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Evening star., 1947-07-01
'Warne Becomes Assistant
Secretary Of Interior.
By the A,soeiotsd Press

William E. Warne, former Call
fornia newspaperman. today became
Assistant Secretary CT the Interior
succeeding Warner w. Gardiner
who resigned to join a Washington
and New York law firm.
Wesley r. Nelson of Amarillo
Tex, became assistant commits.
sioner Of reclamation, succeeding
Mr.. Warne.
Mr.. Warne was sworn in by Floyc
Dotson, chief clerk of the Interio,
Department, in the office of Secre-
tary Krug. About $50 persons at
tended. including Mrs. Warne and
their three children.
Mr.. Warne was an Interior De-
partment reporter for the Wash
ington Bureau of the Associated
Press when he joined the Bureau of
Reclama tion in 1885. Mr.. Nelson, &
former resident of Norwood, Colo,
has been director of the Reclama-
tion Bureaus Southwestern region.
Evening star., 1947-07-01

mind" an investigation Of the real
estate lobby. T@
But he told "fight-for housing
rally last week that "misrepresent-
ing and misleading propaganda
about his proposed housing program
had been distributed to Congress
members by the home builders and
the real estate associations.
In his message, Mr.. Truman re-
newed his appeal for enactment OF
the Wagner -Ellender-T bill de-
signed to encourage construction OF
10000, ,00Oshomes by 1858.
Will Confer on Bill.
Senator Taft said Senate and
House Republican leaders plan tc
confer this week on whether action
can be taken on the bill before the
scheduled July 26 adjournment Of
Congress. He reiterated his conf
dence the Senate would approve
the bill. But he said prospects in
the House-which shelved a similar
measure last year after the Senate
passed it-are dim.
Evening star., 1947-07-01
Displaced Persons Film
Opens in Theoter Here

A documentary film portrayine
the problem of Europe's displaced
persons will receive its first Wash
ington showing today.
The Aim, entitled Passport tc
Nowhere" Is one of the This Is
America" series, by Frederic Ull-
man, jr. Prepared in the DIP camps
of Germany last month, it is now
being shown in 10 New York the
aters.
Frankly designed to support the
Stratton bill, which would bring
half of the 100000 unrepatriables
into this country during the next
four years, the film reviews the
background Of the DPS and shows
them living and working in the
camps.
Passport to Nowhere" was pre-
viewed by reporters at the National
Press Building yesterday. 1t opens
today at Keith's Theater, and also
will be shown at the Trans-Lux,
beginning tomorrow.
Evening star., 1947-07-01
Tail Assembly Failure
Held Probable Cause
OF Crash Fatal 10 s.

Failure in flight of some unit in
the tail assembly was reported to-
day as the probable cause Of the
crash of an Eastern Airline plane
which carried all SO occupants to
their deaths in a wooded area near
Port Deposit, Md, May 80.
In preliminary report Civil
Aeronautics Board officials said,
THE investigation is being pursued
on the theory that the accident
resulted from some defect in the
tail control surfaces, although these
sections we're found at a point in
dicating they did not fall from the
plane until just before it crashed" /"
Suspect parts are now being
studied at the National Bureau of
Standards and elsewhere" the re-
port said, "in an effort to estab-
lish the origin and sequence Of
failure"
All findings of this nature will be
the subject Of the second part of a
public hearing to be held as soon
as practicable. The first section of
the hearing was held at cambridge
Naval Training Station near Port
Deposit June Is.
1t was reported that the plane
took of from Newark, N. j., en-
route to Miami, with 1892 pounds
less than the allowed maximum
weight, and there was no indication
of any trouble on board until watch
ers on the ground and in CAB
plane behind the airliner saw it
nose into dive from which 1t
never recovered.
Most portions of the horizontal
tail surfaces were found 800 yards
from the crash site, indicating they
did not fall off until the plane had
lost a considerable part of its orig
inal 4,00o-foot altitude in its final
dive
Evening star., 1947-07-01
Apartment Owners Group
Advises Auoinst Coercion

BALTIMORE. July l (P}.-WitE
the signing by President Truman
of the new rent control bill, the
National Apartment Owners Associ-
alton advised its members against
coercion in the obtaining of leases
from tenants in order to secure g
Is per cent increase in rents"
George M. Englar of Baltimore
chairman of the associations Execu-
tive Committee, said he already hao
received complaints from tenants OF
attempts by some landlords te
force" their tenants to sign such
leases.
Evening star., 1947-07-01
Donish King Receives
U. S. Officer on Yacht
By the kssociofed Press

COPENHAGEN, July Capt. F
E. Wilson of Clayton, Mo. COM
manding officer of an American
destroyer division visiting here, told
news conference today that he
had an audience yesterday with
King Frederick TX aboard the royal
yacht.
I'VE had a nice talk" Capt. Will
son said. THE King, who had been
in the United States during the
World Fair and toured the country
said bis favorite spot was Cali
fornia. He would like to see ii
again."
Evening star., 1947-07-01

Is o a T q L n e
board Is charged
with RESPONSE
bility for CO.
ordinating the
activities of the
Army and Navy
in research and
d e v e ! o p ment
fields.
DR.. Hafstad
succeeds Lloyd
v. B erkn e r
whose resigna-
ton becomes
effective today.
For the last six
~Sl H~ Haf
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who lives with his wife and three,
children at AIS Cumberland avenue,
Somerset, Md, was announced by
DR.. Isaiah Bowman, president OF
Johns Hopkins.
The appointment of DR.. Hafstad,
who lives at 1911 Park road NV,
was made jointly by Secretary Of
War Patterson and Secretary of the
Navy Forrestal.
DR.. Hafstad has been given a
years leave of absence by the uni
versity to accept the appointment to
the Joint Research and Development
Evening star., 1947-07-01
r as the others in satisfying the
Hartley to Act if New Law
Fails to Deal With Lewis

NEW YORK, July / tP.-Chair-
man Hartley of the House Labor
Committee said today he was pre-
pared to act swiftly if the Taft
Hartley law ''is not administered
honestly and to the fullest extent
possible in the event of a coal STOP
page.
I'm the event the section of the
law which deals with public safety
and public health is flouted," Mr..
Hartley said, Il plan to have the
committee report the section of the
original bill which deals with mon
opolistic practices"
Mr.. Hartley arrived here at noon
to speak tonight before the annual
convention of the National Associa =
ton of Personnel Directors and
said he would discuss the coal situ-
alton in his address.
Evening star., 1947-07-01

retary OF the
Joint Research
a n d Develop
ment Board, it
was announced
today.
At the same
time. the uni
versity anrounc-
ed DR.. Ralph E..
Gibson has been
named acting
director of thu,
laboratory to
succeed DR.. Haf-
stad.
Appoin TIM ent
of Dr Gibson
Evening star., 1947-07-01
ChiIeuns Like U. S. Films

Motion pictures of United States
educational, musical and sports
activities are being shown in public
schools and city halls. In Chile and
are becoming increasingly popular.
Evening star., 1947-07-01
IDr, Hafsiad Receives
Joint Research Post; :
|Dr. Gibson Successor

DR.. L. r. Hafstad. director Of the
Johns Hopkins University Applied
Physics Laboratory in Silver Spring,
has been appointed executive Sec.
Evening star., 1947-07-01
Dock Workers Return

After a 1O-week strike $4,000 dock
workers in Antwerp, Belgium, went
back to work with an increase oi
about ~ cents an hour.
Evening star., 1947-04-06
| Plant Pafhologisfs
| Keep Records of
| Spreading Diseases

Plant pathologists in the Atlantic
Seaboard States from Canada to
Florida have organized a forecast
ing service to keep growers Informed
of the spread of plant diseases.
In each of the Seaboard States
pathologists have arranged with
county agriculture teachers to re-
port crop diseases that appear in
the various localities.
These reports are then exchanged
with other States, and the progress
Of diseases followed.
For example, reporters in Florida
are now reporting on the appear
ance there of tobacco blue mold, to-
mato late blight and cucumber
downy mildew.
If these diseases spread north
ward, growers may better prepare
to combat them. Last year it was
estimated that late blight damaged
over half of the Virginia tomato
crop, and tobacco blue mold caused
damage to Southern Maryland to-
bacco beds.
Since blue mold has appeared In
Florida and has spread into Geor-
gia, pathologists said, local tobacco
planters should purchase blue mold
control materials Immediately. Fer
mate, chemical preventative
should be applied to plants in to-
bacco beds before the disease ap-
pears, pathologists said.
Evening star., 1947-04-06

varieties some compost or other ma
terial to improve the texture should
be worked In.
Thin radishes to at least an inch
in the row to permit the rapid
growth necessary for good flavor and
tenderness. An application OF a nj
trogenous fertilizer improves the
texture -criSpness.
Satisfy vegetable OYSTER culture
is much the same as that Of parsnips.
The soil should be deeply worked.
Sow thinly and later thin to at least
2 inches apart. Rows need not be
more than Is to 18 inches apart
whereas for parsnips they should not
be less than 20 to "A inches. Clean
culture and supplemental feeding is
needed for good growth.
It is possible to have a quality
product of turnips In the spring.
Normally the seed is sown in mid
August. Many do not think 1t pos
sible for turnips to have the proper
flavor without the fall weather.
However, whether seeded in the
spring or the fall, rapid growth in a
fertile soil is desirable. Thin to 4
inches in rows is to 18 inches apart.
Normally turnips are planted broad
cast in beds. In the spring, cultiva-
ton and feeding make row planting
more practicable, otherwise the roots
tend to be f1brous and pithy. Tur-
nips do not need a sweet soil.
Rutabagas, mangels, leeks and
the other root crops are seldom
recommended for this area, largely
because our climate Is too hot for
good development. Small leeks can
be grown if started in q fat and
transplanted early In March. They
will not compare with the huge
thick-stemmed leeks of Europe but
they will make good leek soup.
Mangels should be put In early and
kept growing vigorously. Thin to 6
inches in rows feet apart. Give
them a sweet soil, well fertilized
and clean culture.
The root crops listed here are
standard vegetable crops over much
Of the world, but they are not likely
to oe successfully cultivated in our
heavy clay soils without some soil
improvement. With the use of
sand, ashes, peatmoss or compost
they are no more difficult to grow
than other vegetables.
Evening star., 1947-04-06
IOld-Fashioned Roses
Require Little Care

d-fashioned roses require little
care, yield rich dividends. They are
hardy and need no more care than
forsythias or Iilacs.
They are available in different
sizes and shapes to fit locations in
all parts of garden.
Several varieties of rugosa form
a handsome and impenetrable hedge
showered through the summer with
double and single flowers in white
pink and red. The hugonis and
other fountain types are for single
specimens, either self f-supporting OF
trained against a wall or fence.
Moundshaped ones like spinosis-
sima, spread by suckers or runners
They will decorate difncult-toLho hold
bank or the foreground of a ma
turalistic planting. Several PROSTATE
kinds, like the wichuraiana, make
ground covers on a bank or on
a rather extensive area. Of level
ground.
Evening star., 1947-04-06
Agricultural
Research Pays
High Returns
Dividends from agricultural re-

/ Dividends from agricultural re-
search each year repay the original
investment many times over. accord
| ing to DR.. w. v. Lambert. agricul-
tural research administrator.
In . report to Secretary Anderson,
DR.. Lambert called attention to
numerous research programs that
yearly save farmers and taxpayers
millions OF dollars.
"One Of the most worthwhile
research jobs ever done by the de-
partment," DR.. Lambert said, was
| finding out how to speed up pro-
lduction Of penicillin. This work
was done by one Of the regional
Laboratories whose job 1t Is to find
new uses for farm products. It was
not an unusual job since less than
50, 900 900 worth Of agricultural by
products are used annually in the
production OF penicillin worth
$100, ,O00. eco.
value IN LIVES SaVe0.
There is no way to measure the
value Of this research dividend,
other than in the thousands OF lives
1t saved during the war. This
research, which made large-scale
production OF peniciliin possible
during the war cost the taxpayers
approximately 100000"
Although the insecticide DDT
has received wide acclaim, DR..
Lambert said, little public notice
has been given its use in the control
of horn flies and stable flies Of
livestock. Yet, he added, this one
use of DDT is saving owners of
beef and dairy cattle an estimated
$40, ,000, 900 a year.
"It is impossible to consider all
research strictly from the standpoint
of how much 1t adds to the national
income" DR.. Lambert said. "Often
the most productive research is that
which makes 1t possible to avoid
large losses from insects and diseases
Of crops and livestock.
Other Examples.
There are many examples Of this
in livestock research. The pioneer
work on the control OF hog cholera
cost about $4,000. This work has
been returning dividends for nearly
40 years at the rate Of $4,000, ,00c
to SIS ,000, 900 year.
I'm the last 10 years the remark
able effectiveness of phenathiazine
for removing many kinds Of internal
parasites of livestock was demon
strated. The cost of this discovery
was about $4,000. It's value Is
estimated at $4,000, 900 annually"
An example Of plant research that
has paid high dividends is the
development OF hybrid corn. DR..
Lambert pointed out that about
$40, ,000, 900 was spent on this project.
From this investment, he said, the
Nation last year collected a dividend
Of at least $500, 900.
Wheat, oats and other cereal crops
have benefited by research, which
also has brought about many i'm
provements in livestock, Dr.. Lam
bert said.
Evening star., 1947-04-06

lied. They do not require as sweet
a soil as do beets or onions.
Onions need a soil high in lime
and potash. Wood ashes are USE
full. A liberal quantity to 4
pounds per 100 feet or row-worked
into the soil before planting the
sets or plants is recommended.
Onion seed is hardly practicable in
this area. Sets and plants give much
better results although a few gar
deners start seed in fats and trans
plant in late March or early April.
However, this work seems unneces-
sary when we can buy good storing
varieties as setS-the Ebenezer, and
plants of the early maturing sweet
varieties such as Sweet Spanish,
Bermuda and Prizetaker.
Onions need to be well fed Tor
best growth and supplemental feed
ing or side-dressing is advisable.
Ordinary mixed garden fertilizers
such as a 6-8-5 or 5-10-5 are nor
mally used for this purpose.
Get Parsnips in Early.
Parsnips are even more difficult
to grow here than the foregoing
crops, largely because we do not
plant them early enough. They
take long season to mature but
they need to get started early in the
season when there is plenty of mois-
ture in the soil. Sow the seed rather
thickly as it has notoriously poor
termination. The plants should be
spaced about three inches apart.
Compost can be thinned to good ad-
vantage with coal ashes to reduce
eel-worn (nematode) injury-not
serious but it impairs the appear
ance of the roots.
Radishes are probably the easiest
of the root crops to grow in the
heavier soils of the Washington area.
They grow and mature early while
the soil is moist and unpacked
However, summer radishes-such as
the Icicle, usually have the same
difficulties as the carrots. For the
spring early varieties, such as Spar
kler and French Breakfast, one need
go to to no especial work in pre-
pairing the soil. For the summer
Evening star., 1947-04-06
.T.lo1 1I,,Lc. Coming
odI0NII 0IlDS. Events

scheduled for Monday Is postponed.
Fifteenth Annual Narcissus show
will be held April is, place and de-
tails to be announced.
Cathedral Flower Mart--May 9. Booths
for exhibits Of the clubs on Pilgrim
Steps Special booth for children. Pro.
lceeds for maintenance OF Bishops Gar
dens Mrs. Truman to open show. which
Is sponsored by All Hallcws' Guild Of
Washington Cathedral.
Uniyerafty Of MaryfAnd Garden School
April 90. Open event TO inchde discus.
virEinia Garden Club week Tsur--Aprii
28-May 8. First tour after lapse Of dve
years. Objective: To restore the. gardens
and grcunds OF Gunston Hafl home OF
GeorGe Mason. Virginia planter. states
man and patriot. Sponsored ny the Garcen
Club Of virginia.
Maryland House and Garden. Tour
May 3-May Is. Montgomery chntymens
Mrs H. H. Semmes, Mrs. v. L. Eiltcott
Mrs Il. O. Stahler, Prince Georges chair
men; Mrs. Richard Zantzinger. Mrs. john
Stanley.
House and Embassy Tsur--May 10. Six
teenth street NV. sites on view nrst time
in tour; for benefit Of Home for Incurables.
Flower arrangements featured with various
clubs In charge.
Evening star., 1947-04-06
Green Thumb Book
records of Francis Moore 342 Quesada street
wv champion Victory gardener of the United States.

work Of spading is spread over a
longer period Of time.
It is well to plan for long season
crops to be located in the same
general section, and short season
crops in another. For example, peas.
early potatoes, onions, snapbeans.
and cabbage have comparatively
early maturity and these paintings
are succeeded by other crops. Egg
plant, peppers, broccoli, Brussels
sprouts, okra and the like remain
for long season and there Is little
chance for replanting these areas.
Plan so that tall crops do not
shade the low-growing plants.
The garden should fit the con-
tours of the plot, giving protection
from erosion and to retain maxi
mum available moisture.
How much to plant depends on
time available; facilities for canning,
freezing or storing; number in the
family, and-after all-the enthusi-
asm to do the job.
Crops harvested totaled 2,411
pounds to September 20 with an ad-
ditional 945 pounds estimated to
have been harvested after that date.
Hours worked in the garden were:
March, Al; April, 53.5; May. 69.7;
June, 68.5; July, 53.5; August, 81;
September, 27.7. Total, 351 hours, 73
before noon. .
Evening star., 1947-04-06

The overall size of our garden was
So by lis feet. Each Of four plots
was 80 by IS feet separated by in
tersecting paths or walkways.
First plot was used for tomatoes
aerial squash and section for short
rows; second plot for early plantings
ground prepared in the fall o1
l945-and q section utilized as q
seed bed" from which transplant
ings were made crows 10 feet); third
plot for exclusive paintings of corr
at successive dates; fourth plot fol-
early crops permitting successive
paintings, also for some of the all
season crops such as limas, egg
plant and Brussels sprouts.
A 30-foot row Is preferred to
so or so foot row. Short rows OF 1C
to is feet are useful for radishes
carrots, Swiss chard, hot peppers
lettuce, okra and endive. Paintings
began March and progressed (sea-
son earlier than 1947.
Plant beginning at one side and
carry through to the other, thus
avoiding walking over areas already
worked; such a plan also makes
spading easier-spading proceeds ir
keeping with the planting-turnine
the soil over at one time only and at
the time and enough for the imme-
diate planting. Thus, the heavier
Evening star., 1947-04-06

Higher prices for farm commodi-
ties continued to put more money
into farmers pockets during the
first months of 1947, according to
the Bureau OF Agricultural Eco
Monies.
The bureau predicted last week
that American farmers will receive
a total of about $500, ,0o0, 900 from
the sale of farm products and from
Government payments during the
first four months Of this year. This
will be % percent more than the
$6,100, ,000, 900 received during the
same period last year, the bureau
said.
Most of the gain is due to In
creases in prices" the bureau stated
"since Government payments fol
the first four months will be only
about 40:percent as great as In 1916.
Virginia and Maryland farmers
also came, in for their share Of the
gains In farm income. The bureau
said that total cash receipts to
Virginia farmers in January, 1947
were $17,504,000 greater than the
previous January, and that Mary
land farmers received $1,556, ,00o
more.
The greatest gain to Virginia
farmers came from the sale Of agri-
cultural crops, the bureau said,
while increases In livestock receipts
were responsible for most Of the
Maryland gain.
Virginia farmers received last
January $15,820,0 900 more for their
crops than the previous year, but
showed only 81 ,684, 600 gain in
livestock receipts. Maryland farm
ers showed a gain Of $1,441 900 in
livestock sales, but only received
Evening star., 1947-04-06

Mrs. Herbert Greger IS general
chairman for the nowel Club
sponsored displays to be held at
Walter Reed Hospital April q and
| a.. About 100 exhibits are planned
by IS cooperating clubss which in
clude: Chevy Chase Cd. c., George
town. Woodridge, American Uni
versity Park, Washington and Wes-
LEY ights-Spring Valley Garden
Clubs: the Garden Sections OF the
Twentieth Century and Silver
Spring Woman's Clubs; the Chevy
Chase (Md.l Garden Club, Ken
wood, Forest Hills, Alexandria,
Difficult Run, Great Falls, Falls
Church, Fairfax, Glenwood Road
and Silver Spring Clubs; Potomac
Rose Society. American Horticul-
tural Society, Bethesda Community
Garden Club, Takoma Park Horti-
cultural Society and the Neighbor-
hood Garden Club Of Arlington.
The arrangements win consist Of
"springlike" groups Of foliage,
flowers and fruits. While nom
competitive, the hospitalized vet
Grams will watch the exhibits and
cast votes for the ones they think
the best.
The Sun Room Of the Red Cross
Building of Dahlia street has been
selected for the display. In view
are possible shows of like character
in the fall and next year at the
Naval Hospital or Mount Alto. In
previous years Trowel Club shows
frightened st. Elizabeths.
Georgetown Gadren Pilgrimage
has been postponed to April 10 and
20. (For photos Of tour sites, see
Pictorial Section Of today's Star, all
copies of which were printed before
postponement was announced.
National Capital Dahlia Society
will meet April IA, at 8 pm. at Nc
Kinley High School, First and T
streets NE. Speaker, DR.. Philip
Briarly; subject, Effects of Virus
Diseases on Plants"
Woodbridge Garden Club meeting
Evening star., 1947-04-06
Farm Incomes Rise in Quarter
Virginia and Maryland Producers Show
Sharp Gain in Crops, Livestock
By james BirchfieId

s115,ooo more for crops than In
1916.
Throughout the Nation, the bu-
reau said, cash receipts for live
stock and products for the frst four
months Of the year are expected to
be 40 per cent greater than last
year. Prices for meat animals are
averaging about S. per cent and cash
receipts SO per cent greater than
last year.
The bureau said prices Of dairy
products are about one-third higher
this year, with total receipts show
ing q slightly greater gain. II dairy
payments are included In 1946, how
ever, the bureau said total dairy
receipt increases this year viii
amount to only about Is per cent.
Cash receipts for farm crops will
be about Z per cent greater than in
1946,. although the average prices
for all crops may be up as much as
II per cent, the bureau said. Sub
stantial gains in cash receipts win
| be recorded In food grains, feed
crops and tobacco. The total volume
of marketings Is expected to be down
slightly this year.
Taking note Of the scheduled
opening this month Of the Maryland
tobacco markets, the bureau said
price prospects for Type 50 Mary
land leaf are considered favorable
in view of the high cigarette menu-
facture and exports that are higher
than usual.
The January consumption of ciga-
rettes, the bureau said, was 12.8
per cent higher than a year ago.
While tobacco leaf exports declined
moderately from December to Janu-
ary. They still remained 18 per cent
above January, 1916, the bureau said