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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-31
Firing Of BiggerSputnik
By Reds Seen on Nov. 7
~ the Associated rress

Russia repeatedly plans blast larger earth satellite into
orbit November 4 the 40h anniversary Of the Boevk revo
luton.
The Communist Daily Worker in London said In Moscow
dispatch conditions make 1t impossible to launch 1t
on that particular day. but the plan is there"
The United States meanwhile conducted another missile
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-31
Man Has Reached Limit
Of Life, Doctor Reports

CLEVELAND. Oct. 81 1Fq-Human beings have about
reached the limit how long they expect live
This conclusion reported today by Dr. Morris
STEM associate professor Of physiology New University
to the opening session Of the 10th annual meeting
CHRONOLOGICAL Society CHRONOLOGY the scientific study
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-31
IiieavieF aircraft


Under a Defense Department
directive Of last November, the
Army is limited TO missiles Of
ranges not more than 200 miles.
The Air Force was given the
right TO employ intermediate
and intercontinental missiles.
The restriction on weight Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-31

with the Exceptional Civilian
Service Award for his out
standing efforts in developing
the Jupiter intermediate range
ballistic missile.
DR.. Won Braun. who became
an American citizen in 1855, Is
the leading scientist at the
Army's Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville. Ala. He received a
standing ovation from the audi
ence which included many
World War II generals and
field officers who fought
against the Nazis.
In an address later, Mr..
Brucker hailed the Jupiter
IRBM as one of the most re-
markable weapons Of its kind
In the world.
The Jupiter is in COMPETE
ton with the Air Force Thor
IRBM. Defense Secretary
McElroy recently said he hoped
within six months TO make a
decision on which of the two
weapons should be pushed
through TO production.
Much Of the theme Of the
Army Associations annual
meeting was the impact OF bal
listic missiles on modern war
fare and the Army's 'front.'
ranking position in the develop
ment and use Of such weapons.
In its final business session
late yesterday the AUSA
adopted a resolution demanding
that the Army be permitted 70
! havs tOupeF-rr.-- = ss-'~~tie~ and
, 1957-07-31
:: Chr st. Drink Auta :: :
- -cuAnpIoS or puDlIc nroHT AND JUSTICE. -

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VOL. lI3 WEDNESDAY, JULY 81, 1857 No. 1874
, 1957-07-31
Notice To Delinquent Tuxpuyers

Writs of attachment having been served upon all pro-
perty owners whose Real Property Taxes for the year 1855
are in arrears, and the same having been duly recorded in
the Office Of the Recorder of Deeds, notice is hereby served,
in accordance with the provisions of Section As of the Ordi-
nance providing for the Assessment, Levy and Collection of
Taxes upon Real Property, approved September 5, 1886, that
unless the taxes, penalties and costs are paid upon publica-
ton of this notice twice a week for three consecutive weeks,
the properties will be sold at public auction by the Vendue
Director.
Department of Finance, Christiansted, St. Croix, ". l.
July IS, 1857.
Walter !. M. Petersen
Adm. Asst. to the Comf. of Finance
, 1957-07-31
Editorial

Editorial
NOTHING o
SEEMS LIKE NOTHING ever works out right in the
Virgin Islands" so says colmniSt Fred Gilman in his syndi-
Gated column of July %, 1857 Avis July 3Oth).
OF COURSE, THIS statement is not entirely true. Yet,
written for consumption on the mainland where taxpayers
and Congressman eat it up, such statements tend to hurt us
seriously. And once a column of this kind gets going it is
somewhat difficult to correct because u the first impact is
already made, and ~ the correction does not reach as far as
the original statement.
WHAT MR.. OTHMAN was talking about was the water
problem, and the fact that the Congressional Committee Oh
Government Operations charged that Governor Gordon had
not done too We'll with the water tug idea. 1t seems, accord
ing to the column, that the Governor had a free offer Of a
self-propelled barge to bring water to St. Thomas. 1t cost
$39,743.99 to get the barge ready, which sum was paid.
THE IT WAS thought, according to Captain Benjamin
R. Yates, that a tug with a barge Would be better,
and out went the original plan. The tug and barge cost
$4,000. But that was only the beginning. There were leaks
in the barge and propeller trouble developed in the tug to
the repair tune of ~$24,410O6.
IT WOULD BE bad enough if these bits of equipment
had worked, even after repairs, but they did not. Add to this
the fact that the barge supposedly can bring enough water
for only one day, and the magnitude of the problem becomes
very clear.
R THIS CORNER there is sympathy for the Gov
ernor because there is understanding of the problems he
faces day in and day out. His task is a colossal one, and is
made even more. SO by problems with the Senate and others
who must work close to him. But if his woes increase the
added burden may be of his own making. Perhaps in his
anxiety to toe the line with the Division he may be missing
the boat to a certain extent because of the tendency to sacri-
fee one for the other. The Governor is on the spot. He is
, 1957-07-31

supposed to live with the problem daily, and he should know
each and every phase of it. at least as the Department of
Interior never can. The word, then, should at times 60 the
other way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-01

unions very difficult" Senator
Erwin said he did not believe
there would be punitive" legis-
lation because "the things we are
finding are representative of only
a small segment of labor.
Interviewed after his television
appearance. Senator Erwin indi-
Gated that. like his colleagues,
he believes there may be grounds
for mailing Beck on a contempt
charge. A noted lawyer and
jurist. Senator Erwin said of
Beck's refusal to answer ques-
tons:
IF I had been his lawyer, /
think I'd have had him phrase
the answer differently"
Beck. in his refusal to reply
to questions, invoked not only
the Fifth Amendment, but also
other parts Of the Constitution
and he also challenged the au-
thority of the committee.
Also in his interview after the
television show, Senator Erwin
said he favors regulation of
union welfare and pension funds.
Senator Ives, a ranking mem
Der of the Labor and Public
Welfare Committee. predicted
legislation at this session of
Congress on welfare funds.
Pointing out that he and Sem
ator Kennedy, Democrat of
Massachusetts,. are members of
both the rackets inquiry and
Labor Committees. Senator Ives
said: ITS going to be difficult
to work in hearings, but we are
going to have to do it,
In addition to pension welfare
legislation, Senator Ives said
Congress needs ito tighten up
on that part Of the aft-Hartley
Law having to do with financial
reporting of labor organizations
to the Secretary of Labor"
Regarding payments from la
Dor relations counselor Nathan
Shefferman to Beck, as brought
out in last weeks hearings, Sem
ator Ives said such payments
are very definately a violation
OF the Taft-Hartley Law.
Asked if he felt Beck and Shelf
ferman should be indicted, the
New York Senator said There's
plenty of room for indictment.
Senator Ives said he thought
it was a very close question"
whether contempt had been
committed by Beck last week
Like the other committee menu
bers,. he made it clear that the
question will be studied care
fully.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-01
100000 See
Photo Show

More than 100000 persons had
a look at the International Pho
tographic Exposition during its
Today run at the Armory. The
show closed last night.
Show officials said a final
count would run to about l02 900
persons admitted during these
hours for the general public.
In addition. they said, an un-
counted number of members of
the trade attended.
The six Photographic societies
which sponsored the exposition
held their national conventions
here during the show. Some
$1,000 persons attended the con-
ventionS and many of them
brought their families. These
delegates and their families were
free to visit the exposition dur
ing special hours for the trade.
Workmen last night began
dismantling the elaborate dis
plays on the Armory's two main
floors. Some $50 American and
foreign exhibitors contributed
to the three acres of displays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-01
Soviet, Britain
Retain H-Tests

LONDON. April R(.-The
Soviet Union refused today to-
abandon H-bomb tests until
other powers do. At the same
time. Britain again rejected a
Japanese appeal that British
H-bomb tests in the Pacific
Ocean this spring be abandoned.
The Soviet position was re-
stated in a note to Japan dis
tributed here by Tass. the So
Wet news agency. Japan. in a
note dated March g. asked Rus
STA to discontinue tests.
Prime Minister Harold Mac
MILAN told the House of Com
mons Britain's H-bomb tests
must go on" He said radia-
ton effects from the tests would
be insignificant
ITO abandon them now would
be to abandon the whole defense
strategy upon which our defense
policy is based and to put our
selves in a permanently weak
ened condition. he added.
DR.. Masatoshi Masatoshi
personal emissary Of Japan's
Prime Minister. arrived here to-
day to ask personally that Brit
ain stop the tests. The British
already had rejected five Japa-
nese protests against the tests
in the Christmas Island area,
some 1000 miles from Japan.
Pressure has been building up
from many quarters, including
the opposition Labor Party, to
abandon the tests. Mr.. Mac
milan acknowledged the pres
sure and said many members Of
the Labor Party. mo doubt from
sincere and conscientious mo-
tives. ask me almost daily TO
abandon the test"
Britain has agreed TO file I'm
formation about nuclear tests
with the United Nations and to
permit limited international OBJ
servation," Mr.. Macmillan said.
Earlier he had announced that
the United States. Canada, New
ZEALAND and Australia had been
invited TO send official observers
TO the tests.
The Soviet note said that UNI
iii the Western powers agree TO
stop tests and the Soviet Union
Is Obliged to give proper at
tention to the tests OF atomic
and hydrogen weapons for the
sake of strengthening its Sc
curity."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-01
-Four in Family
Slain, BoyH Held

ST. JOSEPH. Mo-. April I up.
How are they? Are they 60
ing to live?"
Chief of Detectives Verne
Starmer answered the telephone
at the Ossie Woodbridge home.
Mr.. Woodbridge. 57-year- old
plumbing and heating installer.
was dead. So were Mrs. Wool
ridge, As. and Dolores, II, young
est Of their two daughters. and
Paul. 6. youngest of their four
sons. Doris, II. was shot through
the neck and side. critically
wounded.
you better give yourself up"
Detective Starmer told the voice
on the phone-a "Mr. Smith. !"
It was young voice. Detective
Starmer recognized it dispite the
disguise.
Boy Signs Statement
So the police picked up IA
year-old Daniel Woodbridge at a
theater where remorse had over
taken him as he watched The
Wrong Man." an Alfred Hitch
cock detective thriller.
Prosecutor Frank Connect, jr..
said the sobbing boy signed a
statement saying he suddenly
went crazy"
A quiet Sunday dinner at the
Woodbridge home, after Sunday
school at the Riverside Presby-
terrain Church. had erupted in a
dispute between Daniel and his
parents.
Daniel wanted to go for a ride.
His father said it was too coli.
Daniel stormed out Of the house,
but returned in a few minutes.
He asked his mother to give back
the hunting knife she had taken
away from him. She said she
had thrown it away.
/ Daniel sat down for moment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-01
rumon Does Not Want
Grandson Named forHim

hikes. also commented today on
golf.
The trouble with golfers" he
said. is that they do not get
proper exercise. All they exer-
else is their arms and their
chests. and many of them are
using cars"
He made no direct reference to
his White House successor. Pres
ident Eisenhower, an ardent
golfer.
Mr.. Truman, who discussed a
variety of subjects. also said he
doesn't know why the Jews and
Arabs don't get along. They're
first cousins. if the Bible is cor
rect"
Mr. Truman had breakfast
with former Postmaster General
James A. Farley. who said after
ward that their discussions COW
cred the waterfront" including
politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-01

NEW YORK. April l (P). =
Former President Harry S. Tru-
man said today that if the
grandchild he expects in July
is a boy he does not want the
baby named for him.
1T would be a handicap all
his life," Mr.. Truman chuckled
during his early morning be-
fore breakfast walk.
Il have nephew named after
me. a Sergeant in World Wal
II, and this name almost devilec
him to death. The worst thing
in the world is to have a Presi-
dent in the family"
Mr.. Truman's daughter Mar
garet. wife of Clifton Daniel
who works on the city desk OF
the New York Times, expects
her first child about July.
The former President, who for
years has taken brisk morning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-01
Earl of Home Takes
SoIisbury's Post

LONDON. April tPp. -
The Earl of Home pronounced
Hume) took Office today as Lord
President of the Privy Council.
the body which advises Queen
Elizabeth on state matters. The
ceremony took place at a meet
ing attended by the Queen at
Buckingham Palace.
Lord Home. SO. succeeds the
Marques of Salisbury. who re-
signed last Friday in protest
against the governments deci-
sion to free Archbishop Makarios
of Cyprus.
Lord Home is Secretary of
State for Commonwealth Rela-
tons. He also takes over Lord
Salisbury's Job as leader OF the
House of Lords.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-01
Lecture Series Ends at
SYNAGOGUE Tomorrow

The final lecture on Jewish
life behind the Iron Curtain will
be given tomorrow by Rabbi
Emanuel Rackman. Far Rock
away. N Y, assistant professor
at Yeshiva University and a
member of the delegation OF
American Rabbits which recently
visited the Soviet Union and
East European nations.
The lecture. at $3.50 pm. will
be given at Fig Auditorium
B'nai Israel Synagogue, Six
Iteenth and Crittenden streets
NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-01
Brother Discovers Slayings

Anen ne got pump action %
rifle.
Brother Discovers Slayings
Mr.. Woodbridge was s,,ot in the
head while mapping on a living
room couch. Mrs. Woolridae ran
IN from the kitchen and was shot
IN the face. Little Paul trieo u
scurry out Of the house and VA
cut down The two girls were
felled IN the living room. II was
about 100 pm.
Joseph Woodbridge. 10. dis
covered the Sayings when he
came home at $50 from a date
in Kansas City. He called police
and an ambulance.
One Of the ambulance crew
was Milton Woodbridge, oldest
son Of the family. He tried to
help Doris and drove her to the
hospital.
The call from Mr.. Smith"
came at 7:50.
Daniel is in Jail. No charge
was filed Immediately. pending
determination Of his status as a
juvenile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-01
Virtually Everything
Handled by Teomsters
By NORMAN WALKER

Practically everything and furniture bread
milk laundry clothes beer the hearse that you
hna rides handled by member of the Transfers
It's organization with is million truck
drivers and chaueus but also production various
fields.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-01

fields.
Nearly one out of every h
longs and pays dues to thu
Transfers Union.
1t collects about 500 million
q year in dues and controls vel.
fare funds several times thai
amount.
Everything on wheels" -anc
then some-is the Teamster:
Union jurisdiction.
Grip on Transportation
This gives the Transfers quite
q grip on the Nations transpor.
tation system. which is not tt
say that in itself is a bad thing
The union has co-operated tc
the hilt with truck operators tc
develop the industry into a val
liable American asset.
The statistics furnish an ink
ling of the economic power OF
the giant labor union, which, for
more than a month. has been the
main target of Senate rackets
investigators
When James r. Hoffa, Team
sters Midwest kingpin and vice
president was arrested here on
charges of bribing an investiga-
tor for the Rackets Committee,
Chairman Mcclellan. Democrat
Of Arkansas. said Hoffa controls
the Nations transportation sys-
tenn, except for railroads. from
the Rocky Mountains to the At
lantic Ocean"
This left out the Far West, but
there Frank w. Brewster. anoth-
er union vice president, wields
similar influence.
Originally Wagon Drivers
Over them. nominally at least,
stands Dave Beck, the Team
sters Union general president,
Beck has refused to tell the Nc
Clellan committee under oath
invoking the Fifth Amendment
what he has proclaimed publicly
away from the committee. that
he borrowed some 100000 to
100000 in union funds, but re-
paid it.
The Transfers Union has beer
on the American scene a long
time. Originally the teamsters
were all wagon drivers.
Recognizing the march of
progress. the Transfers in 1910
dropped the word "stablemen'
from their title and substituted
the word "warehousemen," a
fast-growing field for organizing
This leaves the unions exact
title today: The International
Brotherhood of Transfers.
Chauffeurs. Warehousemen and
Helpers of America.
Grew Under TObin
The union grew under the late
President Dan Tobin. He called
the shots on the old AFL Council,
and. in frequent jurisdictional
squabbles with other unions
generally won.
The result was that the
Transfers grabbed of jurisdic-
tion-and members-in a lot Of
industries. After World War II
the Transfers really began TO
expand on a big scale.
Beck replaced the aging Mr..
Tobin in 1852. While Beck's
financial deals, largely and ad-
mittedly with borrowed union
funds. are now raising the Ma
tons eyebrows. he has done a
Job for his union.
The unions membership now
Is at least 100000 greater than
1t was when he took over. And
the unions contracts generally
rank with the best in the country
frcm the workers standpoint.
The union membership.
strangely enough, is not all
workers. 1t has some employers,
too. This is widely prevalent in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-01
Unions Face New Moves
To Tighten Fund Control
By WILLIAM HINES

disposition to tighten regulations of welfare and
pension funds pointed today in the publicly expressed
attitudes of congressional and administration spokesman
Democratic and Republican members Senates select
Rackets Investigating Committee well Secretary Labor
Mitchell agreed that effective such funds would be
, 1957-01-08
N OTICE

Section % of the Ordinance of August %, 1916 reads in
part as follows:
cat the end of each calendar year, the Custodian, Mu-
>nicipal Insurance Fund shall compare the payroll of
each employer paying premiums in accordance with
this Ordinance for such calendar year with the pay
roll Of the preceding calendar year on the basis of
which the premiums were assessed, levied, and
colecte.
Accordingly, it is requested that you make available to
this office by January Is, 1857 your payroll record for the
|~calendar year 1856 or such portion thereof as you were
covered with the Municipal Insurance Fund.
Walter j. M. Petersen
Adm. Asst. to the Comr. of Finance0
, 1957-01-08
BANK BOOK LOST

Savings Bank Book No. 1886
having been reported lost or
stolen, the holder thereof is here
by requested to present it to the
Bank within twelve (12) Weeks
from this date as otherwise the
Book will be cancelled and a new
one issued in its place at the ex-
piration of this period.
Virgin Islands National Bank
Christiansted, Branch
January A, 1857
, 1957-01-08

Large Canadian Food Produc-
ing and Exporting Firm seeks
honest, competent and expert
enced person to establish Branch
and act as Resident Partner cap
able to operate Branch as import
ers, wholesalers, retailers and.
agents. Very small investment as
good faith required. Background
should stand strict investigation.
Send all details with proposals
and references in confidence to
Box 333, C'sted, st. Croix, VI.
, 1957-01-08
WANTED

Young men to work at
Caribair Airport office, Must
have clerical experience. For
information:
CALL. C-I03
, 1957-01-08
DEPARTMENT

DR.. Edwin A. Weinstein, re-
search psychiatrist, National
Institute of Mental Health,
Bethesda, Maryland.
The Community Resources
Committee has been meeting
regularly since early Novem-
Der to plan this Institute and
has been assisted by the staff
of the Bureau of Health. The
members Of the committee re-
sponsible for the activities
are: Miss Flora Blanchette,
chairman; Miss Mildred Isbit,
Secretary; Miss Ruth Jackson,
Mrs. Evalyne Robinson, Miss
Blanchette and Mrs. Juanita
Caroline, Program develop
ment.
Other members are: Mrs.
Pearl Byrd Larsen, Mrs. Isbit
and Mrs. Claris Mullgrav;
Mrs. Virginia Christian and
Mrs. Enid Hodge in charge of
Registration; Mrs. Elena Chris
tian, Luncheon; Mrs. Hodge
Local Resource People and
Miss May Amritt for Printing.
Miss Louise James and Mrs.
Pauline Holsaert assisted with
preliminary planning.
, 1957-01-08
WARMING

Trespassing and taking of
sand at Sandy Point will be
prosecuted according to law.
WEST INDIES INVESTMENT
COMPANY
, 1957-01-08
SUNDAY & MONDAY
TUESDAY

United Artist presents the colos-
sus of motion pictures : in Cine
mascope and Technicolor.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT"
Rishard buxton, Frederic March,
Claire Bloom, Danielle Darrieux
LATEST NEWS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-02

si3S.S5 22.Inch Rotary Power
Mower with 4-eyels, 2lh.H.P.
Briggs & Sirotion Engine,
Mvleher ond Re- ekO OK
coil Starter OOOlOO
ALSO MOTTO MOWER,
REQ and SUNBEAM!
Evening star., 1957-04-17
Water Still Scarce
In Southwest u. S.
BY the Associated Press

The Agriculture Department
reported today that for the sew
enth straight year, prospective
summer water supplies in the
West range from adequate in the
Northwest to critically short in
the Southwest.
The forecast was based on the
departments April snow sur
vey in the Western part Of the
country.
Administrator Donald A. VIII
liams Of the departments soil
conservation service. said water
supplies for irrigation and power
are expected to be reasonably
adequate to meet demands in
Montana, Idaho, Oregon and
Washington. 1t said storage gen.
orally is above normal in irri-
CATION reservoirs in these States.
The outlook was described as
favorable also for Northern Utah
and areas Of Western Wyoming
and Colorado drained by the Col
orado River. However, mild
water shortages were foreseeu
for areas Of Wyoming and Colo
RADIO east Of the Continental Di-
vide.
Rather severe water shortages
were forecast in Eastern Colo
RADIO and Western Kansas.
Shortages comparable to those
of the past two years were fore.
seen for New Mexico and All.
zona.