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Evening star., 1949-05-08
Garden Club
Activities

The annual spring garden mart
Of the Silver Spring Garden Club
viii be held at Jesup blair Con-
munity House near the District
line Saturday from 10 am 10
s pm. AnnuAls. perenniAls and
vegetable plants will be on S&le
as well Is poited geraniuns and
African yiolets, There will be u
table Of home baked goods and
others OF arts and crafts. Laanch-
con viii be sold from II am. un-
til . pm. Irwin Finch is general
chairman.
The Great Falls Garden Club
will hold Its third annual flower
show Saturday from 4 70 Q. at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs, Ralph
Bradford at Peacock Station near
Great Fails.
Chsvy Chase %. c. Garden
Club viii meet tonorrow At the
home Of Mrs. Kenneth l. Stone.
s227 Stephenson place.
Metropolitan African Violet Cinb
wiz meet In Central High School
Friday at . pm. Plans OF Aimilar
varieties will be shown and dis-
cuSSed. The club viii hold Q
show at Gadsby's Tavern In Alex
andria May % from TO Q pm,
proceeds to so TO the Cancer Fund,
Washington Garden Club viii
hold its regular monthly meeting
at the home OF Mrs. Clyde La
mond. 1901 Mount Vernon Memo
rial highway. tomorrow at l
O'Clock. Assistant hostesses are
Mrs. Stacy holland and Mrs. John
d. Rhodes.
Avondale Garden Clubs first
flower mart is 70 be held Friday
from Q am. 10 Q pm. In front OF
the Ayondale branch OF the Cit
liens Bank. Plants, baked goods.
novelties and refreshments will be
sold. proceeds to 90 TO community
development.
National Capital Dahlia Society
win stress plant and root sales at
the meeting OF the group Thurs
day at 8 pm. In the New National
Museum. instruction viii be
given on pinching back the plants,
DR.. Henry c. Parker speaking @
that subject. c. l.. Arrnentrcut
viii talk on spraying and busting
The Society In urging activity
now 30 insure suocess Of the an
nual show. set for Setember ~
and rs at the Botanic Garden
A flower show viii be sponsored
Saturday ut the Chevy Chase
Community Center by the Chevy
Chase ID. c., Garden Club from
8 to 8 pm. The public Is welcome
TO enter specimens and arrange
ments. There viii be q special
class for children's arrangements
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temperature Of your dogs nose Is
not o reliable index Of your pets
general health. It Is true that q
sick dog usually has o hot. dry
nose, but, on the other hand
there are hundreds Of dogs in per-
feet health running about with
noses that are hot and dry. Some
dogs that consistently root and
dig in the ground with their noses
gradually thicken the exposed
part of their nostrils. and when
this happens. their noses will al
most always be hot and dry, even
though they are In the best OF
health.
Never, when your dog seems to
be out of sorts. feel his nose and
II it is wet and cold think there Is
nothing wrong. II you are In
doubt as to your dogs condition.
take him to O veterinarian. One
of the sickest dogs I ever saw had
q cold nose throughout his illness
and my pointer Pal. which seems
to be always I'm the best of health.
invariably has d hot. dry nose.
Naturally. 1t is better to have
your dog eat slowly. II he eats In
fast sg,iips, give him O hard. dry
dog biscuit Just before his main
meal. This will take of. as II
were, the edge Of his appetite and
so, when his regular meal is given.
it will be consumed more mod
erately.
G. Is 1t true that all puppies
are born blind?-L. II.
A. ! wouldn't say they are born
blind. but all dogs are born with
their eyes closed and they usually
open on the ninth day following
birth.
@. We are wondering II 1t Is
advisable TO give q 7-week- old
collie a bath regularly each week?
&C. N. e.
A. I don't advise bathing young
pups and never bathe any dog
oftener than once O month. You
viii find that daily brushing of
the dogs coat will not only i'm
prove 1t, but will keep 1t clean
as well.
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Garden planting should b
under way. All of the warm
weather crops can 90 In now
Beans, sweet corn. tomatoes. Gu.
cumbers. squash. sweet potatoes
eggplant. okra. etc. can be
planted with reasonable safety,
While the soil may seem cool. II
should be warm enough for the
seeds TO sprout and growth to
start. q second planting Of beets
and carrots may well be made
II desired.
Summer blooming flower seeds
and bulbs should be planted %
soon as the ground Ia ready. It
is necessary to get seeds or plants
Of the ANIMALS into the ground
early. otherwise they will not start
Towering before mid-July. A sec
ond or third planting of glads can
go into the ground now. Dahlias
are normally planted later in the
season. since their flowers seldom
have the desired size or richness
of color until fall. However. the
smaller -fiowered types are not 90
materially influenced by the sum
mer heat and can have q long
season Of bloom.
The aphids seem to be especially
numerous this spring. Keep them
under control. They spread plant
diseases.
The spring tent caterpillar
should be controlled either by
busting with DDT. Chlordane,
lead arsenate or some other
stomach poison. Dusts usually
penetrate the webs and are more
effective than q spray.
New seedlings Of lawn grass
should be kept cut: If allowed
to reach a height of I inches or
more diseases Of grass are encour-
aged. BY cutting the grass
"stooling" Is encouraged and the
growth is less succulent and
susceptible 10 disease.
The use Of chemical weed kill
ers should not be postponed for
long inasmuch as they are most
effective when weeds are In &C
tive growth.
Raspberry paintings may need
q very light application Of ground
limestone. They like acid soil
conditions. but need some calcium
for growth and II this require
ment ID neglected may assume .
diseased appearances.
Late planted axaleas and rho
dodendrons should have copious
quantities Of peat moss. leafmold
or compost worked into the soil
In the planting hole ~ well as
In the soil used to fill In around
the balled roots. A thick mulch
after planting Ii desirable to keep
the soil moist and cool.
Give the nlacs q liberal ap-
plication Of plant food to ofiset
the heavy bloom. Two or three
pounds Of q good commercial
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Bellflower, Neglected Perennial
Slow Starting Bloomer Can Be Backdrop
Or Shorter Type Used Midway in Beds
By w. N. Younamcn

pink which is more OF a blush
color than pink. For those who
want something really different
there are doubles.
While the name signifies bell
shaped flowers. this La not quite
true. for the flowers are wide
spreading. really star-shaped. 1t Is
the bell-shaped buds from which
the common name Is derived.
The taller growing Platycodon
grandifiorum At into the back
ground planting of the perennial
border very well If staked. Both
species make a splendid combina-
tion with peonies. The normal
Towering period is from late June
through August.
In the fall after frosts have
killed the tops It In wise to avoid
pulling out the dead stems since
there is likelihood of injuring the
dormant buds. To avoid this pos
sibility the stems should be cut OF
close to the ground.
Benefit From q Mulch.
I have grown bellfiowers for
several years. They seem to be
ter-hardly without protection,
but will benefit by q mulch after
the ground Is frozen.
II growing from seed, SOW early
In the spring and transplant the
seedlings to a bed where they may
be checked for color the first
season.
Roots bought according to color.
obviously may be set in the de-
sired space at once. Moisture is
important during the Towering
season, which comes during the
period when We normally expect q
period Of several weeks without
rain. Platycodon thrives in full
sun, but will tolerate light shade.
Carefully mark the location of
the crowns (roots) and give them
o chance to do their best In any
well-drained soil.
The cuthowers last well when
the stems are charred imme-
diately after cutting. Allow them
to stand in deep cold water over
night before arranging.
This well-known perennial is
commonly rated as one Of the
best and 1t is to be regretted that
1t is not more widely grown and
enjoyed.
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JAP BEETLE
|cRUBs MORE
Destructive

Most people are concerned trtfh
only the damage the adult beetles
do to foliage The adult isues and
feeds for only SIR iceeks tchsis
laying 70 10 90 eggs. The crHbs.
hoscepey. feed ON grass roots for
ia or = months. Leaf damare u
quickly repaired by nature but
grub damage to root systems
often kills the grass.
Repeated xss of chemicals cv q
single treatment spfth ltrfH0
spores sf MTLKY DfSEASk rll
protect fhs turf 10 rhtch thsv
ara applied. Widsspvsd6 COM
manaty tyentmsnt Ufu protect
the schoIs area from flying adults
bat stnce there ara aIsruvs q fesC
people acho rfff not eo-opev6ts.
thstr properties acfH continue t0I
produce flying adaifs EHfess
MILKY DfSEAsE 10 used IN fhs
area. MILKY DISEASE spreads
ye0r after peay and frfI oirnkss
the property Of non H-cc-cpevnfcrs
a. aceH.
our MILKY DISEASE conaranffv
service. fnelMdfnp labor, costs
.ess and bensffs fhs ehols com-
fssnffv.
Writs or phone for group prices ]
and procsdxyes.
FaInFAx DI0-LAD SALES l
vismaes Ns.
Fssss vissss fzes-J
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Raspberry paintings may need
q very light application Of ground
limestone. They like acid soil
conditions. but need some calcium
for growth and II this require
ment Ii neglected may assume o
diseased appearance.
Evening star., 1949-05-08

The use Of chemical weed kill
ers should not be postponed for
long inasmuch as they are most
effective when weeds are In &C
tive growth.
Evening star., 1949-05-08
This Week in the Garden

(chemicaD fertilizer per 100
square feet Of surface mixed with
compost and ground limestone
should be hoed lightly into the
soil. Remove most OF the suckers
which draw heavily upon the par
ent plant. No other pruning. ex-
cept removal Of dead wood. Is
needed.
II Ia not too late TO divide
and reset chrysanthemums. hardy
asters. physostegia. and other fall
Towering perennials. Chrysan-
themums should get their first
''pinching."
A. soon ~ the potato plants
are making good growth dust
ing or spraying with q stomach
poison Is desirable to get the first
broods Of the Colorado potato
beetle.
Il is not too early TO start
thinning seedlings both Of vege-
tables and flowers. Crowded
plants do not receive sufficient
nourishment or moisture for GOOD
growth. An extra inch or two
between plants generally produces
o corresponding increase In size.
q healthier and more productive
plant.
A tar paper collar placed about
the stems Of newly set tomato,
pepper and other vegetable plants
is an effective preventative Of
.cutworn damage. Cut the tar pa
per into 4-inch squares. A cut
is then made from one edge to
the center. so that 1t may be
slipped around the plant. Press
the edges firmly into the soil to
prevent the cutworrns from crawl
ing underdeath. Cutworn damage
Ia most likely In gardens where
heavy crops Of green manure or
weeds have been turned under.
II woodticks are numerous.
spray the shrubbery with DDT
or chlordane. Both Of these in
secticides are effective against this
pest, which waits on low-hang-
ing branches for warm- -blooded
animals.-W. II. Y.
Evening star., 1949-05-08

The bellnower. sometimes called
he Chinese bellfiower. In a top
Rted perennial that ia not found
A may gardens. This Is hardly
% be expected since 1t In a useful
ubstitute for the dtfncult cam
,anuias and summer Towering
bhlox. Perhaps 1t is the botanical
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. frightens
gardeners away from 1t; or 1t may
De that 1t starts into growth SO
;ardily In the spring that the
inpatient gardener gives 1T up
tor dead and proceeds TO clean
The weeds out with a vigorous hoe.
The result-the crowns Of the
azy plants are chopped OF and
then they are dead for sure.
The bellfiower has many desir-
lble traits that should make 1t one
sf the most wildly cultivated Of
rummer-fiowering perennials. It
Is relatively free from insect and
disease troubles, has o long
towering period. is hardy and
requires no special coddling.
Surely these are enough desirable
attributes to make 1t q much
soughtafter perennial. Add to
these. however, its floral value.
which consists of many well-filled
spikes of 2-to-3-inch flowers
which last well when cut.
Most gardeners begin their ex-
perience with the bellfiower by
buying few roots in the dormant
season-early springer early
sown seed will produce flowers the
first season. BY the second year.
large well-developed bushes are
normal development.
Sand may well be mixed into
the heavier soil where the roots
or seedlings are TO be planted.
Annual feeding with commercial
fertilizer is beneficial as is q layer
Of well-rotted COW manure or COM
post.
DoubIes Make Real Beauties.
p. grandiflorurn has 2-to-3 foot
stems which usually need to be
staked. p. mariesi seldom ex-
ceeds - inches in height. Both
are available in deep blue
and In white flowers. Occa-
sionally, seedlings have dark veins
which make them stand apart
from the type. There Is q so-called
Evening star., 1949-05-08

Years ago in England people
who ran afoul of the law were
sometimes ordered to pay court
fines in dogs. Records in the old
law books show that during the
reign Of Henry II high value was
placed on all dogs. Court judges
ordered many a person brought
before them to deliver their dogs
to the court in payment Of their
fines. It was the contention that
q man would think twice before
committing q crime II he might
lose his dog by doing so.
Before and during a pups teeth
ing period, never tamper with Its
ears In any way. Don't try to cor
rect their stance no matter how
disreputable 1t may be. Many a
dogs otherwise fine ear carriage
has been ruined for life by such
ear tampering. Until your pup is
ut least seven months old, don't
do anything 70 try to improve his
ear carriage.
Evening star., 1949-05-08
Farm Conservation Costs Low
Report on Thrasher Demonstration
~Shows Program Is Within Reach OF All

Aas farmer esoglls wstaaaa&ss q
Complete so4l ee1sxrvas2nn pas
on ass land oser o 1--WE y~ar g~FAc3
at o cust not Tar tn excess nf teae
cost cs normal !arrssEs opera
tsons, according 10 . report Ia
sued by the Maryland Charlie
Friends os TIE Land
The report describes In 6*tA1
the Maryland Conservation FSsaa
Day. held last AuglSs when s3ss
Nellie v. TfsrAssseg farm near JET
fersoa. FREDERICK County. Was re
made In . single say.
While the total cost cf Tire
Thrashsr farm operation amount
cd 20 siT.iTssT. ths rspoFf points
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sts9 sssAf TsAAss Ct tsSsa nsseasS wmsa
10 gass fnss~ as CAPITA snnsrcEe~
EasnEs. sasess ~ q rFa ssAgTg eazn
ard swg&aays N ire fAsssstse&sss
T'sse fwEssss also sxs4ata ness sssAs
tire TIL axlses DEMONSTRATION wAa
",St9sw sas agatnafase tsssasewva~
ttaS. ars ttassrtswe rssse exySaea-
s.ss gtsaa sansaAf wxwk r~Ffa-rsad
oy sayEnrs1
n sase TNsAaaaes esEanastret-
tAaga. naa<e than 80 wasvasmaw
SSas 9~t1 manned haEEs6r~ds as
tractors and etssF heavy ma
eaAlnes 10 rwsnAkr TIRE farm a q
dAy II Rad tas seEnssaFsee ef o
wvll tsx Gned Array saansuvwr.
Meehanarai Costa Lee.
Studies os TIA TftsAsasE dssnca-
xsratasn. tns Fwpn<s states ina
cate thai o siMilaT complete ean.
servRisea plan could be INSTALLED
on Tho average farm over q ave-
wear period fog O c0ss os akSsos
90. Gee - ny far TIE gTeaAeaa
part q this cost 1sE.iss g. wossaa
be for lime. sre<4 and fert4iassr.
leAvtng tire actual mechanical
cost Of the plan ~ about ai sAs
The rvpaTt points cut that sasd.
fertilizer and lime costs are Q rast
ot normal farm crerasiosa. Ana
therefore kloald not be consider
ed additional costa with the farm
plan,
In o detailed plan Ter e&iAh-
llshiIls . fun conservation pro-
gram On the ThrasissF farm dur
ing Q sysar period. the report
list these costs
Cests Listed.
First year-~dynAmlttag 6isch.
$50. heavy equipment work, sieo:
fencing materials. tiso. and iAnas
fertilizer and seed. sss, ross,.
tssa.
Second year~-heavy eauipmsas
work. ESQ: fenoing materials. tits,
and lime. fertaatn~r and seed.
sseS IS. Total. ssssss.
Third year-~heavy eQutpa,&ns
work. tiss: fencing mateTtaia go.
and time. fcrtiitzsr ard seed. sToe.
Total. ts4S,
Fourth yeAr---pond eonssSuetsom.
which bylnss cost Of heavy equip-
ment uork ~ ESQ. fencing ma.
terials. SO. md lime. fsrtiiixer
and seed. sioT, Total. sTaT,
Fifth ye0--hsavy equipment
work. $500. fencing materials. as.
and lime. fertilizer and seed. si3e.
Total. S3s3.
This plan does not oonaader
labor costs. other than lAhcr for
operating heavy eauipment n
presurnes that the WORK would be
done by regular farm wcrksss as
times when regular farm opera-
tons are at q minimum.
Evening star., 1949-05-08

The of shearng sheep properly that the fleece otH
bring best prices being taught these Northern Virginia
farmers sponsored Front Royal by the State Err
tension Seruice Above efJ Smith, farmer OF Locust
dale Va, giuen instructions the Australian shear1no
method by Warner sheartng expert oth the Sunbeam
Corp In photo right aboue Linden Gochenoer Wood
stock shoUs fleece that has been properly clipped and tied
market shedrtng take ds much 40 10
cents pound off price Of ooI In the bottom photo
sheen that haps 1ust been shorn Star Sto6 Photos.
Evening star., 1949-05-08

One of many fallacies the gen.
eral public has regarding dogs is
that II the animal has q cold nose
be La healthy, but II he has . hot,
dry nose, he Is q sick dog. The
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Trend 10 Socialism
Chief COP. Issue
For 1850, Taft Says
BY the Associated Press

Republicans intend to make
what they call the Truman
administrations trend toward "a
labor socialist government" the
chief 1860 political issue, Senator
Taft, Republican. of Ohio, indi-
Gated yesterday.
Senator Taft. running for re-
election next year, disputed in
detail a White House listing this
week of accomplishments of the
Democratic 8lst Congress. Charles
Ross, presidential secretary, had
said the listing represented a
rather remarkable record" of
results.
Countering this Senator Taft
commended in a speech recorded
for Ohio voters that the 81st Con-
gress Is no more in sympathy
with President Humans Fair
Deal" program than was the Re-
publican 80th.
Asserting that Mr.. Truman has
adopted the program of the CLIO
Political Action Committee, Sena-
tor Taft said that 1.-The philosophy
OF the 81st Congress Is like that of
the 80th-one based on the con-
tinuation of the. principles of
liberty under a free economy"
Il think the issue is. whether
the people want to take up this
Fair Deal" program and turn
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providing universal compulsory
health lnsurance-that is the
Specialization. naturalization of
medical profession, medical care.
That can't even get approval Of
the majority Of the radical COM
mittee on labor and public welfare
in the Senate and certainly not in
the House"
Senator Taft said that in his
opinion about all Mr.. Truman has
got out of Congress is practically
the full amount OF appropriations
he asked.
Denies New Deal Part.
Of the 10 major actions for
which Mr.. Truman praised Con-
gress, Senator Taft said, none
of them is really part of his Fair
Deal Program.
They are things on which
there was more or less bipartisan
agreement in most cases." he
added.
AS an example. Senator Taft
noted that the Republican 8Oth
Congress passed the Armed Forces
Unification Act.
On the international front, he
said the Both Congress had started
the European recovery program
and the 81st merely continued it.
He credited Senate ratification
of the North Atlantic Treaty to
the resolution Senator Vanden.
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6. 0. P. Chief Favor.
Delay in Use Of Taft
Law in Twin Strikes
~ the A.,esio,ed Pres,

CHICAGO. Oct. 15.-The Re-
publican National chairman said
today he does not believe the twin
coal-steel strikes have reached the
critical stage where the Taft
Hartley Act should be used to stop
them
II think these things should be
settled at the bargaining table"
said Guy G. Gabrielson of New
Jersey. Il don't believe the Gov
eminent should move in until
there really becomes an emery
ency."
He gave fiat no" when asked
at news conference whether he
believed President Truman should
have invoked the injunction pro-
visions of the Taft-Hartley Act
before the strikes reached their
present stage.
The chairman said the Taft
Hartley Act, but not the current
strikes, will be a major issue in
the next elections.
Other Issues Listed.
Other issues. he said, will be
deficit financing and probably
socialized medicine" How much
of farm issue therell be, he said
he doesn't yet know. He added.
Il don't see how strikes. such
as they are now, could be an issue
except they may put Mr.. Truman
in position where he will have
to use the Taft Hartley Act, which
he obviously doesn't want to use.
Certainly employees have
right to strike. It's the only weap-
on they have and it must be pre-
served. But there are some things
to think about. There is an area
close to utilities where there
SHOULD be some restrictions on
striking"
The chairman said teams or
groups Of organizers will be
trained to reach city and county
voters at the precinct level in next
years elections.
These teams are designed to
explain the principles of the Re-
publican Party to the voters and
to help get out the vote. They
will 60 first into the congressional
districts where the COP margin
of defeat was smallest.
Lack Of Interest Cited.
He said that through lack of in
terest, 100000 eligible voters
failed to cast their ballots in 1948.
If they had, he said, the outcome
might have been different.
Mr.. Gabrielson is in Chicago to
confer with Republican leaders
from 10 Midwest and Rocky
Mountain States.
The group, known as tie Mid
west Republican State Chairmen's
Association, elected these new
officers:
Vernon Romney. Salt Lake City,
chairman: Charles w. Roberts,
Topeka, Kans.. vice chairman. and
Bernhard LIE Wander, Minneapolis,
secretary-treaslrer.
/ Britain will buy more than
$4,000 worth Of alcoholic bever-
| ages from Turkey,
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Senator Taft conceded that
President Truman was entitled
to some credit" for House ap-
proval of a long-range housing
bill which passed in this session.
But the Ohioan added:
Il wrote the bill originally my
self four years ago and I have
been working on it ever since"
AS for the White House claim,
that Congress had revised the
Commodity Credit Corp. Act so
that the Government could build
crop storage facilities. Senator
Taft said the CCC always had
that authority and never used it,"
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this country into labor socialist
government very much like Great
Britain's, in which the govern
ment directs the details of all in
dustry. commerce, agriculture and
daily lives of the people," he said.
Others Score Statism.
Other Republicans have been
pounding away at "statism," a
term they often use to accuse the
administration of showing q trend
to centralized government powers.
Guy George Gabrielson, the Re
publican tional chairman.
sounded similar note in a talk
to the party's Midwestern State
chairmen at Chicago.
|, He listed the Fair Deal" as
among the relationships" he said
the Republicans oppose. The Re
publican Party, he said, stands for
strong, competent local self gov
eminent"
The Ohio Senator said that, far
from accepting the Presidents
Fair Deal" program. the Demo-
cratic Congress pushed most of
it aside.
AS examples, he mentioned the
Presidents request last January
for price-wage controls and for
authority to build steel plants.
He said this had been dropped.
He cited rejection of the Brannan
plan for production payments to
farmers.
Then there was his plan to
repeal the Taft-Hartley Act and
restore arbitrary powers and spe-
cial privileges to the labor union
bosses, which was defeated in the
Senate and the House." Senator
Taft said.
Then there was his plan for