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Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
GROWING TURKEYS
REQUIRE A WELL
BALANCED PROGRAM
Proper Housing, Handling,
Sanitation and Feeding Nee
essary for Best Results.

Many factors enter to make the
pest turkeys f. the kind that bring
the fancy prices. Among them are
keeping the birds away from their
droppings: supplying good clean feed
and water that can't be contami-
mated: and prevention of flies says
G P. Plaiso nee. head OF the Turkey
Department of Purina Mills.
Plaisance recommends wire floors
to keep the birds away from their
droppings. One can either keep
Young poults in baby chick batteries
the first three weeks or build wire
floors in the brooder house. To keep
the wire floors clean. Plaisance ad-
vises that they be swept daily with
a stiff floor brush to remove any
droppings that might adhere At the
same time. disinfect by dipping the
brush at intervals in a 3eo solution
of Purina Cre-so-fec.
Wire Under Roost
FCr birds on range. Plaisance rec
ommende ti,~ use of woven wire un-
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
D Urge Destru uct,o.

- btstructio- ~
Destruction o&'a ~ Of Ras.1
oane Of hay fevs, " all ragess''']
aim Of a commt.. Tost sufetss
Garden Club -'ittee Of d. II
Walker [. v;.it. headed b
through the COMM Nun. III !
an appeal to citt- tli.illttee ba l
the roots all rse,l ,,1eas to pn i
club has placed weed !. they
potted ragweed ~. = Sto'e Al
lzens may roc coo,p.a piaats 50 81
see it growins Ognlze s it Va
10 cents a h1DSraa frl also i'll
plans with ~. u'eo for II
produced bet~ss. tUoes ATTACHED n
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der the roosts. II not possIoIe, then
the droppings should be removed
often. 1t doesn't take much time
but it is very important for healthy
thrifty turkeys Lime used under
the roosts helps prevent fly mag
gots. Apply lime twice a week
Clean the water troughs daily with
Purina Chlorena solution because a
turkey is the sort of bird to get dis
ease easily, Plaisance feels. Supply
good clean feed and water in
troughs and fountains constructed SO
they cannot be contaminated with
the turkeys droppings. Too, it's ad-
visable that the water fountains and
feed troughs be moved every second
or third day to a new place on the
range a few feet distant.
Flies can be a cause of turkeys
not gaining weight rapidly. See
that all places where flies are apt
to propagate are removed. Piles OF
manure are fertile places for flies
to breed. Lime will prevent fly mag
gots to mature Go after the flies
early. One killed early in the sea-
son will prevent thousands laterl
Feed Requirements
Perhaps more important than all
other factors for successful turkey
production is the ration fed. Most
people agree that a turkey needs the
best in starting feeds for the first
few weeks. Many after that turn
them loose to get all of the grass
hoppers, crickets and loose grain
they can pick up. This is short
sighted practice. according to
Plaisance. He recommends the feed
ing OF nationally recognized grow
ing feed during this period. prefer
ably Purina Turkey Growing Chow.
SO the poults will continue to grow
rapidly.
During the five weeks finishing Pc
riod. Plaisance recommends a spe-
cial fattening ration to make them
plump and smooth. 1t comes in
checker form, called Purina Turkey
Chicken Fatena Checkers IF the
turkeys have been on a mash form
Of growing feed" says Plaisance,
start adding Fatena Checkers five
weeks before market Within week
they will eat straight Checkers, CIV
ing them four weeks to develop a
plump and smooth carcass. If they
have been on a checker form Of
growing feed, change abruptly to
this special fattening feed five weeks
before the turkeys go to market
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
Women Officials Operate
Town With No Elections

WILLIAMS CREEK, IND.-Wom-
en- officials run this little town. And
the 100 voters like them so well
that the town has skipped three cleo
tions since they were chosen in 1882.
The town has tax rate of only
40 cents on each $1O0 worth of tax
able property-lowest in Marion
county.
Mrs. Helen c. Spradling is mayor
and Mrs. Margaret Lacy is clerk
treasurer. On the board of town
trustees are Mrs. Spradling, Mrs.
Carolyn Payne and Mrs. Eleanor
H. Mcmillan. Mrs Marjorie K. La
Penta is town marshal and street
commissioner.
The ladies haven't said yet what
their politics are. ''You don't need
political parties" explains Mayoress
Spradling. If you don't hold elec-
tions."
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
SELLING TALK

A. W. Franklin. secretary of the
United Commercial Travellers of
America, said at a dinner in Co.
lumbus:
'All commercial travellers should
have the gift of persuasion, but few
can ever hope to equal young Bed
does.
"A Junior partner. as he came
into the office. nodded toward the
retreating figure Of young Beddoes
and said to his senior:
L see you've taken on a new
salesman. Is he good?'
'Good?' the senior partner said.
In the half hour he's been with us
he almost talked me into taking
him into the firm as senior partner.
Nothing but your opportune arrival
saved me-"
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04

haul with a purse seine out at sea
opposite Chincoteague.
The Prohibitionists of Worcester
county will meet in Snow Hill on
July 8 for the purpose of electing,
delegates to the Congressional
Convention, which meets at GIvn-
don Park on July 80
The population of Baltimore i
432,O95. This is a gain, in round
numbers, of 100000 since 1880
when the population was 1925
Baltimore was formerly the seven
tn city in population in the coun-
ty. 1t now stands close to a tie
for fifth place with st. Louis.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
CONTINUED From Page Two)

a day or two ago, near st. Mich
aers, Talbot County, with a gun.
The wound is not dangerous. 1t is
stated that Jones angered her by
teasing.
How the newspapers in the
northern cities denounce the i'm
mortality of licensing the Louis
lana Lottery Company in far-off
New Orleans. And yet these same
papers uphold that thousand fold
worse iniquity the licensed rum
hole-Cecil Star.
Four young men of Elkton were
recently arrested and fined 81 and
costs for serenading a bride and
groom.
Captain Bunting, of Chinco-
league Island, recently caught
about 1000 large blue fish at one
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
SIDE LIGHTS OF
NEW YORK CITY
Told By L. L. Stevenson in
His Own Immical Way
of DOings in City
INTERESTING SKETCHES

The lobby of the Playhouse was
crowded with those who had come
out during the intermission of the
Grace George play. BILLY Draws
a Horse" In the throng were two
women. one extremely well dressed
and considerably older than her
companion. Handicapped somewhat
by a heavy pair OF white wool
gloves, the older woman opened her
handbag and took out fiat tin OF
cigarettes. On one side of the tin
were cigarettes. On the other an
ash tray and a pack of matches.
But clumsiness due to the gloves
caused an accident wherein Gig
arettes, ash tray and matches hit
the floor. The well-dressed woman
got down on her knees and started
salvaging her belongings, her gloves
again handicap. Others joined her
in retrieving the smokes, the ash
tray and the matches. Finally, all
were back in place and the owner
arose. Il didn't want to waste
Them" she explained II don't
smoke but they we're present.
In the hurrying throng OF Grand
Central terminal, small, wrinkled
and plainly but neatly dressed wom-
an, weighted down by two heavy
bags, was being buffeted here and
there. Finally the attention OF
red cap was attracted and he sprang
to her assistance. Having relieved
her Of her baggage and learned what
train she was taking, he led her to
a day coach and slowed away the
bags in the rack. When he came
back up the ramp he looked rather
dazed.
Il didn't expect nothin'," he ex-
planned to a fellow worker. II was
Just givin' her hand cause she's
old. But look here, boy, at what
she give me and she said it wasn't
no mistake neither"
And the other porter whistled as
he gazed at two big homemade
cookies-and a new five-dollar bill
A young travelling man, back from
a long trip, which had kept him on
the road during the holidays,
sneaked into his Bronx apartment
to give his wife and youngster
surprise. To his surprise, he found
the place dark and deserted.
Switching on the lights. horror swept
him as he saw that the living-room
walls and rug were stained with
what seemed to be blood. As he
was about to rush out to give an
alarm, the telephone rang and.
moved by an impulse he couldn't
understand, he stopped to answer
it. 1t was his wife who was at her
sisters and had called purely on
the chance that he might be home.
When he had recovered sufficiently,
he investigated and found that ma
ture had t-' its course with
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
N0LR.
MH7ER

What farmer, feeding in the win
ter. would feed his dairy cows hay
alone? Few indeed But it is just
as logical to feed hay alone during
the winter as it is to turn the cows
out on pasture and give them no
grain ration.
For sections where the farmer
raises his own grain, the Purina Ex-
perimental Farm has worked out a
special mixed grain ration for cows
on pasture. 1t makes use of home
grains and consists of 300 pounds
of corn and cob meal. 200 pounds of
coarse ground oats, and 200 pounds
of 349o Cow Chow. On flush pas
ture, this is fed at the rate of one
pound to every six pounds of milk
given by Jerseys and Guernseys and
one pound to every eight pounds of
milk given by Holsteins and Ayr
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
Make the MOST OF 1T


grain ration to keep cows in good
shires. AS the season advances and
grass loses more and more of its
stimulation, the amount of mixed
grain ration fed should be increased
enough to hold up production.
Heavier Feeding
When pastures become burned
and dried up. something extra must
be fed in addition to the mixed grain
ration to hold up production. For
this job it is recommended that each
COW be given one gallon of Purina
Bulky Las, morning and night. This
feed Is very palatable, laxative, and
supplies some Of the nutrients that
dried-up pastures lack. Hardly
enough can be said about the milk
producing qualities of Bulky Las on
dried-up pastures. Fed with the
regular mixed grain ration the COWS
are getting. it does a splendid job.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
Venice Has Largest Garage

ParadOxically. Venice. whose
highways are canals, has the largest
auto garage in Europe, having a
capacity for $500 cars. They are
the cars of all the folks who come
to the resort in them, but who can
not use them until they are ready to
leave again.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04

OF wine which, in the fall, /. put
in a warm closet to ferment.
On the way uptown, a taxi driver
told me of a fare he'd picked up
an hour or so previously. The fel-
low seemed to be sober enough but
insisted that the driver turn into
Central park and drive around an
hour or more. Finally, when the
meter charge caused the hackie to
begin to worry bit about the SOL
vency of his passenger, he made an
inquiry as to what it was all about.
After a few moments of silence, the
passenger replied that he was writ
er and had got stuck with the end
ing of a story which he had prom
ised to deliver at the end of the
week. In a few words, he outlined,
the plot. The driver shut off the
clock and they went into huddle,
with the result that the proper
ending was forthcoming. Ard the
driver wouldn't accept a tip. In
his spare time, he too writes short
stories.
The sixteenth item, if you have fol-
lowed this far, is the keeping of ami
mails or birds that disturb the re
pose of persons in hotels. Then
follow the erection, excavation, de-
molition or repair of buildings be-
tween the hours of 2 a. m. and 6
p. m, the use of any loud speaker or
other instrument for attracting at
tention to any performance, show or
sale or display Of merchandise, the
use Of mechanical loud speakers
on trucks or other vehicles for
advertising purposes, and lastly, the
blowing of steam whistles attached
to any stationary boiler.
Now for the seven other city
sounds unpleasant to the ears Of
hotel guests: Soap-box orators. or
gan grinders, whistles Of apartment
house doormen signalling taxi driv-
ers, roller skating on sidewalks,
stray cats, pushing Of hand trucks
over the sidewalks and noises made
by public utility company employ
ees engaged in night repair work.
Taking it all in all, the foregoing
is quite complete list. There have
been some omissions, however. For
instance. those jolly city employees
who bang ash cans on the sidewalks
while the city sleeps and exchange
merry quips while seeing If they
can bounce steel off concrete. May
be they don't engage in this diver
sion in the vicinity Of hotels. But
they do within hearing of apartment
house dwellers.
On Fifth avenue, a gang of men
were working in a manhole and be-
cause of their job were more or less
begrirned and were in overalls of
course. Just as an extremely we'll
dressed and pretty young woman
was passing, one Of the workers
emerged from underground. The
young woman stopped and talked
with the half-way-in-haf-wa layout
toiler for several minutes. Then,
with a smile. she went on her way.
And the man-in-the-hole had quite
a time convincing his associates that
the pretty girl was his sister.
Bustop eavesdropping: Say. if
had a neck like hers, I'd want two
sets of silver foxes
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
No Proof

Boogy-That old friend 1 was tell
ing you about claims to be a rela-
tive Of yours.
Woogy-That mans fool.
Boogy-That doesn't prove any,
thing. 1t may be just coincidence.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
my HUSBAND
RUNS HIS
BUSINESS BY
TELEPHONE"

"We conduct a dairy business
and find many uses for the
telephone.
Personally, 1 find much en-
joyment in the telephone. l
have four children living with
in a radius of several miles and
it's a wonderful satisfaction to
know they're no further away
than the telephone.
"There have been several
Evening star., 1940-12-01
Eastern Branch Boys
Drill Basket Teams
For 4 Glasses

Basket ball practice starts tomor-
row at Eastern Branch Boys Club
of Washington, with the club ready
ing teams in the 90. los, l2o and l35
pound classes. Coaches will be
Buddy Nau, Mario Gregorio and
Melvin Shewbridge.
Last years 105-pound team, which
won the city title. is moving up al
most intact to the 120-pound divi-
sion and hopes for a repeat per-
formance. Meanwhile. Boys Club
activities for the week include touch
football, swimming and soccer.
The athletic program:
Touch Football League.
Junior section-Monday, wildcats vs..
Duke; wednesday. Cornell VS.. Troop No.
~. Redskins: Thursday. Notre Dame vs.
Duke: Friday. wildcats VS.. George wash
:. senior section-zTnesdsy. Texas 4 s,,,,s sSd
M. VS.. Tennessee; Thursday. Cats vs.. SOUTH
ern California. Both at 7:25 pm.
Soccer League.
Tuesday, Pitt VS.. Army: Friday Navy VS..
Iowa. Both at 6:25 pm.
Pool Schedule.
wednesday-Time trials. al day
Friday-DuaI meet Wilson High School
ssturdsy-E game, 4:1o pm.
Central Branch.
Junior League soccer-Monday. Mime
sofa vs.; Navy: TUESDAY Notre Dams ss.
Dame; Friday Navy VS.. Yale. All at pm,
Senior League soccer-Monday Trolans
ys Fordham: Iuesdsy, y Vo,unSeeS OF Feeahsr. vTi-
day. Trotsns VS.. Volunteers AL ~
pm.
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Wn1te 70 Move Aho MAss IN wv
A neutral judge will analyze your
solution. Write or print your So
luton clearly. No solver may offer
more than one solution to any prob
lem, unless he claims cook" 1t
is important that each solution carry
problem number and date Of pub
lication, and be signed fully by
solver with his address.
It has been suggested that all
correct solutions. as announced by
The Star, be withheld until all Is
problems are published, or that cor
rect solutions be published not more
often than every fifth problem or
every two weeks. Whichever method
is preferred by a majority OF solvers
will be adopted. Name your choice
when you send in your solution to
today's two-mover.
As we commence this tournament
each solver is considered to be at
the bottom of a ladder and he
climbs up the ladder rung by rung
as he scores on each problem pub
lished. BY Ladder scoring is meant
your position on the ladder. Lad
derite" is the term applied to each
solver climbing the ladder. Tour
rlament ladder" means the entlre
Evening star., 1940-12-01
U.S.. Table Tennis King
In Exhibition Here
December 10
PoeIioro Heods Group
Including Cortland,
Schiff, Grimes

With the present national cham
pion as the featured performer. a
group of nationally ranked table
tennis players will give a one-night
exhibition at Heurich's Gym on
December 10, it was announced last
night.
Appearance of the group, includ-
ing Louis Pagliaro, Sol Schiff. Doug
las Garland and Bernie Grimes. is
being sponsored by the Washington
Table Tennis Association.
Pagliaro, the country's current
title-holder, has not lost a match
since 1899 and has beaten all Of the
players In the land In winning the
last 10 tournaments In which he
has competed. He will be remem-
bered by local fans as having served
as manager of the Columbia Table
Tennis Center from the fall of 80
until last January.
Schiff. whose sensational match
with Izzy Bells here q few years
ago, aroused unprecedented inter-
est, has held the national champion
ship four times and currently is
ranked second nationally behind
Pagliaro. He has represented the
United States abroad on four oc-
casions.
Garland and Grimes both will be
newcomers to the Capital. but the
former is hailed as the best player
ever to come out Of the South and
Grimes is the Massachusetts, cham
pion and ranked seventh national
ly. Garland is from North Caro-
lima and holds the Southern States
and Middle Atlantic championships.
Tickets for the match will be on
sale this week at Spaldings, the
American Automobile Association
and Columbia Bowling Alleys.
Evening star., 1940-12-01
Racing Selections
For Tomorrow

Charles Town Consensus (Fast)
By the Associated Press.
BUDDY Al, Clock Winder, Little
Harpist.
2-Colored Child, Westing, Little
Ripper.
aPep Talk, Schley Goree, Chal-
lante.
Match Point, Pamunkey, Our
Teddy.
5ICheer Me, Imperial Jones, Wild
mute.
6LRed Wrack, Gino Thor, Royal
Cross
7EDacotah, Judges Bid, Five
OFour.
Best bet-Red Wrack.
Charles Town (Slow).
By the Louisville Times
1-Why War. Dan Folly, Owaller.
2Baranca, Romney Royal, Little
Ripper.
3-Broomoria, Challente, Barograph.
4Blue Sheets, Our Teddy, Sun
Sweep.
5-Cheer Me, Wildmute, Jolly Flag.
6-Gino Thor, Dizzy Dame, Legenda.
7-Breezing Along, Big Day, Dian.
Best bet-Gino Thor.
Evening star., 1940-12-01
20 Years Ago
In The Star

Denny Hughes, captain Of the
Bethany College eleven which
faces Georgetown In 4 post
season game. has established a
record Of % consecutive goals
kicked for the point after touch
down in games this season.
Tech High, although tied by
Central, was awarded the foot
ball championship by . SO vote
of the high school coaches be-
cause of their more impressive
record.
E. H. Fenwick, former Western
High athlete, was among the II
players to receive q varsity foot
ball letter at the University of
Virginia.
Evening star., 1940-12-01
Two Pool Records Go
As Bows Club Scores

Boys Club of Washington's swim
ming team outclassed the National
Training School tsnkers in a dual
meet at the Eastern Branch's pool
Yesterday, nearly tripling the score,
1913.
Two pool records were broken, R.
Benson swimming the 50-yard free
style In 26.6 seconds and the 100
yard relay team of Jarboe, White.
Redman and Benson covering the
distance In 49.9 seconds.
Summaries:
,25-yard free style tclass Avon by
5aIooe; second, Tucker third Potter,
toaStn. Johnson. Time. ia SECONDS.
.o-yard free style .(class Bo.Won BY
fourth orondrofr % harrlseh Tims, % Seconds. ''''
25-yard backstroke-Won by Adams;
second reicono' Cation: third. Lofty; fourth. Han
hina Time. 16 seconds
yafo nreast-stroke--Won by Redms .:
yIo. a. Johnson; third. Boyer; fourth. T.
'oannson: Time, l4.9 seconds.
arg Iree style-Won by Benson;
Wset Wpo' Gsoorne; third. Durbin; fourth.
"SsG lime, 26.6 lnew pool record.
fancy divine-Won by overlade: Sec
>. one. Thomas; third. Tucker fourth, john
IS-ysrd medley race-won bv Training
snoci . .Walker, johnson. Tucker. Time.
ioe;ssId s;i. ,s!ssy..wen by Boys Club Oar.
eonos (nev POOL recordI. A''
Is
Evening star., 1940-12-01
By LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

Eddie La Fond, the muscular mis-
ter who can show you how to biff
an ear or concoct Hungarian stew
in six easy lessons, is celebrating his
tin anniversary as boxing coach at
Catholic University this season and
it should be some party.
Ten swift years, crammed with
excitement, color, comedy and
pathos have slipped away since he
took over the helm and his record
Is an enviable one. Under his able
direction the Cardinals have won
40 matches, lost eight and tied six
for a fat average of 1888. Two un-
defeated campaigns are included in
those 40 victories and M. La Fond
privately hopes the boys will give
him another as an anniversary gift.
La Fond captained C. us first
punch posse in 1924. Maybe it was
because he organized 1t and booked
its matches He battled two years
in the 145-pound ranks, but was a
spectator his senior year because of
a fractured knee. Sitting on the
bench. telling the boys what to do
and not getting hit gave him the
idea of coaching-although he We
hemently denies it, but it was a
good idea and a break for the
schools future ringmen.
Moore. Became Careless.
The first team embraced wealth
of material including Al Moore, a
light-heavyweight, who, La Fond
is sure, would have made his mark
as a pro had he taken fighting seri-
ously. But as big and tough as he
was Al dropped fight at the Naval
Academy to Midshipman Lyon
which will linger long in Eddie's
memory.
It seems that they had rule
those days (1925) that knockdown
ended round, the fighters resum-
ing after a minutes rest If both
parties were able and agreeable.
Well, Moore knocked Lyon kicking
in the second round, but they
dragged the sailor to his corner and
got him shipshape for the third. In
the last round, Al got care SIS and
Lyon cracked him with haymaker
and ne went out like a 1914 fad.
Since there were no more rounds
coming up the referee counted him
out and Lyon got the fight.
Teammates of Moore and La Fond
on that first aggregation were
Happy" Conveigh. 1856; George
(Babe) Adams, 160; Emil Mayer
and Joe Tierney, heavyweights,
Spike" Largay, l18; and Arturo
Tomeldon, 125.
Tierney's bout with AL Lassman,
New York University's great heavy
weight whose tragic death by
drowning snuffed out Z promising
pro career. Is another bout Ia Fond
rates among his greatest thrillA Il