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Evening star., 1946-07-07

from to 13 days after harvest.
DR.. SCOTS method consists of
shucking the corn by machinery,
chilling it in the Ice water and
packing in cold storage in cello
phane wrappings. Asparagus, lima
beans, snap beans, tomatoes and
other truck crops also will hold their
original flavor longer when har-
vested by the rapid methods, DR..
Scott says.
DR.. Scott sees more stores in
the future using refrigerator coun-
ters and cold storage cabinets to
improve the quality of perishabies
He also sees machine harvesting
methods lessening labor require
ments for the farmer.
Forest Conservation.
The Forest Service of the Agricul-
ture Department is worried over
what is happening to the vast, pri-
vately owned forests that make up
approximately 270,o00 900 Of the Ma
tion's 470,000000 acres of important
watershed woodlands.
While water, food control and soil
problems are gradually being met on
the publicly owned watershed for
ests. Forest Service officials say, a
substantial part of the private wood
land is badly neglected in these re-
spects. It has been suggested that
to protect its own interests, the pub
lie should insist on private forest
owners practicing the kind of for
estry that will best reduce foods
and otherwise safeguard the Ma
tion's welfare.
According to Bernard Frank and
Clifford A. Belts, authors of book
let on Water and Our Forests" the
mismanagement of forest lands con-
tributes to floods and aggravates
scarce water supplies during dry pc
riods in many sections.
For example, they say, under
ground water levels fall faster as a
result of forestry mismanagement
and, in turn, cause increasing arid
itv In many Eastern sections, the
authors say, underground water sup
plies are draining off faster than
they can refill.
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used, it is we'll to follow directions
on the package. In general it will
pay to follow an application of any
weed-killer with one of a nitrogenous
fertilizer. This stimulates the growth
of grass and aids in filling in the
vacant spaces left by the dead
weeds.
The chemical Weed-killers are all
designed for use on bluegrass lawns,
hence they will kill white clover and
seriously injure some of the bent
grasses. They are not harmful to
Bermuda grass, redtop or the fes-
cues. These sprays are not be used
in flower or vegetable gardens where
it is impracticable to spray the
weeds without also wetting the flow
ers and vegetables.
Keep Sprayer for the Job.
Chemical weed killers are applied
as spray, so some sort of a sprayer
is needed. For small lawns one may
use a small f1y-spray type of hand
sprayer. For larger areas a sprayer
with a greater capacity is desirable
1t is best to have sprayer for this
one purpose, since it is difficult to
remove all traces of the 2-D-4 by
rinsing
To use the equipment for another
purpose. unless thoroughly washed
with soapy water, may have dis
astrous results One gardener could
not understand what happened to
his okra and other vegetables fol-
lowing spraying with nicotine sui
phate. He had used the sprayer to
apply PAD and then had rinsed it
with clear water, but not thoroughly
enough.
Still another method of controll-
ing crabgrass in lawns is by arti-
ficially shading the grass for or
3 days. If the crabgrass seedlings
are still tiny this is usually effective,
but for larger plants it may be
necessary to shade for or days
Strips of roofing paper, tarpaulins.
or anything that will completely cut
off the light, may be spread over
the lawn to smother the crabgrass
The bluegrass will turn yellow but
unless shaded for too long a period
will come back.
Cultivation Kills Weeds.
The control of crabgrass In the
flower beds and vegetable gardens
is not SO easy. The most practicable
method is frequent cultivation -
hoeing or stirring the soil after each
shower. The Seeding crabgrass
plants are so tiny at that time that
they are hardly visible, and so the
cultivation is sufficient to kill most
of them. If allowed to reach an
appreciable size the work of hoeing
or cultivating is much greater and
harder.
The ground between the plants
should be stirred before applying
the mulch. A thorough soaking is
advisable, too.
Evening star., 1946-07-07
Legion Auxiliary
Membership Drive
Is OverreaChed

Mrs. Thelma Healy. chairman of
membership of the District of Co.
lumbia Department., American Le-
gion Auxiliary, announced last week
the membership had reached 2.517,
surprising the goal of $500 She
said there are many more members
in prospect.
Mrs. Pearl Heagery department
president, and her staff last week
'organized three more units. They
are:
Gen George S. Patton Tank Corps
Unit, with temporary officers: Mrs
May V. Davis Young, president;
Mrs. l. Dooley Atkinson, secretary
and Mrs. Phyllis Wall, treasurer.
Other members signed up were Mrs.
Adele Allegree, Mrs. Katherine
Eppley, Mrs. Ellie O. Hutchinson,
Mrs. Clara Languher, Mrs. Howard
Lyon, Mrs Sarah McCamant, Mrs.
Jeanette Motley, Mrs. Bessie E.
Meyers, Mrs. Peggy L. Ragan, Mrs.
Ida Schuppen, Mrs. Sarah F. Small,
Mrs. Jessie K. Taylor and Mrs
Margaret Woods. The next meeting
is July 16. Members will be notified
by Mrs. Atkinson as to where the
meeting will be held Charter men,
bers will be accepted for the next
80 days.
Temporary officers of the Leslie
and Douglas McNair Unit are: Mrs.
Nancy G. Hill, president; Mrs. Anita
K. Lort, secretary, and Mrs. Juanita
Milans, treasurer.
District of Columbia Taxi Unit,
organized last week, will hold it's
next meeting at the Legion Club
house at pm, with the following
temporary officers: Mrs. Dorothy
Lohman, president, Mrs Florence
E. O'Connor, secretary, and Mrs.
Louise l.. Wimpee, treasurer.
Victory Unit elected as officers
Mrs. Dorothy Mawhood, president;
Mrs. Lois Bourgondieu and Mrs.
Florence Wadberg, vice presidents;
Mrs. Gertrude McBroom, chaplain,
Mrs. Frances Sweet, historian; Miss
M. Edna Mcintosh, treasurer, and
Mrs. Yolanda Thomas, sergeant at
arms.
Delegates and alternates, with
President Catherine Davis as chair
man, to the department convention
in the Department of Commerce
auditorium on August 9 and 10 are
Delegates, Mrs. Dorothy Mawhood
Mrs. Lois Bourgondieu, Mrs. Lucy
wilkins, Mrs. Eula Hollis, Mrs.
Frances Sweet, Mrs. Gertrude Nc
Broom, Mrs. Ida Silverstein and
Mrs. Florence Wadborg. Alternates,
Mrs. Mary Bakersmith, Mrs. Cath
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The Travellers
Notebook
Continued From Page B-4.l

grounds of the Great Lakes and
Mississippi and Ohio River cruises
are advised to enter prompt reser-
vations, as near capacity sailings
are being announced by all lines"
Last of the Atlantic City hotels
to be returned by the Army, the
Characterization Hall are un-
dergoing rehabilitation for vaca-
TONERS. The Haddon Hall is sched-
uled for opening about August l
and, if unable to open at the same
time, the Chalfonte is to be availa-
BILE shortly thereafter. The Haddon
Hall alone will expand Atlantic
City's accommodations by 1000
rooms.
Judges for the $4,000 Union Pacific
scenic Photographic contest for
amateurs, announced earlier this
year. have been chosen, and include
Isabelle Story. editor -chief of the
National Park Service, among the
experts who will decide the winners
late this year.
Passing on the still black-and-
white and color pictures VIII be H.
j. johnson, chairman of the color
division of the Photographic So
ciety of America; Miss Story, Del
Long, head illustrator for the Kauf-
mann and Fabry Co.; Floyd G. Ar
pan, associate professor of journal
ism at Northwestern University, and
Russell R. Rullman, advertising ex-
ecutive.
Motion picture entries will be
judged by Frederick G. Beach, mo-
ton picture bureau supervisor for
the New York Central System;
James w. Moore, general consultant
of the Amateur Cinema League, and
Vincent H. Hunter, Union Pacific
Photographic department manager.
Eligible pictures must be taken be-
tween June and october l in Zion,
Bryce and Grand Canyon (north
rim) National Parks and Kaibab
National Forest and Cedar Breaks
National Monument The deadline
for entries is November 80. Cash
and trophies will be awarded as
prizes.
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crime Baines, Mrs. Anna Long, Mrs.
Mabel Hammer. Mrs Astrid Hagg-
bloom, Mrs Blanche Crory, Mrs.
Marion Turner and Mrs. Mabel By
waters. Delegates at large are
Mrs. Evelyn Anderson, Miss M Edna
Mcintosh and Mrs. Edith S. Sadler.
Miss Pauline Hewitt was appointed
page
No meetings will be held until
September, when the newly elected
officers will be installed.
The unit Endorsed Mrs. Lillian
Judd for department president.
Woodbridge Unit will hold a white
elephant" party tomorrow evening
at the home of Mrs. Louise S. Lut-
ton. 1923 Jackson street NE. Mem
bers and friends are invited.
The Legion Auxiliary's Volunteer
Hospital Workers School opened
last Monday night with Mrs. Emile
Schuler, department rehabilitation
chairman, as director.
The next class will be held at
Mount Alto Hospital Students will
be notified of the date this week,
after Mrs. Schuler has conferred
with DR.. Charles NJ Griffith, direc-
tor of the Veterans Facility.
Mrs. Bertha Fichthorn, president
of Bunker Hill Unit, reports as dele
gates ard alternates to the depart
ment convention: Delegates, Mrs.
Bertha Fichthorn. Mrs. Vestra Hoe
ter, Mrs. Helen Spriggs. Mrs. Ethel
Booher and Mrs. Martha Dawson.
Alternates, Mrs. Marie Burriss, Mrs.
Mildred Johnson, Mrs. Ruth Rainey
and Mrs. Elsie Engel
Second Division Unit, elected as
officers: Mrs. Katherine Jacobs,
president; Mrs. Maude Siebert, first
vice president; Miss Frieda Burson,
second vice president; Mrs. Roberta
Jacobs, chaplain; Mrs. Borey, SER
geant at arms; Mrs. Ingraham,
historian; Mrs. Margaret Barton
and Mrs. Jane Cooling, color bearers.
Delegates to the convention are:
Mrs. Mabel Jones, Mrs. Katherine
Jacobs, Mrs. Bertha Kohner, Mrs.
Amelie Selinger and Mrs. Maude
Siebert Alternates are: Mrs. Ingra-
ham, Mrs. Pearl Dean, Mrs. Della
Luther, Mrs. BERTHE Cunningham
and Mrs Frances Snow.
Members are requested to assist
in serving refreshments at party for
patients of St. Elizabeth's Hospital
at pm. Friday.
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at each farm or to buy number
of tractors.
put the question to farmer out
in Illinois who is one of the most
mechanized, efficient and capable
farmers I know. His recommended
tion was: Keep one team at each
farm"
At a recent meeting of the Fred
erick County Purebred Percheron
Association the slogan. AT least one
good purebred team on every farm"
was adopted, and I think Maryland
horsemen are out to show just how
good a good team can be.
The finest draft animals in the
State will be shown at two events
this fall. Draft horse men will be
represented at the Maryland State
Fair September to at Timonium
and the Frederick Fair September
80 through october 5.
Before the war the Frederick Fair
was the sixth largest Percheron
show in America. These two events
are expected to be the best draft
horse exhibits in the East
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Flower Spot Disease

Appearance of a flower spot dis
ease on azaleas in Takoma Park
Md, heretofore unreported north OF
Wilmington, N. c., is mentioned by
Edward K. Bender, assistant Mont
gonery County garden agent in a
bulletin to Victory and home gar
deners. The disease attacks the
flowers, causing enlarged. irregular
blotches which cause the entire
flower to wilt and the petals to drop
until the flower is destroyed. Efforts
are being made to spot the disease
and prevent it's spread.
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News of Washington Service Organizations

contact Mr. KERN at department
headquarters.
Equality Walter Reed Post met
with Comdr. Charles H. Holmes
presiding and the following dele
gates were elected to the national
encampment: Charles M. Holmes.
Laurence S. Overton, Albert M.
Armstrong, Leonard j. Bacon, Jack
Holiday, Arnold Farley, Everett j.
McDermott, George E. Ijams, Paul
R. Hawley, Hume Wilson. John Ma
caboy, William L. Smith, H. E.
Sweeney, the Rev. Robert E. Lee.
and Abraham Rosenbloom.
All American Post. at its last
meeting, elected as delegates to the
national encampment Robert E.
Sargent, William A. Downs, Roy J
Reeves and William H. Thomas
This meeting was presided over by
Post Comdr. Thomas E. Murphy.
Meetings this week:
Today-Gen. Vicente Linn Post
1919 K street NV.
Monday-Front Line Post, 1919 X
street NV.
Tuesday-Admiral Robert E. Peary
Ship, pm, Hamilton Hotel.
Wednesday-Follow-Me Defense
Post, 1909 Rhode Island avenue NE:
Washington Post, 1919 K street NV.
Thursday - Potomac Post, 1912
Ninth street NV.
Catholic War Veterans
The District of Columbia Depart
ment will meet Thursday evening
at 9l0 Tenth street NV. A diamond
set emblem will be presented to
Past Department Comdr. J. Fred
erick Burns.
Department Comdr. Brand an
nounced new posts are being formed
in st. Theresa's and st. Joseph s
parishes.
Holy Rosary Post has been form
ed with Angelo Vamino as COM
mander. The charter will be pre-
sented at an early date.
st. Cyprian Post will meet to-
morrow night at 1912 c street Sc.
Comdr. Fred J. Morthorst an
nouced the Father Francis j. Hur-
ney Post has suspended meetings
until September 2.
A joint meeting of st. Anthony's
Post and Auxiliary will be held
Monday night in st. Anthonys Hall
High lighting the meeting, which
will be the last until September
will be presentation of a vacation
purse to the post chaplain, the Rev
John Bailey, and a check to the
post by the auxiliary toward pur-
chase of post colors,
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power, l DeueVe the morse ana tIdC-
tor can work together. 1t seems to
me at least one good team on every
farm is a good, sound program, and
the man who works his horses and
raises a few oats will not be disap-
pointed
A good horse is an economical ami.
NAL when properly used. Nowhere
else can you find farm animal that
will produce offspring and work at
the same time. Beef cows, for ex-
ample, produce just a calf every II
or IL months, but the good farm
mare produces a foal and, in addi-
ton, does the farm work.
Horsemen Make Mistakes.
Korsemen have made two mis-
takes They have encouraged veal
thy men to go into the business Of
raising purebred draft horses, while
this business during the last 20 years
should have been carried on rs a
by-product. However, during this
period, it was unsound for farmer
with 300 to 600 acres to have from
20 to 40 brood mares.
Our second mistake was urging
the use of horses only for power on
farms. For example, on farms of
from 200 to 300 acres, with three
quarters of the land under culti-
vation, about eight mares were
needed. I think this is uneconom-
ical, since two or three Of the horses
are used every day, while five or six
are worked only about go or 80 days
a year. We feel sure the most eco
nomical thing is to have team
that works every day, with addi-
tional work done by tractor power
On the other side of the picture,
the mechanical men think the trac-
tor always saves labor. This def
nitely is not true in some instances.
Many times during small grain
harvesting and silo filling seasons
in MARYLAND and Pennsylvania, I
have seen four men in the fields
with a tractor drawn wagon-one
man driving the tractor, another on
the wagon loading and two more
pitching up. With horses, however,
there would be only three men-one
man to load and drive the team and
two others pitching up.
Addition to Tractor.
A number who have become en-
tirely mechanical have since learned
that one good team to haul manure,
haul feed to stock and work every
day, winter and summer, is very
economical. The result is. they have
bought a team in addition to their
tractor
The team will be useful all through
the year, particularly at the time
mechanical equipment is most in
use. 1t can be raking while the
tractor is moving. or it can haul
fertilizer and feed to the motor
drawn drill 1t can cultivate corn
along with the tractor, and in the
winter can be used for plowing al
almost no cost to the farmer.
On MonocaCy Farms, we keeI
about 19 brood mares. The young
stock brings the total to about A
head. BY raising our own feed, ane
breeding horses for sale, we figure
our farm power has cost us nothing
With us at Monocacy Farms the
breeding of draft horses is a side
line. Our first interest is Aberdeen
Angus beef cattle, bred from the
Earl Marshall and Blackcap Revo-
luton strains In l3 years A repeat
customers have made ITO purchases
of registered Angus or Percheron
stock.
Keeps One Team Per Farm.
Recently we planned to change
the operation of a number of the
Monacacy farms so that mechanical
equipment could be moved from
farm to farm for the heavy work
In planning this changeover, the
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Mulching Gardens

Mulching flower beds and vege-
tables with layer of / to inches
of peat moss, lawn clippings or
similar material helps keep down
weeds, conseryes moisture, prevents
erosion from rain and generally
improves growth.
Evening star., 1946-07-07
Barley Imported
For Use as Feed

Joseph H. Blandford, Maryland
Production and Marketing Admin
istration director, reported last
week that eight carloads of bar
ley, a part of 1000 bushels being
made available for feed through
PIMA, will be shipped into the State.
Mr.. Blandford said efforts also
are being made to have a larger
part of the 10 per cent set-aside
proteins consigned to Free State
farmers.
Harvest squash while they are
young and tender. If the skin is
easily punctured by the fingernail
they are tender.
Evening star., 1946-07-07
Retired Enlisted Men

Master Sgt. George o. McCorkle
was admitted to membership in
Association No. l. There will be no
meeting during July and August.
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SWV Auxiliaries

Meetings this week are: Monday
Col. James S. Petit Unit, Naval
Lodge Hall; Friday, Gen, Nelson A.
Miles Unit, Odd Fellows Hall.
Evening star., 1946-07-07
Gardening in the Capital Area
Crabgrass Has Good Start, but Control
Methods Can Save Lawns, Flower Beds
By W. n. Younamon

Recent showers and hot humid weather have given crabass
good for thve this sort of climate It's growth the
Washington If
might welcome Bluegrass
readily during the heat tends to
which the place
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Draft Horse or Tractor?
Maryland Breeder Sees Economical
Use of Both as Sound Work Program
By Dan (. WIGHT
N" - "
owner Monocacy Farm, Frederick, Mo


frequently
formerly performed by the
each will be used to the
best advantage
my experience using purebed provide farm
Evening star., 1946-07-07
Keeps One Team Per Farm.

Recently we planned to change
the operation of a number of the
Monacacy farms so that mechanical
equipment could be moved from
farm to farm for the heavy work
In planning this changeover. the
question arose as to whether it
would be better to keep one, team
Evening star., 1946-07-07

Members are requested to assist
in serving refreshments at party for
patients of St. Elizabeth's Hospital
at pm. Friday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-27
News Noies
 From Sitka

Honoring Secretary of the In- terior J. A. Krug and his party, who were here briefly Tuesday a lunch con was held at the Service Center of the Lutheran Church from l2 to 1:S0 Hosts for the affair were Sitka business men, fishermen, la bor unions, ANB and City offi- cials.
 j. j. Conway presided as toast master and, following the luncheon, gave a succinct outline of Sitka's s needs and plans for the present and immediate future: the building of the small boat harbor, the hydro electric plant, pulp industries. tuna survey and tourist trade. He then introduced Mayor Charles Peter son who welcomed the visitors to Sitka.
 The Governor was then called up- on to introduce. the visitors and was followed by Andrew Hope as a rep resentative of the ANB and the fishermen MT. Hope spoke on the need of change in the dates of op- ening and closing of the fishing season.
 Delegate Bartlett was called upon and spoke warmly of the calihre of men now running the Depart ment of the Interior; men who, in his opinion. would do everything possible to advance the industrial and economic life of the Territory.
 The ladies who prepared and served the repast of local products were given an enthusiastic round of applause before adjournment, af- ter which the visiting members mingled with their hosts for dis cussion.
 Each visitor was presented with a booklet specially prepared and printed for the occasion, detailing Sitkas needs, plans and hopes for the future.
 At 2:30 D. m. the official party left by plane for Ketchikan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-27
WENDLINGS GO SOUTH;
 PLANNING AUTO TOUR

Mr. and Mrs Herbert Vending and their daughter, Mary Margaret were southbound passengers by PAA plane yesterday, enroute to the States to take an extensive auto trip,
 After picking up car in Seattle, the Wendlings will travel in Can ada. Upon returning to the States, they plan to spend time visiting relatives in Minnesota From there they will travel into Texas and across to California where more re- latives will be visited. The last, part of their route will take them back up the coast to Seattle. They expect to be gone for sev- eral months.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-27

Department Convention. elected last week. were. Delegate at Large, Ms. Charles Tuengel additional delegates Mrs George Laiblin, Mrs. James Williams, Mrs. Joe An selm. Mrs Ben Miller and Mrs. Lena Mitchell
 Mrs. Mitchell was appointed to head a committee to arrange for tre packing of food boxes for the children of France, each package to be limited to eleven pounds. Members are asked to gather at the Hall on Friday, August 30, to assist in packing the foods.
 The Women of the Lutheran Church have packed three boxes of clothing tc be shipped to Norway, and have announced that anyone wishing to contribute clothing to the project should bring the ar ticles to the Service Center for packing The women will pay the freight costs. During the past two years the church has shipped ar ticles regularly, with freight pay ments amounting to over 5000.
 Sharon Sunde, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Ole Sunde left by plane fer Seattle last week with her great aunt. Mrs. Gerda Drescher, who spent some weeks here visiting with her sister, Mrs. R. K. Burke. From Seattle they will go by train to San Francisco and from there will drive to Coronado, California. Sharon, only recently recovered from rheumatic fever with which she was confined to her bed for eighteen months, will spend a year with her aunt in California before returning to her home here.
 Mrs Ted Kettleson left by plane Tuesday to spend four months vis- iting friends and relatives across the States.
 Mrs. Russ Clithero left by plane Monday enroute to Nyssa, Oregon, on receipt of word of the death of her aunt, Mrs. Gordon Hall
 Planning to spend some weeks vacationing along the Pacific Coast Mrs Frank Guertin left by plane
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-27

A daughter. Michele Terese, weighing four pounds, four oun- ces, was born to MT. and Mrs. Frank Henhessy early Tuesday morning. at the Salvation Army Home Hospital Little Michele, the first baby to use the incubator bought for the community by the Women of the Moose in 1945, is do- ing nicely.
 Born Wednesdas evening at the Salvation Army Home to MT. and Mrs. Harry Sulser, Jr., was a daughter, Karin Lee, weighing six pounds, nine ounces, their first child MT. Sulser is an employee of the Standard Oil Company.
 Mrs. Donald Mills gave birth to daughter. Cecelia Anne. weigh ing six pounds, early Thursday morning at Cedar Lodge, the home of her husbands parents at Thim- bieberry Bay MT Mills is a To- cal fisherman.
 Reuben Fraki. prominent local fisherman. is taking an enforced vacation as result of catching his right index finger in a gurdie last week.
 Teddy Johnson had his right hand badly lacerated Thursday morning when his shirt caught in the planer at the Columbia Lumber Company Mill and forced his hand into the blades.
 At a meeting of the American Lsgion last week, members elected to attend the Department Conven- i tion at Ketchikan September 12- 15 were: Les Rottlumm, Porter H. | Bennett, Harold Ward, Walter Dan i gel. Chuck Pearl and Russ Clith- 1. gro; alternates: Miss Verna Huge, Harold McRoberts, Lloyd Tilson, /, Brown, Jack Conway and i Walter Brown.
 Hertert Gilbert and Lloyd TilsOn i were initiated as new members
 To raise money for the building fund it was decided to hold an- other raffle
 Legion Auxiliary delegates to tEe