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Evening star., 1947-12-07

-@HE countryman, either he who
is actively engaged in the
pursuit of agriculture or
- gardening or he who is pre-
vented by circumstances but
maintains an active interest in the
soil and ways of plants, will wish to
include on his bookShelves those
volumes that deal with his interests
During the past year books on
agriculture have kept pace with the
newly awakened interest in the soil
and it's products and in the country
mans way of life. From the crop of
books that have been harvested dur
ing this season, it is possible for the
countryman, or the city armchair
gardner" to spend an evening with
the scientists in a discussion of what
chemistry, plant breeding and other
forms of research have accomplished
for agriculture. Or he may browse
with the philosophers on the joys of
country living.
Books on agriculture and this
term includes those dealing with
horticulture and gardening - fall
generally into two categories. There
are those books that tell how it is
done and there are those that deal
with the pleasures of the country
or experiences in country living.
OF Special Interest
To the City Gardener
In the first group Is Montague
Frees book, "All About House
Plants" certainly a work that no
gardener, particularly q city gar
dener who must work largely with
pots in parlor windows. should be
without
Mr.. Free formerly was horticul-
turist with the Brooklyn Botanical
Garden and has loaded his discus
sion of house plants with informa-
ton that has been gained through
personal experience. He does not
make the error so often found In
gardening books of passing in
formation on to the reader second
hand from Agriculture Department
or experiment station bulletins.
Mr.. Frees book also will be of help
to those persons interested in mod
ern architecture. where indoor
paintings may add just the touch
needed. He gives specific cultural
directions for such unusual plants
as Gloriosa, Veltheimia and Bill
bergia, and has extensive lists for
most of the dramatic large foliage
plants.
In addition to Mr.. Frees wealth
of information on all Of the COM
mon indoor plants, he suggests
ideas for using wild plant material
and annual garden flowers in the
indoor garden.
But farming and gardening does
not consist altogether Of digging and
planting. For the more contem-
Evening star., 1947-12-07
By Denmun Thompson
Sports Editor of The Star

in the biggest money sport of all
time.
The 10th volume in the Famous
American Athletes of Today" Sc
ries is of more than passing in
terest to baseball fans in this area
because of the chapter devoted to
Charley Keller, New York Yankee
star, who graduated to the big
leagues from the University of
Maryland. Brief biographies of
Harry Brecheen, Stan Musial, Bob
by Doerr and other diamond stars
are included
Keller's illustrious career, tempo
rarily interrupted last summer by
illness, is an arresting yarn of a
Maryland farm boy who went to
the top. His .438 slugging made him
the hero of the 1899 World Series
his first which the Yankees won.
That was the series in which Catch
er Ernie Lombardi of the Cincin-
natl Reds took his now famous
"snooze," standing bewildered at
the plate while Keller and then
Joe Di Maggie came home with the
tying and winning runs.
he1er also naQ starring TOlS
in the 194l World Series with the
Brooklyn Dodgers which produced
the dropped third. strike" incident,
paving the way for a triumphant
New York rally. Catcher Mickey
Owen dropped the third strike on
Tommy Heinrich, who reached first
base safely. Di Maggie got hit
and Keller, next batter, lashed
lusty hit off the right-field wall
to win the ball game.
Old Faces Again
In the Limelight
John Durant, who co-authored
Come Out Fighting" last year. is
represented In this years collection
of books by another illustrated work,
1.-The Story of Baseball" published
by Hastings House. One meets all
the old, familiar faces of Babe Ruth,
Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, etc, as
well as many stars whose memory
has been dimmed by the passing
years.
AS in his book on boxing. Durant
Evening star., 1947-12-07
Books on Farm and Garden

dealt with by D. Gale johnson, as
sistant professor of economics at
the University of Chicago, in his
Forward Prices for Agriculture"
Mr.. johnson argues that a series
of forward prices for agriculture
can be initiated that will give the
his predepression net income He
brings out the disadvantages of the
present parity price formula, and
offers his forward price policy.
which breaks with the basic philos-
ophy on which the parity policy is
based, as q substitute.
Mr.. johnson has not written an
easy book, but one that should help
the patient farmer in his economic
thinking.
Scientific Farming
By the Specialists
During the last year agricultural
leaders in America and Europe have
been discussing the merits and uses
of artificial fertilizers. These dis
cussions stem, primarily. from the
works of two men-Sir Albert How
ard, an English scientist, and Ed
ward H. Faulkner, whose "Plow-
mans Folly" created an upheaval in
the agricultural world when it was
published several years ago.
Both Sir Albert and Mr.. >Faulk-
ner have contributed additional
thought during the current year.
In his Food and HEALTH" Sir AL
bert continues q discussion of COM
post farming and the relationship
between good soil and health, both
of plants and Of the animals that
are fed from the soil.
1t is Sir Albert's theory that
plants. grown on depleted soil with
the assistance Of commercial ferti-
lizers alone, lack both resistance to
plant disease and nutrients neces-
sary for healthy people. He believes
that composing will give to the
soil the elements its needs to pro-
duce nutritive plants and healthy
people.
Mr.. Faulkner, a former agriculture
extension agent, re-examines his
advocacy Of plowless farming in
"A Second Look" and finds it still
good. While the plow may be nee
essary in first returning worn out
land to fertility. he argues that its
continued use is actually detrimental
to good farming.
The land, Mr.. Faulkner argues,
contains all of the elements neces-
sary for plant growth. When the
land is allowed to collect humus,
acids are formed that break up these
elements sinto forms available to
plants.
While many will not agree COM
pletely with tho theories advanced
by Sir Albert and Mr.. Faulkner.
their contribution to agriculture has
Continued on Page 2D
Evening star., 1947-12-07
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Dy sfoniey Morton

Dy Sf1niey Morton
Zone of the very beu Of the
seasons crop of historicals.
Retail Bookssiier. A young
Connecticus sea captain and
slave trader fights against =
dark past to build brilliant
future. $2.S
Evening star., 1947-12-07
Football and Baseball
Get Good Attention

Football and Baseball
Get Good Attention
Morris A. Bealles THE Washington
Senators" was first off the press A
prolific writer Mr.. Bealle further
localized his book by bringing in the
sandlot stars who sparkled on local
lots in years gone by. This was only
proper, as the big leaguers customa-
rily met one of the outstanding anna
teur mines in the spring before the
start of the league race and, indeed,
many of the sandlotters. sucn as
"Walloping Willie" Handiboe, Tom
Cantwell, Vic Bielaski, Ernie Atchi-
son, Dude" Gates, big Mouth"
Langley and Shorty" Hughes were
as well known as the big leaguers
Bealle followed with another VOL
ume THE Georgetown Hoyas," in
which the story of "a rambunctious
football team" reviews more than 60
years of gridiron history of the Blue
and Gray
Corinne Grifhth's book dealing
with professional football, my Life
With the Redskins" was light treat
ment of a weighty subject from a
with e.. the seasans ,nsakst design G BAY
womans point of view and made
entertaining reading. 1t was inter-
esting to compare her chapter on
the 1910 route by the Chicago Bears
in the 1910 championship playof
game with that written by Howard
Roberts in his book about the Chi
In
lady happens to be the wife Of the
Redskins president, gives a highly
personal account of the proceedings
against a dark, threatening back
ground of a mob of angry fans. Mr..
Roberts veers more to technical
football. the Bears minute prepara-
tions for the game and few details
Of certain scoring plays.
In his book, The Chicago Bears"
Mr. Roberts tells how George Halas
came to found the Bears. He rea-
soned that college players were only
beginning to reach their peak when
they graduated, and that a profess
sional league would be q desirable
field in which. to bring their abilities
to full flower How right Halas was
- WItkkCSoCu oACSC0o Va kAlC
National Football League, followed
by the current development Of the
Au-America Conference.
The Bears originally were the Sta
leys of Decatur, ILL.,, sponsored by
manufacturing company OF that
name. They were organized in an
auto sales agency when league
franchise. now valued at $50, 900, sold
for paltry 500. In 1921 the club
was transferred to Chicago and took
the name it has borne SO nobly in a
quarter century Of football strife.
The book is replete with anecdotes,
ably put down with light touch.
The author not only introduces you
to Jimmy Councilman, Paddy DriS-
coll. Bronko Nagurski Red Grange,
Pug Manders and other Bear greats,
IL you've never met them before, but
goes into enough detail to satiate a
thirst for knowledge of the teams
operation.
Evening star., 1947-12-07
aaSI'Si3!aaeE aEs
Il ia - "a
EIIkEJIkJsG51|1aS5;1 1

ey PuvI EidrIdss. co-author
of Ny Fir5t 1000 Years
and Sa(oms
. This novel Of 4 big city
highschool is IAN Illuminating
picture of the pedagogical. ra-
cial, ethical. sexual and voca-
uional problems that eonfront
teachers and pupils alike. -
Wilmington Sfw 2.7S
Evening star., 1947-12-07
EII1El HUNGER
BY Harry Z. Wsdsek

. "As compelling and faseInas-
ing as any worthwhile mys-
refy ;. Wedeck provides plenty
Of giamor leaving little un.
said Lafcadio Hearn was
one of the strangest, most ex.
otic writers of modern times.
-Cbieago SHS $3.50
Evening star., 1947-12-10
Josephson Conviction Final Eviction Notice!
For Contempt Upheld; To Leave Trailer Camp
May Go 10 High Court Jan. Is BEING Served

Final eviction notices against
about rs remaining residents Of the
Hillside MD Trailer Camp were
to be served, starting today, in COM
pliance with new orders from the
Prince Georges County commission
ers directing the camp to be va
Gated by January 26.
The latest move, slated to be the
final one in series of orders aimed
at closing the camp, was approved
yesterday in Upper Marlboro when
the commissioners, sitting as a
County Board of Health, established
the new deadline.
Letters addressed to occupants of
about % trailers still occupying
space in the camp informing them
OF the boards decision were signed
yesterday by Charles L. Wood, sani-
tary engineer for the County Health
Department, and countersigned by
William A. Carson, chairman of
both the Board of Commissioners
and the Board of Health.
The letters were to be distributed
Evening star., 1947-12-10
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-The United
States Circuit Court of Appeals in a
two-to-one ruling yesterday upheld
the contempt conviction Of Leon
Joseph, ayowed Communist, for his
refusal last March 8 to be sworn or
testify before a subcommittee of
the House Committee on Un-Amer-
ican Activities.
The majority opinion, written by
Judge Harry B. Chase and con-
CURED in by Judge Thomas w.
Swami, held that "the power of
Congress to gather facts of the most
intense public concern, such as
these, Is not diminished by the un-
challenged right of the individuals
to speak their minds within lawful
means"
Josephson, Trenton IN. j. attor-
ney, was sentenced to a year in
prison and fined $1,000. He chal-
lenged his conviction mainly on the
contention that the resolution es-
tablishing the House committee was
so vague" as to make it unconsti-
tutional.
Josephson's counsel said an i'm
mediate attempt would be made to
appeal the ruling to the Supreme
Court.
Judge Charles E. Clark, the dis
senting Judge, held that the House
committee had achieved obvious
and direct abridgement of the right
freely to speak and express ones
opinions"
Replying to the defendants claim
that the Constitution forbade a
congressional committee to investi-
gate propaganda activities, the
majority decision declared:
"One Of the very purposes of the
Constitution is to protect the
country against danger from within
as well as from without. One need
only recall the activities of the So
called fifth column in various coun-
tries during the recent war to
realize that the United States should
be alert to discover and deal with
the seeds of revolution within it.
self"
Evening star., 1947-12-10

in person by Montgomery Morrow
an inspector for the health depart.
ment. The camp is located in the
5000 block Of Marlboro pike, about
a mile from the District line.
Reporting the camp "has been Of
f1cally closed for sanitary rea-
sons" occupants of the camp were
told, in the latter: "The camp itself
does not have a license to operate
and under the terms of the law,
you are occupying space with a
trailer coach without permission of
the owner to do So"
Other Camps Nearby.
Mr.. Wood said there are other
trailer camps in the county or
Washington area where the eviction
victims can go.
In other business, the commits
sioners authorized public hearings
be held at II am. January 6 to con-
slider establishment of trash and
garbage collection systems in Spe-
cial Improvement District No. 20,
Bradbury Heights. The action wa,
Evening star., 1947-12-10
Convicted Scientist
Is Released on Boil
By the Assoeioted Press

MONTREAL, Dec. 10.-Dr. Ray
mond Boyer, 4l-year-osd Montreal
scientist whose conviction last Sat-
urday concluded trials growing out
of royal commissions investigation
Of Russian espionage in Canada, was
freed on $25,000 bail yesterday and
an appeal was entered in Superior
Court.
DR.. Boyer was convicted by q
Kings Bench Court jury on a charge
of conspiring to communicate infor-
nation regarding RDX, a super
explosive, to Russia through Fred
Rose, a former member of Parlia-
ment now serving a six-year term.
Sentencing of DR.. Boyer-eighth Ca
madam convicted-has been post
poned,
Evening star., 1947-12-10
S2,oOO,OOO Bill 10 HeIp
Indians Passed by House
BY the Associoted Press

A bill authorizing $4,000, ,00C
emergency relief appropriation for
the Navajo and Hopi Indians OF
Arizona and New Mexico was ap-
proved unanimously yesterday by the
House. It now goes to the Senate.
If the Senate passes the measure
another bill actually appropriating
the money<will have to go through
Congress.
Meanwhile, the Red Cross ap-
propriated 100000 for immediate
stopgap aid to the tribes.
The measure passed by the House
Is intended to start help on the way
to the two tribes this winter. Legis-
lators have said Indians In the
Southwest are starving while the
United States is planning to help
feed Europe.
The Truman administration has
asked for long-range program for
aiding the needy Indians. Members
Of the House Public Lands Commit
tee said the 10-year project would
cost $80,000,0OO.
Evening star., 1947-12-10
MitcheIIviIIe Citizens
Plan Tobacco Show

More than $500 worth Of prizes
will be offered to exhibitors Of the
best samples Of tobacco January le
at the annual tobacco meeting Of
the Mitchellville (Md.) Citizens AS
sociation in Upper Marlboro High
School.
Each contestant may enter only
Evening star., 1947-12-10
Stossen Chooses Aide

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10 (P.-
Harold E. Stassen, Republican can
didate for President, has named Col.
Jay Cooke as his campaign manager
for the State of Pennsylvania. Col.
Cooke, named yesterday, is former
chairman of the Republican Com
mittee Of Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1947-12-10

taken following petition signed by
more than 81 per cent OF the resi-
dents OF the community.
The commissioners also approved
a permit for Ernest M. Greer tc
operate target range on about 1a
acres at TOO Central avenue, seat
Pleasant district.
Evening star., 1947-12-10

one sample Of tobacco containing
10 hands. Each hand must contain
10 to is leaves. Samples will be sold
at auction at the end of the meeting
and the money will go into the
treasury OF the association.
Evening star., 1947-12-10
Five Boys Unmusk Sontu

EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio, Dec. 10
R.-John Logan told police five
boys ripped of the wig and whiskers
OF his Santa Claus suit last night as
ne walked home from his depart
ment store lob.
Evening star., 1947-07-23
Economic Conference
To Report 10 u. n.
Rx the Associated Rrass

PARIS, July 23-Steps were under
way today to keep the United Ma
tions and its affiliates informed of
the European Economic Conference,
set up a week and a half ago to
survey the continents resources and
needs as a prerequisite to Marshall
plan aid from the United States.
The five-nation Executive Com
mittee, whose decisions are to be
submitted to the 16-nation Coop
eration (Steering) Committee, took
these measures:
Cd Directed the conference sec
retary general, Claude Bouchinet-
Serreules, to tell the U. N Secretary
about the conference program.
(2) Authorized the four confer
ence subcommittees-on food and
agriculture, fuel and power, metal
industries and transport-to get in
touch with existing intergovern-
mental organizations in their fields.
Named in the latter connection
were the u. N. Economic Commits
sion for Europe. Economic and So
cial Council and food and Agrfcul-
ture Organization: the European
Coal Organization: the Interna-
tional Labor Office: the European
Central Inland Transports Organi-
zation; the Economic Emergency
Committee for Europe; the Interna-
tional Civil Aviation Organization,
and the World Bank.
Evening star., 1947-07-23
Henri {. Brockdorff Dies,
Takoma Park Contractor

Henri C. Brockdorff, 65, building
contractor of Takoma Park, Md.
died yesterday in his home, 212
Buffalo avenue, Takoma Park, after
a long illness.
Mr.. Brockdorff was born in Co.
penhagen and came to this country
when he was 20. He first settled
at White Post. Va, near Winches-
ter before moving to Takoma Park
at the beginning of World War I.
He worked as bricklayer and
building contractor until the time cf
his illness.
Mr.. Brockdorff was a member of
the Bricklayers' Union and of
Trinity Episcopal Church.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Esther H. Brockdorff; five sons,
Henri A., of Norfolk; Capt Beverly
Brockdorff, U. S. A., Fort Belvoir,
Va; Peter. Silver Spring, and Calvin
and Olaf, both of the Takoma Park
address.
Also surviving are five daughters,
Mrs. Sa-Martha Muller and Mrs.
Esther Lowe of Silver Spring; Mrs.
Elsie White, washington; Mrs. Anna
White of the Takoma Park address.
and Mrs. Ellen Krautler, Washing
ton; three sisters, three brothers
and 18 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow in the Warner E.
Pumphrey funeral home, 8434
Georgia avenue, Silver Spring, with
burial in Rock Greek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1947-07-23
Richmond Burial Planned
For Mrs. Susan H. Wriaht

Funeral services for Mrs. Susan
Henderson Wright, 50, widow of Will
lard Wigfall Wright, were to be held
today in Portsmouth, Va. Burial
was to be in Richmond.
Mrs. Wright died Monday after
a long illness, at the home Of her
daughter Mrs. Leaven B. Plummer,
Portsmouth.
Mrs. Wright was born at Hunts
mans Rest which was built on the
original family land grant in Orange
County, Va. She was the daughter
of Joseph Miles Henderson and
Hannah Irving Terrill During the
last IS years, she had lived in Ports
mouth.
She was a member of the Ports
mouth Trinity Episcopal Church.
The Daughters of the Barons of
Runnymede. the Colonial Danes of
America and the Society for the
Preservation of Virginia Antiqui-
ties.
Survivors include two daughters,
Mrs. Withers Wright Shepherd, ll41
Connecticut avenue NV. and Mrs.
Plummer; two sisters, Mrs. Virginia
Ware, Richmond, and Mrs. Walter
G. Duke. 4707 Eighth street NV;
one brother. John U. Henderson.
Orange, Va; two granddaughter,
and two Observation-Disclosures.
Evening star., 1947-07-23
R. Y. |. Wright Dies
Reclamation Bureau
Power ConsuIfant

Robert Van Lear Wright, so
power consultant to Government
agencies, died yesterday at the Mar,
tinsburg CIV. Va Veterans Hos.
pital. where he had been a patient
since last December, the Bureau Of
Reclamation reported today.
Mr.. Wright, who lived at 382;
Rodman street NV. had been a
consulting engineer with the Recla-
nation Bureau since 1910. special
izing in electric power and admin
istrative problems.
Before joining the bureau he was
consulting engineer for the Fed
eral Works Administration From
1887 to 1889 he was general manager
of the Grand River Dam Authority,
Tulsa, Okla, and previously was
vice president of the Santa Canta-
lima Island Co., Avalon, Calf.
From 1884 to 1885, he was an
electrical engineer for the Sanitary
District of Chicago. on a special
assignment for PWA projects.
Born at Wheatland. Va. Mr..
Wright attended the University of
Maryland. He was a veteran of
World War I. having served as
lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Claudia Jackson Wright; son,
Robert Van Lear Wright, jr., and a
daughter, Mrs. Harold Hoover.
Funeral services will be held at
l pm. Friday in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1947-07-23
James {. Burns Dies;
Was Native OF District

James Edward Burns, 48, who
represented California motion pic
ture companies before the Maryland
Board of Censors and in Richmond,
died last night in Baltimore while
on a business trip.
Mr.. Burns. a native of Washington,
was the son of Mrs. Margaret Fowler
Burns, 5101 Fifth street NV, and
the late James A. Burns, Washing
ton attorney and former Coast
Guard officer.
He was graduated from Eastern
High School, the University of Mich
igan, and George Washington Uni
versity School of Law He was vet
eran of World War I and for about
Is years until 1887 he worked in the
General Accounting Office where he
was unit head in the claims division
He was a member of the Variety
Club here.
Survivors. besides his mother, are
his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Best Burns,
1881 Fourteenth street NV, and a
brother, Col. Robert Burns, stationed
in San Francisco.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day at the Fourteenth street ad-
dress. The time has not been set.
Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1947-07-23
Joseph {. Casson Dies;
Portrait PHOTOGRAPHER

Joseph E. Casson, so, Washington
portrait photographer, died yester.
day at his home, 6135 Thirty frs
place NV. He had been owner anc
manager of the Casson Photographic
Studio, 1905 Connecticut avenue
NV, for the last IS years.
A native of Topeka, Kans., Mr.
Casson came to Washington at the
age of 10. He was a graduate 81
Gonzaga High School and a mem.
ber of the Holy Name Society. the
Knights of Columbus and the Lions
Club.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Anna Teresa Casson; his mother
Mrs. Mary J. Casson; a daughter
Mrs. Eleanor Everett, Green Acres,
Md; a son. Edward A. Casson, 4525
Cheltenham drive, Bethesda, Md;
two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Murray and
Mrs. Edna Norton. and four BROTH
ers, Claude. Albert, John and Ber-
nard Casson. all of Washington.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.