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seed bed or in seed boxes. Keen
them moist but not wet. Shsdinp
helps TO keep the soil cool anG
moist. Pansies do not germinate
well in temperatures above rs de-.
grees, so plan to make two or threr
sowings.
Sulphur is considered an effectivr
fungicide. but during periods O
high temperatures it may Hjuro
the foliage of roses. During period
of extreme heat it is safer TO USE
bordeaux for the control of lea
spot and mildew.
Do not neglect the early spring
Towering perennials such as creep
ing phlox and pinks. They need
cultivation and feeding II they are
to continue to develop and make
fine display another year. If they
show signs of being straggly o.
not hesitate to shear them back.
August is poppy planting time
Select your varieties from the lis
recommended by the America
Poppy Society and place your orde.
now. Some catalogues list varietie
by the hundred, although the So
ciety only recommends 35 as being
worthy of dissemination.
The English ivy which makes
such a grand wall cover needs
helping hand to start. There are
various ways of fastening it to the
wall to make this start. One Of the
best is a small disk and wire that
is readily cemented TO the brick
Staples work fairly well, and there
are nails available that are espe-
cially designed for driving into brick
walls.
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Control the Grubs

This is the time of year when you
usually find your lawn full of grubs
and worms and sometimes full of
holes, where skunks have been dig
ging for the grubs. The thing to do
is to control the grubs and the
skunks will disappear. Apply ar
senate of lead (poison about five
pounds to every 1000 square feet
of lawn. Mix this arsenate OF lead
with a bushel of loan and then
spread it broadcast over the sur
face. Even spreading is very essen
tial to guard against burning the
grass. Then, of course. thoroughly
water the lawn so that the poison
will sink into the top 4 or 9 tnchAs
OF the soil.
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House Leeks
Interesting
SucculentS
Perfect Drainage
Is Essential for
These Plants

The sempervivums are most in
teresting group of small succulents
queer, thick -leaved little plants
consisting entirely of overlapping
rosettes of thick, rubbery leaves
from which rise strange, f1eshy
stems, crowded with odd flowers
They are chiefly valued for their
foliage and are suitable for dry,
half-shady or sunny places in the
wall and rock garden. Old rosettes
disappear after Towering, but these
are replaced by surrounding col
ony of new young plants-exact
replicas even in their finest stage
Plants may be readily propagated
by these offsets.
Sempervivums like rich, sandy,
completely drained locations. They
must have perfect drainage.
Plants are handsomer in color
ing if fed. So feed regularly with a
balanced plant food, at the rate OF
2 pounds per 100 square feet equiv
alent to one heaping teaspoonful
per square FOOT. Feed about once
every four weeks.
They do best in alternate sun
and shade.
Divide and reset every two to
three years-whenever the crowded
condition of plants would indicate
It Is necessary.
There is much confusion in the
naming of Sempervivums and some
nurseries who specialize in these
plants can positively identify only
a small percentage of the varieties
they handle. One specialist says
ne has over 200 varieties. yet OF
these he cannot surely identify l09o
Those varieties which he cannot
positively identify he sends out
under numbers,
Here are some of the varieties
commonly cataloged:
Semperviv arachnoldeum
(cobweb or spiderweb houseleek)
4 inches. Small dense rosettes in
close root association The tips OF
the gray-green leaves are laced to-
eether by cobweb of silvery
threads. The short-stemmed flowers
are bright red.
Sempervivum arenarium. Small
green rosettes in great numbers. A
sand-loving Species
Sempervivum fimbriatum. Red
dish, hairy leaves.
Sempervivum globiferum. Flat
tened roSetteS 2 to inches across:
the broad. uncrowded leaves gray
green lightly tipped brown: y Inch
yellow flowers in densely hairy
panicles 1 foot high.
Sempervivum soboliferum. to
IL inch globular light green
rosettes. Offsets are round balls
carried on the side of the mother
plant attached by slender threads.
Fall off at a touch and grow
wherever they fall. Pale yellow
flowers.
Sempervivum tectorum Chen
d-chickens'D. This is by far the
best known species-the funny old
plant always a source of delight to
MS youngsters in Grandmother Z
garden. The central rosette aver
ages 3 to inches across, with
long, up-curving, pale green leaves
having pointed tips; flowers are
pale-red. Hovering snugly all
around and even peeping up be-
tween the wings are the brood Of
tny little chicks"
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PhlOx Diseases

Phlox diseases are leaf blight, leaf
spot or mildew. Leaf blight causes
the gradual dying Of the leaves in
the lower half Of the plant. The
dead leaves usually cling to the
plant. These plants should be we'll
fertilised and should not grow too
close together.
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sulfur sprays should be applied
either in the dormant period or just
before the buds grow green, nicotine
sulfate sprays when the young scales
are Matching.
Aphids and leaf hoppers are most
readily checked by nicotine sulfate
and spreader. Rotenone-bearing
dusts or sprays are also effective
against aphids. Although nicotine
sulfate-spreader-sticker sprays are
effective against most species of
thrips which injure and disfigure
flowers, the gladiolus thrips are bet
ter handled by soaking the bulbs in
q seed-treating solution.
The red spider and other injurious
mites, especially when infesting
evergreens, may be fought by sum-
mer applications of derris, cube or
limbo sprays or dusts and oil.
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Control of Pests
Two Types of Insects Attack
Trees, Shrubs and Plants
By DR.. II. F. Diefz

the basic types Of insects that attack shade trees
Towering bulbs necessary effective control measures are
used.
which these fall chewing
often confu gardeners
them because each requires different method OF
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Prune HEDGES

Privet hedges should be pruned
now for the last time this season,
50 that the plants may have time
to ripen their new wood In prepara-
tton for another winter.
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Sow seeds of perennials and bien-
mails now if you would have strong
plants for Towering next summer.
Sow the seed in a well-prepared
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-15
Expelled Envoys To
 Include All ConsuIs
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| list were Dr. Manfred Zapp and Guenther Tom, American managers of Transocean News Service, Ger man News Agency, and pr. Kurt Keith, German diplomat who has been called "the No. Nazi in the United States" All three had been confined on Ellis Island, Dr. Keith awaiting deportation proceedings, Zapp and Tom awaiting trial on charge of failing to register as for eign agents.
 The Herald-Tribu said Keith was released yesterday and zapp and Tom last week. It said that the release of zapp and Tom repre- sented diplomatic "horse trade on the part of the state department by which 1t hoped to obtain the re- lease of Richard Hottelet, United Press Staff Correspondent. impris- oned in Berlin, and Jay Allen, cor- respondent of the North American Newspaper Alliance, imprisoned in occupied France.
 There were approximately 46o men, women and children-S26 Ger. mans and 12S Italians--who began boarding the West Point ct 6 Q. m. No one but the passengers were per. mitted aboard the ship or even through the cordon of police around the pier. Bon voyage parties had to be held on the sidewalk.
 The exact number of passengers will not be known until the ship sails. It had been scheduled to sail at 8 p. m, but 1t will not sail until 9 D. m. 50 that WiedemanYl and Borchers and their party, arriving in the early evening, can go along,
 Big Shots in Suites
 The big shots were in suites in Manhattan's swank hotels, awaiting sailing time. They included Baron Edgar von Spiegel iInd zu Peckel- sheiln, consul-general at New Or leans, who created 6 sensation 8 year ago by remarking publicly that Germany would remember the United States unfriendly attitude" after she had won the war, and Dr. Herbert W. Scholz, German consult general at Boston, Q Former body guard of Hitler's.
 They, Wiedemann, Borchers, men with the full rank of consul, and their families will get what remain of the luxurious suites aboard the West Point, which was built for the transatlantic trade but was not commissioned until after the
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Under-Secretary Of
 War Calls For Speed
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struction work, such as bases and schools, 940O, 100000 has been ob- ligated; not including work on over- seas bases, q per cent of this work has been concluded. A total of S26, ,377 900 has been spent for imS proving coats defenses during the past year, and 944.0o0.0o0 Is slated for expenditure this year. Ammu- milton storage, bombproot sheltrs, fire control structures and other nu- merous Improvements have been carried on in continental United States, Puerto Rico, Alaska and Hawaii.
 CHEMICAL WARFARE - There are now three gas mask assembly plants to make standard equipment, and i've Ion-con1batant mask as. semhly plants. There are sufficient training and battle gas masks avail able for the army.
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war suspended the trade. Ship wrights hadn't finished transforms ing the liner America into the naval transport West Point when she was called into service for this special mission, and someo the first class suites are intact. Consular ern- ployes, who form the bulk of the voyagers, will sleep in hunks tiered to the ceilings in barrack-like rooms.
 The transcontinental flight of Wiedemann and Borchers, their party and their baggage which weighed about five tons, cost the German government $14,S00. AL most all the baggage comprised the confidential files of the San Francisco consulate general. The l6 men and women and their per- sonal baggage could have fitted into one air liner and 1t would have cost two thirds less-$4,933 instead of $l4,8o0. But in that case the confidential files of the San Fran cisco consulate general would have had to SC into storage until after the war because the West Point probably will be the last means of getting to Germany and Italy with out running afoul of the British blockade, until the war is over.
 But on Sunday, when Wiedemann and BorcherS were trying to devise some means of catching the Jap anese liner that had sailed without them, they had been willing to spend $25, 600 to charter & clipper to take them to Honolulu. Borchers had flown to San Francisco from New York only last week in order to sail with Wiedemann to the Orient.
 Sails to Lisbon
 The West Point will sail direct to Lisbon. The British have given them and It's passengers a safe con. duct through the blockade. Pre- sunably, the German and Italian governments also have guaranteed its safe passage through the war; infested Atlantic. In Lisbon 1t will pick up the American consular ern- ployes and their families for the re- turn voyage.
 Some of the Germans and Italians displayed emotion as the time for their departure neared. Some had served in the United States for 20 years or more and their leave- taking, in view of the circumstances and the clouded future, was poig- nant to them. Wiedmann told his American friends in San Francisco that he hoped to come back.
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He said he had hoped to present the final terms of the Syrian con- vention to the House, but they had not yet been received in final form.
 "There are" he said, T believe some minor amendments which have been agreed upon but in substance they are entirely satisfactory to the government"
 He said that the situation respect ing the vital valley of the Nile had been considerably improved but said that a prophet would have been most impudent to have predicted two months ago that the whole Levant area would be cleaned up by mid July.
 Concern Over Debate
 Churchill expressed some concern on the effect overseas of British de- bate on war production.
 statements that our industry iS only working 75 per cent in some unspecified cases and the ministry of aircraft production is in chaos from top to bottom, give the geenral impression in the United States the dominions and particularly in Australia that things are being very il!-managed here and that we are not trying our best" he said.
 He said that these sensational statements do serious harm and moreover do not at all represent the immense and well directed efforts which are yielding remarkable re- suits in almost every field of war production"
 It was reported in diplomatic quarters that Britain, the United States and the Netherlands had been exchanging views for several days on far eastern developments and es- pecially on the indications that Japan might soon strike at French Indo- China.
 Anxious About Japan
 Britain was said to be especially anxious over the possibility that Japan might try to seize the great Camranh Bay naval base, one of the best in the world, in 8 combined army and navy movement.
 There was great interest also on the return to Moscow of Lieut.. Gen, Filip Golikov, chief of the Russian military mission, after what are called highly successful negotiations on mutual British Russia aid.
 It was indicated that before Col. ikov left, he and British military chieftains had gone far In working out a plan for close reciprocal aid.
 Informants expressed belief that now ceratin specific plans pertain ing both to military operations and supply schemes were being consid- cred here and at Moscow.
 Galikov was expected to return here within few days with con. crete suggestions for British - and possibly American--aid, and with additional confidential reports of the progress of fighting
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tContinued from Page D
 His duties were vague, and he was rarely seen at the Capitol. Saxon s contract was terminated on July l, at was learned.
 2. The special contract under which Llewelyn M. Reed, Milford has been receiving $400 monthly from the state since Dec. l., 1859, will be terminated on Aug. 15.
 Reed was hired by former Gov. Baldwin and former Finance Con- missioner Saxon to make survey of the states institutions with re- gard to heating plants and the use Of fuel. Recently, Reed has been located at Mansfield State Hospital, where he has been for some time.
 Reed, it was understood, has made several reports to the state finance commissioner's office on his work, and some minor recommendations have been put into practice.
 A feature of Reeds contract pro- vided that he pay his own expenses. Recently, 1t was reported, con- troversy developed over his expenses Mt Mansfield.
 Phelps move against Saxon and need was understood to be part of a DIan to do away, if possible. with zhe system of hiring persons out side the merit system by putting &heTn on the payroll under special 8nnfract, which needs only the ap- nYoval of the governor and the fi- nance commissioner.
 Phelps was known to be opposed to this procedure.
 8. Tn a statement to the United Frees. Phelps said he has begun an @nvessieation into the use by state 6nnIoges of state-owned automo- piles for private use.
 s.K have reports" Phelps said, ksant many state cars are being Asaad for private purposes. This asfst stop. It lg Q violation of state lasHles.
 Theusands Of dollars can be 4aa A state ears are used solely 4aT etate buslnem. We'll take the <sfs AWay from state employees If we
 a fhe nachines being used for 7&HaGe ngfTpcseg."
 |selps mld ho has several other
 ea in mind. but that no was not
 Agea 70 oiDslosa them At thiS
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 Included In the governors party were members of his military and naval staff, and group of Con- necticut newspapermen. The week-long trip was arranged to permit the governor to see as many Connecticut troops aS pos" sible.
 Informal Affair
 The visit to Camp Blanding later today will be an informal affair. The formal review of the 43rd divi- sion in honor of the governor will be held tomorrow.
 While the governor will make a brief inspection tour of Banding this afternoon, Mrs. Hurley was expected to visit the Base hos- pital and talk to Connecticut Sol- diers who are i'll.
 The givernor's wife promised several mothers back home she would visit "the boys" in the hos pital and would write on how they were getting along. Mrs. Hurley Is g. trained nurse.
 The possibility still existed the governor and his party would 2is- 1t Cap Wheeler at Macon, Ga, on Thursday. If the trip is made, it may be done in a U. s, army plane. Some Connecticut troops still were stationed at Wheeler, basic train- ing camp.
 Women in the party are being entertained by Mrs. Payne, wife of the base commander.
 Gov. Hurley was scheduled to make radio talk over a local sta- ton tonight.
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ALUMINIUM FOR
 DEFENSE DRIVE

Continued from Page D Murphy, health department inspec- tor, was serving as liaison officer.
 Encouraging reports were re- ceived from each of the 32 vot- ing districts, where political party workers, Boy Scouts, Girls club members, club and society members and many other volunteers were busy collecting.
 MT. Maloney and MT. Scott aa- nounced that householders wh o have aluminium to contribute and have not been visited by collectors should telephone the. nearest fire station. The metal will then be picked up by volunteers. Those who wish can bring their contributions to the nearest school or firehouse.
 scheoI Buildings Open
 School buildings will be open from T to Q o'clock each night this week and committee members will be on hand to receive cons tributions. Warehouses are open Ss hours . day.
 The house-t0-hOuse canvass is turning up thousands of aluminium articles. from household utensils down to hair euFlers. Many pounds of pure sheet aluminium heVe also been contributed.
 Many passers . by stopped this morning ln front Of the city hall to watch the contents Of huge esns tral bin rise steadily as more and more contributions were poured an. ny the end Of the week, lt ls exs peeted, the bin will be filled io overgiowing.
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least one instance" Kennedy said lone of the principal agents. com plained that couriers were coming to his house and arranged to make his contacts at the railroad station in the town where he lived"
 Couriers were established as crew members aboard steamers, Kennedy said. and were supplied with pass words.
 "If the name of town or a per- son in Germany had definite significance for the agent supplying the information" Kennedy said, the courier was instructed in mak- ing contact to use 8 formula em- ploying the name of that town or person. If an agent, for example, had some family connection with Dresden, the courier might say, Greetings from Dresden If the agent was very well known to a man in Germany by the name of Schmitt, the courier's formula would be Greetings from Schmitt.'
 Greetings" was the key word with the others being added for identi- 4cation purposes, Kennedy said.
 Compensation of Agents
 Compensation of agents, Kennedy said, was in some instances made with money from banks in Mexico, South America and Holland. The money would be credited to the ac- count of the agent at New York banks. Tn many cases American currency was given to the couriers who passed 1t on to the local agents.
 4 frequently employed means of communication, Kennedy said, was the microscopy"
 "Au agents were trained sl the use Of the camera and the making Of microphot otogTaphic copies. By this method . document written on crdi. nary letter paper can be reduced to Q photograph about one inch square, This photograph can be read with tne aid Of @ powerful EnaGnifying glass, and thus . courier could carry in his vest pocket detailed instFue. Llone Tor as many as half \ dDHeD agents."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-15
BROADCASTERS OF
 AMERICA HALTED

Rome, July 15-(UP)-David An. derson of Berkeley, Cal, National Broadcasting company representa-. tive in Rome, was informed by the ministry of popular culture today that the facilities of Italian stations were no longer at the disposal of American broadcasters.
 The prohibition, conveyed to An- derson by Admiral Giuseppe Pesion, inspector general of the radio de- partment of the ministry of popular culture, followed the recent action of the Columbia Broadcasting Eys- tenn in withdrawing its Rome repre-. sentative, Charles Barbe.
 Anderson at present is the only American broadcaster in Rome.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-15
German Govt. Under
 Indictment Of U. s,
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atives, agents and employees, the indictment said, also gathered in. formation relating to the move. ment, description and cargo of ships of American and foreign registry, setting up for that purpose an elaborate organization of spies.
 From April i. l9se, to the present the indictment said, the defendant; operated for Germany at Detroit Santa Monica, Calf: Budapest Hungary: Stockholm. Sweden; Der. lin, Bremen and Hamburg in Ger many; Coimbra and LSbon, Portu. gal; Genoa, Milan and Rome ir Italy; Santos, Sac Paulo and Ric de Janeiro in Brazil; Lima. Peru; Madrid, Shanghai and lat othel places to the grand jurors un' known"
 All the defendants, 1t wal charged, "unlawfully. wilfully and feloniously did combine, conSpire confederate and agree, together and with each other, and with the gov- ernment of the German Reich," to transmit defense data to the injury of the United States.
 Conspiracy Details
 The indictment detailed what United States Attorney Hahold M Kennedy called the i've elements 'of every large scale spy conspir- acy"-the recruiting of agents, the accumulation of information, the dispatch of such information, the receipt of informatino. and com pensation of the agents.
 Persons travelling back and forth on ships between the United States and Germany were approached and particular attention was paid to persons of German birth who were neturalized Americans" Kennedy said.
 "Once established in this coup- try" he continued, instructions to the agents were to acquire whateveE information they could; tO refrain from any public pF0-Nagi activities and to secure, 4 possible, ala eas abolished and responsible position in the community,
 "AIl Of tlaeiF activities were ghrDuded in secrecy, tn many ttl- stances the agents unknown 70 each other, although they used the Gafne contacts for transmitting their iFl' formation to the ether sids."
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AEAscOTs CLUTTER Up cAAfp

HettleShufg, Mlsas-fUpl--When lhe sTth Division left Camp ehsl. py % goln IlaneuVeFs in Lsul6lana lllaAeel& stayed at shone." WOm0 gilaEds had about flve dozen a0ga, @ parrot a hkunk, ag even 0oaen goats and several mules to care for.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-15
PRUNE POPULARITY PUSHED

Davis, Cal. (UP)--Because the na- ton refuses to eat ag many prnnes as California can grow the State College Of Agriculture has advised the PIlIne Institute to try put glas mouF into It's product. Suggestions made were pTins fee cream, pFuHe milk shakes, prune candy bars, ready.to-sat dFy.paekspruEies ard prlne drinks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-15
BARBER oN yoB @ YEARs

xsnt. ohie-tUP)-clyae xAghI' boring in this elty. Me began e9 Mn anpFentle@ in IeD0 when 70" Givldalll ahnVlag mags lined tho NhAlEes e haFb0y Gaopa.