davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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based upon the number 10 as the
acme of perfection. AS yet there
is no variety which has attained
this high standard in the symposium
voting. The nearest, LIE Cygne, has
rating of 90.
A bit of caution, perhaps may be
worth while. Do not confuse the
price of the plant with the beauty
of the bloom. Some of the prettiest
and most satisfactory plants have
the lowest price; Festiva maxima,
a peony which SO out of every 100
persons admire greatly, IS very In
expensive. Granting new origina-
ton is worth being put on the
market, the time elapsing from the
planting of the seed to the introduc-
ton of the plant will average IL
years. Naturally the root OF the
plant is expensive and will continue
TO be so for some years.
If you wish to start new plant
ing or to add to your stock, look at
the plants in your neighbor's garden.
visit the commercial growers, and
attend some of the garden club
shows. This is the best way to make
your selections; catalogue descrip-
tions are oftentimes misleading.
Many people have asked me what
varieties I would take if had my
choice of about 10 peonies. That
is a rather limited number, but TAX
ing into consideration the habit of
growth, the abundance of bloom and
general satisfaction derived, I would
specify:
Walter Paxton. This is prolific
medium-sized double and comes
into bloom about midseason. 1t is
shell-pink with a lovely luminous
intensity.
Kelway's Glorious (9.8). The
creamy suffusion in the depths of
this gorgeous white give it added
distinction. 1t is a splendid grower
with dark green foliage.
Jeannot (9.2) is large double
variety with late-blooming flowers
which are rose pink with a distinct
overcast OF pdlc NIOlcl.
Alice Harding (95) was the 500
peony few years ago, but it is now
reasonably priced. It's large double
flowers bloom in midseason. The
outer guard petals are evenly
rounded, flesh pink in color, and
surround a cluster of creamy white
inner petals.
Helen (9.0) has single blooms and
in addition to it's beauty it is very
early, perhaps one of the earliest
dark pink petals surround mass
of golden stamens.
Festiva maxima (9.3). While this
is one of our oldest varieties, pro-
duced by Meillez in 1851, it is al
ways popular because of its large
white blooms with prominent Grim
son fakes appearing on a few CEN
tral petals.
Matilda Lewis 900 is extremely
dark red, particularly in the sun
light. A large double, it blooms
rather late in the season.
LIE Cygne (99 is an early, large
double white. When opening it is
tinged with ivory, but be-
comes pure white as it develops. The
large foliage is deep green.
Solange (9.D is large double and
blooms very late 1t has very COM
pact blooms requiring several days
to open fully. The color is creamy
white with a suffusion of pale SAL
mon pink.
Richard Carvel (88) is a large
early blooming variety. 1t has a
rich red color and is long-lasting.
For every variety in the above list
here are dozen or so others which
are of equal merit and perhaps more
to others.
Work on the hybridization Of
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I1dflllS W SCU oP q NA No SN~
basement.
1t is far more sensible for the
home gardener to be supplied with
simple reasonably effective spray
program and have it widely used
than it is to have the majority OF
gardeners growing flowers and max
ing no effort to stop disease and
insects.
This is not at all unreasonable.
There are just two primary poisons
for chewing insects-the arsenates
and rotenone. There are two
major contact insecticides for the
sucking insects-nicotine sulphate
and pyrethrum. Similarly, there are
two major fungicides to control plant
diseases-copper and sulphur. Re
gardless of whether bug has stripes
or spots, II he eats the leaves, the
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Defense for the Garden
Too Much Confusion Exists About
Insect and Disease Controls
Bv ~. H. Yonngman

bulletins OF articles
list garden and
diseases and then method control for each This
confusion and oftentimes turns
described We need long lists OF
whether
plant with the plant diseases we see
other intend take plant
pathology that we petunas
something that will plants from dyng without
Evening star., 1942-05-10
Bird Garden

A bird garden must have one or
two essential features. One, Of
course, is water A bird bath where
the birds can drink and also take
a bath is almost indispensable. Like
wise, plan a place for busting. A
little corner of the garden where it
is nice and sunny, and the ground
is dry most of the time, will make
an ideal busting place for the birds.
Evening star., 1942-05-10

peonies is carried on by many peony
growers in the country. The results
have been splendid and many beau
tiful and unusual hybrids have been
the result.
Among those who have furthered
the program in highly satisfactory
way and whose labor has been justly
rewarded Is DR.. Earle B. White OF
Kensington, Md. A large planting
of his many excellent hybrids should
be in bloom about the middle Of this
week and should last for several
days. Visitors who wish to call after
6 pm. will be welcomed.
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Ivy Clippings

If you want ivy clippings to
sprout, place them in jars of water
and keep them in the light. They
will sprout within a week or So Re-
plenish the water daily. When
sprouted, transfer the ivy to bowls
for house or porch decoration or
plant It out Of doors.
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Meeting to Be Held
By Dahlia Society

The regular monthly meeting of
the National Capital Dahlia So
ciety will be held on Tuesday at 8
pm. at the McKendree Church,
Twenty fourth street and Rhode
Island avenue NE. On the program
for the meeting will be the dis
cussion of plans for the annual
plant sale.
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Peony Varieties Are Many
Species Common Here Is Large,
Making Wide Choice Possible
By J. Sfealey EIms

article dealt with the diseases and Of the peny
plant discuss few Of the varieties
Paeona includes hundred
albinora
singles doubles Japanese
In varieties
catalogue will notice that each
designations
the Pony Society and
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Currant Bushes

Watch your currant bushes care
fully to see that the second invasion
of currant worms does not cause
them to be stripped Of their leaves.
Remember that the worms start at
the bottom of the plants and work
upward.
Evening star., 1942-05-10

A dillar a dollar. the Nazis viii
holler-if the dollar goes for War
stamps.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-01
Gen. Royce

OOutIuUCO lIVuu 81
clude among our war needs a
wise and proper preparation for
the peace that some day must
come"
Now commander of the Army
air forces southeast training
center at Montgomery, Ala,
Royce won the distinguished
service cross for a daring bomb
ing raid on the Jap-infested
Philippines.
II need only to remind you
that most of the boys now In
their senior year of our high
schools will IL months from
now be in our armed forces,
many of them training for COM
bat assignments" Royce said.
One of his chief appeals was
for pre-flight training widely
available to older secondary
school boys, especially those
who want to fly and could
qualify as aviation cadets"
After outlining instruction for
students that would benefit
them in the Army, Royce de-
clared "the campaign on this
educational front is the basis for
the fighting campaigns of 1913
and 1914"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-01
IS SeIetiees
Are Accepted
Boord No. ]
Men Listed

OF As selectees from Draft
Board No. l accepted for u. S.
Army duty, only 10 are from
Mount Clemens.
Best known of the group are
Nestor J. Teck, proprietor of
Nestor's Clothes, and Jack Zone
Play" Roskopp, once an ace
drop kicker on Bather football
teams.
Others accepted from Mount
Clemens are: Aimo J. Palossa-
ari, Edison Peltier, Jack Cod
dington, James Ross, Frank
Brochert, Harry Elkins, Willie
Topp, Roy Monroe.
The men will report for Fort
Custer following the customary
furlough at their homes.
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Five Indicted
for Violation
of OPA Rules

DETROIT, Dec. 1 - up -
Federal indictments against five
persons, charging violations of
Office of Prime Administration
regulations were announced to-
day by United States District
Attorney John C. Lehr. The in
dictments charge violations in
the purchase of new automobile
tires and the sale of refrigera-
tors.
Named in the. charges are
Leon Friedman and Harry
Brownstein, Of Detroit, accused
of selling refrigerators at exces-
sive prices; D. B. Ireland, charg-
ed with giving false informa-
ton to a local rationing board
in attempting to obtain a certif-
icate authorizing the purchase of
a new car; Thomas MCGOWAN,
general manager Of a trucking
company, accused of making
1dASC SSdtCliiCiiSS III Oil oPPAAC0-
ton on behalf of his company
in an effort to obtain new tires,
and William E. Bradley, accus-
ed of giving false information
TO obtain new tires.
Joseph c. Murphy, assistant
district attorney, said that more
than so cases worked up by the
OPA enforcement division now
are being processed for presen-
tation to the Federal Grand
Jury. Additional cases will be
submitted to the Grand Jury
next week, Murphy said.
Commenting on the indict-
ments against Friedman and
Brownstein, the assistant district
attorney said 1--WE know of at
least IA instances in which re-
frigerators were sold way above
the ceiling price. A new 1941 re-
frigerator with ceiJing price of
$98.52 was sold for $225."
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Gaknda, o. Coming Gpsnb
TUESDAY. DECEMBER I

TUESDAY, DECEMBER
MOUNT CLEMENS Chapter SO. RAM, election in Masonic
WESLEYAN LEAGUE Of Methodist Church. at the home of
GAMES PARTY sponsored by the Rebeksh Lodge at o'clock
RED CROSS WORK. in Mount Clemens High school sewing
BEGINNERS CLASS in Theosophy, at ESQ Croker boule-
''' WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER
CHILD STUDY GROUP at the home Of Mrs. Stanley Tay-
EVER ONWARD CIRCLE at the Kings Daughters Home.
RUlMAGE SALE in Matthews building North Broadway.
sponsored by BIN Sisterhood, a. m to p m
IN HIS NAME CIRCLE at the home of Mrs Jennie Norton,
North avenue and Clinton street. at 2:3o p m
FIDELIS CIRCLE, 10th Anniversary dinner at $50 p m,
at Dads Rustic Restaurant
ST. AGNES GUILD at the home of Mrs CASTOR Vermeuen.
WEDNESDAY EVENING Duplicate Bridge Club at the home
of Mrs. Herman Miller, 14s Gallup avenue at p.
WESTMINSTER GUILD at the home of Mrs John Morning
HERMAN GT s 81 Rv soo avf At school At o'clock
TWELVE BELLIES regular meeting at the home OF Mrs Dom
AID p 1871 asass will hold their
regular meeting in the parish house with officers to be
TD iii W. with MR.. John Morning
ton "a Riverside Drive, at p M
sonic Hall at 1880 p Dinner and roll call at $50
THURSDAY, DECEMBER
ANNUAL BAZAAR to be given by the womens Society of
Methodist Church. Utica in the church parlors.
Doors to open at p m Dinner will be served at $50
p. m until all served.
MARGARET BOTTOME CIRCLE of the Kings Daughters at
ST ANN GUILD I of St. Peters Catholic Church the home
of Mrs. Sylvia Madou, 22l South Broadway. at $50
DAHLiA CLUB of ST. Parish will have their hostess
today Mrs. Grace Dubay at her home on l65 Court
HARRY oLLRIcH UNIT Of the American Legion Auxiliary.
at the home of Mrs. Russell Branyan, 1877 Clinton
wATcHFUL CIRCLE of Kings Daughters to meet with
Mrs A. p Grim on Grand avenue at lso ?; m;
Harper avenue with Mrs Fred syrette as hostess.
Activity will begin at 1920 p. m.
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Africa
Continued from Page I

Continued from Page I
planes into the battle hour by
hour and beating down the Ger
man air force.
Countering Berlin assertions
that the Nazi had won aerial
superiority, the spokesman said
the axis was definitely on the
downgrade in the North African
skies.
A Berlin broadcast reported
with confirmation that the allies
were already Smelling the big
naval base at Bizerte
Allied tanks, artillery and
motorized infantry were report
ed only a few miles west of the
vital Nazi-defended coastal road
between the two cities, while
British parachute troops captur-
ed an airficld in the Tunis re-
gion without opposition.
Dispatches indicated that the
Allies we're probably less than
10 miles from Tunis, driving
from the rail junction town of
Djedeida, IL miles northwest of
the capital.
A broadcast from American
occupied Morocco. quoting a
French headquarters communi-
que. said pro-Allied French
troops had consolidated their
positions between Djedeida and
Pont Du Fahs, a town 80 miles
southwest of Tunis.
SQUEEZE PLAY
At the same time, quicken
ing activity was reported on the
East flank of the giant Allied
squeeze" operation, indicating
that Britain's victorious 9th Ar
my was preparing for a climac-
tic assault on Nazi field marshal
Erwin Rommels forces in Libya.
Breaking q four-day sequence
of announcing nothing to re-
port" British Middle East head
quarters said today:
Yesterday our patrols were
active in the neighborhood Of Ell
Agheila."
Rommels battered Africa
corps, now rested and reinforced
after a disastrous 700-mile re-
treat across the desert from Ell
Alamein, Egypt, was reported
strongly entrenched in the mar
row Ell Agheila corridor be-
tween quicksands and the sea.
Tempestuous Allied bombing
assaults fell on the Axis on both
sides Of the Mediterranean ss
United Nations airmen again
blasted the docks at Bizerte last
night and pounded the coast of
Sicily.
Italian headquarters acknow-
lodged only slight damage TO
Palermo, Celia and Trapani, in
Sicily, which serve as Axis air
and supply bases for the battle
of North Africa.
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Gasoline
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Continued from Page 1
will bring Confusion and chaos
and IAN inevitable breakdown in
the system"
He contended that rationing
officials were depending upon
their experience in the East as a
basis for curtailing gasoline con-
sumption in "the wide open
spaces out west and that thous-
ands of drivers are confronted
by impossible curtailment."
Meantime, OPA said the a.
book ought to give sufficient
mileage until local ration boards
can issue supplemental "B" or
&C" books. Issuance of new
transport rations for trucks, bus
es, taxis and other commercial
vehicles on basis of certified
war necessity, also was reported
nearing completion. Commercial
operators who have not yet re-
ceived their certificates may OBJ
tain temporary fuel rations.
MAY APPLY WEDNESDAY
In the newly rationed areas,
motorists who have not asked
for the basic "A' books may ap-
ply at local boards starting We'd
nesday. Their dealers and dis
tributors must register with the
local rationing boards today or
tomorrow to report gasoline sup
plies on hand at 1901 q. m. to-
day when the program began.
II car owners want to con-
tinue obtaining gasoline, OPA
reminded, they must file their
tire serial numbers with local
boards in time to get a tire in
spection record by Dec. IL. The
deadline was postponed from
Dec. / because the Railway Ex-
press Agency was unable in
many places to cope with a last
minute rush of pickup orders
Tor IDLE tires.
In order to obtain gasoline, all
extra tires over five for each
passenger car must be sold to the
government.
Farm State senator's, mean
while, renewed q demand for
immediate construction Of plants
to manufacture grain alcohol for
synthetic rubber production.
Chairman Gillette (D-Iowa) of
an agriculture subcommittee
said the group will seek to find
out why Rubber administrator
William M. LETTERS failed to
start projects to make 10000, 900
gallons of alcohol annually from
grain.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-01
Memphis Man Denies
Drunk Driving Charge

Joseph Seefried, As, of Mem
phis, today pleaded innocent to
a drunk driving charge stem
ming from an accident on Ora
tiot at Market last night involv-
ing his car and one driven by
Donald c. Ward, of Sandusky.
Justice Frank E. Jeanette
set examination for Dec. Is at
10 a. m. and set bond at $1OO
which Seefried posted.
Seefried's car was badly dam
aged in the crash. Seefried was
pronounced drunk later by a To-
cal doctor, police said.
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Fire


said he was sitting with a party
about midway in the building"
when the fire broke out.
"How much time elapsed be-
fore the flames were all over
the building?" he was asked.
mot over a minute or a min.
ute and a half" declared Walsh.
Walsh said he and other men
forced open door to escape.
John w. Bradley a bartender,
said his first intimation of the
fire came when he saw an ar
tificial palm tree ablaze in the
downstairs melody lounge.
II pulled it down and holler-
ed for water and tried to put
water on it but it was too late;
the whole ceiling was ablaze."
he related.
Bradley, his head swathed in
bandages, said he threw three
pans of water on the fire but
the more you threw on the
worse it got"
While the inquest went for.
ward, with further sessions
scheduled, an independent state
investigation of the fire appear
ed in prospect.
The course this investigation
will take will be decided today
at state House conference call
ed by Attorney General Robert
T. Bushnell.
Three Boston members Of the
state House of Representatives
called upon Governor Leverett
Saltohstall to close all liquor
serving Massachusetts, night
clubs and restaurants which OPP
crate below street level.
The governor previously had
said that the state would take
no action until we get a report
on this tragedy"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-01
Buck Jones
SuccumlbS
to Burns

BOSTON, Dec. ] - up -
Cowboy Movie Star Buck Jones,
q veteran Of World War I, was
on q war bond selling tour to
aid the men of World War III,
when the Cocoanut Grove fire
cost him his life.
Suffering severe burns about
the head and body, Buck ap-
peared. to be holding his own for
q time after being admitted to a
hospital, but he took turn for
the worse yesterday and died a
few hours later.
He had been in another hos
pital Saturday afternoon - a
few hours before the fire -
The Children's Hospital where
he entertained the young folk
who had seen his films. He had
arrived in Boston Friday.
He had dropped into the CO.
coanut Grove as the guest of a
number of motion picture dis
tributors who handled his films.
Born Charles Jones in Vim
cennes, Ind, on Dec. 4, 1894,
his earliest ambition was to be
q cowboy. He achieved it, riding
the range in Texas and Okla
homa.
Then he enlisted in the Sixth
Cavalry, u. S. A., and saw serv-
ice in the Philippines. On his re-
turn, he joined the Miller 101
Ranch Wild West Show, only to
enlist in the Army again when
World War / broke out. Friends
said he was wounded in service.
Back in the United States, he
entered the movies and became
with his horse, "Silver," the idol
of numberless small boys. He
made approximately 200 pic
lures and in recent years had
been in semi-retirement.
He Is survived by his widow,
the former Odele Osborne, also
an expert horseback rider, and
daughter, Maxine. Jones and his
wife were married on horseback
after Q show in Lima, 0.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-01
Yanks, laps
Come 10 Grips
But Few YoFds
Seporote Lines

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN AUSTRALIA, Dec. = R
- With only a matter of yards
separating the Japanese and AL
lied lines in the jungle, savage
fighting famed on the left flank
of the New Guinea battlefront
yesterday.
A spokesman for General
Douglas Macarthur said today
the fighting was CLOSE in" and
particularly heavy on the Coma
end of the 20-mile strip of beach
which represents the sole Japa-
nese foothold left in Papua.
Between Coma on the west
and Buna on the east, Allied pa
trolls already had driven a
edge, at least temporarily, and
succeeded in reaching the beach.
Artillery hammered both sides
yesterday and the Allies called
o., heavy mortar fire to destroy
come Japanese machine gun
posts in the Coma area. Reports
fro.l New Guinea sale artillery
hits destroyed four barges and
started towering fires among
stores around Coma.
Allied filters actively support
ed the ground units and, carry
ing the air battle to the Japa-
nese with smashing blows, de-
stroyed eight Zero fighters in
the New Guinea area while anti
aircraft fire accounted for an
other over Darwin, Australia.
In the biggest of the days sky
conflicts, a dozen American p
40 and an equal number of
japanese Zeros tangled in dog
fights over the Owen Stanley
mountains and along the coastal
jungle strip where the ground
forces are locked in combat. The
American fighters blasted seven
of the foes aircraft out of the
sky. They lost two of their own
planes, but the pilots were saw
ed.
Another Zero fell the victim
of the guns of a flying fortress
over Vitiaz Strait, off the coast
of New Guinea between it and
New Britain.
The ninth Zero of the days
toll, bagged by Darwin's anti
aircraft defenses, was one Of
four which appeared early in
tie morning on a reconnaissance
mission over Darwin.
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Russia
Continued from Pare ]

SVhslhuCu 4 axe
Stalingrad, "our troops dispers-
ed enemy tanks which tried to
attack our positions. Southwest
Of Stalingrad our troops advanc-
ed. An enemy attempt to check
the advance failed"
Enemy resistance was over
come west of Moscow as the ad-
vancing Red columns occupied
several inhabited but unspeci-
fled localities, the Russians
claimed, and added Every heavy
fighting took place for every one
of these places"
The Moscow radio asserted
that Germans on the central
front had received orders not re-
treat under any circumstance"
The broadcast said that machine
gun attachments had been post
ed to open fire on any German
units attempting to move back.
The Berlin radio quoted q
German military spokesm n
saying the Russians had another
offensive in the making around
Voronezh.
(Voronezh lies on the Don
river about half way between
Stalingrad and Moscow, which
lie 600 miles apart.
(Such an offensive might
have German military head
quarters at Kharkov as an OBJ
jective, or form the bases of
even more sweeping Russian
Pincers aimed at both the Don
river valley and the Smolensk
region northwestward.
The Russian midday commune
ique claimed that the action in
the Stalingrad area had added
the destruction of at least Is
enemy tanks and FL firing
points.
Five guns, II machine guns
and FL trucks were added to the
Russian war booty northwest of
Stalingrad.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-01
Romeo Man SuC(umbs
al Resi- dente Of Son

ROMEO-John Hamilton, IS,
died at the home of his son,
Ray, late Monday afternoon fol-
lowing a short illness.
He was born Sept. IL, 1856
and had lived in Romeo for
years. His wife also survives.
Funeral arrangements were not
Immediately completed.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-01
Services for Infant
Sci for Wednesday

Funeral services will be held
at 1000 a. m. tomorrow from
the LaCroix & Groesbeck Fun
eral home for Ruth Johnston,
seven-month-old infant daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Johnston,
of this city, who died last night
at st. Joseph's hospital.
Burial will be in the st. Pet
er's Cemetery. Surviving be-
sides the parents, is another
daughter.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-01
Defense Corps Chief
% address kiwanians

Frank J. Anterior, Comman-
der of u. S. Defense Corps, NO
/. which embraces Wayne, Oak
land, and Macomb counties, will
b the guest speaker tomorrow
&C. the regular noon luncheon OF
the Mount Clemens Kiwanis
Club. Atherton will deliver an
instructive address on Civilian
Defense.
Anterior, who with Circuit
Judge Neil E. Reid, and Colonel
William S. Knudsen, recently
were accorded the Masonic
thirty third degree, will be in
troducAd by Judge Reid. Ather-
top Is q charter member Of XII
wants Club No. /.