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, 1953-08-08
A PRINCIPAL RETIRES

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ANNOUNCEMENT OF the retirement Of Principal
Markoe Of the Christiansted High School has just been made
by the Department of Education. While the retirement had
been expected by some, yet it was hoped that Nj. Markoe
would have waited until the new school was completed,
and at1east spent the first year there before turning it over to
his successor.
H NAME OF Claude @. Markoe has been associated
with, education in this island for over.3 81 years. In those years
he has seen literally thousands Of young people pass through
his hands-boys and girls Of all tem~peraments and walks of
life. Many Of his graduates have branched out in many en-
beavers, some remaining to serve at home, others going off
to the mainland, to higher education, or to make their contri-
buttons elsewhere.
AS YOUNG MAN he headed for Puerto Rico, studied
at the University there, and following the footsteps of his
father, a pharmacist of recognition, elected to major in chem
istry. His brother, Rupert, chose medicine, and is now a famed
chest expert in Detroit, where he established his own clinic.
DR.. Markoe's name is known and respected in medical circles
not only in Michigan, but everywhere.
RETURNING FROM his studies in Puerto Rico, Mr..
Markoe could scarsely avoid getting in the school system He
was very well prepared, and the need for his services doomed
large, and he responded to the cal. The true mark Of a con-
,scientiouS and faithful servant was clear as the years went by,
as he stuck to his post Of seeing that the best training possible
be made available to our youth.
UNFORTUNATELY there are very few ways in which
the community will show its appreciation for those who have
through the years given of their best in public service. In
other places, particularly where there are colleges, men and
women who have served are recognized by honorary degrees.
In the absence of such honors. the local town council, or gov
erning body, finds other ways to honor its faithful citizens.
We here, however, do not seem to have gotten around to such
matters.
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Seward seaport record., 1953-01-16
FOR SALE. MISC.

SHOOTERS; Sierra bullets, all calibrs; Rem. Corelokts and Bronze Points in 30 cal; Barnes bullets, 80, .357, .457. Data powder, $1.5O lb. All other powder and primers. Johnson's Kenai Rifles
 Cooper Landing
 28-29c UNUSED set Encyclopedia Brit tanica. Call Main 169. 26tf AN UNCALLED FOR special or der of: 2 rear heavy duty springs and 4 heavy duty rear shock abSorbers for 1851 Ply mouth sedan. Will sell at dis count in order to clear our in ventory. Harold's Automotive.
 26-29c
Seward seaport record., 1953-01-16

US. Department of the Inferior Bureau of Land Management Land Office. Anchorage. Alaska NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
 Notice is hereby given that Archie Doyle Sims, Anchorage, entryman, together with his wit nesses Opal M. Harris and Ray P. Harris, both of Homer, AL aSka, has submitted final proof on his homestead entry, Anchor age Serial No. O188O8 for the, SRSEM, N12 SRASWA, NA- SWA SEA- SWA, SEA SEA- SWA, Sec. 19 and SWASWA >Sec.. 20 T. 5 s. R. IA w. S.M., containing 1853 acres, and it is now in the files of the Land Of flee, Anchorage, Alaska, and if no. protest is filed in the Land Office within the period of pub lication or thirty days there after, said final proof will be ac- cepted and final certificate is sued.
 VIRGIL O. SEISER,
 Manager First Publication Jan. g, 1853 Last Publication Feb. 6. 1853
Seward seaport record., 1953-01-16
WANTED - TO BUY

RELICS OF ALL KIND. guns, etc. Harold Davisson, Seward, NEBR.
Seward seaport record., 1953-01-16
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
Real Estate For Sale

2-bedroom house. Good garden
 spot. Nice view. $4500. Restaurant doing good business. Unfinished house at Mile 7. Will make a lovely home. 4.09 Acres Patented Land with two houses, right on highway. Several business opportunities. Several good lots
Seward seaport record., 1953-01-16

Notice is hereby given that Charles Baker Abbott has made application for a Soldiers Addi- tional Homestead under sections 2306-23O7, R.S.U.S. Anchorage Serial O12351, for land embraced in Plat of US. Survey No. 3O49, situated on the easterly side of Eldred Passage opposite Yukon Island, Latitude 59' 31' 34" N., Longitude 151' 26' IS" w., at Witness Meander Corner No. 1, containing 4.93 acres, and it is now in the files of the Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska.
 Any and all persons claiming adversely any of the above men, tioned land should file their ad- verse claim in the local land office, Anchorage, within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statutes.
 VIRGIL o. SEISER
 Manager First Publication Dec. 5, 1852 Last Publication Jan. 30, 1853
Seward seaport record., 1953-01-16
US. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Land Office. Anchorage. Alaska NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given that Joseph Alfred Cochran, entry man, together with his witnesses, James K. Foute and Conner B. Cole, all of Kenai, Alaska, has submitted Commuted proof on his homestead entry, Anchorage Serial No. 011756 for Lots 13 and IA, NWMNW14NWM, S12- NWANWM, Sec. IT T. 5 N. R. II w. Seward M, as shown on supplemental plat of Sec. 17 of ficially filed 7/24/52, containing 44.61 acres, and it is now in the files of the Land Office, Anchor age, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the Land Office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, said final proof will be accepted and final certificate issued.
 VIRGIL o. SEISER,
 Manager First Publication Jan. 2, 1853 Last Publication Jan. 30, 1853
Seward seaport record., 1953-01-16
LEGAL NOTICE

~eSs A~PoA AAASA4 O4 A4lS 4A4S1lOx Bureau of Land Management Land Office. Anchorage. Alaska NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
 Notice is hereby given that Kenneth J. Coursen has made application for homesite under the Act of May 26, 1884 (48 Stat. 8O9) Anchorage Serial No. O2O- 821 for tract of land described as Lot II, Cooper Landing Group of Homesites No. 1, US. Survey No. 2526, situated on left bank of Kenai River about A mile S.W. of Cooper Landing, Alaska. Lat. 60' 29' 49" N, Long. 149' 49' 30" w. containing 3.98 acres and it is now in the files of the Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska. Any and all persons claiming adversely any of the above men toned land should file their ad- verse claim in the Land Office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, or they VII be barred by the provisions of the statutes.
 VIRGIL O. SEISER
 Manager First Publication Dec. 5, 1852 Last Publication Jan. 30, 1853
Seward seaport record., 1953-01-16
FOR SALE - VEHICLES

1947 DODGE Power Wagon with
 winch. Low mileage. Call
 Main 2. 24tfc
Seward seaport record., 1953-01-16

STEEL ENAMEL kitchen sink, 2OX2O-in.; carton linoleum, grey & cherry red, 9'x2I: carton linoleum, cherry red & blue-green, 9'x16'; carton lin oleum, mint green, 6'x9'. New materials. Sears price plus freight. Also used Sears wash ing machine in good condition, $4O.OO. White Box 491, Seward
 25tfc
Seward seaport record., 1953-01-16
HELP WANTED
SALESMAN WANTED

SALESMEN - Absolutely make $50 a day. New sensational
 utility item for every food,
 beverage outlet, etc. Samples furnished. UTILITY A CO.,, 53-C22 West Jackson, Chicago 4. 29p
Seward seaport record., 1953-01-16

Model 2 Mall Chain Saw, two man, excellent condition, $500. Portable radio, 110 volt or bat teries. With batteries, $50. kelvinator refrigerator, S175. Radio, floor model, $15. Kenmore Apt. Size Washer. Good condition, $2O. Panelyte drop-leaf table, new, chrome legs. $50.
 Bendix Economat, used one month, $225.
 SEWARD SEAPORT RECORD
 336 Fourth Avenue AVON COSMETICS. B. Kearns Phone Jefferson 486. tie
Seward seaport record., 1953-01-16
LEGAL NOTICE

Bureau of Land Management us. Department of the Interior Land Office. Anchorage. Alaska NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Evening star., 1953-05-14
By Joseph A. Fox

President Eisenhower will go
on the radio Tuesday night for
a full-scale review of taxes and
budget, as they relate to national
security, he told his news con-
ference today.
This will be his first formal
report to the Nation. He will
follow it up a week or so later,
he said, with a television pro-
gram on which he proposes to
tell the people what has been
done by the new administration
up to now.
Meeting reporters for the first
time in two weeks, Gen. EiSen-
hover in a brisk Commute COL
loquy covered a wide area:
/. Referring to the clean sweep
that he has made in the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Eisenhower
praised the departing military
leaders but said that Defense
Secretary Wilson felt he needed
a new team for a new approach
and that he agreed with him.
2. The President approved the
plan to raise congressional SAL
aries $4,000 a year. He ex-
planned that with economic con-
ditions and taxes as they are,
onlv the well-to-do would be able
to go to Congress unless the pay
scale was better.
3. Gen. Eisenhower reiterated
that he felt the States had a
Evening star., 1953-05-14
White and CoIored Teachers
Vote for Merqer of Unions

officials declined to reveal the
total membership of the other
two locals, but it is known to be
several hundred.
The merger agreement is the
elimination of nearly a year of
negotiations. The two locals
have been under pressure from
the national union to end racial
segregation.
The unions national conven-
ton last year voted a resolution
urging the ending of segregation
in both union locals and public
schools.
Mrs. Miriam Hood, Local 8
president, said her unit also had
been influenced by the actions
of other organizations here. how
ever. She cited the recent ad-
mission of several colored physi-
clans to the District Medical
Society.
Some Local 8 members opposed
the change, the president said.
Evening star., 1953-05-14
More Rain Predicted,
Cooler Weather Due

May, the wettest month this
year, will continue wet, with rain
today, tonight and tomorrow.
Last nights rains dumped
another .78 of an inch of rain
fall on the area, weather OBJ
servers at the National Airport
said. Lightning struck two homes
during a storm around $3.50 pm.
and the rain washed out the
Mats baseball game with Detroit.
Water covered some District
streets this morning, but all were
passable.
Cooler weather was forecast.
with a high Of "a today. There
will be showers and thunder
storms through tonight and
showers tomorrow. Tonight's
low will be around so.
Lightning last night struck the
home of Clarence Limerick OF
2615 Dawson avenue. Wheaton
Hills, Md, and resulting fire
caused $3.50 damage. Slight
damage was reported when
lightning struck the home Of
Raymond P. Schmidt, 11l3
Graham road. South Woodley.
Va. There was no fire at the
Schmidt home.
Evening star., 1953-05-14
u. ). Woman Worker
Routs Bedroom Intruder

A 29-year-old Government
worker fought off an assailant
who invaded her bedroom early
today, police reported.
The woman told police she was
awakened by a noise and saw a
.colored man standing outside her
window in the 1900 block of Fif-
teenth street NV. He raised the
screen, she said, and demanded
money.
She went to her purse, took out
$22 and handed it to the man.
The thug grumbled that it was
not enough and stepped through
the window into the room.
She said the man was holding
a dashlight in his hand. In a
struggle which followed the
woman graSped the flashlight
and struck him on the head. The
man fed,
Evening star., 1953-05-14
President to Discuss Budget
And Taxes on Radio tuesday
Will Review Security Angle Of Issues .
In His First Formal Report to Nation

right to the off-shore oil reserves
up to their historic boundaries.
but that any deposits beyond
that should be under control of
the Federal Government.
4. The President said he pro-
posed to see if there was any
justification for the suspicion in
this country concerning the
United Nations Educational, So
cial and Cultural Organization.
S. Gen. Eisenhower also told
his conference that so far the
weight of evidence is on the side
of letting local interests develop
the controversial Hell's Canyon
project on Snake River in Idaho
rather than having the Govern
ment go through with its power
program.
Gen. Eisenhower announced
his plan to go on radio and tele-
vision for report to the public
at the outset of his news confer
ence.
He told reporters that the hour
of the Tuesday night address
had not been fixed.
He said also that he expected
to work on the speech during his
coming weekend cruise in the
Chesapeake Bay area and that
two or three of his advisers from
Washington would join him
(See EISENHOWER. Page A-4)
Evening star., 1953-05-14

Picture on Pose Az
but he said it in an off-hand way
and quickly left.
The young doctor opened the
bag and pulled out one of the
bottles, filled with light brown
liquid. The small print on the
label read. Gamma Globulin."
First Shots Are Given.
Within 20 minutes, a father
and his three children, ages l, 2
and 3, walked into the office.
Then, amid a bit of protests,
mixed with a fathers pleading,
the first shots of polio fighting
gamma globulin were admin
istered in the District.
Gamma globulin was injected
into three little children with the
hope that the blood serum would
ward off the paralytic effects of
polio. It was done because their
mother is in Providence Hospital
with polio.
Last Friday, Mrs. Mary Dun
can. %. of 1926 Fourth street
Sc, felt tired. She suspected a
cold. Saturday she saw her doc
tor. Monday the doctor guessed
it was polio. He took a spinal
tap and by Tuesday night, a
laboratory came back with the
verdict-polio.
Yesterday, Mrs. Duncan be-
came the Districts first reported
polio case of 1858. Later, at her
doctors request, the Health De-
partment doctor was on his way
with gamma globulin for the
intimate contacts" of Mrs. Dun
can-her husband and children.
Hope for Mrs. Duncan.
Mrs. Duncan's case has been
diagnosed as a not too serious
form of polio, although she is
partially paralyzed. It is hoped,
through therapy and treatment,
she will pull through.
Whether her children will re-
main the healthy kids they are
now no one can tell.
The husband. Douglas Dun
can. 81. a Treasury Department
employe. now starts a long wait.
It is not known whether his
children got gamma globulin in
time or whether the serum will
build up enough antibodies in
their bloodstreams to struggle
Evening star., 1953-05-14
Wage Accord Ends Strike
Al Atomic Energy Project

Settlement of the 14-day con-
struction strike at the Oak Ridge
(Tenn.) atomic energy installa-
tions was announced today by
Clyde M. Mills, acting director
of the Federal Mediation Service.
Mr.. Mills said an agreement
on wages had been reached by
the Maxon Construction Co., and
the Knoxville Building Trades
Council, representing the over
5000 workers. The agreement
came after four days of media
ton sessions here.
Union officials, Mr.. Mills said.
will recommend acceptance of
the agreement to their member
ships. It was expected some of
the workers would return to
work tomorrow and that by
Monday full construction opera
tions would be resumed at Oak
Ridge. Terms of the settlement
were not revealed.
The building craftsmen walked
out May / over wage issues,
bringing to a complete halt all
construction work at the A
bomb project.
Evening star., 1953-05-14
1880 u. ). Jobs Due
To Be Put in Class e.
Political Status
Less Than 0.5% Of Top
Posts Affected, Moore
Tells Civil Service PurIey
By Joseph Young

Less than one-half of / per
cent of the Governments jobs
will be placed in the newly
created political &C" job cate
CORY, Civil Service Commissioner
George M. Moore declared today.
Based on the present Federal
employment figure of 2.5 million.
this would be fewer than 12,500
jobs.
Speaking at the Eastern Re-
gional Conference of the Civil
Service Assembly in Boston, Mr..
Moore gave the administrators S
answer to Democratic charges
that the Republicans are de-
stroying~the merit system. Mr..
Moore's speech was cleared with
the White House and was given
President EisenhoWer'S indorse-
ment.
Policy JOBS AHected.
Declaring that only policy
making and confidential assist
ants jobs will be placed in the
political &c" category. Mr.. Moore
said nobody can criticize this
policy on the ground that it does
not adhere to the merit system.
He said the administration is
seeking to strengthen rather
than weaken the merit system.
The commission official indi-
Gated that of the LESS than one
half of one per cent" of Federal
jobs that will be placed under
political Schedule c, not all Of
them will come from the regu-
lar civil service. Some will be
among the present non-civil
service 10000 Federal jobs now
in excepted Schedule A and B,
he said.
The administration now is
making a close scrutiny of these
inherited hodge-podge" posi-
tions to determine which will be
placed in top-job political Sched-
ule C, those which will remain in
excepted status, and those to be
returned under civil service COW
erage, Mr.. Moore said.
Mr.. Moore also declared that
Federal employees had nothing to
fear from the Governments new
security program. He said it was
a positive step toward a stronger
civil service"
Six-POint Program.
Mr.. Moore said the admins
tration was interested in achiev-
ing this six-point program:
/. Expanded opportunities for
all our people to be considered
for Government service without
discrimination because of sex
race or religion.
2. Maintenance of a "hard
core" of permanent career civil
service employees.
3. Simplified civil service rules
and regulations.
4. A more effective placement
program for displaced career
employees who are affected by
reduction-in force.
S. Adoption of an effective
and uniform promotion policy
within the Federal service.
6. An effective training pro-
gram for supervisors, together
with greater incentives and en-
couragement for the rank and
file of Federal employees.
Evening star., 1953-05-14
Polio Victims Family Receives
First Gamma GIobuIin Shots
Husband and Three Children of Potent
Tuke Serum to Curb Rovoqes of Disease

with the three potent forms of
the polio virus.
It's only possibility that the
germ, carried by their mother,
slipped into their systems.
All that doctors know, after
tests on $1,000 children last
summer. is that gamma glo-
bulin, to some extent, does
prevent paralytic polio for
period of about five weeks, if in
lected before the disease strikes.
It doesn't last like a vaccine.
But with its many weaknesses.
gamma globulin is still the only
thing around today to fight
polio.
Difficulty Expected.
Yesterdays handling of the
gamma globulin operation was
smooth-yet, as the Health De-
partment officer put it, this
thing is going to get difficult"
1t is difficult because there is
just not enough to go around
Because of the shortage some
body has got to make the deci-
sion: "Only the family gets it..
And only if polio strikes that
family"
The family, or intimate con-
tact" method of distribution was
decided upon by the Office of
Defense Mobilization as the best
means, with a short supply of
gamma globulin, of protecting
as many as possible from polio.
Unpredictable polio seems to
spread more in a family, than
evenly throughout a community.
So an entire neighborhood in
which a case has popped up will
not be punched with gamma
globulin.
Already, in the neighborhood
of the Duncans, there have been
requests for gamma globulin.
And there are those who have
children who have been close
to the Duncan children.
Tempers will probably flare,
and emotion will run high be-
cause of the crippling character
istics of the diSease-and because
everybody can't have gamma
globulin.
Cooperation Is Needed.
But the situation will work it
self out if, as a public health
official said recently:
Until we have a vaccine for
polio we've got to keep our heads.
Gamma globulin is the only
thing we have for polio right
now, and the first time we've
had anything. People have got
to be unself1sh to make this
thing work. otherwise somebody
won't get it who needs it.
1--WE are trying to do the best
and the most with the least"
Evening star., 1953-05-14
By james 6. Deone

The Districts white and COL
ored teacher unions voted last
night to merge.
The action still is subject to
final approval at a joint meeting
planned for early next month. A
third school union. already BIZ
racial, will vote in the meantime
whether to join with the others.
All three unions are units of
the American Federation of
Teachers (AFL). The two which
voted approval of the merger
agreement in separate sessions
last night are Locals 8 and q.
The third. Local 867, plans to
meet on the question within the
next week.
Local 8 is white and Local q
is colored. Local 867, the newest
of the three locals. has had a
BIZ racial membership since its
establishment in 1916. Local 867
consists of is public school at
tendance officers.
Evening star., 1953-05-14
Firemen Unhappy
At 3 False Alarms
In Single Night

A lot of sleepy District firemen
want to know what's so funny
about pulling false alarms.
Pranksters who woke them up
eight times last night between
HAS pm. and 3:41 am. prob
ably could explain.
The firemen followed their tor
mentors twice to Twenty fourth
and G streets NV. and once
each to Forty-fifth street and
Cathedral avenue NV, Fourth
and c streets S.W. and Tenth
and w streets NV, Thirty-sixth
and Albemarle streets NV,
Twelfth and D streets NE. and
Seventeenth and D streets NE.
Each false call woke up not
Just the responding company.
but all the f1rehouses. Each trip
demanded the usual policing-up
OF returning equipment, which
last nights rain did nothing to
simplify.
The lot meant useless trips by
SO pieces of equipment and lost
motion by 1872 men.
Evening star., 1953-05-14
m ST. 0verpass
AT Key Bridge
Under Study
City Also Considers
Sidewalk Removal
To Speed Traffic
BY George Beveridae

The possibility of two-lane
ramp roadway on the District
end of Key Bridge, overpassing
M street and rising to Prospect
street in Georgetown, is under
study by District highway engi-
neers. it was learned today.
Also under consideration is the
possibility of using Key Bridges
eight-foot sidewalks as traffic
lanes and constructing new side
walks on cantilever structures of
the bridge proper.
These two new studies are
among a series ordered by Brig.
Gen. Louis w. Prentiss, Engineer
Commissioner, to seek new ways
to increase the bridges capacity
to carry automobiles.
Too Early for Decision.
1t is too early, highway experts
emphasizes, 10 say whether either
would be feasible. Detailed plans,
structural studies and cost esti-
mates have not yet been made.
However, the proposals, if they
proved practical, could supple
ment plans already announced
to make improvements at both
ends of the bridge.
An earlier Key Bridge i'm
provement study, it was learned,
proposed le-decking the
span. Excessive costs showed
by the study have cooled interest
in it, however.
Gen. Prentiss said the studies
were spurred by counts showing
Key Bridge already is exceeding
its rated hourly capacity of
1850 cars per lane. The bridge
now has 50-foot roadway, with
streetcar tracks in the center.
Traffic counts show each of the
two Washington bound lanes are
averaging about 1925 cars per
hour during morning rush hours,
while the Virginia bound lanes
in the evening are averaging
about 1900 cars per hour.
Track Removal Studied.
Both the new study and earlier
Key Bridge improvement plans
contemplate removal of the
streetcar tracks. This in itself,
engineers figure, would raise
each lanes capacity to about
1,500 cars per hour.
The suggested tWo-lane ramp
would lead from the center Of
the bridge, from a point about
800 feet from M street, upward
to the top of the Prospect street
hill in line with Thirty fifth
street NV. The two lanes would
be used for two-way traffic.
The main function, as en-
visioned by the study, would be
to Siphon off traffic bound sur
Northwest Washington which
now makes a left turn from the
bridge at M street. A major dis
persal point from Prospect street
would be for cars to continue on
Thirty fifth street to Reservoir
road. a main East-West route.
One big question mark, Off
cialS said, is whether the bridge
is wide enough to permit such
a two-lane superstructure. Two
lanes still would be needed on
either side of the ramp. to feed
traffic on and off the bridge
proper.
Studies also are necessary to
(See BRIDGE, Page A-3.)