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Evening star., 1948-12-17

t, admission at II am. tomorrow ac-
cording to Charles ]. Errico, man
ager.
This special program, for children
only, will consist of one and half
hours of cartoons, Mr.. Errico said.
No. 6 Precinct policemen will dis
tribute the donations to underprivi-
legged children in the area.
Gall wasps of both sexes may be
pnoduced from unfertilized eggs.
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Carolina Theoter Plans
YuIe Gift Matinee

The Carolina Theater, 1o5 Elev-
enth street Sc, will hold Christ
mas matinee with donations Of
canned food and clothing as the only
Evening star., 1948-12-17

Mesmer, an 18th century Vien-
nese physician who experimental in
hypnotism, claimed he could cure
many diseases by animal mag
netism."
Evening star., 1948-07-01
Phi|co Ad Competition
Won by Local Agency

Kal, Ehrlich and Merrick. adver.
tising agency located in The Stal
Building, has been awarded first
place in a competition for most
consistently and most effectively ad-
vertising and merchandising all
Philco products" in the spring OF
this year.
The agency planned and produced
all the sales promotion, merchan-
dising and dealer helps in all media
The award was based on open inter-
national competition with every
agency retained by Philco distribu-
tors of the United States, Mexico
and Cuba.
The award was presented by James
B. Carmine, vice president of Philco
Corp, to Alvin @. Ehrlich, vice pres
ident of the agency; Joseph Zam-
oiski, vice president in charge of
television, and Saul Greber, vice
president and general manager of
the Joseph M. zamoiski Co., Co.
lumbia Wholesalers Division.
Evening star., 1948-07-01

| 100000 when the fiscal year-end
tabulations are announced tomor-
row.
The Government wrote the check
for $500, ,0O0,00 when it actually
hand on hand only $4,828,134941. 81
in cash. Besides that. it is in debt
$251 ia, ,000. 900, which is about three
fifths of all the money owed in this
country.
The unemployment trust fund
which handles payments to the job
less, had loaned the Government
t$7 ,427 ,0O0, 900 on interest exactly a
year ago. Thus the Treasury's note
for $500, 100000 in principal and
interest was due yesterday.
Since the full amount was bor-
Evening star., 1948-07-01
By the Associated Press

The United States Government
the worlds biggest financial op-
orator, spent" s1O,5OO,OOO,0OO yes
terday without a dime changing
hands.
The whole thing was done by a
lsuper-shifting on the books, like
this:
A s7,5OO,OO0,o0O check, the big
gest bona fide check ever issued by
any organization, was signed by
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder
That repaid loan, with interest
from the unemployment trust fund.
But the Government promptly bor-
rowed the full amount back.
2. A S3,000,0 900, 900 sum was spent
Evening star., 1948-07-01
Poles Plan Radio Station

WARSAW P.-The government
controlled Radio Polskie plans to
build its most powerful broadcast
ing station in Warsaw. The new
stations mast is to be almost 1000
feet high. Equipment for this sta
ton and another at Cieszyn, on the
Polish Czech border, is to come from
Czechoslovakia and the United
States.
Evening star., 1948-07-01
u. S. Writes 7I2-Bi|Iion Check
With Less Than 5 Billion Cash

on the European Recovery Program
although the money won't be dis
bursed until later. The amount was
subtracted from this fiscal years
record budget surplus and was cred
tied on the books against ERP ex-
penses for the 1859 fiscal year
starting today.
Record Surplus Knocked Down.
Congress directed the second
transaction to help keep the budget
in line for the new fiscal year.
The S3,00O,0oO,0O0 charge-of1
knocked down the 1947-8 record
surplus to s5,718,111,00O. The final
surplus figure for the year is ex-
pected to wind up close to $5,000,-
Evening star., 1948-07-01
VILLAGES Rise in Siberia

MOSCOW R.-Izvestia's CORE
spondent in Barnaul reports that
scores Of village settlements are
springing up along the route of the
future Southern Siberian Railway
A small city, he says, has already
come into being on the right bank
of the river Chumish.
Evening star., 1948-07-01

Irowed right back for one year from
yesterday, the Government will owe
the unemployment fund $7,500, ,000,-
600 plus interest at the rate of 21s
per cent.
Evening star., 1948-02-08
THE SUNDAY STAR Washington, D. c. B-5
Q
First Aid to Storm-Hit Shrubs
Ties and Braces Can Restore Posture
To Trees and Flattened Bushes !,

Washington and vicinity shared
in the damage inflicted upon shrub
berry and trees by series Of heavy
storms over a wide area. Correcting
the crippling effects of the weight
of snow and sleet should be high
on the list of must chores between
now and the time sap starts run
ming.
No matter how mild the winter,
the elements and frost always take
heavy toll. If major breaks occur
or the damage is high in the tree
it is usually best to employ tree
surgeon to repair the damage.
It is we'll to caution the inexpert
householder against trying to do
anything to an ice or snow-laden
plant until a thaw arrives and then
work should proceed with caution.
A light shaking will usually do the
trick and if the air Is above freez-
ing hosing is sometimes helpful.
Tepid water is, of course. the best
medium. Never use hot water.
First aim should be to restore the
natural posture of the shrubs and
trees. Do this with guys run to
stakes or sidewalks of buildings.
Multiple tops of tall-growing plants
may be linked together for mutual
support. An open-growth ever
Evening star., 1948-02-08
Business Groups
InstuIIution Planned
AT Mount Pleasant

Thomas A. Buckley will be IN
stalled for his second term as pres
ident of the Mount Pleasant Busl-
nessmen's Association alta meeting
at 6 pm. Tuesday in the Mount
Pleasant Branch Library, Sixteenth
and Lamont streets NV.
Other officers to be installed In
clude Thomas A. Wilson, vice pres.
ident; Samuel Kotz, treasurer, ane
J. David Britt. secretary.
Other business group meetings
this week:
Tomorrow.
Cleveland PARK Businessmen
Association-Home of Joseph Stoll
Broadmoor Hotel, $50 pm.
Southeast Businessmen's Associa'
tion-314 Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
$3.50 pm.
Washington Hairdressers' and Co.'S
metologists' Observation-Disclosures
Hotel, $3.50 pm.
Tuesday.
American Business Association
Board of Directors-1313 U street
NV, $50 pm.
Columbia Heights Business Asso'
ciation-Tivoli Building, 3209 Four
teenth street NV, 1890 pm.
Wednesday.
Washington Retail Liquor Deal
Observation-Disclosures ers' Hotel
9 pm.
Evening star., 1948-02-08
Farm Prices
Continue Rise
During January

The New Year brought rises in
prices of products both bought and
sold by the farmer. according to the
Bureau OF Agricultural Economics.
For January, the bureau said, the
index of prices paid by the farmer,
including taxes and interest, rose
"a per cent above the 245 reached
in December. At the same time the
index of prices received by the
farmer rose 2 per cent to 307.
Both the index of prices received
and the index of prices paid rose
to new all-time highs, the bureau
said, but the parity ratio declined
to 1872.
The rise in the prices paid index,
the bureau said, was the sharpest
in the last II months and resulted
principally from higher food and
feed costs, together with higher tax
and interest payments per acre on
farm real estate.
The bureau said preliminary
estimates indicate that taxes pay
able per acre this year will be about
10 per cent higher and interest pay
ments per acre will be about 4 per
cent higher than last year.
The rise in the prices-paid-to-
farmers index, the bureau said, re-
suited chiefly from higher meat
animal prices and increases IN the
prices Of corn, oats, rice, soybeans,
potatoes and grain sorghums. These
price gains were only partially Off
set by lower prices for eggs, cotton,
apples and pears.
Evening star., 1948-02-08
This Week in the Garden

One of the wartime developments
that should be of material aid to
the home gardener is "pelletted
Seeds" This is the name applied to
seeds when they are coated with
fungicides. fertilizers, plant hor-
mones, etc. This process results In
each seed being large enough to
handle with ease-give adequate
spacing. Also, the seeds germinate
with much greater vigor and the
plants are reported to make sur
prisingly rapid growth. Imagine
spacing lettuce seed six inches apart,
but oh-what lettuce!
Order roses and other shrubs as
early as possible. Domestic supplies
are not large. Desired varieties
may be sold out long before the
planting season arrives. Nursery
men will fill orders in the sequence
in which they are received.
X X X
Gardeners who have had trouble
establishing a rhubarb bed from
roots might we'll try growing plants
from seed. 1t is thought that the
roots do not heal too easily in this
climate and the cuts and breaks are
points of infection. Plants started
from seed might thus be immune to
such difficulties. The seed should be
sown early in the spring and spaced
as one would the roots. Place five
or six seeds in each hill-as soon as
Evening star., 1948-02-08
Feed Markets Drop
With Demand LIGHT

Feed markets dropped sharply
during the last 10 days with wheat
millfeeds and oilseed meals leading
the decline. According to the Pro-
duction and Marketing Administra-
tion, the weaker market resulted
from further declines in grain prices
and restricted demand.
Last Wednesday soybean meal av-
eraged about $975 a ton lower than
week before. At Buffalo Tuesday
soybean meal sold at SIP per ton
drop of 81.
Cottonseed meal averaged about
So ton lower. At Memphis, Al per
cent meal was quoted at $3.50. The
price at Southern Georgia mills was
$94 per ton.
Evening star., 1948-02-08
Pinch Off Shoots
lOf Geraniuns

The common geranium belongs to
the genus Pelargonium, distinct
from but related to the genus ge-
ranium.
The one that is used so much for
bedding and potting is known as
the zonal or Horseshoe geranium
When growing this plant indoors for
winter bloom, give it full and con-
slant sunshine. Ordinary house
temperature and humidity are sat-
isfactory but a temperature of 70
to rs degrees by day and so de-
grees by night is ideal.
Water geraniums thoroughly when
they need it, but avoid overwater-
ing. Do not sprinkle foliage or
blossoms.
Keep plants pot bound, trans
planting to another pot in May, II
necessary. Pinch back new shroots
and turn the plant frequently sc
that each side may receive the full
light from the window.
Before setting the plants out 1n
May, prune them severely. Reduce
each shoot at least one-third. Sum-
mer them in fairly sunny spot
slightly shaded by the foliage oi
trees. Water only to avoid drying
out.
To assure an adequate supply Of
food in the soil, geraniums can be
fed with complete plant food. Tab
lets about an inch away from the
rim and inches apart in holes l
inch deep.
Suggested varieties: Alphonse
Riccard, good scarlet; Beaute Poite-
vine, salmon pink; s. A. Mutt, GRIM
son; Nine. Recamier, pure white.
Evening star., 1948-02-08

number Of broken branches. In fact,
some shrubs may have to be pruned
back to the ground. The tops Of
small trees deserve special treat
ment where the leader stem has
been snapped. In such cases, prune
back the break and incline upward
a side branch to protruding brace
lashed parallel to the main stem.
The stem so elevated will become
the leader as growth continues.
1t may now be necessary to
prune the side branches unduly
exposed by the thinned top. The
vertical brace idea can be used to
straighten stems badly bent by
storms and heavy overburdens.
When removing side branches or
stubs, make three cuts with the saw
to avoid splitting the wood or tear
ing the bark on the main stem. First
cut should be made under the branch
and slightly forward of the final cut.
Second cut is then made even
farther forward to remove the major
weight of the branch. Then the final
cut is made al the very fork. Coat
bark breaks with shellac.
Forked trees can often be
strengthened and held together by
cabling together two eye-bolts run
through each main branch to nuts
Evening star., 1948-02-08
OES 4 Ctivities
In Local Chapters
Special notices:
Harmony Chap


Harmony Chapter - Thursday
valentine party.
Chevy Chase Chapter-Tuesday
Auxiliary Home Board with Miss
Louise Spilman.
Lebanon Chapter-Tuesday, 7:30
pm, fashion show with Mrs. Gruba
Washington Centennial Chapter
Monday, Ways and Means with Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Etchison. Thurs
day, Starletts, dinner, The Mayfair
Saturday, bake sale, Sears-Roebuck
store, Bladensburg road.
Cathedral Chapter - Wednesday
initiation.
Columbia Chapter-Tuesday, val
entine party, 1909 Ninth street NV
February 13, dance and card party
Shoreham Hotel.
Womens Eastern Star Club
United States Treasury, Monday
Francis Asbury Methodist Church.
Electa Chapter-Tuesday, enter.
tanning the line officers.
Lafayette Lodge Chapter-Wed:
nesday, line officers night.
Bethany Chapter-Monday, dance
and card party, Shoreham Hotel
Thursday, Star Points with Mis-
Kathryn Ivey.
Unity Chapter-Friday, enter
tainment.
Federal Chapter-Monday. 5:s'
pm, rehearsal for officers. Wed
nesday night of games. Jessup Blail
House. Thursday, 22d anniversary
Hope Chapter-Wednesday, val
entine party.
Treaty Oak Chapter-Monday
18th anniversary.
Mizpah Chapter-Monday, dance
and card party, Shoreham Hotel.
The Past Matrons and Patrons
Association of Warren T. Harding
Chapter elected: Mrs. Ella Dudley
president; Douglas Jenkins, vic'
president; Mrs. Anna Hausman
secretary treasurer.
East Gate Chapter Friday
dance, 2029 Rhode Island avenue
NE.
Acacia Chapter - Monday, care
party and dance, Shoreham Hotel
For reservations call Adams 1890.
William F. Hunt Chapter-Tues
day, rehearsal for initiation, 5 pm
Thursday, initiation.
Miriam Chapter-Monday, Valen
tine party. Wednesday, Hom'
Board, with Mrs. Ella Burnside.
Brightwood Chapter-Sunday,
pm, religious services, Masonic ant
Eastern Star Home. Monday, Sta
Points with Mrs. Ethel Nagle.
Martha Chapter-Tuesday, Tenn
pile Board, with Mrs. Angeline Bote
ller. Friday, dance and card party
Shoreham Hotel. For reservations
call MIR. Morrison, Victor 1444
Ruth Chapter-Friday, dance ant
card party, Shoreham Hotel.
Brookland Chapter-M day
Home Board, 1890 pm, with Rill.
Cochrane. Wednesday, Valentino
party. Thursday, Welfare Commit
tee card party, 8 pm, with Mrs
Mildred Mowrer. Saturday, pas
patrons dinner, $50 pm, Kene'
saw.
Evening star., 1948-02-08
Disinfectants Purify Garden Soil
Chloropicrin and D DFound Effective But
All Growing Plants Must Be Moved
By w. N. Younamon

(tear gas was first introduced to
the home gardeners as an effective
control for diseases. Later we found
that it also controlled the nema-
todes and other pests. While many
were afraid to use it for fear that
they would be gassed, it still was
the most effective agent discovered.
It could be applied to the compost
pile, to plant beds or to containers
filled with soil.
It was simple to apply-holes 6
inches deep are punched in the soil
with a crowbar, broomstick or some
other pointed tool, at 10 to II inch
intervals and a half teaspoonful of
the liquid poured into each hole.
Dirt is used to plug the holes and
force the gas into the soil. The
beds or soil are sprinkled after the
application and covered with a can
vas or pieces of tar paper. The
cover is removed after three days
but the beds are not ready for
planting until the odor of the gas
has disappeared.
The tear gas should not be applied
to either a dry soil or one that is
too wet. If a handful of soil does
not quite hold its shape after
squeezing then 1t has about the
right moisture content. The soil
temperature should be above 60 de-
grees before using the chloropicrin.
ID Is Found Effective.
Recently a new soil disinfectant
has been put on the market-DD.
(Do not confuse with "a D, weed
killer, or DDT, an insecticide.) The
method of handling DID is about the
same as the tear gas, but it is a
much less expensive material to use
Neither one are inf1ammable or ex-
plosive and DID does not have the
disagreeable name that perturbs the
inexperienced.
Neither one of these materials
may be used in a bed where plants
are growing, for they are most effec-
tive in sterilizing. Weed seeds, and
all living plants, are killed along
with the disease spores and nema-
todes. To treat a rose bed one
would have to remove the bushes
and heal them in trench during
the period of treatment. However
If the rose bed is badly infected
with nematodes this Is the only
feasible way to get it into a healthy
productive condition. The rose
bushes should be carefully exam
ined for nematode gals which
should be removed before resetting
Dormant peony roots may be soaked
in hot water Q20 degrees) for 80
minutes to kill nematodes and, while
we have no specific recommends
tions to refer to, it may be assumed
that rosebushes could be treated
in the same manner. However, dur
ing the period when the plants are
dormant and in condition for such
a treatment the soil in the beds
would be too cold to use either ID
or the chloropicrin.
The Potomac Rose Society is en-
oouraging the use of this material
among its members to the extent of
owning an applicator which will be
rented to members at a nominal fee
Their very efficient Purchasing
Committee chairman buys the ID
in large quantities, thus providing
this soil disinfectant to members at
O. material saving.
Evening star., 1948-02-08
Parent.T Teacher
| Activities
Meetings this week:

meetings. UIllS WEEK.
The Board of Managers OF the
District of Columbia Congress OF
Parents and Teachers will meet al
10 am. Tuesday, at the Adams
School.
Barnard-Tuesdaya at pm. Top
ic for discussion, Safety AS 1t AZ
fects Children" The newly elected
Safety Patrol Officers will give te
the parents their ideas on safe prac-
tices for children.
Buchanan-Founder Day will be
observed with luncheon on Tues.
day, at the school.
Central-Tuesday at pm. The
speaker will be Special Agent
George L. Carroll Of the FBI.
Edmonds- -Maury-Founders' Day
with a special program tomorrow
at pm.
Park View-Tuesday, at pm
The theme Is Education and In
ternational Brotherhood" Two for
mer Park View teachers, Mrs. Kath'
arine Hahn and Mrs. Helen Gran
berg, will tell some Of their expert
ences of the past year as teacher
In the American schools in Germany
Randle Highlands-Mrs. Halpert
psychatric social worker from Lis'
Adjustment Clinic. will be CUES
speaker on Tuesday at pm.
Taft-Executive Committee meet
ing Monday, at 1:30 pm. in th'
teachers lunch room.
Woodbridge - Annual Founders
Dav tea Thursday at 1 pm. Mrs
Andrew G. Weaver, first vice presi
dent Of the D. c. Congress of Par
ents and Teachers, will speak OF
ssWhy We Celebrate Founders Day.
Raymond-Mrs. jamie Hilder, lee
turer at George Washington Univer'
sity and specialist In remedial read
ang, will be guest speaker tomorrow
at 1880 pm.
Evening star., 1948-02-08

they are we'll started remove all but
the strongest.
X
For starting seeds in vermiculite
it is well to buy medium grade
(size) for use in pots, pans or flats
Water well before sowing seeds as
the material swells as it absorbs
moisture. Then SOW the seed and
cover with thin layer of the ver-
miculite.
Gardeners who like to try some
thing new each season will find the
current catalogues challenging
However. 1t is advisable to make
trial paintings until the new flowers
or vegetables have demonstrated
their desirability over standard va
rieties.
Evening star., 1948-02-08
Garden Club Activities

co-chairmen: program, Mrs. Fred
eric P. Lee; rosarian, Mrs. Raymond
B. Leavitt; garden sprays, Mrs. Grit
fin v. Canada; the "Y" cottage,
Mrs. James H. Robinson, and Miss
Anna r. Griffith, assistant chair
man.
At the last monthly meeting OF
the club Vance Johnson, newspaper
man and author, told the story OF
the dust bowl area of the Southwest
plains and its relation to the ma
tional economy. He spoke briefly on
the national program of soil conser-
vation.
During the business meeting, the
clubs budget for 1948 was presented
and approved. Special guests were
the new members of 1947. Three
additional members of the club were
welcomed, Mrs. S. Roger Gibson
Miss Laura A. Merrill and Mrs. W.
LIE Roy Saunders.
Here is a schedule Of spring flower
shows:
February Bismarck 6-Cleveland
Home and Garden Show.
March 8-13-New York and Phil
adelphia shows.
March 9-14-St. Louis Flower
Show Association display.
March 13-21-Detroit Flower and
Garden Exhibition.
March 14-21-Society Of Ameri-
can Florists display at Chicago.
March 15-20-Massachusetts Hos
ticultural Society display at Boston.
April 3-4-Virginia State Narcis-
sus Show, Danville.
April 6-North Carolina State
Narcissus Show, Durham.
Rose Institute-April and 2 at
Lisner auditorium.
Virginia Garden Week-April "a
to May /. Historic homes and gar
dens displayed. Headquarters, Hotel
Jefferson, Richmond.
DahIia Society Show-September
% and "a, New National Museum.
Bethesda Chevy Chase Harvest
Show-Tentative date September 10.
Potomac Rose Show-October 2
and 8, New National Museum.
Peter Henderson & Co. made a
novel contribution to the March of
Dimes campaign by setting aside a
weeks receipts from the sale of a
bargain pack of ,zinnia seeds.
Evening star., 1948-02-08
Local Masonic News

The Sixth and Seventh Degrees
are scheduled to be conferred on
Tuesday evening by the Scottish
Rite in the series of degrees now
being exemplified for the spring
class. Degrees will be conferred
each Tuesday evening. concluding
May 18.
Special meetings:
Federal Lodge - Monday, past
masters night. M. M. Degree.
New Jerusalem Lodge-Tuesday
dance and entertainment, Shore
ham Hotel, 8 pm.
Theodore Roosevelt Lodge-Wed-
nesday, Fellowcraft Club with Will
liam Andia.
Naval Lodge-Thursday, special
7 pm. M. M. Degree.
Grand Lodge school OF instruc-
tion-Saturday, wardens' night.
Mount Pleasant Lodge-Sunday
3 pm, religious services, Masonic
and Eastern Star Tome.
Evening star., 1948-02-08

ceived by The Star by Thursday
eDening.)
The Takoma Horticultural Clubs
32d annual dinner will be helo
February % at Trinity Episcopal
Parish House, Piney Branch roac
and Dahlia street NV.
Mrs. Arthur P. Harrison Is chair.
man of arrangements; DR.. Everett,
E. Wehr president.
The Forest Hills Garden Club
Tomorrow at pm, at the home o1
Mrs. r. r. Rutlinger, 3713 Chesa-
peake street NV. Motion pictures
made last summer by members o1
the club.
Chevy Chase, ID. c., Garden Clut
will meet with Mrs. George L. Hart
1901 Jenifer street NV, tomorrow
at l pm. Jack R. McMillen will talk
on orchids. Members will exhibit
valentine bouquets and miniatures
IN1l D. L. w CkC1l O5uCy " So4aS41O vi
the Bethesda Community Garden
Club, has announced the following
partial list of committee ciiairmen
for the year:
Cheerio, Mrs. Joseph A. Guard;
cover design, Mrs. Clark Hilles;
flower show advisory, Miss Sue
Thomas; harvest show, Mrs. Regi-
nald Alexander, and Mrs. F. P
Di Blast, alternate; historian, Miss
Margaret Reading; horticulture, Mrs
John Bozievich; hospitality. Mrs
Howard B. Richardson, and Mrs
Silas Creech, assistant chairman.
Naval Hospital. Mrs. j. Robert
Corey; Suburban Hospital, Mrs,
Malcolm j. Macdonald and Mrs
Percy II. Royster, co-chairmen
Children's Hospital, Mrs. Fred H
Untiedt; Suburban Hospital land
scaping, Mrs. John M. Nader;
library, Mrs. Thomas G.. Hill.
Library advisory council, Mrs. Cur
tbs j. Humphreys; local affairs and
conservation, Mrs. Arthur j. Hilland
membership, Mrs. Joseph A. Guard; !;
narcissus show, Mrs. Frank A. Ben
nett; plant sales, Mrs, Paul E. Fer
rero and Mrs. John A. Dickinson
Evening star., 1948-02-08

green matted or manned by an
overburden can be wrapped with a
rope in a continuous spiral. 1t is
possible to make a fan-like network
from stem-to-stem when branching
shrubs need help. Whenever trees
are guyed under stress don't let
ropes or wires scar the bark, but
sheath the strands in rubber or
thick wrappings of cloth or burlap.
Leaning deciduous trees should be
supported with padded props or guy
wires until they can be pulled back
to normal position. A loop Of heavy
wire, attached to tree and stakes can
be twisted at both tree and stake