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, 1953-01-17
Virgin Islanders to
Hold Fourth
Heritdge Series

New York City-The fourth
annual Virgin Islands Herit-
age Series, will open on Janu-
airy 18th, with a Variety
Program and Forum, in ia
maica, Long Island. This L. /.
Forum, Of the Series, as well
as those to follow, will be I'M
der the sponsorship Of the
Professional League.
The theme for this year
Series is: Current Challenges
To Virgin Islands leadership"
Opening speakers will b e
Alexander Farrelly, of the VI.
Youth Council, and Charles
Reubel, of the v. I. Civic
Association.
By special permission Of his
publishers, Bonnie Benjamin,
and his song writing partner
George Weiss, will make a
guest appearance. Other ar
lists include: Alfred Lanclos,
Henry Kean, Robert Taylor,
The Continentals, The Five
Bells, Yvonne Wynne, and as
Master Of Ceremonies, Shell
ton Lewis. Joel Price, dancer
will also appear.
There will follow a sale Of
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, 1953-01-17
Rev. lens Ldrsen
Writes Another Book
10000 Tom Toms"

Rev. Jens Larsen, former
pastor of the Frederiksted
Lutheran Church and also of
Frederikskirke in ST. Thomas,
has written another book pub
lished recently entitled "Ten
Thousand Tom-Toms."
A review of the book was
written by Mrs. Pearl Byrd
Superintendent of Edu
cation for ST. Croix, and which
will be reprinted in another
issue of the AVIS.
Rev. Larsen has Travelled ex-
tensively and is the author Of
another excellent book MThe
Virgin Islands Story" which
has been used as reference by
several recent writers.
His MANY f~iands and ad
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, 1953-01-17
Pvt. Edstmun Now
With 18th Field
Artillery in Korea

WITH THE 7th
DIV. IN CHRIS
topher Eastman, whose wife,
Delta, and parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Eastman, live in
Frederiksted, st. Croix, Virgin
Islands, recently completed
his fourth month in Korea
with the 7th Infantry Division.
The 7th has fought continu-
ously in Korea since its land
ing at Inchon in the fall Of
1850. During its two years Of
combat in the mountainous
terrain the division has bat
tied in every sector of the
peninsula. Elements of the 7th
were the only US. forces to
reach the Yalu River.
An ammunition handler in
the 18th Field Artillery Bat
tslion's Service Battery, East
man entered the Army in
October 1851.
, 1953-01-17
Dept. 81 Education to
Sponsor Adult Gloss
On Juvenile Del.

Following suggestions and
discussions in a recent confer
ence on Juvenile Delinquency,
the Department of Education
will sponsor an Adult Educa-
ton Class on Understanding
Our Children" or a similar
subject in the near future, it
was announced recently by
Mrs. Pearl Byrd Larsen, SUI
perintendent 0 f Education,
who has expressed the hope
that people from all walks Of
life will take advantage of the
opportunity to attend classes,
exchange ideas, get informal
ton and do something about
the problems Of Juvenile De
linquency in our community.
The classes will be started
within the next two weeks
and will be conducted by Mrs.
Bernice McIntosch, who is a
former Instructor at Howard
University.
Mrs. McIntosch, having had
many years Of training and ex-
perience in problems of youth
will bring to her classes a
wealth Of material that may
never come our way again.
Additional information in
this connection will be pub
lished before t h class is
started.
, 1953-01-17
Twenty Youths Sent
To Puerto Rico for
Induction in Army

Twenty registrants went t.
Puerto Rico and were induct
ed into the Armed Services on
Wednesday last, it was an
nounced by Colonel Christmas
Deputy Director of Selective
Service for the Virgin Islands
Those from St. Croix are
jerome Isaac, Jose A. Periera
Juan A. Cruz, Gladwill G. SIR
monds, Milton Payne, Moran
A. Richards. Lloyd O.. Prince,
Reuben A. Motta and Rupert
Andreyye
From St. Thomas: Antonio
, 1953-01-17


D. Rhymer, Pedrito A. Peter
sen, Edwin D. Sullivan, Sos
themes A. Francis, Ashley
Williams, Fred F. Esannason,
Ellsworth w. Potter, Alvin @
Powell & James Jennings, jr
Also from St. Thomas were
Clyde o. Nibbs, volunteer
not previously examined and
Bassanio G. David. a delin-
1ant who will be indicted
subject to denomination.
, 1953-01-17
Citizens Committee
Arrange Special
Events for NdvY1nen

A citizens committee has
completed arrangements for
entertaining Naval officers and
men that will be visiting these
shores over the coming week
ends. Beginning this evening
there will be a variety show
at the Christiansted Service
Center located opposite the
Government House on King
Street at 5 pm. the same show
will be repeated tomorrow at
the same time. The Frederik-
sted Center is located on
Strand Street opposite the
wharf.
Cards, games, music and
writing facilities with plenty
o f refreshments including
home-baked pastries. In addi-
ton baseball games at Chris
tiansted Ball Park between
the Senators and Dodgers and
at Bethlehem between the
Commands & Cubs at 8 pm.
on Sunday; tennis at the Alex
anIer Hamilton Airport, a ST.
Croix team VS.. one from ST.
Thomas which started at IL
this morning and will continue
thru tomorrow.
Arrangements have been
made for the sailors to "snor-
kle" in the waters off the
beach belonging to Claude
Richards, located e a the
town Of Frederiksted or at
Mrs. Manson's beach on the
South shore; in Christiansted
similar sports can be INDUCED
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, 1953-01-17
Puerto Rico's Gov.
Pledges Friendship
For Virgin Islands

For Virgin Islands
Governor de Castro has re-
ceived the following communi
cation from His Excellency
Luis Munoz-Marin, Governor
Of t h e Commonwealth Of
Puerto Rico:
AS ! begin my administra-
ton as first Governor elected
under the Constitution Of the
Commonwealth Of Puerto Rico,
I should like to convey to you
and to the people Of the Virgin
Islands the official greetings Of
the Commonwealth Govern
ment and the renewed assur-
ance of our friendship and
GOODWILL"
Governor de Castro today
replied as follows: I'VE feel
privileged to receive the re-
neWed assurance of friendship
and goodwill in your letter Of
January u, 1858, which also
brought us the official greet
ings Of the Commonwealth
Government. We reciprocate
those kind expressions with
all warmth, and we extend
choice congratulations to Your
Excellency as you begin your
administrator as first Cover
nor elected under the Consti-
tuition Of the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico.
Please be assured, Your Ex-
cellency, of the everready
willingness of this Govern
ment, as a United States Carib
bean neighbor, to contribute
whatever assistance, to pro-
vide every possible measure of
cooperation, that your admin
istratin may rebound to the
continuing, remarkable pros
.perity and wellbeing of the
people and Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico"
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-02-15
Compare Seeded $l,O25 Tops
vs.. NativeRange Yard Sale

NEARLY 800 head of Herefords
returned $17O,165 to consignors to
the yard sale held in conjunction
with the "Top Cut" sale at Missoula
Feb. 3.
Buyers were present from a wide
area, and the sales ring at the Mis-
soula Livestock Auction Co., was
packed to the rafters for the all-day
sale.
Highest price paid for a bull was
$1,025 by Carl Saunders, Hamilton,
to H. M. Teel, Poison. Next was ST.
600 paid by Salo Cattle Co., Cascade,
to Charles Proebstel, Huson. Top
Heifer price was $3.50 paid by Dickie
Carlyle, Pablo, to Boyd Gibbons,
Darby.
Howard Raser, H. B. Sager and
Willis Raser were auctioneers. Range
bull prices generally fell into the
$300-500 range, with many bulls sell
ing in groups up to 10 head.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-02-15

SEEDED PASTURES VS.. native
range will be tested in a grazing
experiment at Gillette to see which
method brings in greater returns.
Robert L. Lang, associate agrono-
mist at the University of Wyoming,
said that one group of cattle will be
grazed for about six weeks on
mixture of crested wheatgrass and
alfalfa, then for two months on in
termediate wheatgrass and alfalfa,
and for another six weeks on a pas
ture of Russian wildrye and alfalfa.
The weight gains on these animals
will be compared with a similar
group of cattle grazed on three
times as large an area of native
range for the same period.
Besides studying animal gains per
head and per acre, the economics
of these types of grazing will be
investigated. This will include the
costs involved in establishing these
seeded pastures plus all other costs.
Evening star., 1953-09-03
Dalton Urges Virginia to Seek
Federal Aid in Long Drought
Requests Gov. Bottle
To Speed Relief to
Purched CropIunds

Moves to have Virginia de-
clared a drought disaster area SC
that emergency relief aid may
be obtained were underway to-
day.
The continued hot and dry
spell has parched fields in both
Virginia and Maryland. Crops
are on the verge of being wiped
out unless some rain falls in the
next few days.
1t hasn't rained in the Wash
ington area since August II. And
there has been little or no rain
in most parts of the two States
also.
Ted Dalton, Republican can
didate for Governor of Virginia,
last night from his Radford, Va,
home urged that the State be
declared a drought disaster area.
He said he had sent kilograms
to Gov. Battle and Agriculture
Secretary Benson.
Virginia is sitting on powder
keg" as far as its potential forest
fire situation is concerned. ac-
cording to State Forester George
Dean. All lookout towers, with
a few exceptions in the noun
famous areas in the southwest
part of the State. are manned.
Mr.. Dean warned that if
drenching rains do not fall this
month, the accumulated dryness
will bring a siege of fires that
will equal or surpass last falls
record.
In Maryland. farmers have
been hard hit by the loss of hay
crops and burned out pastures.
Corn and tobacco. the principal
cash crops still to be harvested,
apparently will pull through.
Forests in both Maryland and
Virginia are tinder dry because
of the lack of rain. Authorities
have urged people to take ex-
treme cautions in starting camp
fires and in eXtinguiShing
cigarettes.
Evening star., 1953-09-03

Branch, both in the Once of
Alien Property: one associate
commissioner of the Federal
Prison Industries. an assistant
commissioner of the Division of
Investigations, an assistant COM
missioner of the Division of Cit
izenship Education and an as
SiStant commissioner of the Di-
vision of Border Patrol, Deten-
ton and Deportation, the last
four in the immigration and
Naturalization Service.
National LABOR Relations
Board-A private secretary to
the chairman.
United States Information
Agency-An assistant director
for the Broadcasting Service and
a secretary to the assistant di-
rector for the Broadcasting
Service.
Evening star., 1953-09-03
1OO-Degree Mark
Here Lasted Only
7 or ; Minutes

The Weather Bureau estimates
Washington's 100-degree heat
yesterday lasted only 2 or 3
minutes during a three-hour
period when the official ther-
mometer stood at 98 degrees.
The bureau reported to the
public. quite accurately, that the
temperatures at 8, 4 and S pm.
were 98, without limiting that
the maximum was 100 degrees,
as previously predicted.
These reports are spoken into
a tape recorder, on the basis of
hourly visual scanning of the
instruments, and repeated to
those who dial the weather num-
bers on their telephones. Visual
readings also are taken on the
half hour.
The device which records the
temperature fluctuations at all
times is on the grass at National
Airport, about half mile from
the bureaus Office in the admin
istration building.
Here a tracing is made on
chart under the official ther-
mometer, which is sheltered
from the sun, open to passing
breezeS and far enough from
the concrete runwayS to escape
their influence.
Readings are taken from this
chart only four times a day.
Although information from the
instrument and others is piped
into the office for visual read
ingS, no continuous record is
kept there.
I'VE don't have the person.
mel" Bureau employe said,
"and it might not be practical
If we did have an employe to
put on such a job. The tenn
perature might vary for mo-
ment like your Speedometer in
a slight grade, but you don't
keep your eye on the Speedom-
eter all the time.
There was a little breeze on
the Potomac yesterday. Prob
ably temporary shift give us
that three-minute, 100-degree
heat"
Evening star., 1953-09-03
Military Air Speed Record
Set by Marine in Rocket
BY the Associated Press

Ell SEGUNDO, Calf, Sept. 8.
A Marine Corps speed pilot
who flew the Douglas D558-2
Skyrocket to a record altitude of
1925 feet now has piloted the
rocket plane at a speed faster
than any other military flyer.
In an attempt to crack the
1928 miles an hour record set
in the same aircraft by Douglas
Test Pilot Bill Bridgeman, 1t.
Col. Marion E. Carl, 81. of Guam
tico, Va. flew it at 1.143 m.p.h.
yesterday high above Edwards
Air Force Base.
The Skyrocket was dropped
from the bomb bay of a Super
fortress at $4,000 feet. Col. Carl
ignited his rockets and roared
upward. He leveled off at $4,000
feet and started into a down.
glide. The peak speed was
reached at $4,000 feet.
Col. CarlS altitude mark was
set on August 81.
Evening star., 1953-09-03
Weather
Continued From First Page0

NCOntlnueQ from FlrSC Page.)
He is under treatment at Alex
andria Hospital.
Also Frustrated in Alexandria
yesterday were Henry Darby, 81,
colored, of AIT South st. Asaph
street, Alexandria, construc-
ton worker, and Henry Swain,
colored, A, of 406 Elm street
NV.
They received first aid at Alex
andria Hospital.
Casualty Hospital reported two
cases of heat prostration. They
were Alvin Grothe, As, Balti-
more. Md, and Lester Shut, 40,
727 Fifteenth street Sc. MIR.
Shut was admitted and his con-
dition was described today as
fair. Mr.. Grothe was treated and
released yesterday.
Prince Georges General Hos
pital yesterday admitted Mrs
Mary Richer, 66. 4919 Russell
avenue, Avondale, Md. Her con-
dition was described as good
today.
Evening star., 1953-09-03
Nearby Areas Take
Steps to Limit Use
Of DwindIinq Water

Heavy consumption of water
in nearby Virginia and Maryland
today forced authorities to issue
restrictions in some areas and
new appeals to residents not to
waste water.
The District Water Depart
ment reported an all-time record
water consumption was set yes
terday when 261. .426,000 gallons
were used.
Although the District system
is running well above it's normal
rated capacity, officials antici-
pate no shortage of water or re-
strictions if the situation doesn t
last too long. The previous rec
ord of 259.074,000 gallons was
set July 81.
Restrictions Urged.
In Alexandria and Fairfax
County. voluntary restrictions on
the use of water were suggested
for the first time in 20 years.
The Alexandria Water Co. and
the Virginia Water Co., serving
more than 10000 customers,
asked that non-essential use of
water be limited. Customers liv-
ing east of the Richmond, Fred
erickSburg and Potomac Railroad
line were asked to limit their
water use on Monday, Wednes-
day and Friday. Those living on
the west side were asked to do
the same on Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday.
H. c. Richards, manager of
the two companies, said it was
not supply problem but a limi-
tation on the distribution system
Using More Than Supply.
He said the companies get IA
million gallons a day from its
source of supply at Occoquan
Creek. But, the customers are
using Is million gallons a day
currently.
This is slowly eating into the
Alexandria reservoir which holds
Is million gallons, he said.
LeeSburg, Va, simply shut off
the town water supply at 10 pm.
last night and turned it on at S
am. today. This procedure will
be followed for an indefinite
period.
The Annandale Water Co. in
Fairfax County asked it's 1850
customers to avoid non-essential
use of water during a four day
period beginning tomorrow. After
the four-day period, customers
will be asked to follow the same
restrictions on Saturdays and
Sundays and on weekdays from
noon until midnight.
The company said water con-
sumption is three times more
than normal and the restrictions
are an attempt to reduce present
consumption at least a third.
Arlington Continues Ban.
In Arlington. a voluntary ban
on essential use Of water
remained in effect between the
hours of 3 pm. and 10 pm. A
Evening star., 1953-09-03

24-hour ban on unnecessary use
will be renewed over the Labor
Day week end.
After Labor Day, Arlington
will continue the 3 PM. to 10
pm. ban on week days and the
complete ban on Saturday and
Sunday until further notice.
The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission, covering
the metropolitan areas of Mont
gomery and Prince Georges
Counties, yesterday asked the
public to avoid using water for
excessive or unnecessary pur-
poses.
The commission reported wa
ter consumption yesterday was
so million gallons. This was
2,250,000 gallons under Tues
days consumption and the COM
mission hopes an indication its
warning is being needed by resi-
dents of the counties.
Evening star., 1953-09-03

The July employment cuts
brought the number of Federal
job reductions to SO, 1000 since the
Eisenhower administration took
over last January 20, to a
new total of 2,447,2O0 in the
work force. In Washington, Fed
eral employment has been re-
duced from 243,000 in January
to 100000 at the end of July.
Sizable employment cuts al
ready announced for the Vet
Grams Administrations insurance
unit and the Internal Revenue
Service. as well as small cuts in
several other bureaus, will trim
this figure still further to about
$4,000 within the next few
months or so. Officials say, how
ever, they do not foresee other
additional employment cuts of
any consequence for the coming
months.
Employment totals for the five
largest agencies on July 81 were
Post Office. 500,900; Army, 5OO,-
600; Navy, 445.30O: Air Force,
100000, and Veterans Admin
istration, 179,10O. These five
agencies employ 78 per cent of
all Federal workers.
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SENSITIVE-Officials of the
Foreign Operations Administra-
tion had agreed to allow the
American Federation of Govern
ment Employees local in the
agency to make a desk-by desk
distribution of the latest issue
of the unions publication. which
criticizes the agency's aptitude
tests for employees.
However, after reading the lead
article. which severely criticizes
FOA Director Harold StasSen for
using the tests to help determine
which employees are to be dis
missed in the agency's reduction
in-force program, the FOA Off
cials suddenly revoked the un-
ions right to distribute copies
of the paper at the employees
desks. The AFGE local, not to
be denied, is distributing the
paper to employees before and
after working hours.
X \
HOT WEATHER NOTE
Pending a further loyalty
security investigation. Is Gov
ernment Printing Office en-
ployes have been temporarily
Evening star., 1953-09-03

transferred to the printing annex
at the Library Of Congress. To
make room for them, Is en-
ployes in the annex have been
transferred to the GPO quar-
terS.
These latter employees are
very unhappy about the whole
thing. The printing annex at
the library is aforementioned,
and in this sizzling weather that
means a lot. The GPO plant is
not aforementioned. So, the en-
ployes undergoing further Sc
curity Investigations are now
enjoying air-conditioned COM
fort, while the ones transferred
to the GPO to make room for
them are burning up in more
ways than one.
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RED TAPE-Another example
of the red tape snarling civil
service can be seen in the Civil
Service Commissions lengthy
pondering VIII e her blueprint
operator jobs should be taken
from the classified service and
placed on wage board basis.
Away back in 1949, a group
of employees asked the CSC for
its stand on the matter. Last
week, the csc replied that the
matter was still in the study
stage" Just give them time.
4 4 4
OF ALL DEPARTMENTS
The Labor Department is in
stalling three labor saving eleva-
tors that will eliminate the jobs
of three elevator operators in the
building.
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GOOD MAN-Richard Scne-
der, the Civil Service Commits
sion's assistant information chief
for many years, has retired. Mr.
Scneder was one of the best in
formation men in the business
and his departure is not only a
loss to the commission but to
the reporters who cover the Gov
ernment beat.
Dick Scneder could always be
depended on to come up with
the facts that were asked for
no matter what the situation
and no matter who was involved
He felt that the public through
the newspapers was entitled to
all the facts about civil service
and the operation of the Gov
ernment. That was his creed
and he always lived up to it.
This reporter joins with his
many friends in wishing Dick
Scneder many years of health
and happiness as he retires to
his Virginia farm.
SCHEDULE C JOBS-Here is
the latest batch of political
Schedule c jobs approved by the
Civil Service Commission:
Justice Department-Four po-
sitions of secretary and conf
dental assistant to the United
States Attorney; chief of the
economic section, Anti Trust Di-
vision: chief of the Management
and Liquidation Branch, and
chief of the Inter-CuStodial
Evening star., 1953-09-03
Young Denies Failure
To Find New Jobs for
Displaced Careerists

Chairman Philip Young of the
Civil Service Commission today
said he was amazed" at charges
that the commission is Sinking
its duty in the program to find
jobs for displaced careerists.
Reached by telephone in Seat
tie. where he made a stopover
on his Nationwide tour of Fed
eral installations, Mr.. Young said
he thought the program was
working quite well.
Last week Chairman Rees of
the House Civil Service Commit
tee sharply assailed the commits
sion for failing to find jobs for
displaced career workers who
lost their jobs due to economy
cuts. Mr.. Reese called on the
commission to step up its pro-
gram
Says Jobs Being Found.
Mr.. Young said his present
tour of various civil service re-
gional Offices shows that jobs are
being found for displaced career
workers, although he had no fig
ures on hand. And you must
remember that 80 per cent of
Government employees are out
side of Washington" he said.
Mr.. Young had no comment
on figures showing that at least
1.500 to 1000 displaced career
workers were still jobleSs in
Washington. He said he would
review the situation with his top
aides when he returns here in
a week or two.
Aides Meet With Rees.
Meanwhile, some top csc Of
f1cials met yesterday with Chair
man Rees in Mr.. Rees' Office and
promised they would do every
thing they can to step up the
program to find jobs for dis
placed careerists. Thus far. the
commission has found jobs for
several hundred jobleSs career
lists by ordering the displacement
of temporary-indefinite workers.
Mr.. Rees told commission of
ficials that more such displace-
ment orders are needed.
Participating in the confer
ence were A. T. Murray and Mrs.
Katharine Crowley, secretary, of
the newly formed Federal Civil
Service Separated Career EN-
ployeS' Association.
Evening star., 1953-09-03
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

some cloudineSS and hot with a
few scattered thundershowers
likely by afternoon or night and
becoming cooler in the interior
tomorrow night or Saturday.
Wind-Gentle to moderate
winds, mostly southwest, tonight.
Southwest winds at 1918 miles
per hour tomorrow.
River Report.
tFrom U. 8. Engineers
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
HarperS Ferry
Evening star., 1953-09-03

District and vicinity-Gener-
ally fair tonight, lowest about rs.
Tomorrow. some cloudiness and
hot with chance of scattered aft
ernoon thundershoWerS. Some
what cooler tomorrow night or
Saturday.
Maryland and Virginia -
Mostly fair except for chance of
scattered thundershowers in the
mountains tonight. Low 62-G8
west and TOTS east. Tomorrow,
Evening star., 1953-09-03
Arlington Student Abroad

Miss Katherine Anne Kilby of
2239 North Quincy street, Ar
lington. Va, a junior at Hollins
College. Roanoke, Va. is among
a group of American students
on their way to Europe for a
years study at the University
Of Paris. The program is Spon-
sored by Sweet Briar (Va.) Col
lege.
Evening star., 1953-09-03
Mrs. Hart Flying to Rome

DINARD, France, Sept. 8
B.-Mrs. Marion Hart, 61-
year-old New Yorker who
hoped the Atlantic in a single
engine plane, August 81, is now
headed for Rome. She few here
today from Shannon Airport.
Ireland. Then took of for
Toulouse.
Evening star., 1953-09-03

were made by
the bureaus
to conform
with their
1854 operat-
ing funds.
Officials said
employ m e n t
cuts W o vi d
nov taper off,
W i tn m os t
agencies due
to enjoy some
S t a b i lity
o f employ
ment in the
months ahead.