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direction with a cultivator with mar
row shovels most of the sod can
be broken up and the plants and
weeds killed out and the irrigation
ditch can be opened up for water.
II Pests
Red Spider Nearly every year
somebody has trouble with red spi-
der on their strawberries. It is ev-
ident the first warm days in the
spring after the leaves have started
enough to make the fields green
Where the spider is brown patch
will appear. The remedy is to dust
the field with sulphur with blow
er. The Farmers Exchange has one
to rent and some of the warehouses
has them to loan. Apply the sui
phur during warm weather as a
temperature of 30 degrees is necess-
airy to vaporize the sulphur and
make it effective. :.
Weevil-From my observation ]
do not think weevil alone will kill
Wray Red variety of strawberries
Last year when the cold winter OF
Is below zero held so long with 50
little snow to protect the plants
there was a lot of damage attribut-
ed to weevil that in reality was
mostly winter. Up to last spring no
one complained of weevil although
it is obvious weevil was present. In
spots where the snow drifted a foot
or so deep and protected the berries
last winter no damage was done
while in the same field where the
snow blew off and left the ground
about bare the center of the rows
in most cases was seriously damag-
ed in the old fields. To further
prove that weevil did not kill the
plants is to note the fact that prac-
tically all the damage was repaired
during the growing season last sum-
mer. However, batting of weevil Is
emphatically advised. I got better
results from Go-West prepared bait
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skipped and to straighten out other
spots.
Fertilizing-The proper use of fer
tilizers is half the battle in grow
ing strawberries commercially. As
far as I can see barn yard fer
tilizers are largely a waste of time
and money. I use sulphate of am
cial fertilizer called 1920. The re-
monia and a combination CONNER
suits of 1920 are not as proven as
yet as sulphates so I will recon-
mend sulphate of ammonia until I
know more about the other. After
the row is plowed down half, take a
12-quart bucket filled with sui
phate of ammonia within 2 inches
of the top and make a round on
300-foot rows broadcasting right on
top of the row by hand. Then work
the soil up against the berries on
each side and ditch off and water.
This gives about 400 pounds of fer
tilizer to the acre, which is all it
takes for the rest of the season. The
following spring in the fore part of
March another dose of 800 pounds
per acre of sulphate of ammonia
can be applied in the same manner
right on top of the row. Too much
sulphate in the spring will make the
berries soft and suspect help to
make them dark. If this fertilizer
is applied any other time it will
have to 60 in the bitches as put on
the growing leaves it will burn.
Weed Control-The way to con-
troll weeds is not to let any go to
seed. If any time weeds begin to
make seed they should be pulled
and carried out of the field. Fence
rows have to be kept cleaned up as
well as irrigating bitches. No mat
ter how clean the ground is to start
with strawberry patch will soon be
hopelessly lost to weeds If they are
allowed to make seed. This is one
of the cases where an ounce of pre-
vention is worth pound Of cure.
Now that I have covered the sub
ject of strawberry farming after a
fashion 1t is needless for to say that
it is no job for lazy manAunless
by chance he happens to have an in
dustrious family. I said something
in that last crack. honestly believe
a strawberry patch is an ideal fam
lily opportunity. I ought to know
because I never raised family. do
know, however, that school boys
work good for me in my own fields
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to form row Is inches wide and a
little dirt put on them at the sets so
they will take root. This is a Job
not to put off too long as the run
ners catch easiest while young and
late in the fall the old ones will not
catch at all. AS much as hate to
say it the farmer simply has to get
down on all fours and straighten
these runners out and see that they
get dirt on the sets, otherwise when
the following spring comes, In place
of having a thick row of big plants
there will be lot of dead runners.
Any place there is a thin spot in
the row second setting should fol-
low later in the season. After the
runners are set the cultivator should
be always run the same direction
and narrowed up in the fall to al
low the rows to build out wider.
--... Second Year
Harrow Field-The first Job in
the following spring is to rub off
the dry leaves and break the cross
runners so they will not bother pick
ing. A spike tooth harrow with the
teeth laid flat does a pretty good
job of crumbling the dry leaves up
if drug over the patch both direc-
tions on sunny afternoons. To break
the cross runners some use hay
rake, but I use spring tooth har-
row which has the teeth drawn to
sharp point. The shoes on the
harrow deep an even depth so the
teeth do not damage many plants
when set light.
Clean bitches - Most beginners
have a hard time cleaning out the
irrigation bitches as they are often
set full Of plants. This is done with
a duck-foot on one horse ditcher
and should be done before irri-
cation while the ground is dry
enough to shatter off the plant
roots and leave them to die. A few
days later by going in the opposite
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Argentine's New President

Buenos Aires. Argentina-Amid
nationwide demonstrations Of en-
thusiasm, DR.. Roberto M. Ortiz was
inaugurated the 2lst constitutional
President Of the Argentine Repub-
lie. Color was added to the cere-
mony by the presence Of the good
will fleet Of six giant United States
bombing planes known as flying
fortresses," which made a long dis
tance record breaking flight from
Mama, Florida, with a letter to
President Ortiz from President
Roosevelt.
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than from the homemade mix ad-
vised by the agricultural college,
and I concocted a mixture all my
own that I think is better tan Co
West. Another important remedy
is to NOW the top Immediately aft
er picking and run over the field
with q drag to pulverize the leaves
as the hot sunshine kills the beetle
in large numbers. where they have
no protection of shade. -
Mildew-Every commercial straw
berry field should be sulphured twice
a year which serves the double pur-
pose of cleaning up the red spider
and also keeping down mildew. The
middle of September is good time
to sulphur for mildew. Possibly ap-
piled at this time sulphur might
control the spider before it damages
the berries in the spring.
Plow Down Old Beds While it is
not necessary to pillow off half the
row every year soon after picking
time, it is nevertheless a good prac-
tice in as much as it automatically
renews the bed and makes the field
harder to resist cold winters and
pests. Some growers use walking
pillow on small plots and drag the
pillow back so as to cut the same
side of each row. Other growers
use two-way pillow and work up
and down across a field. The OBJ
lection I find to this method is that
blowing makes 1t hard to get rid
of the sods which drag into piles
and clog up a cultivator. I use a
riding cultivator and by dropping
only one gang take off one side of
the row in the same order as two
way pillow. This tears up the sod be-
fore it is cut loose and 1t does not
bother the cultivator much. How
ever, to do a good job it is necess-
airy to go over the field twice in
order to clean up some spots that
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II. f. c. Resume Lending

Washington, ID. C.-Jesse Jones,
chairman Of the Reconstruction FL
ance Corporation, announces that
this government agency is prepared
to make loans to industry to the ex-
tent of $1,500,000,000. At the same
time, it is believed that applications
will be made for only a small part
Of this fund, since banks are over
loaded with surplus cash and few
industries except the railroads are
in need Of Federal support.
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Wray Says
Strawberries
Are Districts
Best Bet
continued from Last Week.)
. :. week we had a very inter-

last week we had a very inter-
..tine story about strawberries by
49,. ia district's leading grower, Horace
W s This week we continue the
...,c1e which gives details OF Gull
.,,re We are certain the article will
~ 40 If treat value to every strawberry
orower In the district
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
RAIL HEADS DUE.
TO MEET LABOR.
HERE NEXT week.
Voluntary Pay Slash
To Be Asked

CHICAGO, March 10 dN.S).
Heads of the American railroads
and railway labor organizations
headed for a showdown today over
wage reductions within the indus
try.
Representatives of the nations
141 major roads agreed at a con-
ference to demand a meeting with
heads Of the 81 carrier unions to
ask them to share the task Of solv-
ing the financial plight of the in
duStry.
IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED
The conference, according to
railway officials, probably will be
held early next week in Washing
ton.
The purpose Of the conference,
it was reported, will be to ask
the brotherhoods to take a volun-
tary reduction in wages as they
did six years ago in order to tide
the carriers over.
"The financial condition Of
the various systems is so precari-
Gus that only immediate RENE
dial action can stave off disas-
ter" declared F. E. Williamson,
president Of the New York Gen.
tral lines.
UNIONS MAY OPPOSE
A union fight against the pro
posal is expected. Officials Of the
Brotherhood Of Railway Trainmen
and Locomotive Enginemen have
already expressed opposition to re-
opening the wage question.
Labor leaders are expecting sup
port from President Roosevelt,
who yesterday announced that he
believed the present time inoppor-
tune for pay cuts.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19

chi" 2RO, 31.1 M, 9.63 meg; IRF,
30.5 M, 9.sS meg; 10Y, 25.21 m,
11.90 meg.
MADRID, 7::30 p. m.-Program
for English Listeners. EAR, 31.6
M, 9.48 meg.
BERLIN, 8:45 p. m.-What Can
We Learn From Animals2 DJD,
25.4 M, lit meg.
LONDON, $40 p. m.-"Ice.
Hockey in Great Britain" GSD,
25.5 M, 11.75 mg.; Csc, 31.3 m,
9.58 meg; GSB, BIS M, 9.51 meg;
GSL, 49.1 M, GIL meg.
CARACAS, 9:45 p. m.-Dance
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so WHAT TO DO?

EIRsT, set in motion forces to
l. diScredit those now irking
the Administration with their
comments; such forces to en-
ploy the usual technique-prop-
aganda, lies, innuendo, backdoor
pressure and genteel terrorism.
The victims, in time, will be so
plastered with mud that they'll
fall through weight of it, even
though they be innocent.
From that point on, it is
but a simple matter to i'm
press broadcasters - radio sta
tions must renew their license
every few months, do not for
get, a renewal which is depend
ent upon official fancieS-that
it will be healthier for them
to eliminate everything except
straight news on sustaining time.
The next step is to engage
more political time, to present
the Official viewpoint, " with ap.
propriate explanation and COM
ment!
Copyright Ledger syndicate)
(BoGke CGrter'S opinions are
his opn and not necessarily
those OF The Washington
TinteSJ
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
TOWN ELECTION
SET FOR MAY 2

ROCKVILLE, Md, March 10.
A mayor and four members Of the
Rockville town council will be
elected here May 2.
To qualify as candidate for Of"
flee the name Of the aSpirant, to-
gether with a petition signed by
20 qualified voters of the town
who pledge themselves to vote for
such candidate, must be filed with
the town clerk at least 10 days
prior to the election. .
Registrars will sit from 8 q. m.
until $50 p. m. at the town Of
fices on March % and April 4.
All persons who have resided
within the corporate limits OF
Rockville for six consecutive
months prior to the election and
who are otherwise qualified Will
be entitled to register.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Counties to Join
In Highway Plea

ARLINGTON, Va, March 19.-
A mass melting of Arlington and
Fairfax county citizens favoring
the development of a highway on
the right of way Of the Arlington
Fairfax railway will be held at 8
p. m. Tuesday in the Washington
Lee High School, Robert Gaines,
a sponsor of the movement, an
nounced today.
Gaines said petitions containing
more than 1000 signatures of citi-
zenS desiring the improvement
will be presented to the county
board at its public hearing on the
193S-39 county budget Wednesday
night.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Dr.. PergIer
Will Talk on NGzi
Rise to POWer

COLLEGE PARK, Md, March
19.-Dr. Charles Pergle1, dean OF
the National Law School in Wash
ington and former minister from
CzechoSloVakia to the United
States and Japan, viii speak on
"Germany's Push Toward the
East" before an open meeting of
the International Relations Club
of the University Of Maryland
here Monday evening at 1880.
A native Of CzechoSlovakia, DR..
Pergler, after the World War, was
instrumental in securing the
Czechs' separation from the Aus
tro-Hungarian Empire. He later
represented that country at the
Congress Of Small Nations and
was diplomatic representative to
the q. 8.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
ToDAY's SHORT WAVE PROGRAM

Music. YV5RC. SIT M, So meg.
PARIS, 10 p. m.-Musical Re
cordings. TPA4, 25.6 m, 11.72 meg.
LONDON, II p. m.-SelectionS
from the Gilbert and Sullivan
Operas. GSD, 25.5 m, Ills meg;
Csc, 31.3 m, 9.58 meg; GSB,
31.5 M, 9.51 meg; GSL. 49.1 M,
GIL meg.
TOKYO, 12:45 a. m.-"GuEde
to Famous Places Series" JZJ,
25.4 M, 11.80 meg.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 4:30 a.
m. (Sunday)-Chimes from @. P.
o. Sydney. VK2ME, 81 % m, 9.59
meg.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
OFFICIAL BLESSING

THE radio czar" with official
l. blessings to speed him on
his way) could simply decree no
more newScaStS on commercial
programS-or censor all copy
planned for delivery Gin the in
tereSt Of public convenience and
necessity" If any commentator
had written comments not to
the liking Of the political pow
erS-that-be, the radio czar"
could deity slice out the Of
Tending references.
OF course the curbing Of free
speech as a state of affairs
would not be reached quickly,
or in such direct fashion. The
howl in Congress and the
country would wreck the scheme
aborning if made so obvious. So
what to do?
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Senator Walsh
Guest Speaker at
Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 10.
Senator David I. Walsh Of MaSsa'
chusetts will be the guest speaker
at the annual dinner of the Alex.
andria Chamber of Commerce at
Z p. m. Monday in the George
Mason Hotel.
More than 100 reservations have
been made for the annual event
The program will include songs
by the Washington Gas Light
Company Glee Club. David C.
Book, president of the chamber
will preside. Martin e. Greene
business manager, is in charge OF
arrangementS.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
BUDAPEST, Hungary, {

BUDAPEST, Hungary, 8 p. M
"Old Hungarian Dances" HAT4r
1913 M, 9.12 meg.
MOSCOW, ! p. m.-News and
Program for English Listeners.
RAN, 81 M, 9.6 meg.
LONDON, 7:10 p. m.-England
VS.. Scotland; a commentary on
the international Rugby Union
football match. GSD, 25.5 m, 11.75
meg; Csc, 31.3 m, 9.58 meg:
GSB, 31.5 m, 9.51 meg.
ROME, 7: 80 p. m.-Chamber
Music; Elizabeth Luin: Famous
Singers of Old, francesca Pistoc.
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MUSICAL AND VARIETY

7:SO-SWING CLUB - The case Of
"Swing VS.. Melody" will be pre-
sented before the public, with
Leith Stevens orchestra Swing.
ing" the Old-tfme ballads and Leo
F1tEpatrick's orchestra playing
them as originally intended. Fitz.
patrick IL the chap who gained
much space In the newspapers
recently when he cut off the air
q Tommy Dorsey swing arrange.
ment of one of the Old-fashioned
songs. Maxine Sullivan will do
the yOcals for Stevens, while Fitz'
patrick will be aided by Ray
HeathertOn, baritone, and HOllace
Shaw, soprano. The middle pOr.
tiOn Of the program, beginning at
5:46. will not be carried over
WJSV, but can be heard by
dialing WABC. ............. .WJSV
S:3O-JACK HALEY Becomes the
dashing HOratiO Bengal Lancer"
Haley on the JambOree program.
Haley has Wendy Barrie and
other members Of the cast all
equipped for q jungle jaunt into
darkest Africa. WRC
s:SO-JOHNNY PREsENTs-The music
Of Russ MOrgan's orchestra and
Front Page News dramatiza-
tiOn. The drama will depict the
experience of q Fort Worth city
editor, who was forced by a gun
man to shelter him from the
O:OO-NATIONAL BARN DANCE-Joe
Kelly, emcee, will have a little
difficulty on his hands tonight
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Educational Group
To Convene April 6

MANASSAS, Va, March 10.
Plans for the annual meeting of
the Northern Virginia district of
the Cooperative Educational AS
Sociation, to be held here April 6
in the Methodist Church, are be-
ing completed by committees ir
charge. The association is part Of
the Virginia branch of the Ma
tional Congress of Parents and
Teachers.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
CONCERT

S:3O-INDIANAPOLI SYMPHONY -
Fabian SevitEky, conductor. Pro.
gram includes Weber's Concert.
sueck, with q solo by NJ. FeueF-
mann, cellist; Tschaik0wsky's
Variations on . Theme ROcOcO,
also featuring q solo by Feuer-
mann, and TaylOr's Suite from
Peter IbbetsOn. ............W VOL
10 :O0-N.B.C. SYMPHONY Carlos
ChaveE. conductor. Program:
Overture to civilian Tell" Sibel-
ius Fourth Symphony; ChaveE'
own OrchestratiOn Of q "CiaccOna"
by Buxtehude, and excerpts from
haIIets by two contemporary
Spanish composers, Halffter and
de Falla. ....................W WIKI
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
Radio Features TODAY

when the gang gets to feeling the
effect Of spring weather and runs
things their own way. Festivities
will open with ensemble singing
"Wen Have . Little Dance To
n1ght.".. .WMAL
1O:OO-YOUR HIT PARADE-Jan Peerce,
vocalist. Fredda Gibson, Buddy
Clark and Carl HOff's orchestra
will offer the nations 10 favOrite
1I:OO-SWING PARTY Charley DAILY
starts new recordings request
program. WuSV
The Washington times., 1938-03-19

fering aid to a disorganized in
dustry.
THE COMMISSION was able
l. to perform one minor but
novel act, although not all the
commissioners were present
when it was done. A majority
decided to discharge the pub
licity staff composed Of five ex-
perts and q large office force.
It seems that whenever the
publicity staff went to cover a
commission hearing, and the
staff Of the consumers counsel
also was present, conflicting Of
ficial versions of what hap
pened were handed out to the
press. In other words, doubt it
If you will, the press agents of
two bureaus within the same
commission could not agree in
their announcements to a wait
ing and tagging industry-and
consumers.
One officeholder within the
commission was found walking
in the park during business
hours the other morning for re-
lief from the conflict. His
summation Of the situation was
complete:
II worked In NRA in the days
Of its Senility and thought I
had experienced the ultimate,
but I now find that NRA was
a placid cloiSter. A scorned wom-
an hath no fury like New Deal
commissioners"
DOLTTICAL plots and counter.
i plots were suspected when
High Commissioner McNutt
went before the Senate Finance
Committee in executive session.
The tall commissioner has been
running for the presidency so
fast it was generally supposed
he was doing nothing else here.
Fact is McNutt knows some
thing about income tax evasions
in the Philippines.
He interested. Treasury Under
secretary Magill in the subject
and Magill arranged for his ap-
pearance before the Harrison
committee. AS a result there will
be special plugging for Philip
pine loopholeS written into the
bill.
The extra-tall commissioners
report to the President calling
for retention Of the Philippines,
however, comes under the head
Of campaign publicity. The
White House plan is to let the
subject Of Philippine independ-
ence simmer for a few years.
WHEN Hitler goes into Czecho-
W Slovakia and the Balkan
states, he will not follow the
formula he used in Austria, il
those who believe they know his
plans here, are correct. They
expect him to move politically
rather than by military force,
using a demand that Nazi sym.
pathizerS in the adjoining states
be given free full rights of po-
litical expression. In other
words, the next conquests, as
they see it here, will be by
political stealth rather than di-
rect uSurpation.
Incidentally, despite French,
Russian and British indications
to the contrary, no authority
here believes they would go to
war in defense Of Czechoslo-
Vakia.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
MORGAN CUSTER
ROOSEVELT AIM
IN iva INQUIRY
Groundwork Is Laid to
Remove Chairman
BY EARL GOODWIN

President Roosevelt is carefully
maneuvering the iva inquiry to
place where impeachment
charges or some other dramatic
custer can be launched at Arthur
e. Morgan, iva chairman,
charged by the President with
"contumacy," or resistance to con-
stituted authority.
The Presidents close associates,
who have studied his words care
fully, make no secret Of their un-
derstanding that the President is
laying the foundation for a sud-
den removal of the "contuma-
cious" chairman, and that it will
be done without the congressional
hearing Chairman Morgan recon-
mendS.
CHOOSES WORDS
The President carefully chose
his words when he declared "the
charges Of other directors that
Chairman Morgan has obstructed
and sabotaged the work Of the
iva must be accepted as true;
also, when he declared the white
haired chairman "is guilty Of con-
tumacy'' in refusing to bring up
nroof of his charges Of "diShon-
esty and want Of integrity"
against his fellow directors.
The President, it is understood,
has not determined that he can
remove Chairman Morgan; but he
can demand his resignation. II
this is not forthcoming, and the
matter stands as it does today, the
Presidents friends believe a joint
congressional resolution will be
launched demanding the chair
mans removal or that impeach-
ment proceedings will be started.
REAL iva DUEL
The real duel in the iva is
between Chairman Morgan and
David Lilienthal; and the chair
man seems to have evolved an
anti.Lilienthal complex which is
reminiscent Of that old sea cap
tain's chase of Moby Dick.
In fact, the iva trio was unanl-
NOUS up to the time Of Mr.. Lilien-
thal's reappointment, which oc-
Cured in the summer Of 1886.
Mr.. Lilienthal had been appoint
ed for three years, Mr.. H. A. Nor
gan for six and Chairman Morgan
for nine; then all reappointments
would be for nine fJll years and
keep the terms staggered.
PUBLIC GENERATION
Mr., Iilienthal believes in thor
ough development of the idea Of
publicly generated, publicly sold
power which is now under Power
trust attack. Chairman Morgan
is not quite so advanced in his
policies, and the progreSsiveS in
Congress now see in Chairman
Morgan another Power trust Char
lie Mccarthy.
At all events progressives charge
that the iva row is a part Of the
Power trust policy Of delaying all
advance in the field Of public
power which includes such legiS-
laticn as the Norris regional con-
Servation bill, which provides, in
sense, for seven more expert
melltS like iva.
The Washington times., 1938-03-19

hand to get
the commits
gicn reorga
nize.
Mr.. Rich
b e r g, o r
rather this
friend Of the
Pr e sid e Mt,
h as passed
W ord along
to S e d ator
Guffey and
John Lewis
to ge t coal
miners e n d
operators to-
~AkGaA~ A~
The Washington times., 1938-03-19

p e n d / ng in
in House Of
r e p resenta-
tives S W it h
c h ar e S Of
monopoly due
to be aired.
Four sepa-
rate colum-
niSts have re-
ported tn a t
s t e p hen T.
Early, Assist
ant w h i t e
House Secre-
taEy and for
merly a press
The Washington times., 1938-03-19
COAL COMMISSION
A SQUIRREL CAGE
NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
BY PAUL MALLON

woldc
MR. ROOSEVELT seems to have become slightly weary
4v1 also of the coal commission which is known the
third largest squirrel cage Washington in Difference to
superior arrangements prevailing only in the geological
dens and in IVA
The Washington times., 1938-03-19

A friend of the White House,
appeared to be just about as
tall as Donald Richberg and
weighing exactly the same, has
been lending a quiet helping