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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-20

rlolst when it is given; or give a
plant tablet once a month instead
Of the manure water. Never over-
feed or over-Water a geranium.
WHY BEARDED IRIS
FAIL TO BLOOM
The answer to this question lies
probably in lack of sun, poor
drainage, wrong soil or fertilizer,
Or too-deep planting.
Bearded iris are the best known
end most commonly planted of the
garden irises and are the ones
that grow from rhiZomes. They
are Of easy culture, but do not
quire a few certain fundamentals.
They must have hood sharp drain
age, and this must be provided by
deep digging and some good
roughage or drainage material at
the bottom of the bed if the place
is not naturally well drained.
Any good garden soil is to their
liking. If the soil is heavy tighten
it by mixing in unleached wood
ashes and sand. Add bonemeal
and gypsum Contains calcium
sulphate) when preparing h e
beds. Lime is no. necessary I'M
less the soil is more than slightly
acid. While they prefer a neutral
or slightly alkaline soil, they do
not mind very slight acidity. If
soil is more than very slightly
acid, agricultural lime should be
applied every 4 years. If the soil
is too acid, bearded iris may fail
to bloom, and in this case agri-
cultural lime may be lightly
worked into the soil about their
roots.
Bearded iris must have a sunny
location and must be planted shall
low in order TO give good bloom.
The rhiZomes need good Rot sun
in summer, especially in late sum
n1er when they are ripening in
readiness for next seasons bloom
For this reason they like lull sun
and care must be taken where
they are grouped with other
plants, that their surface roots are
not shaded by the foliage of other
plants. Too much shade in sum
mer may cause failure to bloom.
For the same reason bearded
iris must be planted shallow. They
want shallow planting in deeply
dug soil. Often they do best when
the rhizomes are exposed a little
above the surface of the soil,
where they will get well baked by
the hot summer sun after bloom
ing is over. L soil gets drawn up
too deep over the rhiZomes in Gull
tivating the bed, or if a mulch is
put over them, they may fail to
bloom. Also rotting of the rhi-
zones may occur, and borers are
more likely to give trouble. Never
use manure on iris of this kind.
Covering the raizomes too deep
vii produce leaf grwoth but not
bloom.
Uusually the fertilizer put into
the soil when making the beds is
CROUCH to last until the iris need
dividing and resetting in freshly
prepared soil, but if they seem to
reed feeding, give a complete FER
tilizer low in nitrogen either in
early spring, or after bloom is
over.
As bearded iris usually multiply
rapidly, crowding causes poorer
bloom, and for best bloom, they
should be dug and divided every
fourth year. Do it about a month
after bloom is over or in early
fall and replant in newsly made
beds, July 10, 1947.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-20

rangements of flowers in their
hair, and carried small bouquets
of mixed pastel flowers tied with
pink and yellow satin ribbon.
The bridegroom a attended
by his brother-in-law. Erby King,
as best man. Ushers were R a y
Trippe and Vernon Holder,
brother of the bride.
Mrs. Holder, mother of the
bride, wore a blue dress with
black accessories and a corsage
of pink roses.
The bridegroom's mother wore
a black dress with matching &C
c~essories and a corsage of pink
roses.
Immediately following the cere-
mony, a reception was held at the
home of the brides parents. The
home was beautifully decorated
with ivy and white bridal flowers.
The brides table was laid with an
imported cut-Work cloth centerec
with a three-tiered wedding cake
which was topped with a NINA
ture bride and groom, Burning
tapers accented the cake and
table. Mrs. John Warren sliced the
cake after the wedding couple cut
the first traditional slice. M r S.
Ozella Baldwin and Mrs. Rosells
Williamson presided at the punch
bowl. Mrs. Vera Wilson and Mrs,
Alfred Bell assisted in serving
Miss Ruby King presided at the
brides book.
After h e reception the couple
left for the wedding trip. Fol-
travelling the bride wore a ligh
pink linen suit with brown acces
series and the white orchid from
her bridal bouquet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-20
BIRTH ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. c. MacJohnston
announce the birth of a son, Car
son McLendon Johnston, Jr., at
Riverside hospital Jacksonville,
Fla, July Is. Mrs. Johnston is the
former Mary Wright McCraw Of
this city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-20

All questions pertaining to your
garden problems will be answer
ed through these. columns if ad-
dressed to the garden calendar
editor in care of the Wilmington
News society editor.
GERANIUMS FROM SLIPS
One Of the most frequent ques-
tons asked of this column is,
"Wha. can l do to make my gera-
nuns bloom?"
The same plant cannot be made
to bloom in winter and in sum-
rer, too, for it is against nature.
Every plant must have a periodic
rest. in order to bilild up new Wig
Or and new tissue for another
booming season. Do not try to
make your geraniums bloom then,
both summer and winter. Start
rev plants from slips in mid-sum-
mer from those plants you have
blooming now in order to get win.
ter bloom.
A geraniun will flower abun-
dainty either in summer or in WIN
ter but not both. Those who bring
plants from the beds or window
boxes after they have been pro-
ducing blooms all summer expect
ing bloom from them in winter
are doomed to disappointment.
The plants will 60 at once into a
dormant state and will not bloom
again until they have had their
rest and built up new strength.
Soaking and fertilizing will not
help at This time. Il will only tend
to make the roots rot and may
kill the plants.
BY proper management you can
always have young plants bloom
Ing while old ones are resting.
Their when these new plants are
exhausted and must have their
rest period, the old ones are ready
to bloom again.
For cuttings take off 3 to 5-incn
pieces of firm new growth that
will snap but not break through
entirely when bent This is the
way to detect wood that is neither
too soft so that it rots in damp
soil, nor so woody that it cannot
form roots. Cut on a slant with a
sharp knife just belw a leaf node,
making each cutting with 3 or 4
leaf nodes. Take off the leaves at
the nodes that will be under the
soil, leaving one or two above
ground. Insert the cutting so that
2 nodes will be buried in the soil
fer roofing. Use sand or loose soil
for roofing them in pots or in a
cool shady spot out of doors where
it can be kept moist. When they
rave rooted. which will be in
about q days, rut each into a
small pot and shift to a size 1arg-
er pot when roots have filled the
pot until it is in its final pot which
should be a s. or *-inch pot, not
larger. Never put it in a large pot
and expect bloom, for it will put
IN its time trying to fill the pot
With roots and then in growing
long branches with many leaves
TO balance the roots.
Plants will set bloom buds when
quite tiny, but do not let them
Gloom. Keep bloom buds picked
OF until you are ready to bring
The plants in, for you want all
their strength TO go into building
up for the heavy bloom while it
g In the house. It will bloom
"hen it gets potbound. Give it the
SuAhlest window and it will bloom
we'll all winter. Geraniums must
nave sun and warmth to bloom.
Once a month after they have set
oloom buds, feed with weak ma
AIFe water, being sure the soil is
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-20
Person S

Miss Betty Jane Hill has as her
guest at her home in Sunset Park
Miss Carolyn Cook of Kearnsville.
Miss Cock is a classmate al.
Woman's college.
Mrs. Hattie l.. Stanley and
grandson, Harry Beine, are visit
ing MI. and Mrs. B. M. Beine in
Atlanta for a few days.
e
DR.. and Mrs. Roderick H. King
left yesterday for Chicago to. at
tend the annual convention of the
American Osteopathic association
next week. The following week
they will tour eastern Canada.
Danny Hartley, son of Mrs. M.
N. Hartley has returned home
after spending three weeks in
Connecticut, with his brother, w.
l.. Hartley, and one week in Cana
da with his uncle and wife, MIR.
and Mrs. B. W. Newkirk at their
estate, "Clarendon Woods" n e a
Toronto.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar DuRant. Jr.,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayward Barden,
and Mr.. and Mrs. William De-
Cover left today for a two-week's
cruise to Miami aboard the va hi
"Faifchild."
Mrs. L. A. Balance and daugh,
ter, Julie. Of Pittsburgh, Pa, are
spending some time with Mrs.
Balances parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Register, 2619 Carolina
Beach boulevard.
Miss Cynthia Johnson has gone
to Raleigh to attend the summer
dance of the Pan-Hellenic council
OF Wake Forest college with her
brother, Hooper, who is a mem
Der OF the Lambda Chi Alpha
fraternity.
Mrs. L. v. Lacy has returned
to ner home in Sunset Park after
visiting MIR and Mrs. Ed Belvin
IN Dallas, Texas.
Mrs. Paul Newhouse and son.
David, will return to their home
in Leechburg, Pa, after spending
the past three weeks with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. F.
Johnson at Castle Haynes. Mr..
and Mrs. Steve Drevyns and
daughters. Betty and Nancy, will
accompany MIS-. Newhouse home.
On their return trip south, the
Drevyns will visit in Binghamp-
ton, N. Y. Washington, and Rich
mond.
Murdic Johnson left today with
his brother-in--aW, Paul Newhouse,
for Leechburg, Pa, for a short
visit. He will also visit with his
sister in Binghampton, N. Y, be-
fore returning home.
Miss Mercedes Catherwood and
Miss Edna Stephens Catherwood,
of Wilmington, and Mrs. F a
Herty, of Columbia. S. c., are the
guests Of Cutherbert Roache on
S%ullivan's Island, S. C:
Miss Reaphel Odum of Washing
ton is visiting Mrs. Fred Lanter
and her mother, Mrs. E d a d
Holmes, at her home On Wrights-
vile Beach.
Mrs. L. B. Woodbury. has just
returned home from a visit to Fl.
Leavenworth, Kan. She was az
companied home by her son and
6aughter-in-law, 1t. Col. and Mrs.
L. B. Woodbury., Jr. On the way
home they stopped in Washington
where Col. Woodbury. will be
stationed after the first Of August.
Mrs. Beulah Meir and Mrs. A. L.
Frownfelter will leave this after
noon for a weeks business trip
to New York. Mr.. Meier will later
go on to Connecticut and Lake
Placid before returning home.
X
Miss Betty Delk Parker returned
from south Florida where she
visited with friends for the past
10 days.
Mrs. c. F. Andrews arrived
from Lacoochee, Fla, yesterday
accompanied by her two sons,
Bob and Bill, and Mrs. Pierce and
her son, Dale, to spend a few days
with Mrs. Andrews parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. LeeuWenburg.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-20
Pearsall Memorial
Auxiliary To Meet

The Woman's auxiliary Of Pear
sail Memorial church will meet
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at
the church.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-20

The great tea center of Ceylon
was first a coffee center until dis
case attacked the coffee trees in
1870 and wiped out the industry.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-20

New Zealand's radio is state
owned and directed by civil ser
wants.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-20

Fourteen states exclude women
from jury service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-05
Reynolds Resigns

Wilmington's genial, aggressive, eff
ficient recreation director is resigning
to take a post in Richmond's park de-
partment created especially for him.
Jesse Reynolds will be missed.
Coming here from Richmond at a
time when the population had all but
tripled, and a recreation program on a
large scale was indispensable because of
increasing juvenile delinquency, he
brought his wide experience and or
ganizational ability to bear on the situa-
ton so effectively that within a matter
of weeks a general improvement was
to be seen.
Since the war and consequent reduc-
lions in staff, he has found the going
harder and harder. With a predicted
sizeable slash in the city's budget esti-
mate for directed recreation, Mr.. Reyn-
Odds has felt that his work could not
be up to par. His friends have known
for some time that he contemplated a
change. Even with this knowledge his
actual resignation comes as a chock.
He has the Stars best wishes for
success and contentment in his new con-
nection, mingled with regret that he
is to leave.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-05
THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1s47
Star Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with its resources. 10 IN
clude public terminals, tobacco storage
warehouses, ship repair facilities, near.
by sites for heavy industry and so-ioo'
Cape Fear river channel.
CITY auditorium large enough 70 meet
needs for years to come.
Development Of Southeastern Nortn
Carolina agricultural and industrial re,
sources through better markets and fooo
processing, pulp wood production ana
factories.
Emphasis on the regions recreation
ADVANTAGES and Improvement OF resort
accommodations.
Improvement Of Southeastern North
Cardinals farm-to-market and primary
roads, with a paved highway from Top
sail inlet to Bald Head island.
Continued effort through the Clty's In
dustrial Agency to attract more IN
dustries.
Proper utilization OF Bluethenthal air
mort for expanding air service.
oe, elopment Of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities. especially IN
counties lacking hospitals. and includ-
ing a Negro Health center.
encouragement Of the growth OF COM
mercial fishing.
Consolidation Of City and County
governments.
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4AAI. Ddlhl6y L dL1 1Ot luCC4 Co ICN
Al w.eu1ler IL is I.eu Pepper Or IOUey-
assoc, DOLn OF winch l ENJOY.
Mr. Wiley says tnal even tame
lokes' relieve congressional tensions
and dissolve them IN gales OF laughter.
such Jokes, we feel, will also tend to
give the average radio comedian a new
stature.
Having digested Congress Has Its
Fun" we can only say that we care not
who makes the nations laws if only
the making Of the nations jokes can be
entrusted to capable characters Like
Fred Allen and Bob Hope.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-05
High Crimes in USSR

Russia's abolition of the death SEN
tence is interesting to Americans as
an indication of the current Soviet state
of mind. The action seems to signify
an increased self-confidence on the
part of the government and added
public support of that government.
But perhaps more interesting to
Americans is the knowledge that the
death sentence formerly was reserv-
ed almost exclusively to punish crimes
against the state. Under the 1926 coae
p%remeditated murder carried only one
to 10 years. loss of liberty - a prece-
dent which repeatedly continued under
later and broader laws.
This is only another example OF the
individuals status under the supreme
state setup which the Soviet govern
ment is pleased to call democracy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-05
By T EDISON

WASHINGTON - Secretary Of
State George C. Marshalls' recent
ly announced intention to COM
plete transfer of U. S. military
government in Germany from the
War Department to the State De-
partment has moved one step
nearer with the departure for Ber-
lir of Assistant Secretary Of War
Howard c. Petersen. He carried
with him first plans for shifting
the U. S. zone from military to
civilian control. These plans were
worked out in conjunction with
Mai.-Gen. John H. Hilldring, as
sistant secretary of state for C
pied areas.
In Berlin the plans will be dis
cussed with Gen. Lucius D. Clay,
U. S. commander in the European
theater, and his political adviser,
Robert c. Murphy. Murphy would
probably be in line to succeed
Clay as top American official in
Berlin when the transfer of au-
LnOr1Ly Is 1Ildue.
If the preliminary plans are &C
ceptable to Clay and Murphy,
further steps to complete the ad-
ministrative transfer will be made
on Petersen's return to Washing
ton, in the next few weeks.
Should the shift from military
to civilian control be made within
the next few months by the U. S.,
it's zone would be the first in occu-
pied Germany to demilitarize. It
would be a significant step in the
process of democratizing Germa-
nv. The U. S. has made far more
progress in this direction than the
British, French, and Russians in
their zones. Ending military gov
eminent in the American zone
would set an important pattern for
the other three powers to follow.
This shift would not mean the
withdrawal of American armed
forces from Germany. Policing OF
the II. S. Army would still be nee
essary. Only the officials con-
cerned with political affairs would
be changed. In some cases this
might merely mean that officers
now on the job would be permitted
10 resign their commissions and
carry on their present work as CT
villains.
While the U. S. Army now has
less than 60, 900 officers and men
in its zone in Germany, only about
5000 of them are directly con-
cerned with military government.
This number is being constantly
reduced as Germans are per-
mitted to take over more self-gov-
eminent. This is in sharp contrast
with conditions in the other zones,
all Of which have much larger &C.
cupation forces.
The problem Of securing cornpe-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-05
MisnOmer

Freedom is always destroyed in the
name of freedom.
This is one of the tragic lessons to
be found in the bloody history of the
modern world. Mussolini invented
Fascism in the name of liberty for the
italian people-and promptly enslaved
them in the police state he created. Hit
Ter came to power with a rallying CRY
Of German rights. and liberties-and
embarked upon an unparalleled reign
of terror within the borders of the
Reich. Today, the Soviet Union is
pushing out the ruthless tentacles OF
Communism-also in the name of free
dom and democracy.
There is one other lesson modern
history should have taught us all, anc
It. is this: There can be no real free
dom in the super-state. Liberty ane
aU-powerful government are complete
" incompatible. Power, and the ruth
~lessness which power breeds, feed upol
themselves. Well-intentioned men ar
cast aside, and dictators take thei
places. Every fundamental human
right is brutally abrogated when i
comes in conflict with the ambition
- -. 1oodora
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-05
Time Grows Short

With southern miners refusing the
proposal of the operators for an advance
in wages of IS cents a day treadlng al
most on the heels of the breakdown of
negotiations between eastern operators
and John L. Lewis. the prospect OF a
strike in the mines on July l increases.
This is the date on which the pres
ent agreement between the government
and the United Mine Workers expires.
A new contract must be made by then
or the miners will not return to the pits
at the expiration of the ten-day su-
spension of mining customary at this
time of year.
It is a cardinal principal of the mine
union not to work without a contract.
Thus, it would seem that any failure
to enact into law legislation for the
control of labor before July 1 would
mean that Americas industry, from
steel to hairpins, from transportation
to flour sifters, would suffer a wound
that would require years to heal.
1t is not for us to say that the legis-
lation favored by Congress fully meets
the needs. But we are justified in say
ing that if President Truman should
veto it and Congress failed to repass
it by the required two-thirds majority,
the nation will take another step back
ward, not only in domestic affairs but
in world affairs as we'll, and encourage
the Russians to expand their activities
over wider and wider regions.
The Russians have already given
their answer to the Truman foreign
policy by setting up a communist
regime in Hungary, as the Charlotte
Observer APPLY declares. We have every
reason to think, and none to disbelieve,
that Russia is bent with the fervor of
neophites upon pushing the United
States into a cubbyhole from which it
cannot hope to escape. 1t is not far
fetched to note that the prospective
mine strike, once put into effect, would
give Stain as much joy as did the de-
feat of Winston Churchill in England's
last political upheavel.
The need for repress1ve labor legisla-
ton, in face of this possible strike
alone, not to mention other strikes that
labor leaders would be encouraged to
call, is so obvious it is hard to under
stand why there should be any doubt
in the Presidents mind, or anybody
else's for that matter, as to the advis-
ability of signing, instead of vetoing,
the labor bill as it stands. There will
be time enough later on to revise it if
necessary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-05
Department.
WONDER QUESTIONS
HOW DEEP is THE SEA?

The sea varies In depth quite
as much as the land varies in
height. There are slopes descend
ing gradually from the shore and
getting deeper and deeper; there
are plains and table lands that
run for miles at about the same
depth; and there are precipices
with sheer descents into chasms
over six miles deep.
All these facts are known as
the result of thousands of sound
ings taken over many years in
various parts Of the oceans.
Charts have ben prepared show
ing the depths discovered at diff
ferent places.
Up to 1912, the deepest sound
ing recorded anywhere was 5,269
fathoms, which is sixty-six feet
less than six miles. This was in
the North Pacific near the island
Of Guam. In 1912, the German
vessel Planet found a deeper
place northeast of Mindanao, one
OF the islands of the Philippines.
This great depth, which has been
known ever since as the Planet
Deep, is the continuation of a
deep trough in this part Of the
Pacific discovered by the Planet
earlier in the same year. The
depth recorded was 1882 fathoms,
or six miles and 414 feet. In 1924,
the Japanese vessel Manchu found
a dee,,er place off japan. If let
out 80, 644 feet. OF wire without
touching bottom. More recently, a
depth of 35,410 feet has been found
in the Mindanao trench.
In the Atlantic, the deepest
sounding recorded is 1867 faith
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-05
Germany Still No. I Problem

tent personnel for administrative
jobs in the government of occu-
pied areas will be the most diff
cult problem which the State De-
partment will face in taking over
control from the War Department.
I: will extend from the top right
or down. For Assistant Secretary
Hilldring is resigning his job in
the late summer. Reason for his
retirement is the same as that
given by Undersecretary of State
Dean Acheson. Both simply can't
afford to go On working for the
government when their expenses
are greater than their income.
1t might be an advantage to the
government if it would keeo at
his desk the man who is most
experienced and best grounded in
all the problems of U. S. military
occupation. During the war Cen
eral Hilldring was on active duty
with the general staff, in charge
OF military government. IIe took
OFT his uniform and moved to the
State Department in February
1916 at the request of Secretary
James F. Byrnes, to carry on as
a civilian the work he had begun
as a soldier. He likes this work.
but as he says he is rapidly going
broke at it, he has to give it up.
This shift in the directing head
of U. S. military government At
the policy-making level comes AT
a moment when Germany is more
IN the news than at any time since
the shooting war was IN. It is
stlu Americas number n prob.
lem, the key to solution of all the
other problems of Europe.
What is happening in GERMANY
means just as much to the $50.
latlonlst corn and wheat belts of
the midwest as it does to the more
internationally minded seaboards
For every bushel of grain or
every ton of coal now shipped
from the U. S. to Germany has
us erect On the price of bread
and the size of the tax bills here
at home. BY a strange quirk Of
the war, prosperity in the victori-
Gus U. S. is again tied up with
Germany's poverty.
That is the Importance of Her.
bert Hoover's statement to the
House Appropriations Committee.
The. former President endorsed all
that has been done and is about
to be done in contributing to Ger.
man relief and trying to build up
German economy. But he calls for
new efforts to speed up the proc
ess of reconstituting Germany and
easing the burden of her upkeep
or the American taxpayer. This is
the big unfinished business which
civilian government will have y
take over from the military.