to talk
about when they leave the
Lutheran Parish Hall tonight.
The program is scheduled to
begin at 8 o'clock. A large au-
dience is expected to be on
hand to view the work accom-
plished By the Class during
the school year.
, 1950-06-02
Harrgdn Voices VI Situation
Before Ny. Vrgin Islanders

Under the auspices of the
Co7Ordinating Committee of
American Virgin Islands So
..cieties, Hon, Ludwig Harrigan,
legislator and labor leader of
, 1950-06-02
Legislative Assembly
Convenes on Monduy,
5th.

- 2EH
The Legislative Assembly Of
the Virgin Islands will CON.
yene in informal session at
Government House, in Chris
tiansted, at 200 pm. on Mon
day, June 5, 1850 for the pur-
pose Of deciding on the agenda
for the 1850 Assembly session
Governor de Castro will b,
present at the meeting. He !
scheduled to attend a sta.
meeting in the morning.
, 1950-06-02

Enroute to- Moscow during his recent peace mission" through Eu-
rope, UN. Secretary General Trygve Lie lays the cornerstone for a
new wing Of the PGtGis des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The new
structure will accommodate the headquarters of the World Health
Organization Of the United Nations WHO). With MI. Lie are Max
Petitpierre, President Of Switzerland QefD, Princess Rajkumari
Amrit Kaur, Health Minister of India and President of the Third
, 1950-06-02

passed earlier in the Munich
patty Of st. Thomas & Saint
John.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Rooming House Survey
Begun by 9Th Precinct

Sixth Precinct police are sur
veying their area as result of the
expiration of a wartime zoning
provision permitting more than
two roomers per home in restricted
residential areas.
Under the emergency provision,
which expired June 80, household
ers in the restricted and semi
restricted districts were permitted
to have as many as four roomers
in private home. Normally only
two are allowed
The Department of Inspections
has sent out some 800 notices that
the wartime provision has expired.
Capt. John Agnew of No. 6 pre-
cinct said he ordered the survey
in his precinct on his own initia-
tive. merely to be informed of the
situation in his area in case his
superiors ask about it.
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Week END MISCELLANY.

Muskegon: You have practically
eliminated the home" from homi-
eide. Now, will you please try to
get the ''com" out of coma? On
"Our Gal" radio program: Alan is
in a comma" On Club Fifteen: !:
You're in comma! !"-H. E. G.
A. It's incredible that, in the elab-
crate rehearsing and staging of a
network program, such an error as
comma" for coma would not be
caught by some one. A comma, as
any 8-year-old schoolboy knows, is
Ia punctuation mark g.. The word
is pronounced: KOM-uh A coma is
a state of inconsistencies or stupor.
The pronunciation is: KOE-muh
Ogden: What is meant by the
'king's evil"?-O. K. F.
A Kings evil" is an old name for
scrofula. 1t was so called because
it was believed that the only cure
was to be touched by the kings
hand.
New Carlisle: Last night Jimmy
Evening star., 1950-07-22

There are certain leads which
have come to be known as "des-
peration plays" term that is not
always entirely descriptive. When
there is only one holding that will
permit the defeat of the contract,
it behooves a defender to base his
play on that holding. The fact that
such defense will sometimes lose
an inconSequential overtrick should
not stamp the play as born OF
desperation.
In today's hand a simple bit of
counting by East enabled him to
make defensive play which ap-
peared to be, daring, but was actu-
ally safe as well as sound.
The bidding sequence was Of the
common garden variety, except,
perhaps, for North's jump to three
spades. Such a call should normally
be based on four-card trump sup
port. Modern players take a dim
view of a Jump raise with only three
trumpS, even though they are good
ones. Such action seems to date a
player back to the pioneer days of
the early '30s. The purpose of the
four trump rule is to provide for the
contingency that the opening was
made on four-card suit. But where
a player has made an overcall
rather than an opening bid, partner
should act upon the presumption
that the call was based on at least
a f1ve-card suit and jump raises
may be given with only three
trumpS.
North's raise to three was to
provide South with little leeway,
and South intrigued by his favor
able distribution, chose to see it
through.
West made the routine opening
of the deuce of hearts. Some enter
prising players, when faced with
what appears to be a desperate
defensive situation, have a leaning
toward opening with the king from
the king and one other, with the
hope of obtaining a third-round
ruff. This is sometimes known as
a desperation lead" Such action
in this case would have settled the
issue at the outset, but recommen-
dation of this kind, when made bvI
Evening star., 1950-07-22

the commentator, SAVIOR too much
of hindsight analysis, which do not
sit too we'll with the reader and in
which we do not wish to engage.
Declarer, winning the opening
lead, cashed the ace and king of
clubs, discarding a heart. He then
led the three OF spades in an effort
to sneak one lead past East, who
was clearly marked with the ace.
East. however, had done a little
counting as declarer played the
first three tricks. Vests opening
lead of the deuce marked him with
four of the suit, placing declarer
with exactly two hearts, a fact
that was corroborated when de-
clarer took just one discard and
discontinued leading clubs. South
was also known to Jhave one club
and probably six spades, leaving
him with four diamonds. If de-
clarer happened to have the king
of diamonds, there was no hope
for the defense, because 10 tricks
were available to him. The one
hope lay in Vests having the king
of diamonds and just one other, so
East rose with the ace of trumps
and returned tthe deuce of dia-
mondS to Vests king. A diamond
return to the ace and a third
round ruff settled declarer's hash.
Copyright. 1850. by Charles H. GorenJ
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Publishers ACCUSING
Union Of New Breach
OF Taft-Hart|ey Act
BY the Associated Press

Newspaper publishers have ac-
cused the AFL International Ty-
biographical Union UTUO once
again of violating the Taft-Hart-
ley Act.
The new charges involve union
efforts to take jurisdiction over
varitypers, teletypesetters and op-
orators of other new printing
processes.
The charges, filed by the Amer
acan Newspaper Publishers Asso-
citation (ANPA), are being inves-
tigated by field representatives of
Robert N Denham, general coun-
sci of the National Labor Rela-
tions Board. He must decide
whether to issue a complaint
and prosecute the union before
the NLRB.
Other Dispute Hanging Fire.
Thus new Nation wide legal
hight between the ANPA and the
TTU opens even before their last
nght is fully settled.
Last fall the NLRB found the
union guilty of unfair labor prac-
tices-particularly with regard to
hiring policies-and issued an Or
der to stop. But NLRB officials
say the union hasn't fully COM
piled, and Mr.. Denham has been
preparing to seek enforcement in
a United States Court of Appeals.
The union says it is ready to
comply but wants to discuss terms.
The new charges are that the
ITU and its national officers:
l. Coerced employes-by requir-
ing local unions to strike if pub
fishers would not agree for the
people who operate new-type ma
chimes.
2. Refused to bargain in good
faith-by requiring local unions
to require publishers to agree to
certain proposals before contract
negotiations could even begin.
Reports Charters Revoked.
Elisha Hanson, general counsel
of the ANPA, told a reporter the
1TU already has revoked local
union charters in Mansfield, Ohio,
and Fort Smith, Ark, because they
would not follow directions.
He said strikes have been called
in Meriden, Conn; Texarkana and
Ell Dorado, Ark; Roseburg and
klamath Falls, Greg; Pasco,
Wash, and Lorain and Marietta,
Ohio.
Gerhard Van Arkel, counsel for
the ITU, told a reporter concern
ing the new charges:
They have no basis. They are
utterly without foundation. They
are only another step in the
ANPA's campaign to beat down
legitimate trade unionism by the
use of the Taft Hartley Act"
Evening star., 1950-07-22
I axe NV Word for 1t
BY Fronk Colby

Fidler said in his column, I'm all
the hassle over the Bergman -Rossel-
lini affair" I cannot find hassIe
in the dictionary. What does it
mean?-H. M. B.
A. Hassle (also spelled hassel,
hessle) is a dialectal word heard
principally in the Southern States.
1t means, "to pant; to breathe nois-
ily";; hence, in Fidler's column,
"commotion; excitement; emotional
talk"
Hollywood: Please give the ap-
proved pronunciation of the flower
name camellia.-MrS. L. A.
A. The popular pronunciation,
now approved by late-edition die
tionaries, is: kuh-MEEL-yuh. The
older pronunciation, kuh-MELL-i-
uh, appears to be on the way out.
Los Angeles: Recently you wrote,
Each of us should add the word to
his vocabulary" Should you not
have said, {. our vocabulary"
j. B.
Answer: Sorry, no. Each" is
singular and means each one" It
Evening star., 1950-07-22
Boy Dies Six Hours
After 7O-Cor Train
Passes Over Him
By the Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 22.-
Ten-year-old Henry Town died
in Mount Carmel Hospital last
night, six hours after 10 loaded
coal cars of a Chesapeake & Ohio
freight train passed over his body.
Police and f1remen watched
helplessly as the slow moving cars
rolled over him.
Patrolman Mattice Beecher
leaped aboard the freight and
tried unsuccessfully to break the
air hose.
The boy told hospital attend
ants he slipped while trying to
crawl over the train.