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Evening star., 1943-02-13
Uncle Roy's Corner

Somewhere In the United States,
perhaps in Washington, d. c., q man
or woman must have worked hard
to figure out a name for certain
young women. These young women
were to be part of the armed forces.
They were not to do any actual
fighting. but were to be enlisted in
the American Navy.
That person, very likely with help,
brought forth prize name-Women
Appointed for Volunteer Emergency
Service. Look at the capital letters
In the name. and you will see that
they make WAVES.
The other day I had chat with
group Of five WAVES and asked
them many questions. All seemed
to be glad that they had joined the
service and all seemed to represent
an excellent type of young woman
hood.
when we started out" said one
| of them, most of us had been In
the habit of wearing high-heeled
shoes. and most of us were not able
to walk very far. After starting our
drills, however, we learned to walk"
THE first week or two" she went
on, sit seemed very hard on our feet.
The drug stores around had q run
on bandages, plaster pads and 10
tions, which the girls used after the
drill was over. That time passed,
| al
march in comfort. Our shoes feel
ever so comfortable. and I don't see
how I can ever go back to the old
type of shoe after the war Is over"
The other WAVES heartily agreed
with the speaker. They said that
they, too, like the walking shoes
they now have and could hardly i'm
agine themselves again cramping
their feet into tight shoes with heels
inches high.
The WAVES are studying at coll
leges and universities in Wisconsin,
Iowa, Indiana, Georgia, Oklahoma
and Massachusetts,. They are spe-
cializing in several fields. Many of
them will be radio operators. BY
performing shore duty IN radio. they
will take the place of the men In
the service, and the men can 60 to
sea.
Other WAVES are studying to be
storekeepers. Still others will rig
parachutes or take Navy photo
graphs.
To join the service woman must
be no younger than 20 and no older
than 35. A WAVE. a daughter OF a
rear admiral in the American Navy,
told me that she was barely old
enough when she enlisted. Her
father was at that time on duty in
the Great Britain area, and she sent
him cablegram. She does not re-
member the exact words, but they
were akin to those in q song, I'm
in the Navy Now"
Evening star., 1943-02-13

North's spade bid is not recon-
mended. Fortunately South's three
no-trump bid-a strong bid and a
slam try. not a "game-closing bid,
as some people misinterpret it-had
something to spare.
West opened low diamond and
East's jack was taken by South's
ace. Declarer led low spade and
West made a fatal error when he
played small, letting dummy's jack
win the trick. Declarer finessed the
heart jack, losing to vests ace and
West returned the four of clubs.
East took the ace and led back his
deuce.
After some thought South dag
nosed these two leads correctly:
Vests as low from three to the
queen and Easts return as a true
fourth best. He went up with his
club king and led the heart king,
dropping East's queen. Then he
cashed two more heart tricks and
led dummy's jack of clubs, throwing
West in with the queen. West knew
a spade lead would be fatal, so he
led diamond, hoping against hope
that East would have the king. But
South won two diamond tricks, and
his spade ace gave him the ninth
trick and the game.
West could have defeated the con-
tract if he had taken his spade king
when South led low spade. East,
too, was guilty of a bad play when
he took his club ace. The play Of
the seven or the ten would have en-
abled his side to win three club
tricks.
Yesterday you were Theodore
Lightner's partner and, with both
sides vulnerable, you held:
40
VAQJ74
I HAQ10
&AJ102
The bidding:
Schenken You Jacoby Lightner
Pass ~ Pass -
Pass 80 Pass 40
Pass (?)
Answer-Six clubs. Your part
ner's four-heart bid has told you
that he has real raise for the heart
suit and stronger hand than If he
had bid two hearts over your open
ing bid. You should have an excel
lent play for slam, but you are
not going to make seven unless your
partner can bid it. You bid six clubs
rather than six hearts because it
Evening star., 1943-02-13
Psychinq Your Partner

Most of the experts have no in
hibitions about tossing in psychic
bid now and then. They expect
partner to read it properly and CO.
operate. But the one psychic, which
is taboo" is the opening bid in q
short major suit on a weak hand.
North trapped his partner with
such bid in today's deal-but
South crawled home with his con-
tract by dint of good play.
North dealer.
East-West vulnerable.
4 QJ4
= 86 So
8 963
4 J8
AK92 40 s53
y A72 uy = %
o @ 8 5 4 o J II
i @ "a "A 10
AA87
y K j 10
O A K 10
@K65
The bidding:
North. East. South. West
IA Pass 3NT Pass
Pass Pass
Evening star., 1943-02-13
Winning Contract
Rx THE -FOUR ACES

david Bruce Burnstone. Oswald Jaco-
BY, Howard Schenken and Theodore
A. Lightner, worlds leading team-of-
four, inventors Of the system that
has beaten every other system in
existence
Evening star., 1943-02-13

1UCfy CuItuuy
completes the picture of your hand.
Score 100 per cent for six clubs,
10 per cent for six hearts, 80 per
cent for five clubs, 40 per cent for
five hearts.
Question No. 1908.
Today you hold the same hand,
but the bidding is different:
Schenken You Jacoby Lightner
Pass 10 Pass "a
Pass 80 Pass 20
What do you bid? (Answer Mon
day.
Released BY the Bell Syndicate. Inc)
The Four Aces will be pleased to an
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Evening Star. II you desire the pocket
outline OF the Four Aces system Of
contract bridge. send with your request
to the Four Aces. care Of Tbs Evening
Star, stamped (3-cent). se4-addreSsed,
larTe-size envelope and you will receive
an outline without any chRrge
Evening star., 1943-02-13

/ HIGH, HIGH CASH PRICES for 80 40 and Al
| CheVroletS. Must be clean and have good
/ tires Fl. j. Brown Pontiac. Inc. Ross
Evening star., 1943-02-13

/ Sash Sash. FOR YOUR CAR, will pay top
: Corn. ave. 4. ". EN- -aON
Evening star., 1943-02-13

WILL. PAY 5000 TO 5000 for Al Chevrolet
~ OldSmohile. a Pontiac, Al Ford Al
Plymouth, a Dodge. Al Buick. Al Chrys-
Iet. 81 De Soto Mr. Flood 1921 Con
Evening star., 1943-02-13

HIGH CASH PRICES for 80. 40 and Al
fcntlacS Must be clean and have good
taIes. H. j. Brown Pontiac, Inc. Ross
Evening star., 1943-02-13

WILL BUY your car. TOP PRICES. 1941
ChrySler, De Soto. Dodge, Pontiac. Ford
,,1sI,rt1 1,,n1esIyTrolet olds Plymouth speciality
N!lEELEha 9e10 Wisconsin. OR. 1850
WILL PAY UP TO $4,000 FOR 1910 or
81 Cadillsc See Mr.. Flood, 1921 Con-
Evening star., 1943-02-13

| WANTED, 1871 Plymouth sedan. also
coupe; have immediate sales; highest cash
price paid Gladney Motors, 1646 King
It. AlPXanHria. Va TIE A1Al
Evening star., 1943-02-13

40 OR A D1dse or Plymouth coupe.
nave clean 3S Plymouth 2-dr.. radio and
heater, to trade. Falls Church 1S46-J
Evening star., 1943-02-13

CASH FOR YOUR CAR, highest prices
psld, See US today GLADNEY MOTORS,
I04o k1nG St. Alexandria. Va. TIE. 313l
WILL PAY UP TO 5000 Tor immaculate
i9934 Chevrolet Mr. Flood. WO S40l
Evening star., 1943-02-13

WANTED, FOR CASH, late
model Chevrolet cars, station
wagons and trucks. Immedi-
ate action. Write or phone,
we will come any distance.
Chevy Chase Motor Co., TIPS
Wis. ave. WI. 1885.
Evening star., 1943-02-13

/ for your late-model car.s Call us at once
/ PARKWAY MOTOR CO, 3051 M st. NV,
/ n1SS
Evening star., 1943-02-13

WE HAVE IMMEDIATE BUYER for a
l94t Ford FOrdor sedan. Call us at once
PARKWAY, 305l NJ st, MI nlS5
Evening star., 1943-02-13
GARAGES FOR RENT,
AUTOMOBILES WANTED.

GARAGE FOR RENT. BLOCK FRO
Capitol 81 FIR 1858
Evening star., 1943-02-13
1~eA 'aa1

Read Uncle Ray in The Junior Star
Euery Sunday
Evening star., 1943-02-13

/ WILL PAY up to SITS for 1a41 Chevrolet
/ Flood Pontiac. 1921 Conn WO. s4O0
! QUICK CASH, any make car Flood
/ Pontiac Company. 4221 Connecticut WO
| S4O0. Open evenings and SUNDAYS.
Evening star., 1943-02-13

CROsLEY 1871 pickup; ike new. motor
overhauled, good tires; up to 50 miles
per Gallon: must be seen to be appreciated
MANHATTAN AUTO & RADIO co. both
sldeS OF 1th at r SITS. NV. Open eve,
sunday, | pm
Evening star., 1943-02-13

CHRYSLER 1o4l windsor sedan. fully
equipped; equity Of $3.50 cash. balance
IS payments S469+. Sligo 1903 for
Evening star., 1943-02-13

CHEVROLET 1a41 club coupe: heater. ra-
die, low mileage. excel. tires: ST00 cash
ia SS2E o. m,
Evening star., 1943-02-13

CASH for any make or model 1921 to
Ia Open 10 am. to pm. Roper
motor Co. 1850 r, / ave. ne. 90
Evening star., 1943-02-13

CHRYSLER la41 New Yorker: finish and
interior like new. excellent vhite-wall
tires. Call owner CO n2IS
Evening star., 1943-10-31
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Oct 30 (P,.-salabl. cattle.
500; ealyes 100 rseeip,s locally showed
INK sood ,nd ana c5no. Nth FED
parable yearlinss, $3.50 down; mostly Is
lower; lower. common and medium grades un-
feeders weak, but moderately active; stock
calves very dull: good and choice fed
heliers % lower, but common and medium
higher, common and medium beef cows up
most: bulls generally steady: vealers weak
to 90 lower: Long yearling steers, scaling
pree pGqnaS topped St 1852 next highest
1913 pound finished steers, 1850: little
over 1925 at close: bulk, 1:s so 100, with
grassy and warmed-up kinds, 10. 90 2 so;
heifers; 1925; little above 1875; bulk.
doMn; dt',S st strictly good beef cows to 1850
on weiehty sausage bulls. 1900: stockers
ath aad feeders .Sdtns pgedominated at 1o.50ls so
few stock calves above 1900
Salable sheep. 300: total, $500: follow
ing last weeks low finish the market re-
yersed its trend and closed the current
period at substantially higher levels. Com
linss ADVANCED, around 30. while ewes fin
ished fully 20 higher. Weeks tops-West-
ern lambs, 1925; native lambs. IA TO-;
lambs bulked at 1325-1375. and medium
to choice westerns sold from 800 IA 25
Yearlines bulked at ] .00-12.35. with lisht
to choice. 5aO-615. Feeding lambs sold
over a range of 1O.On-13,OO.
and Classes stesdy a
around 1890 for good and choice hogs il
available; shippers took none; compared
h .nt:1 and .t soo pSSnd,
Evening star., 1943-10-31
D. {. Bank C|earinqs
Show Small Gain
Over Year Ago
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Recording a modest gain, bank
clearings in the Capital in October
totaled s174,979, ,744.85, against $l72,-
888 ,94304 in the same month last
year, an increase of s2,O9O, ,8Ol 81,
Manager George H. Bright of the
Clearing House Association an
Inounced yesterday. This advance
brought the upturn in the first 10
months of the year to more than
s87 900 900.
Clearings in the 10 months OF 1943
amounted to $1,639 ,495 ,549. 40, COM
pard with 81 ,552, ,427 ,556 .76 in the like
1912 period, the exact gain being
$87 ,067 ,992.64, the report showed
Both the October and longer period
summaries are l-time records. and
indicate notable business growth in
the Capital this year.
AS expected, October clearings
registered very sharp letdown from
September, when the War bond
drive, District and Federal tax pay
ments, and wartime business &C
tivity caused monthly increase of
$48, 1876 ,009 over September, 1912. Yes
terday's October figures were crafty
ing to bankers, who said clearings
might have dropped off much more
than they did. The huge amount Of
money placed in War bonds was
bound to slow up other spending.
Capital bank clearings so far this
year compare as follows by months
with the like periods a year ago:
Evening star., 1943-10-31

Some gardeners may prefer to save
leaves for use AS mulching mate
rial next summer. Leaves make an
excellent mulch, one that is prac-
tlcally free of diseases of orna-
mentals and weed seeds. Straw. hay
and other materials sometimes used
for mulching often contain a gen.
erous share of weed seeds, but there
is no risk of weeds when leaves are
used for mulching. Leaves to be
used for mulching will have to be
protected to keep them from blowing
around, and encircling them with
chicken wire is one way of doing it.
If your neighbors are planning to
burn their leaves. ask that they
be donated to your collection instead
Save all old plant tops that are not
seriously diseased, fine prunings
and other waste garden materials.
These can be composted with the
leaves. There may be some slight
chance of carrying over plant dis
eases on this material, but it is
more or less remote if the material
is composted and manure made of it..
The heat generated in the process
of decay destroys pathogenic organ
isms.
Do not try to mulch plants now;
wait, instead, until the weather is
colder and plants are dormant.
Evening star., 1943-10-31
Leaves for the Garden Notebook

the house plants to see il they
still hdrbor the "medly bug
This pest sucks the life out OF
them and unless controlled ,UiH
so reduce their vitality that they
make q rery poor ShoWinq Taken
early, this pest is easily con-
trolled Dip matchstick tipped
Cih cotton into alcohol and
sWGb them NTH it. 1t may take
trro or three treatments TO do the
job. but it is easier than spray
inc 1Uith lemon oil. 1rhich must
be UdShed of OF the plant after
fe,U days.
Feeding house plants is seldom
prdctiCed but they need it just
as much as do the garden plants.
One OF the prepared plant food
tablets is the easier trdp. but
liquid manure or soluble plant
foods may be used.
The new azaleamum Chrysanthe
NUNS are making a brilliant display
and are well worth growing. Better
plan to buy few plants next spring
ard put them in the border where
they may be enjoyed after the frosts
have put most of the other flowers
to rest. The Dean Kay chrvsanthe-
mum is another attractive plant and
while We do not know how we'll it
will survive our winters is worth
trying.
A taN spraying NTH bordeaux
Is needed to clean up "bldckSpot"
on the roses. The spores ,Uinter-
ouer on the canes and fallen
leapes. Turning the ledpes under,
or better still remoUing and
burning them, is only one step.
The other is to clean up the
spores on the canes. Use bor-
dedur noU and dormant
strength me-sulphW spray later
on (tdN and spring if possiblej.
The blackspot disease peakens
the bushes so greatly that they
riH not thrive and injected
plants usually suffer more ,Uinter
injury. For good roses keep on
the spray program.
u X
The recent issue of the American
Rose Society Bulletin contains an
article on the results obtained with
the newer roses in gardens through
out the United States. Some of
those receiving especially favorable
mention are: Charlotte Armstrong
Christopher Stone, Crimson Glory
Dagmar Spath. Donald Prior, Nine
Henry Guillot, Poinsettia, Snow
bird. The Doctor, and Comtesse Van
dal. Rose growers wishing to try
some of the newer varieties may
thus have the experience of others
However, it should be noted that
these findings are obtained from
rose growers scattered throughout
the country.
The compost pile should be
made ready to hold all OF the
lenDes that fail in the yard this
taU. II your compost pile is
Evening star., 1943-10-31
.Buffaloberry
Unusual Shrub

With greater emphasis than ever
before being placed on the necessity
for conserving food even a shrub
that bears edible fruit becomes more
significant in the garden plan, One
such shrub that has been grown
to some extent as an ornamental
is the buffaloberry or Shepherdia
argentea. 1t belongs to the Oleaster
family of which the genus Elaeagnus
is the type. Like most of this group,
buffaloberry bears small fruits which
are really drupes--that is. one
seeded, like the peach or plum. 1t
is native to Western North America.
This plant was frequently used by
early American settlers as a garden
shrub, as hedgeplant or wind
break and for it's fruits. It can
attain a height of l8 feet and its
handsome foliage is gray with scales
on both sides. The twigs are gray.
often ending in thorns, and the
shrub is covered with silver buds
in autumn and winter The incon-
spicuous flowers are not dioecious-
that is, the pistillate fruit bearing
flowers are borne on one plant and
the staminate or pollen bearing on
another. Both are necessary for
the setting of fruit. Usually one
staminate plant to Ave pistillate will
be sufficient. The shrub is profuse
in fruiting, the drupes being about
a quarter of an inch long. red or
sometimes yellow in color, acid and
edible.
Buffaloberry is useful as a border
plant, especially where a note of
gray may be used effectively, and
although it does especially we'll in
soil that il dry it is not demanding
in its soil requirements. An inter
esting feature of the garden in
winter. it also makes an appetizing
fruit, jelly or preserve.
Evening star., 1943-10-31
Save Surplus
Seed From
Garden
Br the Master Gardener.

y
The New Jersey College Of Agri-
culture Extension Service urges gar
deners to save and store for next
years garden any seed that was pur-
chased this year in excess Of current
needs.
Seed does not spoil if these sim
pie directions are followed:
l. Put in a ratproof container ir
which air can penetrate.
2. Label carefully with the va.
riety and year of purchase.
3. Store in a cool. dry place.
4. If you do not know the average
longevity of various types of seeo
get this information.
A clean. screw-top jar with holes
punched in the lid to allow the all
to enter is an ideal storage con.
tainer
Here is the average life of some
common vegetable seeds:
Six years-Lettuce seed.
Four years-Tomato beet, cab.
bage. Swiss chard, eggplant. kale
radish seed.
Three years-Snap bean, lima
bean. spinach, broccoli, carrot, eel.
cry, pea, sweet corn.
Two years-Pepper seed.
One year-Onion, parsnip ane
parsley seed.
To test seed in early spring wher
making your garden plans take
some blotting paper, moisten it
place 25 or so seeds between two
sheets of the wet paper, place il
in a warm place for a few days
so the seeds can germinate, separate
the sheets and count the number
of terminated seeds. The number
of growing seeds will give you the
percentage of termination you car
expect from your seed and you car
plant accordingly in the garden.
Evening star., 1943-10-31
opened.

The cold rain that was so un-
pleasant early last week wasn't as
hard on the garden as it was on
the fuel supply. The ground was
getting too dry for garden work.
the evergreens needed moisture
badly. The rain came so late in the
season that it probably will not
encourage unreasonable growth.
The supply OF tulips in local
stores has been much larger than
1Uas expected We can look for
1Udrd to a colorfW display merit
spring. The size OF the bulbs
seems to be pery good and the
choice OF uarieties all that 1ras
to be desired A tem sholred
careless handling and bruises
1phich may depelop into rot,
destroying the bulb.
X
The supply of pansy plants for
fall planting is above average and
many gardeners are taking advan-
tage of the opportunity to have a
CHEEKY border in their garden next
spring Scatter the plants around.
putting some in warm, sunny sit
uation for early spring bloom, others
in cool, sheltered place where
they will continue to bloom well
into the summer. Normally pansies
stop blooming by midJune, but
those in a shady place oftentimes
will keep on Towering all summer
ong.
Do not cover the leaves when
giving pansy plants mulching of
Well-rotted manure or compost.
They are perfectly hardy and only
need protection from the alternate
freezing and thawing which may
push them out of the ground. A
mulch will give this needed protec1 5
ton. Apply it after the ground is
frozen.
X
NOm is a GOOD time to look ouer
Evening star., 1943-10-31
New York Exchanges
Twill Close Tuesday
Ey the Associated Press

Ey the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Oct. 30-New York
securities and commodity exchanges
will be closed Tuesday, November 2,
election day.
Domestic exchanges that will
operate as usual because no elec-
tlons are being held include the
Chicago Board of Trade and North
western Grain Markets, the Chicago
Stock Exchange and the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange.
Most livestock reports will be
issued as usual.
Canadian securities and grain
markets and the London Stock Ex-
change will be open.
Evening star., 1943-10-31
Leaves and Fertilizer Salts
Make Synthetic Manure
By 4. &. Mclean.

The leaves that have fallen on
home lawns and garden5 this fall
can do great deal to make that
same soil more productive next
year. Rake all leaves and garden
trash into pile, compost the pile
with fertilizer salts and leave 1t
where it can be kept fairly moist
over winter. 1t will make ideal syn
thetic manure by the middle of next
summer, and it can be used to good
advantage on Victor gardens as
we'll as on flower beds and borders.
The use of fertilizer salts and lime
with leaves and other forms of Or
ganic waste accelerates the decay
caused by bacterial and mold action.
The lime makes the environment
more suitable for this action, and
the fertilizer feeds the microbes.
thus fastening the decay of the
leaves
Evening star., 1943-10-31
Shorp Drop Revealed
In Furniture Orders

BS the Associated Press.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Oct. 30.
Shortages and other wartime prob
lens registered strong restrictive ef-
fects on the furniture industry dur
ing September. Seidman and Seid-
man, business accountants, reported
today.
Not since 1886, the report stated,
has September recorded lower
volume of new bookings than August.
New business accepted this year in
September was l3 per cent less than
August and 81 per cent less than
September, 1912.
Shipments in September were IA
per cent under the same month last
year. and for the nine months end
ing September 30, were ii per cent
less than year ago.
Evening star., 1943-10-31
Two Roods to Lose
Veteran Treusurers
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-Two ma ior
railroads, the New York Central and
the New Haven, announced today
their treasurers are retiring at the
end of the month, each after more
than half a century of service.
Rudolph P. Ahrens, New York
Central treasurer since 1897, will
retire tomorrow after 54 years with
the road.
Arthur w. Bowman, treasurer of
The New York, New Haven and
Hartford will retire Nov. l after S.
years with the company. He was
named treasurer in 1888 Bowman
will be succeeded by E. L. Bartho-
lomew, assistant treasurer for five
years.
Evening star., 1943-10-31
-UsDA Extension servic. Ph

large enough TO hold some OF
those from neigh boring yards, so
much the better. Peat moss is
scarce and costly. The city does
not haze the men or rehicles
normally used in the collection
and disposition OF leoues The
gardener can and should Sdue the
leapes and conuert them into
soil-im proving material.
While plenty of most kinds of
vegetable seeds are indicated to be
available for planting in 1914 it is
not good economy to throw away the
surplus left from 1943. Store them
in a cool, airy situation we'll pro-
tected from mice A salad jar with
a half dozen holes punched in the
cover makes satisfactory container
Store in the coolest part OF the base
ment or garage-if dry enough.
Evening star., 1943-10-31
By WiIbnr H. Yonneman,
Garden Editor.

as much humidity as do the above
mentioned vegetables they are easier
to keep and less spoilage is to be
expected. Potatoes keep best in a
poorly lighted or dark place.
Celery may also be kept in the
storeroom or pit, but it should be
lifted with dirt on the roots. Place
it on the floor and pile dirt, peat
moss or sand around it. The cold
frame is also a satisfactory storage
place for celery for another month
or two
Carefully picked, large. green to-
matoes may be wrapped and placed
in the storage room and most of
them will ripen so that you NAV
have homegrown tomatoes for sew
eral weeks. However, they must
Evening star., 1943-10-31
Store Surpluses From the Garden

be picked carefully and wrapped In
pieces OF newspaper.
Less loss occurs in the storing of
any crop If care is exercised In
handling. Avoid bruises and cuts
Sort frequently to remove rotting
fruit or vegetables so that the in
fection will not spread.
We are being urged to buy and
store potatoes now to relieve the
warehouses swamped by the largest
domestic crop on record. 1t is wise
to open the sacks and spread the
potatoes out, then put them into
boxes and baskets, removing any
that are bruised or damaged. 1t /;
difficult to store potatoes after the
middle Of March and so purchases
should be limited to the quantities
that can be consumed before that
date