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THE HOME JOURNAL 2nd Year Woodstock : Reward Money Stolen; Charles Payslt Police Director Earle Charles yesterday re;leasedl the follcwing statement: I have reported to Gov-l ernor de Castro, t h a t the reward money contributed | tor information leading to. the whereabouts of the! Woodstock Child, which was kept in my office safe; in the Police Department, and amounting to the sum of $582.28, composed of ap proximately three hundred and fifty dollars in checks! and moley orders and the remainder in cash, was re-] moved by some unkuown person. ' - The discovery of the loss was made when I checked! the contents of the safe this! w e e k, prior to [eavingon | my annual leave, scheduled ! to become eftective on Sept Ist Realizing that | am thei officer fully responsible for the custody of this money, l I have immediately re placed it in cash from myi personel savings, The re-! ward, in the amount collect ed, has been paid this morning, to Mr. James Fleming, the person whoml the United States Attorney has designated as being en titled torecieve the reward. ‘I have staried an _immediate! investigation of this matter, in order to determine who is! responsibie for the removal, i and in order to do so, 1 have deferred the taking of my an'l pual leave which was schednled! for Septemberl, 1952, for schi | time as may be necessary .tu, conduet a thorough investiya. tion. ‘ : “‘Since none of the checks or’ St. Thqmas, Virgin Islands, Saturday, Augast 30. 1952 10c Wage Boost | ' Okayed byCouncil i A 10c increuse in wages for all workers was voted yester day by tde Municinal Counci'.l Sules and Service Clerks would ! lget 40¢c an hour; Unskilledl Labor 50c. Semi-skilled 65e, and Skilled 75e. The increases| wouid become effective one lmomh after approval by the, iGover‘nor. ! Th2 Council adopted 't h e ‘wage-ho.r amendment afterl consid.ring a petition present ed by the St. Thomas dLabor Union and signed by npearly one thousand werkers. . The new amendment als 0' provides for the establishment }\;f a Wage Board to consider appeals made from decisions ’Of the Wage Commissioner, lCesar Concepcion At Center Monday ' Popular Cesar Concep ’cion and his fifteen-piece , orchestia will be present-| ed at the Cen er Theatre] on Monday, Sept. 1 at| 8:45 lin a specially ar-i ranged Carnival Concert befcre the screen show of l a ‘‘Streetcar Named De-; sire”, Warne: Bros. t op| production of 195 1-3 2| which won five Academy| Awards. Admission _Wi“’ be 75c for orchestra seats and $1 for stadium. i Because ‘A Streef.ar Named Desire” is strictly for adults, no person un der 16 years will be ad-' mitted to the stage or| screen show. ’ money orders were cashed or endorsed by me, ail persons or firms who issned same in pay ing their pledzes are request ed to immediately ask t h ei bankto sicp payment cn them. No re.issue of said ehecks or money orders will be request ed by we;l will stand the loss. God, conscience and publie o pinion, will destroy the thief.’’ City In Merry Mood As 3-Day Carnival Opens ot Thomas took on a gay and festive "mood to day on the eve of the opening {of a Carnival which will keep this community in a state of merriment for the next three days. - The town has been buz zing with talk about the barniaal for the past sev eral week, and almost the entire populace is expect ed to turn out for the ac tivities. Ron de Lugo, WSTA’s radio announcer, who took the lead in fas hioning plans for the event, has had the assist ance of E. L~onard Brew er, M rs. Eldra Shulter brandt, Guido Moron, and many others who have worked hard and diligent ly to make it the success (L Is expected to be. - There will be a horse race program tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. at Sug ar Estate. At 8 o’clock at King’s wharf a wat-r pa gean: will be staged. Im portant eventsin t h e is lands® history will be dra matized. | Monday will be the busiest day of the Carni val. Fungi bands will play? throughout the town and singing groups will tour the city. Then at 8:30 at‘ King’s Wherf there will be' the coronation of the King and Queen of the Jarnival, | who are Leo Sibilly an di Carmen Nicholsen, re s pectively. ~ ‘ A monster parade will leave French Viilagea nd mo ve through principal streets at 9:15. These wil be demonst-’ rations of special evesats at the Ball Park at 2 p.m. and at 7! p.m. there will be quadriile‘ and lancers demonstrations in No. 201 'Emancipation Garden, follow ed by bleek dancing. On Tuesday, the merry making will coniinue with parades of varicus groups, competition betweenorcheztras various types of demonstra tions, dances, ete. The official closing time iz at 6p.m. Tues day has been declared a public ‘holiday. | . }‘N ants to Build 'Dry-Dock racilities Here ’ A plan for filling in of ecer tain shallow water areas west ' of#he old slaughterhouse at French Village and creating Inew land, a portion of which will be reserved for the use of small craft that ecan be ‘hauled out of the water, and the balance used for the con struction of dry-docking faci lities for larger eraft,has been presented by Atty. Creoxton Williams. He pointed out that small boat owners who have been accustomed to use the cay at French Villa ge commonly known as Ballast Island, to ticup their boats and make repairs. are now . faced with the problem of finding =ome other place to carry their hoats. Mr. Williams estimated that filling i the desired area and constructing modern dry docking facilities will invnlve a capital outlay of more than $£25,000. s il eke Loan for Ball Park Okayed A-n ordinance autho: ing the Governor to borrow & 609 from the Lottery Fund ¢o compleiework at the ball park at the former Subrarine Base was passed ye-terdas hy the Council, The loan vwsuid be repaid within two years.