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Evening star., 1953-02-22
Rev. Edward BIasiius,
81. Vincent de Paul
Pastor, Dies at 81

The Rev. Edward ]. Blasius,
s. S. j., 81. pastor Of st. Vincent
de Paul Catholic Church here,
died Friday night at Providence
Hospital after suffering a stroke
earlier in the day.
Father BlaSiuS had been pas
tor of the church at South Capt.
tol and M streets Sc. since Oc-
tober. 1850. He was stricken i'll
at his rectory at II M street Sc,
He was born at Jersey City,
N. j., on December 2. 1895, a son
of the late Matthew F. and Rose
Blasius. His early education took
place at st. Peters High School
in Jersey City and at Seton Hall
College in Orange. N. j.
Served Overseas.
He left college in his senior
year in 1917 to enlist in the
Army, serving IN france with the
saith Infantry.
In 1919, he entered the Society
of st. Joseph and studied for the
priesthood at st. Joseph's Semi
nary in Baltimore. He was or
dained in 1925.
Before coming to st. Vincent
de Paul Church, he had been
pastor of st. Plus Catholic
Church in Baltimore for seven
years. Previously, he had been
pastor of st. Joseph's Church,
st. Augustine, Fla, and assistant
pastor at st. Barnabas Church
in Baltimore and st. Joseph S
Church in Wilmington, Del.
Surviving are a brother.
Charles Blasius. and a sister,
Mrs. Marian Keegel, both OF
Jersey City.
Rites Set for Tuesday.
The body will lie in state
at the church from 4 pm. Mon
day until the funeral services
at 10 am. Tuesday. The solemn
mass Of requiem will be cele-
brated by the Most Rev. John
M. Mcnamara. auxiliary bishop
of Washington.
Assistant priest will be the
Very Rev. Thomas Mcnamara,
superior of the Society of ST.
Joseph. The eulogy will be
preached by the Very Rev. Ed
ward Casserly, S. S. j., former
superior of the order.
Burial will take place Wednes-
day at Holy Name Cemetery in
Jersey City.
Evening star., 1953-02-22
Steve A. Demos, Banker
Here for II Years

Steve A. Demos. 10, Of S2a
Thirteenth street NE, a resident
Of Washington for 81 years, died
yesterday in Sibley Hospital after
a brief illness.
A native Of Greece. Mr.. Demos
came to the United States in
1906. He was IN the confec-
tionery business in New York
before coming to Washington
He worked here as a baker until
retiring q year ago.
Mr.. Demos was a member OF
the Bakers Local 1873. and OF
SITS. Constantine and Heller
Greek Orthodox Church, Sixth
and C streets S.W.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs
Cleo Demos; daughter, Mrs
Lucille PanoS; two sons, Nick
and Harry Demos, and grand
daughter, Helen Panos. all of the
Thirteenth street address.
Funeral services will be helc
at 1880 am. Tuesday in the
church. Burial will be in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-02-22

Frank Morse, an all-around staff
assistant. knows more about
George Washington's domestic
economy than most Washing
ton scholars.
Robert Fisher, a young man
from Massachusetts, State Col
lege, is the horticulturist. Walter
M. Macomber. consulting archi-
tect for the past IL years, says
that repair and replacement Of
supporting members before his
time was SO good that he has
had little to do on the mansion.
His one regret is that a steel
beam was used to support the
roof Of the banquet hall. Should
have been timber, he says. There
was no structural steel in George
WaShington'S time.
Evening star., 1953-02-22

Charles c. Wall, a handsome
man in his late 40s. Mr.. Wall,
a native of Clearfield County,
Pa, and a graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania, for
a number of years was the as
sistant to his predecessor, the
late Col. Harrison H. Dodge.
Mr.. Wallis assistant is Walter
Densmore, a Virginian. The
curator is John Beverley Riggs,
recently Of the Library Of Con-
gress. The household manager is
Mrs, Robert Wheat. While the
beds of Mount Vernon are never
slept in. they are made with
regularity.
Harry Rouse. the chief en-
gineer. is a third generation Of
Mount Vernon employment.
Evening star., 1953-02-22

and ask for hospitality for the
night.
At dinner that night. she dis
covered what was wrong. Mr..
Washington felt that the entire
movement of the ladies' asso-
citation had been critical of him.
She convinced him this was not
so, and he agreed to sell to them
The contract transferring title
for the 100000 sum was signed
April 6, 1858.
Today. a larger sum is spent
each year on the maintenance
and custody Of Mount Vernon.
Last year, more than / million
persons were admitted to Mount
Vernon-an all-time record.
It is the Nations No. l his
torical shrine, not only as the
home Of the Father Of His
Country. but in -office re-
ceiptS.
Admission to Mount Vernon is
so cents. But children under
IL, high school students in
supervised groups and military
personnel in uniform are ad-
mitted free. From March to
July last year, $4,000 high
school students from 81 States
including California, passed
through the turnstiles. The in
come from admissions last year
was about $335,000. Sale OF
literature totaled about $4,000
and sale of tiny pots of ivy at
Is cents and lockwood at IS cents
"a relatively new departure)
added another $4,000.
Mount Vernon has no endow-
ment fund. Total income Il
about $375,00O a year.
The resident superintendent Ii
Evening star., 1953-02-22
Infant Donald {. Lewis,
Kin Of Representative

The three-day-old grandson Of
Representative Curtis, Repub-
lican, of Nebraska, died Friday
night in Doctors Hospital.
The infant. Donald E. Lewis.
jr., was the son of the Congress
mans daughter. Mrs. Donald E,
Lewis. She and her husband,
who works for the Westinghouse
Corp. live at l445 Ogden street
NV.
The prematurely-born baby
had been in an incubator since
birth,
Evening star., 1953-02-22
Stayed Overnight.

Miss Cunningham, who could
not travel any distance by train.
took q steamer from Charleston
to Baltimore and there boarded
q washington steamer which
stopped at Mount Vernon. She
was carried up from the wharf
in her chair and pleaded with
the owner to change his mind.
She got nowhere. She was car
ried back to the wharf, but she
missed the boat. She was taken
out In the river In q skin IN an
attempt to catch the southbound
mail boat. but that fa iled. She.
had to return to Mount Vernon
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-11-14
Dancers Nabbed

OKLAHOMA CITY Apsl,e, ar.
rested Frank AsAuarsA. n ~ A,
eEother HowaFd. =. Il Rssxsr
Utah. whlls thsy wsss saInr a.
samea a Ne local Arskar narrsv
dance studio
TIE AshwurtA 49, samha sssu.
we're rral hut-out - Is ths A. .
rs cheek ihey save sAs ssnS,a 1.
Pay for TIE leAaons
Police sd tAe pair auirhlx "A.
miited . "three sean 500 s,,~s
spree ~ uFltsnz warshisss sAera.
~ - states. hey wers isllsS wssA.
cut ehaFse awsis@g FBI inv~ssi.
Entlonx.
Howard AshworsA sxvsss..a n.
sneck hers was NJ IS AouTs -
danee lessons fnr tks re - 49,.
sdding: We VASE - e.-.-s.ss
eoarse. We're go a.serv< -,
here were some Lstls ssrn. -
wasted 10 hruxh - e.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-11-14
Godfrey Begs
Miners Pardon

PHILADELPHIA She anghrn.
enc indmsiFy ed Arthur Cadfrey
appareniiy lave Gene d an undsr.
Elandlng.
fsmpeFx e lard coal producery
burned ~ 30 - their prpanet
when CodfrNy eommanaed ahput
the old tine lnconsaEiRnea AZ usinw
amtAraeite. Re maaa sAa remafk
81 hls Wednesday nlght tslsviaion
ehoW.
Tha Anshrseils Informasloa Bu.
rNaa rstnrte6.
ms remafka wers &c sauiem.
paxaFy enaush and dia ne taks
mie aceoanl some q &c new alto.
matte mefhads ~ huruine h,sl =
Godfrey yesterday apalorlsed "a
hla Faaio nAow. He aald ~ didnt
mean shat - critics thcughi Ne
memml
IN dsem1 MAKE any difIerencs
whaa you amy 90 tie redo or fha
talavisinm-nn matter whni yoa say
-what yua g. go Always say Il
wFunG. never say 4 Firht Cod.
hey said. m6ding Ne hoped '.the
people h lA9 zeal kuxlness realixe
that ] didatawant b hart sea
used p Be > eoal minRr NO.
self Codfrey sad Il know uhss
q is. Nhai was talkina about wat
10 wauis he sd eia dsya"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-11-14
I2S-Real Eslais For Sale

SMALL TRAILER para and new
modera concrete block hsase.
$1,000 cash. Must sen al ones he.
cause Of llnesS. p. o. Bon a. Ma.
Eathon. Tia. novs.losx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-11-14
U.N.Puslles
Disarmament

UNITED NATIONS. n. Y. 49,
Tke IN. Assamhly'a Posliral
Commllaee puahed tor : vusa taaay
CO Mesterm pguposals 90 dlaarma.
inert tails ~ the worids alomie
puwers aa ihe elghfh Assembly
ae2aioB ended - second mnnik.
Dslegaiss silll kapsd b flnlsh their
basiness ~ the Dee. . adjourn
ment target
New blasts frnm nusms's Anfrsl
Y. Nixhinsky ard ussiern rsnlles
pruionEed TIE COMMITTEES dehais
yest-Fday. More dlscussloa was
sehednied today h 81 efiart %
reach = halloL
Approval Of ths western Fenolu.
tion APPEARED eeFtain.
Llke previous Assembly rennln.
tinna On tha smhieei. 4 urxes the
lammtlnn Da8nrmament Commls.
aion-tha II security Counen mem-
beFu and Canada--ao keep laukina
fnF wayn ef reaehina inssrmnfiamal
agreement on disarmament.
Tha innesatioa b tbs years rss-
oluiion Il q rneommendalion far
q sliheammittee e fhs s'powers
prlneipaliY ineolved' q sea 4 Dis.
armamenl agreemenl h pFixaas
naEnllallnn.
An Indiam amsmdmeni originally
called CO. ne uniied States. Brit.
AIN. Canmda, france nna the Soviet
Uninn~lha fise leaders ID atomic
renearrh-an bid gkese nemufin.
tens subaeqmant amendmeni re-
moved ths names fsxm TIE Fsaola.
tlom.
Vlahlnnhy charged yesterday shas
AmeFiean pFspafailona for 4 rev
Waf are pFevenilna disarmament
80 baidlng ~ International tsn-
fhe Soviet IN. dsisenss also
lolned - bels. FoEalgn Minlsisr
~ -. Mololss. n demanding :
hlz Fever eanfeFenee. Including
CommanlEl CAS- T. dlscnss meas.
ures almed u lessenlng ne strain.
Mnlolog made Is views known a.
en- unprecedented newa ennleFunee
~ Moaeuw whde Niahinnky az
dressed the 6enaGion Political
COMMITTEES here.
nriialn's salMyn I1oyd. maksne
ne chef reply aar ne west. aid
Nahinaky had il eject rejected
the wesfern pFopeaals and con.
menied. This has heen ! bad dav
fnr disarmamenf"
Besides aisarmamenl. ionr ma.
ior pelltical quessions sllIl are out.
slanding 60 TIE Assembly aaenda,
Korea, Russia's ~psaee Plan A.
avert q lard Weird War. q. 81
charges 81 Commumiss atrocities
n Korea. and Aailonallss Chlnese
kmerriAlas n Burma.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-11-14
Govt Announces
Exams For Post

ne FifaA Z. s Civil service
kegion has snnoaneed an sxaminn.
tioa for filing he puaiisan a Jun,or
Government Assissans Il : salary
g s1iie . year. Ths examinstloa
= being used % recruit eufssand.
lng young people ~ career, lead.
in9 b high Level poalsions a the
federal eoxeFnmeul.
eompetiiors mmat paas : written
test ard IN addnson AVE kaa -.
tam edueaiinn e. experience. Col.
leEe siadnnis No expeet a ecm.
pete ne necessary eaarsilon ~.
quirements ~ June - lasa mav
also ne. Applications I'll h. &C.
eepsed until Deesmhar =. 10
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-11-14
GMRights
MayG Cause
Senate Battle

WAKMK#1NuM mAMn. IpNnNi
fmkyl 80 aodav - nspmhlleami
sma ~ - So kiTu ri9hia lsRls.
h3llm mhsm CuaKr0Aa mmsta nantn,
a 80. KIlnnaar gn1al said int
wena rlaFt = haftls regal" IN the
nenaie.
coeper 80 h - lninrxlew ha
hallasas - nepaheaas resord n
CanTE9a1 90 es dselsiTe b tas
fasl sieefiumn ~ - senaie seals
sd g e. Humza aeatn. Ihs Ken.
taeay aan4l1F may be epposed for
Fselarfioa ~ AIhea ". Bafkiey.
Dsmserss 80 fsrmsr vice prsui-
Cert
Ceopsr sd Ne deasnH believe
Waeh mamaa na ihe larm pfuhiem,
hmdnea halamxAna and ts2 revlaiona
ean - aalNed ~ any ''quiek and
manlr mslhods." nui ~ said Ne
aueTm'a lhlnk the nepmhlicnnn
ouehl h enaas ~ pFehlsms fhay
NE8mI886 % r. q save.
Ihe eiVn rlahls plank n lhs 1854
COP pIalfofm p3aaed ~leHslaiinn
q farther - - eqaHahie treat.
menl b lhe arxweI discriminatory
empiogmanl pFseiiee4
a fAlnk we ahnnl1 rake e. kon.
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blil1." he sd II Is bEiief q
make . nehl e. xisA fiahis and
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ASKS To b JAILED

OKLAHOMA CITY w-was.m
eecrss Reader. trss = n - $500
here IN . car - 80 w., 80.
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as ,. : ,. ~ - = jaa.
= feaf-e.a hsaaw explained a.
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hia eesi friend - - s,sr.s -
wouid d Der vtaaeaes = 49,
% reman free
hawks aeccwmas.s.a -. =.
maa -
, 1953-01-17

He has made one concession only
namely, that brought only per
sonal integrity" to the Office Of
Governor.
Silence, limited
throughout this barrage of I'M
warranted and unfair criticism,
which W a S most g~ratuitously
joined in by MI. William N. Greer,
owner and manager Of radio sta
ton VISTA, and by Mr.. Edward
H. Bindley of Contant Club, !
have strived to maintain and to
preserve a calm and rational atti-
tude for the reason not alone that
/ have been keenly aware of the
losses suffered by Mr.. Jackson;
but also because I have repeatedly
been exposed, as I shall explain
later, to violent, undigniied and
unjustifed outbursts of Mr., Jack
sons temper attributable, / pre-
sumo, to the severe emotional
strain under which he was appar-
emily laboring. / have, since the
fire, privately and publicly sym
pathized with Mr.. Jackson and his
family. At no time did I ever at
tempt to resent his insults and
censure. / have, during and after
the fire, kept in constant daily
communication with our freight
ing and law enforcement officers
on the entire matter. Yet, from a
little group which does not even
extend common courtesy and re
spect to the Governor and his
office, when the incumbent is a
Virgin Islander, I have received
only insult and abuse.
There comes a time, however,
when silence may no longer be
maintained, or it may be mlsun-
derstood. / am impelled to break
this silence tonight in order to
bring to you, the people of the
Virgin Islands, certain facts and
circumstances which have not
heretofore been made public. In
my inaugural address on March
"a, 1850, as your first native Gov
ernor, l made the statement that.
IF l fail, you fail" I repeat the
statement tonight because of the
, 1953-01-17
SUPPERTIME CHAT
Of Governor NORRIS F. DE CASTRO over radio station
VISTA. ST. Thomas. on January IA 1853
Statement on Blackboard Castle Fire
Statement on Blackboard Castle Fire

FelloW-citiZenS OF the Virgin
Islands in st. Croix, st. Thomas,
and st. John
This is your Governor
Ever since September /, 1918,
for over thirty-four years, I have
served the Government Of the
Virgin Islands commencing with
a clerkship, of which | am very
proud, and steadily progressing to
my present position. During most
Of the past ten years and longer,
/ have served in one or more top
administrative positions, includ-
ing that of Acting Governor, as
Government Secretary, and as
Governor. l believe that, during
this exceptionally long period Of
service in the local and in the
federal government, I may have
contributed at least in some small
measure to the development, of
my homeland, the Virgin Islands,
and to the welfare of our people.
To this task my life-work has I'M
brokenly been dedicated. To this
task I have given unstintingly Of
my time and of my energy. This
record of the past "a years is well
known to all: / can add nothing
here; / can detract nothing here.
M. Howard "A. Jackson's charges
During the past few weeks, as
a result of a disastrous fire at the
Blackboard Castle here in Saint
Thomas in the early morning OF
December End, Mr.. Howard a.
Jackson, whose home and office
were unfortunately destroyed in
the conflagration, a citizen whom
I have always treated with ut
most respect and consideration,
and who has lived in these Islands
less than FIVE years, has seen fit
publicly to condemn me as "com-
pletely unfit to hold the position
Of Governor; as a person who is
less than a man; as a person who
has no agoverpino abif'tv"
"fumbling and inept weakling;"
and as 'woefully lacking in exc
cutive ability. stature, & COURAGE /"
Short of calling me a rascal, Mr..
Jackson has used every possible
denunciatory epithet against me
, 1953-01-17

bad fire, to becloud the record of
your first native Governor and
thus to besmirch the people Of the
Islands.
Three persons ask that | resign
Mr.. Jackson, Mr.. Greer, and
MI. Bindley have called upon me
publicly to resign. They have
stated that they are dedicated to
my removal. Mr.. Bind1ey has even
added that my removal would be
for the good Of "our people Just
what people he has referred to !
am not quite certain. | am certain,
however, that the great majority
of Virgin Islanders, even those
with whom ! have had many po-
litical differences, would not agree
with these gentlemen that I
should resign because our fire de-
partment failed to control the
Blackboard Castle fire and be-
cause our Investigating officers
have SO far failed to find evidence
to support Mr.. sackson's hasty
conclusion that a certain person
burglarized his home and set it
afire.
The points of the attack
There are three phases in con-
nection with the unfortunate fire
at Blackboard Castle which have
been used by Mr.. Jackson as suf-
fcient cause to castigate me as be-
ing unfit for Office. First, the
inability of the Fire Department
of st. Thomas to control the blaze
and to save the main residence,
and my alleged failure to investi-
gate it. Second, the alleged failure
to investigate possible burglary
and/or arson. Third, my failure
to discharge the Fire Chief Cor
does he really want this?), the
Director of Police, and the District
Attorney; all three of whom he
has characterized as incompetent
subordinates. I shall, in my talk
tonight, deal with these matters
in 4 factual and objective manner.
Let me make these categorical
statements now:
u / admit failure of the Fire
Department to control the fire,
due to inadequacies Of personnel,
equipment, and facilities to deal
with an extraordinary and unpre-
cedented situation, but not due to
negligence.
q refute the allegation that |
have failed to investigate the fire
fighting phase of the destruction,
and to take suitable action to re-
medy defects in the organization.
81 Irefute the allegation that no
criminal investigation has been
conducted.
~ am amazed at Mr.. Jackson's
efforts to describe me as inept and
unfit because of every fancied
failure of subordinates in the
Government Of the Virgin Islands.
Where failures develop, it is the
duty Of a Chief Executive to move
swiftly to correct them, as / have
.a - 4Lic yoa44ar
, 1953-01-17

riouSly estimated at from $1O,V0U
to 500, 600 in value by Mr. Jack
son, were kept in desk drawers
and not in a fireproof safe. It is a
matter of public record here that
Blackboard Castle was the Office
premises of two corporations. Yet
not one metal, fireproof safe was
in the premises for the protection
of these personal valuables, and
important personal and business
records. / cannot understand why
valuable personal property, other
than jewelry, including expensive
antique furniture, variously eSti-
mated in value at from 100000 to
100000 were kept in a wooden
frame building without fire insur-
ance of any kind. If government
is to be criticized for unsuccessful
fre-fghting, it should at least be
noted, with regret, that the occu-
pier ofvthe property failed to take
normal precautions to secure and
insure his valuables.
Finally, / wonder whether,
without intention on my part, /
might have caused Mr.. Jackson
any hurt in some way when | re-
fused to allow our Finance Depart
ment to accept a substantial
payment of income taxes by one
of his corporations which was not
doing business in the Virgin Is
lands. That money would have
solved our fiscal problems then,
but it would have bankrupt the
Municipality at a later date when
it would have been called upon
to repay it to the United States
Treasury to which it rightfully
belonged. Could / possibly have
embarrassed Mr.. Jackson, abso-
lutely Internationally, when in all
honesty and in order to protect
the interest of the United States,
/ had the case referred to the re-
preventative of the Bureau of
Internal Revenue who agreed
with me that the payment was
due to and in the United States.
That action, naturally, left Mr..
Jackson to ascertain from the US.
Bureau Of Internal Revenue how
much was due and where it
should be paid. It has nothing
whatsoever to do with the fire, Of
course, but could it be one possi-
BILE explanation of the bitter hos
ti1ity he now reveals? One more
related question: Would an execu-
tive who is Woefully lacking in
courage and stature, as Mr. Jack
son has charged me to be, have
had the moral stamina to refuse
to accept such an attractive pay
ment of taxes to our local treas
ury? 1t is entirely honorable, legal
and proper for a taxpayer to keep
his tax as low as he car within
the law. But we here, in our i'm
nortant a n d delicate relations
with the Federal Government,
must never at any time use the
fact that the federal income tax
law applies here to receive income
, 1953-01-17


sTRKNoTH
oNITY
, 1953-01-17

He has made one concession only
namely, that I brought only per
sonal integrity" to the Office Of
Governor.
, 1953-01-17

concerted effort which is being
made, as the result of one very
bad fire, to becloud the record of
your first native Governor and
thus to besmirch the people Of the
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