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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-28

thing 10 put II out. Then. third.
i the fact that the American
tanks treads are much too mar
row for the Kind OF muddy.
swampy ground we have In Rus
STA. Fer this reason your tanks
bog down more easily than ours
do and they are difficult to
maneuver.s
EIGHT SERIOUS FAULTS
SO far Maj. Irmakov had men,
toned criticisms OF the Gen. Grant
which we had heard before. but
never from someone 80 well quail
flied 10 speak with final authori-
~. As regards American tanks
in Russia. these particular weak
nesses long ago ceased 10 be
military secret as far as the Ger
mans are concerned. But the Red
Army's tank battalion commander
had by no means finished his re-
port.
Maj. Irmakov cited five more
specific items about the Ms tank
which heightened its vulnerability
or handicapped TO a notable de-
gree its offensive capacity. He
explained each point clearly. con-
vincingly and in some cases told
how improvements could be made
with a comparatively simple alter
alton here or there. These. how
ever, are not matters 10 be re-
ported in daily newspapers in
wartime.
Nevertheless, there was no par
ticular. consolation for American
pride in the fact that in the Second
World War already under way.
such great industrial power as
the United States should produce
a medium tank with no less than
eight serious faults or weaknesses.
EXPECTED THE BEST
With only 20 years of Industrial
ization, the Soviet Union had pro-
duced an infinitely stronger and
less inflammable tank than the
Gen. Grant, a very considerable
period before the Finnish War. ]
hastened to explain to the major
and his men that Soviet engineers
had spent more than 10 years de-
signing and building tanks, before
the war began. whereas Americas
tank industry was only created in
less than two years.
There Is newer and improved
American medium tank" said.
land II Is certain that some OF
the faults you mention have been
eliminated. Whether all OF them
have, / don't know. One thing.
however. you can count on: Amer
leans are an extremely adaptable
people and quick 10 learn by ex-
perience. Our industrialists have
certainly improved their tank tech
nique and they Will continue 10
do so"
I'VE had expected that your
tanks would be among the
best" the major replied. simp-
~. Then he added: There
are one or two things on tho
good side I meant TO men,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-25
IXIHl

conenct the link up the scattered labors of the world into 8 bene- ficial whole, to have sense of his own destiny.
 Late in the spring Paris crossed the Aberdeen campus one afternoon just as the public school across the way was being dismissed for the day. He heard the mixed chatter of the released prisoners, as clash up- on clash of soprano dissonances chopped the air.
 Paris watched the crowd of children thin and go away. Just a few years ago he had been one of them, he and Drake, Cassie, Randy, eVra, Peyton and all the others.
 He looked across the school yard, down across the hill, beyond the wide sweep of the creek with its plumy willows. He could see the soft-leafed grove of naples where his old home stood, where Elise lived.
 Paris followed the road, past the Macintoshes, across the bridge, along the sandy avenue just threaded with the scant shadows of the birches. Now, at last, he lifted his eyes toward the house Elise was standing on the terrace She raised her arm straight above her head and waved, a gay, happy childish gesture. Then she ran down the terrace steps on her way to meet him.
 (THE END)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-25
TONNE CHILDREN IN FOSTER HOME
Mother in Litchfield Jail Working Out ThOmastOn
 Fine Of'$5O, Costs

Thomastor, March 25. Two small children of Mrs. Gladys Towne, 24, who has been taken to Litchfield County Jail to work out 8 fine of $50 costs imposed in Town Court on a lescivious carriage charge, have been placed in foster homes until their place of estab- lished residence for welfare purposes can be determined, it was learned Tuesday,.
 Mrs. Towne, her sister, and two Waterbury men are all equally fined on similar charges which arose out of a raid by police on a tourist camp on Waterbury Road.
 The investigation resulted, police said, when they learned that Mrs. Towne had given one of the chil- dren, years-old daughter, to aDniel De Stiso of Waterbury. De Stiso is divorced from his wife who dren. He admired Mrs. Towne's lit- dren. He admired Hrs. Towne's lit- tie girl, he told police, and the woman gave the child to him. He took the girl to the home of his parents who reported the situation to the police.
 Miss Marjorie Farley, juvenile probation officer for Litchfield and Fairfield counties, took charge of the two small children after the raid was made and has placed them in a foster home, she reported Tues day night. They will continue to be thus cared for until more can be learned of where the mother lived and until decision is made on the question of taking them from her control.
 Mrs. Towne told police that her husband was last living in Texas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-25

eyes O44 4G' AAoN he been promot- ed to some high rankP Or was he 8 top non-com- missioned off, cer?
 2. Who is this Ma jo. Vidkun Quisling whose last, name has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-25

given a new symbol Tor treachery 10 speakers and writers of the Eng fish language? Was he Dutch, Jugoslav, Norwegian, or Po'ish?
 3. Papers are full of the ex- ploits of the American VoIun ger Group, often abbreviated to A. V. G. Have these flying men been serving in the English Channel, China, Java or Libya?
 Answers on Back Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-25
ITALIAN PRISONERS WORTH
 LESS

London CUP)-Italian prisoners in England have proved themselves worthless as land laborers. They are paid only sixpence anhour, but htey do so little work that county agricultural committees believ their employment is false economy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-25
3 WAR QUIZ

1. The youngster in his Navy blue uniform wore 8 single gold band on his sleeve and his ador- ing parents could not keep their
Evening star., 1942-03-29
The Garden Notebook

spring gardening work the dement and injury Of those plants
that slow make their appearance spring
OF the of lily and thus destroy its bloom
the If the plants marked with label
not apt to happen but most gardeners labels
forget
should carefully
xI0
for the ANIMALS
early vegetables plants however it
best the instructions the seed packet For the
na5ds KINDS plant from March 20 to Apr TO- the tender XII kinds
before late April early May depending
Some seeds do best when planted a soil while
others hot dry situation planted under the opposite kind
of conditions they will burn Take time to read the
instructions on the packet
Rolling lawn when it using roller that
heavy puddle
soil force out the air Roots kinds of plants
thrive The objective rolling lawn
into the soil heavy roller is needed for this
purpose
are n f 70. the sad
five feet tall Plant them soil well supplied with
(peat leafmod fairly
a prepsleo o , ~ Is oes 70 psn ~o OF NOR. si.Tes % 70
wtlding
superior to most native plants and has been extensively used in
the production of the improved varieties
CA&4l
should worked when they that
gently Then the chunk in the palm Of the hand
crumbes the soil enough work Another
to note the soil turned up by the spade sstensndatns
Working soils when too wet njure them that it will
take regain their normal texture 1t is better
wait day two than to take chances
Severe pruning sS {9r lars. shrubs and trees even
the medium benefit Balancing the the often
the difference between vigorous growth and death
Most of like to buy the largest sized plants and shrubs
obtanabe and them intact when planting This hardly
reasonable the its
system and the shock receives ranpanng large
plant receive such setback planting that will
small bush the other hand
comparatively little shock and start making stronger
growth and often will within two three make better
showing
ZeEfH
Now the time to divide and fall Towering perenna
Do delay any longer than necessary
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Trees Jeopardized
By Suspension of
Control Plans

Suspension Of search in Japan for
beneficial parasites of the Japanese
beetle and curtailment of domestic
insect control plans because of the
war seriously jeopardize America S
millions of shade trees and their
protective camouflage value, 1t has
been warned.
Although insect pests annually
cause this country about one-and-
a-half billion dollars loss each year,
their adequate control is generally
an overlooked phase of our war
effort. The japanese beetle, gypsy
lnoyh and elm leaf beetle all are
more widely distributed today than
40 years ago. Thorough, timely
and continuous spraying is impera-
tive lest their ravages cause wide
spread defoliation and serious in
jury to our trees.
Limiting the amount of spraying
in certain localities to conserve
chemicals may be possible, but COM
plete suspension of control opera
tions would be most unwise. Ento-
mologists and tree experts should be
consulted whenever control curtail-
ment is under consideration. Their
advice may prevent serious disaster
to one of the Nations most valuable
physical and esthetic assets.
Evening star., 1942-03-29

The delicate "Dainy Maid" center, is delicate nvd.
pink Its befaled single blooms exceptionally
dainty and afracfve and ildrose fragrance adds its
charm Plant this along drive,Uoy around borches,
or where and enjoy from ,cindow dur.
ing its ve months of continual bloom Good Nevs above,
has buds of cobbery pink opening sowy great 60
bef0led blooms ,ch eloUns cobbery CENTER tonine
she'll pink the outer petals The rigorous plants produce
their splendid fopers almost continuously
Evening star., 1942-03-29

weeds in which the rocks were
formerly half hidden.
On the other side Of the ledger
there was the impression of massed
paintings wherever one looked. This
was necessary in the show but the
home gardener cannot afford to
follow such a practice. Shrubs and
trees need room for roots to forage
for food and moisture. We cannot
be moving them about every year
or two. The best approach Is to
plant them at normal intervals and
thin them when they begin to crowd
too much for good growth.
Very few of the exhibition gar
dens were of the strictly formal
type. Most of them were informal
homelike gardens which we like
to think of as fitting our needs.
This would seem to be a worth
while tendency and one that most
of us might copy. We should not
try to have our gardens stiff and
formal but simple and useful The
simpler that we make them the
easier they will be to keep up dur.
ing a period of labor shortage.
ANIMALS were used with very sat-
isfactory effect to supplement the
perennials and shrubs in many Of
the displays. This should be en-
couraging to the beginner who can
not afford to assume the expense
of doing a complete landscaping
lob at this time.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Work Against
Destruction
Gardens
Preparation Made
Now WinCheCk
Future Injury

With the approach of the vege-
table and flower garden planting,
the necessity of making prepara-
tions to prevent injury to plants
| rather than to try to repair the
damage after 1t has been done Is
pointed out.
Probably the first group of in
sectS to attack paintings will be
some of the cut worms. These
of several species of dark-colored
moths which are active at night.
Both vegetable and flower crops
are destroyed by cut worms and they
are present in all parts of the coun-
try. Recently set or young seed
ling plants are often cut of dur
ing the night, usually near the
ground line and left lying to wilt.
During the day the caterpillars are
found in the soil an inch or so deep
and when disturbed curl up and
feign death.
Certain plots will likely contain
more worms than others. If plot
was in garden last year and we'll
cultivated, the number Of cut worms
will be less than in a plot which
Is put to garden use for the first
time this year. This will be more
evident if the plot was in heavy
| grass or weeds last year. Weedy
or grassy plots are certain to con-
tain some cut worms. Gardeners
are urged to collect and destroy all
cut worms as they dig and culti-
| vate the soil. 1t is we'll to dispose
of weedy material and refuse found
about the edge of the garden. Cut
worms as well as a number of other
insects may come from these to at
tack the plants.
At planting time certain precau-
tions should be taken against pos
sible damage by cut worms. Paper
collars may be placed about each
plant as it IS transplanted to the
garden.
In large gardens and fields it
may be necessary to use a poison
bait for cut-worm control This
bait is prepared from wheat bran,
Paris green, molasses, a bit of fruit
and water. To prepare a small lot,
use one quart of wheat bran, one
teaspoon of Paris green. three tea
spoonfuls Of molasses and one quar-
ter of an orange. Mix the dry ma
terials well together; the orange
is chopped fine and mixed with
the molaSSeS and added to the dry
mixture. Then add enough water
to make q thick mash.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Exhibit Divisions of
NarcissuS Show
Are Announced

Twenty-three exhibit divisions are
open to the public, while three addi-
tional classes are restricted to clubs
and club members, in the Eleventh
Annual 'Narcissus Show of the
Garden Club of Virginia which will
be held in Alexandria at Gadsby's
Tavern on April 10 and II, 1t has
been announced by Mrs. Louis
Scott, program chairman of the
Garden Club of Alexandria.
The exhibits in which the public
is invited to make entries include
eleven classes of narcissuses, three
arrangement classes, and nine spe-
cial groups.
OF particular interest not only ta
narcissus growers but also to the
public is the stress being placed in
the 1912 show upon the work of
American hybridizers of narcissus,
according to Miss Jennette Rustin
of Charlottesville, chairman of the
State Narcissus Test Committee
The work of the narcissus hybrid
izers in this country has attained
new importance with the effect of
the war on the importation of bulbs
The Garden Club Of Virginia hopes
to increase the interest being taken
in this work A special cup will be
awarded to the winner of the Amer
| iican hybridizers' class.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Lawn Seeding
Can Be Done
In Spring
Make a Temporary
Planting Rather
Than Risk Loss

Although the best period Of the
year to SOW lawn grass is late sum-
mer and early fall, many seedlings
are made in the spring. And it
frequently happens that a spring
seeding is made rather hurriedly
on poorly prepared land, with the
result that the new lawn gets of
to bad start For that reason,
some home owners who contemplate
sowing new lawns this spring might
well consider starting a temporary
lawn instead, deferring the perma-
nent seeding to a later time.
A luXuriant temporary lawn may
be produced in a few weeks from
spring sowing with either perennial
or domestic ryegrass.
The area to be seeded is either
spaded or loosened to a depth of
at least 2 inches with a hoe or
grub hoe. A mixed or complete
fertilizer, such as 5-10-5 or 5-10-10,
at the rate of Is to IS pounds to
1000 square feet, is then evenly ap-
piled and raked into the soil. Rye
grass is then seeded at the rate Of
from S to pounds to 1000 square
feet and covered with soil by
light raking. The soil surface is
kept moderately moist until the
grass is we'll started. after which
it is moved at a. height of about 2
inches.
This temporary lawn is spaded
or plowed under in August in prep
aration for the permanent seeding.
1t is well to allow at least a month
between spading and seeding, dur
ing which period the soil surface
is raked at intervals to encourage
the termination of weed seeds and
to kill the seedlings. This is your
opportunity to get the upperhand
on crab-grass and other lawn weeds.
Evening star., 1942-03-29

Crops Occupying The Ground of Growing Season:
Beans pole, Okra Pumpkins
lima Onions Satisfy
Squash, winter
Spinach, New Zealand
Eggpants Tomatoes
Watermelons
Potatoes, Iish late
Followed Others:
Potatoes early
Spinach
green
Kohrah Rutabagas spring
Which Follow Others:
Beans, Lettuce Rutabagas fall
Spinach
Turnips, fall
Which Utilized in Interplanting
quick-maturing, Later, slower growing,
wder-spaced
Beans, bush Onions sets Broccoli Pumpkins
Beet early Peas, early Brussels Sprouts Spinach
Carrots early Radshes Corn New zealand
Lettuce Spinach Cucunbers Tomatoes
Muskmelons Squash
Cabbage Waermelons
Crops Be Together Same Row:
Quick terminating and Slower terminating and
maturing maturing
etalc leaf adish
Mustard Spinach Parsnips
Satisfy
Spinach,
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Large Flower Shows Give
Many Valuable Lessons
To the Home Gardener
Backgrounds Do Not Detract
From a Center of Interest
When Carefully Placed
By ". II. Younpman

The big flower
but many valuable lessons only will heed them While
color ana the attractive garden pictures vie with the landscape
should
or the gardens enough distract attention from the deeper
and more educational phases of the show
However let's mention few of the obvious lessons to be
carefully placed backgrounds couldn't
anything but that which the guiding hand the architect intended
that we should He not only painted his picture with flowers shrubs and
insisted that undivided
exhibit placed
frame the points of interest Those shrubs many
Usually
mentation help focus attention bird pool
might used for the but always
integral part of the picture.
materially beauty
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Small Vegetable Garden
Can Be Very Productive
If 1ntensively Cropped
To Get the Most From a Plot
Companion and Succession
Planting Should Be Done
By the Master Gardener


surprising these fresh vegetables garden heD cut
down the family food budget
small plot, companion
should
Companion cropping the growing
the small
other when full longer
space until
between the
spinach onions from spring radshe planted
cabbage cauifower
together rad
break the ground for the and will be
big crowded by
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Calendar of Garden Dates

April 2-3-Savannah, Ga. Gar
den pilgrimage.
April 1911 Alexandria, Va.
Eleventh Annual NarciSSus Show
of the Garden Club of Virginia.
Gadsby's Tavern.
April 2S-May 3-Oakland, Calf.
California Spring Garden Show.
Lakeside Park.
April 24-Annual garden tour
Of Wesley Heights, Florence Crit
tendon Circle, from 1:30 to 7 pm.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Trowel Club Has
Guest Speaker

The Trowel Club will meet at
the home of Mrs. Stuart o. Foster,
1920 Charleston terrace, at 2:30 pm
tomorrow. After the business meet
ing Stephen James will speak
on "Delphinium and its cultivation
in and. around Washington"
Evening star., 1942-03-29

Cle scenes was CIe CdTe1ul balance
and size of the various parts. This
is something that all of us seek to
gain but find it hard to keep. In
dividual shrubs and trees Of the
proper sizes when planted will grow
up and at varying rates. However. If
we are a bit more careful in our
selection of kinds and varieties this
might not be quite so difficult to
master.
Where colors were important a
sufficient number Of shrubs or plants
of one variety were used to produce
a mass color effect. This is COM
paratively easy to obtain in the
home garden if we will not insist
upon having one of this and one of
that. Let's stick to the color value
and have sufficient plants of one
kind to produce the desired effect.
Why do our rock gardens so seldom
look as though the different fea-
lures or parts belonged together?
Perhaps we do not approach the
problem in the same way these
landscape folks do. They go out into
the fields or the mountains and look
about for something good. When
they find it they take pictures and
make accurate measurements. Then
the rocks are carefully excavated
and hauled to the show room. There
they are placed in the exact posi-
ton in which they we're found. No
wonder these exhibits look natural!
They are in the same positions that
they have occupied for many CEN
turies. Oh, yes, tiny plants are
added and a nice lawn replaced the
Evening star., 1942-03-29

February 15-Aprl 15-Charles-
ton, S. c. Spring floral displays
at magnolia, cypress and Middle
ton gardens.
February 16-April 9-Vicksburg,
Miss. Annual Vicksburg pilgrim
age.
March 7-Apil7-Natchez Miss.
Annual pilgrimage of the Natchez
Garden Club.
May 14-17-Chicago, Ill. elsie.
Ill). Sixteenth Annual Chicago
y7ower Show. Thornhill farm.
Evening star., 1942-03-29

Because OF its importance upon the building and
tenance of morale, gardening is gaining and
recognition Americans are ENCOURAGED to get the most
out OF the plants they have and try Those
ho ero,c ciH find in the lovely "Narsisse above
OF the finest variees that has appeared years. The
abrcoyellow buds and the e.yeo,c blooms are e.
cebtionay large and borne vigorous plants This
IS to cherish for exhibition blooms for the form
perfect the size unusual and the heavy terfued satny
petals enable the fo,Cers last for days ,chen cut
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Prune Raspberry Bushes

Raspberry bushes must be pruned
every year If they are to be long
lived and productive Without prun-
ing, the bushes become choked with
deadwood and a super abundance
of new canes, so that the fruiting
canes are weakened greatly.
Evening star., 1942-03-29


them. Pulling the radishes also
serves to thin the carrots to proper
distances apart in the row.
Lettuce, spinach, early beets, kohl
rabi, radishes or early turnips may
be planted between tomato, melon,
squash or cucumber plants and also
between the rows.
Succession crops are those that are
grown on the same land in one sea-
son, one crop occupying the soil a
portion OF the season and another
following it. 1t is advisable to fol-
low the first crop with a dissimilar
one, If possible, to aid in the control
OF insects and diseases-that is, fol-
low a leaf crop with a root crop,
and vice versa-for instance, rad
ishes followed by lettuce and lettuce
followed by turnips.
In any intensive gardening pro-
gram that embodies either COM
panion or succession cropping. or
both, feeding is most important
factor to consider, because such in
tensive gardening takes an enor-
nous amount of nourishment from
the soil. Always use a food that
contains all II of the elements which
plants must secure from the soil.
The following tables will enable
you to work out plan that will
make the best possible use Of the
area you have available:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-13
Christian Service
 President Renamed
Mrs. John PIatt Elected Vce-President, Mrs. Frank
 Wilson Secretary and Ruth Norton Treasurer
W ATERVI,LLE

ing. It has been the custom to al- ternate the meetings, first in the afternoon, and the following month in the evening. However, 1t was vot- ed Wednesday night all meetings in the future will be held in the evening.
 The society will be in charge of a Lenten church service, Tuesday evening, March 31 at o'clock.
 Present were: Mrs. Arthur Twelves Mrs. Frank Wilson, Mrs. Charles Prohert, Mrs. Eva Kott, Mrs. Niles Munson, Miss Olive Dyson, Mrs. Dyson. Mrs. Charles Greene, Mrs. Russell Atherton, Mrs. Mary Lowell, Mrs. Lester Niven, Mrs. Dorothy Leonard, Mrs. James Brodie, Mrs. Vincent Leonard, Mrs. Elizabeth Jenny, Mrs. Douglas Estelle, Mrs. John Johnson, Mrs. Allan Fairhurst, Mrs. Harry Stride, Mrs. Harry Lat timer, Mrs. Chester Brickett, Mrs. Joseph Caron, Mrs. John Platt, Miss Ruth Norton, Mrs. Leon Lafferty and 8 visitor, Mrs. Doris Dorman. A social hour followed, when Mrs. Vincent Leonard and Mrs. Wilson, were the hostesses.