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Gardeners
Notebook

To have strong plants of pansies,
English daisies and forget-me-not,
SOW the SEED this week, if the
weather is willing.
1t will be better to dig, separate
and replant painted daisies (pyreth-
rum), primroses (hardy primulas)
and bearded iris before the first
Of September if they have become
too crowded. There is always so
much digging and planting to do
later on that it is a good idea to
get this out of the way this month
if you find a cool day now and
then when such work is more Of a
pleasure than chore.
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It is poppy planting timer too.
Fog some reason, probably the extra
amount of rain, some of them have
started into growth ahead of time.
Quite a number of green rosettes
have been noticed during the past
few days.
Siberian and Japanese iris should
not be moved until September.
Peonies are better, too, If left until
the middle Of that month. Time
to discuss them more fully later
on in the month.
4
Madonna lilies uilium candidium)
and daffodils or narcissus (which
ever, you may choose to call them)
may be set out any time now.
Since so many Madonnas were fro
zen back last spring before they
could bloom it will be interesting
to watch for them this fall to see
If they come forth again to brave
the winters cold.
4 4 Il \
All small bulbs, those lovely little
things which bloom so early to give
us promise of another beautiful
spring, grape hyacinths (muscarD !,
crocus, scilla, glory-of- -the-snow
(chianodoxa) should also be planted
as early as you can obtain them.
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WAC and Husband MeetAgoin;
Dine at Lost Resort on Biuk

A husband and wife-both Wash
ingtonians-met for the first time
in a year recently-in Biak, South
Pacific.
Corpl. Helen Gargas, IS, beau
tician at the WAC beauty salon or
Biak went overseas last September
Her husband, Specialist 1/c Walter
Gargas went over last April Once
before, he almost got to see his wife
when she was stationed at Oro Bay
He was sent thereto find that she
had left for Biak a week before.
But recently at Biak, he founo
his wife and took her to dinner al
the Last Resort Club" they wrote
home.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Gargas en-.
listed in the service April 3, l943
They said farewell last August.
Mrs. Gargas is the daughter oi
Mrs. Mabel G. Hensen and the late
Louis M. Hensen, of 1924 u stree,
Sc. Mr.. Gargas is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. c. Gargas, 422 Seven
teenth street Sc. Before entering
the Navy, Mr.. Gargas was employee
at the District Fire Department.
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Denver, Mr.. Mintz pasted a Sticker
on a 100-pound bomb he'd pur-
chased with War Bonds. Along with
his name and address, the sticker
bore the words, This will help
bomb the bums-Hitler and Hiro-
hito."
Last month, the sticker came back
to Mr.. Mintz. accompanied by a
letter from Sergt. Watkins, who had
delivered the bomb during B-29
raid over the Jap homeland earlier
in the month.
. Explaining that the boys in the
service think .'the folks back home
like to know what happens to
"their bombs" Sergt. Watkins gave
Mr.. Mintz detailed account of the
raid during which the bomb was
dropped.
knowing that people like you
will continue to buy War Bonds SO
GIs like myself can hurry our re-
turn home," Sergt. Watkins con-
cluded, II say-best Of luck to you" !"
Mr.. Mintz has written back to
the flyer and invited him to Dem
yer on his return to America.
Il wouldn't take anything for
that letter." he said.
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August
Tasks

Renovate lawns-weed, scarify,
feed and reseed.
Snip off old flower heads of phlox,
to prevent seeding and to encourage
fall crop of bloom. Feed with a
complete balanced plant food at
this time.
Divide overcrowded iris in estab-
lished beds; incorporate plant food
in new beds.
Feed chrysanthemums until buds
appear. then cease feeding.
Prepare seed bed for new lawns
and incorporate plant food.
Take cuttings of house plants and
pot for use indoors.
Plant crocus and narcissus bulbs.
Give privet hedges final trim
ming.
Plant evergreens.
Plant peonies.
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pinch Of Semesan in with the seeds
to destroy any disease-causing or
ganisms which may be on the seed
coat, and to prevent damping-off.
Sow the seeds thickly and firm
them down with block or brick
and cover very lightly with sand.
Now plunge the fat part way into
water in the laundry tub or sink
and let it remain there until the
soil on the surface feels moist. Put
the fiat in a light but not sunny
place where there Is a good circu-
lation Of air. Never let the fiat get
dry. The use of q house plant bulb
syringe will be found helpful.
When the first true leaves appear,
transplant these tiny seedlings to
the cold frame, spacing them or 4
inches apart. Use a mixture of
sand, top soil and leaf mold or COM
post.
Cover them with a lath screen.
After the first hard freeze, mulch
the plants with straw or hay and
cover with an old screen to keep
out mice, cats or any other unwel-
come invader.
Now, in the fall, while the little
plants are growing in the cold
frame, prepare the space in the bed
or border where next spring these
huskier plants are to grow.
Spade the space deeply. If the
soil is very acid, add enough lime
to bring it up to phi 6.5 to Just
slightly acid. Add large amounts of
nitrogen for these heavy feeders.
Well-rotted manure or a CONNER
cial fertilizer rich in nitrogen will
be excellent.
When the plants are set out in
the spring no fertilizer should be
used. Wait until after the first
bloom.
A northern exposure, in this area,
will probably prolong the life of
delphinium but one uses what he
has.
Keep the plants free from weeds.
Cultivate lightly. Mildew may be
kept in check by sulphur dust.
Rotenone dust or spray will control
the cyclamen mite. If unfortunately
crown or root rot set in, dig the
plants at once and burn them and
disinfect the ground.
A low-growing cover plant over
the roots will serve two purposes by
giving the plants the growing room
they need while at the same time
keeping their roots cool.
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-Four D. T.. Officers
Speed Redep|oyment

| ASSEMBLY AREA COMMAND
France.-Four Washington, D. C..
officers here are helping speed re-
deployment of troops through II
major camps to destinations in the
United States and the Pacific. More
than 5000 men are processed each
day.
Maj. Jack L. Stinson, whose wife
lives at 4069 Minnesota avenue NE,
is with Planning and Control.
Capt. Vincent L. Corrado 738
Rittenhouse NV, also with Plan
ming and Control, formerly was with
Overseas Supply at the New York
Port of Embarkation.
Capt. Harmon L. Spencer, 3817
Sixth street NV, is with Plans and
Operations.
First 1t. Cecil N. Hughes, 5000
Connecticut avenue NV, is with
Provost Marshal Section.
Sergt. Ralph A. Gray, jr., 7700
Marlboro road Sc, has reported to
Camp Aries for redeployment to
the Pacific after 16 months in Eu-
rope. This camp has capacity of
100000 men. Other Washington
men at the camp include: Pvt. VAL
entino P. Natal, 4411 Forty sixth
street NV; Corpl. Herman Mayer,
4800 Georgia avenue NV; Pfc.
william Copsey, 808 K street Sc.
Shutting between Frances 9th
AAF bomber station and Casa
blanca are crews of the 92d Bonn
bardment Group, and one of the
crewmen is Corpl. Ray v. billiard,
1920 Kilbourne place. Going, the
planes speed 85-pointers back to the
United States. Returning, displaced
French civilians are brought to their
native soil. The crews have rest
camps and enjoy frequent trips to
French play spots.
A medical detachment command
ed by Capt. Saul Holtzman, 1417
Sheridan street NV, has been
awarded Meritorious Service
Plaque in Italy. Capt. Hoffman re-
Gently completed his third year
overseas. Two brothers, Pfc. Max
Hoffman and Pfc. Robert B. Holtz-
man, are in the armed forces.
Four Washington men are serv-
ing aboard the repair ship U. S. S.
Melville in the English Channel:
1t. J. H. Hirsch, Dental Corps, 1926
Harvard street NV; Hugh D.
Bayne, gunner's mate &c, 1706
Trinidad avenue NE; Clarence S.
Bryant, coxswain, 4009 Chesapeake
street NV. and Wesley T. Creamer,
electricians mate SIC, 1925 Benning
road NE.
1t. Col. j. M. Sanders, 3257 Worth
ington street NV, is commanding
officer of Ordnance Base Depot No.
4, a unit of the Army Service Forces
in the Mediterranean theater which
recently was awarded the Meritori-
GUS Service Unit. Plaque for "su-
perior performance of difficult
tasks" in the Italian campaign.
Busy in Italy these days is 1t.
Col. Robert A. Hartino, 46, of Ills
Noyes drive, Silver Spring, Md,
who is adviser to the Allied Com
mission on the formulation of the
import supply program which is ex-
pected to help rehabilitate the war
ravaged Italian nation.
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Arrivals at Hospitals

Lowell General Hospital, Fort Deyens
Mass.-Maj. Chauncey d. Show, 5425 Con.
necticut avenue N. W.: trade and industry
ters in Europe
AAF Regional and .convalescent Hospi.
5. simmerman. isiie Sixteenth M street NPVsn n NW
1st 1t. Carl Martin, 2422 Thirty-third
street Sc; SISsrEt. Gilbert C. Fisher, 3Ol
Gallatin street NV
Valley FORGE General Hospital. Phoenix.
vile. Pa:-S/Sergt. George A. Cook, jr., %
Denwood avenue, Takoma Park. Md, com.
pleted IL months In Europe as para.
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The common name for the del
phinium is larkspur, but ordinarily
we say delphinium when we mean
the perennial plant and larkspur Il
used for the annual form.
There are different classes of del
phiniums. The elatum or garden
hybrids are most common. They
grow tall-6 to 8 feet-and come In
many colors, from white through
blue to deep purple. Pink tones
smoky shades and even two-tonec
flowers are found in this class
sometimes with individual fiorets a.
much as 4 inches in diameter.
The belladonna type is shorter
with smaller and fewer flowers, usu.
ally of a light blue shade. The bella.
mosa Is derived from the same spe.
cies, but Is a clear, dark blue. Both
require five months from seed.
The grandifiorum, or Chinese
class, may be listed as D. grandi.
forum or D. chinense. They seldom
grow to more than feet. The flow.
ers are white and light and dark
blue. The flowers in this class are
incest to use in arrangements be.
cause they are well branded ane
not so tall.
There are other types of this
lovely perennial, such as the beauti.
full Pacific hybrids, but for the pres.
ent we will consider those most
commonly grown and give general
directions for all. Delphiniums may
be propagated by seed, cuttings OF
divisions. Since there Is not very
much variation in the belladonna
bellamosa or grandiforum, seed may
/ be safely purchased from your ia.
vorite scotsman, but it will be wise
to buy seed for the garden hybrids
from a delphinium specialist.
Some gardeners prefer to SOW The
seed early in the spring. Many
others like to sow it now, when fresh
seed may be obtained and fine
sturdy plants be made ready fol
next years blooming.
AS before mentioned delphinium.
are difficult to grow in this area
so you must be ready to work with
great care if you hope to succeed.
First prepare a florists fiat with
a sifted mixture of two parts O.
good top soil and one part of sand
! DO NOT use peat, lime, manure
woods earth or any of those thing.
which you sometimes find helpful
for other plants. Level the dirt ane
firm it. It is a good idea to put &
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Tinion Flyers Due
To Return to u. S.

Another group Of Super Fortress
veterans Of the 58th Bombardment
Wing are eligible, on the basis Ct
total strikes against the enemy, for
return to the United States, an As
sociated Press dispatch from B-29
base on Tinian reported.
1st 1t. Robert Chamberlain, CO.
pilot, 3700 Massachusetts avenue
NV, is member of the 58th Bonn
bardment Wing. Another flyer
lM/Sergt. Andrew A. Richardson
1922 North Mckinley road, Airing
ton, Is a flight engineer with the
3l4th Bombardment Wing.
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Distinguished Flying Cross.

-
roLsoN. It, Donald G.: with Sd FerEying
eRn' aIeS; eheSy @ hSaa' ehsse. Nd ' For M sins f1n
RAWsoN ASSaRcfna L. alia% Vii a1a'es e. now at head
%5ishs Shs sS7 Mss1y
troller on heavy bombardment missions
against Misburg, Germany. June 90,
1914 at Russelheim, Germany July 20,
August Assu; aha 14. is44' q Ans0u'en'' FRANCE o"
Commendation.
CLARKE. 1t. Comdr. Fredric B., U. S. N,
Albemarle street NV. In command OF
ship during thGescday period when s
sHIEID;s. 1t. John E., with a Marine
ghte5 squadron on Guam
BAGBY, 1t. q. g2 Robert G, 2; s; ~
aqs tsrSsse in Hsa sS aaci snK
1900 tons Of enemy shipping.
wENDT Il Paul F. ,n.tan at naya Va air Heiasd Sta
rescue drowning of1cer.
Oak Leaf Cluster to Bronze Star.
BERNSTEIN, sLsergs; Norman r. snd In In,
avenue avenue si'n NV. FEBRUARY Py 8. near Ettei.
scheid, Germany, he. exposed himself te
FIRE. to the members Of his hard-pressed
RoaHRse ssIseson Pic. william R., jr. medical de-
taehment. Sd Tank Battalion. 10th
Armored Division, q, Europe: 36ll Georgia
Bronze Star.
wOoTEN. Mai. Gen. Ralph H.. command
ing general, United States Army Forces
Ing Brazilian troops and inspecting con;
ditions. where Brazilians were engaged
in combat, Appearing often in the front
RocKEy. Capt. Michael (posthumous)
from December 1929. 1914. when he
rosDs n m charge ss.sy % csed snepe' s1es
Air-borne Division. Pvt. Kirby worked
slonp En atasEns aDs Ds dns ns R St
Ho1MdswohTa MfkR1sS n Pae faDRnss James R.
nlns Street eth Ns roT afD SsToism 0 in com com
khfEMR1MEyEn, e. Il M: s!serst. Joseph o,
NV. For support of combat operations
FoRD Il Carl p gash paIt Infantry Nd Dy
to. enemy machine-eun fire to deter.
mine its source, then directing mortar
fire that DESTROYED both gun and the
COTTRELL, 1t. Col. Alfred, commanding
oficer, Signal School Detachment Re.
placement and Training - Command
COE, Corpl Norman F. A., Dist Division
5th Army, Italy; 3100 Massachusetts
scoTT. corpi. A.. ssth Division, 9Th
Army, Italy; 1904 K Street NV.
ALLEN, Capt. Henry T., III, G-2. head
quarters, United States Forces in Aus.
tria: 1924 Cathedral avenue NV.
HENNEBERGER, Sergt. George E.. 6tf
Army. IMzon. 1249 B street Sc.
Luzon. 1885 Columbie road NV.
KENDRICK. Pfc. Frank l., now, in Ken
nedy General Hospital. Memphis, Tenn,
achievement in action December 90
1914, In Belgium.
DqISk,aOHN, DI;is,s, SzSergt' Gnaries q. Sotn
STRICKLANp. Capt. z. NJ. 2. detach-
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1.-Two D. {. Officers
Advance 10 Colonel,
Lieutenant Colonel

Edgar Benjamin Kapp, Genera
Service Corps, listed as living al
the Hamilton Hotel, has been ad.
vanced to the rank of a full colonel
Another District man, John Yates
Latta, former manager of the in
surance department for the Ameri-
can Security g. Trust Co. here, re-
Gently was promoted to lieutenant
colonel. He is attached to the Air
Technical Service Command.
Other District area men recently
promoted include:
Major.
Leon Carroll Marshall o IT, Air Techni.
ea CHEVY SslStu Chase. oaho' Md 'oo' H0ii'hS f0aa
:, ., Albert Francis, !, ,MSeumann, 1852 Con-
nef5sqd nayid iyenus Nervei SM Grant IT, AAp West.
George Heimerl Muth, ouartermaster
Corps. Mayfiower Hotel:
Troy Howard Price, Adjutant Generals
William WadsWorth, TRANSPORTATION
Martin Mervin Becker, 1877 Somerset
Richard T. Ewing, Chinese Combat Com
mand, 37O5 Harrison street NV, in
William S. WAGNER. Adjutant Generals
Department, 932 Ineraham street NV, In
Leonard, Gilman. Medical Corps, 11a
Thomas Marshall Judd, AAF, 47oO
Samuel s. johnson, AAF. 6103 Fourth
street NV. in the Aleutians.
First Lieutenant.
s'iFs Wreferd Te5 Cole S Norris: AAF. 1os Barron
street, Takoma Park. Md.
roSts ssnsy ninth csFI sIIeef scHSsnse AAF 47al
Dennis Clemence Link, Adjutant Gen.
erals Department 1852 Eighteenth NV
ro1pfb 11hn strset Lyons buckley Infantry 55ol
Thaddeus Herbert Murray, Infantry
2129 Eighteenth street NV.
Claude Mcmillan. Quartermaster Corps
rol William Mar. Martin !, Greasy AAP. 41s4
p,nss Wsnfsl sIan,B Barrett Tasd Hslett AAF 1926
Charles Drury Trupper. Adjutant Gen
erals Department, ,14l3. Thirty third NV
Stanley J Asrael. Infantry. 1136 Buch-
Herbert willett; AAF. 1918 Forty-fourth
&C ShsTles sl !. Gilbert Brown Ensinesrs, Bev-
James Lee Phillips. AAF. sSoI Forty.
rss street NV at ssmsn Eels st La
NV, at Hondo Field, Tex
John H B. Fiilman. AAF. e5o9 Brent
wood road NE. at Hondo Field; Tex;
Set Seth = i. Freeze. p asa' AAr, ss1s Sixteenth
street. Silver Spring. at selman Field. La.
Nelson p. Hart Field Artillery, 2222
street NV, at Fort sill. Okla.
Walter E; Elfman, Antiaircraft Artillery,
=, Harry " dindsie' infantry. 14ss R
Charles H. Miller infantry. 1904 Third
street NV, in Germany.
Carolina avenue NV. in Belsium. '' VII
Sergeant.
George Chaconas, infantry. $40 Eighth
Albert Tear. asmy sanpefsMa Mail Service, soe
sixth 81 rsnrs street s.W In Italy. p c,r.,
Hills. Md. In the. Philippines
James c. Campbell Always Communi-
cations System, 712 Dartmouth avenue,
james + Hutehisson M s N0sR 5so4 otei Fourteenth
q Msryinc .,l.., &; Baiiew. sisnai Corps. 4ell
Alfred sessl, AAFs 1925 Morse NE.
gohn W. MaEtin pisns5y 1hs S5 Ala
o.E.s III the FillllpplUeS.
John W. Leis.er, jr. Medical Corps,
1927 Minnesota avenue Sc.
NAVY.
Petty Officers
William A. Oslin, Naval Air Corps. II
Randolph place NV, to aviation radio
John IA A Kelley, 2s4o Nash place sE.,
to aviation machinist's mate. third class.
in the Pacific.
Seaman, First Class.
George E. johnson, 1S45 M street NE.
aboard a DESTROYER in the Pacific
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Calls on Ship for Mail,
Finds Brother on Deck

Jack Popowsky, mail mate SIC,
got an unexpected package when
he called for the mail for his COM
pany, stationed at Ulithe, in the
Carolinas. It was July 20, and he
went, per usual, for the mail-but
standing on the deck of the newly
arrived ship, the Fair Isle, was mis-
brother, T/5 Theodore Popowsky.
The two brothers hadn't seen
each other since May, 1914, when
they were both civilians here. They
are the sons of Mrs. Anna Popow-
sky. 1882 Nineteenth street NV
They wrote their mother that 1t
was fine having a reunion, they de-
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Joseph and Mildred Hemby, boy.
Wendell and Geanette Holmes, boy.
David and Melva Hopkins, boy.
John and Nina Hord. boy.
Joseph and Florence Janik, boy.
william and Audrey Jefferay, boy.
Ford and Bernice johnson. girl.
Anthony and Katherine Konka, boy.
EDGAR and Marion Lancaster girl.
Patrick and Mildred Lauzier. boy.
Frank and Sally Levine, boy.
Sam and Sarah Levy. boy.
Robert and Sara Little, twin girls.
Stanley and Carolyn Low, boy.
Lawrence and Gladys Mack. boy.
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Births Reported
George and Katharine Allen, boy.
Ralph and Mary Barret. boy.
Gerald and Jean Behn, girl,

dClalu &uu JCkn ocuus kiEAs
Ali and Neyin Bengur, girl.
Wilton and Elizabeth Bourland, girl.
James and Vivian Brewer. girl.
Jack and Doris Browning, boy.
Guida and Mary Callan, boy.
Donald and Mary Caldwell. girl.
Clark and Dorothy Campbell, boy.
John and Audrey Cation, girl
Philip and Betty Ciccarelli, boy.
Joseph and Cora Coda, girl.
Robert and Shirley Crippen, girl.
Eugene and Jean Dees, boy.
Merl and Pearl Dent. girl.
Edward and Benedicta Detgen, boy.
David and Marjorie Dickson, girl.
Frederick and Louise Dixon, girl.
Raymond and Mary Eakes. girl.
John and Marjorie Emerson, girl.
Harold and Madeline Fabian. boy.
Ebert and Dorothy Faulconer. girl.
Albert and Eleanor FiShman, girl.
George and Helen Fleming, girl.
Fritz and Edna Flick, girl
Fred and Dorothy Folsom, boy.
Fred and Sue rorconi, boy.
John and Esther Gill, girl.
Stuart and Gladys GoldthOrpe, boy,
Louis and Helen GrAnxow, boy.
Lloyd and Betty Graves. boy.
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Gebhardt Brothers Meet

After separation of two years
Pfc. Joseph M. Gebhardt, U. SIN. c..
and his brother, Robert F. Gebhardt
aviation machinist's mate &c, met
somewhere in the South Pacific.
Their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A.
Gebhardt, live at 4348 Southern ave-
nue. Sc.
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Deaths Reported

Willie r. Riggles, SS, 1904 18th st.
Rosa Hess. I'd, i42S 4 st.
Freida Klisman. .65, 7I26 Georgia ave.
Maurice G. Rowley, 81, II Buchanan st
ne.
Harry NJ Blakenship, IL. Temple Hills, Nd
John w. TisdAlc, infant, Arlington. Va.
Elia waller. t8: 17Ss ssston @ g,
Anne Shirley, 50. 039 Rhode Island ave.
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Men Reossiqned

Military Police Detachment, Pittsburgh
Sub-District, Pat. Ellsworth h. Kramer.
1000. street NV, formerly served 20
months overseas
Peterson Field, Colorado Springs. Colo
Ist u. James r. Morris, r., Hyattsville,
Nd. studying latest DEVELOPMENTS in cleo
Indoctrination Unit, formerly . bomber
navigator In Europe.
Maxweli Field. Ala.-sMat yehn 7: HHr-
B-29 transition dying school.
Camp Anza, Arlington, Cali. - Chief
ham street NV. Acting assistant adjutant
general. debarkati0n center. returned from
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D. T.. Man. S Letter
Thrills Bomb Buyer

Not every one who has financed an
incendiary bomb through War
Bond purchase knows to what use
"his bomb" was put in actual COM
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Victory Gardening, 1945
|Delbbi,aizy,71s Need Extra Care
To Tbripe in This Locality
Rv Louise Hendev

No other what stately
delphinm Well which
adequately duplicated by any other
According to authorities they be found in gardens all
the world know that they United States
in Alaska, but that difficult
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Ddt, D Ut Cy
MintZ, out in
Denver, Colo, is
one bomb pur-
C h a S er W h o
knows how his
was used. And
his thanks go to
a Washington
boy - S/Sergt.
Joseph. j. Wat
kins, whose wife
lives at 1925 D
street NE.
Last Febru-
ary, during a
B'nai Birth War
norl lrsx,o ~,
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Hansboroughs Meet in Germany.

HansbOrOughs Meet in Germany.
I'd 1t. Wade Hansporough and
Corpl. Raymond Hansborough of
Mclean, Va, met in Germany on
We day. Wade, now home on a
furlough, had been tracing his
brothers outfit across most OF
Europe.
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first street Sc. Before he entered
the Army in August, 1943, he worked
at the Naval Research Laboratory.
He now is home on furlough, though
he will return to the Army hospital
In Rome, Ga, for another operation
on the wound that the testament
didn't take for him. He was fight
ing with the 4th Infantry Division
when wounded.
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Cacao and cotton grow wild and
semiwild In Haiti.
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Air Medal

SMITH. Ensign Robert A., identified rs
above. As . pilot from March 26
through April ~, participated In dve
strikes against enemy installations.
SHERWOOD, Sergt. william, IN. BIO tail
gunner, Goth AAF, Guam; 4846 w street
NV.
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Four Washington men served
aboard the 2,200-ton destroyer In
graham which survived the fury of
kamikaze suicide plane attack off
Okinawa and came back to the
, United States battered and charred
but under her own power. The men
are: Capt. John G. Zahm, 5201
Sixteenth street NV; 1t. u. g.
William X. Peisch, 2601 Sixteenth
street NV; Maurice X. Garden,
seaman 1/c, 5000 Fourteenth street
NV, and william H. Plunkett, sea-
man 1/c, 10 Chesapeake street S.W.
Bruce S. Proctor, boatswain's
mate &c, 2O1 East Howell avenue,
Alexandria, and william d. Reidy,
2 coXswain, So Seaton place NV,
fought at Okinawa aboard the
U. S. S. West Virginia, the only bat
ttleship which has taken part in
every major landing operation in
the Pacific in the last six months.
1t. d. g. Edward Iglesias, fighter
pilot aboard carrier in the Pacific,
has flown % missions against the
Nips in the Western Pacific and il,
two and a half months has shot
down two and half planes, ac-
cording to the Navy. His home is
at 3175 Porter street NV.
- The U. s. S. Shangri-La, aircraft
carrier in the Pacific, has % area
men aboard her. During the Oki-
rnawa campaign the Shangri-Ls
helped defeat the Japs by raining
bombs, rockets and bullets on enemy
spillpoxes, caves, airfields and COM
lmuriications centers.
81 The Washington men are: Comdr
James F. Quilter, 29l2 Thirty -seconc
street NV; 1t. BENJAMIN Margolis
s2l41 G street NV; Marine Capt
Thomas M. Coggins, 1884 Garflelt
street NV: John Francis Hurley