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legislature, I shall request a series
OF meetings with the two munich
pal councils for the purpos of
discussing and implementing such
recommendations as can be agreed
upon here. In the meantime. we
shall proceed within the limits of
available funds to follow his ad-
mlnlstrative recommendations.
Employment Service
The Virgin Islands EMPLOYMENT
Service is still in its infancy, but
has already proved it's value to
more than $50 visitors and annli-
cants here and in ST. Croix. The
employment Service is doing it's
share to help make the Virgin Is
lands a better place n which to
i've by securing steady emplov-
ment for all of our citizens. Every
thing about the employment SER
wee has to do with work. Some
are looking for work. others are
providing work. The Employment
Service brings the two groups to-
gether for the success and happi-
ness of all concerned.
In the very near future several
construction projects Will be
opening; the first of them, which
IS the new hospital, has arranged
to hire all labor for the project
through the free employment SER
vice. The Employment Service
will be calling for labor of all
kinds for these projects with the
hope that the right man for each
and every job will be found right
IN our own communities.
Misunderstanding for ST. Croix
At the conclusion of this section
OF my address, l want to digress
for a moment and to pay tribute
to an outstanding public official.
On the 31st of this month, Hon.
Harry E. Taylor will retire after
20 years and 7 month of service
with the Government of the Vir-
gin Islands, IA years of which
we're devoted to service as Admin
iStrator for the Municipality of ST.
Croix. During his incumbency,
Mr.. Taylor has demonstrated out
standing courage and devotion to
duty, and has manifested a zeal
for hard work. His integrity and
honesty r unimpeachable. He
has acquired a vast knowledge of
conditions in the Virgin Islands,
especially the island of st. Croix.
This knowledge has served him in
good stead in the execution of his
pubic duties. Now that the time
for his retirement is approaching,
l wish to record publicly my sim
cere admiration of Mr.. Taylor's
efficiency. honesty, and devotion
to duty as an official of the Gov
eminent of the Virgin Islands.
/ am also happy to report that
a native of the Virgin Islands has
been selected by the Secretary of
the Interior to succeed Mr.. TAYLOR
as Administrator for St. Croix. DR..
, 1951-10-27

due to budgetary difficulties in the
Central Administration, the new
Administrator cannot enter on
duty until next year. However,
every effort will be made to have
him IN his new Office at the earli-
est date possible.
CONTINUED in next issue)
, 1951-10-27

Charlotte Amalie. ST. Thomas, Virgin Islands. U. S. A.
Advertisement for Bids
PROJECT WILL CEARLoTTEE AMALIE. ST. THOMAS
The Virgin Islands Housing & Redevelopment Authority
Will receive sealed bids until 2 pm. Asst on the 18th day of
November, 1851, at its Office in Charlotte Amalie, at which
time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud,
Tor the construction of a Housing Development at St. Thomas,
". l. described thus:
Thirty tO) reinforced concrete buildings with load
bearing clay block walls. of the two-storY type. COM
prising two hundred forty (240) dwelling units; tooether
with Utilities and site improvements. underground els
terms. lntHtration gallery and treatment plant. all in
accordance with the contract documents as prepared by
Schimmelpfennig. Ruiz & Gonzalez. Architects, Rio
Piedras, Puerto Rico.
Copies of the documents may be obtained bv prospective
bidders upon depoSiting a certified check for One Hundred
I$10OO0) with the Virgin Islands Housing & Reaavelon-
1ment Authority for each set of documents so obtained. Such
deposit will be refunded upon return of the plans and docu-
rnents in good condition within a period Of tendO DAYS after
the opening of bids.
Proposed forms of contract documents, including plans
and specifications, are on file at the office of the Virgi Islands
Housing and K development Authority, Box 68, Charlotte
Amaie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. These NAV also be OBJ
tanned from the offices of Schimmelpfennig, Ruiz & Gonzalez.
Architects, Monserrate Building, Rio Piedras, PR.
A certified check or bank draft, payable to the Virgin
Islands Housing & Redevelopment Authority, us. Govern
ment Bonds or satisfactory bid bond executed by the bidder
and acceptable surety, in an amount equal to five per cent
5%) OF the bid shall be submitted with each bid.
The successful bidder will be required to furnish salts
factory performance and payment bond.
Bidders attention is called to the fact that under the con-
tract, the Contractors shall be required to pay not less than the
minimum wage rate set forth in the specification an dto com
ply with the minimum wage laws now in effect in St. Thomas,
Y. l., and with any minimum wage laws that NAV come into
effect during the life of the Contract, without increase in
contract price.
The Virgin Islands Housing & Redevelopment Authority
reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any
infornnalities in bidding.
No bids shall be withdrawn for a period of sixty (6W DAYS
subsequent to the opening of bids without the consent Of the
Virgin Islands Housing & Redevelopment Authority.
VIRGIN STAND HOUSING and
R~EDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Henry w. de Lagarde. Executive Director
Evening star., 1951-03-08
becomes graceful stroller, but he
q pNI1iroc ~or,oa rHNica

becomes a graceful stroller, but he
acquires some poise.
In reaching for altitude the goonie
spreads his 7-foot wings and starts
running into the wind. With a
few flaps he Is In the air. Often
the stupid flyer forgets to take
into consideration distractions in
his way, which he strikes with full
force, even being knocked out for
the time. Apparently chagrined
with his own stupidity, he gets to
his feet, rolls his eyes and starts
over.
Courting is taken seriously. Most
of the time boy mods low to girl,
who returns the salute. Girl circles
suitor, uttering small "patter." Boy
shufdes close, utters loud "ooie" and
high, piercing GEEK" with neck
stretched skyward. Girl initiates
him, then takes fancy goonie nup-
tial steps together for an hour
Later you see them strolling over
the sand to make a heap on the TOP
of which the egg is deposited.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Nitroaen Protects Steel

Nitrogen is used for protection
of special high-quality steel and
other metals during high-temper-
ature furnace treatment.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Take Ny Word for 1t
By Fronk Colby

premier by II accepted American
dictionaries:
First choice Of nine and second
choice of two: PREEM-yer.
Second choice of six and third
choice OF two: PREM-yer.
First choice of two and second
choice of two: pri-MEER.
Now this is another example OF
dictionary inertia, and a far too
heavy reliance on British usage. I
hope to live to see the day when
American dictionaries will become
frankly and honestly American, in
stead Of being dim carbon copies Of
the British oxford in matters OF
pronunciation. I'd like to see our
dictionaries whistle yankee Doo-
die" instead of opening each page
with a reverent God Save the
King"
There is nothing improper about
British speech-for Britons. BY the
same token, everything is wrong
about British speech-for Americans,
Hollywood's "diction" schools and
|Keighley's Radio Theater to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
To me, the height of absurdity is
hearing a group of native American
actors staging a British play and
attempting to talk like the British.
Equally absurd is the American die
tionary that prefers British pro-
|nunciations for words that are never
given the cheerio twist in American
speech.
Evening star., 1951-03-08

Mother-Come and give Mrs.
Jones and Mrs. Smith a big hug.
and kiss goodnight, dear. They.
do not have any little boys to kiss;
them goodnight. :,
Evening star., 1951-03-08
AlbatrOss Clown.

In the air the albatross is a grace
full, dignified flyer, on the ground
a laughable, flat-footed ham. His
performances are so funny you come
to believe they are rehearsed. The
performer gets a real kick out of his
stunts.
The gull received all the credit
for saving Eddie Rickenbacker's life
by giving its life's blood. However,
the consensus among many orni-
biologists is, the honor should 60
to the goonie or albatross.
The albatross makes the longest
nonstop flights in birddom. It
spends about four months out Of
the year far out at sea, usually in
a steady, continuous flight which
begins in June, ending in Novem-
Der. Being smart, he knows how to
save fuel by taking advantage of
air currents, never having to flap
a wing for hours.
He heads for his home base In
autumn, where for eight or nine
months he dances and romances
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Children
By Lillian Cox Athey

before settling down to protect his
mate.
On the Pacific shores, albatross
squadrons scoop in from the skies.
For many weeks these flyers have
been above the clouds, out of sight.
With their special never-fail chart
and compass, they approach home
landing fields. The flyer starts a
long slide. Things appear to go
wrong. He has no sense of timing.
He now comes in full speed, with
great wings spread. If he spies a
bright roof, especially a tin one, he
aims for it, skidding heels up at
full speed.
Undaunted by the terrific noise
and the shower of loose feathers,
he gives a low grunt of disgust as
he gets to his feet, shaking himself
to assure himself he is unhurt. He
looks quickly about, assures himself
he Is home again, and drops to the
ground.
For the first few weeks all leisure
time is spent acquiring the ability
to walk on the sand. He never
Evening star., 1951-03-08
A One-Minute Test OF You,
NetDS knowledge
NEWS QUIZ
BY Tom Henry

1. AIM-How many jet en-
gines and tanks does the
United States hope to produce
yearly?
2. LOSS - United States
casualties in Korea have TO-
tailed 1882. How many cas-
ualties have the other 13 UN
forces fighting in Korea had?
3. TRIP-Where is Presi-
dent Truman spending a
three-week vacation?
4. LAURELS-What Ameri-
can won his fourth straight
title as world figure-skating
champion in Milan, Italy?
IS. QUOTES-Can you name
our Director of Selective Serv-
ice who said: What I have to
do is figure out how to raise
an armed force of 3,500,000
without taking anybody?"
Answers.
/. Jet engines: $4,000;
tanks: IS, 900. 2. 2,785. OF tie
Is armies Turkey suffered the
most. 3. The naval station
at Key West. 4. 21-year-old
Dick Button of Englewood,
N. j. 5. Maj. Gen. Lewis B..
Hershey.
Tom Henry's "Quiz EN-"
appears every Sunday in This
Week Magazine with The Star.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Pronunciation Clinic.

@. I nominate for your pronunci-
alton clinic the word premier. "
Why do we hear so many different
recommendations of 1t on the radio?-
Mrs. s. P. c.
A. don't have the answer to
that question, except to say that
1.-The radio" is not at fault-it's the
people who talk on the radio that
mispronounce the words. We hear
a great many people on the air in
these days. and most are not trained
speakers, Generally speaking, how
ever, the professional broadcasters
are pretty accurate in their pro-
nunciation.
Now let's talk about the word
premier. First of all, the word is
French, in which language it is pro-
nounced prum-YAY. 1t means "the
first in time, rank or quality; the
first minister of state" In French
premier is masculine. The feminine
form is premiere, pronounced:
prum-YEHR.
Now premier entered English a
long time ago, and the British pro-
nunciation, as recorded by the OK
ford English Dictionary, became
PREM-yer, or PREEM-yer.
But in standard American speech
the prevailing pronunciation in all
levels of speech was and still is:
pri-MEER. Therefore, pri-MEER is
the correct American pronunciation.
However, your dictionary may not
even list pri-MEER. With typical
and scholarly reluctance to report
established American pronuncia-
tions, your dictionary will doubtless
prefer the British PREM-yer Or
PREEM-yer.
Here is word's-eye view of
Evening star., 1951-03-08
ADVERTISEMENT.
&Ixxx
GENTER
MARKET CITY
E.. with Nf Hvke~

THAT wonderful, dewy-fresh
smell of flowers, fruits and
vegetables at Center Market
City? Why, it's the smell of
Easter, of course!
All of the combined fra
grances of lilies, of Springs
freshest flowers, and of
Springs freshest produce. Sure
sign that Easter is not far
away. Other signs: The WON
derful hams and Easter lamb
that you'll now find on market.
HERE AND THERE: We've
been on an orange spree this
week, and let us recommend
the delicious flavor of this won
derful golden apple" of Flor
ida and California. Try duck
with oranges this week for a
change. An orange cake was
on our menu Sunday, and with
it we had old-fashi0ned am
brosia, made with freshly
ground cOconut from the Mar
ket. Truly delightful, and the
delicate flavor of oranges how
cred about our kitchen for
days.
THE IS merchants who make
up our great Marketplace are
ready for your Easter plans.
Thomas & Slye have some of
the most beautiful Easter flow
ers you've ever seen, and, of
course, they're growing more
lush every week, the closer
we get to Easter. You'd be
smart to place that Easter Or
der with them RIGHT NOW.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
BIB THE EVENING STAR

Washington, D. G.
THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1851
Evening star., 1951-03-08

A WORD here about frozen
foods. OF course you can find
them in the Market! While
we're great believers in fresh
produce straight from the gar
den, we do have frozen food
stands. Sellers Frozen Food
Stand, No. 106-108, has a large
selection of frozen foods, and
if you're in a hurry, just stop
by this stand for easy-to-pre-
pare frozen dishes.
WE HAVE our own dough-
nut stand, too. Right inside
the door, on the left hand side,
as you enter from X street.
And they're always deliciously
hOt-either plain or chocolate
covered. What's better than
hot d0ughnuts and a cup of
coffee? If you want to try
them right on the spot, stop
and have a cup of coffee at the
lunch stand right across the
aisle.
MORE AND MORE thrifty
Washingtonians, and Wash
ingtonians who love good food
food-are discover
ing Center Market City. They
like the way our merchants
cut meat right before, their
eyes-nO pre-packaged meats
for us. They like our huge Sc
lection, and the competition
among stand-owners at the
Market, which means better
produce for the customer. They
like to shop in the old-wOrld
atmosphere of a great Market
place, and frankly, we like TO
have them.
We like it so much that we
have a FREE PARKING LOT
for our customers on X street.
We also have the service of lit
tie two-wheeled shopping carts.
Their service is also yours at
no charge.
For Out-of- this world foods
at down. -to-earth prices, visit
CENTER MARKET CITY
5fh & K NV.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Word Game
Find IS or more words in

FmQ % or more WORDS IN
IMP TUOUS,
meaning, "eager. headlong." Av-
erage Is 81; limit, IS minutes.
Rules-Words must be of four or more
letters. Words which acquire four letters
by the addition of IS" such as bats"
"cats," are not used. Only one form of a
word is used. Proper names are not used
A list will be published tomorrow.
Answer to STOICAL.
sail, salt, salic, scot, scat, silt. silo, stoa,
stole, tails, tale, tolls iota, cast, cist clots,
coils, cost coast. colt. coal, coats, alist
alto. also, ALT, ascot, laic, last, list, lost.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Goren on Bridge

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Neither vulnerable. North deals.
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The bidding:
North. East. South. West.
club Pass 1spade Pass
3hearts Pass 3spades Pass
5spades 5 Pass 6spades Pass
Pass Pass
Opening lead, nine of hearts.
However indicated the play may
be, it inspires a sense of cool
nerves and ruggedness when de-
fender, holding the ace, ducks as
a singleton is led from dummy in
q slam contract at suit. George
Rapee of New York City, one of
my teammates in the recent inter-
national matches in Bermuda, dis
played such calmneSs under fire
when he sat East in the hand
shown today.
North's opening bid of one club
was highly irregular, but there
was method to what appeared to-
be his madness. It should be noted
that opening bids Of one spade in
volve certain amount of risk
when based on hands rich in high
cards, especially where heart
strength Is held. The reason is that
partner is limited in his responses
to bids of one no-trump and two
of suit, and a responder will
rarely shade such call, so that
occasionally game in hearts will
be missed, whereas responder will
usually strain point to make a
shaded response Of one heart to
an opening club bid.
When South surprisingly re-
sponded with one spade, North
made an artificial jump shift, fore
ing to game. South rebid spades,
which North raised to five, an in
vitation which South accepted,
though as we view it, his action
was highly doubtful. North, to be
sure, had described a singleton
diamond, having bid three suits and
jumped, and the queen-jack of
diamonds should, therefore, not be
regarded as Of great value.
West chose to open the nine of
hearts, which dummy won. De-
clarer extracted trumps, ending in
dummy, and led the ten of dia-
monds. In the meantime, Rapee in
the East had been doing some
calculating. He saw that regard
less Of how the five unseen clubs
were distributed, no club trick was
available to his side. If South
had only two clubs, naturally he
had no loser. If South had three
clubs they had to be headed by
at least the ten, which would leave
West with only two, both of which
would fall. It became clear, there
fore, that the defenders were
limited to one diamond trick and
a possible heart trick. East's hope
rested with his partner holding the
king of diamonds. If South had the
king of diamonds, a heart from
dummy could be discarded on that
card. Rapee, therefore, ducked the
ten of diamonds and declarer could
find no way to avoid the loss of a
heart trick. If East had captured
the first lead of diamonds with the
ace, declarer could have played the
queen of diamonds through Vests
king and set up a good diamond
upon which to discard dunmy's
losing heart.
Copyright. 1851. by Charles H. Goren)
Evening star., 1951-03-08

Railroad workers and hard-coal
miners got the most recent wage
boosts in Germany.
Evening star., 1951-03-08

Mother-Excuse me while tuck
Dick into bed. Let's wave good
night to our guests, son.
Guests-Goodnight, Dick. Happy
dreams. Goodnight.
Seward seaport record., 1951-02-27
Three Seward Boys Selected AIl-Sfors

A Western Alaska All-Star team as chosen by referee off cials, timer and scorer in the Rendezvous tournament an d two newspaper men, include three Seward boys.
 The six all-stars as named are Anderson, Deigh and Denton of Seward; Lafon of Fairbanks; Thuma of Palmer; and Fultz, Brown and Carman of Anchor age. They were selected for their outstanding work on the basketball courts. Of Stewards three boys who were honored Denton and Anderson were chos- en as co-captains.
 Sportsmanship Award
 The sportsmanship award was given to the Anchorage Eagles. It was awarded by the Rendez- vous Committee, without vote from g a m officials-referees were not consulted. Coach Don Dalberg states that it is his be- lief concurred in by others pres ent, that the award should have gone to Palmer, whose team displayed admirable sportsman ship throughout the conference and tournament.
Seward seaport record., 1951-02-27
Seq Hawks To Pioy Last Game Friday

SeWardites' last chance to see the Sea Hawks play this year will be Friday night, March ?, in the Civic Center. They will play a benefit game to repay the Bremen for the use of the hall during the six school games.
 The Sea Hawks will play a strong Bear Lake team. The lumberjacks will be strengthen ed by several stars from the Hobby Club, and will present a formidable opponent for the school boys. By all signs, it should be a good battle.
 Preliminaries will be a battle between the eighth graders and freshmen. These two teams have given a good showing this year, and are playing good basket ball.
 Four seniors will be playing for the last time. Ray Anderson, Dick Deigh, Bill Erwin and Dick Van Guilder are all sen iors, whose graduation will leave quite a hole in the squad for next year.
 The town is expected to turn out in force to witness the fare we'll game of a spunky team, which has done Seward proud this year.
Seward seaport record., 1951-02-27
MRS. BOGAN ENTERTAINS BETA SIGMA PHI

Alaska Iota Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held their monthly luncheon in the lounge of the Kenai Cafe Saturday, Feb. 17, at which time the following were guests of various members: M d m Nancy Juneman, Gladys Zentmire, Gladys Keene, Phyllis Goodwin, and Rene Skinner.
 Tuesday, Feb. 20, the regular meeting was held at the home of the president, Mrs. Jean Bo- gan, with Mrs. Bertha Lewis as co-hostess. The cultural program for the evening was an interest ing talk on Correct Speech" given by Mrs. Began.
 Plans are being made for the Spring Rush, which will begin the first of March.
Seward seaport record., 1951-02-27
Finger Print Chart ReveuIs Identity Of Man Found Al Sea

1t was revealed Monday by the local Deputy U. s. Marshaps office that positive identifica- ton has been established as to the identity of the body of an unknown man found by the U. s. Coast Guard vessel last June 16, floating in the sea about five miles northwest of Cape St. Elias, and which was subsequently, brought to Seward for burial. This Identification was effected by the use of a finger print chart made of the man over thirty years ago dur ing World War I.
 The body has been identified as that of Capt. John Erickson, master of fishing vessel which was lost during the latter part of last May while enroute from Seattle, Washington to Cordova. Capt. Erickson's home is at Winslow, Wash, where his widow, Mrs. Anna Erickson, now resides.
 Capt. Erickson was a World War I veteran. The other two crew members of the vessel were brothers, Albert and Ralph Peterson, who have not been heard of since the vessel was lost. Their sister, Mrs. Lester Wilkins, resides at Cordova.
 At the time of discovery last June, the body was in bad ly decomposed condition, appar- ently having been in the sea for two or three weeks prior thereto. There were no marks thereon or in the clothing which would give local officers any clue as to identity at the time of burial.
 Positive Identification was re- gently made by procuring from the files in Washington a pho tostatic copy of Erickson S fingerprints, taken when he en- tered the U. s. Army in 1917, over thirty years ago, and com pairing same with the finger prints taken from the unknown body This Identification, re- gently effected by the local Marshal's office, has been con- firmed by letter from the Fed eral Bureau of Investigation in Washington.
Seward seaport record., 1951-02-27
WSCS HEARS TALK ON AMERICAN INDIANS

The Woman's Society ot Christian Service met at Mrs. Tom HoWell's home last Thurs day evening and had an enjoy able time.
 About 25 members were pres ent and there were also several guests, including Mrs. Nancy Junemann, Miss Rama and Mrs. Cox.
 Miss Goldie Busko, program chairman for the affair, gave an interesting talk on the health of the American Indian. She em- phasized the point that while tuberculosis is a serious prob lem among Indians in the States, there are 8 per cent more cases among the Alaskan natives.
 Many get-acquainted games and contests were entered into by those present and prizes were awarded to Miss Sarah Garrett, Mrs. Pat Friede and Mrs. Nancy Junemann for their cleverness. Mrs. Dom Lee and Mrs. Victor Mahan were in charge of the games.
 George Washington's birthday was not forgotten, either, as re- treatments consisted of individ- ual cherry pies. Mrs. Gordon Inglis assisted Mrs. Howell.
Seward seaport record., 1951-02-27
SEWARD GIS SEE MANY FAMILIAR FACES IN
 ANCHORAGE LAST WEEK

Local people visiting in An chorage last week met several of the Seward boys from Fort Richardson. Don Smith, Gene Kirkpatrick and Frank Sanders are now old hands and lording it over Ralph Erickson and Moose Steinwald, who were called later. Ralph and Moose not only have to spend 2 weeks instead of 6 in basic training, they both have crew-cut hair dos, which make them look odd to the home folks.
 The boys roamed the streets every spare moment looking for familiar faces and there were many happy reunions.