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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
GARDEN NOTES

Peonies often cause considerable
worry to home gardeners because of
their failure to bloom. Various ex-
plana lions have been offered for this
failure. but none has really answered the
question. One suggestion that is often
made is that the roots were planted
too deep but some better treatment
than resetting shallowly must be de-
vised as this Is not successful.
The secret of success with outdoor
pansies seems to be to SOW seed early
enough to get large, strong plants before
the onset of Winter. Plants may very
we'll reach poisoning age in late
Autumn. Apparently a large amount
of stored food helps the plant over
Winter.
Hollyhock leaves now show rust very
badly, too late to do much of anything
boreaux mixture would have greatly
checked this disease
The raspberry and blackberry offer
the singular botanical makeup of a
biennial top and a perennial root
whereas most plants Of perennial nature
have a perennial or annual top. With
both raspberries and blackberries the
sooner the old canes are removed after
fruiting the better, since they are of
no further benefit to the plants.
Onions are often troubled with a
base of the plants and the young larvae
entering the root and causing the leaves
to collapse. Corrosive Sublimate solu-
ton, one part Of the chemical to 1000
OF water, poured along the row is an
effective remedy.
Heavy pruning of young fruit trees is
not at all desirable; in fact mistake in
all ways. Just day or two ago a
home gardener showed the writer a
young apple tree which was IL years
old and had never blossomed. Observa-
ton showed the tree to have been
pruned severely every year The foliage
was green and luxuriant enough TO sat-
1sfy any orchadiSt but, because of the
heavy pruning and resulting strong
growth, the tree was having no OPP
portunity to lay by starcheS and sugars
and other substances associated with
flower bud formation. A year or two
Of no pruning would undoubtedly bring
this tree into fruiting.
The common white daisy of the fields
is despised weed, yet claims relation
snip to the gorgeous Autumn chrysan-
themuns OF the garden: in fact, bears
the same generic name. About the
best way to eradicate this daisy from
large fields Is to NOW of the blooms
before they mature, thus preventing
seeding. The field daisy is a biennial,
forming only a rosette of leaves the
flrst year and blooming the second.
If the wealth of experience accumu-
lated by practical gardeners could be
crystalli0ed into pamphlet form and
thus made available to every one. what
help 1t would be. Even the best text
books fail to answer all the questions.
The trouble In assembling knowledge
into one brief text Is that there are so
many variations to each question that
one answer does not sufice. The char
acter Of the soil, the drainage, the ex-
posure to the sun and many ether fac
tors disturb each problem. Take, for
instance, the control Of the rose chafef,
which eats tbs blossoms Of the rose and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
he LOOMS Radio College of Washing

the Loomis Radio College of Washing
ton.
Coast Artillery candidates at Fort
Monroe will compete for two scholar
ships, one each from the University Of
Pittsburgh and the Washington and Lee
University of Lexington, Va. Basic and
Infantry candidates from Maryland,
Virginia and the District of Columbia
attending camp at Fort Eustis, Va, will
compete for four, two offered by Will
liam and Mary College of Williamsburg,
Va. and one each by Hampden-Sydney
College of Hapden-S Sydney. Va, and the
Danville Military Institute of Danville,
Va.
Other Scholarships.
Basic and Infantry students at Fort
Meade are offered four scholarships,
one each from Western Maryland Col
lege, Westminster; Temple School of
Washington, Charlotte Hall School,
Charlotte Hall, Md. and Hampden-
Sydney College of Virginia.
Field Artillery candidates at Fort
Hoyle, Md, are offered one scholarship
each in Franklin and Marshall College.
Lancaster, Pa, and the University Of
Pennsylvania. Infantry candidates at
Fort Howard are offered one each in
Bucknell University at Lewisburg, Pa.
and the International Correspondence
School of Scranton. Pa. Cavalry can
didates at Fort Myer, Va. will compete
for one scholarship in George Wash
ington University of Washington D. C.
Infantry candidates at Fort Washington
will compete for one scholarship offered
by Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
CITIZEN SOLDIERS
ENTER CAMP TODAY
800 From District to Go to
Training in Third Corps
Area of Army.

More than 800 business and profess
sional men. including many from the
District of Columbia, will pack up their
troubles In their old kit bags and leave
today for Army posts in the Sd Corps
area There they will don uniforms
and for two weeks, under the direction
of Regular Army officers. will receive
training in the art of warfare.
The largest number will go to Car
Isle Barracks, Pa, where 36S Medical
Reservists will be assembled. These are
chiefly members of the 304th, 305th,
524th, 343d and 364th Medical Regi-
ments, the $500 Medical Squadron, the
Corps Area Service Command and the
18th Medical Regiment, the latter from
the list Corps Area.
Additional posts with attendance at
each are.
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THE GARDEN CLUBS

According to Miss Lulu C. Richard
son, secretary treasurer the Montgom
cry Suburban Garden Club will meet
In regular session at the Somerset
School July 10 at 8 pm. Several Of the
members have been invited to make
5-minute talks on timely garden sub
jects. Prizes are to be presented to
winners at the Spring exhibition, held
June 6 and T.
Mrs. j. H. Gormley publicity chair
man of the Community Garden Club
of Rockville, reports that a regular
meeting of this club was held June rs
at the home of Mrs. Ford z. Young Of
Alta Vista. The hostess was assisted
BY her daughter, Miss Dorothy Young
and by Mrs. Walter Young. The spa
cious lawn was the meeting place. With
regret the club accepted the resignation
of its president, Mrs George Hane.
made necessary by recent illness, and
selected Mrs. B. T. Elmore, first vice
president, to fill out the unexpired term.
Mrs. j. H. Gormley was chosen as first
vice president for the balance Of the
year. Following elections. the meeting
was given over TO question box discus
sion, in which rose pruning received
major consideration. Wren houses were
exhibited and the customary flower
show was staged. The judges we're Mrs
Gormley, chairman. and Mrs. E. L..
Billiard, Mrs. George Ninas. Mrs. w.
Quaintance and Mrs. William Wiley.
Among flowers exhibited were delpin-
iumS, peoples and lilies. arranged
singly and in decorative baskets and
vases. Quality was excellent, partly be-
cause of favorable weather and partly
because of the limitations put on the
quality Of blooms brought by each men,
Der The club adjourned to meet with
Mrs. Agnes Magee July 10.
A note from Mrs Grace Hodges,
secretary, states that the June meeting
Of the Burleith Garden Club was held
at the home of Mrs. Stella Hawkins.
1921 Thirty-seventh street, with large
proportion of the members present.
Several new members were voted into
the club, giving concrete evidence OF Its
thriving condition. At the meeting
there was arranged a visit to the gar
dens Of Mrs. Weckerley in Chevy Chase.
and to those of Bishop Freeman of the
Washington Cathedral. The next meet
ing of the Burleith Club will be held
July Is at the home of Mrs. G.. w.
Moser on S street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
BURBERRY GROWING

OF all the fruits, unless 1t may be
the cranberry, none is more highly
specialized in its growing requirements
than the BURBERRY. Hence 1t is that
many of those gardeners who have
purchased BURBERRY plants for their
gardens have failed to attain success.
There are several kinds, or rather types,
of blueberries, some OF which grow pest
on upland soils, others in Swamps ana
still others in soils OF moderate mols.
ture such as characterize the usual
garden. Blueberries are reputed to re-
ouire an acid soil, but whether this Is
absolutely true there seems some doubt.
It may be that the BURBERRY tolerates
acid conditions rather than that 1t abb
solutely requires such an environment.
However, until this question receives
greater study, 1t is safe to state that
the blueberry thrives best in acid soils
and lack of acidity is a prime reason
why many BURBERRY plants have failed
when brought into gardens. aluminium
sulphate is suggested by Department OF
Agriculture workers as medium Tor
increasing soil acidity.
Pruning seems to be an essential
need of the BURBERRY plant. There Is
an admirable discussion Of pruning OF
the bush types Of nlueberries IN a re-
cent circular issued by the New Jersey
Experiment OLdUlOIl az INCW oh uAiS-
wick. Copies may be very likely Sc
cured from this station simply for the
asking. In certain parts of the coun-
try pruning is accomplished by the
simple expedient of burning every three
years. Low growing blueberries have
much of their top system underground
in the form of running stems so that
burning does not actually remove all
the top or even half the top Burning
is more rapid than cutting and appar-
emily more effective, since one strong
stem results from burning instead OF
three or four weak ones from cutting
Strange as 1t appears. burning seems
to stimulate the BURBERRY to renewed
activity. With most other plants that
one may bring to mind, burning would
be disastrous.
On the roots of the BURBERRY and
other plants of the heath family there
grows a symbolic plant known as my
corhiza. Apparently the two are de-
pendent on one another and beneficial
to one another Apparently when con-
ditions favor the growth Of the blue
berry they also favor the development
Of its companion plant. Detailed
studies upon the relationship between
the two plants will undoubtedly aid in
developing BURBERRY growing to ats
maximum extent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
CENTRAL CENTER
TO OPEN TUESDAY
Schedule of RecreationaI Fa-
ciIities Now Gives City
Three Large Resorts.

Beginning Tuesday, the Central High
School Community Center will open,
making three of the largest centers In
the city now available to the public for
q varied schedule of Summer recrea-
tional events. East Washington Center,
located at Eastern High School, opened
last Monday, and the Francis Junior
High School Center opened also last
week
The activities at the Central Center
Tuesday will be under the direction OF
Mrs Edith H. Hunter, community sec
rotary there. On that day the swim
ming pool and tennis courts will be
opened to the public for the months OF
July and August under the direction OF
j. j. Ray, assisted by Eugene Murphy
and Arthur c. Boyd, athletic directors
No fees will be charged on the opening
day. The hours will be from l to 4
pm. and 1880 pm. to 1890 pm.
Pool Schedule.
Beginning Wednesday and every week
day thereafter. except Mondays and
Saturdays, the pool will be open on the
same schedule. but a fee OF 10 cents
for children and IS cents for adults Will
be charged. Towels will not be tur-
nished
The tenni; courts will be open from
Bpm. until dark every week day except
Saturday, when they Will be available
at l o'clock. A 10-cent charge VIII De
asked
other features at Central Center In.
clude track practice, model aircraft and
model yacht building. The rooms at
the center are available for CLUB
meetings
Has Day Nursery.
At the Eastern High Center M. J,
Kelly is director for July and August.
From Monday through Fridays OF each
week the athletic facilities will be
available at o'clock until dark and on
Saturdays until o'clock.
Mrs. Gabrielle Pelham Is in charge at
Francis Junior Center. Sessions are
open from to 7 o'clock in the after
moons. An additional feature Is DAY
nursery for children of pre-school age
A weekly program will De given, assisted
by the Rock Creek Civic ASSOCIATION s alton
organizations, beginning Wednesday in
Potomac Parkway.
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HOTEL MAN BURIED
Marshall n. Buckingham Succumbs
at Ridgeville.
snatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MOUNT AIRY. Md. July 4.-Services
for Marshall H. Buckingham, who
died at his home, at the Ridegville Ho-
tel. were conducted by the Rev. B. I.
Barnes. pastor of Ridgeville Methodist
Protestant Church. Following services
at the late residence, interment was
made In Loudon Park Cemetery, Bal
timore.
Mr.. Buckingham moved to Ridgeville
March l, and since that time has OPP
Grated the Ridgsville Hotel, which he
purchased prior to leaving the Sixteen
Mile House at Mayfield. He had been in
falling health for several years and his
death Monday, while sudden, was not
unexpected.
Besides his widow. Mrs. Melissa Buck
ingham. Mr.. Buckingham is survived by
four sisters and two brothers: Mrs.
Edith link, Mrs. Emma Braun and
Mrs. Bessie Norman, Baltimore; Mrs.
Mary Finchem, West Friendship; Elias
Buckingham and Howard Buckingham,
Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
SPRAY MATERIALS

It Is rather dificult for the gardener
who may be endeavoring to protect his
plants fr,m insects to realize that
sprays which effectively control one
insect may be utterly of no value in
checking others. This difference is
due simply to the fact that insects eat
in different ways. Plant lice, thrips
and certain similar insects eat by
thrusting their shouts into the soft It's
sues and drawing sap. Rather obvi-
ously it Is Impossible to kill these in
sects by poisonous sprays applied to
the surface Of the stems or leaves. In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
CHILD HURT IN CRASH
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND. Md, July 4.-Doro-
thy Elizabeth Ruby, six years old
daughter of Roger and Lizzie RUBY
Baltimore, underwent an emergency
operation at Allegany Hospital tonight
for an injury received east OF Hagers-
town this morning. The Ruby car up
set and rammed pole, due to slippery
road. Mr.. and Mrs. Ruby were injured,
but not seriously. Two younger chill
dren escaped. The family was en- route
here to visit relatives.
William K. Newman. 10, son of Sam
uel ]. Newman, is at Allegany Hospital
In a serious condition from severed
artery caused by the car In which he
was riding being sideswiped on the Bed
ford road.
Rotert Lannon. 16, son Of Harry Lam
non, was run over by an automobile
and Is at Allegany Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
BUCHANAN AND BEDFORD
ROADWORK COMPLETE
seven-Mile Stretch Through Nat
ural Bridge Forest Ends
Third of Connection.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYNCHBURG. Va, July "A new
forest roadway has been completed by
forces of Natural Bridge National For
est, a stretch of To miles leading from
Buchanan toward Bedford. The re-
manning distance Of IA miles to Bedford
will be completed by State highway
forces.
A connecting road, AZ miles long,
from Powells Gap to the north has also
been completed in the forests and sur
veys are being completed for a road
between Terrapin Hill and Snowden to
connect the proposed State route Is
with United States route go at Snowden.
This road is a part of 16-nile stretch,
affording new outlet for southwestern
Amherst County.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
SPAN COSTING MILLION
Is OPENED IN FLORIDA
Official Celebration Marks Compile
ton of Important Highway Link
From Miami North.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. July flor
ida officials and citizens joined here
today in the formal opening Of the ST.
900 900 Barron Collier Bridge over tbs
Peace River, completing a vital link in
National Highway No. Al from Lake
Superior 20 Miami.
Gov. Doyle E. Carlton was the prin-
cipal speaker. Land. water and air
sports marked the program of enter
tainment
In clipping the silken cord which
officially opened the bridge, named after
him, Collier. a New York capitalist and
South Florida developer, reiterated his
faith in Florida.
He said the low point of the business
depression, which the rest of the coun-
try has been experiencing, has passed
in Florida.
Money talks" he said, land the
money I have invested IN the State tells
you what think of the State"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
NEW HAMPSHIRE RACING
BET INJUNCTION ISSUED
Rockingham Park Track Wagers
Halted by Court
Order.

BY the Associated Press.
EXETER, N. H., July A tenn
porary injunction to halt betting at the
Rockingham Park race track at Salem,
NJ H.. was granted by Chief Justice
William H. Sawyer of the New Hamp-
shire Superior Court yesterday The
petition was filed by the county solicitor
upon the order of the attorney general.
The track opened two days ago after
lapse of many years in horse racing
in this vicinity. Betting was conducted
during the first two days under sys-
tenn similar to the pari-mutuel
The petition was filed upon in for
nation gathered by five sheriffs OF
Rockingham County who said they
went to the track and each invested
ST. Four OF them claimed they re-
oeived nothing in return while the fifth
won SIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

Fort Howard, Md.-Twenty-three Of
ficers. 394th Infantry.
Fort Hoyle, Md.-Sixty-six officers
310th, 3l1th and 370th Field ARTILLERY
Fort George G. Meade, Md.-Eighty-
three officers, Both Signal Company
SD Signal Train. 322d Signal Battalion,
395th Infantry, 307th and 31Oth Tank
Regiments, 10th, 80th and Goth Tank
Companies.
Fort Washington, Md.-Twenty-three
officers, 396th Infantry.
Fort Myer, Va.-Eighteen officers,
305th Cavalry.
Fort Eustis, va.-Thirty officers, 393d
Infantry.
Fort Humphreys. va.-one hundred
and forty-four officers, 304th, 305th and
a24th Engineers, 402d Engineer Squad
ron.
Holabird Quartermaster Depot-Fifty
officers, chiefly from Quartermaster
Trains Of the LIST Corps Area.
Langley Field, Va.-Twenty-four Of
flcers, 304th Observation and 405th
Pursuit Squadrons,
Scholarships Offered.
Twenty-Five scholarships in technical
and educational institutions are being
offered this year to students of the
seven G. M. T. c. camps in this area.
$50 to $500 for course or In tuition
fees for the academic year.
Seven OF the scholarships are limited
to Signal Corps candidates at Fort
George G. Meade. One of these is Of
fered by the Radio Corporation of
America and three each by the Mary
land Radio Institute of Baltimore and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
FIRE SIGNAL SUMMONS
AID IN KNIFE ATTACK
Wounded Colored Visitor in Chi
cago Assures Firemen It Is
Not False Alarm.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 4.-The situation
seemed to Jesse James, a Negro, to call
for alarm
Hence James, who said he arrived
here a few days ago from Highwood,
N. c.. pulled a FIRE alarm box signal
and waited.
With sirens screaming the apparatus
arrived at the scene, but there was no
f1re. James was sitting on a curb,
nursing many knife wounds.
Did you turn in false alarm"
asked Battalion Chief jerry Falvev
Yes, SIR replied James, Il turned
in the alarm, but it wasn't a false one.
l was walking along the street when a
big man with a knife jumped out at
me: There were others with him. all
with knives. They all slashed me-"
James was taken to a hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
ITALIANS MAY CHANGE
PROGRAM FOR STIMS0N
By the Associated Press.

by tIIe HSbUCIdVtu FTtSb.
TURIN, Italy, July 4.-The death of
the Duke Of Aosta today may result in
some slight changes In the oficiai nro-
gram for reception of the American
Secretary Of State, Henry L. Stimson, ii
was believed today. -
The duke was cousin of King Vic
tor Emanuel and his death has thrown
the royal court into mourning.
Flags throughout Italy were at half
mast today as the result of the duke
death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

related plants. On sandy soils, this in
sect is a serious pest on heavy clay
soils. 1t is scarcely pest at all because
the young cannot thrive in clay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

Argentenians say that the introduc-
ton of American bathing suits into
their country has popularized swimming
there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
THE HOME GARDENER

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The Coolidge examiner., 1931-06-05

The trail hunters were now aware
that the placing of the arrow had
been a ruse to delay them and be-
gan sWarming back to the ridge.
Iialf a dozen warriors gathered in
a fierce and animated debate close
about the rocks.
If TOinette's nerves were on the
point of breaking, then ODDS were
in no better condition when the
Senecas returned to the ridge His
heart was breaking in its suhiec-
ton to inactivity and stiffness. Now
he looked again on victory. His
master was triumphant as the In
dians returned and crowded about
the rocks Defiance rose in his soul
in an overwhelming flood. He hated
the smell outside. He hated the
creatures who made it. Without
warning, his passion broke loose in
the bowling rage of beast gone
mad. TOinette's arms and JeemS'
hands were futile in their efforts to
stop it.
The Seneca on the stone floor
moved little.
Outside there fell an awful still
ness.
Then Odd realized what he had
done and grew quiet. They could
feel rather than hear a velvet foot
ed. voiceless Gordon gathering about
them in a ring of death.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-06-05
Advanced Surgery for
Physical Ills of Dogs

Wonderful things are done with
elderly dogs at the Royal Veterinary
college, Camden Town, London. If
poor old TOwser cannot manage his
bones, he can be fitted with a COM
plete set of false teeth which will
make his young acquaintance envi-
Gus. Dogs inclined to badness can
be provided with artificial fur, or,
better, still, by means of a special
treatment they can be made to grow
their own hair again. Both dogs
and cats have been fitted with arti-
fetal eyes. The legs are jointed and
provided with springs so that their
owners can trot without any jarring
These things are only minor details
in the work of the college Amongst
its greatest work has been the stamp
ing out of the appalling disease of
glanderS in horses.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-06-05
Not Work of One Author

"The Arabian Nights Entertain
ment" is merely a collection of an
cient oriental tales which were
first collected in their present form
about the middle of the Fifteenth
century, probably in Cairo. The
true origin and authorship Of the
various stories have been lost.
Antonio Galland translated them
into French between 170i and 170S
and through his work the Arabian
Nights were introduced TO Euro
peans. Among MOhamnedans the
Arabian Nights are not regarded as
belonging to polite literature and
those who read them are open to
the charge of having depraved
taste.-Pathfnder Magazine.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-06-05
Good Barterinp

To Brooklyn, n. Y, went Lester
Green, fruit farmer, with ten bar
rels of apples in his horse-d drawn
cart. The price offered was not to
his liking, so he swapped apples for
flour, flour for meat, meat for this
and that, then drove home in a fliv-
yer, bringing food for dinner, coat
for his wife, pipe, pound of to-
tacco, five gallons of gasoline and
so cents in cash.