Evening star., 1942-10-03
Diplomats Children
To Broadcast Today
AT Garden Show
Leaders Join in Preview
Of Army-Novy Benefit
Event Lost Night


An international broadcast By
children of diplomatic representa-
tives here of the 20 United Nations
this afternoon will feature the Vic.
tory Garden Harvest Show which
opened at Riverside Stadium last
night with special preview at.
tended by officials of the Army
Navy. Marine Corps and the Fed.
eral Government. =
In q preview program broadcast
over Station WMAL, Rear Admira
j. O. Richardson and Mai. Gen
Erving j. Phillipson, representing
the Navy Relief Society and the
Army Emergency Relief, Inc, tc
which the proceeds of the show are
TO be given, stressed the importance
of Army and Navy relief for the
families of servicemen who face
emergency disaster.
Our soldiers who are on far-hung
battle grounds of the United Ma
tions," Gen. Phillipson said, are glad
to know that there are relief agen-
cies to care for their families in the
event Of an emergency disaster back
home"
Wives of Leaders Speak.
Mrs Thomas Holcom5, wife OF
1t. Gen. Holcomb, commandant of
the Marine Corps, who could not
be present at last nights preview
expressed keen delight that so many
in and near Washington were plant
ing victory gardens and said that
1t was practical for us to produce a
great deal of what we consume. Mrs,
Doolittle, wife of Brig. Gen. James
A. Doolittle, who also could not be
present last night, added her praise
to victory gardeners and said that
the show here is one of the best
In the entire country.
Grover B. Hill, Assistant Secretary
OF Agriculture, congratulated gar
deners on their wonderful displays
and added that many things can
be done back home to back up the
Army.
TT is not for all of us to do the
heroic thing on the field of battle -
he said, but we can do our part by
taking care of ourselves through
victory gardens and allowing more
food for the use of our fighting
forces"
Arriving at the preview just after
the broadcast, Gen and Mrs. George
c. Marshall were shown rows of ex-
hlbits of fruits, vegetables and
canned goods. passing finally to a
vegetable display where the general
and his wife were treated to taste
of a new Chinese vegetable, celtuce.
After a nibble on the plant, which
somewhat resembles Swiss chard, the
general pronounced it good"
Hill Has His Own Garden.
A small-scale gardener while away
from his Texas home, Mr.. Hill who
tends go by so foot garden at his
Falls Church residence, said that he
had raised the Chinese celtuce last
summer and called it very satisfac-
tory vegetable.
During the broadcast last night,
In the midst of a number by the
Marine Corps Band, two Boy Scouts
edged close to the end of the plat
form where Mrs. Doolittle was seat
ed and asked the generals wife for
her autograph
The boys really didn't want my
signature, Mrs. Doolittle said later.
They asked me if Gen. Jimmy
Doolittle's wife would please sign
their books"
At the end Of the program Mrs.
Doolittle was met by other Scouts
who wanted the signature of the
"generals wife" Admiral Richard
son and Gen. Phillipson also were
beseiged by autograph hunters.
f Following today's international
chlldrens broadcast, which will be
carried from 2 to 2:30 pm. over
Station WMAL, the harvest show
will feature Frank Portillo, famous
Ringing Bros. and Barnum and
Bailey circus clown, the Navy Yard
Band, stage and screen stars, musi-
clans and a monster grab bag"
The show here, one of 10000 being
staged throughout the Nation to
raise s2,000,O00 fund for Army and
Navy relief organizations, will con-
tinue tomorrow afternoon with a
special musical program by the COM
bined mems and girls glee clubs of
the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. and will end tomorrow
evening following a concert by the
Army Band.
Prizes Are Listed.
4 Prizes in the competitive exhibits
announced last night are as follows
Highest scores in flower exhibits
other than dahlias-Mr. and Mrs
Floyd F. Smith of the Silver Spring
CMdD Garden Club; Mrs. Walter
Wyatt of the Trowel Club: F. S
Pohanka of the Takoma Park md. }
Horticultural Society; Mr.. and Mrs
j. j. Sazama of the Takoma Park
Horticultural Society; Mrs. E. c.
Simmons of the Silver Spring Gar
den Club, and Mrs. M. K. Macknet
of the Silver Spring Garden Club.
In inter-club competition in floral
arrangements, Silver Spring Gar
den Club and Washington Garden
Club tied for first places; Belle Ha-
ven (VaD Garden Club and Takoma
Park Horticultural Society tied for
second place; Trowel Club and For
est Hill Garden Club tied for third
place, and Wesley Heights Garden
Club and Chevy Chase Garden Club
tied for fourth place.
Harvest arrangement of vegetables
and fruits-Trowel Club, first; For
est Hills Garden Club, second; Belle
Haven Garden Club, third; Wesley
Heights Garden Club, fourth.
Rockville School Is Winner.
School victory garden exhibits
Rockville (Md) Parent-Teacher As
sociation, first; Prince Georges
Parent Teacher Association, second
In this classification, the District
colored schools were given a special
blue ribbon for their exhibit.
Mrs. T. Wade jenkins of the Belle
Haven Garden Club received first
place for the best floral arrange
ment.
One exhibit depicting South
American village, prepared by the