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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-08

to grow tulips nearly, II not completely,
free Of color breaking. This Is, how
ever, rather costly procedure and more
gardeners have adopted certain pre-
vent1on measures, such as digging up
and discarding all broken tulips just
as soon as observed. Since the disease
Is transferred by leap hoppers and
other sap-sucking insects, spraying
once or twice in April with pyrethrum
or with nicotine extracts diluted with
water; as indicated on the packages,
should prove helpful.
One OF the strange features OF tulip
breaking is that 1t was for many years
thought due to mutation in the stock
OF tulips. Large prices were paid
for broken colored lots in the belief
that they were something to be treas
ured. Now that the situation is rec
ognized, 1t may be that with improved
technique the disease may be eradi-
Gated.
The Bleeding Heart.
ONE OF the satisfactory perennials
that will do we'll in partial shade
as well as full sunlight is the bleeding
heart, whost rosy-red flowers are now
gracing many local garden. There
are many different Species some native
Of the Eastern United States, but the
choicest is dicentra spectabilis, orig
inally from Japan, but very much at
home in local gardens. The plants
grow one or more feet In height but are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-08
GAR WOOD INDUSTRIES
SELECTS D. C. AGENCY
United Equipment & Supply Co
to Handle Heating and Con-
ditioning Systems.

Frank H. Dewey, general manager
Of the air conditioning division OF
Gar Wood Industries, Inc, announced
the immediate appointment of the
United Equipment and Supply Co.,
1872 M street, as Washington distribu-
tors for the oonpanys line OF heating
and air conditioning systems and
products
j. j. Beatty is president, L. Leroy
Gritzan, vice president, general man
ager and sales director, and William
E. Furey, secretary aid treasurer of
the United Equipment and Supply
Co. The sales and engineering staff
includes John T. Fisher, Arthur B.
Vieregg, w. S. Foresman and Don D.
Kneessi. GritZan has been closely
identified and associated for the last
three years with sales of Gar Wood
heating and air conditioning equip
ment in the territory now embodied
In the present distributorship.
The United Equipment and Supply
Co. has been authorized to sell, install
and service Gar Wood equipment in
Greater Washington, Montgomery and
Prince George Counties of Maryland,
and Fairfax, Arlington, Prince Will
lam, and Fauquier Counties Of
Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-08
BY ], w. WELLINGTON.

BY J. w. WELLINGTON.
n YOTHING is more discouring
n than to visit the garden the
| Y morning after a hard days
work setting out new ANIMALS
and perennial plants and find q
considerable number cut of at the
base just as neatly as If some one had
used a knife. This Is the work Of the
cut worm, night feeder which spends
the day hidden in the soil. The worm
eats little Of the plant but, Of course,
destroys it as completely as If con-
sumed. Usually, if one will take
knife blade and dig in the soil near
the base of the plant, he will find the
culprit, short, thick, grayish brown
worm.
Where many worms are present,
polsons must be used Bran mash
sWeetened with molasses and rendered
toxic with a little paris green or
arsenate of lead is generally suggested.
This should be scattered among the
plants in the evening after the birds
have gone to rest and what Is left
should either be covered with soil or
boards the next day. The cut worm
tancles the sWeetened mash even in
preference to living plants. Cut
worms are usually something of
menace in gardens recently made
from old sod In older gardens the
population OF cut worms seems to
decrease to point where injury is
| of little significance.
Shady Locations.
FROM Ohio State University comes
the following list Of plants that
Will thrive in shady locations:
FloWers-lily of the valley, plantain
lily aquilegla or columbine, monarda,
| foxglove, forget-me-not, meadow rue,
monkshood and Virginia bluebell.
Shrubs-alpine currant, regal privet,
eoraloerry, fragrant sunlac, Towering
currant, ibota privet, European privet,
arrowwood, japanese yew, hemlock,
Hex glabra, Mahonia, Euonymus
| Vegetus and Euonymus corrieri.
One could add to this list such
desirable plants as the a7alea, rho
dodenron and the dogwoods that grow
naturally under the canopy of large
trees and the Spring Towering bulbs,
such as tulip and narcissus. In fact,
| there is no reason at all why the home
garden with considerable shade can
not be made place of great beauty.
The Garden Clubs.
| WITH two splendid tulip shows
during the past week. one con-
Quoted by the Woodbridge Club and the
other by the Tokoma Horticultural
Club, local flower lovers have had a
fine opportunity to admire and study
this gorgeous Spring flower. The
modern varieties of Darwin, breeder
and May-flowering tulips with their
tall, sturdy stems and long lasting
blooms are far different from the low
growing varieties OF 80 years or 50 ago.
Some of the very finest varieties we're
on display at these shows and there
could be no better place to make up a
list for planting this Fall.
The flower displays will follow one
another very rapidly this month with
the iris already beginning to bloom
and rosebuds showing on the tender,
new growth. The garden club is
truly very busy organization at this
time Of the year.
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deep yellow. May-June and sometimes
again in Autumn, az feet tall, and
Yellow Hammer, golden yellow, July,
~ feet.
The day lilies are extremely hardy
but one Woodbridge gardener reports
losing many seedlings during the
present Spring from rotting of the
crowns. There is a possibility that
the open wet Winter was more difficult
for the day lily than would have been
q colder and dryer period.
Garden Notes.
SHELLAC is recommended by some
gardeners rs an effective covering
for tree wounds made during pruning
operations. The shellac may be ap-
piled directly after cutting. AS sug-
gested previously, the type of cut is
even more important than the dress
ing. Wherever stub Is left, the
wound will not heal properly. Hence
1t is important to cut flush with main
branch or trunk as the case may be
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home gardener would likely be In
terested only In securing q fine blue
and q white variety. Heavenly blue
Is beautiful shade Of true blue.
Day Lilies.
A N ARTICLE in the April number
Of Wisconsin Horticulture extolls
the day lily as valuable garden
flower. particularly valuable for sup
plying yellow or orange shades to the
garden during Summer and Autumn.
With the many new hybrids, it Is
possible to have blooms from May
until frost. Since the varieties differ
greatly liz the height OF the blossom
stalks, it is necessary to ascertain this
fact before planting so as to avoid
displacement. Among the new hy-
birds are Bay State, deep yellow, July,
4 feet; Donald D. Wyman, golden
yellow, July, ~ feet; Gold Imperial,
rich gold, July-August, 3 feet; Gypsy,
deep orange. August; Margaret Perry,
copper yellow, S feet; Queen Of May,
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NEW MILESTONE
PASSED BYE.H.A
Mortgages for Appraisal
Week Ending April "a
Hit S1.OOO,OOO,OOO.

Another milestone has been passed
in the program of the Federal Housing
administration.
During the week ending April "a
mortgages selected for appraisal
reached a total of ST 100000. &C.
cording to an announcement by Ad-
ministrator Stewart Mcdonald
These are now being recorded by the
Housing Administration at the rate OF
S2,5OO,OO0 a day. All records for
mortgages selected for appraisal were
broken during March and April. The
total for these two months amounted
to approximately $l35, 100000. This
compares with $75O0o,00O for the
same period of last year, an increase
Of "a per cent.
Building Upswing Indicated.
These figures indicate marked up
swing in Spring construction Of new
homes. Mr. Mcdonald expressed the
opinion that construction Of single
family dwellings is now approaching
the volume of 1929 although it is still
below 1925, the peak year of residfen-
tial building of the last decade.
Notwithstanding the progress made
last year in residential construction
other building apparently has not yet
felt the impetus of recovery. The
building permit records of the Depart
ment of Labor indicate an increase
of around 81 per cent for the month
of March, 1887, while non-rcsidentia,
construction actually decreased about
s per cent
Although the term mortgages Sc
lected" represents applications on file
with the Federal Housing Admins
tration which have been given pre-
liminary review and upon which nc
commitment for insurance has beer
issued, they provide barometer Of
the rising trend in residential finan.
cling throughout the country. Each
mortgage selected on file represents
a project either of new construction
recently completed, or one upon which
there is mortgage which the appli-
cant wishes to refnance.
Appraisal Fees Total $4,000, 900.
Appraisal fees, paid on these mort
cages selected, at rate of So pei
thousand now total approximately
S3,000,000 This money, Mr.. McDon.
aid said, is credited to the account o.
the Federal Administration in tht
Treasury.
In addition to the volume of mort.
cages selected for appraisal, the Fed.
eral Housing Administration an,
nounces that modernization credi
notes reported for insurance as O
April "a numbered l,446,573 anc
amounted to S559,285,413. Although
the modernization credit plan under
title l of the national housing ac1
expired at midnight March 81, lendnl
institutions have 80 days in which t.
tile reports of notes insured.
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japanese Invest in China.
Japanese interests will spend $780,
100000 for new machinery and equip
ment and plant construction in North
China,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-26
Of to a Related Start

With Mayor Fiorella H. LaGuardia touching off the first dynamite blast, New York City has started its great water project by which 540000,OO0 gallons of water will pour into the city's reservoirs from the Delaware River valley. It is long years since New York started to cast longing eyes towards the watershed of the Delaware river Others had looked in that direction, too, but it remained for the metropolis to wage the fight year after year until success was attained.
 Not until 1881 was the city assured of pushing through the mighty water sup ply project. And then the depression pre- vented the start of the job. This week it actually began with a dynamite blast that started shaft for part of the 85- mile aqueduct. The water will be car ried through this line to Hill View Reser- voir in Yonkers and thence to New York through diverse pipes. One of the out standing features of the construction is that not a single pump will have to be used to keep an even flow of water. Gray- ity will do the entire work.
 There will be much interest in this project in the engineering world. Muni- cipalities all over the world will likewise be interested. The aqueduct is going to go right under several mountain ridges and even under a few rivers The last underground passage will be that under the Hudson River north of Newburgh. Three reservoirs are likewise planned for the Delaware watershed. All in all it's mighty project and one that only city the size of New York might accomplish successfully
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-26

all and sundry. There is wide vari- aTice of opinion on the program the gov- ernor advocates for disposition of the $l1,000,OO0 to be realized from bond sales. This is all the governor wants to spend at this time on institutions. And, as we explained and demonstrated on several occasions, this sum is far from sufficient unto the needs of the day. Governor ! Cross sticks to his opinion that no more than $25,0OO, 900 be issued in bonds. All well and good
 The governor also puts thumbs down on any new taxes, which will win him wide approval. On the other hand vari- ous state departments, not hearkening to the cry of reorganization, seek funds by the millions, as witness the State Tu- berculsois and State Park and Forest Commissions. We don't hesitate to pro- claim the worth of their demands, but where is the money to come from? We hope that the governor can work out with state officials and legislators program that will take into consideration all the factors that have arisen during the 1887 legislative session. Only combined pool ing of opinions can produce the desired satisfactory results.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-26
"Unworkables"

The jobless men who hung around the outside of his foundry always interested Jce Hr :1ane Gardner, president of Buff falo, N. Y, iron and steel plant. He ire quently wondered what they would do If they had jobs. The other day he deci' 'd to experiment, and hired 25 of the men. Only seven of the group stuck it 0ut' S1 Gardner "But there were several cases that were just plain 'unworkables'. They had one desire; to sit behind desk and look at figures"
 If MT. Gardner's little test proves any, thing, it is that, in ev-ry group of men, there are a few who are congenitally Op- posed to work; and it is for that reason that johIessness can never be entirely erased from the economic picture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-26
Press Solla1ne11tI
THItEE-RENGED ENTERPRTsI

Nf NQEflSClHu~EC1SNCe MUu1CUFJ
 As spring shades irnperceptibly yto- ward summer, Americans know that one fine morning Youthyille will awake to find the town ' 'plastered with, posters portraits cfapollderous pachyderms, grotesque giratfes, and daring young men on flying trapeses. Then will follow an earnest inven- tory of finances, a careful calculat- ing of resources. an insistent willing ness to run errands, unusual solici- tude as to the state of the lawn. Motorcars will require an u1preced- ted amount of washing, and the acc tivities usually attendant on Q "clean up week'' will .he duplicated. as young citizens by many an ingenious device, proceed to divert to their pockets the coins which will assure attendance at the greatest show on earth" Cs
 He who has never earned adinis- sion money has missed much of the thrill of going to the circus. Having earned and carefully budgeted the days expensese, even tO investments for peanuts and pink lemonade. the erstwhtle human dynamo ig inclined to relax from his laborE, to take things easy" against the morning when he shall arise ere hanups see cure ln the knowledge that. what eseg tae pre-ciscuasoay attitude. parental permiaHion Wlll be forth- coming. as it has, We supposc, during 1e0e scesg C eiEpuses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-26

Small town attitude towards legislative action has been exemplified in and around Waterbury recently We refer to the fact that although Watertown legis- lators were endeavoring to win approval for bills creating town court and police commission, the voters of the town weren't of the same mind. At stormy town meeting this week the voters ex- pressed disapproval of the two proposals and now nothing is left to be done but withdraw the bills. No doubt the bills could be forced through the Legislature, but it is quite evident that any attempts to do this would result disastrously at the town election. Naugatuck will vote in May probably on several proposed changes down there. An increase for the Warden is sought, as well as change in the annual elections, making them biennial. The first should be heartily approved as any warden who works for $1,O00 annually is slave to civic duty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-26
Which Way to Turn

These are perplexing days for more of- ficials than our state legislators. To Gov ernor Wilbur L. Cross and other demo- cratic office-holders the accomplishments of the 1887 Legislature may spell the diff ference between success and failure. It has been charged that democrats in the 1887 Legislature are sitting back on their laurels of 1036 and not doing anything about them. Republicans, on the other hand are said to be making hay while the sun shines. It is too bad with the ma jor problems facing the state that some thing can't Dc done about eliminating political differences.
 Right now state finances are puzzllng
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-26
Clipper Era Is Reborn

If the old-time clipper ship captains would break off that pinochle game down in Davy Jones locker and come up to the surface of their favorite ocean, they would see something after their own hearts these days. For although the clippers have long since vanished from the seas, the daring and romance for which they stood are living anew in the airplanes that are blazing trails across ' the Pacific. And just as the clippers led America to one era of greatness on the ocean, these airplanes bid fair to lead her to another one.
 { This tousle-haired Amelia Earhart has little in common with the old sailing ship SkipperS, who could spit to windward in full gale, break mans jaw with a blow I of the first, and apostrophize both the ships company and the clements in a flow of invective never rivaled on land or sea. But she seems to be chip from much the same sort of block, none the less.
 2 Miss Earhart, to be sure, came to grief after finishing the first leg of her trans- Pacific flight, and had to postpone it's completion pending repairs to her plane. But the clipper captains frequently cracked up, too, and put into far-off ports for overhauling; and besides, Miss Ear hart isn't doing 1t all these days, anyway flor the quiet, self-possessed chaps who take the big Pan-American flying boats to the islands down under are playing the same game.
 For the point of it all is that this era of Pacific flights is once more showing us daring Americans taking out ships which are marvels of beauty and speed to estab- fish new trade routes, bring America closer to Asia, and dazzle the world with their mastery of a difficult and dangerous calling There is one striking contrast between the old and the new, of course.
 The men who ran the clippers were out to take chances, night and day. They kept sail on the masts in bowling gales; they "cracked on" and ran for it when other shippers were cautiously creeping along under double-reefed topsails; they worked ship and sailors to the very limit of endurance, and every now and then they paid for it by sailing ship straight to the bottom of the sea.
 Our modern clippers take the opposite attitude. They don't have to go out for speed at any price; their ships are, by nature, faster than any other means of ocean travel. Their job is to prove that t1lS IaSC IHedIlS VI I1dVcl CdiA eiSo Uo oS safe and as regular as surface travel. So they play it safe where the clipper mas ters took long risks.
 But it's the same sort of game. Once more Americans are pioneering in the eff fort to cut down the Pacific's limitless distances. Once more American trade stands to benefit immeasurably. Once more our thoughts are being lifted from domestic concerns and directed again to the nations sea heritage. And it sounds just a little odd when sentimentaliSts lament the passing of the beauty and romance of the clipper. The same beauty and romance have been reborn - only we find them in the sky, nowadays, instead of the oceans surface.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-26

Signs of trolley car extinction are seen gay f coaanv bsrns pGGn od ears as being dismantled rapidly. And this week repalt t crews started 1u out to remove s over will be next or will they await the pleasure of the city fathers and the program of street paving that is to be launched in Waterbury. The latter course is advis- able as it will mean only one complete job. Too often we have seen streets opened and opened again, whereas, some effort might have been made to have the jobs done at the same time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-26

off at the end of its nine months period.
 Senatorial probing also has
 disclosed the interesting fact
 that the President did not know
 about the credit to Italy. Ap-
 parently Cordell Hull didn't either.
 The credit was approved by { Judge Walton Moore, MT. Hull's
 assistant secretary, who is chair
 man of the Export Import. bank. < Moore was placed i'm that key
 position ,i in order to protect the { linetrests Of his friend. Hull,
 during HulEs long and bitter
 row with. George Peek, former Z president of the bank.
 But apparently Moore forgot to tell Hull all about the Italian credit. M a3.ii
 The slipupt has put a further damper on Moore,s chances of becoming ufidersecretary of state.
 Merry e Round
 The House Claims Committee has junked it's rule, laid down early in the session, not to enter tain state and municipal ( war claims antedsting the 2 spanish- American war |. It has taken .lin- der coi1Sidefat ton claims. by Balti- more of $17l, GOO, and New York of $764,00O for defense expenditures during the Civil war. Also pend ing before the committee .isla Cali fornia claim of $6 ,OOO, 900 N dating back to the sectional conflict. The, treasury is opposed to- Sall such claims, but they. 4 have strong backing on Capitol Hill .s.+. !. Few know 1t, but Speaker Bankhead' was once "a rneitiberof Tainrnaily Hall. The. Alabaiinan joined the organization during the several years he practised law in Man., hattan ,, <. Thel s'means test for .WPA workers has bean suspended in the flood ' areas. The exenp- tion was ordered when local auth critics conpla led that there were not enough workers on releif rolls 7to meet the demand for clean. up labor. t.s ! (Copyrisht, 1927. by United :. X .. Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-26
Answers To Questions
By Frederick sl. Kerby

Q. What Is the nationality of William Powell, who starred in After the Thin Man?"
 A. He was born in Pittsburg, Pa. His father was English, and his mother was half Irish, quarter French and quarter German.
 c. My teacher has asked me to name three famous battles of the nineteenth century. Can you help me?
 A. The Battle of Austerlitz, De- cember 2, 1905; the Battle of Water- loo, June IS, 1915; the Battle of Balaklava, October 525, 1854.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-26

sure sign of normal times is to see the big stean-shovels cutting their way through virgin territory and opening up land for home development We noticed one at work recently cutting out new street which some day may be fronted by fine homes. Once peoples confidence is completely restored, there should be such boom in house construction that little old Waterbury has never known or seen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-26

i. what nickname was applied to George Washington?
 { ES92.@ To what country do the Falk- land Islands belong? ! B. What is pharmacy? .t z 4.sWhat horse won the Kentucky Derby fil .1s36? s..
 s. What is the, common name for inethyl alcohol? Is-,.- .ss 6. What famous cartconist orig mated the donkey as symbol rep- resenting the democratic party?
 7.s Which is greater, the equator ial or meridinal circumference of the earth2
 8. Who first advanced the physi- cal theory of Relativity?
 9. When did the United States declare war on Germany?
 10. When was the first U. s. Census taken?