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Evening star., 1941-05-22

Luncheon, Communication CON-
mission, American Bar Association
Willard Hotel. l pm.
Luncheon, Business Paper Editors
Willard Hotel, l pm.
Luncheon, Daughters of the
American Revolution, Hotel May
flower, 1:30 pm.
Luncheon, Society of Naval Arch
itects and Marine Engineers, Hotel
Mayf1oWer, 1:30 pm.
Meeting, Society of Naval Arch
itects and Marine Engineers, Hotel
Mayf1oWer, 3 pm.
Meeting, Trial Technique Prac-
tice Clinic, Annapolis Hotel, 7:30
pm.
Meeting. Second Division Associa-
ton, Willard Hotel, pm.
Evening star., 1941-05-22
City News in Brief
TODAY.


Dinner meeting, Thirteen Club
Willard Hotel, $50 pm.
Meeting. Tau Epsilon Phi Frater-
nifty, Willard Hotel, pm.
Dinner dance, Tennessee Society,
Willard Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Alliance Club, Hamilton
Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting. Curley Club, Continental
Hotel, 8:15 pm.
Meeting, Alpha Beta Phi Legal
Fraternity, Willard Hotel, $3.50 pm.
Dance, st. Paul's Academy, Lafay-
cite Hotel. 9 pm.
Dance, Connecticut State Society,
Hotel 2400, 10 pm.
Convention, Society for the Ad-
vancement of Management, Ward
man Park Hotel, all day.
Meeting, Association of Transit
Equipment Men, Mayflower Hotel,
all day.
TOMORROW.
Luncheon, Reciprocity Club, Hotel
Mayf1ower, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Gyro Club, Willard Ho-
tel, 1890 pm.
Buffet luncheon, District of Co.
lumbia Bankers Association, Will
lard Hotel, 12:45 pm.
Evening star., 1941-05-22

Meeting, District Department,
American Federation of Govern
ment Employees, 8 pm.
Buffet supper and dance, Repro
duction Trades Bowling League,
Wardman Park Hotel, $50 pm.
Dance, Maritime Commission
Athletic Association, Hotel 2400, 10
pm.
Evening star., 1941-05-22

Meeting. Masonic Lodges of Guy
ahoga County, Willard Hotel, all
day.
Convention, Society for the Ad-
vancement of Management, Ward
man Park Hotel, all day.
Meeting. Association of Transit
Equipment Men, Hotel Mayflower,
all daV,
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Princeton Puts Six
Men on kII-North
Lacrosse Squad
Nine Colleges Furnish
Sturs to Face South's
Aces in Baltimore
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. June 7.-Lacrosse
stars from nine Eastern schools
today were selected to represent the
North in the annual North-South
all-star intercollegiate game at
Johns Hopkins Field in Baltimore
next Wednesday night.
Six we're selected from Princeton,
three each from Dartmouth and
Yale, two each from Syracuse and
Hobart and one from Union, Rut-
gers. Penn State and Stevens Tech.
Harold x Dell yale. Kenneth Mallory
Syracuse, Herbert Fitch (Hobartll. Joseph
King Princeton) and Donald Hoagland
MidaeId-Lawrence Naylor prince
tom. Douglas RILEY C@Dartmoqpt;hi. @ p;n JamrS ann15
state9' aiY'- Elmer Weisheit Princeton and
inside defense-Paul Hoffman 'stsyens.,
Union, Richard Lytle Hobart. Richard
Arnsen tPrinceton) and j. Howard Mar
SHeit GoaIIM' Tyler Campbell Princeton
South Squad Is Great.
An all-South, including many OF
the unbeaten Johns Hopkins team
was picked several days ago as
follows:
Goal-Toy SUerdlof tHopkinsl and
George williams penn. Close defenSe-
Tohn ToJson, Buddy Kaestner and Nelson
shawn Hopkins. Paul ODay uoyola)
and Boyd WASHINGTON and Lee. W.,
Midheld-George Penniman, JACK WI
Uams and Dick Green Hopkins; JACK
Mueller and Jordan Sexton LMary!andl
Fred Donnelly tSwarthmorel, Ray Brown
Duke and George Stock penn
Close attack-Charley Thomas tHep-
kins) Noah Walker uoyola), Al SleslnseI
Maryland, Dick Lazenby Navy ano
Coleman Finkle North Carolina.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Leovens' Fast Tennis at Start
OF Stars Meet Marks Him as
Real Threat to WeIsh's Reiqn

Generally acknowledged to be de-
Tending champion Barney Welsh's
foremost contender in the newest
race for The Stars tennis cup, Don
Leavens, the red-headed. southpaw
newcomer to local net circles went
his higher-rated rival one better
yesterday as the 1941 City Of Wash
ington championships got under way
at Edgemoor Club.
While Welsh was losing only one
game in stopping Ralph Ellis, Lea
vens. University of Southern Cali
fornia graduate, knocked of Her
shell Harris in successive love sets to
pace the advance of the eight seeded
stars into the second round.
No Upset Recorded.
Not an upset was recorded, but
Georgetown University's No. l net
man, Don Martin, served warning
that he may prove the unrated dark
horse by polishing off the veteran
Deane Judd, 6-1, 60. Martin
faces Bob Chichester in a second
round match at noon today and
with only sixth-seeded Frank Shore
in his path, faces a good chance of
advancing to quarter-f1nal match
with Leavens.
Despite the near-record field of
64 only two defaults were recorded,
when University Of Maryland's Phil
Burkom and Griff Baugher failed to
show up for matches with Dick
Murphy and John Waits, respec-
lively.
Headlining today's 19 matches
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Peacock, BrowneIl Seek
M. A. Golf LoureIs

DR.. w. c.. Barr, secretary Of the
Middle Atlantic Golf Association, IS
taking entries for the organization's
championship tournament up to
Tuesday at 3O5O N street NV. Pair
ings will be announced at Hot
Springs, Va. scene of the tour
ney, Wednesday night.
Roger Peacock, ace linksman Of
Indian Spring Country Club and
for years outstanding amateur Of
Washington, plans to enter the meet
along with all the crack simon-pures
of this sector Another star entry
will be Bobby Brownell Of Manor,
Southern intercollegiate titleholder.
who will be making his first start
in individual competition in this
sector this year Peacock was rum
nerup in the 1884 tourney played
at Hot Springs.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Results, Poirings
In Mems Tennis
FIRST ROUND.
- -

Upper hslf-Barney Welsh defeated
Ralph Ellis, 6-l, 60; Dewitt Smith de-
feated Sam Minkoff, 6-1, 6-l: Jim
Heiskell defeated Jim Hardey, 6-2, 81;
Buddy Adair defeated Lawrence Myers,
Jaffee, 60, 90; Eddie Miller, defeated
defeated Grif Bausher, by default; Dick
Murphy defeated Phil Burkom, by default
Bob Burgess defeated John Curran, So,
81, -; Herb Shenkin defeated Harry
Brinkerhof. 6-3, 6-1: Charlie Channng
defeated Eddie Becker, "a, g.; Igor
Cassin defeated J. Bryan, 90, FL;
Doyle Royal defeated S. Rosenbaum, 6--3,
6-4; Bill Breese defeated Carol Huls,
6-3, g..
Lower half-Don Leavens defeated Her
shell Harris, TO, 60; Austin Rice de-
feated Reggie Cooper. 81, %; Bill
Godfrey defeated Charles Hackney, 81,
60: Frank Shore defeated Hy Ritzen-
berg. 6-3. e.; John Morris defea ted
Ralph Gledhill. So. 60, 5-5. default;
Don Martin defeated Desne Judd, 6-1,
60; Bob Chichester defeated Slater
Clarke, 90, IL, 10-S; David johnson
defeated Max Bost, "a, g.; Sidney
Poretsky defeated j. c. Bigbee, s--6, 6--};
Ricky Willis defeated c. NJ. Beal 6-3,
6-3; Bill Helfrich defeated James Lowe.
Contreras, %. e-3; Paul Faiconer de-
feated Sterling Lee. -. 6-3. "a;
6-3. 6-2; Tom. Mangan defeated r.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Congressional Club
Golfers Continue
Tourney Today

Congressional Country CLUB men,
bers today resume action in the
golf tourney for the President
Trophy following the first rounds
YESTERDAY.
First fiight-Elden MacFarland beat c.
B. ouarles / up; DR.. Noah Pomeroy and
j. ]. Kennedy tied C. H McClaln peat
H s. Mcdonald. l UP; w. B. Rumpie peat
j A. Agur and 4 o. T. Smith won by
default: T E. Hughes beat F. Roberson
> and !; j E Freeman beat c. A. Fergus
. up; P. J. Winkler beat DR.. r. A. kellty'
l up.
w. Bayfield, > and /: w. z. TreVett beat
J. L. McElfresh, / up; A J. Cristadoro
beat R. s. DOYLE and ] !. 2 nii SLronigi
beat NJ. J. Mcmillan, ! up; j. F. Mccall
Giroux beat H. L. Post, l up: g.. F..
Buskie beat G.. F. Mikkelson. 4 and 3.
Third fight-H. J. Klossner beat F. E,
johnson 5 and 4; Guy Hottell beat F. E
McArdle 3 and L ]. NJ. Strait beat T; w.
ROM Romnmen, A40 ! up p holes; + 3. coniyn
beat Marvin Johnston, and ?: c. W.
Eacho beat Ralph Moore. 2 and /; Henry
I. Quinn beat C. w. Dudley, and 2.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Golf
Continued From Page BID

psr on only three holes and had
the putting touch for three olrdles
to wipe out those losses.
Wood lost a stroke for the tlrst
time on the infamous fifth, where
he was in the rough with his drive
and his second shot. He also
dropped one shot each at the sey-
enth, where he pulled his tee shot
far into the rough and was blocked
from the green by trees, and the
seventeenth, where, after betting
tremendous 30O-yard drive, he over
shot the green and then needed TWO
puts to get down from II feet.
Besides the brides on the first
and the eighteenth. he had a deuce
on the thirteenth, which carries l92
wards over the Trinity River. Craig
swung into the ball with an iron
that dropped it 5 feet from the
cup.
Back of Shute, who was first after
the opening round, tied for tlrst
at the halfway mark and even with
Pdul RuIly dill III SCCOl1A pioSS "A'AA
18 to 60, came large Johnny Bulla
of Chicago and 135-pound Ben Ho-
gan, who didn't hit his stride until
this final day and then played 36
holes in under par with a 68
and a 70 for 289. Bulla got that
total out of 70 and II.
Barron Proves Surprise.
Runyon, who was It's for 291,
tied with Herman Barron, a sur
prise contender, on a close 74-71.
jug McSpaden, Gene Sarazen and
E. J. Dutch) Harrison, who shot
two lis, were punched at 294; Dick
Metz with Lloyd Mangrum and Ed
Dudley at 295, and Sam Snead,
Horton Smith and Henry Ransom,
young Fort Worth pro, finished in a
bunch at 296 with the low anna
teur, Harry Todd of Dallas.
Two of the strongest advance
favorites, 1910 Champion Lawson
Little and P. G. A. Titleholder
Byron Nelson, posted 297s, Little
losing all chance to repeat by blow
ing to a 79 on his third round.
Others to break 300 we're Vic
Ghezzi, 298, and Gene Kunes of
Philadelphia, 299, while Heafner,
from a tie for the 36-hole lead,
scared to 300 at the finish.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
How They Divided
U. S. Open Coin
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
FORT WORTH, June Dis
tribution of prize money for the
first Is low scorers in the 45th u.
S. Open Golf Championship:
Craig Wood, Mamaroneck. N.
Y. (284 $1,000; Denny Shute,
Chicago, C28O $500; Johnny
Bulla, Chicago, (289), and Ben
Hogan, Hershey, Pa, (289) $3.50
each; Paul Runyan, White Plains,
N. Y, (2eD s412.50 each.
Harold L. McSpaden, Winches-
ter, Mass. (294, Gene Sarazen.
East Chester, N. Y. t2s4, and E.
J. Harrison, Chicago, (294
s21s.66 each: Dick Metz, Oak
Park, Ill, (2e5); Ed Dudley, Colo
RADIO Springs, $3.50, and Lloyd
Mangrum, Monterey Park, Calf,
(295) s125 each; Henry Ran
som, Fort Worth, 1886: Horton
Smith. Pinehurst, N. c. $3.50.
and Sam Snead, Hot Springs, Va,
1886 500 each.
The next Is places were worth
$50 each.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

which will carry the tournament
into the round of Is are those be-
tween Dick Murphy and Bob Bur-
CESS, Charley Charming and Igor
Cassini, Doyle Royal and Bill Breese
and Austin Rice and Bill Godfrey.
Doubles Play Opens Today.
Doubles entries will close at noon
when the draw of teams will be
made. First-round matches will
start in the mid-afternoon. So far
16 pairs have signed with the No.
seeding most likely to go to John
sen and Leavens, who will be play
ing together for the first time. Other
formidable combinations appear to
be Welsh and Lynch, Bill Breese and
Ed Mather, Dick Murphy and Tom
Mangan and Buddy Adair and Bob
Underwood.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

Look out for sick guy. When
ever a golfer starts complaining
about a stomachache or a bad
toe, watch out for him. He's
poison to the other fellow"
Gene Sarazen, twice National
Open king, thinks the linksman-
who has some ailment has the
edge. He tends to concentrate
more" said Gene, land forget
everything but himself and the
game"
Gene was a victim of Olin Du-
tra's last round rush to the title
In 1884. Dutra went to Phila-
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Bensinger Gets Share
OF Junior Tennis
Doubles Title
Wins With Memphis Boy
In Southern Tourney;
Prior Takes Singles
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
CLINTON. S. c., June Fifth
seeded Teddy Prior OF st. Peters
burg, Fla, won the junior singles
title in the Southern tennis
tournament by defeating Frank
Willett of Admission, Ala, 6-3, 6-1,
60.
Robert Bensinger of Takoma
Park, Md, and John Wills of
Memphis, Tenn, annexed the
junior doubles crown by beating
Rodney Robinson of Charlotte,
N. c., and Billy Windham Of
Orlando, Fla, "a, 60, 6-3.
Jack Tuero Of New Orleans re-
tanned his boys championship by
conquering Barney Wansker of
Macon, Ga, second seeded, 81,
60.
Tuero then teamed with Ed Davis
of New Orleans and won the doubles
from Tom MullOy Of Memphis,
Tenn, and Allen Bartlett of New
Orleans, 60, 6-1.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
1a Be on Brink of Defeat Counees Win Stars Net Tourney
70 Years Ago
In The Star

Turkey BroWer's long single in
the 10th inning after two were
out scored Judge with the win
ming run as Washington defeated
Detroit, 80.
Central won the interhigh ten
mis- championship by defeating
Tech, TO. for its fourth straight
victory. Al Fowler of Central was
awarded the Gideon Lyon
Trophy.
Jim Connolly, star middle dis
tance runner, was elected cap
tain of the Georgetown Univer-
sity track team.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Muny PIoy Entries
Close Tomorrow

Tommy Doerer, jr., warns pub
lie links golfers that entries for
the national championship will
close tomorrow.
Sectional rounds TO qualify a
Harding Cup team of three from
Washington will be held at Bal
timore's Mount Pleasant course
June 81.
The entry fee is 81, plus greens
fee
Evening star., 1941-06-08

delphia suffering from a stomach
ailment. He shot the Merton
course in 293, beating Sarazen by
two shots.
Two weeks ago Craig Wood
pulled muscle in his back while
STOPPING over in the bathroom
to recover a razor blade Craig
didn't think he could start in the
tourney. Just another ailing guy
who won the biggest prize of
them all.
To Witty Cox, Congressional
pro, the victory of Wood came
as a genuine thrill. Witty is .
pal of Wood, and was his per
Evening star., 1941-06-08
TODAY'S PAIRINGS.
SINGLES
NTtH -

q30-Eddie Miller vs.. John Waits
1O.O0-De witt Smith VS.. Jim Heiskell
Ralph Adair VS.. Bob Williamson. Dick Muir
ply VS. Bob Burgess.
11.OO-Chsrles Charming VS. Igor Cas-
sini. Hugh Lynch VS. Paul Falconer John
Hutchinson VS.. Tom Mangan, Eli Gott-
heb Peter Gartner.
11:3O-strand johnson VS.. George Her.
bert
12:OO-Austin Rice VS.. Bill Godfrey.
Frank Shore vs. INhn Morris, Don Martin
VS.. Bob Chichester.
1:00-DoyIe ruJal VS.. Bill Breese, David
johnson VS.. Sid Poretsky.
2:0O-Barney Welsh VS. winner Strand
johnson Herbert match Ricky Willis VS..
Bill Helfrich. Hugh Trigs VS.. Dave Hop
pock
4O0-Herb Shenkin VS. winner, G0tt-
heb -Gartner match: Don Leavens vs. WIN
ner. Trigz-Hoppock match.
Doubles entrants should hold themselves
in rea dlness to play any time after 2
~
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Preukness DeudIine Set

BALTIMORE, June 7 Py.-The
Maryland Jockey Club announced
today nominations for the SD run
ming of the Preakness in 1943 would
close next September Is.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Woods Title Triumph Brings Joy to Cox
Ailments Like New Champions Are Help, Sorozen Ayers

sonal bodyguard in the Open
championship playoff in 1889,
which Wood lost to Byron Nell
son. I'm as pleased as if 1 had
won myself" said Cox.
W r. McC.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Souires Annex Odd Come

Columbian Squires took the rub
Der game of their three-game series
against the Third Street Senators,
6-5, collecting four runs in ninth
inning rally for their victory.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Buos Petersburg Star

Jimmy ODonnell, Petersburg
Highs versatile senior athlete, is
headed for the Newport News Ap-
prentice School.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-23

orchards to kill insects 1t only results even
tually, in the production of new races of
insects on which the spray has little effect
Moreover, and worse If the new breed of
insect improves it's resistance to one chemical
it often improves its resistance to other kinds
too. DR.. Smith told of codling moth larvae
which became resistant to their usual poison
arsenic. At the same time they became
resistant to pyrethrum and rotenone. There
Is also a new kind of red scale which now
resists cyanogen fumigation and other poison
gases as well.
But while the insects follow the rule of
the survival of the toughest" and shift their
protection against attack, man, through chem
icals, always comes up with something new.
Recently chemists turned over to the
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
100 new chemical substances for trial against
plant pests Thirteen of these seem to hold
definite promise against certain kinds of bugs
One of the most amazing of all parasites
are the Desiid flies which attack white grIbs
buried deeply in the SOIL according to DR.. W.
R. Thompson of the British Imperial Institute
of Entomology.
These flies" reports Dr. Thompson, pro
duce larvae which are remarkably active, pro-
vided with an armored skin, and some we'll
developed sense organs. They are able to live
for some time without food and though they
are extremely minute can go down through
a foot or more of soil in search of their foes
which they seem to find and enter without
difficulty.
The facts suggest that the female Dexiid
flies can in some way, detect the white grubs
in the depths of the earth while flying over
its surface"
Sometimes it is necessary to establish in
sectaries to keep mans parasitic helpers over
the Winter. This is the case in California
where the ladybugs. that guard the citrus
crops, cannot survive unless sheltered during
the Winter period. This practice only
given up when foreign parasitic bugs were
imported to control the situation.
To the tiny Chenidae BEETLE, shown on
this page. goes credit for retaining miflions
of acres of Australian grazing land overrlin
by cactus. In strategy and results. this battle
of beetles resembled the campaign Of moths
against prickly pears.
In fact, some of the more horrid-looking
bugs are really good bugs IN disguise.
Even the great tarantulas. feared by man on
account of their poisonous bite, are one Of
the best allies the farmer has. They like moth
ing better than a meal of nice juicy locust.
And while man is fighting the hoppers with
flame throwers and poison, the hairy fifth
columnist" is also doing his part.
The whole idea is that If you see two bugs
fighting. take care which one you destroy
lest you kill the one battling on your side
for mankind.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-23

delicious sweets but they do more than that
for man. In their poIlen-gathering they roam
from flower to flower and pollinate the bios
SONS so that they become fortified and yield
seeds. Many fruits and vegetables we eat
seeds, or pod seeds. Also. the venom of
bees is used in lighting some forms of arthritis
and rheumatism.
The lac-scale resinous secretion of the
lac bugs, is gathered by natives of India and
Siam where the insect attacks fig trees. The
scaly stuff is crudely refined by the natives,
and eventually appears on your floors or fur
niture as shellac.
But along with these well-known bug
workers for mankind many lesser known
shock" troops that aid man in his fight
against plant pests
Right now scientists of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture would give their right
eye for some nice harmless grub willing to
volunteer its life in the service of the United
States. Such a grub would do it's bit and die
by serving temporary food of the parasite
foe of the dreaded Japanese beetle.
The trouble now is that this parasite foe
will only feed on the Japanese beetle and
nothing else IL the bug-hunters place the
parasite in territory just ahead of the advanc-
ing horde of Japanese beetles the parasite
will not eat and will die When the beetles
come there is no foe to stop them.
If the parasites are placed in regions
already infested by the Japanese beetles 1t is
too late to do much good. The only way out
of this dilemma. it seems is to find some nice
juicy grub that will be tasty to the para
sites as are the grubs of japanese beetles.
Then the parasites could eat live, breed and
await the arrival of their favored beetle food.
Another handicap of man in his battle with
the bugs is that evolution is still going on in
the insect world and new breeds of pests are
developing before the very eyes of scientists.
DR.. Harry S. Smith of the California Citrus
Experiment Station recently told entomol-
ogists that when man sprays his plants and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-23

rid of the last As. 100000 acres of prickly pear.
The worry for scientists is that when the
Argentine moths cannot eat prickly pear they
like apples and other fruits next best
Probably this situation will resolve itself
all right for by that time the bug-hunters will
be able to find some good bug that will
prey on the moths.
Here and there, where it can be done,
man "domesticates" a bug and makes it
work for him in peaceful ways.
Thus. because the crawling, wriggling
larva of the silkworm spins its cocoon of
delicate fiber that man calls silk. the world
has luxurious fabrics that go into every
thing from stockings to parachutes.
In nature. before man knew about silk
stockings, the silkworm was the menacing
pest of the mulberry tree on which ii feeds
1t does to mulberries what Dutch Elm
disease does to stately elms If man were
as interested in mulberry trees as he is in
elms, or in saving the cotton from the boil
weevil, stern measures would be taken to
clamp down on the silkworm.
But because silk is so valuable the
pest" of the mulberry tree is the PAM
pered pet and valued worker for man and
silkworms are fed on their favorite food.
Other treasured good" bugs of man.
kind are the honey bee and the lac-scale.
Honey bees make one of Natures most
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-23


insect fifth eelumnists" to attack the pest.
Ideal recruits were found in the colorful
spotted ladybug Of Australia These were i'm
ported and rushed TO the battlefront In large
numbers In a few years the ladybugs had
won their fight against the parasitical scale
and saved the California citrus industry which
today ranks with gold production as major
industry of the State.
To the scolid wasp. another emigre from
Australia the lush gardens and fields OF
Hawaii now owe their existence. White grubs.
larvae of the June beetles, were overrunning
the beautiful islands But the wasps soon put
a stop to that. Whole squadrons of the tiny
fighters were imported and IL turned out that
they could destroy the "panzering" grubs
faster than the gribs could eat the Hawaiian
plants.
Still another wasp. the lara americana,
this time from South America is battling
the mole-cricket of Puerto Rico which has
infested tobacco fields vegetable gardens and
even sugar cane. Later reports from that
front" indicate that this flying Trojan
horse" has the situation well in hand.
In 1890 a few prickly pear plants were
brought into Australia to ornament home gar
dens. But these plant pets as it were, went
mad. or at least turned wild In the great
open spaces Down Under they found ideal
living conditions. and-most important-no
enemies. How the prickly pear prospered!
BY 1925 the plant pets had become pests
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-23

land. Some enemy managed
to keep it we'll within bounds
and under control.
The prickly pears enemy
turned out to be the tiny Ar
gentine moth. Taken to Aus
tralia the moth quickly re-
turned 100000 acres to its
original grazing and farm use.
There is still lots of work
for the moths to do in Aus
tralia, but scientists are al
ready worrying over what they
will eat IL and When they got
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-23

had overrun $4,000, 900
acres of Queensland and
New South Wales. most
of it good grazing and
farm land. Half of this
vast track had become a
veritable jungle from
three to five feet high and
SO thick no man or ami
NAL could walk through it.
To Australians the
task of freeing the land
from the prickly pear
seemed hopeless. They
hacked 1t down but the
bits that fell to the
ground sprouted and
growth came anew. The
seeds were found to re-
main alive for Is years.
ready to start new plants
at any time. Often the
cost of clearing the land
was more than the land
was worth.
Again the bug
hunters went into action.
They secured the Amer