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THE HOME JOURNAL
2nd Year
Tto. St Cyorw:- |
Councilmen Quit
To the complete sur
prise of everyone, Council
man Walter I. M. Hodge,
who was campaigning for
his fourth successive term
as 2 member of the St.
Croix Council from
Frederiksted Country
withdrew from the race
last week, according to a
story in the St. Croix Avis.
No explanation was given
for the sudden withdrawal.
Oneof the mostcontrover
sial political figures in >t
Croix, he was also consid
ered to be one of the most
colorful and popular p: lit
ician. :
‘Also withdrawing irom
the race was Councilinan
Cyprian Gardine, m« mber
from Frederiksted town,
who deciared in a state
ment tha ‘1 | ave the
affairs of the Council in
the hands of hose wh m
the c-mmunity feel are
better qualified to serve.’
Sees Trade Tax
Law Yielding
Less Revenue
Unless changes in the Trade
Tax law are made prompily,
and efficiency in the assessing
cffice is improved, the trade
tax will yield {!ess than half of
the revenue expected to be
collected from that.source, ac
cording,to TaX Assessor Cla
rice Bryan.
She said that ldelinquency
In the filing of invoices from
which import tax«s are com
puted is at its highest llev el
because the money penalty
has been removed. It re
quires four months to colieci
tax due on invoices which
should be filed in one menth
if all departments are working
at maxmum efficiency, she
pointed out,
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Manday, October 27. 195
S.S. Puerto Rico |
Will Call Here |
Beginning N0v.19
The S.S. Puerto Rico of
the Bull Line which makes
regular forthnightly trips
to 2an Juan, will now call
at St. Thomas. lis first
\trip here will be Nov. 19.
~ The passenger ship
)which has accomodation
for several hundred pass
|(ngers and ample space
for refrigernted and non
lrefrigerated cargo, will ar
rive in St. Thomas every
other Wednesday morning
‘and must sailat midnight.
~ Announcement of ths
‘most important cevelop
liment in the islands’ effort
'to solve the acute ship
\ping problem, was made
on -Saturday, following a
Iconference b tween My
ron Bull, Presid-nt of the
Bull Line, and Governor
de Castro. tog ther with
busginessmen from St. Th
omas and St. Croix.
In re-routing the‘Puerto
Rico’ to St. Thomas, ‘he
Line is eliminating the
run to Santo Domingo. The
ship will bring between
50 and 60 r.undtrip pas
s ngers hereeach trip,and
arrangements are being
‘made to provide tours of
\t e island "and entertain
ment at hotels for the
'passengers.
l The ship is alieady los
ing money and thought
.had been given to remov
'ing 1t from the Caribbean
frun altogether. The Cov
‘ernor, with the approval
‘of the Council, has p'edg
ed to provide the ship
’with free pilotage, which
‘will amount to s2ooa
month. ‘
Plane Missing;
Znd One Crashes
A small plane with the
pilot, one Ramiiez alone
aboard, which left St. Tho
mas lor San Mart n on Fri
day was still missing today
and hope of finding 1t hes
been abandoned.
Planes from Stc. Ttomas
and Puerio Rico joined in
a widespead search for the
pene. One of these aircraft
wh ch belonged to the Puer
toßico Air National Guard
crashed at Cangel Bay, St.
John yesterday, killing the
piiot, one Salisbury,
Harris Floods
Town With
Posters, Buitons
i Hundreds of posters
bearing large photographs
of Oswald E. Harris, who
[is seeking re-election to the
lMunicipal Council as a
candidate for the town dis
'trict, have been placed »on
display here. The posters,
‘which were prepared in the
United States, appear on
doors of many business
places, and on trees from
Contant to Sugar Estate.
In addition, Mr. Harris
has purchased s¢veral thou
sand campaign buttons
with his picture on them,
and with the slogan, ‘‘vote
Harris For aßetter Tomor
row.” It marked the first
time in local history that a’
candidate has engaged in
such widespread and ex.
pensive publicity topromote f
his candidacy.
Mis. Brodhurst Speaks Tonight
Mrs. Anna Brodhuarst, who
made a tremendous hit in her
first campaign address last
Wednesday night, will speak‘
over radio station WIVI to
night at 6:15. She is running
No. 225
{ ampaign Here
in Final Week
A brief but harmless
fistic exchange between
Councilmen Omar Brown
and Henry Creque in an
office of the Municipal
Council »n Friday enlivened
a campaign which is now
entering its final phase.
~ None of the contestantsg,
who called each other| ars
{before they squared off,
scored any effective punch
€s before they were seper
ated by spectators.
I A highly advertised
mass meeting by Ralph
| Paiewonsky held in the
Market Square on Friday
’night to answer charges
‘hurled by Brown aso
proved to be a political
dud. Instead of wading
into Brown as he had
lclone a few nights earlier,
'Paiewonsky said he would
no longer appear on any
Ir ostrum during the
campaign and told the
fpeople. he was no: telling
them for whom to vote.
IHis brother, Isidore Paie
‘wonsky, also appeared to
reply to other charges.
- None of the candidates
who are being supported
by Paiewonsky appeared
on'the platform, although
reservationof the rostrum
and arrangements for the
meeting were made by one
of them, Councilman
Oswald Harris.
Lecture At Hassel
Have Tonight
Earle B. Ottley and Percival
Reese, candidates for the
town district, will speak 1n
the Hassel Have area to
night at 8 o’clock.
for the Christiansted to wn
district.