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TEE HOME JOURNAL |
. A Virginllsloads Pablirztién-
Published Every Monday,
Wednesday and Saturday
EARLE B. OTTLEY . - . ' . Editor
b cents a copy, 50 a month,
‘ $5.00 a year, $7.00 abroad
Advertising Rates on Request
Monday, April, 7, 1952
Pulling a Fast One _
pl%g}a;t}iifi”?eifigfilficiéls
when they slyly create e-
Ermergescies, _',_‘nd
“oose “with “the truth, and
~even tell brazen, bare-faced
lies to deceive the people &
to put across their pet
schemes? _ .
The misrepresentation
thst.was. employed by of
,.fic als to dupe the legisla
ture.into making an unce
“‘remonious . somersault on
- the power question is the
type'of aciion that creates
_.suspicion-and bad faith.
Mr. James P. Davis, Di
rector of the Office of Ter
ritories of the Department
of Interior, spoke to Gov
ernor de Castro by radio
¢elecphone, last week soon
a!ter the Municipal Council
rejected the recommenda
tion to s«ll ths power facil
ities to the Virgin Tslands
Goeporation. Mr.
Davis”indicated that the
loan of $125,000 already
granted to the Power Au
thority by the Corporation
wdSbéing cancelled, and
that a confirm ng cable
gram would follow. When
the news was relayed to
them, members of the
Board of Dircctors of the
St. Thomas Power Au
thority threw up their
, hards, and in a letter to
‘he législature disclosing
the new turn of ‘events,in
dicatedthat with the with
drawal of thie loan by the
Covrporation a real emer
gency now exXisted. Gover
not de Castro, who ex
pressed opposition to the
loan’s cancellation,indicat-
ec tht the 750 KW gen
e¢.ator destined for St.
Thomas, was now going
to be transferred to St.
Croix, ‘‘which can use it.”
l Apparently, Mr. Davis
pulted a fast one and got
away with it. When he
'was. pinned down, he ad
mitted that the $125,000
loan to the Power Authori
ty stills stands, & that no
action had been taken by
the CGorporation -to cancel
it. That statement, how
ever, came after the legis
* Telephone Notice ‘
. It is anticipated that the
rew telephone system will go
Into operation within a fe w
;months” Service will be a]
vailable to all subscribers
within a distance of 500 ft. of
the new cable system, Sub
scribers beyond © 500 feet will
be required to pay additional
cost of the ivstaliation in ad
vance Present subscribers
will be given present service
nnless change or additional
iservice is appiied for. Those
who have not yet submitted
wpplications shoutd- do - so im
}m.ed{a-tely. Ch TS !
} St. Themas-Power Authority
v e enfired Vialet ©
| General Manager
. Notice To Telephone
| Subscribers '
Your attention'is invited tol
General Rules printed on the
next to the last page of yrvur‘
telephone directory: |
Article No, 2 Section (C) ‘
All bills are pa:able month
ly at the Office of the St. Tho
mas Power Authority on the'
first day following the billing
period. Failare to make fn]’.l
payment on or before the 15t!
of the month nest following
the billing will result~in sever
ing connec i:ns and removingl
the telepheone afier which a
new application must be madel
should further service be de
sired.
St, Thomas Municipal,
l'elephone System
Fred Vial«t 1
' wsww--General Manager
The Home Journal
lature had been pressured
by the earlier misrepre
sentation to reverse itself
& approve the sale of the
power facilities to the Vir
gin Islands Corporation. It
s ho ws the lengths to
which officials are willing
to go to attain their objec
tives.
'To Whom It May Concern
In accordance with Section 6 of Bill No. 67 of the Eighth
Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John, Ordinance to
Encourage the Establishment of New Industries and the pro
motion of Tourism in St. Thomas and St. John through the
Granting of Exemptions trom Certain Taxes and Fees, and
the Gréanting of Special Industrial Subsidies, and for other
Purposes, sanctioned and approved on the 17th day of Aug.,
1951, a public hearing on the following applicant seeking ex
emptions and subsidies will be held on April 17,1952, at 8:00
p.m. at the Municipal Council Hall:
Name of Applicant Address Type of Business
West Indies Bay St. Thomas, V.I. Manufacturing and
Combpany packaging Toiletries
Any person, firm, or corporation, interasted in the approv
al or disapproval of an application, may aprear and be heard
provided a written statement is submitted to th? Board at
least one wéek prior to the hearing on such appfication.
% ot Louis Lindqvist, Chairman
Attest: 63
Louis Shulterbrandt, Secretary
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Readers’ Forum
trouble with him where he is
refusing them permission to
connect their sanitary lines,
bearing on the fact that some
day he will push them all off.
Something shouldbe done
about this situation, and las
a poor man,am asking for help
along with many others.
Again I thank you Mr. Editor.
| - Sincerely,
| George Dunnivan