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Evening star., 1944-05-12
Eight u. 5. Agencies
Named 10 Dispose
Of Surplus Property
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Machinery for disposal of sur
plus war property was established
yesterday with issuance of regula-
ton No. by w. L. Clayton, sur
plus property administrator.
The regulation covers every type
of property in Government pos
session or control, whether real or
personal, new or used.
1t designates eight disposal
agencies, adding the Foreign Eco
nofnic Administration, the Federal
Works Agency and the Navy De-
partment to five suggested in the
Baruch- Hancock postwar report
the Treasury Department, the Re-
construction Finance Corp, the
Maritime Commission, the War
Food Administration and the Ma
tional Housing Agency.
Sale or other disposal of sur
pluses in active theaters of opera
ton may be made by the military
or naval commanders.
The disposal agencies and the
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broad general categories of surplus
properties assigned to each are:
Treasury OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
goods.
RFC-Capital and producer goods,
except such real property as is as
signed to the Maritime Commits
sion, MIA and FWA.
Maritime Commission-Maritime
property, except real property which
cainnot be utilized for maritime
purposes which is to be turned over
to RFC for disposal.
Navy OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ships
or naval auxiliaries.
WFA-All surplus food.
NHA-Surplus housing property
except that under control and juris-
diction of the War or Navy De-
partments.
FWA-Surplus war property of
the class of facilities financed
through FWA, other than those 10
Gated on the sites of national hous-
ing projects.
FEA-Surplus war property To-
Gated outside continental United
States, its territories and posses
sions.
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| Aid Is Awarded
Man Who Refused
| SoO-o-Week Job
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y, May IA man
who formerly earned between $lo,-
900 and $4,000 a year is privileged
to spurn a s90-a-week job and still
receive unemployment insurance
BENEFITS, the appellate division
holds.
The ruling was on an appeal by
State Industrial Commissioner Ed
ward Corsi from q decision of the
Unemployment Insurance Appeals
Board that Joseph Groner, New
York City, was entitled to pay
ments, although he had refused a
$90-a-week commercial art job last
August to take more time to seek a
better position.
"The refusal was not unreason-
able" the decision said. 1.-THE sal
ary offered was one-third of that
which the claimant had, received
for many years and until about two
years before the hearing and less
than one-half of the salary last re-
ceived by him."
The maximum unemployment
benefits in the State are $18 a week
up to 20 weeks.
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Graduation Slate Full

GREEN RIVER, Utah (P.-There
is no doubt among townfolk this
year about the relative scholastic
standings Of members Of the high
school graduating class. The three
members will make valedictory, sa-
lutatory and welcoming addresses.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
Double Delivery

HOBART, Tasmania (P).-Alfred
Hawkins became father and
grandfather within two hours. His
45-year-old wife Gladys and 20
year-old daughter, Betty Nichols,
gave birth to sons in adjoining beds
at maternity hospital. Both
babies were named Steven.
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H ASIAN
y ARTS

SELLING OUT. Ciosisg May 81.
Last Of Chinese Stock. 20co Disc.
1918 CONN. AVE. TEL. DU. 4s35
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Legion Auxiliary
To Attend Service

The District of Columbia Depart.
ment, the American Legion AUX.
iliary, will attend the annual me-
mortal service for World War Vet
Grams at Arlington National Gene
terry, at 10 am. Tuesday. The Ma.
tional Guard of Honor will conduct
the parade of the colors. Capt. Cal
Judd will be in charge. ALI unit
colors report to him for instructions
A poppy and flag will be laid or
each veterans grave on Monday by
the various units. The wreath
laying exercises will begin at II am
and the services will take place at
/ pm. Ushers are Lillian Howard
Edith McKeller, Albertine Bradley
Emile Schuler, Lillian Judd, Louise
Hess, Dorothy Murray, Jerry Love
and A. Lacy.
Mrs. Gertrude S. Pierce, depart
ment president, requests all chair
men send in their annual reports to
the department by June Is. 80,
Mrs. Jerry Love, department
treasurer. has been appointed the
new National News chairman. She
offers a $3.50 cash award to the
unit over 100 in membership and
$3.50 to the unit under 100 in men,
bership who sends in the most
National News subscriptions by
July l.
A meeting of Victory Unit will be
held in the Legion clubhouse or
June 2 at pm. Mrs. Albertine
Bradley, president, requests all
members to be present for the elec-
ton of new officers.
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Let Dust Mulch
Fight Drought

J. Morton Franklin, Victory Gar
den Supervisor, says:
In the Washington area the an
nual rainfall is approximately 40
inches. In ordinary seasons this
rainfall Is quite well distributed.
With this amount of rain and the
relative frequency with which 1t
falls it should not be necessary to
use water in the vegetable garden.
except for setting out plants or dur
ing these infrequent periods late in
the summer when we have not had
an appreciable amount of rain for
some 20 days. Even In these periods
OF drought" your vegetables will
not suffer unduly If dust mulch
Is maintained throughout the gar
den area. The season of 1943
was the dryest this area has
known for over 40 years and yet
those gardens where a dust mulch
was maintained continued to pro-
duce throughout the season. Where
a good layer of coarse grass or dried
weeds was placed over the dust
mulch the crops showed practically
no injury at all.
For further advice and informa-
ton phone or write the Victory Gar
den Office, 472 Indiana avenue NV.
Telephone, National 5000, extension
1887,
Evening star., 1944-05-28
With the Bridge Players
Bv Frank B. Lord.

Here is a statement which organ
lied bridge players should emphasize
in the promotion of their favorite
indoor pastime. 1t was made by Earl
Ackerman. president of the Western
division of the American Contract
Bridge League, which has just con-
cluded a successful Bridge Week in
San Francisco and Los Angeles. 1t
is applicable everywhere, and espe-
cially in Washington, which will
have supported, during the current
year, no less than 10 tournaments
and championship meets, and whose
players participate in many similar
events along the Eastern seaboard
from New York to Norfolk. This is
what Mr.. Ackerman says:
Duplicate bridge has never been
anything but purely amateur. No
duplicate player ever entered tour
nament for the profit he might de-
rive; that is reserved for rubber
bridge. Duplicate is played strictly
for the honor of winning, for the
titles and the rating points gained
from it, and above all else for the
genuine fun derived from its un-
equaled competitiveness."
The ACBL has never awarded cash
prizes for championship tourna-
ments. Because of metal shortage,
it has done away with trophies for
the duration. Instead, it uses Vic
tory certificates to take their place.
Profits are devoted to a worthy
cause, such as the education of or
phans of war veterans and other
charities.
The Eynon Bowl, which was the
major prize in the big May team of
four game Of the Washington Bridge
League, was won in q two-session
contest by the foursome comprising
Mrs. William Cheeks, John Moore,
r. E. johnson and w. E. Benedict.
They were third in the first round,
but won enough in the second to
bring their score up to 351h. Two
teams were tied for second place,
each with 1914 boards. They were
the Lemon team, comprising Mr.
and Mrs. James H. Lemon, Mrs.
Winslow Vandevanter, Henry Stear-
man and c. G. Johnson, and the
Stone team Of James G. Stone, John
Darsey, T. j. Onley and w. E. Dick
erman.
The first of the two playof games
of the Federal Bridge League for
the Luther Stewart Cup, presented
by the Federation of Government
Employees, occurred last Tuesday
evening at the Wardman Park
Hotel. Three teams participated
and were closely matched. They
were the Army foursome which won
the first half of the season series;
the Westerners, who led in the Sec
Evening star., 1944-05-28

necessity for feeding the plants.
Bluegrass should be fed each spring
and fall to keep it healthy and
vigorous. An application of COM
mercial plant food at the rate of
3 to 5 pounds per 100 square feet
OF lawn will give the grass a good
start towards overcoming heat and
trampling. If the fertilizer can be
mixed with top soil and applied
as a top dressing even better results
will be obtained.
Fertilizers and top dressings should
be applied in early March or in
September just before the new
growth may be expected. The rea-
son for top dressing Is that the
crowns OF the grass plants tend to
grow out Of the ground and by
covering them with soil they are
more or less protected and covered.
Raking the lawn with steel rake
as is commonly done tends to pull
the crowns further out of the
ground. Rolling is needed to push
them back into the soil rather than
a raking to lift them out. Raking
also has another bad feature, it
removes all of the dead grass which
is needed to mulch the surface and
to conserve moisture. Raking robs
the lawn Of plant food, too, since
the dead grass decays very rapidly
and provides nourishment for the
living plants.
A fourth step that has not been
so important until recent years but
lis becoming more important each
lyear is the control Of the beetle
lgrubs-June and Japanese. They
feed on the roots Of the grass plants
during the many months that they
live in the soil. Some gardeners
have told Of finding the grass roots
so completely cut of that it was
easy to turn the sod over. With
such an infestation it is difficult
to see how grass lives. The control
for grubs in the lawn is lead ar
senate, applied at the rate OF 10
pounds per 1000 square feet of lawn
It Is good practice to mix the lead
arsenate with sand or soil before
hand. Otherwise it will be difficult
to apply this small quantity uni
formly. Brush or wash the poison
down Into the soil after applying
so as to avoid danger Of poisoning
animals or birds.
1t is possible by cutting our grass
properly, feeding and giving 1t rea-
sonable care, to have good looking
lawn even under Washington con-
ditions. There are excellent blue
grass lawns in Washington but there
should be many more for these are
simple rules that every gardener
can follow.
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tributed between three guest con.
ductors. The first six concerts will
be directed by Stanley Chapple
English conductor; the next sever
by Antal Dorati of the Ballet The
alter and the final four by Alexander
Smallens.
Added to the already announced
soloists are two baritones, Corpl
Glenn Darwin, formerly of the
Metropolitan Opera and now of the
Army Air Forces, and Todd Dun
can, the Porgy of "Porgy and Bess,'
who has just won additional laurels
with his portrayal of Joe in the
West Coast revival of "Show Boat.
Two sopranos complete the list
Ellen Osborn, who will sing on the
all Gershwin program, and Lucille
Manners, star Of the Cities Service
program. Earl Wild, musician, first
class, U. S. NJ, and Evelyn Tynel
Join the number of pianists and
Oscar Shumsky. musician, first class,
U. S. N, and Pfc. Emo Valasek, U,
IS. A. A. F., the violinists. Three
soloists remain to be engaged.
The concerts will be given on
Sunday, Wednesday and Friday
nights from June II through July
21. Three composers are to be hon
ored with programs devoted to their
works. A Wagner program will be
given on Sunday, June Is; Tschai-
kowsky's music will be played on
Friday, July Z, and an all Gershwin
program is scheduled for Sunday,
,July 16.
Evening star., 1944-05-28

OF WashingtonS outstanding muSl-
cal events.
The Bureau announces the open
ing of the sale of tickets for the
fourth annual series of Starlight
Chamber Music concerts to be held
In Meridian Hill Park, starting on
June 21 with concert by the Cool
idge Quartet. This series, as in for
mer seasons, will continue for eight
weeks with a concert at $3.50 p. m.
every Wednesday. The concerts will
be presented by four outstanding
string quartets-The Coolidge, The
Gordon, The Curtis. and the Stuy-
vesant Quartets; also the Albeneri
Trio; a trio consisting of Frances
Blaisdell. flute, Lucille Lawrence, harp
and Egon Kenton, viola; Helen Ware,
violinist and Yella Pessl, harpsi-
chord, will present a sonata recital:
and the series will close with a con-
cert by the Horace Britt Ensemble.
Tickets are now on sale at the old
location, l340 G street until Thurs
day, after that at the new location
at 1900 G street.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Summer Plans

Boys between the ages of IL
and 16 are being urged to enroll
in a Victory Corps Group affin-
ated with the Victory Garden
center in the Silver Spring-Ta-
koma Park area, to do garden
work and other odd jobs this
summer. A meeting Of the group
will be held in one Of the COM
munity plots at $3.50 o'clock Sat-
urday morning.
The center announces that
canning centers will be operated
again this year in the Silver
Spring -Takoma area. There viii
be pressure cookers used In the
centers, and an extra few viii be
circulated among those needing
them.
For further information on
these projects, telephone the Vic
tory Garden Center, Shepherd
1854, Extensions A and 28. The
address Of the center is 1884
Colesville road, Silver Spring,
Md.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
I'd Division
Memorial Services

The Second Division Association
will hold Memorial Day services al
the Second Division Monument
Seventeenth street and Constitution
avenue NV, May 80, 2:3O pm
The principal speaker will be 1t
Gen. A. A. Vandergrift, U. S. M. G
The United States Marine Band will
be present. The following organiza-
tions will participate: Army, Navy
and Marine Corps troops; American
Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Disabled War Veterans, Army and
Navy Union, Catholic War Veter-
ans, G. A. R., American War Moth
ers OF World War and the Blue Star
Mothers
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Music
Notes
Seasons Plans
Announced by
Philadelphians

The Philadelphia Orchestra an.
nounces its usual subscription series
of five concerts for the Washington
1944-4s season, with Eugene Or
mandy conducting throughout. The
opening concert will be on Oc-
tober II. On November %, Ma.
than Milstein, violinist, will be here
as guest artist, with Artur Rubin
stein, pianist, appearing On January
30. The February 20 concert will be
q straight orchestra performance
but on March 13 Rudolf Serkin
pianist, will play with the orchestra
Shows Concert Bureau, which
handles the tickets for the Phila-
delphia Orchestra, states that re-
newals will be accepted through
June /, with the Office closed on
May 80. New subscribers may OBJ
tain season tickets from June 8
through June 80. The bureau will
be closed during July and August.
Eugene Ormandy is now in Aus
tralia on an official. mission for the
once of War Information, con-
Quoting orchestras in Melbourne,
Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide as
the first "lease-lend musical artist"
Under his baton, three works by
American composers will be heard
for the first time in Australia;
"Bataan," by Harl Mcdonald; THE
White Peacock" by Charles Tom
linson Critics, and the "Adagio for
Strings" by Samuel Barber.
In line with the new appreciation
of the value of music during war
time, the Philadelphia Orchestra Is
to be permitted to resume its cross
country tour next season, after two
years of limited performances on
the East Coast. A complete cover
age of New England, a wide circle
in the Middle West and a swing
through the South are included in
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ond half, and the Government
team, which had the highest aver
age for the two halves. The Army
team comprised Maj. r. H. Skinner
Russell J. Baldwin, r. H. Webber
and Maj. Lantz; the Westerners
William Cheeks, John Moore. r. E
johnson and w. E. Benedict, and
the Government, Gene Hermann
Mrs. B. E. Palmer, Mrs. Irene Sur
guy, Earl Hymes and Maj. Stern
berg, alternate. 1t was a seesav
contest from the start, with the
Westerners winning at the end by q
score of 1914 boards won to 15K
lost in board a match game. The
Army team was second with score
of Is boards won and Is lost. The
Government team was last with II
wins and 161s losses. The second
and final round will be played
June 6.
Contemporaneous with the play.
off game, the league held the first
of it's summer series of pair games
There were "a players in the com.
petition. The North and South win
ners were James G. Stone and John
Darsey, first; DR.. N. Jassny and Mrs
Alma Byrne, second, and Mr.. ano
Mrs. Ray Sheppard, third. East and
West, the winners were Bush Buck
ley and Mrs. Florence Stein, first;
Mrs. Kitty Boyle and Mrs. Roy
Hackett, second, and James Soure-
las and DR.. G. c. Mcdonnell, third
Mrs. Ruth l.. Carlstrand and Mrs
Mildred Linderman won the special
pair game last week at the National
Press Club.
Players are making favorable
comment on the recent successes
OF r. E. johnson. In one week, he
was co-winner in three major
events. First, he won the mixed
pair match of the Old Dominion
tournament with Mrs. Violet Zim-
mer as his partner; next, he was q
member of the team winning the
Eynon Bowl at the Washington
Bridge League, and he was also a
member of the team winning the
sectional prize in the first division
OF the Federal Bridge League.
The Cavalier tournament is clos
ing today at the Pinewood Hotel
Virginia Beach. The Cavalier
where it has been played hereto
fore, has been taken by the Army
for military purposes. Among the
Washington players participating
are Tom Wallace, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Cheeks, LIE Roy Thurtel1, John
Moore and several others.
The Washington team comprising
Maj. and Mrs. r. H. Skinner, Eu-
gene Smith and Miss Frances Jacoby
were fourth in last weeks Philadel-
phia tournament.
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SWV Auxiliaries

Representative John M. Robsior
will be the principle speaker at the
memorial service at 10 am. today
at the Water Gate near the Lincoln
Memorial. The strewing of flowers
on the water will conclude the serv-
Ice. All members of the organiza-
ton are requested to attend.
Admiral George Dewey Auxiliary
will have a dinner at the Fairfax
Hotel at 6 pm. on June Z.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Special Program

The Wheel of Progress Society
will hold its regular monthly meet
ing at the Washington Hotel tomor-
row evening at $50 pm. A program
entitled Evening of Songs and
Story" will consist of a group of
original poems on the subject of
World and Global War presented by
Lucia Ramsey Maxwell, songs by
Eunice Rowe, soprano; talk on
Music with the USO," and musical
theraphy by Mrs. Godfrey and why
Fight" a reading by Mrs. Amos
A, Fries.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Odd Fellows News

The Patriarchal Fellowship Club
will have a dinner at 7 pm. May
30 at Stansbury Hall, with ladies
and friends as guests.
The Excursion Committee of the
order will meet at 8 pm. June 2
to arrange for the annual excur-
|sion.
The Pilgrimage Committee will
meet June to arrange for the an
nual pilgrimage to Arlington Gene
terry.
Columbia Lodge will be presided
over by Noble Grand L. B. Shell
|ings on Thursday.
Evening star., 1944-05-28

new store at the
corner of 18th
and g streets
NV, formerly
Drops M u 8 l C
Store.
The G appel /
Bureau has for
many years dis
pensed the tick
cts for the con-
certs given in
the oo1id 6 e
Auditorium in
the Library of
Congress. 1t has
also handed the
tickets for many
Evening star., 1944-05-28
By ". II. Yonneman,

In other words, most folks seem to-
feel that q lawn to be of good ap-
pearance should be closely clipped
at all times and have insisted on
adjusting lawnmowers to cut as low
as possible.
This continual close cutting pre-
vents the grass from making normal
growth, consequently, the pants are
soon so weak that they cannot with
stand summer heat and drought.
Furthermore, having been clipped to
the crown, oftentimes the crown
having been actually cut of in the
moving, the plants are continuously
being stunted. All Of which leads
to the conclusion that the lawn
mower we push so vigorously is
largely responsible for the condition
Of our lawns.
No doubt some viii question with
this view, saying it is unreasonable
to assume that everyone Is using a
wrong method. However, 1t is easy
to point out the number of blue
grass pastures within few miles
Of Washington where the livestock
Craze the summer through. Yet, it
is those same pastures that are
being cut up and the sod laid on
the lawns around the newly built
homes and Office buildings. Blue
grass does grow and it will grow If
we give 1t chance, but cutting it
ca uI,os.t that fy.n Iaaxns ca,,x,o% f,,xo
ton and 30 short that the crowns
Of the plants oftentimes are actually
destroyed, while the crabgrass can
live and grow without hindrance,
effectually prevents bluegrass from
growing in our lawns in spite Of the
watering and fertilizing that many
give 1t.
According to authorities on lawn
grasses, a lawnmower should be set
to cut not less than 1h inches, bet
ter still, nearer inches in height.
This seemingly simple adjustment
cannot be made on most makes Of
mowers. Several companies have
admitted that such setting is i'm
possible on their machines. How
ever, 1t Is believed that a blacksmith
or machine shop can make new
hangers for the roller that will raise
the height Of the cutter bar. :,
It is to be admitted that the height
Of the cutter bar Is not the only
factor that contributes to the failure
Of bluegrass in this area. Many
gardeners insist on sprinkling their
lawns each evening, barely wetting
the soil. The moisture does not
penetrate deeply enough to benefit
the bluegrass, but it does help the
crabgrass which soon becomes so
thick that it smothers the bluegrass
with its strong growth. The crab
grass, which is a most vigorous
grower and robs the bluegrass of
sun and moisture, would not even
get good start If the bluegrass
were as tall and thick as it should
be. 1t is far better not to water a
lawn than 1t is to frequently moisten
the surface. If the lawn needs
watering, give 1t a thorough soaking,
moisten the soil to a depth of 4
inches or more. II In doubt as to
how well the job is being done, take
a trowel and dig hole. Ordinarily
1t will take from 80 minutes to one
hour with q revolving sprinkler for
sufficient water to fall on the ground.
After a thorough watering the lawn
will not need additional moisture
for week or 10 days.
Another step that many overlook
In the culture of a good lawn is the