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Evening star., 1949-09-08

100 Girls NyIon
Cordigon Sweaters, 1888
We're 4.QQ and 5.Qo
$3.50 Girls sIipover Sweaters, nyIon
Broken .66
Second Floor, Washington Store Only
Evening star., 1949-10-30
By james BirchfieId

If I have an odor about me
like musty grist mill these days,
it is because I've been up to my
eyebrows in corncobs.
My avalanche of cobs came
about like this:
I was passing the time Of day
with Garlic and Lester Fletcher
at the Ashburn mill when I hap
pened to take note of a pile of
cobs out back.
I commented on the size Of the
pile, and casually mentioned that
I understood old cobs made good
compost. I said I might hitch
up my trailer and come by for
a small load.
I guess Garlic and Lester were
more desperate than they ap-
peared. Those cobs were taking
up a lot of space. and I suppose
the boys thought something had
to be done with the pile, or else
they would have to get another
building for their mill.
Anyway, the next day I had
to set up a traffic control system
on the 40 Acres to route the
trucks loaded with cobs. And now
I have a pile almost as big as
my house.
That Is fine, I thought. Next
wear I will have fine compost.
But I hadn't thought about the
chickens and the geese. AS fast
as I could get the cobs piled into
a neat compost pile. along they
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Life in the Country-Too Many Corncobs?

The Fish and Wildlife Service
has come to my aid, in q left
handed sort of way, in promoting
farm hedges.
I had reasoned out that hedges
should be desirable on farms be-
cause they might reduce the cost
OF building and maintaining
fences and furnish wildlife cover,
but I never once thought that
they might also reduce the mouse
population.
But that is exactly what they
will do, according to DR.. Joseph
Linduska Of the services wildlife
research branch. DR.. Linduska
says that mice-the meadow, pina
and harvest varieties-will some
times cause as much as so per
cent damage to corn shocked II
the field, and as much as IS PEI
cent damage to alfalfa.
| These rodents nest and live in
grass and weeds, according to Dr.
Linduska, who points out that If
grass and weeds along the fence
rows are eliminated, and instead
hedgeroWs are established, their
numbers are reduced.
He also tells farmers they
shouldn't shoot owls, hawks and
polecats. Enough good is done
by these animals in helping keep
down mice to offset the loss of an
occasional chicken carried off
from the barnyard.
Right now I have a lot more
respect for my hawk friend which
lives on the back side of the 40
Acres. We have an understand
tlng-my shotgun stays unloaded
as long as he remains a safe dis
stance from the chicken ward
Evening star., 1949-10-30

signs of mopishness or of run
down condition give him a dose
Of castor oil. 1t cannot harm him
and there is practically no danger
from an overdose. Nine times out
Of ten if it is given at the very
beginning Of his indisposition it
will correct the condition.
Castor oil is often the best sort
of medicine, both for humans and
for dogs. 1t won't correct every
thing but it will correct many
things. 1t is especially valuable
to a dog which roams the neigh
borhood and overindulges in the
contents of garbage pals.
@. You recently recommended
charcoal for dogs, Should this be
given in powdered form?-J. B.
A. No, it is better to give a dog
charcoal in the form Of grits or
small chunks.
Released by McNausht Syndicate. Inc.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Dl4;g2 Is ;21[Nt N9t5s2s N$9St52
S11 -: 70

I'll admit it's sort of fun to feed
a young puppy, but don't overdo
it. Almost any pup If given the
opportunity will eat until he is a
distorted ball Of fur.
If pups are allowed to overload
their stomachs the soft bone
structure of the legs may become
malformed by being forced to sup
port the extra heavy weight.
Feed a pup little but often. Five
times a day are not excessive un-
til they are 10 weeks old: four
times until the fourth month OF
age, and then three times a day
until the pup is about 9 months
OF age.
The best dog for the city apart
ment is small dog. I cannot tell
you what breed of small dog it
should be, it Is up to you. You
must do your own choosing. Don't
let your friends make the choice
for you.
A friend of mine owns a young
collie puppy. A neighboring
youngster was playing with the
dog. The dog grew tired and
curled up in the corner Of the
living room and went to sleep. The
child, crossing the room. acci-
dentally stepped on the collie's
sensitive tail. Walked by the pain.
the pup snapped at the world at
large. One Of the pups small
teeth grazed the child's ankle,
barely breaking the skin. It was
a wound less deep and dangerous
than brier or rose thorn would
have caused.
My friend was sued by the
child's parents for $4,000. A
shrewd lawyer exaggerated the
injuries (Which didn't EXIST SO
strongly in court that jury
awarded the amount claimed. Ac-
tually such cases have become
rackets in many instances. The
best way to avoid any such money
claims is to insure your dog
against such damage suits. You
will be surprised how low the
premium is. And you will be wise
to pay it.
When your dog first shows
Evening star., 1949-10-30
This Week in
the Garden

This fall has been unusually
mild and warm, although of late
too dry for good growth. Cooler
weather arrived and light show
ers made fall planting seem more
normal. We still need lots Of
rain to stimulate plant growth
and make the soil more workable.
The fall planting Of evergreen
aZaleas is a new development and
except in the more exposed stu
ationS. in the suburbs should not
be attended by undue risk. The
newly set plants should be care
fully watered into the ground and
a generous mulch of leaves will
protect them from all but strong
winds.
Bulb planting may be contin-
ued until the ground freezes.
although early planting Is advised
wherever possible. The earlier
the bulbs are planted the more
root growth they will make before
the soil becomes too cold. Deep
soil preparation, with the addition
Of compost and bonemeal, is nee
essary to insure good results.
The sowing Of the seeds of
hardy ANIMALS is q much ne
elected fall planting duty. Lark
spur. cornfiower, annual poppies
(Shirley and Iceland). portulaca,
nigella. ETC.. should be sown In
the fall for best results.
DR.. Mark Shoemaker of the
University Of Maryland recon-
mends the use Of a privet not
often seen in this area-Ligu-
strum Quihoui. It reaches q
height Of nearly 8 feet at ma
turity, has good foliage and in
midsummer produces long pam
icled flower spikes. 1t may be
used as a hedge. but preferably in
the shrub border.
Neils Hansen. writing in the
Takoma Horticultural Clubs News
Letter. lists the following rose
varieties as being the most re-
liable for this area: Red-Chris-
topher Stone, Crimson Glory,
IEtoile de Holland and Red Radi-
ance: pink-Good News, Nine.
Butterfly. Nine. Cochet cochet
and Radiance; yellow Eclipse,
Mrs. Pierre 8. Du Pont and Sister
Therese: white-Mme. Jules Bou-
che and K. A. Victoria; multicol-
ored - -Condesa de Sastago and
Peace.
OF course, rose fans will want
to add this or that variety but
the above will give dependable
service if carefully planted. Good
planting begins with the selection
OF a site free from tree roots that
has at least four hours OF sun
shine day.
Soil preparation should begin
with the addition Of quantities of
humus-compost, peatmoss, leaf
mold. etc. to the soil-too much
cannot be added. Some bone
meal worked into the soil, perhaps
small quantity of dolomitic
limestone (ground limestone), but
no commercial fertilizer. Fall
planting is best for this area and
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Agencies Meeting Sci

A joint meeting of members OF
the Maryland Extension Service
and the State Soil Conservation
Service will be held Wednesday
Thursday and Friday at Annap-
oils. Speakers include DR.. Row.
land Egger, University of Vir-
ginia; Knox T. Hutchinson, As
sistant Secretary of Agriculture :
M. L. Wilson. Extension Service,
and DR.. A. l.. Patrick. Soil Con-
Servation Service.
Evening star., 1949-10-30

When your dog first shows
Evening star., 1949-10-30

.EVERGREENS Nurs-
ery-grown plants with IN
entire lifted root ball are
. better buy than plants
dug or pulled up from wild
areas. Tell VI about your
sun, shade, location and
drainage conditions and
we will help you select
varieties that will continue
right in height, style and
beauty.
Evening star., 1949-10-30

We have many styles for
window sills and other 10
cations, and suet and wild
bird seed for feeding our
cheery feathered friends.
Evening star., 1949-10-30

usually takes place in mid
November.
Thorough drying of gladiolus
corms is essential to good storage
Spread them on the garage floor
or in some other protected situa-
ton where they may slowly dry
without danger of freezing before
cleaning and sacking for the
winter. DDT busted on the
cleaned corms is an effective con-
troll for the thrips.
Before freezing weather sets In
we should plan to transplant the
more tender varieties of chrysan-
themums to the cold frame. Other
wise it is we'll to cover the crowns
with sand. It Is not the cold but
the variable winter weather that
does the damage, especially tc
plants growing m heavy clay soils
w II "
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Some Year-Around Specimens
individuals on Display Must Stand
Test of Beauty at All Seasons
By w. H. Younemon
GorJan Editor

Most gardeners think of shrubs
In terms of shrub border or for
foundation paintings. But, nearly
every gardener has spot where
a single shrub or small tree may
be planted and these are usually
referred to as specimen plant
ings. These should have a good
symmetrical form, the foliage at
all seasons needs to be attractive,
and the flowers and fruits should
be of more than passing in
tereSt.
The japanese naples (Acer pal
matum) are one of the popular
specimen shrubs or small trees
Their finely divided leaves and
brilliant coloring make them very
effective. While slow of growth
and somqimes difficult to trans
plant, they are hardy in this area
and may be safely used for this
purpose. The japanese maple fre-
quently is as wide as it is tall
usually less than 20 feet at ma
turity. There are number OF
varieties of the Japanese maple
based on color of foliage and the
shape of the leaves which are
for the most part finely divided
A New Type of Dogwood.
Another tree commonly used is
the dogwood (Cornus florida and
its variety rubra). Some will be
surprised to learn of another at
tractive species, c. kousa. The
kousa dogWood flowers a bit later
than our common dogwood, the
bracts of the flowers are pointed
not rounded. and do not have the
characteristic notch in the end
There are double Towering dog
woods and a curious weeping
form.
The Towering crabs are excel
lent specimen paintings where
space permits. The better species
and varieties are: Arnold, f1ori-
bunda, Parkman. huphensis. MED
zwetschkyana, Sargent, schnei-
decker and spectabilis. They were
described in this column recently
and details of size and color need
not be repeated here.
The Towering almond CPrunus
triobaplena) is not always happy
in local gardens, but where it does
thrive it makes a fne small speci-
men bush. The purple-leaved
plum (Prunus cerasifera, var.
pissardD is small tree with Strik-
ing foliage. The Towering cherries
provide many excellent species
and varieties for the specimen
seeker. Some, such as the weep
ing cherry (Prunus subhirtella
and the variety Shidare- -Higan)
grow into large trees. Most of the
others are small to medium sized.
Kwanzan is the most commonly
planted of the double towering
varieties. Sargent. serrulata and
yedoensis are varieties and species
that rate high for specimen use.
Cup and Saucer Magnolia.
Several Of the magnolias are
useful for specimen planting. The
well-known cup and saucer mag
nolia (M. soulangeana) is prob
ably the best since the Star mag
nolia IN. stellata) and it's hybrids
frequently get caught by late
frosts and their early spring floral
display ruined. There are several
varieties of the cup and saucer
Evening star., 1949-10-30

would come and scratch it all
down again.
The result is that my compost
is getting turned too often, and
I'm afraid I'm going to wear il
out before it has time to age
properly.
Next year I'm going to suggest
to the Fletcher boys that they
send over the cobs in a spreadel
and then we can put them right
on the fields and let nature take
its course.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Blueberrv Varieties

The introduction of two new
highbush blueberry varieties
the Berkeley and the Coville-
has been announced by the Agri-
culture Department. They are
recommended for trial as COM
mercial varieties from Maryland
to New Jersey.
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-04
Harrington Merrymakers
Meet

The first meeting of the Harring-
ton Merrymakers Home Demon
stratiOn Club for 1949, was held re-
Gently at the home of Mrs. James
O'Neal Due to the fact that the
elected president had resigned her
position, Mrs. Betty Ann Cooper
was duly installed in that capacity,
with Mrs. Kenneth McKnatt being
appointed to fill the vice presiden-
cy. 81.
The meeting was devoted to the
appointment of committee chair
men for the coming year. They are
as follows:
Safety, Mrs. Mathilda Brown
health and nutrition, Mrs. Leonard
Masten; international relations
Mrs Roberta O'Neal; community
work, Mrs. Edgar Layton; annual
( reports, Mrs. Dorothy Paris; sun
shine, Mrs. Earl Nelson; recrea-
ton, Mrs. Charles Peck; historian
Ethel Rapp; publicity, Mrs. William
A. Minner.
The appointments were followed
by the secretary's report and the
( treasurer's report. A general dis
cussion ON the plans for the com
ing year was led by the president
Among the plans taken into con
siderauOn was a trip to the nylOI
plant in SeafOrd. (The trip wa
taken on February 2 by nine mem
bers Of the club. 1t was very in
formative and interesting. Mr.. Ea
ton, guide for the group did an ex
cellent bit of explaining, and tn
girls felt that they knew some o
the intricacies of the plant whel
they had completed the tOur.)
Mrs. Violet N. Goodwill Ken
County Home DemOnstratiOl
Agent, was present at the meetin
and gave a report on the OutlOoI
for 1949, discussing briefly tn
probable cost and supply of man
household and consumer items.
There were u members presen
at the meeting. The next meetin
will be held on February 10 at tn
home of Mrs. Charles Peck, tn
, topic for the evening will be "Quic
Breads.
The officers for the 1949-50 yea
= are: President. Mrs. Betty An
Cooper; vice president, Mrs. Ker
meth McKnatt; secretary, Mrs. Ne
lie French; treasurer. Mrs. LeOI
ard Taylor; council member, Mr.
Charles Peck; alternate, Chariot
5 Blades.
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-04

first time that it has ever been a
guinea pig"
Amendments Suggested
DR.. Benger said he believed there
were good and bad things in House
Bill 212 and that. the repeater
would leave us without any labor
act which is not good" He suggest
ed that consideration be given to
amending the present law.
Mr.. Allen said he represented a
group in Sussex County that is not
affected by House PIP. He added
that his particular criticism of it
was that investigation showed it
contained no section providing en-
fOrcement except for reports to the
secretary Of state.
The secretary, continued Mr.. AL
len, has no staff to enforce it and
/ a bill that cannot be enforced is a
poor bill In the future. he said,
the state should have a department
of labor with a staff capable of en-
forcing the provisions of labor
act.
"There is a general feeling in my
district" concluded Mr. Allen
that there should be some regula-
ton of labor"
Mr.. Bryan said that while it is
true that House Bill PIP is not per
feet it seems to me that the bes
thing to do is to retain it but will
amendments" He added that it haC
been passed only after Delawart
had operated for many years with
out any labor regulation and Onl.
after a need for such regulation
had become apparent"
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-04
Declines In Swiss
Schools

ZURICH, Switzerland - (P) -
Italian is one of Switzerland's Off
cial languages, but in German
speaking Zurich school authorities
are finding it difficult to get enough
students together to make up
classes in the Italian language. Too
many students are choosing Eng
lish as their second language, the
teachers say.
In one large school district, only
| 46 students chose to study italian
while 2O7 selected English. Only
about 10 per cent of the students
elect to study Italian. Some lang
uage professors say that if this de-
velopment persists, Italian will dis
appear entirely from the curricula
Of some secondary schools.
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-04
New Beagle Club
To Aid Game Board
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the area said it was ideal and
when properly stocked would be
second to none of the grounds here
in the east.
Before adjOurning, all Of those
present paid a years dues. The or
ganizatiOn was then completed by
electing John E. Mayhew of Mil
ford president; Frank Grier of
Milford vice-president and Frank
Magg of Dover secretary and treas
urer; committees were named. Sew
eral crates of rabbits were ordered
to be ready for the clubs first
fun trial to be held the third Sun
day in February on the proposed
running grounds at Petersburg
(near Fire Tower one mile west Oi
ViOla) Preserve.
The membership is still open anC
those interested in beagles anC
beagling should communicate with
the secretary in Dover, Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-04
U. S. Hate Of Germany
Dies, Says Editor

FRANKFURT - up A German
editor who toured the United States
found that Americans no longer
hate the Germans now that Nazism
has been destroyed. But they (the
Americans) want to know whether
there is still hatred against the
Americans in Germany" wrote
Heinrich Kierzek in the "Fuldaer
VOlkszeitung."
Kierzek explains the American
attitude towards Germany as fol-
lows:
Taxes in America have, increas-
ed immensely since the end of the
war. The American taxpayer is al
ways told by his government and
by his press that a great part of
these taxes is used for the recon-
structiOn of Western Europe and
/ Western Germany. Since the Am
orleans practically are paying
4 taxes for us they want to know, ma
turally, what is done with this
money and what the effect among
! the Germans is"
The German editor wrote: MANY
Americans we spoke to wanted to
know with an almost anxious sOlic-
itude whether the U. S. Military
I Government in Germany does not
make. any psychological or pOliti-
cal mistakes and whether the CT
discipline really is so good" The
Fulda editor asks himself "hOW
much stupidity and inability was
combined by German politicians to
conduct tow wars against Ameri-
ca"
This thought came after he saw
4 everywhere in the states historical
and living signs of active German
work which helped America to be
come this rich and powerful land
! Every second or third American W,
spoke to told us proudly that hi
mother or his grandfather emf
grated from good old Germany,
! Kierzek wrote, land leading Am
/ orleans even today greatly appreci
: ate the constructive and skillfU
role Germans or their descendant
: have played during Americas pc
litica1 and economical develop
r ment."
But not everything was "brigh
! and shining" in the U. S. A. fO
: Kierzek's watchful eyes. He note
"a sharp border between white an
: colored people,
The German newsman was dis
2 concerted by the lavatory prOblel
in the southern states. There ar
: four of them: white Ladies" )" eco
ored Ladies" white Men" an
! "COlOred Men," he reported.
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-04
House Votes Pin
To End Labor LGLU
Continued from nrst page,

continued from urSt page)
has received a favorable report on
a duplicate introduced two weeks
ago by Senator James S. Evans
(R-WilmingtOn).
Mr.. Walsh, who had introduced
the measure as the first piece Of
legislation to reach the House on
January IL, brought it up for pass
age Wednesday afternoon and,
when the discussion ended, asked
for a roll call.
On the roll call the vote was as
follows;
I For the repeater:
1 Democrats - Representatives AL
len, Blendt, Camper, Carey, COch-
ran. Collision, Cook, COrdrey
Hughes, King, Mabrey, Marvel, Nc
CullOugh, O'Neal, Paskey, Spear,
Walsh.
Republicans - Representatives
Bruno, Bryan, Holiday, Jones.
Against the repeater:
DemOcrats-NOne.
Republicans - Representatives
Armstrong, Benger, Calhoun, Cool
Donovan, Evans, Givan, KeltOn
Lee, LOngbOtham, Sinclair, War
ren, Winchester and Speaker Law
son.
What the bill would do would be
to repeal Chapter 1856, Volume 46
Laws of Delaware, entitled An Ac
Regulating Labor Unions and Re
latiOns Between Employers ant
Employees, Members of Labor Un
, ions"
Four Speak On Measure
In the discussion which preced
ed the roll call there were fOu
speakers, Representatives Noble
Warren, Dover; Ernest B. BengeI
WestOVer Hills, and Mr.. Bryan fO
the Republicans and against tn
, TepealeTs, and Warren L. Allen
SeafOrd. for the Democrats.
= Mr.. Warren, the majority foo
leader, said he believed that "sOme
thing should be said at this tim
= for House Bill 212. 1t has been sal
here and outside that this bill ha
= little or no consideration before
i was passed two years ago. That j
wrong. l was here then and l knO7
that the measure was discussed
substituted and amended. l thin
= it was a good bill.
Il think we would be completed
wrong to repeal it entirely. Afte
all man who builds a house an
i finds something wrong with til
> front door doesn't tear down II
house to build a new door.
Most of us here-I would sa
! 80 per cent of us-were elected /
the independent voter, not becau'
g of our Identification with one paTt
y or the other. Yet, some of us a.
II as if we were accepting the dicti
ton of pressure groups.
1t Labor leaders who have little {
II no interest in the concerns of Il
. working man regard Delaware ;
n n a guinea pig-an experiment to S,
y if this labor law can be throw
y out Delaware has been the fir
state in many things but this is Il
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-04
Sea Elephants
May Aid Beauty

MELBOURNE - (P) - Cosmet-
les made from sea elephants soon
may be an exclusive beauty aid for
Australian women The same ele-
plants also may turn up in the
margarine and shortening bought
by housewives for cooking.
Experiments to see if sea ele-
phant oil can be used for cosmetics
and cooking are being made by the
governments Department of Sup
ply and Development. Sea elephan
blubber and oil was collected BY
members of the Australian Antarc-
tic exepditiOn on Macquarie Island
far south of Australia.
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-04
BRIDGEVILLE

Mrs. Nellie G.. Steele and her
granddaughter, Donna Steele,
spent the past weekend with her
daughter and sOn-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Victor Harrison of Milford.
While there they attended the
morning services at the Avenue
Methodist Church and enjoyed the
sermon of Rev. Richard Green.
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-04
Construction Work
Begins On NeIU
Phone Office Here
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we are expediting the project as
fast as possible and hope that all
the necessary work can be COM
pleted in the early Fall.
The new building is being con-
strucUed by the Rupert COnstruc-
ton Company. G. Morris White
side is the architect
At the present time there are 2S
persons waiting for telephone SER
vice in the Milford exchange area
most of whom are located in plac-
es where no cable or wire lines
are available to connect them with
the central office. It is expected all
these people will have service by
the end of April, Mr.. Collins said
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-04

The accompanying photographs
show the elimination Of a Cruel
ling series Of tests conducted by
Fisher Body engineers on a new
car body before It is placed in
production.
The car was rolled over at so
miles an hour on a special course
at the General Motors Proving
Ground. ToWed by another car.
the test model automatically un-
hitched itself as It went up and
over a ramp. hurtling through the
Milford chronicle., 1949-02-04
Shadow Social At
Frederick Church
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Bring the family out to a good
evening of entertainment. Don't
forget the date-Friday, February
11th, at 8 D. m.