davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1954-11-23

certified check or bank draft, payable to the Virgin
Islands Housing & Redevelopnent Authority, U. s. Govern
ment Bonds or satisfactory bid bond executed by the bid
der and acceptable surety, in an amount equal to five per
cent (5%) Of the bid shall be submitted with each bid.
The successful bidder will be required to furnish salts
factory performance and payment bond.
Bidders attention is called to the fact that under the con-
tract, the Contractor, shall be required to pay not less than
the minimum wage rate set forth IN the specification and to
comply with the minimum wage laws now in effect in ST.
Thomas and ST Croix, Y. I, and with any minimum wage
laws that may come into effect during the life Of the Con-
tract, without increase in contract price.
The Virgin Islands Housing g Redevelopment Authority
reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any
informaities in bidding.
No bids shall be withdrawn for a period of sixty days
6O) days subsequent to the opening Of bids without the con-
sent Of the Virgin Islands Housing and Redevelopment Auth
ortiy.
VIRGIN STANDS HOUSING & R-EDEVELoPMENT
AUTHORITY
Evening star., 1954-12-19

Dixon and Ed Runge in the Ma
tfonal. Two others have served
in the majors. Grover Froeze in
the American League and Gugie
Guglielmo in the National.
The staff includes four others.
all Of whom have professional
jobs. Somers for nine years has
umpired in the Pacific Coast
League and is on call to the
American. III
Over the years-this is the
18th coming up-the MCGOWAN
school solidif1ed a rigid standard,
with its pupils judged not only
on umpiring ability, but integrity
and sobriety, according to Clark
Griffith.
Good unpires are hard to
come BY" Griffith says, land
when a man graduates from the
MCGOWAN school you can bet he
has what it takes. That fellow
Somers down there is a hard
taskmaster, and from what I've
seen and heard, his driving per-
.sonality is. reflected in the men
he has instructed"
Evening star., 1954-12-19


GTTUso HITS THE Ga:o Navy fuba carO hits
ny picture Of his aanes Gnd Gray Pauhe1o The Mdds cmd ths
which received the mbac football the
ears
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Early Applications Are Heavy
Continued Success Indicated
For MCGOWAN Umpire School

Continued success seems as
sured for the Bill MCGOWAN
School for Umpires at Daytona
Beach, Fla, and therein lies an
other tribute to the great Amer
ican League umpire who died
December 9 at his home in Sill
yer Spring.
Bill MCGOWAN, jr., IS. an en-
gineer with Remington Rand,
Inc, announced last week that
the school would be continued.
Yesterday he revealed that more
than 40 applications already
have been received. Out of a
class of 118 last year. SO were
placed in jobs.
Baseball men throughout the
country had urged that the
school be continued.
Young McGowan's role will be
entirely administrative. The chief
instructor will be AL Soiners Of
Detroit, serving his 18th year
in that capacity and voted by
former students as the best in
structor of young umpires in the
country.
Among the schools alumni are
six major league umpires-Bill
Mckinley, John Flaherty and
Larry Napp of the American
League and Augie Donatelli, Hal
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Four BoiIermokers
Win Places as Irish
AN-Opponents
Speetoi Cispatch 10 The star

SOUTH BEND Ind. Dec. 18.
Purdue Bnilerm2kers, Ella
conquerors ot NoSre Dame.
placed fom players en- the Irish
all-oppoaent team to take team
honorS.
The Boilermakers honored by
Notre Dame players were Quar-
terhack Len Dawson. Fullback
Bill MurakowSki. Guard Tom
Belts and Tackle Joe Krupa,
who finished in a thrse-way tie
for the second tackle spot.
- Michigan State had two play
ssRrs named, the only other team
with more than one selected.
The Irish aist chose the Spar
-tans as the best team played
on their 10-game schedule.
Halfback John MatSock and End
John Lewis were the Michigan
State representatives.
Ron Beagle S Navy's ALI
America END was the only mid
.shipman named
Others sesected by the vote
ot the Notrt Dame team in
-s1ciuded Tackle Lou Palatella OF
Pittsburgh as well as Tackles
Herb Gray of Texas and Forrest
Gregg of Southern Methodist
who tied with Krupa; Guard Cal.
vim Jones Of iowa, Center Marvin
Goux of Southern California ane
Halfback Walt Hynoski of Penn.
Evening star., 1954-12-19
The TumuIt and the Shouting
Rice's ALL Time Team Includes
Thorpe, NogursH and Bouqh

Fowler, "they may have been
kids when they started playing
for you at Carlisle, but they were
old men when they stopped.
Those Redskins played for years
and years with Carlisle as
their home reservation"
Warmers only reply was .
chuckle.
In street dress Thorpe, like
Dempsey, wasn't particularly
imposing. Both were so per-
fectly proportioned that nothing
seemed unusual about either
man-both scaled around 1873
pounds at their respective peaks.
Sometimes it was difficult. to
know If Jim was laughing with
or at you.
"We were talking one night, I"
said Fred Banham. q New York
publicist. land I asked Jim If
there was any material about
him that hadn't been done to
death in the papers,"
Eyes i. one thing" grunted
Thorpe. I'm a twin. My twin
brother died when we were 5
:. or g."
How did 1t happen?" I asked,
1--WE were raised on canned
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Eddie Collins; Jr.,
Promoted by PhiIIies
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. ls.-
Eddie Collins. jr.. son of the
late Hall of Fame second base
man. today was named assistant
general manager Of the Phillies.
General Manager Roy Hamey
said Collins will devote special
attention to the farm system and
scouts. Joe Reardon. farm
system director. resigned re-
Gently.
Collins, a former player. joined
the Phillies in 1s47 as an assist
ant farm director. From Yale
in 1889. he reported to the
Athletics. He was farmed to
Baltimore, then in the Inter-
national League in 1910 and re-
turned to the AS in 1941. He
stayed with. them until entering
the Navy in 1912. After his
discharge In 1916, Collins went
to spring training with the
Athletics but was released at the
end of the training season. He
played with Jersey city and
Buffalo that year, his last as
an active player.
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Seixas Tops Trabe for No. u S. Tennis Ranking in 1854

milk" Jim replied seriously,
"and we ran out Of cans"
Lacrosse may be the pure In.
dian sport. but football. by its
very nature, carries heavy Indian
appeal. Witness Thorpe. Calac,
Guyon, Exendine, Houser. Toma-
hawk and others. including
Wheelock and Metoxen and all
the Big and Little Bears they
had In tow. I believe an all
America, All-Indian team could
beat the All-Time Notre Dame.
All-Time Michigan or All-Tme
anything else. And Thorpe
would have been the big reason
+. an unleashed Thorpe giving
his best.
tcopyrisht. 1854 BY A, Q. Barnes
distributed BY the Bell Syndicate. Inc
I'm the merit article Rice
tells OF the rise OF Babe Did
rickson ZahdridS and other
wondn stars and picks Jesse
ODens as all-time "tops" OF
NEGRO nthleteS.)
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Luxurious e. Durable
Plastic Seat CoUers

An exciting special purchase brings you
the lowest price of the year on this
handsome seat cover Of durable, wash
able Saran plastic with quilted cap
back and rayon trim. Contour-styled
for the look Of crstom-fit cover, in
plaids or stripes. Maroon, blue, green.
Fits most cars, Al to "a.
Plastie-beek Seron pIostis covers. 1917
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Terp Ringmen Lose
Gary CARRIER for
Sugar Bowl Bouts

Gary CARRIER, University Of
Maryland bantamweight and
featherweight boxer who won the
NCAA 125-pound championship
last spring as Junior, will not
be in the Terp lineup against
Louisiana State a week from
Tuesday in the Sugar Bowl bouts
at New Orleans.
CARRIER said he wants to spend
more time with his wife and
child and concentrate on studies.
The little fighter worked part
time in a grocery store last year.
Helping to take up the slack
on Coach Frank Cronin's squad
is the return of Gary Fisher. A
polished 139-pounder two years
ago. Fisher married and stayed
out of school last year, He has
groWl into the 156-pouhd class.
II Maryland still has another
national champion-132-pound-
er Winnie Palumbo-who helped
the Terps to the Eastern Inter-
collegiate championship and to
second place in the NCAA tour
nament. Leo Coyne, Eastern
heavyweight champion. also is
back.
6. Guido Capri, who has fought
at 1875 and 1872 the last two sea-
sons, Is slated to fill in for Gar
ber at 1875. Eric Hintze has
moved from 139 to lat.
Newcomers include Pat Duffy
at 1865 pounds, Ernie Fischer, the
former wrestler, at 178, and Tim
Flynn, football end. and Corbett
Curran at heavyweight.
LSU was unbeaten during the
regular season last year and Is
expected to turn out almost the
same lineup.
Evening star., 1954-12-19

the popuiir 30-06 cartridge.
This newly designed rifle has
extremely sof, recoil but weighs
only about 7ha pounds. A four
cartridge box magazine facili-
tates rapid loading and unload
ing. The trigger must be re-
leased and pulled for each shot,
otherwise the gun will not fire
until the action is completely
closed.
/. OF some 120-million acres OF
original wetland in the limits Of
the United States. less than 80
million remaia that are mt for
waterfowl use. according to- the
United States Fish and Wild
life Service. The rest has been
destroyed by drainage, water
pollution and man induced
drought. Wildlife authorities
have estimated that more than
80 per cent of the furs produced
in America come from the wet
lands of the Nation. These. wet
lands also produce fine fishing
for millions OF sportsmen. and
their recrestianal value is beyond
estimate. Tbs National Wild
life Federation has launched q
campaign tc save Americas S
waterfowl marshes from further
drainage and announced that its
National Wildlife Week In 1855
will be built around tlae wet
lands" theme
We have been interested IN
following the experiment Of
stocking white bass In Deep
Creek this past season. The fish
were obtained from the Tennes-
see and Ohio Conservation Com
missions and only adult fish were
stocked. So far none has been
caught. Fishing in Deep Greek
Lake has been dwindling each
year since 1851. that is the num-
ber of fishermen making trips
there. The reason given is the
poor fishing. However, it is In
teresting to note that investiga-
tions of the FISH in Deep Greek
Lake show that many of them
are suffering from various fish
diseases. which would indicate
overcrowding in their popula-
tions.
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Continued From Page C-3.)

at least for Thorpe. Our ship
was anchored in Stockholm har-
Dor, and when the tender finally
poured 'Thorpe's party aboard,
Jim proceeded to leap about the
deck, jumping and kicking In
cabin doors. I remember he
kept yelling. TIM a horse!
I'm q horse!' In the midst Of
all this confusion a delegate
came to our ship to request
Thorpe to visit the King i. to
receive Gustav's personal hon.
age. We had to inform him that
Thorpe wasn't aboard"
Started Young and Stayed.
When Thorpe was running
wild for Carlisle. the Indians
played few games at home. Gar
isles entire student body COM
prised no more than $50 boys. u
Warner recalled years later
And bear this in mind ;. they
were all youngsters-including
Thorpe. None was more than
16 or II but my God, how
they could play!"
Eyes, Pop" commented Gene
Evening star., 1954-12-19
Teum Needed for Tourney

One team is needed in each
of the IL, IA. II and 2l-and-
under classes to round out en-
tries in the 18th annual Boys
Club of Washington basketball
tournament. starting December
27. Applications may be made at
the Eastern Branch, Seventeenth
street and Massachusetts, ave-
nue. Sc.
Evening star., 1954-12-19

with a new
M o d el "a 0
w o o dmaster.
an automatic
| o a din g big
g a m e rifle
W ith W h a t
t h e y call
+" p o W Q n -
matte action
tg e t in g as
hard = up for
d e S ri ptive
words as the
a u t o m o bile
raople) a n d
chamhhred for
Evening star., 1954-12-19
SteeIers Sign DodriII

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 18 (P.-
Dale Dodrill. 215-pound guard to-
day signed his 1855 contract with
the Pittsburgh Steelers. He's
the first Steeler to sign for next
season.
Evening star., 1954-12-19
OUTDOORS S
with Bill Leetch

The arms companies certainly
are doing al they can to make
it tougher or game of all sorts.
Now Remington is coming out
The frontiersman., 1954-03-04
be represented.

be represented.
 The trouble with politicians is they're always letting off esteem.
 Fancy flavors of candy-filled glass telephones were given to the guests of Sue Henry on her ninth birthday anniversary on WaShington's birthday. Games were played, ice cream, cake and candy were taken care of by Cheryl Woody, Jane Nunley, Linda Bergman, Ida Hjellen, Jan ct Matheison, Elizabeth Richter off, Ruth Ann Byers, Ediane O1- son, Judy Betts, Helen Carter and Carol Gershmel.
 Ronald Colman says: "A man usually falls in love with the woman who asks the kind of questions he is able to answer"
 Even though Palmer lost one of their key men to a sprained an- kle (Bert VarreD in an earlier game, they were able to come out on top of a 29 to 27 score over An chorage in the fourth game of the day. They were well matched. It was touch and go all the way at no time was either team ahead by more than four points. Pat Carter and I had taken Wally Iceland, Jack Devlin, Don Carter, Gary and Gil Hjellen, Larry U1- rich, Jim Miller, Elmer & Wayne Macdonald, Dan Flechenstein, Sonny" Vikaryous and Bob Pennington of the Wasilla Jr. Hi school into Anchorage for a "cas- aba" tourney. In the first game, Elmendorf dropped to Anchorage eight to nineteen. Second Game Palmer tipped over Wasilla 20 to 24. Again Wasila came out on the short end in the third game, FL mendorf 26 to our 18.
 A high school teacher received this note from a parent: "Please
The frontiersman., 1954-03-04

Ted & Laura Mommsen were
 hosts at wedding and reception Jack T. Hopkins and Dorothy
 L. Hook decided to join social security numbers. Witness's were
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Bretz. All except the Mommsens are from Anchorage.
 A woman on trial for murder ing her husband was acquitted because of the effort of one little old lady on the jury. After the trial the latter explained her at titude: T guess I just felt sorry for her. After all, she was a widow"
 Scout Troop Committee meet ing was held on the 24th. Explor- CT adviser Bergman, Scoutmaster Sorenson and Cubmaster Dryden made reports of activities to di- rectors Iceland, Coglin and Combs. Tentative date has been set for Court of Honor on March twelfth.
 Bride: I baked two different kinds of biscuits for you today dear. Take your pick.
 Hubby: Never mind the pick. I'll just break them open with hammer.
 The next time you read or hear about Cub Pack Meeting to be held, forget making dinner, for get the dirty dishes-come a run ming and take Pot Luck"-bring the family. The last meeting was held a week ago at the Wasilla School. Spaghetti was served. Three yellow three blue-candle cakes, to denote the three pro- grams Cub, Boy and Explorer Scouts was carried into the gath ering with ceremony. North West Airlines loaned a film on travel in the Orient for the free movie. Willard Betts and David Henry were advanced to Boy Scout stat us. Cub Scouts Wylie Betts, Terry Roth, Pete Hjellen, Larry Ramie Redington, Billy Combs, Freddy Barnes and Floyd Morrison were issued awards of achievement. Todd Purcell of the Scout Council in Anchorage was on hand to instruct in parental in the Scout move nent.
 The day of the 1rish-March I7th-at the Palmer High School at 7:30 P Mall are invited to } briefing. Palmer, Wasilla, Eklutna and maybe Chugiak will
The frontiersman., 1954-03-04

excuse my son from his Spanish class. His throat is so sore he can hardly speak English"
 Going into Wasilla about eleven o'clock one night, we saw a calf moose lying injured on the road by the bridge at-Green Acres. We skirted it and reported to Pat Carter. When a moose is hit-I don't blame people for not stop ping to look. Another one may still be in the woods-injured moose have gotten up and done lot of damage-besides, most people don't carry heavy cali Der gun in their car. But still, it seems that the accident could be reported to either the highway patrol at Palmer or Carter at Wasilla.
 FOR NEWLY MARRIEDS. A team of horses seldom goes head and head; one is always out front pulling just a little bit hard CT.
 Our baby jackpot is still paying off. The Lawrence Summers, who homesteaded on Mary's Lake out the Pittman road, welcomed their new arrival with cigars which announced, Its boy", Lawren- ce Raymond, eight pounds twelve ounces at 6:32 pm. on Febru- ary 3rd at Providence Hospital in Anchorage.
 The doctor took the ailing mans wife into the next room, patted her kindly on the shoulder and said, Mrs. Royce, I don't like the looks of your husband" Neither do I, doctor" she re- piled, but he's good to the chil- dren."
The frontiersman., 1954-03-04
PALMER GIRL IS
 POLO VICTIM

The three-year-old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Gary LaRose of Palmer is hospitalized in Provid- ence Hospital in Anchorage fol- lowing the diagnosis yesterday of poliomyelitis. She is under the care of Dr. Robert Wilkins. Dr. Arthur J. Colberg of Palmer ad- ministered gamma globulin to the La Roses other two children Wednesday evening.
The frontiersman., 1954-03-04
RANDOM RaMBLINGS OUT WASlLLA WAY
By E. Hjellen

Bob Hope says he became in- terested in girls when he found eout they were not boys.
 s"s
 Miss Merrilyn Olson, child wei fare agent for the Matanuska Valley and Anchorage areas, wis ited around Wasilla last Thurs day.
 Consensus seems to be that the cut off road" should have signs at each end of it to indicate de- tour to through traffic. It's true that some have been able to bull doze their cars through the glaci- CT made by flood waters over the bridge at Mathematician MT. Mac Donald has been getting up at two and three am. in the minus twenty weather to pull those out that didn't make it. He's been travelling via the How road"
 
 The biggest animal that ever lived-is living right now-the blue whale. Blue whales measur- ing well over 100 feet in length have been taken. Whalers esti- mate the weight at one ton per running foot.
 Mir. and Mrs. L. J. Oats of Waco, Texas were visitors over the weekend with their daugh- ter Eve Jenkins.
 There are only two places where socialism works-one is a beehive and the other is an anthill.
 For continuous chuckle and and many a hearty laugh-be at the Community Hall at 800 PM. on either the 5th or 9th of March Running both nights). The Was fila High School students will present two one-act plays, 'Let the Wedding Bells Ring" and Shock of His Life" Seventy five cents for adults, fifty cents for Junior and High School students, 25c for first six graders and all pre-school free. The funds realiz- ed will become part of the Stu dent Council Fund. Too, there will be between plays entertain ment.
 You'd have to work twenty eight hours in the United States '1n order to buy new suit of clothes. In Russia, you'd have to work three hundred and twenty three.
The frontiersman., 1954-03-04
WASllLA COMMUNITY
 CALENDAR


 THURSDAY, MARCH 4 WASILLA CIVIL DEFENSE, Community Hall
 MONDAY. MARCH 8 VETERANS OF FOREIGN :. WARS, Wasilla School, 8 pm. VFW AUXILIARY, Wasilla Roadhouse, 8 pm.
 TUESDAY. MARCH g WASILLA GRANGE, Grange Hut, 8 pm.
 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10 GIRL SCOUTS, WasiIla Road house, 3:30 pm. BROWNIES, Mrs. John Polls home, 3:30 pm.
 FRIDAY. MARCH l2 WAS1LLA P-TA, Wasilla School, 8 pm.
The frontiersman., 1954-03-04

An important goal of the Amer ican Cancer Society is to improve services to needy cancer patients.
The Arizona post., 1954-03-19

pose of applying the cash sur
render value in Israel cur
rency to contribute to recog-
niZed charitable organizations
in Israel; for investment in
enterprises in Israel.
The privilege of exchang-
ing independence Issue Bonds
for Development Bonds may
be extended by the State from
time to time to all holders of
registered Independence Issue
Bonds, thereby enabling hold
ers of registered Independ-
ence Issue Bonds to take ad-
vantage of the higher interest
rate and other features of the
Development Bond.
The Arizona post., 1954-03-19
Jordan MeefinQ
Moy Be Held In
April, States UN

UNITED NATIONS, NY.
(JTA).-U.N. Secretary Cen
eral Dag Hammarskjold has
warned Jordan that if it did
not reply soon to his message
convoking a conference with
Israel he would have to set a
date for this meeting.
my own feeling" Mr.. Ham
marskjold said, "is that we
should not let April pass with
out a meeting" He added that
he felt that the Israel-Jordan
conference should be started
during the next several days.
The Secretary General said
that he had received mo
word fran Amman yet" In
reply to a question, Mr.. Ham
marskjold said that if Jordan
did not turn up at the confer
ence, then Israel had the right
to bring the matter up before
the Security Council.
The Arizona post., 1954-03-19
Sharett Sounds
Warning On ST
Arab MERGERS

JERUSALEM (JTA) The
warning that Israel intends
to protect itself and its inter
eStS in the event that any of
the neighboring states merge
with each other or annex one
another, was sounded in the
Israel Parliament by Premier
MoShe Sharett. He said that
although Israel was aware of
its ability to achieve its justi1
fed interests by using it's
military strength, its policy
nevertheless remains one of
fighting for peace.
Commenting on East and
West wooing of the Arab
states, Mr.. Sharett said that
Moscow's overtures to the
Arabs was based on the illu-
sion that they represented a
military and geographical
power. However, he said, the
possibilities of changing So
Wet policy in this matter were
limited in comparison to the
possibility of changing the
policy of the Western Powers
because the latter were open
to influence by public opinion.
The Arizona post., 1954-03-19

tend to give up its practice of
visit and search" of ships
passing through the SueZ Ca
nal to or from Israel. Egypt,
still in a state of war with
Israel, was only exercising its
legitimate rights as a bellig-
erent, DR.. Ami argued.
Israel Ambassador Eban
told the Council there was
mot the slightest justifica-
ton in any instrument of
law" for the Egyptian restric-
tions. They could be lifted
without the slightest sacri-
flee to Egypt's economy, SOW
ereignty or dignity. DR.. Az
Mrs statement, Mr.. Eban
said, had given the Security
Council the cleareSt picture
so far of the "head-on COLI
sion" between Egypt and the
principles laid down by the
Security Council.
The Arizona post., 1954-03-19
New Austrian Claims Offer
Is Considered Unacceptable

VIENNA (JTA).-An offer
by Chancellor Julius Raab of
Austria to pay 100000
schillings ($1, 100000 to the
Vienna Jewish Community on
account of the Jewish claims
for restitution and heirlesS
Jewish property was regard
ed in Jewish circles as a sign
of goodwill but unacceptable
in the present circumstances.
Chancellor Raab said the
offer had been made to the
Committee on Jewish Claims
on Austria as an advance in
stallment on world Jewish
claims-to be used to support
aged and needy members of
the Jewish community in
Austria-pending a final set
tlement.
The world Jewish organiza-
tions had stipulated an adj
vance payment Of 50,0O0,0OO
schillings on a lump sum set
tlement of heirless property
and the additional sum of
1O0,000,000 schillings as COM
The Arizona post., 1954-03-19

little reaSsuring evidence that
these (Arab) regimes are cap
able of improvement or mod
erniZation, or of transmitting
any benefits received to the
population at large. ConSe-
quently, a military aid pro-
gram might work at cross
purposes with the ends
sought by programs of eco
nomic and technical assist
ance.
Brookings studies are wide
ly used by government Off
cials, political scientists, uni
versities, and other individ-
ualS and institutions concern
ed with appraising interna-
tional affairs.