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Seward seaport record., 1953-10-23

U. s. Department of the Interior
 Bureau of Land Management
 Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska
 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
 Notice is hereby given that Harold Jess McGrady. entryman, together with his witnesses, Henry k. Ram stra and Wilbert r. Saubers, all of Kenai Alaska. has submitted final proof on his homestead entry, An chorage Serial No. 0199SO for the Sl@SEH NWt4SEH Sec. 9 T. 6 N. R. 12 w. Seward NJ. containing 120 acres, and il is now in the files of the Land Office. Anchorage, Alas ka. and if no protest is filed in the Land office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, said final proof will he accepted and final certificate issued.
 VIRGIL O. SEISER.
 Manager Date First Publication Oct. 16. 1853 Date Last Publication Nov. 13, 1953
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WANTED TO BUY
HELP WANTED

OPPORTUNITY for topflight auto
 mobile mechanic. Address inquiry
 and qualifications to Seward Rec ord, Box 204. Seward. lie
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Date First Publication Oct. ?, 1853
 Date Last Publication Oct. 30, 1853
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GSED JEFF and i-wheel drive pick
 up. Trade and terms. Seaport Auto Supply. Phone Lincoln I. Ice 1gj1 IIENRY-J. Good condition. Easy
 terms Woody Mahurin 14tfC
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9S-FT. 1851 ALMA house trailer on
 lot with utilities. Will sell or trade for late model car. See at 4th x
 Jefferson. Call Black 2l4. lie
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HOUSE TRAILERS

1S-FT. MASTER BUILT two-room trailer house. electric water heater. Frigidaire, gas range. Good condi tion. 5000 cash or $1250 terms. F. F. Stark, Bayview Addition.
 13tfc
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SPECIAL SERVICES

WILL CARE FOR CHILDREN in my home days. Hut 2i. Vets Housing,
 Tn
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Date First Publication Oct. 16. 1853 Date Last Publication Nov. 13. 1953
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Date First Publication Oct. 9. 1853 Date Last Publication Dec. 1, 1853
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PERSONAL

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS. Call
 Main 40 days, Lincoln III nights,
 or write Box 234 Seward. tie
, 1953-03-02
Pom Am. President
Trippe. PurtY Return
After Extensive Tour

President Juan e. Trippe,
Mrs. Trippe and members Of
Of his staff returned to their
headquarters in New York
yesterday. The trip, which
was described as a business
survey Of the Caribbean, in
connection with industrial and
tourist activities. began on
February 20.
President and Mrs. Trippe
have indicated that among the
places that interested them
was st. Croix where they
were given a great welcome
at the Donkey Races by the
officials.
Among those who were on
hand to greet Mr.. Trippe and
his party too were George Van
Ripper, and Cyril Marshall,
President and Curator Of the
st. Croix Museum, respective
" and James Crawford, local
representative Of Pan Ameri-
can Always here.
It was Pan American that
brought the famous Andersen
Continued on Page Al
, 1953-03-02
Ex-pres. Tru1non to
Gel Degree From
University Of P. R.

Ex-President Harry S. Tru-
man will be- awarded an
honorary degree by the Uni
versity Of Puerto Rico, It was
announced recently by Chan
cellor Jaime Benitez, rector.
The former president will
visit P. r. in September.
, 1953-03-02
Personal Mention

Mr.. and Mrs. Juan Font
celebrated their 18th Wedding
Anniversary 0 n Saturday
night, February % at their
home in Christiansted. Many
friends called to wish them
good luck.
Mr.. Font is with the Ac-
counting Division Of the Re
public Construction a n d
Maintenance Company.
, 1953-03-02
ST. Croix Boys
Now Serving With
US. Armed Forces

Four more st. Croix boys
are serving with the United
States Armed Forces. They
are the brothers Pvt. Jose
and Pvt. First Class
Gonzales (known to
his friends here as Nilo), Pvt.
/. Ritzberg, and Pvt.
Class Earl Drummond.
The Gonzales brothers are
serving together with Head
quarters Company Of the 65th
Infantry Regiment, Srd Divi-
sion in Korea. They are the
sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Pedro
de Gonzales.
Pvt. Ritzberg, the son Of
Mrs. Octavia Hunt of Chris
tiansted, attended the Chris
tiansted High School. He was
employed by the
East Side Taxi Company.
Pvt. Ritzberg is eligible for
consideration to receive in
struction in a Leadership
Course and may submit appli
cation to attend Officer Candi
date School.
PFC. Earl Drummond is
now serving in Korea with the
45th Infantry Division.
The 18th arrived in Korea
in December 1851 and cap
tured T-Bone" hill in June's
Continued on Page ~
, 1953-03-02
Chumber 81 Comm.
Urges Extension Of
RunwuY at Airport

The Chamber Of Commerce
has made a formal request to
the Municipal Council to APP
prove the extension Of Alex
ander Hamilton runway. Pan
American World Always
have m a d e this request
through James Crawford,
their local agent, in order that
larger, fully loaded four-motor
planes may use the airport.
The Chamber, in its News
letter. states I'VE believe that
improved facilities at our air.
port terminal will assist in
securing direct flights to and
from New York and make
travel to the United States
mainland much easier; that
through the use of larger
equipment and increased pas
senger accommodations that
revenues to our Island should
increase proportionately and
possibly self liquidate any ex-
nense involved in the ex-
tension.
, 1953-03-02

alarm. The district supervisor
and the timekeeper who were
on t h & ir horses nearby,
having just recently left the
field, galloped over to assist.
Word was Immediately tele-
phoned to Bethlehem to send
out a water truck which, I'M
fortunately, happened to be
getting a load Of water at that
time from Frederiksted.
The President of G
was at the Bethlehem Office
when word came and he,
along with other supervisory
personnel t h t could be
spared, rushed to the scene. A
number Of private citizens
who were nearby or passing
Immediately rendered all pos
sible assistance, especially in
the form of taking messages to
get help from all possible
-nl1rces.
Trucks were sent to all dis
Continued on Page ~
, 1953-03-02
Veteruns Contact
Officer Due Here on
Wednesday, Morch 4

Contact Representative
Camilo Delgado Cuevas Of the
Veterans Administration will
visit the Virgin Islands March
4 to s, it was announced today,
to offer his services to vet
Grams and their dependents on
problems connected with their
and privileges relative
to pension, assurances, sub
sistence allowance, hospitali-
cation, etc.
Mr.. Cuevas will arrive on
Wednesday, March 4, and be
at the Custom House in Fred
from 1890 to 3 pm;
he will be at the VA Office in
the Post Office Building all
the following day and depart
for st. Thomas on March 6.
, 1953-03-02
Fire Destroys Iicorp Canefeldsd
Damage Estimated d$IOO,O 900

A fire Of unknown origin destroyed 800 acres Of cane and
brush land belonging to the Virgin Islands Corporation and
some belonging to squatters on Saturday afternoon, Febrn-
ay Is. 70 give the public a clear picture Gordon Skeoch,
President ii WCORP who was at the scene directing and
, 1953-03-02

President Of q q who w
helping until the fire was UNI
der control, was asking to give
j complete statement, which
follows:
In the interest Of public in
formation and understanding
incident to the large cane fire
which occurred on Saturday,
February %, and started at
Estate Barren Spot, the fol
lowing statement IS made:
AT about 100 pm. Saturday
a small fire was found by one
Of the field foreman on the
edge Of a range next to a field
Of sugarcane which had been
partially harvested-located in
about the center Of the north
eastern section Of Estate Bar
rem Spot. A group Of about 40
men had been working in the
field and had come out at
noon to a tamarind tree on the
range and were sitting eating
their lunch. At about 1890 a
truck came to pick up the men
to take them back to their
camp at Estate Sion Farm as
they had finished working for
the day. All Of the men got
into the truck and the truck
left. About Is minutes later
the foreman who was still in
the field, and when Harvesting
his horse to his cart, noticed a
small amount of smoke COM
ing from the aforementioned
spot. He was possibly a couple
of hundred feet away and
rushed over and started beat
ing it out. He was Immediately
assisted by two tractor drivers
who were in the field with
their machines but the fire,
having gotten into the trash OF
the already-harvested part Of
the field and famed by a
strong wind, continued spread
ing. A Roman Catholic priest
who was outside the Barren
Spot Church, which was quite
PEAR the scene of the fire,
rushed in and started ringing
the church bell to sound the
Evening star., 1953-02-24
The Forgotten Man

Senator Ives, speaking in support of his
proposal to abandon the national emergency
Injunction provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act,
has said: This almost certainly would prevent
undue interference by Government, either in
the activities of labor organizations and work.
ers, through the injunction, or in the operation
of industry, through seizure, or in the fields OF
both labor and management, through compul-
sorry arbitration"
There is one important thing wrong with
this observation. The national emergency in
junction provisions rest on the premise that
Government has an obligation to protect the
public interest when work stoppage imperis
the national health or safety. In the main, the
Injunction provisions have worked well to this
end. And they should not be scrapped now un-
less the public is to become the forgotten man
of industrial warfare 1t would be desirable to
avoid undue governmental interference in the
affairs of labor and industry. But this certainly
should not be done by neglecting the interests
of the public.
The Ives proposal, in effect would substi-
tute congressional action for court action in the
last-ditch stage of a national-emergency strike
His thought is that the President would refer
Evening star., 1953-02-24
BETHESDA.

BETHESDA.
Dear Sir:
do you think it would be a good
thing to cut of my pokeberry bushes
at this time?
st have let them stay, since last fall,
to give the mockingbirds food.
"The birds in general like these juicy
berries I find them rather floppy, not
really good foundation planting, but
that is where they come up. and I
would like them to remain, but do not
know how they perpetuate themselves.
"T don't know whether to cut them
off or leave them alone.
yours truly, A. De N"
The pokeberry is a ubiquitous bush.
a real American Of the roadside.
It grows almost any place, either in
sun or shade, in dry or wet.
The growth Is sprawly. Certainly no
one could say it makes good founda-
ton planting, except when at its height
in the summer. :.
Then it fills in admirably between
the more formal shrubs and the ever
green's
All in all, it is not to be recommend
ed for planting close to a house.
If it's seeds fall in such place, they
will come up, and should be allowed
to stay If the householder likes the
birds.
There are few plants and berries the
birds like better.
. Everything from the tiny kinglst to
Evening star., 1953-02-24
This and That

the mocker will come to the juicy ber-
ries. These hold their SAVIOR. evidently,
well through the winter, even after they
look withered to the eye.
The pokeberry has wonderful tradi-
ton in American folklore.
Part Of it was used as medicine, at
one time. We wonder if any one ever
uses the pokeberry any more for such
a use. The berry is used by farm and
small town boys as link" It will
write, but not too well.
The color is good, but cannot be
much used as dye in ordinary every
day use.
Many Of the old time herbs have
lost their glanor, in the light Of modern
chemistry.
In the Bible, the herbs Of the field
are praised, and they still enjoy reputa-
ton among persons who like old things
in the old ways.
The poke bush is an interesting relic
of the old horse-and-buggy days.
Then it delighted to grow by dusty
roads.
Who recalls those old country roads,
inches deep in pulverized dust?
A horse and buggy kicked up cloud
that fingered in the air for minutes
after passage.
Many an old man can recall his
childhood delight, as little boy, in
watching these clouds of dust settle
down, down, down-until at last, If one
were patient enough, the road would
be ct peace again.
Evening star., 1953-02-24
BY Charles E. TroceweN

The old people never seemed to mind
this dust. any more than they did
perspiration odor.
The state of being without smell had
not then been raised to national cult.
Some persons put on suit Of under
wear and never took it of again, day
or night, for the winter. Fact!
Most, of course, laughed at such an
extreme. They only wore suit of
underwear week.
Long underwear was the bane of
thousands Of children.
Often the wool fibers made them itch.
Mother or father paid no attention to
their complaints, because no one had
ever heard the word "allergy" then.
There are so many things the old
folks never heard of. We know ali
about them, and what good does our
knowledge do us? VitaminS, for in
stance. You poke vitamin tablets and
capsules down you, and can you say
they do you any good? Can you put
your finger on the good? Even the
doctors couldn't, so the manufacturers
increased the potencies tremendously,
and one wonders.
Pokeberries have vitamins and
minerals in them. else the birds would
not eat them. No human should eat
them, however, as they have an intense
emetic effect.
The poke is propagated from the
root, and also by seeds. If left alone.
they come up zach spring In the same
Evening star., 1953-02-24
Thanks for Piunos

Once more we wish to thank The
Star for its help in publicizing one Of
our projects. Miss Viola Cooke, one Of
our members, phoned me last spring
Immediately after reading your full
page story on the condition of the
National Training School and asked.
Mrs Miller, is this true?" eyes, Miss
Cooke, it is" Then what can I do to
help? Now!".
Miss Cooke consulted with Miss
the Junior Village School, and who reg
ularly conducts a Saturday afternoon
program to which the girls eagerly look
forward. This past fall Miss Cooke
spent an evening with me asking how
she could obtain piano, so as to in
clude singing, folk dancing, ETC., in her
program. She brought her problem
and explained it to our membership
at our January 10 meeting.
Arnold Taylor, who covered our meet
ing for The Star, wrote a few para
graphs for your January 20 paper and
the head read "Piano asked for Use at.
Girls Junior Village" We had eight
phone calls in reply. Four persons
donated pianos, three Of which we could
use. The persons who donated were
Mrs. Inez Garrison, 804 9th street NE.
Mrs. Norris Sanborn, 1407 Dale drive,
Silver Spring, and Mrs. Selma Town
send Of 1918 Independence avenue Sc.
Three phone calls were from interested
persons who gave us good suggestions
about where to obtain other pianos,
and the last and eighth phone call was
from nice, earnest lady, who wished
if we were given more pianos than we
could use, to have one Of them for her
group. We were sorry not to be able
to help her. The E. S. Alvord Moving
Co. and the Smith Storage Co. moved
the pianos last week-two to the Junior
Village and one to the National Train
ing School for Girls, both on Lough-
boro road NV. E. K. Morris,
another of our members donated a
victrola.
We wish, also, there were more per-
sons as kind and dedicated as Miss
Cooke. Another important fact not to
be verlooked-The Star should be
pleased at the response to an inside"
story the day of the Inauguration and
parade. It was concrete proof that
your paper Is read from cover to cover.
Thank you again for your continued
service in the best interests of the
people of Washington.
Mrs. Joseph L. Miller,
Connecticut Avenue Citizens ASso-
citation.
Evening star., 1953-02-24
Asia and Red Propaganda

The Kremlin can hardly be pleased with
the rough treatment accorded its propaganda
ing representatives at the nine-day conference
of the United Nations Economic Commission
for Asia and the Far East In effect the con-
ference-which has just ended at Bandoeng,
Indonesia-has emphatically rebuked the Soviet
Union for engaging in campaign OF lies
against Britain and the United States.
AS spewed forth by the chief Russian dele
gate to the conference the lies have revolved
mainly around the theme that Anglo-American
"ruling circles"-particularly the "warmonger-
ing imperialists" of our own country-have
been seeking to dominate" and "enSlave" the
non-Soviet Asian nations with such projects as
our Point-Four program of technical and eco
nomic assistance. In other words In giving
dollar aid and exporting our "know-hoW" TO
help them increase their agricultural and In
dustrial output, we have been motlvated soleiy
and simply by an evil desire to subvert and
subiugate the recipient lands, including Burma,
PakiStan and India.
But the Asians at the conference, far from
being taken in by this threadbare propaganda,
have responded to it in way that must surely
be bit Sobering for the Kremlin. Thus, 10
cite but few examples, the Burmese delegate
has ridiculed the Soviet charge and heaped
praise on the no-strings attached character OF
Western aid; similarly Pakistan's representa-
tive has tartly advised the Russians to stop
creating bogeymen and wake up to the fact
that the free nations of the Far East are capa-
BILE of looking after themselves and maintaining
their independence in economic and otner
fields; and India's spokesman, indicating COM
plete contempt for the made-in-Moscow lies
against Britain and the United States, has
bluntiy observed that "the u. S. S. r. has done
practically nothing to help the region, and
has attributed malicious motives to other
countries that have helped"
Moreover, in line with these sentiments
the Asian nations have stood solidly with
Britain and the United States in number
of formal actions against Soviet proposals to
attach -the-West amendments to the con-
ference's final report. In one such action, by
a vote of IL to /, they have gone unan1-
mously on record against Russian charge
that economic development in the Far East
has been hampered by pressure from America
and "other colonial powers" And in another
action. bv a vote of II to with Indonesia
abstaining), they have rejected an effort to
promote Moscow's phony peace propaganda
and to brand our country with villainous
responsibility for the world ornaments race.
Everything considered the Bandoeng con-
ference thus has produced for the Soviet
Union little more than series of rebuffs.
In view of the fact that several countries in
free Asia have tended to favor "neutralism"
or fence sitting in the cold war, the develop
ment is not without significance 1t suggests
that Red propaganda in this area has begun
to backfire on its manufacturers and that the
Kremlin has suffered setback full Of good
potentialities for ou1 side.
Evening star., 1953-02-24
Secret Wood

The tDillotDs bent. OrGy-Oreen and cool,
Above the secret Woodland pool
And NTH secret on his face,
The lean boy stood In ttn1eless grace.
Feeling the silence all around,
On tinseless tD1ter, tineless ground.
The silence iDhich encompdssed him
Was need to see the tDild geese stOim
Through channels iDhere pond lilies lay
As yellotD as the lamps of day.
Geese threaded do1Dn and threaded back
Where floating pads had left track
And tohGt pleased the brotDn boy 50
much
Was that they stDdnp and didn't touch
A bloom or pad on either side:
This tDds his secret and his pride.
This tDns the reason that he stood
In silence In the secret iDood.
AnobeI Armour
Evening star., 1953-02-24
Omnipotence

The Very Rev. Francis B. Sayre jr, dean of
Washington Cathedral, covered considerable
ground in his Sunday sermon And he produced
certain effect by asking variety of questions
which he did not undertake to answer
He wondered about the immense" cost of
the Federal loyalty program and suggested,
rather astonishingly, that 'it must run into
billions" Moving on from this expansive prem
lSe, he asked: "Is it worth it? How many SUBJ
,versiveS have we caught?" Does this mean that
Dean Sayre is opposed to the loyalty program
because it costs too much? If so, he ought to
have something more than wild guess as to
the cost before implying that the program has
not been worth while.
Turning next to congressional investiga-
tions, he asked: What is this omnipotence that
pretends it can ferret out all sin and purify all
else?" Here again is doubtful premise, for the
congressional investigators have not claimed
that they can ferret out all sin and purify all
else. What is the omnipotence which led Dean
Sayre to this erroneous conclusion?
Another target was the American Legion's
picketing of the Chaplin movie "Lmelight"
According to Dean Sayre, the Legion would Gin
timidate us into avoiding this picture because it
claims, but has not proved in court that Mr.
Chaplin is Subversive." Here is still another
doubtful premise. For the normal purpose of
picketlng is to express point of view not to
intimidate, and if there is proof of intimidation
In this instance, Dean Sayre did not cite it.
Furthermore, one would suppose that the Legion
has as much right to picket in support of its
point of view, even though the view may be er-
roneouS, as has Dean Sayre to speak from the
pulpit in behalf of his own views.
Certainly it is good and wholesome thing
for members of the clergy to speak out in behalf
of sense of responsibility in our public and
private affairs. But they should also set the
example.
Evening star., 1953-02-24
Britoin's S Defense Budqet

Last summer, in an effort to close the gap
between BritainS imports and exports, Prime
Minister Churchill's Conservative government
decided to stretch out, over period Of four
years. the three-year rearmament program
that Prime Minister Attlee and the LaboriteS
adopted after the outbreak of the Korean war
a program calling for total outlay of $13.1
billion. In announcing the change of pace,
however, Mr.. Churchill emphasized that annual
military expenditures would increase rather
than decrease.
This predicted increase despite the Stretch
out" has now materialized in the defense
budget that the Churchill government has just
submitted for the fiscal year beginning April l.
For the new budget-the biggest in Britain'S
peacetime history-projects a total of $685.
100000 in military outlayS (eXcluding atomic
energy) as against total of $4238, 100000
during the fiscal year now drawing to close.
This represents Jump of $345 million, of which
only about a third is attributable to higher
costs of materials.
AS originally drafted, the British rearma-
ment program was scheduled for completion
at the end of the coming fiscal year. AS a
result of the "stretch-out," however, total
military expenditures at that time will be more
than $1.2 billion short of the three-year goal of
$13.1 billion. But Mr.. Churchill has argued, and
continues to argue, that his slower paced plan
while avoiding a dangerous strain on the ma
tion's economy-will not only involve greater
total outlay but will also give Britain more war
power in being than it could have had from
the Attlee plan.
If the next British defense budget is to be
comparable in size to the one just submitted,
Mr.. Churchill is undeniably right. There is
much to be said, too, for his view that develop
ments in such fields as guided missiles and
A-weapons have injected measure of obsoles-
cence into some of the thinking that shaped the
Vests rearmament plans three years or SO ago.
Actually, assuming that the Kremlin is not
going to strike soon, his "stretch-out" decision,
though not lacking in risks, may we'll prove to
have been wise, adding to the long-term
strength not only of his own country but of the
entire Atlantic alliance as well.