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Evening star., 1943-04-04
News From Dogdon
Notes on a Variety of Subjects of Interest
in Washington and Vicinity
Bv K. X. Tavuf0n.

Scotties. those persistent little
stealers of the center of the stage,
are again in the limelight. The
Presidents dog, Falla, has had his
picture in every paper recently be-
cause OF his enlistment as a private
in the War Dog Fund. (You
doubtlessly know that any dog may
be enlisted in this organization tn
any rank from soldier to general
and from seaman to admiral upon
payment of 81 to $100. All of the
money, every cent of it-none out
for overhead-goes to support Dogs
for Defense, Inc, which recruits the
dogs for our armed services.)
Gen. Eisenhower, as we'll as Presi-
dent Roosevelt, is a Scottie fancier.
He acquired his first one in Lon
don recently, well-bred male. He
found the dog such good company,
and, as he stated, the only one of
his friends and associates who did
not talk war to him. that he decided
that two would be better than one.
So. even more recently, a veN nice,
little lady named Philabeg Senti-
ment II, bred by DR.. Merritt Pope
of Berwyn, Md, flew to join him.
Another flying Scotsman was the
2-month-old puppy that came from
Western Europe via plane to Andrea
Anderson In Philadelphia. He was
piloted by Capt. Ertel, who said
the pup stood the trip like a veteran.
.
Clifford Kettler. q Washington
engineer, has recently brought back
with him from Alaska q year-old
malamute which he calls Nanook,
Esktmo for polar bear. Nanook
Evening star., 1943-04-04
By ". II. Youngman.
Garden Editor,

the beans must be planted on the
northern or western side of the bor-
der to prevent shading the rest of
the garden. A support may be pro-
vided by stretching heavy wire
across at the top of two stout poles
and at the bottom about inches
above the ground. Common string
is used to fill the space between the
wires-the beans need only to be
started tWiniIg about the string.
Beans are a warm weather crop
and NAV be sown any time after
the middle of April. Plant Ken
lucky Wonder for a prolific green
bean or King Of the Garden for
limas. Sow the seed inches apart
and cover with an inch or more of
soil.
Use rotenone dust to control the
bean beetle if an edible podded va
Evening star., 1943-04-04
Among the Stamp Collectors

Miss Mabel Stennett, secretary
and assistant to the Philatelic
Agent of the Post Office Depart
ment, has been transferred to St,
Louis.
DR.. Dard Hunter is the author of
a book entitled "Papermaking," re-
Gently published by Alfred A. Knopf,
New York. He traces the develop
ment of paper manufacturing from
ancient times in China to the pres
ent in America. Data of interest
to the philatelic fraternity is in
cluded in the text.
Life Magazine, according to
Walter Kaner, at last has agreed
with the proposition long since put
forward in these columns that
stamp collecting is "the most wide
spread hobby of all" If everybody
interested in outdoor sports be
added to everybody interested in
Evening star., 1943-04-04
Hobbies and Lobbyists
News of Group Meetings and Local
Exhibitions
Bv Edmond Henderson

The Metropolitan Society of Mod
el Engineers will hold it's 10th an
nual exhibit at the National Museum
April Is to May Is, inclusive. The
display will be in the east hall of
the Arts and Industries Building
the old red brick building on the
Independence avenue side.
The museum is open to the public
from 9 am. to 4:30 pm. daily in-
cluding Sunday except Monday.
On Monday the hours are 100 to
4:30 pm. There is, of course, no
admission charge.
The MSME is a railroad fan and
modeler's club, and the exhibit will
include wide range of railroad
models. Construction methods and
materials will be shown. Model rail-
road gauges will be compared Over
hundred years of railroad devel-
opment will be illustrated in models.
All sorts of structures pertaining
to railroading will also be included.
Awards in the clubs annual mod
el building contest will be made
during the show period. Judges for
the contest have not yet been an
nounced All models entered in the
contest will be displayed in the
show.
A new model ariplane club in this
vicinity is sponsoring model plane
contest. 1t will be held at Baileys
Crossroads Airport, Va, Sunday,
April II. Hours, 10 am. to S pm.
In case of rain the meet will be
held the following Sunday.
There will be events for gliders
and rubber band models as we'll as
for all classes of gas models, free
flight and speed. Many prizes have
been offered, headed by War bond.
The flying field is a 65-acre tract
which is we'll adapted to the purpose.
1t may be reached by bus, an i'm
portant factor in these days The
Columbia pike but from Twelfth
street and Pennsylvania avenue will
take you right to Baileys Crossroads,
just short distance from the field.
There is still time to enter this
meet. Flying contests have been
few and far between lately. With
all the interest in flying which is
evident today there should be big
attendance at this affair. If you
Evening star., 1943-04-04

the other hand, some of the very
early cool weather crops may be
grown, such as lettuce and radishes
and as they mature they may be
replaced with annual plants.
There is very definite limit to
the replacement of flowers with
vegetables. Vegetables to be worth
having must be well grown, tender
and nutritious. This may be &C
complished only through good grow
ing conditions. Sunshine, fertile
soil and freedom from tr>e roots
are necessary, but in addition good
culture and protection from insect
and disease are needed. If all of
these can be given it may be desir-
able to substitute more vegetable
crops for flowers. Otherwise we
should keep the flowers and enjoy
them. Poorly grown vegetables
won't give us much satisfaction,
either physically or mentally.
Evening star., 1943-04-04
Books on Vegetable Gardening
Are Interesting and Helpful

Just in the nick of time for many
Of you Victory gardeners comes an
excellent textbook. The Victory
Vegetable Encyclopedia and Gar
dener's Guide" by Victor A. Tied
jens, associate professor of vege-
table gardening, Rutgers University.
Published by the Garden City Pub
fishing Co., this volume is one of
the most complete and detailed
books in its field 1 have ever seen.
Lavish and informative illustra-
tions by Tabea Hofmann add much
to its value to both the amateur
and the professional gardener.
There are even detailed drawings
of weeds and of insects. to help
you in distinguishing them when
they invade the gardens precincts.
Each vegetable sits for its portrait,
too, and for each one there is a
description of its looks and way
of growth. followed by instructions
for its cultivation and list of the
ills to which it may be heir. Gil
matte and soil conditions are dis
cussed in each instance.
The second part of the book is a
splendid herb encyclopedia, listing
Evening star., 1943-04-04

Compost will be badly needed as
mulch this summer. Now is the
time to get it ready.
X X
The early Towering yellow crocus-
Crocus susianus. which is commonly
sold as the variety, Cloth of Gold,
is one TO the best 1t is not only
the first to flower but is seemingly
we'll adapted to our soils and usually
increases rapidly. Crocuses have one
bad habit, they tend to grow out
of the ground because the new
CORN forms on top of the old one
For this reason it is desirable to
top dress early in the spring those
areas where they are planted.
The prices being asked for manure
and for plowing by some are in the
same category as those in the food
black market" The actual value
of the plant food in ton (cubic
Yard of manure is roughly about So,
OF course, the straw has an addi-
tional value because it improves the
physical condition of the soil. But,
even so, when the price asked is too
high we should turn to the use of
straw, leafmold or even peat moss.
Evening star., 1943-04-04

wish to enter. or if you desire any
further information. call B. K.
Barker, Republic 2079. during any
week day, or Bryton Barron, Alex
andria 3645 after o'clock any eve
ming.
The Annandale Club, which Is
sponsoring this meet. will operate as
chapter of the A. M. A., and new
members from the Annandale area
will be welcomed. The group meets
each Saturday evening at the home
of Mr.. Barron, 36 Leewood, Spring
field, Va. The officers are: Frank
Thompson, president; B. K. Harker,
vice president; Bryton Barron, sec
retary treasurer.
Call letters for the local War
Emergency Radio Service station
have at last been assigned. They
are WJDC. Progress on the net
work should be rapid now. Proceed
ings In this connection will be dis
cussed at the Washington Radio
Club meeting next Saturday. All
those interested are invited.
Location of the next meeting is still
indefinite. Plans for an unusually
interesting meeting are in the max
ing, but at this time they have not
reached the point where they can be
released. (See notice beloW.)
MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
Monday-Metropolitan Society of
Model Engineers. room 1880 Trans
portation Building, Seventeenth and
H streets NV, 8pm. Plans for the
coming exhibit will be perfected.
Numismatic Society, for location
call E. L. Weikert, Columbia $500.
Wednesday - Washington 8-mm.
Movie Club. Pierce Hail. Fifteenth
and Harvard streets NV, 8:15 pm.
Speaker, William J. Brown. past
president of the club. Topic, "Titling
Technic.' Mr.. Brown is an authority
on the subject and designer of a
very successful titler.
Thursday-D. c. Electric Rail-
readers Association, home of Edwin
Ball, 322 Bryant street NE, 8 pm.
For program details call Paul Gable,
Shepherd 1884.
Saturday-Washington Radio Club.
For location call Oscar Reed, Shep-
herd 4144 WERS and Station
WJDC to be discussed.
Evening star., 1943-04-04

These materials combined with a lit
tie chemical fertilizer produce about
the same results.
Flowing at the rate of $40 an acre
is equivalent to 81 an hour for a
man and his team; that is rather
high wage, and the garden will have
to produce lot of vegetables to
justify that expense
There is plenty of garden work
to be done, and if we take things in
order we will be able to meet the
needs of the season. Spading may
be pushed whenever the ground is
dry enough to be worked. Planting
of trees. shrubbery, roses and hardy
perennials should be completed as
soon as possible.
X X X X
Raspberries, especially the red,
have too many canes for proper
fruiting. BY removing all but five
or six Of the strongest canes more
and better fruit will be produced.
If these canes are shortened to or
4 feet in length the fruit will be
much easier to pick Unless the
canes are shortened it is desirable
to stake and tie them.
Evening star., 1943-04-04

riety is to be grown, while magne-
SUM arsenate is sufficient for con-
troll on lima beans. The dust should
be applied to the undersides of the
leaves to be effective. First busting
will not be ,.eeded until the beetles
start work on the undersides of the
leaves. Two or three applications
may be needed to check the first
infestation. A second round of ap-
plications may be needed when the
second brood appears, usually two
weeks later.
Carrots and beets are often sug-
gested as flower bed crops. How
ever, they require light friable
soil to develop roots properly and
they occupy the space only a part
Of the season. Crops to be most de-
sirable for the flower border should
have a long growing season. On
Evening star., 1943-04-04
By James Waldo Faccetf.

By James Waldo Fawcett,
bridge, chess, checkers, crossword
and jigsaw puzzles, model ships and
airplanes, toy railroads, chemistry
and photography, print, book and
coin collecting, the grand total
multiplied by 10 will be a mere
handful of people as compared with
young and old, rich and poor, men,
women and children of all races,
nations and classes who constitute
the worldwide philatelic public.
Stamps Magazine, New York, for
April 3 contains an essay on the
first stamp of Austria, 1850, by Felix
Brunner.
A new edition of August Dietz's
Confederate States Catalog and
Handbook soon will appear. 1t will
be veritable encyclopedia of ma
terial relating to the provisional
Evening star., 1943-04-04

each herb alphabetically, as were
the vegetables, and following the
same method of description. The
last section of the book is devoted
to vegetable gardening in general.
Tables of planting spaces and
time, of yield and of spring and
fall frost dates, together with
glossary of horticultural terms and
a list of recommended seedsmen,
round out a fine and informative
work. B. c.
If good pictures make book in
teresting, vegetable Gardening in
Color by Daniel j. Foley, Macmil-
Ian Co., New York City, is outstand-
ing. The scores of carefully done
photographs and sketches will ap-
peal to many, gardened and non-
gardener. However, this book has
more than its illustrations to reward
the reader. The brief informative
statements on the culture and han
ding of the many kinds of vege-
tables, fruits and herbs are we'll
done, concise, including we'll phrased
comments on the varieties. The in
experienced may look for even more
detail, however; cultural problems
are to a considerable extent local
problems, and a book of this type
can hardly be expected to cover
them except ma general way.
Mr.. Foley has not overlooked the
current interest in vegetable grow
ing and devotes chapter each to
planning the garden; soil and soil
preparation; seeds and seed sowing;
insects and diseases of the garden
crops; garden tools; the care and
maintenance of the garden; the
storage of fruits and vegetables;
herb culture, and to the proper
handling of the garden crops to
insure vitamins and flavor reaching
the table. w. H. Y.
Evening star., 1943-04-04

weighs 100 pounds and In spite of
her youth has had seven months
experience as member of a sled
dog team. Her owner believes that
with a little more age and expert
ence Nanook would be very good
prospect for lead dog.
While in Alaska, working on the
new highway, Nanook and her
teammates used to explore the in
terror and to haul in timber and
meat for the camp. as we'll as to
carry supplies on Kettler's private
hunting trips. Now Nanook is ad-
justing herself to life in a Wash
ington suburb, where her most
strenuous activity is to sample all
the strange new foods and to give
the alarm when strangers prowl in
her masters vicinity.
She thinks the new foods, kibble
biscuits and dry feeds, are all to the
good. a welcome change from the
moose and caribou meat of her early
youth. But she doesn't think much
OF the Irish setter which shares her
new home and the attention Of her
master whom she had all to herself
in the north.
According to the new rulings re-
Gently adopted by the American
Kennel Club no person may judge
q dog which he or any member of
his immediate family has handled
IN the ring more than twice during
the preceding year. Nor may an
exhibitor show a dog under a Judge
which he has owned, handled more
than twice, leased or boarded within
. year prior to that show.
Evening star., 1943-04-04

Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tomorrow evening at 8-Wood-
ridge Stamp Club, Public Library,
22O6 Rhode Island avenue NE,
Business session.
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors'
Club of Washington, Thomson
School. Twelfth street NV. Pro-
gram and bourse
Tuesday evening at 8-East Wash.
lngton Stamp Club, Eastern High
School, East Capitol street. Pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1943-04-04

The Belgian Congo has two new
high-value stamps manufactured
by Waterlow e. Sons of London
50f, blue and black, profile portrait
OF native woman; 10Of. carmine, red
and black, native soldier on sentry
duty.
Evening star., 1943-04-04

News about stamps issued by the
Axis countries is subject to rigid
censorship, but collectors are en-
titled to know that new issues are
appearing in Germany. Italy and
Japan very much as they did before
the beginning of the war.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-07-30
The NAM Is At 1t Again

long ago the National Association of Manufacturers
got the idea that could the churches of the nation
mufarous instruments for spreading reaconary prop
invited group of influential churchmen to join them in form
uating program for saving the American way the NAM
sees it.
meeting arranged in New York but according to
reports turned out to be magnificent flop Several of the
churchmen far from being the innocent dupes the NAM
thought they requested that since the American labor
ing something of stake in the future America his
representatives be included in the conference With the usual
TACT the MAI dropped the idea-temporariy
But where the cloth dropped the and
picked up Des Moines conference of ndusalss
and held NAM auspices sorry
report that the educators gullble than the
churchmen.
1t announced that educators from % states have Of
fered to Cooperate with the NAM and joint committee
up carry out the program Our college president had
temery that perhaps labor should be
sented He codly ignored.
the opinion that the material furnished
for in the class and other places be
"free from propaganda. To this, NAM spokesman
piled bunty there isn't such thing unbiased material
Thus the latest NAM campaign launched to the
american way through the schools supported by the people
America If the educators of this nation remain
worthy of the trust the people has lodged in them they will
turn this latest Hterian harloy
sent their woub seducers back to the of the
and radio where they have long beenThe Progressive
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-07-30
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
AT Home and Abroad

Parsanship has favorte criticism for the Presidents
efforts 1t goes something like this he is doing good
job with the but what the home front!
Now there two approaches that reutaon of this
might take First might ask whose opinion
knowing whether this nation produce enough food to salts
all the demand We have precedent for assuming that
democracy without occasional rift in Wash
ngton We have confidence that the best organza
ton possible make picnic out of All
that it is darn sight better than hoped after the fall OF
after Pearl Harbor but will admit anybody who
critical have Roman holiday this kind of
times.
Second, might ask whose job is the and who is
responsible the home 'front.' From the standpoint of the
military congressional appropriations the President
right down the last buck private there pickering about
authority parsanship about objectves methods 1t is
about proposition and have had doubt of the
At home however, spends six months tell
the sergeant wheer and 100 million of buck
join the mutny for beans If must be tech
nca he draw whatever between attainment
the front and attainment the home front The
methods being in each radically different
During the depression positive taken by
unanimous action history will record that safeguards Of
liberty and freedom adequately guarded Without being
rubber stamp of the word American ought
get together with another and agree upon
wartime-which is certainly slough to any
depression.
AS writer has ably put it, better that way
together than separate-Baker Record Cou
rier
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-07-30

tay dictator have been demonstrating
Indications The people appear ito be
the march evidently there complete
to Badogo the part of much of the military The battles
of Italian soldiers with Germans the plains the Pc
indicate that sections of the up
with fascist plans.
There is still possibility that the United Nations may
make their with Italian republic making
Mayor LaGuarda in his special broadcast Italy this
week. referring to statements issued by the king and Ba
dogo probably voiced the sentiments of part of the
American public when he said:
"Does this mean that the complete downfall of Italy
must be carried out? The Italian people make this
decision: for at with those who
tnue to support the begun by Hitler and by Muso
lni and will continue this until Fascism and
Nazsm destroyed.
"The American people would be deceived and
would not tolerate tricks to prolong the aid
Hitler, by the substitution of Badoglio for Mussoin'
The real hope of Americans is that commitments di
otherwise have made
the United Nations with the leadership in Italy, and
that the Italian people will bring forth leader to place them
path leading them to the development of government
for and by themselves.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-07-30
Unemployed Farm
Workers Want Jobs
Out of the South

That there are hundreds Of thous-
ands of farm workers unemployed 6
to months year living in the south
is well known to officials in Washing
ton. The War Manpower Commits
sion and the War Food Administra-
ton Officials know it. So do the poll
tax congressman. At time when
there is a shortage of labor to save
needed food crops in other areas
these men and women are being
forced to remain and be exploited at
low wages on the cotton plantations.
The STU has offered to supply TO-
600 seasonal workers who will go any
where they are needed to work on
farms. Twenty-Five hundred such
workers were transported to and from
the mid-south before congress en-
acted the new slave law.
The union will supply any employer
farm labor from the south provided
he will advance transportation, pay a
living wage and provide decent hous-
ing for farm workers he may hire.
Services of both negro and white
farm workers are available.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-07-30
Eastman or Davies?

With all the and reports Russia which we're
getting from all Sides the people wouldn't know what to be-
eve they didn't have the good and solid habit of judging
people and countries by actions rather than words They'll
take their choice for instance between Mr. Max Eastman and
Joseph Davies when they the lowdown Russia
They will choose Davies.
Max Eastman is given pages of the Readers Digest in
which indulge vicious and unfounded attack
Soviet ally Since everybody knows that the Readers Digest
long folded the lap reaction
political renegade and noisy redbate for years. few
people will be fooled by his diatribe
Joseph E. Davies spoke at Tribute to Russia meeting
New York recently. He is the author of book Mission
Moscow from which of Hollywood finest movies has
He served President Rooseves personal ennis
the Sove get the actual facts report the
actual of Russia because impossible for the
get at the truth from the biased and
dcory reports from partsans The opinions
of the Allied peoples with regard Russia founded the
splendid Russia has given of herself the