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The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-05-23

The time has come for our annual sub
scription contest. The enthusiasm of last
years contest has not subsidized Several of
the workers have contacted our office rel
ative 70 our plans for the coming contest
and they are more than anxious to get start
ed.
The TRIBUNE is definitely on the for
ward march. Just year or so ago, we
found it very difficult to get enough copy to
fill a four-page paper. Today, our problem
is entirely different We find it very diff
ficult to satisfy the great public demand
with our eight page paper Of course, you
know what that means We are headed for a
ten or twelve page paper in the very near
future
Though we have come very long way
since the first issue of The Tribune, we yet
have a much longer way to go and greater
service to render. More and more are the
people of this section of the country beginn
ing to realize the power of the press They
are beginning to realize that The Tribune's
main objective is to be spokesman for the
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-05-23
Garnet High School
Wins State High School |
Commercial Contest

Garnet High School of Charleston, West
Virginia took top honors in the 18th An
nual Bluefield State High School CONNER
cial Contest which was held on the campus
of Bluefield State College, May End. Eigb-
teen high schools participated in this annual
event and were represented by ITO students
all over the state
The Garnet team brought their coaches
Mrs. Josephine G. Rayford and Maceo Mel
son, the distinction of being named, Com
mercial Teachers of the Year.
Dubois High School of Mt. Hope, coach
ed by Charles 0. Hundley, took second place
honors. The Park Central team of Bluefield,
coached by Lawrence Watkins, won third
place.
The contest consisted of tests in short
hand, typewriting, bookkeeping, and bust
ness arithmetic. The following contestants
were winners and runners-up in the several
events:
Bookkeeping Place, Barbara Leec
of Dubois High School; Second Place, Daph-
ne Griffin of Stratton High School; Third
Place, Vernon Robinson of Park Central
School,
Business Arithmatic-First Place. Gen.
eva Henderson of Elkhorn High School; Sc
cond Place, Ella Lee of Dubois High School
Third Place-(tie Edwina Ward of Kim
ball High School and Dephne Griffin, STRAIT
ton High School.
Shorthand-Class A-First Place (tie)
Doris Linton of Garnet High School and
Nansie Smith of Park Central High School :;
Third Place, Ruth Lawson of Garnet High
School
Shorthand-Cl C-First Place, Ella
Lee of Dubois High School, Second Place,
Helen Leftridge of Garnet High School,
Typewriting-Clas First Place Doris
Linton of Garnet High School, Second Place
Alice Blanchard of Garnet High School ;
Third Place, Clyde Robinson of Dubois
High School.
Typewriting-Clas First Place, Doris
Linton of Garnet High School; Second Place
Mary Staunton of Simmons High School ;
Third Place. Alice Blanchard of Garnet
High School
Dean G.. W. Whiting, Acting President
of Buefield State College presented the
awards at the Victory social.
The contest was under the general di-
rection of DR.. r. Mahaffey, Director of the
Department of Commerce in Bluefield State
College He was assisted by the following
Continued to page five)
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-05-23
Atlanta Leads The Way In The New South
(By Randolph l.. White

The entire nation is agog over the cleo
ton of three Negroes to public office in
Atlanta, Georgia last week..
Dr. Rufus G.. Clement, Negro, President
of Atlanta University, was elected to the
School Board in Atlanta, over his white OPP
ponent, j. H. Landers, by vote of %, Jap
to 1880.
Also, two Negroes were elected to the
Democratic Party's County Committee in
the same Atlanta election. Attorney A. T.
Walden, longtime crusader for full citizen
ship rights for his people, and Miles Amos
another outstanding Negro leader, were cleo
ted to seats on the 16-member Executive
Committee which governs elections.
That the claim of a miracle having come
to past in the election of Negro to post
on the school board is not fantastic one,
is Goubly pointed up by the fact that no Ne
gro had sought that office since Reconstruct
ton Days.
These elections will go down in political
history as something truly new in section
of America that prides itself as being the
new south" Such elections would have
been unthnkabe even five years ago Ger
tainly the thinking Negroes and whites of
Dixie can now take justifiable pride in the
fact that Democracy can work in deepest
Dixie as elsewhere in the nation. Negroes
especially can reflect over the Signs of the
Times which plainly show that skin color
is no longer an automatic bar to public
office iii the Southland. Citizens of both
races in the border states and the upper
South would do we'll to emulate tn example
set by their deeper south neighbours We say
citizens of both races because the results
of the Atlanta elections plainly indicate that
there was an abundance of interraca team
work performed at the ballot box-And
that is as it should be throughout the ma
ton.
The Atlanta elections will not make
much of a splash in Pravda, Moscow,s Of
fetal news organ We're willing to wager a
plugged nickel to a Russian rouble that the
Connie journalists will bypass the story
completely. 1t is no comfort to the Commu-
nists who pretend to be the friend of the
darker races not for the purpose of helping
them but to constantly exploit the frictions
that plague our democratic system.
The Atlanta elections indicate to the
world that Americans who truly believe in
democracy are joining the fight in ever-in-
creasing numbers for full citizenship rights
for Negroes, realizing that it is only through
such action will our democracy attain the
acme of perfection we hope for it.
Yes, true believers in democracy have
scored bulls-eye in Atlanta, and Red prop
agandists will do their best to keep it from
piercing their Iron Curtain"
, 1953-01-22
TRAINING SHIP

berthing was available in St.
Thomas harbor and urged that
this port be restored to the
itinerary.
There a r approximately
225 midship-men aboard the
EMPIRE STATE together
with approximately 80 officers
and the ships personnel.
, 1953-01-22
DONKEY OWNERS ATTENTION !!
ENTRY BLANKS OUT!

Don't wait. Act now. Race day is Washington's
Birthday and coming up fast. Blanks available at
Captain Mooreheads, Frederiksted and at MerrilIs
Apothecary, Christansted. All the facts about the
races on the entry blanks.
One hundred and tt0entyJfoe dollars in prize
money! $125O0 amt hay. FIVE RACES
Enter your donkey. Get your name on the pro-
gram. Have fun. But mostly do 50 to help our hos
pitfalls. get equipment they cant secure any other
way.
, 1953-01-22
VICoRP

on Saturdays, Sundays and
holidays be arranged for by
getting a message to DR.. Gil
hooly at "Bayview" or to Mr.
Santos at Annals Hope.
Both the veterinary services
and Sire Improving are pro
vided at less than cost by
VICORP as a service to the
people of ST. Croix. Bulls are
provided at a cost of $3.50 per
COW bred and veterinarian ser
vice is available at $1.0O per
call with medicines provided
at cost plus a slight additional
charge for calls on Saturdays,
Sundays or holidays.
, 1953-01-22
Shipping News

The SIS G ROAM
Err is scheduled to sail from
Norfolk February Z, Baltimore
February 9 and New York
February Is and is due at
Frederiksted February "a, via
Puerto Rico, accepting freight
for Ii Guaira and Trinidad.
ALcOA CO. Inc
Robf L. Merwin 8 Co. Inc.
AGENTS
The Nome nugget., 1953-01-07
Two of The Largest Dutch Merchant Ships Collide

AMSTERDAM, LR - Two big Dutch passenger ships with to- tai of 1,750 persons aboard col lided Tuesday in the Red Sea near Port Sudan. The ships owners here said no casualties occurred but the ships were seriously dam aged.
 They were the 22,6OO-ton Will lem Ruys of the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd Co. and the 10000 : ton Oranje of the Steamship Com pany Nederland. The Willem Ruys is the second biggest Dutch vessel afloat and the Oranje next in size.
The Nome nugget., 1953-01-07
Don Ferguson of Kotzebue Takes Instrument Course
 At Seattle Aviation School

SEATTLE - Don Ferguson of Kotzebue, 18-year-0ld nephew of Archie Ferguson, famed Alaska bush pilot and now a Kotzebue petroleum dealer, has enrolled in tn e Merrell Aviation Ground School at King County Airport, Seattle, it has been learned
 Don is to begin a course in in- strument reading at the school, preparatory to flight eastward to the Piper factory in Pennsyl- vania where he expects to pick up 135-horsepower Tri-Pacer and fly it to his northern home.
 Although only Is, he has logged more than 500 hours flight time He has been committing between Fairbanks and his home in Kot- zebue in Archie's Beech Bonanza.
 Other Alaskans enrolled at the Merrell School are Nick Monsen of Naknek, preparing for com mercial pilots certificate, and Alec Pederson of Chignik, also preparing for commercial pilots certificate.
The Nome nugget., 1953-01-07
Predicts Hell Will Pop If Britain Asks U. s. Support For Currency

WASHINGTON, R-Sen. Dirk sen R-IlD predicted yesterday that "hell will pop" in Congress if any proposal for US. support of British currency comes out of the Eisenhower Churchill con- ference.
 Dirksen told reporter he does not believe President-elect Eisen- hover made any commitments in his conversations with Britain's Prime Minister, Winston Church ill at meeting Monday.
 Nevertheless" the Illinois sen ator said, q shall be interested to see whether MT. Churchill sub- sequently makes any proposal for gift of American gold to SUD- port the convertibility of Britain's $ currency.
 If anything of that nature comes up, hell will pop in Con- gress, I'm sure."
The Nome nugget., 1953-01-07
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the S Dent of Comm cree Weather RilI

Compiled by the US. Dept. of Commerce Weather Bureau Decreasing cloudiness tonight. Generally clear Thursday with generally easterly winds. Lowest temperature expected tonight 12, high Thursday IS.
 Nome data last 24 hours as of 2 am. today: High temperature 38, low 33. Max. wind mph from the FINE. Sunrise at 9:54 a.m., sunset 2:21 pm.
 Temperatures a year ago today: high 0, low IT. Extremes this date since 1907: high 3s in 1853. low 40 in '917.
 Other stations. am. today:
The Nome nugget., 1953-01-07
Value of US. Commercial Fish Catch In 1852 Is
 Estimated at $335 Million

N WASHINGTON, R Americas commercial fishermen hauled in 4,3OO,OOO,OOO pounds of fish and shellfish last year, the Fish and Wildlife Service estimated Tues day.
 The value of the catch off the coasts of the United States and Alaska was put at $335 million.
 Director Albert M. Day said in a preliminary report to Secretary of the Interior Chapman that the total was about 100 million pounds less than the 1851 catch, and its value was down about 10 million dollars.
, 1953-08-17
Jack Luden
ST. THOMAS

with local recoveries collect
ed in the Municipality of st.
Thomas and ST. John which OF
course cannot be transferred
to ST. Croix, but only Federal,
funds which are appropriated
by Congress as grants for the
Virgin Islands.
The Councilmen gave their
approval following a confer
ence last night, during which
the Governor explained the
provisions of the various APP
preparation acts of the Federal
Government regarding grants
to the Virgin Islands & not to
either municipality thereof.
The Governor further stat
ed that members of the Coun-
Gil agreed to adopt an ordl-
nance to authorize such trans
fer to the st. Croix account.
, 1953-08-17


be in the Veterans Admins
tration Office in Christiansted
throughout the day. He will
depart the following morning
for st. Thomas.
Veterans or their depend
ents may interview Mr.. Del
gado regarding any problem
connected with rights and pr
vileges of veterans and their
dependents.
, 1953-08-17
Shipping News

The SIS "Atalanti" is SEIZED
uled to sail from New Orleans
August II, obile August 18th
and is due at Frederiksted
August oath via Jamaica, Hal
ii and st. Thomas accepting
freight for Barbados, George
town & Paromaribo.
, 1953-08-17

The SIS "Alcoa Runner" is
scheduled to sail from Balti-
more August oath, New York
August 18th and is due at
Frederiksted September 5th
via Puerto Rico and St. Tho
mas accepting freight for We
nezuela and Paramaribo.
, 1953-08-17
FOR SHE

Lot and House. No. IL New ST.
Christiansted
Lots 8B and 9 Little Hospital
Street. christiansted
Inquire: Burnet Real Estate
and Developmer1 Agency
1886 Edgecombe Avenue
New York 81, N. Y.
or Mrs. Hilda B. England
Christiansted
, 1953-08-17
GOVERNMENT OF
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES
Charlotte Amalie. ST. Thomas
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION
No. 887
n ali to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:

To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
This is to certify that the Letters Patent which were re-
I corded in the United States Patent Office in Washington,
D. c.. on June 8, 1852, in the name of KOOLVENT METAL
AWNING CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, and latent certifi-
cate No. 2,598691 issued therefor, has this date been regis
tered in the Office Of the Government Secretary OF the
Virgin Islands of the United States at St. Thomas, in ac-
cordance with he provisions in the regulations governing
the registration. of Patents and Trademarks in the Virgin
Islands, approved April ], 1916.
Daniel w. Ambrose
Government Secretary
, 1953-08-17

Probably the most promising
career of all careers is that of a
second-rate politician.
Evening star., 1953-05-10
These simple rules make it cosy to win

1. Use coupon at right, or print
your name for Scampy's bike,
with your own name and ad-
dress, on a Kellogg's Pep 8 or
1907. box top. Or get entry
blank at your grocer's or
Monark dealer and enclose a
Pep box top.
2. Send as many entries as you
wish, each with an 8 or 12-oz.
Kellogg's Pep box top, to Kel-
loge,s BICYCLE CONTEST,
Box 773s, Chicago n, Illinois.
!. Entries must, be postmarked
by midnight, June Is, 1868.
8. 1000 Monark authentic
Evening star., 1953-05-10
NARY HARTLlNE, lovely star Of Super Circus ~

just imagine, kids-you can win an Englsh-type
Monark lightweight bike like Scampy's And so
easy! All you do is help Scampy name his bike. He
doesn't know what to call it, he's anxious to get
ideas What's your suggestion? Read the rules below
and start right in. Maybe you'll get winning idea
while you're eating Kellogg's Melba- Toasted Pep
Whole Wheat Flakes for breakfast tomorrow!
These simple rules make il cosy TO win
Evening star., 1953-05-10

lightweight bikes, boys or
girls, will be awarded.
: 4. Entries will be judged on
originality and aptness. Impair
tial judges decision will be final.
Duplicate prizes in case Of ties.
Entries become property Of the
Kellogg Company.
S. Contest open to all residents
of the continental United States
except families or employees of
the Kellogg Company, its sub
sidiary companies, Monark Sill
yer King, Inc. and their adver-
tising agencies.
6. Contest Is subject to all fed
eral, state, local regulations.
Evening star., 1953-04-08
Dunlap Defends Role
In Bureau Jobs Plan
BY the Associated Press

DALLAS, Tex, April 8.-John
B. Dunlap yesterday strongly de-
Tended his role in carrying out
the 1851 reorganization plan for
the Internal Revenue Bureau and
denied charges that he had
promised to make appointments
solely on the basis of competitive
examinations.
Now district commissioner of
internal revenue for Texas and
Oklahoma with Offices in Dallas,
Mr.. Dunlap was internal revenue
commissioner when the reorgan-
iZation plan was adopted and put
into effect.
Last week Senator Williams.
Republican, of Delaware. blasted
the plan as dismal failure
as far as removing politics
from the bureau or from the
standpoint of greater efficiency"
Senator Williams maintained
that Mr.. Dunlap and former
Secretary of the Treasury Sny-
der co-operated to free political
favorites into top Internal Rev.
enue Bureau jobs.
Replying to both points, Mr..
Dunlap said both he and Rob-
ert Ramspeck. former Civil
Service Commission chairman,
told Senate and House commit
tees that leach appointment
possible would be made by pro-
noting career employees who al
ready had civil service status,
and that examinations would be
held in those areas where, in
fairness to the old collector who
had done excellent work, it was
deemed necessary"
Evening star., 1953-04-08
Cruising Candidate Wins
Corpus Christi Election
BY the Assoeioied Press

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex, April
ga Texan who cruised the
Mediterranean while his friends
put on frenzied political cam
paign for him is Mayor of this
Cult Coast city today.
Albert Lichtenstein, 43, and
four other Corpus Christi busi-
nessmen were swept into office
as the Mayor and City Commits
sion by vote of almost 2 to /.
AS the returns came in Mr.
Lichtenstein and his wife Annie
received the news in a New York
hotel. They arrived back in this
country from their 59-day cruise
Monday.
An hour after the polls closed
last night Mr. Litchenstein's op-
ponent, Frank Williamson, con-
ceded defeat with 80 of 81 boxes
or about 1000 votes, counted.
It was the first venture into
politics for the new Mayor and
his running mates.
The young executive said he
had made so many commitments
at the time he was picked to run
that he could not cancel his trip
to campaign.
Evening star., 1953-04-08
Union Votes 10 Quit
Dock Hiring System
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, April 8.-The
AFL Longshoremen's New York
District Council has voted to do
away with the controversial
"shape-up" hiring system in the
next union contract.
A closed meeting of the coun-
Gil in Brooklyn last night acted
on the recommendations of the
Executive Council of the AFL
International Longshoremen's
Association.
Joseph P. Ryan. lila president,
who has been ordered by the
AFL high command to clean up
his dock union or see it sus-
pended by the AFL. announced
the decision to do away with the
"shape-up." Mr.. Ryan said the
vote was unanimous.
Mr.. Ryan, for many years a
vigorous defender of the shape
up" said the unions Wage Scale
Committee would work out a
new hiring proposal before
negotiations on a new contract
start next fall with employers.
Under the "shape-up" sys-
tenn, the men line up for a
chance to work at the blast of
a whistle. A pier hiring boss
picks out the men he wants for
the job.
This system has been blamed
for many water front evils.
Evening star., 1953-04-08
Educational " Station
In Houston 10 Get Award
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, April 8.-Ben-
jamin Abrams, president of En-
erson Radio & Phonograph
Corp. announced yesterday that
Station KUHT-TV, Houston,
Tex, will receive a $4,000 EN-
erson award as the first non
commercial educational tele-
vision station in the United
States.
The station is scheduled to
begin operation on channel
on April Is. 1t is a joint ven-
ture by the University of Hous-
ton and the Houston Independ-
ent School District.
Last June, Mr.. Abrams an
nounced the first 10 TV stations
to begin non-commercial edu-
cational broadcasting would re-
ceive grants of $4,000 each
from the Emerson fund.
Evening star., 1953-04-08
6. 0. P. Lists 1,7OO
Postmaster Jobs

Republicans with ambitions to
become postmasters now can
find out just where to look for
jobS-on a list of about 1,700
vacant posts.
The list was made public yes
terday by the Civil Service Com
mission. 1t includes more than
400 postmaster jobs for which
competitive examinations had
been held, but which were opened
up by the administration to
establish higher standards of
eligibility" The remaining open
poStmaStershipS are those for
which tests had not been held.
There are about 10000 post
masters in all, but those who
previously had been confirmed
may not be removed to make
places for appointees of a new
administration.
Postmasterships are filled un-
der Civil Service procedure. The
top three in competitive tests
for each post are certified to
the President, who nominates
one usually after consulting
Evening star., 1953-04-08
Marine Held in 5 Killings
Is Sent 10 Mental Hospital
Nv the A.,ociated Pres.

CANADAIGUA, N. Y, April 8.
Fred Eugene McManuS, IS,
who has admitted killing five
persons and said he did it be-
cause of his love for a blond
bobby -soxer, was in State
mental institution today.
The youth was taken to Will
lard State Hospital at Ovid from
the Ontario County Jail here yes
terday. District Attorney Thomas
Croucher said, "if he is insane.
he won't come back here at all"
McManus was committed un-
der an order signed by Justice
Lewis A. Gilbert of State Su-
preme Court. The youngaMarine
has been charged with f1rst-de-
gree murder in the first of the
five killings he confessed after a
cross-country jaunt with Diane
Marie Weggeland, Is, of Roches-
ter.
The charge was placed in the
death of William Allen Braver-
man, 10, Hobart College stu
dent from Rochester who was
slain March q.
Evening star., 1953-04-08
Assistant Admits
Loans 10 Mccarthy,
Won How Much

Attorneys representing col
umnist Drew Pearson yesterday
attempted to explore the f1nan-
cial relationship between Senator
Mccarthy, Republican, Of Wis
consin, and his administrative
assistant. Raymond L. Kiermas
Although admitting he had
lent money to his employer, Mr.
Kiermas declined to go into de-
tails about the exchange of
funds. He acted upon advice of
counsel.
Suit Asks $5.1 Million.
The witness was questioned at
another of a series of pre-trial
deposition hearings on Mr.. Pear
sons $5.1 million assault, con-
spiracy and libel suit against
Mr.. Mccarthy and eight others
The suit was brought two years
ago.
Mr.. KiermaS said he could not
recall or had not been informed
as to what use Senator Nc
Carthy put the borrowed sums
He was sure, however, none of
it had been used to finance any
campaign against Mr.. Pearson.
Attorney Edward Bennett Will
liams. who represents the Sena-
tor, instructed Mr.. Kiermas not
to answer many of the questions
because he was not a party to
the suit. He declared Mr.. Pear
sons attorneys were engaged in
a fishing expedition" for pub
licity purposes.
Attorney Plans Motion.
Attorney Warren Woods, rep
reSenting Mr. Pearson, insisted
the questions were directly re-
lated to the suit. He said he
was seeking to learn if Mr.
Kiermas helped the Senator to
conduct campaign to drive Mr.
Pearson out of business.
Mr., Woods said he would file
a motion in Federal court ask
ing that Mr.. KiermaS be COM
PEELED to answer his questions.
Mr.. Kiermas and his wife
have been working for Senator
Mccarthy since 1947. when the
Senator came to Washington.
Evening star., 1953-04-08

members of Congress or other
party leaders.
Most of the vacancies are in
the third-claSs post Office
bracket. with a pay scale of
$2,883 to $4.298 a year. Some
are second-claSs postmaster
ships, paying up to 5000, and
there is a handful of firSt-class
appointments available, with
salary up to $13,770.
Officials who announced the
new tests last month said they
would require a higher passing
grade and put some stress on
business experience or compar-
able training.