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Evening star., 1948-08-20

work here also includes directing
publicity and promotion for Loew's
Theaters and handling Easter pub
licity for Metro-G Goldwyn-Ma pic
lures.
Mr.. Bell is a member of the Dis
trict Bar, the National Press and
Variety Clubs and a former direc-
tor of the Advertising Club of Wash
ington. He is a member of the
Board Of Governors of the Public
Relations Society of America.
Evening star., 1948-08-20
Numbers Evidence Spills at Feet
Of Police Selling Three in Raid

Evidence practically fell at the
feet of vice squad police yesterday.
they said. during raid on a place
in the $500 block Georgia avenue
NV.
They had asked Edward Stafford,
s3, colored, of the $500 block Eleventh
street NV. for Identification. they
said. When he pulled out his wal
let to present his credentials, police
reported a quantity of betting slips
came out of his pocket with it and
fitted to the floor
Izella Hockett, %, colored, of the
800 block Keefer place NV, police
said, also was found sitting with a
pile of numbers slips right in her lap.
Another man, Joseph Robinson, 43,
colored, of the 1400 block S street
NV, ran out of the back door as
an undercover man started to arrest
him, it was said, but he didn't figure
on the presence of deputy United
States Marshal until he was in his
Evening star., 1948-08-20

arms. Police said they found s374
on Robinson's person.
In another raid yesterday, police
arrested James Seawall Tasker. 48,
colored. in the basement of house
in the 100 block Euclid street NV,
where he was listed as living. Ac-
cording to detectives, large guam
tity of numbers slips was seized.
Bessie ]. Fields. 80, colored, was
arrested in a house in the HOO block
Sixth street NV, where she occu-
pied front room on the first floor.
Vice squad officers said an under
cover man had been there previously
and had placed numbers bets with
her.
All those arrested appeared before
United States Commissioner Cyril
Lawrence and were placed under
sl,500 bond each on charges of
operating a lottery and possession
of lottery slips. Their hearings were
continued until next Thursday.
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Maryland Tax Office Set Up
In Downtown Washinqton

An Office to help Marylanders
pay their sales and income taxes
will be opened Monday in rooms
901 and 902, international Building,
1919 F street NV.
Maryland State Controller James
J. Lacy. in announcing opening of
the Office, said it is expected Ito
facilitate the payment of taxes from
business firms and individuals of
Montgomery, Prince Georges and
Frederick Counties"
The staff of the Washington Office
will be composed of personnel from
Annapolis and Baltimore who have
been working in the vicinity of the
District.
Evening star., 1948-08-20
Old Fort Washington Exhibit
To Open to Public on Sunday

for amateur geologists from 8 to 5
pm. Sunday. Hiking clothes are
desirable. The group will meet at
Hawaii avenue and Allison street
NE.
A camera stroll will begin at stop
80 on the Glen Echo carline at $50
am. Sunday. For nature lovers, a
walk through the woodlands OF
Glover and Whitehaven Parkways
will be held from 3 to pm. to-
morrow. The assembly point is at
Forty-hrst and Calvert streets NV.
The Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens,
now in full tropical bloom, are ex-
pected to attract many visitors to-
and Sunday. A naturalist
will be on duty beginning at 9 am.
At the Rock Creek campfire at
8:15 pm. tomorrow, the feature will
be a movie and a talk. From Rio
Grande to Panama" a description
Of the Inter-American Highway. It
will be presented by Edwin w.
James, chief Of the Inter-American
Regional Office, Public Roads Ad-
The campfire site is
at Sixteenth street and Colorado
avenue NV.
Evening star., 1948-08-20
Argument Over Change in Store
Nets SIS for Police Boys Club

The sales girl was equally positive
she had been handed a SIS bill.
The customer arrived at the final
solution. She said she would con-
tribute the difference in the dis
puted amounts to charity.
The store manager, a woman who
accompanied the clerk, said she
would 60 the customer several dol
lars better than any amount the
customer named, since the dispute
had become a matter Of principle. !"
The customer wrote a check for
$40 to the Boys Club. The ink on
her check had hardly dried before
the store manager, borrowing Mr.
Carey's pen, wrote check for SIS.
The women left Mr.. Carey's office
with heads raised high," he re-
ported.
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'loIunthe' to Be Given
At Sylvan Theuter

The Gilbert and Sullivan operetta
"1olanthe' will be presented by the
Columbia Opera Company at $3.50
O'Clock tonight at the Sylvan The
ater on the Washington Monument
Grounds.
The Mikado" will conclude the
two-day festival at $50 pm. to-
morrow. Tickets for chairs are
available at $120 at the company's
ofiice, e19 Thirteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1948-08-20

10000 volunteers Gen. McLain
will seek a goal of $4,509,l70 in the
Washington area for 1949 operations
of more than 100 health, welfare and
recreation services.
Gen. McLain. So, is veteran of
the Meuse- offensive Of
World War I and commanded COM
bat troops in the Sicilian, Italian
and Normandy campaigns of World
War II. He was named chief of in
formation for the Army in Decem-
ber, 1947.
General chairman of the Red
Feather campaign is Chauncey G.
Parker, director of administration
of the World Bank.
Evening star., 1948-08-20
Education Board Approves
RESIGNATION Of Dr.. Willis

The resignation OF DR.. Earl T.
Willis, assistant principal of Ana
costa High School, was approved
today by the Board of Education.
DR.. Willis. who lives at $3.50 Min
nesota avenue Sc. said he was
leaving the city school system to
accept position with the State
Teachers College at Towson, Md,
in the social studies department.
He has been teaching here for the
last 10 years.
The board approved his request
in special poll as it does not meet
during the summer The effective
date of DR.. Willis resignation is
August 81.
Evening star., 1948-08-20
By WiIliom J. WheotIey
Stor Stoff Correspondent

FORT MEADE. Md. Aug. 20
Washington's National Guard mill
tary police approached the end OF
the first week of their two-week
field training period here, with hard
ened and limbered muscles and an
acquaintance with personal combat
They are taking their instruction
in such serious vein that light
weights are throwing the heavles
with the ease with which fisher
man makes a cast.
More than one-third of them are
downy-faced youths of draft age
who came into the 163d Military
Police Battalion within the past few
weeks.
Their enthusiasm for personal
combat sent two OF them to the post
hospital in ambulances earlier in
the week. One of them recovered
quickly and was returned to duty
But the other, 1t. Joseph Censabella
COL Eighteenth street NV, was
forced to remain in the hospital fo1
observation after suffering badly
wrenched back.
1t. Col. John B. Manley, senior
Regular Army instructor at the
camp, said the battalion has settled
down rapidly into its training sched
ule and that the men. particularly
the new ones. are taking it in fine
spirit.
He asserted they have all their
equipment, except that, in q few
cases, the men did not have combat
shoes to fit. But the I'd Army has
made arrangements to exchange the
boots issued to the men for those
that will fit.
1t. Charles E. Sagney, jr. 215
Oakwood street Sc, an in
fantry combat veteran of the Eu-
ropean and Pacific theaters. showed
the trainees how to protect them
selves in personal combat. First,
he gave them exercises to timber
up their muscles, so the lightweights
could take care of much heavier
opponents. Then he told each to
choose an adversary from among
their comrades. After a demonstra-
ton pair showed how it was done,
he told the group to move in. In
fash 200-pound veterans were
flying over the heads of bantam
weight youths.
After a hard morning of this and
a hearty lunch of chicken fricasse
potatoes. carrots, celery, lemonade
and doughnuts, they went back into
the field for their first gas at
tacks." Tear gas was used, but the
men were given a comprehensive
lecture prior to the kickoff" on
how to protect themselves against
all kinds of gases.
Victor r. Hirsh, 364l Kanawhs
street NV, and George Cottman
2071a E street NE, each with q
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Sturkovies

Community movies. sponsored by
The Star in cooperation with the
Recreation Department and The
Film Center, are scheduled for 9
o'clock tonight. Programs of comedy,
sports, cartoons and travel shorts
will be shown at the following play
grounds and recreation centers.
IT. Davis, Pennsylvania and Alabama
avenues Sc.
Hearst, Th1rty-seyenth and Tl0en
streets NV.
JEFFERSON, Eighth and n streets s:W.
Kingman, Fourteenth and Z streets NE.
New York Avenue, First and New York
avenue NV.
NV.
Shaw, Seventh street and Rhode Island
Blow School. Nineteenth street and
Stevens. Tventy-nrst and L streets NV.
Evening star., 1948-08-20
D. c. Area Is Searched
For Womon's Attucker

Police today blanketed the Met
ropolitan area with lookout for a
man wanted in the reported rape of
a 32-year-old Southwest Washing
ton woman about midmorning.
The broadcast described the man
as a light-skinned colored man,
feet 8 inches tall, 155 pounds, wear
ing dark brown trousers and a
brown sweat shirt.
The woman was taken to CALM
ger Hospital.
Evening star., 1948-08-20

The Metropolitan Police Boys
Club, which has received donations
from many and sometimes surpris-
ing sources. today was $35 richer as
the result of a clerk k-customer wran-
gle in downtown store.
The story was told in the United
States Attorneys Office in Municipal
Court after a hearing between the
antagonists and Prosecutor Edward
Carey, who refused to give the names
of the principals.
According to the story, a customer
of the store came into Mr.. Carey's
Office protesting that she had been
short-changed by sales girl in q
store on Seventh street NV. She
claimed she gave the clerk a $40
bill for q small purchase, but got
change for only q IS bill.
Evening star., 1948-08-20

NEW 1Oh do
vertising agency
of Donahue g.
Coe, Inc.
Prior to join
ing the execu-
tive staff of the
agency in New
York, Mr.. Bell
W as for five
years public re-
lations and ad-
vertising direc-
tor of Capital
Airlines here. A
former newspa-
erm an, is
public relations
Evening star., 1948-08-20

solicitors in De-
partment of the
Army Offices, it
was announced
yesterday.
Gen. McLain
was appointed
by the chair
man of the Gov
ernment Unit Of
the Red Feath-
er drive, Assist
ant Secretary OF
the Interior c.
Girard David
son.
Approximately
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Ii. Gen. McLain TO Head
Army Chest Drive Here

1t. Gen. Raymond S. McLain,
chief of information of the Army,
will serve as chairman of the Com
munity Chest Federation campaign
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Ray Bell 10 Head Branch
OF Advertising Agency Here

j. Raymond Bell. former Wash
ington public relations man, has
been appointed head of the newly
established Washinton Office of the
Evening star., 1948-05-30
Farmer Struck 1tRich'
Intensive Methods Allow Him TO Craze
A Cow Per Each Half Acre

There is one thing you've got to
do on a farm. and that Is to do the
job at the right time. You've got
to manage the farm and not let 1t
manage you"
Grazes Two Cows Per Acre.
And Mr.. Messer has done that.
While most farmers figure on an
acre and a half for each COW, he
grazes COW to each half acre. He
milks 40 to- SO cows and keeps on
hand about IS heifers, a stock unit
number that Is not considered bad
for farms more than twice the size.
His average milk production is over
5000 pounds, compared to the State
average Of less than 5000 pounds.
"In section where land and taxes
are high," he explained, "a man has
to make his land produce high yields
in order to make a profit. With
cheap land you might coast, along,
but not here"
Mr.. Messer believes in fertilizer
and manure to make his land pro-
duce. His orchard grass and ladino
pastures are proof Of what high
fertility will do, and his alfalfa crop
this year shows the results OF the
| l 200 pounds of fertilizer he spread
on every acre.
1--WE always been an optimist," !"
he said. land everybody has been
grand to me. I've always thought
there was a way to do almost any
thing. and people naturally like a
fellow like that. I couldn't have
had a better life"
Evening star., 1948-05-30
Current Activities
OF Garden Clubs

Mems Garden Club OF Mont.
gomery County will meet Friday
at 8 pm. at the Battery Park Club
House, lot Glenbrook road, Be-
thesda. Niels j. Hansen will talk on
culture of chrysanthemums, partic-
ularly the large Towering varieties.
Howard r. Watkins will discuss iris
culture, with particular emphasis
on control of the iris borer and iris
rot. He will also present q list OF
iris varieties suitable for this 10
cality. Visitors are welcome.
A Summer Garden Clinic will be
held from IL am. to 2:30 pm.
Wednesday in the Circuit Court
Room at Fairfax. The clinic will be
conducted by Fontaine H. Scott Of
the v. P. I. Horticulture Department.
All Fairfax County gardeners have
been asked to attend.
The Washington branch OF the
National Association of Gardeners
will meet next Friday at pm. on
the estate of Col. Robert M. Gug-
genheim, $500 Albemarle street NV.
The business meeting will be held at
the residence of Walter T. Blake,
superintendent of grounds. and will
be preceded by a tour Of the gar
denS.
Evening star., 1948-05-30

When Allie Messer first came to
Montgomery County he owned a
pair Of boxing gloves and q basket
ball. He still has the gloves ana
1873 acres of the highest producing
farmland in the county.
Mr.. Messer started toward Mont
gomery County from Oklahoma
after his father died. That was
when he was II years old and he
stopped OF for a time in West Vir-
einia, where he worked on a dairy
farm for 81 . week.
By the time he was ready to
come on to Maryland, Mr.. Messer
had saved $24 and this capital he
used to buy his athletic equipment.
He doesn't know now why he chose
the gloves and the ball except that
they filled desire he had at the
time.
Having arrived at last in Mont
pomery at the age Of IA, Mr.. Messer
got into All Club work through the
school he attended and began q
calf project with a couple of Jersey
heifers. Later, while working for
John stiles, a prominent county
Jersey breeder, he added to his nu-
cleus Jersey herd and in few years
had saved enough to start farming
on his own on q rented farm near
Gaithersburg.
Makes "Killiny" on Pig Crop.
II hit it lucky" he said. Il put
in corn and although the yield was
low that year the corn crop IN the
West failed and my crop increased
in value. Then I bought pigs to
eat the corn and because OF the
Western corn failure pig numbers
had been reduced and I made q
neat profit"
BY Now Mr.. Messer was ready to
buy the farm he owns. And the
way 1t was purchased is the story
Of how q neighbor's faith in a strug-
Cling young man was justified.
Mr.. Messer thought he could make
60 of this farm. 1t was fine land,
but he needed more money than he
IlAQ dIlu 1llS ScCA1Gy "do wv 4eeAS
to satisfy the banks.
1t began to look hopeless when
one night a neighbor called the
Messer home to say he would go
the note" for the money needed
That was all it took. The farm was
bought and in three years the note
was paid of, and in a few more
years a mortgage on the farm also
was cleared.
Said Mr.. Messer, pointing to his
craving hair: Il think I got some
of these gray hairs during that first
year. Had lots of unexpected break
downs, but you know, at the end
OF that year costs and profits came
out just about like I figured they
would"
Mr.. Messer is a born farmer" and
has made his 1873 acres into one of
the highest producing places in the
State.
"I get excited about doing the
Job" he said. "Often I wake in
the morning eager to get out in the
fields, and I'm just as likely as not
to work right through meal times
Evening star., 1948-05-30

-Armstro Nurssri
These o hybrid tea hare the National Rose
Jrys coveted te "AI-Amerca Rose Selections for 1949
They judged Do gears In 18 official
AARS trial gardens has yeoD outer petals 1Dch
NTH piDid inside. The
bud is chrome yelo1 sometimes pink Talyho
bcolored ,Uith uang shades OF red and pink Fine
currently the MARKET Diamond Jubilee Nocturne,
Pnkie Fernando Tafea chosen by the jury
for ~Yr4KA
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stage. and with little practice We
can do the same. The main point is
to keep them in deep, cool water
while they are opening.
Or, if We do not have too many
roses. we may cover the buds with
cellophane caps until the buds have
opened sufficiently to be ready for
indoor use. This has the added ad-
vantage of preventing rain damage
to the petals, but the caps must be
securely fastened or they can bruise
the petals.
Temper the Wind.
Other points for successful rose
culture which should be mentioned
are:
/. Roses need protection from
strong winds in summer and in
winter. Do not inclose so as to pre-
vent air circulation.
2. Some roses are more susceptible
to disease. The Radiances are more
resistant to disease than are most
other varieties. The yellow roses are
Evening star., 1948-05-30

most susceptible. The varieties rec
commended by the Potomac Rose So
ciety are generally considered more
resistant although other factors
were taken into consideration in the
making Of the list.
8. Healthy roses usually come
through the winter without dim
Guilty. 1t is only during the OCCASION
al winter that covering is beneficial,
and that depends somewhat upon
the exposure. To be safe, one might
cover the beds with pine boughs each
winter after the ground is frozen.
4. Oftentimes subsoil drainage is a
problem in this area. In case Of
doubt dig a test hole two or three
feet deep. If water gathers In it
and does not disappear within two
or three days some method of drain
ing the bed should be provided
Roses will do better in an unpre-
pared soil than they will in one that
is water-logged or in a bed that
acts as tank.
D. Plant with the bud 1Olnt-tne
enlarged knob just above the roots
at the ground level. To allow for
settling, it won't hurt to have it an
inch above the ground level at
planting. If the bush is set with the
bud joint slightly lower than the
level Of the bed, roots may develop
above the joint and the rootstock
die out. This may or may not be
desirable. Most rose growers believe
that the roses do better on the root
stock Japanese multiflora) than on
their own roots. Others think diff
ferently.
These suggestions are made spe-
cifically with the hybrid-tea roses
(monthly bloomers, in mind, but
they apply to all roses, except per-
| haDS to the climbers.
Evening star., 1948-05-30
This Week in
the Garden

1t is high time to order new va
rieties Of iris. We should try to
plant them as soon after Towering
as possible so that they may make
the maximum growth before the cold
checks them.
When iris are transplanted and
divided it is desirable to cut the
tops back at least one-half so that
they will not draw too heavily upon
the curtailed root system. Remov-
ing part of the foliage Of undis-
turbed plants is not recommended.
Now Is the time to set out annual
plants among the dying foliage Of
daffodils and tulips If they are not
to be dug. The ANIMALS do not hurt
dormant bulbs, and may, by taking
up some of the soil moisture, help
them.
Hyacinth bulbs should be lifted
and stored after thorough drying in
d COOl, dlly SlludGIOtl. 1iiCy Wv AAot
keep well in the soil, and may, II
not dug promptly rot by the time
the foliage is dry. If signs OF rot
are present it will pay to dust the
bulbs with sulphur or with Bordeaux
powder.
1t Is time to start the annua,
fight on black-spot of roses. Reg
ular busting or spraying is recon-.
mended. The newer fungicides are
preferable to the Bordeaux mixture
which for many years was the
standard control.
X X +
Many gardeners have noted the
frothy white masses left by the spit.
tie bug. This insect is not partic-
uuarly injurious although the mass
Of material covering the larvae is
not desirable. Nicotine sulphate OF
a stomach poison may be used te
combat these sucking insects.
w H Y
Evening star., 1948-05-30
By james BirchfieId

have been wondering why front
porches were ever designed for
houses in the country.
I have always been believer In
long, shady front porches, despite
the opinion of one side of my family
who thinks almost any house Is
improved by the removal of the
porch. But now I am beginning to
slip toward that point of view. The
removal of a front porch gets rid
of a lot of temptation. And, to
carry the idea step further. all
shade trees also should be cut
down!
What I am driving at is that
now I have a long, shady front
porch and yard full Of large shade
trees, but I have no time to sit in
the shade and watch my neighbors
working the adjoining fields.
The other day did manage to
sit on the porch for minute.
I had just time to get settled in
chair when 1 was informed rather
positively that the strawberry patch
was still weedy and needed the ad-
ministrations of the hand cultivator.
I got this little job done and was
headed back to the shade when the
COW let out baWl. This may mean
a number of things, all requiring
a certain amount of physical exer-
ton. 1t may be milking time, for
example, or the manger may need
more hay, or it may mean that the
watering tub needs about six buckets
brought from the well.
After all this I started again for
the porch, got myself settled and
was startled out of my reverles by
loud, raucous honking from the
direction of the goose pen. 1t
meant more leg work.
The goose, which we introduced
to the gander only a week ago. is
not yet satisfied with her lot and
keeps dreaming of the gander she
left behind. Occasionally she gets
the urge to travel and flies out of
the pen to amble off toward the
woods. When this happens her new
admirer sets up an awful noise.
His wings have been clipped SO
he can't go over the fence, and he
won't quiet down until his prospec-
tive mate has been driven back to
the fold.
It's surprising how much ground
goose can cover in few seconds.
To look at her you would never
suspect her capable Of speed, but
after chasing her few times you
wonder if she might not be a good
candidate for Charles Town.
These things all work against the
front porch But maybe there will
come day!
X 4
MY back field is finally ploWed.
1t took about 16 hours of the rough
est riding I ever did, for the field
! hadn't been turned in about II years
and was full of broom sedge, honey
suckle, sumac, sassafras and small
cedarS.
Evening star., 1948-05-30
Life on 40 ACres-What Good Are POrches?

when It turned cold, leaving us a.
They are so large that they all
can't get under the hen at any
ono time, and this one apparently
was exposed to the cold too long
during the night.
The hen tries hard enough, ruf-
fling her feathers and spreading
out her wings. but there Just isn't
enough room under one chicken for
Is gawky turkeys. With reports Of
a shortage Of turkeys this year we
took the loss rather seriously. After
all. one turkey is important when
you only have IS.
Evening star., 1948-05-30

This was the first real test OF
my small tractor and it came
through in fine shape. You couldn't
have asked for better job. All the
trash was turned under, to add
humus to the depleted soil. Al
though we still will have to fight
the honeysuckle. the rest Of the
scrub growth is pretty well checked.
This field will go into soybeans
and corn and we hope to get enough
grain and hay to help care for our
growing livestock population this
winter.
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Lost one turkey the other night