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, 1952-05-22
NOTICE OF sFIERIFFs SALE

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF VIRGIN sLAEDs
DIVISION OF ST. CRoIx, AT CRAFTSMANSHIP.
ESTATE OF ANDRES MORALES
BY Pearl aByrd Larsen Trustee, Plaintiff
s@ vs.. M1 fN
Eladio Perez Rodriguez Defendant
Civil No. 5, 1852
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Writ Of Execu-
ton issued out Of the District Court of the Virgin Islands in
the above title action, the sheriff seized the following
property.
/. Fargo TX ton Truck, license number 794, and the
same will be offered for sale at a public auction to be held
at the Police Office, Christiansted, ST. Croix, on Tuesday,
June 3, 1852, at 800 o'clock PM.
This sale is made subject to the approval Of the Judge Of
the District Court Of the Virgin Islands Of the United States
Dated this 10th day Of May. 1862, sheriffs Office Chris
tiansted, Virgin Islands.
MoRRELL E.DAv Sheriff
Evening star., 1952-02-14
|SurruttsviIIe PTA Gives
PIuy Tonight, Tomorrow

A three-act play. 'Ramshackle
Inn," will be given by the Sur
rattsville PTA Players at 8 o'clock
tonight and tomorrow night in
the Clinton MD High School
auditorium.
G. Roy Bright. senior parole
officer Of Southern Maryland. will
speak at the next regular meet
ing of the PTA at 8 pm. Tuesday
|on "The Causes Of Juvenile
Delinuuency."
Evening star., 1952-02-14
BY WolIoee {. Clayton

NORTON, Va.-Mother reports
doctor refused to attend a sick
baby until financial responsibility
is established.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Md.
Rescue squad members charge
several doctors declined to answer
an emergency medical call. ..
NEWPORT NEWS. Val City
councilman says he called nine
doctors, was unable to get one to-
make q night call.
These news stories originating
in nearby States. have appeared
in Washington papers in the last
four months.
Whether the seriousness OF the
complaints Is justified or tnflamed
by the emotions accompanying
sudden sickness. the reports do
point up one indisputable fact: IL
is getting harder to get doctor
IN many areas.
The reasons for this are many
and complex: The doctor short
age, particularly in rural areas:
the increasing trend toward spe-
cialization; the greater avail
ability Of good hospital facilities,
to which a doctor would rather
send a patient than conduct q
course Of treatment at home.
However, In Washington. the.
District Medical Society took steps
about IL years ago to provide a
clearing -house for information as
to the whereabouts Of doctors and
where a doctor could be obtained
If needed.
Serves Three Purposes. j.
The threefold aim of the service,
known as the Medical Bureau, is
to maintain a closer contact be-
tween doctors and their patients;
provide strangers and persons
without regular physicians with
the names Of reputable doctors;
and obtain medical attention as
quickly as possible in cases of
emergency.
Since the bureaus beginning,
with 115 DOCTOR subscribers. it has
grown to service with 755 SUBJ
scribers, handling about half q
million calls a year.
The switchboard, in the offices
OF the society, 1718 M street NV,
is stated round d-the-clock by II
full or part time operators. Three
are on duty at all times from
8 am. until midnight, the peak
hours.
The majority of the calls ham
died by the operators are from
physicians, not in their Offices,
who are checking to see If they
have any messages, or from per-
sons seeking their doctors.
Many requests for information
also are received, ranging from
inquiries like, would you tell me
where the doctor on our block
bought those lovely Christmas
candles?" to requests for free med
ical advice-some of it of a highly
personal nature.
Vague Guides.
Operators have been given
vague descriptions of a doctors
appearance. coupled with a res
quest for his name. They have
been asked to be connected with
Evening star., 1952-02-14
Two Motions 10 Stay
PritcheH Execution
Are Denied by Judge

Fred S. Pritchett. 41-year-ole
District mechanic. who Is con-
demned to electrocution tomorrow
moved q step closer to the death
chair today when Chief Judge
Bolitha j. Laws of District Court
rejected two motions to stay The
execution.
Defense Counsel James J
Laughlin said he would appeal the
ruling Immediately to the United
States Court Of Appeals.
Pritchett was convicted Of first
degree murder in the July. 1949
Staying Of Clyde L. King, railroad
engineer, who was shot to death
In the cab Of his locomotive ir
lexington Yards here.
Argument Over Party.
The shooting followed an argu-
ment with Mr.. King over Prit-
chett's accompanying Mrs. King
to party.
The conviction was upheld by
the United States Court Of APP
pealS. the Supreme Court refused
to review it, and President 'Tru-
man refused executive clemency
To-day. before Judge Laws, Mr.
Laughlin moved for a mental ex-
animation on the grounds that
Pritchett is insane and also
sought a stay on a charge that
President Truman did not himself
see the petition for clemency.
Friend of Prisoner.
Despite the former Mrs. Kings
friendship for Pritchett-she had
visited him 60 times while he was
In jail-she was unable to aid in
successful prosecution of the mo-
tions. In deposition the former
Mrs. King, now remarked, made
no mention Of symptoms Of in
sanity allegedly shown by Pritch-
cit.
In throwing out the motions
Judge Laws ruled that there was
insufficient evidence to show a
prima facie case of insanity and
he stated further that there was
no showing that the President had
not seen the clemency petition.
Evening star., 1952-02-14
New England Unions
Seek New Terms in
DOL and textiles
sy shs Assosiaisd Prsss

BOSTON Feb, I4The eco
|nomic future Of Northeastern
States textile mills and about 5o,-
900 workers was discussed today
|by labor and management in
closed meetings here and in Taun-
ton.
The Boston meeting affected the
woolen industry. while the Taun-
ton session concerned the cot
|ton-rayon field.
n Boston. representatives Of
The American WOODEN Co. pace
setter for the woolen industry. fol-
lowed up i request Of the CIo
Textile Workers Union for indus
trial union contracts ID Its IL
mills. Most Of the mills are in
New England.
Under . l5-point program. for
the contract renewal. American
Woolen would eliminate paid
holidays. cost-of Living escalator
clauses and additional pay for
might work.
Wants Separate Pacts.
John Chupka, woolen-Worsted
director OF the union. said 1t op-
posed attempts by American
Woolen to negotiate separate con-
tracts instead Of the blanket con-
tract now covering the group Of
mills. Y. Y
At the Taunton meeting, man
lagement asserted the major
problem Is the relatively high
labor cost of the New England
mills as compared with Southern
textile plants.
A Joint statement by Stanton
ISeabury. president Of the Hatla-
way Mills, and Whitney Bowen,
president Of the Bourne Mills,
said millions Of dollars worth of
investments are at stake in these
discussions. And the welfare of
the communities Of New Bedford
and Fall River hangs In the bal
lance"
Woolen Earnings Rise.
Mr.. Chupka commented before
1.-THE Boston meeting on published
reports Of American Woolen's
earnings, saying lit doesn't seem
to be going to the poorhouse."
The company. the worlds larg-
lest maker Of wooden and worsted
fabrics. reported yesterday its
earnings for 1851 were almost
double those Of 1850.
It told Of a 1851 net income
lof .$10.057,412. equal to 1929 a
common share, compared with
|$5, ,309,6 $50 in 1850 which was
equal to $4.39 q common share.
Net, sales Of American Woolen
were listed at $253, 1888 $50 for
1881. compared with $150.124, 900
lin 1850.
Evening star., 1952-02-14

The stories of doctors leaving a
sheaf of unpaid bills as their prin-
cipa1 legacies are no fables. they
add.
/ Furthermore equally Inn
portant- society doesn't want
to create an impression among
some people, that you can get free
medical service by calling the bu-
reau.
Ofhcials say only about one IN
every $50 callers requesting erner-
gency service becomes indignant
over the question.
If financial responsibility is es-
tablished. the operators then get
the address and call one Of some
200 doctors who have signitied
their willingness to accept emer-
.gency calls. This list is indexed
as to location. speciality, and hours
during which such calls are &C
cepted.
Should the caller claim inability
to pay anything. the operators will
call the Districts Bureau of Medi-
cal Assistance and report the call.
The bureau then dispatches one
Of its contract doctors. If the
call comes at night and seems JUS
titled. the bureau operators may
call q contract physician direct.
Action Can Be Fast.
In clear-cut emergencies-acci-
dents, poisonings, heart attacks
and the like-the operators do not
hesitate, but Immediately cali the
District ambulance dispatcher.
During the first 10 months Of
1851. the bureau handled 3,709
calls Of an emergency nature. Dis
patch Of doctors or aInbulances
required 9,41s incoming and out
going calls.
There rave been complaints. Of
Evening star., 1952-02-14

MAAos AztAACk 0VVSSs quo 4MN tCCut
"the doctor who just bought that
new convertible.
And every so often they get
calls from persons who say they
have no regular doctor, but need
one immediately-there is an
emergency.
It is the service rendered in an
appeal like this which makes So
tciety members particularly proud
and which win, they hope, pre-
vent incidents which have re-
ceived unfavorable publicity else
where.
AS soon as the word "emer-
Igency" is mentioned. the opera
tors, schooled in the responses to
be made in these situations, try
to determine the type Of injury or
sickness.
Sometimes, after a few ques-
tons are asked, the caller will
lconcede the case is not precisely
ian emergency. The inquiry then
can be handled by giving the caller
the names Of three physicians he
can contact. Many doctors pri-
Ivately concede that it has been
experiences in answering "emer-
Igency" calls that turn out not to
be critical at all that have made
them leery Of accepting night
calls.
| Ask About Payment.
But if the caller insists the case
requires immediate attention, the
operators are instructed to ask
that ticklish question, 1T is neces-
sary to ask if you can pay for the
call, or if you are entitled to free
acare by the District"
| Society officials say this point
must be established: too many
physicians have answered calls for
Evening star., 1952-02-14


cy. The cards contain messages
pie, 3126 Sixteenth street NV;
Balik, 1910 Perry street NE, and
Star STAFF Photo.
course. But .ofiicials feel these
are more than made up for By
letters Of commendation from
strangers or newcomers who got
doctors when they were needed
In order to acquaint the city,
residents with the services Of the
bureau. the society has printed
10000 cards. which many house
holders are finding attached tt
their morning milk bottles tlis
week. The cards, telling how te
get q doctor and the magic num-
ber' Republic 6100-to call, an
being distributed to the city's
dairies by the Washington Mill
Bottle Exchange.
The availability Of doctors also
is mentioned In an ad in the CLASH
fied telephone directory; similar
messages are distributed through
out the city by other methods.
Society officials feel this ply
sician administered bureau Il
about the best way to guarantee
needed medical attention in a day
when criticism on this score il
increasing.
Evening star., 1952-02-14
Town Marks I 300 Years

ST. GALL, Switzerland. st.
Gall is celebrating the 18th CEN
tenary Of its founding by the Irish
missionary, St. Gall.
Evening star., 1952-02-14
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1952-09-25

Grated from an operation and is
now back at her employment at
Jniontown as telephone opera
tor.
AIR. and Mrs. John Williams and
children Jimmy and Connie. ae-
.omranicd hv their son-in-law and
cauehter. MIR. and Mrs. Norman
Friend. of Loeb Lynn. spent Sun
Gav with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nc
Kinney. NasontoWn. w. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erman Savage and
children and Mr.. Edward Savage
spent the weekend in Baltimore
with relatives.
Mrs. Ralph Swauger returned to
her home from Memorial hospit"l.
Cumberland. after being patient
there for a week.
Mrs. G. w. Schroyer and daugh-
ter. Thelma; Mrs. Matte Salzman
and Mrs. Icic Hoff spent Saturday
in Uniontown.
Mrs. Henrietta Lininger. Mr.. and
Mrs. James Lininger and children
spent Sunday in Ohiopyle, Pa, with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Gies.
Rev and Mrs. Roche, Somerset,
Pa. were Sunday guests Of Mrs.
Elma Friend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lonnie Broad
water and children, of Jennings,
end Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde NanSickle
and children were Sunday guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Kahl.
Miss Narlenc Siucs returned to
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Mrs. Bertha Fike and Mrs. Arkis
Casteel we're Wednesday attelno n
shoppers in Uniontown
Nj. and Mrs w. 7. Wade left
Wednesday morning for their home
at Canton, Ohio, after three months
visit here with her sister, Mrs. II.
L. Shoemaker and other relatives
and friends.
Mrs. Nina Frazee and daughter,
Allene Dawn, and Mrs. Bernadine
Friend and children, sherry and
Terry, visited Mrs. nellie llutzel
Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byafd Llston, Con-
fluence, Pa, were weekend guests
Of Mrs. l.. l.. Friend. lhey all
spent Saturday afternoon IN
UniontoNn.
Pvt. Harold Hum6crson, Fort
Belvolr, va, spent the weekend
mere WIN ms parents MI ana
Ms rs ivan GI., ilui Ini',i 9om' 80 pi,.
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M. and Mrs aw,onco Friend
acromnanicd Nv Mr. and Mrs
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Lynch, of keYscr, who was the
former Miss Ressic Slabach, Of
Eglon and Mr., and Mrs. Jesse
Harsh, Eglon, were visitors at the
HcsseS.
John Messenger. Kingwood,
spent the Weekend with his
brother, Albert.
Otis Swiger had his arm broken
in conveyor belt on Thursday,
at Silver Knob Sand Plant. He is
a patient in Morgantown hospital
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow Jackson
and daughters visited her sister,
in Cumberland, ON Sunday
Miss Fannie Bcachy, who was
staying with Miss Anna Lichty,
has returned home to Springs.
Simon Swartzentruber, Dan Lich-
tvs, Eli Beachy and family, Mrs.
Willard Swartzentruber and other
relatives attended J. b. Millcr's
funeral near Grantsville on Tues
day afternoon. Miss Sarah Bcachy
remained, to he employed at
Meyersdale,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Snyder were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence Sines, at Swallow
Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. d. l.. Swartzen-
truber spent Thursday to Satur-
day evening near Harrisonburg,
visiting his brother Ernest, and
attending Brunk brothers revival.
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NJ and Mrs. Okoy lIoff and
daughters and Mr. ana MRS. isaac
Trace attended 9mtnday party
for MIS- Kenneth Miller at New
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1952-09-25

Lcnuic Faulkner, of lIambleton,
W. Va. enroutp to Terra Alta on
Saturday, called on Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Spoerlcin.
A large crowd were present at
the Circle picnic, at the church on
Thursday Guests were Mr.. and
Mrs Arthur DERRICK and son,
Westernpot; Mrs. Ellis Harsh
and son, Eglon; Mrs. Blaine New
lon, Akron; Mrs. Cecil Snyder
and Miss Elizabeth Martin, Mrs.
Nellie Paugh and Mrs. Elliott.
Mt. Lake Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Grant and
son visited her relatives in New
York, over the weekend.
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son. of Terra Alta, W. Va, were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charley Rush.
Sunday dinner guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Glen FraZee were Mr. and
Mrs. Orrie Lowdermilk and Mrs
Rhoda Lowdermilk, of Uniontown,
Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Frazee,
Of Asher. Glade.
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The Nome nugget., 1952-05-12
Ridgway Leaves Japan To Take
 Over In Europe

TOKYO, (P)-Gen. Matthew B.. Ridgway, who blocked the Com munists in Korea and engineered the end of the Allied occupation of Japan, left Monday on his way to Europe to succeed Gen. Dwight Eisenhower as commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- ton.
 It was only a year, a month and a day that Ridgway, soldier, diplomat and Pentagon trouble shooter, took over from Gen. Douglas Macarthur as Supreme Commander of Allied powers in Japan.
 AS he left he turned over his United Nations and Far Eastern commands to Gen. Mark Clark. Clark then kissed the young and charming Mrs. Ridgway goodbye and she walked up the plane ramp with her distinguished husband.
 The assembled crowd cheered when Ridway said from the plane ramp:
 ''I am deeply honored by this ceremony. To see the armed forces lined up side by side seems to me not only a tribute of purpose but also of the people they represent and all the free people of the world.
 'I have complete and unshake- able faith in this command. Both Mrs. Ridgway and I want to ex- press our heartfelt thanks for your services and our best wishes to you always"
The Nome nugget., 1952-05-12
Panama Lacks Force
 Of Water For Breakup

NENANA, May 10, (SpeciaD- Riverbank experts, eyeing the cloudy skies and low water level in the Panama, are still predicting the end of the ice-guessing game tomorrow or the next day."
 Although this same prediction is nothing new, plain facts of wealth CT and the obvious lack of suffi- cient water in the river lend weight to these observations.
 As every Alaskan knows. the ice breakup rarely follows any logical guess based on weather and the amount of water in the Panama.
 The channel between the bank and the block of ice upon which the tripod rests has widened, but heavy ice cakes are jammed above and below the tripod.
 Fairbanksans have arrived by train and plane to look over the situation.
 "This is the oddest breakup I've ever seen," was one observers comment.
The Nome nugget., 1952-05-12
Red POWs Release General DOdd

SEOUL, Korea, (P) - The US. Eighth Army announced Saturday that Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd had been released-in good health and good spirits-by Communist prisoners of war on Koje Island.
 Dodd, then commander of pris- on camps on the island, was seized by Red prisoners Wednesday as he conferred with them at the gate of Compound 76.
 An Eighth Army statement said the generals release came after a meeting of Communist ring leaders of the compound. It was attended by prisoner leaders from other compounds on the island.
 The conclave of Communist POW leaders came after Gen. James A. Van Fleet, US. Eighth Army commander, made it clear he was preparing to use force if the general were not released unharmed.
 An Army spokesman said Dodd would be flown to Seoul Sunday and would hold a news confer ence. The spokesman said also that correspondents would be al- lowed to visit Koje Sunday. The island is 30 miles off the south eastern tip of Korea.
 Saturday morning the Army said they had granted some of the Red "minor requests" which included use of a telephone, writ ing paper and the admittance of prisoner leaders from other com pounds on the island.
The Nome nugget., 1952-05-12
CAB Establishes Mail Rates For Certified
 Carriers In Alaska

WASHINGTON, (P)-The Civil Aeronautics Board said Friday it plans to establish final mail rates this year for all certified air car rierS in Alaska.
 Alaska Airlines Inc.-$1, ,060, ,000 a year on operations within Alas ka, and $725,OO0 a year on routes between the United States and Alaska.
 Pacific Northern Airlines, Inc. -$1, ,701, 1924 annually starting Jan. 1, 1852.
 The Board also dened a tenn porary exemption to permit Wien Alaska Airlines Inc. to transport property and mail between Fair banks and Seattle and Portland. Pan American Airways, Alaska Airlines and United Air Lines op- posed the application.
 Alaska AirlineS had asked that it's temporary mail pay totaling $1,785,OOO a year be increased by $750,000. CAB said the petition failed to show that the temporary compensation was inadequate or that the requested increase was warranted.
The Nome nugget., 1952-05-12
Air Force Crew Spots Cache Left By Peary in l9OO's

WASHINGTON, (P) - An Air Force crew, flying near the top of the world, has discovered a supply cache left by Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary during his polar expeditions in the early 19O0s.
 A brief dispatch received by Air Force headquarters from the Alaskan Air Command Friday said the cache had been found on the northern tip of Ellesmere I.
 At this point the Peary expedi- tions left the last land to start 5OO-mile trek over ice to the North Pole. The 1909 expedition reached it.
 The dispatch gave this account of discovery of the cache:
 On one of the current flights to the ice islands in the Arctic Sea the crew of the plane spotted the cache and saw what was de- scribed as a "sign post"
 Upon landing, the group found the cache contained names and dates between 1900 and 1909.
 There were four metal and wood boxes, their position marked by broken sled runners.
The Nome nugget., 1952-05-12
Object Explodes
 With Violent Force Over Puget Sound

SEATTLE, (P-U.S. Air Force Investigators and astronomers, after checking hundreds of eye witness reports, said Monday a fiery object which exploded with violent force over Seattle and the surrounding Puget Sound country early Sunday probably was a meteor.
 They continued questioning wit nesses from Olympia, so miles south of here, to Bellingham, 80 miles north, however, and started a search for strange" materials they said might have come from a meteor.
 Airline pilots and ground ob- servers said it exploded with a blinding flare and burst into fam ing streamers. The rumbling con- cussion that followed rattled win dows and shook doors.
 Col. T. Allan Bennett, com- manding officer of the 25th Air Defense Division at McChord Air Force Base near Tacoma, and Dr. J. Hugh Pruett, University of Oregon astronomer and Pacific regional director If the American Meteor Society, agreed it probably was a meteor.
 Bennett said none of the radar installations in the Pacific North west picked up the object on their screens and he doubted the ob- ject could have been an aircraft or guided missile.