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The midland journal., 1944-11-24

Greeks are disbanding two partisan
armies. Setting US q good example
The midland journal., 1944-11-24

Germans have developed rocket
bomb they could kurl across the At.
lantic. soys Stockholm,
The midland journal., 1944-11-24

There are said to be places where
you have to buy cigar to get Gig
arctic. and they haven't any of those
either.
Evening star., 1944-04-02
Sbagbmum
Moss

Two articles, one on starting seeds
in sphagnum moss, the other on
growing plants in sphagrlum, that
appeared in recent issues Of the Ma
tional Horticultural Magazine, are
now available In bulletin form.
This new method should appeal to
local gardeners, especially those who
wish to grow their own plants. Nor
mally gardeners experience consid-
cradle difficulty In starting plants,
the destructive "damping-of" dis
ease destroying them unless pre-
ventive measures are taken. The
use Of the sphagnum moss, which
is readily obtainable at the garden
supply houses, practically eliminates
this disease.
Many inexperienced gardeners win
think 1t necessary to feed the seed
lings and transplants growing In the
moss. This Is not necessary, how
ever, except where the plants are to
be kept In 1t for long time. While
this method was first studied for use
In growing seedlings, 1t has now been
demonstrated to be fully as useful
for transplanting the seedlings. In
many instances better results were
obtained with the sphag1ium than
with carefully prepared soil mix
lures.
Copies Of the bulletin may be OBJ
tanned at the once of the American
Horticultural Society washington
Loan 6 Trust Building).
Evening star., 1944-04-02

products make up as much as 96
per cent Of the exports. American
children get sunshine vitamins from
Icelandic cod liver oil.
Many fishermen are between
time farmers. Literally making hay
while the midnight sun shines, they
harvest grass from irrigated fields
for the winter feed Of 100000 sheep.
Besides hay, in the short summers,
farmers can raise little more than
potatoes, rutabagas and turnips.
About one-half of / per cent Of
the islands area is cultivated-the
green fringe of lowlands surround
ing the grasslands, glaciers and lava
deserts Of the central plateau.
All Iceland's towns stand beside
fjords and bays. Akureyri in the
north, with $500 inhabitants, ranks
next to Reykjavik. Siglufjordur, 40
miles northwest, has barely 5000
permanent residents, but summer
fishing brings four times that many
fishermen and makes 1t the herring
Klondike."
Evening star., 1944-04-02
Legion Auxiliary
Department Ball;
Unit Activities

! Plans for the annual ball of the
American Legion Auxiliary of the
District Of Columbia Department
have been completed, according to
Mrs. Mary B. Morris, vice president
1t will be held April IS at the
American Legion clubhouse, 2437
Fifteenth street NV. It is for the
rehabilitation and child welfare.
All members and their friends are
invited. Make reservations with
Mrs. Rosetta Wells, Adams 3408.
Members OF the I'D Division Unit
with Mrs. Ruth Fritz rehabilitation
chairman, entertained the veterans
Of Mount Alto Hospital on March
rs with a bingo party and refresh
ments.
The unit will hold its annual
visitation ut the New Colonial Hotel
on April 5. Mrs. Gertrude 8. Pierce
department president, and her stafi
will be guests OF honor.
April II. 10. "a, 2s are auxiliary
nights at the T. B. Association
1908 Sixteenth street NV. Mrs.
Frances Cassidy, department ere-
hab,Htation chairman, urges 1i1etn-
bers Of all units to enroll for classes
Call her at Franklin 2372 for in
structions.
The annual visitation to the Lin
coin Unit by the department presi-
dent and staff will be held at the
home Of Mrs. Edna Sheriff., 5000
Connecticut avenue NV, on April
l3 at 8 pm. Mrs. Ida Ais, presi-
dent. will preside.
On April II, at Z pm, there will
be a bingo party in the Red Cross
Recreation Building at Mount Alto
Hospital for the veterans.
Victory Unit will meet at the
Legion clubhouse on April II, as
Good Friday falls on their regular
meeting night, April Z.
Cooley Mccullough Unit will meet
Wednesday at $50 pm. at the
Legion clubhouse. Mrs. Pauline 3
Chambers, chairman of Pan-Ameri.
can Study, announces Miss Con-
suelo Cana, a native of Chile, will
speak on her country.
The unit will assist at the past
presidents party for women vet
Grams Of both World War one and
two on Easter Sunday at Mount
Alto Hospital.
Miss Katherine Clark, chairman
OF rehabilitation, will hold a party
for the veterans at Mount Alto
Hospital on April II at 7 pm. Re-
freshments will be served and games
played.
All unit members having men,
bers Of their immediate family In
the service are asked to send In
their names to the secretary, as
names will be drawn at the next
meeting and gifts will be sent to
them.
Sergt. Jasper Unit will meet al
. pm. tomorrow, at the American
Legion clubhouse. Initiation of new
members will be held. The Chile
Welfare Committee and the Pan
American Committee will present
the program.
Kenneth H. Nash Unit will meet
at the Washington Hotel on April
Is. Special Agent ]. B. Green of the
Department of Justice will speak on
Problems of Juvenile Delinquency u
Evening star., 1944-04-02
Victory Garden
office Ne1Vs
J. Morton Franklin, supervisor,

I
says:
Now that the dafYodils are coming
into bloom it Is reasonably safe to
plant such crops as beets, cabbage,
carrots, chard, endive, lnohlrabi, leaf
lettuce, mustard and parsley. Re-
member that the finer the seeds, the
finer the soil must be where they
are to be planted. With such very
small ones as carrots or parsley, or
those which have tender seedlings.
such as beets, chard or lettuce, It Is
best to cover the seed with q very
light soil such as Is made by mixing
leaf mold and sand with soil, or,
better yet, cover such seeds with
sand only. In addition to this, q
few radish seeds should be planted
in the same row, so as to break
through the ground first and not
only indicate the row, but TO permit
earlier cultivation.
As suggested before, II Is well
worth while to treat the seeds with
some form Of seed disinfectant, as
this will tend to reduce the number
of plants which are lost from dis
ease at the time of termination.
For further information phone or
write the Victory Garden Once, 472
Indiana avenue NV, National 5000,
extension 2837.
Evening star., 1944-04-02

From Reykjavik, the sightseeing
Yank can glimpse Snaefellsjokull,
northwest across the bay OF Faxafioi.
This Is one Of Iceland's menagerie OF
more than 100 volcanoes, of which
the most famout is Mount Hekla, in
the south. Vatnajokull, east, is q
whole family of volcanic giants
blanketed beneath $500 square miles
OF snow and glaciers.
A cousin Of the volcanoes is the
great geyser-Icelandic for "gusher"
first Of the worlds steaming foun-
tains to be discovered and the source
of their name. Hot springs supply
free boiling water to steam -heating
systems, swimming pools, Reykjavik's
public laundry, and greenhouses for
growing tomatoes and even bananas.
The biggest harvest is reaped from
the sea. Iceland catches more fish
per capita-7,000 pounds and up
each year-than any other Euro
pean nation. Icelanders invented
the trick Of steaming cod livers fresh
on board ship to save vitamins. Fish
Evening star., 1944-04-02

row, a furrow Is opened on each
side of the string. Each furrow
should be a bit deeper than the seed
are to be planted. The fertilizer is
laced in the bottoms of the two fur
rows and covered. A third furrow
is opened directly under the string
for the seed. In this method the
plant food Is placed on each side
and below the seed. This is the
band method.
The fourth method: Half of the
annual fertilizer application is scat
tered over the spaded or ploughed
soil and raked into it. This puts
the first application in the upper
inch or two Of soil. AS the plants
approach the halfway mark In
their development shallow furrow
is opened on either side of the row
with a hoe. The fertilizer Is placed
in these burrows and covered. This
latter phase is commonly employed
to stimulate growth Just before
harvest and is called "side-dress-
ing" Some growers give two or
three side-dressings during the
growth to insure big yields, but un-
less carefully done this may result
In injury to the growing crop.
The timing Of applications is not
so important as the soil moisture
at the time of applying. The best
time to apply a fertilizer is after a
shower or watering. The plants are
not thirsty and will not take up an
overdose. Some gardeners water
just before and after applying fer
tilizer. Applications while the soil
is dry and the plants are thirsty
usually result in the plants taking
up considerable quantities Of the
soluble plant food with the next
rain, and unless the quantity ap-
piled is very small they are apt to
be burned.
Evening star., 1944-04-02
News

Scottish Rite Masons will ex-
emplify the fifth degree Tuesday eve.
ming ut the temple, $500 Sixteenth
street NV, in the series OF degrees
being conferred upon the members
OF tho Frederick M. Book class.
Mithras Lodge Of Perfection viii
meet preceding the comforting of
tho degrees.
petworth chapter will confer the
Royal Arch degree tomorrow night
Evening star., 1944-04-02
OES Activities
In Local CHAPTERS

The Ofiicers' Club Of Chevy Chase
Chapter will meet today at the
home of Mrs. Florence Cox.
Joppa Lodge Chapter on Wednes-
day evening will have initiation
Those having birthday anniversaries
in April will be honored.
The Temple Committee Of Cathe-
dral Chapter will meet with Mrs
Marian Hatton tomorrow evening
The Eastern Star Home Board will
meet with Mrs. Jessie Bradley
Thursday evening.
Washington Centennial Chapter
will meet Friday evening. Mem
bers having birthday anniversaries
in April viii be honored.
Ruth Chapter viii meet Monday
at 8 pm. at stansbury Temple
Past matrons and past patrons will
be honored.
Joseph H. Milans Lodge Chapter
on Thursday evening will have the
obligation ceremony. The Star
Points Society will meet April IA
and the Saturday Night Club
April 16.
3D. Arsme Chapter on Wednesday eve
ming will have memorial services for
the late Daniel Davis and Louis
Allen Smith.
The Auxiliary Home Board Com
n1ittee Of Naomi Chapter will have
a card party Tuesday evening at
the home of Mrs. Fannie Smith.
Fidelity Chapter will confer the
degrees Tuesday at $500 Sixteenth
street NV.
The Friendly Club will have a
luncheon meeting at 1890 pm
Tuesday at the home Of Mrs
Charles Ockerhausen.
The Endowment Committee OF
Bethlehem Chapter will hold card
party at the home of Marie Deal
on April 4 at 8 pm.
Bethany Chapter on April 7 will
have initiation. The Star Point
Committee will meet with Junior
Past MaHon Annebel Tillett on
April 10.
Esther Chapter will meet April
6. The star points will entertain.
The Ways and Means Committee
will meet at the home of Misses
Lucy and Grace Keller on April 3.
Treaty Oak Chapters Luncheon
Gard Club will be entertained
Thursday by Abbie Colwell. The
General Fund Committees next
public card party is April 15 at the
home Of Martha Sisk.
La Fayette Lodge Chapters Star
Point Society will meet Wednesday
night at the home of Mrs. Mar
garet X. Grifflth.
Martha Chapter on Friday eve-
ming will have initiation.
The 50th Anniversary Committee
will meet Tuesday evening at the
home of Past Grand Patron Frank
Kimmel.
Evening star., 1944-04-02
By ". II. Yonngman.
Garden Editor.

Feeding the Victory garden in
1914 will not be greatly different
than in l943, although the Victory
garden fertilizer is a little better
adapted to the gardeners needs. It
has a bit more nitrogen, not too
much for tomatoes and potatoes, but
still lacking for lettuce, cabbag be and
the green, leafy crops which need
plenty Of nitrogen If they are to
make rapid, succulent, tender
growth. The additional phosphate
Is desirable, since many of our soils
are lacking in this important plant
food. The slightly smaller amount
OF potash should not be detrimental
except, perhaps, for those who grow
sweet potatoes.
Last year the Victory garden fer
tilizer had . formula Of 3-8-7 which
is the percentage respectively Of
nitrogen phosphate potash con-
tanned. This year the formula Is
5-10-5. In addition to the Victory
garden fertilizer we may buy small
amounts Of the nitrogen fertilizers
ammonium sulphate, nitrate of soda,
etc. These will be important as
supplements to the Victory garden
FERTILIZER for use on the green leafy
crops.
The quantity of fertilizers to be
used in the Victory garden will vary
according to the richness Of the soil.
However most gardeners will use
from 4 to 6 pounds per 100 square
feet. For a 30x50-foot plot this
will mean from 90 to 90 pounds.
While this may seem like q lot to
some. to the experienced 1t is not
heavy feeding. Bountiful yields Of
lush tender crops can only be OBJ
tanned through careful feeding.
Where barnyard manure is incor-
porated in the soil the above rates
may be q bit high. However BARN
yard manure Is not complete plant
food and will need supplementinp
with phosphate to give q better bal
ance and with a certain amount of
the Victory garden fertilizer to keep
the crops growing, vigorously until
harvest.
The application of the plant food
may be made in one of four differ
ent ways. There are advocates of
each. The University Of MARYLAND
favors the mixing of the fertilizer
with the soil at spading time. The
Department Of Agriculture has
shown through experimentation.
that the band" method gives bet
ter yields in field culture. The ma
terials used, the soil, the crops
grown and the intensity Of culture,
probably have more effect on the
results obtained than the method
of application.
The first method: The fertilizer Is
applied in the bottom of the plant
ing furrow and mixed with the soil
before the sowing of seed. This is
an old-time practice which may not
work out with the present types of
nitrogen that are incorporated In the
Victory garden fertilizer. To be sue
cessful the burrows should be deep
and the fertilizer well mixed with
the soil before planting.
The second method: Half Of the
application Is spread over the gar
den before spading. This Is turned
under and the second half is then
raked into the topsoil. This in
effect puts part Of the fertilizer
where the roots will reach it as
they reach full growth, while that in
the upper soil gives them food with
which to make growth during the
early stages Of development.
The third method: After the string
is stretched to mark the planting
Evening star., 1944-04-02
Daughters of America

State Councillor Margaret Taylor
and her staff of officers will visit
Unit Council April IL at 2407 Mime
sofa avenue Sc; Barbara Frietchie
April 20 at Star Hall, Mount Rainier
Md, and Goodwill Council April "a
at Northeast Temple.
State good of order meeting, April
3, Nortseast Temple. State Council
chicken dinner April 10, Northeast
Temple.
Evening star., 1944-04-02

mo Trees, ITO LId1IlS, no ARMY, llO
navy, no night In midsummer-Ice-
land startles Americans with what
| 1t doesn't have.
Since the Yanks mounted guard
over this island in the North At
lantic, they have found many sur
lprises to write home about-vol-
canoes that erupt through ice, neat
all-electric fishing towns, the Great
Geyser, purple-shadowed fjords and
white glaciers glinting under the
aurora borealis, summer midnight
sunlight and winter midmorning
sunriSes.
Yanks in Iceland have heard tall
blonds Of Viking ancestry speak the
Language Of Left Ericsson, who dis
covered America s44 years ago. They
have eaten fresh Iceland salmon
and smoked lamb and skyr % fancy
cottage cheese). They have felt high
winds and lightning weather
changes. They have worn out their
shoes on lava rock. They have
found that dogs are outlawed from
the capital, and family names are
against the law. The Icelander's
last name consists Of fathers first
name plus son for boy or dottir
for girl.
Proud Of the bigness of their own
country, Americans are surprised to
find little Iceland full -f1edged ma
ton. 1t is smaller (39,7O0 square
miles, than Virginia, and nine
tenths of 1t is uninhabited. It has
only half as many people (12l, 5000
as metropolitan Richmond. Yet 1t
has its own language, its own liter
ature OF sagas which American col
lege students read. its own ancient
Parliament-called the Althing-
which was $50 years ahead of the
United States Congress, and one of
the worlds leading fishing indus
tries.
Northern Sentry.
Airplanes and submarines have
forced this neutral island into the
role Of northern sentry for Atlantic
sea and air lanes, and OF weather
watcher for the climatic cauldron
that cooks up storms for Europe.
Iceland had been united with Den
mark since 1880. But on the day
after the Nazis moved into Denmark,
the Althing suspended the Danish
kings power. The next month, Brit
ish forces moved in to protect the
island: then, In 1941, the Yanks took
over. In May, 1914. Icelanders will
decide by vote whether to retain
their kingdom or become q republic.
The island is q volcano lighted
beacon in the North Atlantic mark
ing the Arctic Circle. Yanks there
are 2,4O0 miles from Boston, 400
miles from the British Isles, 600
miles from Norway. At Iceland's
west coast bases. they are only ITS
miles from the nearest part of
gigantic Greenland.
Yanks on leave gravitate toward
Reykjavik, the capital and only city,
where third of the people live. On
Iceland's southwestern coast, it has
trimmings that few cities of 10000
can afford-university, museum, ma
tional library with more books in
proportion to the population than
has the Library Of Congress), radio
station and art gallery. Printing is
a major industry, for Iceland pub
fishes far more books per capita
than the United States.
Modernistic homes and apartment
buildings of reinforced concrete get
electricity for light and cooking from
a nearby waterfall, draw heat from
local hot springs, and thus turn
chimneys into ornamtnts. Reykjavik
was the first permanent settlement
OF rebel Vikings from Norway who
settled Iceland in the 870's.
Evening star., 1944-04-02

Onion plants and sets should be
planted now. Sow few very few
feet OF row Of lettuce, beets and, in
the more protected sections, rad
lshes. These crops are hardy and
will withstand some cold weather
Evening star., 1944-04-02

Experienced gardeners prefer to garden plots
Nth manure epen though supplies limited Howeue
cause OF this scarcity most gardens haue to get along oh
compost and commercial fertilizers These If properly used
otu aid In producing good quality crops The commercial
fertilizers OF effective used i'm combine
j.
Evening star., 1944-04-02
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Mr. LOWeu, Slttlng south, Iound
himself In a three-no-trump con-
tract. West opened her fourth spade,
the four; dummy covered with the
seven and East played the two. 1t
was dummy's trick, but South over
took it with the highest card of the
suit, the ace. He figured that II the
clubs did not break, when he played
the ace and queen, he would require
q re-entry to the dummy. The
queen Of spades was the only pos
sibility and he could reach 1t only by
leading to It twice. Because East
played the five under the seven on
the first lead, 1t was certain that the
king was held by West and must
be played on the second lead Of that
suit. That was what happened, and
West then led the ace of diamonds
East played the come-on eight, then
took the king and queen. That
voided West Of the suit and South's
jack next won, after which he led a
spade, which put him in dummy tc
make the remaining clubs and, OF
course, his ace and king Of hearts
won the rest Of the tricks. Overtak-
ing the first trick with the ace OF
spades was . safety play, for the
clubs did not break. It was neces-
sary to reach the dummy and lead
the jack before the 10 fell.
1t would have been better for West
to have laid down the jack of spades
as the opening lead. Then South
would have been obliged to guess the
location of the king after winning
with the ace. 1t would have been
necessary for him to guess that West
held It,
The Federal Bridge League will
start playing its team-o -four games
in four sections, instead of three as
heretofore, Tuesday night. This will
make no difference in the relative
standing of the various foursomes
National Press Club winners on
Monday night were Eugene Smith
and Pfc. M. Roller, first; DR.. N. j.
McHugh and Mrs. Helen Golden,
second, and William j. Hogan, jr.,
and Miss Madge Watkins, third. Mr..
Smith is q newcomer to Washing
ton, who recently won high honors
in New York, and Pfc. Roller is a
marine from New York who is dis
playing exceptional skill. The Press
Club event was their first local sue
cess.
Evening star., 1944-04-02

This Is the 18th and concluding
article In the National Geo.
graphic Society's current series
titled Where Are the Ydnks7"
1t has been prepared for The
Sunday Star to inform readers
about regions tphere American
serDicemen are stationed,
Evening star., 1944-04-02
Bridge
By Frank B. Lord.

Win the nrSt OF WaSnlngtOnS s
four big satellite games" over, local
bridge players next look forward to
the postponed tournament OF the
Maryland State League, which Is
to be held in Baltimore, at the
Emerson Hotel, the last week end
of this month. The delay has been
due to inability of the league to
obtain hotel accommodations. In
previous years the event has usually
occurred early in January.
The satellite games" are those
nearby events that have been trans
ferred to the Capital because OF war
conditions. They have been very
successful here and have taken on
an aspect which, although they are
more or less regional, has made
them almost as interesting and
important as the national meets.
So much is this 50 that Washington
players are now insisting that their
town takes second rank as a bridge
center only to New York, at least
on the Eastern seaboard. The next
regional occurs the last week id
May.
In addition to Its many duplicate
games, the Capital boasts OF two
big leagues, the Washington Bridge
League and the Federal Bridge
League, each with a large and en-
thusiastic membership. The Federal
held its monthly master point game
Tuesday night with the largest at
tendance it has ever had. In addi-
ton, Washington has the president
Of the national organization, the
American Contract Bridge League,
and the foremost tournament d.
rector Of the country, Capt. Russell
J. Baldwin. All these things COM
bine to make It an outstanding
bridge community.
Occasionally, 1t becomes advisable
for a declarer to win the same trick
twice; that is, to take 1t in the
fourth hand-it may be with his
highest honor-after 1t has already
been won in the second hand. When
this is done, 1t is for the purpose of
establishing in one hand a re-entry
which would otherwise be improb-
able, II not impossible.
An example is afforded in the
deal given below, played by J. B.
Lowell In the Federal Bridge League.
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Evening star., 1944-04-02

Stamps have been requested for
the 125th anniversary Of the crossing
of the Atlantic by the steamship
Savannah, 1919, and the 18th an
niversary of the completion of the
Union Pacific Railroad, 1869.
Evening star., 1944-04-02

Indications are that the Scent
Psn-American Union jubilee stamp,
now no longer available at the
PhNatelic Agency, Is a speculative
Savortte with rapid and permanent
elevation In catalogue price as
sured.
Evening star., 1944-04-02

First-day sales reports for the new
Scent airmail stamp, released March
81, are: 313,101 stamps sold, $25 ,048;
covers Cancelled, 147,484.
Evening star., 1944-04-02

Mr.. and Mrs. David D. Caldwell
Of Washington attended the recent
Atex exhibition at Atlantic City.
Evening star., 1944-04-02

Copies Of the Cathedral Age mag
azine for Easter, containing an illus
trated article on stamps showing
cathedrals by the editor Of The
Star stamp department, still are
available at Washington Cathedral
ut cost, SOC each.