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Leaves From the Garden Notebook

Some gardeners hesitate to use
the water from the laundry tubs and
the sink on their flowers. This is
a mistake for during this drought
we should not waste a bit of water
that can be carried to our vegetable
crops and shrubbery. If there is
not enough to go around use it on
the tomatoes for they have the long
est season of fruiting and on the
most important shrubs, those that
take the longest to replace. Soapy
water is not harmful. The soap will
help to control the aphids and red
spiders.
II 1De haze good rain 1Dithin
te1U days it will pay to soD
crimson cloDer in betDeen the
roDs OF vegetable crops. Crimson.
cloUer is an ercellent Winter
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Chicago Grain

CHICAGO. Aug. 21 P-Grains ex-
hibited a nervous undertone in most of
today's short session, but oats rallied in
the closing minutes to finish with small
gains on buying by leading commission
houses. Strength in the cash market
where No. 2. white sold as high as rs
cents bushel, supported oats futures.
Trade was light and most professionals
preferred to be out of the market over
the week end. considering the uncertain
situation regarding the Governments sub
sidy program. Details on this program
which Is expected to roll back prices to
with interest by grain men.
At the close wheat was A-ss lower, Sep
tember, l .43b December, 145s Oats
were up h-ss September, III. and rye
was down M,,s'4; September. 97%-54
Prices in all pits slumped at the start
on report the War Food Administration
vas considering renewing its guarantee to
farmers that If they marketed grain now
they would participate in any advance in
maize ceilings up to and including October
81. The WAS original guarantee ex-
pired August IL.
Grain range at principal markets today:
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to bury 6-inch flower pots in in
conspicuous places. The pots may
be left empty or filled with gravel
When watering let the water from
the hose run slowly into the pots
The water will then soak down into
the subsoil without washing the sur
face soil away as so often happens
when the hose is turned on with
too much force.
The reasons Why chrysanthe-
NUNS loose their lo1Uer IeaUes
are frequently asked. Three
causes are knolOn. 1. Lack of
food or improper food balance.
2. Lack OF moisture. 3. The
chrySdnthemun, 1aenaatode. In
most cases the nemdtode (eel-
norm is probably responsible,
although this summers drought
1DiH stunt and reduce the quality
OF foUers in most gardens. The
eel-10orn,, 1Dhich is lOidely diStrib-
uted throughout the country,
penetroteS the Leaf tissue and
kills the ledDeS. No control is
absolute but by keeping ample
space bettDeen the plants, spray
ing With strong solutions OF
nicotine-sulphate and burning all
dead and infested leaUes partial
control may be obtained. AUoid
Uetting the leaUeS Uhen 1Uatering
as the nemdtode traDelS from one
plant to another in the film OF
moisture on the Leaf.
X "
Snapdragon seed may be soWn
now for winter bloom. Start the
seed in a we'll drained, shaded seed
frame. Pot up the plants before
frost and pinch back to keep them
bushy. They will bloom for long
time if kept moist and in fairly
cool but sunny place.
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coDer crop and soil builder.
HoUever, it does need plenty of
moisture in the soil to get of to
q good start and unless We do
haze ample rainfall before the
first OF September there is little
use in trying to grotD it. Better
1Ddit and use rye and Detch.
Mid-August is here and it is time
to SOW the last crops for this season,
If it rains. Turnips, Chinese cab
bage, kale, spinach, lettuce, and
winter radishes should be planted as
soon as the ground is moist ara
ready. There are at least 50 days
of growing weather in the outlying
areas and more in the protected Sec
tions of the city.
At this season OF the year gar
den pools often look like green
pea soup due to minute plants in
the Water called aloae. These
may be destroyed and the Water
CLARIFIED by using copper SUI
phGte. The mereSt trace is all
that is necessary, and an ouer-
dose a0ill kill the fish. Since this
chemical is heavy the crystals
should be placed in a cloth bag
Which may be dragged through
the 1Ddter. A teaSpoontM of the
copper SuLphGte is ample for q
pool 10 feet in diameter. Rather
than gtDe an overdose it is best
to repeat the treatment at in
terDdls OF day or tlDo until the
Udter clears, but remember only
trace OF the chemical is neces-
sdry.
In many gardens the snap beans
and lima beans are drying on the
vines while the gardeners are wait
ing for them to attain respectable
size. They are too mature for use
as green beans but they may be
harvested, shelled and dried for use
as dried beans. There is no point
in allowing them to go to waste.
X X
Many gardeners are trying to
tDdter the entire garden each
eUening and are only 1Uettinq the
surface soil. 1t is much better
to 1Dater only small portion OF
the garden at time, but to net
the soil to q depth OF inches
or more. When the soil is really
10et to q depth to do the plants
some good it 1OiU not need 1Ddter-
ing again TOR q meek or 10 days.
X X
Now is the time to dig organic
matter (humus) deeply into the
flower beds in preparation for the
new plants to be set out this fall
Added humus means a greater food
supply and greater water-holding
capacity. 1t is best to add the hu-
mus to the soil before planting
rather than afterward.
For the home gardeners 1Dho
Ucutu tttc ~ Hy SOHLctUIUg UeD
this tall 1t is suggested they start
treeStd corms noW tor Utnter
bloom. The corns may be started
this month in 6-inch bulb pans.
Use soil MIXTURE consisting OF 3
parts OF garden loan, OF Leaf
mold or compost and / OF sand.
Add a spoonful OF bone meal and
2 OF dried co,o manure to each
quart OF soil. A 6-inch bulb pan
,Uil hold 10 or IL corms ,Dhich
should be planted about / inch
deep. Water moderately and keep
in cool shady location to start
Bring indoors before frost and
keep grot0ing in cool place.
Il X
A simple but effective way Of
soaking the soil In q rock garden Is
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Boston Wool Market
Very Dull in Week
By the Associated Press.
' the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated PreSs.
BOSTON, Aug. 81 Omitted States
Department of Agricultural The
Boston wool market was very quiet
during the last week.
Some uneasiness was evident by
holders of unrestricted domestic fine
short woods as buyers for top max
ers and manufacturers remained out
of the market.
Offerings of these types OF wool
at lower prices did not result in
sales.
Total amount of wools appraised
for purchase by Commodity Credit
Corp. to date is 13,364,765 pounds
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Odd-Lot DEALINGS

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 21 lP.--The Sc
curities Commission reported today these
dealers or specialists on the New York
Stock Exchange for August 20: 2,441
sales involving 59,431 shares, including 1S
short sales involving 500 shares
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United Stotes Treasury Position
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 R.-southern
hedge selling in the face of Indifferent
to 80 cents bale in cotton futures to-
day Volume OF trading was small
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Commodity Prices

NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-The Associated
Press weighted wholesale price index Of 35
commodities today declined to 105.6s
Previous day, 105.72; week ago, 105.64;
month ago. 105.62: year ago, 1888.
1943. 1912. 1941. 1939-4O.
High - 1862 1892 e5.12 1926
Low - 103.43 9554 77.03 63.7S
Average equals 1909
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New Orleans Prices.
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. FL R,-week-
end long Liquidation and hedge selling
caused declines in cotton futures here to-
day. Closing prices were steady, Is to
20 cents hale Iower
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Spot cotton closed steady. rs cents
bale lower. Sales, 4,323. Low middling.
20;32; Receipts, 1862. stocks, i44.I24'
Bid; n nominal
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Washington Stock Exchange
BONDS.
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Approximate

- 'Renorted by w B Hbbs Co" WASHINGTON d. c)
IONS ON WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
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Chicago Cash Marie

CHsn WdIKtE.
Wheat was A-h cent lower: basis firm
on choice; shipping sales, 10000 bushels;
no bookings; receipts 163 cars.
Corn was unchanged at ceilings; basis
UNCHANGED at ceilings; shipping sales, 90
receipts, go cars
Oats were stronger for choice. but off
grades were weaker; basis choice stronger;
balance easier tone: shipping sales, 10000
bushels; bookings, 1000 bushels; receipts,
90 cars,
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Capital Securities
lover the Counter.1

The following nominal bid and asked
over the counter as of Friday, have been
assembled for The Star by washington
member of the National Association OF
Securities Dealers, Inc:
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New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK Aug 81 P-National
Association Securities Dealers Inc:
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Sales. PUBLIC UTILITIES.
$1,000 Ana a. Pot Riv r r lst 5s
$4,000 Capital Traction 1st 5s 1914,
1000 Pot Elec Pow 1st 3As. 100,
$500 Wash Gas Light list IS /!
5000 Wash Ry & Elec cons As
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Dividends Announced

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 LPi.-Dividends
declared;
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The Globe Trotter
Democracy Has An Inning

ton of the injustice of poll taxes
perplexed and bewildered Southern
born Kenneth Romney, House SER
geant-at arms. He called a phySl-
clan to examine the irked sailors
head. Il guess he was under the
strain of two years at sea and was
just letting off little steam was
the way Romney put it. He just
couldn't conceive of anybody max
ing such a bold stand at home for
the freedom we seek to guarantee
abroad.
But wise Congressman well
know they cannot afford to be
luIIed into a false sense of Sc
curity by the thinking of the
ROmneys. The sailor, who made
his gallant stand for justice,
was alone last week. 1t will not
always be so. Shortly he will
be joined by several million
others returning from the
blood -drenched battle fields OF
the world.
They will be coming back expect
ing to find, not less democracy, but
more democracy, not just for Sc
lect group, but for all americans,
Their voices will not be as easily
quelled as was the sailors. Per-
haps it was with this in mind that
the House of Representatives reg
istered democracy's greatest victory
of the week by passing the anti
poll tax bill, 265-1i0.
SEVEN TO FILIBUSTER
But the rules of the Senate,
which is in every sense of the word
a gentlemen's club, more than 1t
is legislative body, lend them
selves perfectly for wilful, stub
born, democracy-h hating little group
of men, who actually fear the peo-
pie, to defeat the anti-poll tax bill.
Already seven of these men,
who keep their seats in the U.
S. Senate through the grace of
their majesty, the poll tax,
have indicated that they will
battle till hell freezes over" to
prevent the passage of bill
that would dethrone their king.
Every dirty trick in the book will
be resorted to to defeat the demo-
cratic principle of the rule of the
majority That is doubly certain,
Already the ugly word, filibuster,
is being muttered by the die-hards
about the Senate chamber. Bilbo,
whose only opportunity to get his
name in the papers comes during
consideration Of an anti-lynchin
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Red Allen Plays
downtown Chicago

CHICAGO - (SNS)- Chicago
welcomed back another of its
favorable sons this week as ex
Louis Armstrong trumpeter, Henry
Red Allen brought his small
CONDO back to the swing Down
best Room of the Garrick
Lounge in the heart Of the Wincy
City's loop.
Allen, who scored a definite
triumph with his sensational
stand at Los Angeles 331 Club,
replaces Hot Lips Paige on the
Garrick stand, Paige returning to
New York. Earl Bostic, one of the
Paige crew, remains however,
filling the vacancy in the Allen
CONDO left by Don Stovall who re-
manned on the Coast to join the
Snub Mosely unit.
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Sergeant Katue
More Co|orfuI
Than Pancho
Guinea Native
Poison Medicine
To Japanese
By SCOOP" JONES
associated Negro Press war
CorespOndent)

SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA
(ANP) New Guinea has
Pancho VOLTA In TACT II tne
famed Mexican warrior bandit
were alive, he would have TO look
to his laurels to compete with the
courageous guerilla fighting on the
Jap-feared native, Sgt. Katue OF
Papuan infantry unit. HIS oeeos
and heroism in the New Guinea
battles are something worth relat-
ing. Despite their lurid color, the
facts related here have been Verl-
fled by officials of the Australian
New Guinea Administrative unit
(referred to as ANGAU.
This soldier, to whom ANGAU
pays tribute as their greatest SOL
der, is a rare character. He is a
Papuan native by birth. Reared In
the vicinity of an Australian native
mission in Papua Was among
the first of natives to take part in
the clash with the Japs upon their
invasion of Buna-Gona area.
HATES THE JAPS
Sgt. Katue has an almost insane
hatred for the Nips E. and the
Nips have a terrible fear of his
wrath. Prior to the repelling and
eXterminating of Japanese forces
from the Buna-Gona areas, the SER
geant with his. band of native in
fantrymen (about IA of them,
were the Japs' greatest harassers.
Crossing to and fro at will, through
the Nipponese line of defense, they
constantly rained terror, destruc-
ton and death in the midst of To-
JOS recruits.
Japanese scout patrols and inter-
ior guards at various enemy con-
.centration points were usually the
victims of his cunningly planned
surprised attacks that never failed
to be successful. Once when three
scouts on bicycles were seen ap-
preaching the same direction as the
sergeant's squad, he had his men
seek ambush positions and hold
their fire. When the Japs approach
ed, Sgt. Katue recklessly raised up
and as daring as a wild west movie
cowboy, killed the three OF them.
Another story of Sgt. Katue's he
roles that is told happened while he
and his squad were on a reconnais-
ance trip. While they were slipping
through the Sangara Mission sta
ton, it seems that one of his men.
a private, spied a Jap looking out
in a tree, fired and killed him. The
shot attracted the attention Of
about Is Japanese soldiers in a
nearby house. They came out to
investigate the source of the shoot
ing. The sergeant quickly and with
his usual cunning, ordered his men
to seek cover and open a surprise
attack on the Japs who had un-
Willingly exposed themselves. -Four
Nips were accounted for in this fray
while others fled some believ-
ed to be wounded.
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Employment Of
Group Favorable

WASHINGTON-(A N P)-Pre-
liminary figures On the employ.
ment of Negroes in war industries
are "astoundingly favorable" Will
liam Haber, chief of the research
and planning division of the War
Manpower commission, said Thurs
day.
His observation was based upon
a full report which the VINO ex-
poets to have ready on Thursday
Of this week.
Indicative of the success the COM
mission has had in including Ne
groes in it's efforts to have local
labor absorbed, Haber pointed to
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from it's proponents, but from a
white lad fresh from two years OF
fighting for freedom and democ-
racy.
A CLASSIC SPEECH
Amid the clash of personalities,
name calling, smear charges and
heated sectional debate, this
youth, a sailor, climbed to the
railing of the gallery, directly
across the chamber from the
Speakers rostrum, and asked for
the floor
The speech was classic, COM
parable only to Joe Louis Were
on Gods side" utterance.
"Mr. Speaker" the ailor
said, IL demand the right to
be heard. I would like to speak
for the thousands in the arm
ed service who cannot be here.
would like to ask why man
must pay tribute for the right
to vote.
II am willing to fight for the
men who have to fight without
the right to vote came up here
to see what democracy was about
and 1 find they are still fighting
the Civil War. I'm disguised.
admire democracy and this is the
greatest country in the world.
Why should a man have to pay to
vote in country that he must risk
his life to defend?"
PERPLEXING TO OFFICIAL
Ironically this brilliant surnma-
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.Bi|bo Promises
Long Fi|ibuster

WASHINGTON, D. c.. = (SNS)-
Senator Theodore Back to Africa
Bilbo, of Mississippi, declared Fri
day that he is ready to conduct a
eighteen-month, one-man filibuster
against the anti-poll tax bill when
ever it is called up in the Senate
The filibustering senator helped
to talk to death similar measure
in the closing days of the last SEES
sion
The current season ends in Jan
uary, 1945, and the poll tax bill,
already approved by the House,
could be called up at any time it
emerged from the Judiciary Com
mittee.
This is my opportunity to con-
tribute my services in helping pre-
serve, protect and defend the
American democratic scheme of
government - he declared.
The bill wuold make it unlawful
tp require the payment of a Doll
tax as a prerequisite for voting at
a federal election.
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Job and Your Job will Take Care
OF You" Negro workers have been
urged to be dependable, improve
their skills, and cooperate with fell
low workers of the white as well
as their own race.
The League has also called the
attention of labor leadership in
several states to the wisdom of
establishing committees on racial
problems such as the United Auto
Workers set-up over a year ago.
Following League suggestions, state
labor organizations in six states
have already established such COM
mittees charged with investigating.
adjusting and preventing cases of
racial discrimination within unions
or on jobs controlled by union
agreement.
Officials of some of the country's
largest and best known industrial
corporations have been interviewed
by Urban League staff members
and have committed themselves to
retaining Negro labor after the war
IN as near proportion as possible to
their present numbers.
In approaching industrial manage
ment. the League has been care
ful to respect seniority rulings and
the agreements which industrial
plants have made with bona fide
labor unions. The League has made
1t clear that protection for the
Negro worker is sought within the
framework of the unions secure
position rather than at its expense
Response has been most en-
couraging," reports Julius A
Thomas, Director of the Leagues
Department of Industrial Relations
Many employers have declared that
they are entirely satisfied with the
performance of Negro workers and
are planning to retain them when
the war Is over" he added.
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Justice Departn1 ent Urged
To Probe Peonage Charges
Report Farm
Workers In Mo.
Being Enslaved

WASHINGTON. D. C.-(S N 81
Victor w. Rotnem Chief of the
Civil Liberties Section. Department
OF Justice was urged this week
ny the NAACP Washington Bureau
To investigate charges that Negro
farm workers in southeastern Mis-
souri, are being arrested. beaten
and forced into virtual peonage.
The NAACP has information that
large farmers and county police
officials, in an effort to stop Negro
farm workers from leaving the
area for more lucrative employ
ment in industrial centers, have
restored to placing centeus, have
arrest on suspicious charges and
when unable to pay fines reouir-
ing that they work On local plan
tationS.
David DAVIS. a farm worker in
Wardell County, Missouri, was
taken from his home on May 4 by
the local constable and lodged in
Jail at Charlottesville, 1t is alleged
that Davis was Drutally beaten by
the constable and four state troop
ers. One of his eyes were nearly
put out and when he returned to
his home several decorations about
his body were noticeable.
Under the threat that he would
be killed and thrown into the river,
Davis alleged to have confessed to
charges of being a 'peepipg Tom. .
The white women who are supposed
to have made the complaint could
not identify him.
It is said that Davis was fined
500, without trial, and being '.n-
able to pay it-forced to sign a con-
tract to help cultivate IS acres of
cotton on the farm of o. P Thigh
mon
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or anti-poll tax bill, will certainly
not miss this opportunity to vent
his spleen against the Negro half
of his constituents, who had no
voice in his election.
PEPPERS SILENCE PULLING
Most puzzling aspect of the COM
ing Senate battle is the complete
silence of the measures sponsor
last year, Florida's Senator Claude
Pepper, an ardent New Dealer. One
is led to believe that word must
have been passed down from the
White House in one of several re-
cent moves to placate the threaten
ed Southern revolt.
The argument of Southern
legislators that they wOuldf OPP
pose the passage of anti-poll
tax legislation on the grounds
that its passage would enfran-
chise Negroes is a lie of the
whole cloth, and has no basis
of fact in any of seven poll tax
states
The senators who keep shouting
this fear know that it is a red her
ring. They know it is a vicious lie
They know that passage of the bill
will not enfranchise a single one
of the four million voteless Negroes
of the Deep South. Though they
yell loudly that they oppose the bill
because it would give the vote to
Negroes, the real fear is the en-
reimbursement of the seven million
poor whites.
REMOVES ONLY ONE
Removal of the poll tax restric-
ton merely clears one of many
barriers to Negro enfranchise-
ment. Remaining are many others.
The white democratic primary will
still be blockade. Unjustly adj
ministered educational tests" will
still be with us and color-blind reg
istration officials are yet in office.
But with the passage of this
bill the door will be completely
open to poor whites. Its pas
sage will come as the result of
the combined pressures of all
believers in true democracy.
Even then the job of making
democracy real in the poll tax
states will be but half done.
The restrictions against Negro
citizens exercising their right
to vote must be lifted before
the task can be called complete.
In helping to do this lies the
great challenge to the seven mill
lion whites who will have become
endowed once again with their in
alienable rights. Viii they meet
lit? One wonders.
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Welcomed In
Both Senate
And House
Is Gracious For
Courtesies Shown
By Legislators

WASHINGTON - (S N - -
President Edwin Barclay, CHIEF ex-
ecutive of the Liberian Republic,
Thursday became the first Negro
in history to appear before the U.
S. Congress and be officially intro
duced from its rOstrum.
The grandson of American slaves
the president of the little west
African country founded in 1872 by
American freedmen, was welcomed
in the Senate and House in con-
nection with first visit here.
President Barclay is repaying the
call President Roosevelt made to
Liberia last January after his
Casablanca conference with Prime
Minister Churchill
APPLAUDED BY SENATORS
President Barclay was applauded
as he stepped up to the rostrum.
He nodded in acknowledgement,
and said:
II wish to express my apprecia-
ton for the courtesy which has
UCCI SllOWlA LlC Ny Vic ,OCiiobC "
the United States"
After this brief statement, he sat
down and a moment later was eS-
corted to a seat on the Senate floor
normally occupied by Senator
Willard Tydings Democrat, Mary
land).
Many of the senators walked over
to President Barclay and exchanged
| greetings, while others continued
with debate on legislation. About
half of the senate's 96 members
were present at the time Among
the absentees were many Southern
| senators.
The visiting president remained
IN the senate chamber about Il
minutes. He then paid a similar
visit to the House where he was
introduced by Speaker Sam Ray
burn as the president of one OF
the lew democracies existing out
, side OF the Western Hemisphere.
President Barclay spoke briefly
expressing his pleasure at being
The guest OF the House.
He was warmly applauded from
both sides of the chamber. About
! half the membership was present