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THE HOME JOURNAL
2nd Year
Large Groups
Os Servicemen
Due Here Soon
Several thousand sailors
and marines will visit St.
Thomas during the months
of April and May when
eight ships will call at this
port. |
The first of the vessels,
the USS Sanborn, will be
here on April 5 to 7 withi
480 men, plus 77 Marines
& 520 Marine enlisted per
sonnel.
The biggest group wiil be
herc on a transport with 56
officers, 480 men 2nd 1200
Marines on May 8 and 4, and
ancther transport will be heres
on May 17 and 18 with a simi
lar numbecr of sailors and ma
rines.
Mrs. John Webb will head a
special committee to establish
a servicemen’s center for their
entertainment, and Ben Bayne
1s arranging to collect funds
for this purpose.
Mrs. Swinson Dies
Mrs. Gracia Schlie Swinson,
wife of Archdeacon Swinsan,
died March 19 in Oakiand Cal
ifornia. She lived here from
1927 until 1940. since when
she has been makinga home
for their seven children while
they continued their studies.
Since 1943 she has been con
nected with the University of
California in a confidential ca
pacity, and received alperson
al citation from the Secretary
of War for “‘work’ essential
to the production of the Ato
mic Bomb, (hereby contribut
ing to t he successful conclu
sion of Wocld War II.”
Archdeacon Swinson, sum
moned by cable, hastened to
he r bedside ten days ag o.
Commander Sharp and h's
wife. the former Elizabeth
Swinson came trom Honolulu.
Father Swinson expects to re
turn to St. Thomas next week
in time for the services of
Palm Sunday and Holy Week.
St. Thpmas, Virgin Islands, Saturday, March 29, 1952
Woodstock Child Found by
Farmer This Morning
Two-year-old Maria
Wecodstock, wh o disap
%eared from her ‘home at
Est. Neltjeberg on Sunday
afternoon was found this
morning about 845 by
James Alfred Fleming
while on the way to his
farm at Caret Bay. He
saw the child crawling in
the bushes about 2 miles
west of the Woodstocks’
home, and just outside the
area that -was searched
for several days by the
scores of volunteers,
Barely alive when pick
ed up the child was taken
to the hospital where she
is being treated for ex
posure, starvation and de
hydration. She isgiven a
fair chance to live.
' Whether the child wandered
fromt h e home or was taken
laway by s 0 m e enewmy cf the
family, as was first believed,
has not been finally determin
%ed.
!Mrs. Krueger
'Wins Case But -
GalagherA ppeals
+ Judgment in favor of Mrs.
Florence Krueger, who filed a
suit agninst Russell Gallagher
}for the recovery of Villa Olga
was awarded on !hursday by
IJudge Moore in the District
| Court.. Gallagher served no
tice of his intention to appeal
the decision.
’Soflball Starts Tomorrow
| The softball league will offi
cially open tomorrow morning
lat 10 o’clock when the CAHS
Seniors will clash with the
}Rubicans in a doubleheader.
In the afternoon, the PAL
will meet the CAHS Senior
girls varsity in another double
header starting at2:3o o’clock”
Sale of Power Facilities
To V. I. Co. Rejected
~ Gov., Angered by Action
~ Threatens to Take Fight
To People
Governor de Castro
angrily threatened to ap
peal to the people when
the Municipal Coug'cil “ad
vised him on Thussday
that it had rejected’ hi s
proposal to sell the facili
ties of the St. Thomas
Power Authorityto the
Virginls ands Corporation.
~ The Governor made two
l nurried trips to the Coun
cil nall to discuss the pro
posal and to urge the legi
slature to act with the ut
most speed on his recom
mendation.
! Last October a majori
ty of legislators voted for
a resolution authorizing
the Corporation to apply
for federal fundsto ac
quire the facilities. The
House Appropriations
'Committee which rejected
fthe request f o r $690,000
declared -that if the legis
'lature wanted to dispose
’of the power facilities it
‘must first offert he m to
sale to private enterprise,
’and that under no circum
'stance would it consider
voting t h e funds unless
the Council specifically au
therized the sale of the
facilities to the Virgin Is
lands Corporation. ;
Most of the Councilmen
were opposed to giving t he‘
Governor authority to sell the
plant to the Corporation with
out legislative approval of the
terms of sale, and some of
No. 138
i . .
Progressive Guide
Backs Mrs. Bayne
For Council
The cancdidacy of Mrs.
Irene Bayne for member
ship in the Municipal
Council in the special elzc
tion to be held on May 24
received a boost this week
when the Progressive
Guide, the leading local
Ipolitical party, formally
nominated her and pledged
'its upport.
The Progressive Guide’s
endorsement was not given
without controversy. Mrs.
Bayne received strong
support on the floor from
Councilman Oswald Har
iris, James O’Bryan, Aubrey
Ottley and Alphonso
Holder, but received a
cool reception from
Councilmen Henry Rich
ards and Omar Brown
who indicated that re
'gardless of the party’s
jdecision they could not
lactively support her
I nomination.
Supporters of Mrs. Bayne,
land the two other candidates.
{ Henry Creque and Arthur
]Boreham, have been verv ac
i tive, but vigorous campaigning
by the candidates themsleves
is not expected to start until
imid-April, in advance of the
dates set for the registration
of new Courtry voters--April
!]8 and 21.
lt hem question.ed whether it
would be in the public inter
est to relinquish local control
After a conference with mem
bers and the Manager of the
Power Authority, the legisla
tors were convinced that no
crisis would develop within
another year and a half.
The Governor said that des
pite unfavorable action by the
House Committee, he was
Ihopeful that the funds would
be voted by the Senate.