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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-03-13

weeds and dead grass, avoid
burning them under the trees as
there is danger of cooking the
buds above. Another bad prac-
tice is to clean out hedges by
setting fire to the accumulated
leaves and trash. The woody
plants are apt to be badly injured
if not killed by such a practice
It's safer and a better garden
practice to put such material in
the compost pile.
Hardy vegetables may go into
the ground just as soon as it IL
dry enough to be worked. Those
who spaded or plowed in the fall
need only rake the soil before
planting. Spring-spaded soil can
never be planted as early as that
prepared in the fall.
The following vegetables may
be planted any time now: Let
tuce, peas. parsnips, beets. parsley
radlSheS, spinach ana potatoes.
4 r -
Sweet peas are much desired
crop that seldom succeeds in the
Washington area. However. the
older, less highly bred Spencer
type is recommended if you wish
to give them a trial. Plant them
as early as possible in a deep
trench. filling in as they grow
Keep the soil we'll mulched (cooD
and protect them from the mid
day and afternoon sun. You may
be successful. w. H. Y.
Marjoram is one Of the annual
garden herbs still popular. Dried
leaves are used for poultry dress
ings. Sweet basil Is good for fla
voring soups and stewS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-03-13
Tobacco Growers
To Hold Meetings

The first of a series of meetings
for Southern Maryland tobacco
growers to explain the tobacco
support program and how farm
ers may participate. will be hello
this week in st. Mary's County
County Agent Julius Johnson
said two meetings will be helo
Tuesday. Growers will meet al
2 pm. at the Knights Of Column
bus Hall at Ridge. and at pm
at the Margaret Brent High
School at Helen. Growers will
meet March % at the st. Mary's
Theater. Leonardtown.
Dates for similar meetings in
other tobacco-producing counties
will be announced later.
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Zinnias Are Still Very Popular
Color Range Includes All But Blues;
The More You Cut, the More They Bloom
By w. n. Younqmon

There was time when gardeners
looked upon the zinnia as an old
fashioned flower. something to be
avoided as it dated the garden.
That condition has not existed for
some time. One of the gardening
periodicals ran a series of articles
not long ago on favorite ANIMALS.
The winning articles - they all
mentioned the zinnia-stated why
they found it a desirable and
useful annual. Dorothy Jenkins.
garden editor of the New York
Times. in her book, Annual
Flowers" states that the zinnia
ranks with petunias and marigolds
as one of the three favorite an
nuals in America.
You ask why is the zinnia such
a favorite? The answer is that it
is a flower easy to grow, re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-03-13
Machinery Show

A demonstration of power ma
chinery for small farms and vege-
table growers will be held at p m.
Wednesday on the w. Lawson
King farm between Rockville and
Gaithersburg. The demonstration
will be put on by the international
Harvester Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-03-13

quiring only q sunny situation, a
reasonably we'll enriched bed and
adequate moisture. There is q wide
variety Of forms from the creeper
to the tall giant-f1owered zinnias.
The color range is good although
there are no blues. Zinnias are
relatively free from insect and
disease troubles although the Jap
anese beetles sometimes pick on
the whites and pastel shades and
mildew often attacks the foliage
in the fall. zinnias are good for
cutting; the more you cut the
more they bloom. For bedding
purposes they are equal to any
other flower although the spent
blooms must be removed to keep
them looking fresh and new bloom
coming on.
Types Total ut Least Is.
The number Of types of zinnias
is surprisingly large unless you
have studied the flower catalogues.
The Pennsylvania Agricultural
Experiment Station lists Is. Gen.
orally. we think of IL important
types. Under each type there is a
long list of varieties, too long for
any practicable purpose.
The gardener usually finds the
long lists of varieties confusing.
The only answer to this problem
is to try out those that sound
promising. 1t may help to list de-
sired heights, colors, and petal
formations.
Some dislike California Giants
because their flowers are shallow.
They are relatively thin, although
the spread (size) is very large.
The dahlia- lowered has a much
greater depth to the flower, while
the David Burpee strain is inter-
mediate in this respect.
Many think the pastel shades
typical Of the David Burpee type
are unexcelled.
Perhaps quilted petals will ap-
peal to you; others will like the
fantasy type in which the quilted
petals are twisted or curled. Then
there Is the scabious- Powered
zinnias which have q single row
Of ray flowers and a raised center
Of elongated tubular flower petals
somewhat like the anemone-
Powered chrysanthemums. For
those who like something different
in color patterns the picotee type
whole petals have tips with COL
ored margin.
About Planting and Culture.
Zinnias are classed by some as
hardy annual, by others as a
tender annual. They do best if
planted or transplanted after the
soil has warmed up. For early
bloom it is best to start them in
doors in March. But. they can be
planted in the garden in early
May and will begin blooming in
July.
The taller growing. larger flow
cred types take from SO to so days
to begin Towering from the time
Of seed sowing. The smaller
types flower in 80 to so days. The
larger ones need 10 to "a inches
between plants, the smaller ones
IL to IS inches. Leave at least
2 feet between the rows and feet
Is better. Air circulation is i'm
portant in controlling mildew.
Clean cultivation is recommend
ed but summer mulches may be
substituted. Supplemental feeding
will aid materially in maintaining
growth and Towering. Spread
commercial fertilizer along the
rows in July and again in August,
hoeing 1t into the soil. or liquid
fertilizer may be applied along
the rows.
Remember that the feeding
roots are close to the surface and
cultivation must be shallow.
Usually mildew is problem
only in the fall. It can be best
controlled by busting with sulphur
or using a spray containing sui
phur.
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All legumes. including lupins
and sweet peas as well as garden
peas, do better when inoculated
with one Of the preparations which
help them secrete nitrogen from
the soil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-03-13
Encvclopedia Revised

A revision OF TayIor'S "EncycIo-
pedia of Gardening" CHoughton-
Mifflin. So, is proving helpful to
many who desire a comprehensive
plain-talk discussion of such SUBJ
jects as soilless gardens, deep
freezing, vitamins, plant hor-
mones, organic gardening, walls,
terraces, etc. New sections are de-
voted to garden tours, arboretums
rose gardens and basic infor-
nation on judging. Profusely
| illustrated.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Denial Is Urged Again
For Ellsworth Drive
Rezoning g Petitions

For the second time in two years
the Maryland-Nationa Capita
Park and Commission has recon-
mended denial of petitions seeking
reclassification of residential A
property on Ellsworth drive be-
tween Fenton and Cedar streets
Silver Spring.
The applications were among
three which the planning agency
yesterday asked the Montgomery
County Council to reject. Three
others were recommended for ap-
proval.
The petitions affecting Ellsworth
drive were filed by Claude Living
ston, jr., for the rezoning of five
lots and Phil D. Poston. for three
lots. Hearings are scheduled fo1
I7::30 pm. September 13 in the Sill
Iver Spring Liquor Dispensary
Building.
1947 Attempt Recalled.
In it's recommendation, the COM
mission recalled that the same
property was involved in an at
tempt in the fall of 1947 to ex-
pand the Silver Spring business
district north and east of the
Hecht Co. store at Fenton street
and Ellsworth drive.
The attempt failed when the
then Board of County Commits
sioners rejected the various petit
tions in December of that year
in accordance with the planning
commission recommendations.
At that time, those opposing the
applications claimed their ap-
proval would reduce the value OF
homes in the area and might re-
suit in the extension of CONNER
cial zoning as far north as Sligo
Greek parkway.
The proponents contended ad-
ditional commercially zoned land
was needed in view of the COM
munity's growth.
Conflict With Zoning Plan.
The commission pointed out yes
terday that the two petitions in
question are in conflict with its
master zoning plan for the Silver
Spring business district.
The commission added that the
plan, adopted in December, 1947
has been Endorsed by the Silver
Spring Board of Trade and vir-
tually all the citizens associa-
tions representing the areas ad-
jacent to the business district.
According to the commission
property designated in the plan
as appropriate for commercial use
but not yet converted to or i'm
proved, for such purpose would
provide approximately 1900 addi-
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Salary Raises Up to $4,000
Soudht for II at GdlIinqer

1000 for equipment in the X-ray
service. That amount. the hos
pital said, is necessary to bring the
Radiology Department up to
standards required by the Ameri-
can Medical Association for ap-
proval of an X-ray training pro-
gram.
Discussions are under way now,
budget officials said, to learn how
much of the money is necessary
Immediately.
Already under construction is
the new laboratory building. at a
cost of more than 100000. About
SAC, 900 also has been approved
for laboratory equipment.
In another essential project, the
Commissioners have approved ex-
pansion of the Gallinger operating
suite at cost of about $685. 900,
plus about $88,500 for equipment.
Expansion of the suite, officials
said, made necessary drastic steps
to improve the anesthesiology
service, already insufficient to meet
present surgical demands.
The present anesthesiology chief,
IDr. Samuel F. McCarran, is slated
to leave September l.. Its previous
chief, DR.. Robert Bergner. resigned
last month to take $4,000 a year
Job at the University of Kentucky.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Jefferson Teachers to Meet
Special Dispoteh 10 The stor

Special Dispoteh 10 The Stor
CHARLES TOWN, w. Va. Aug
20 jefferson County schools will
open a general teachers meeting
in Charles Town High School or
September 2. Pupils will report
to classes on September 6.
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Continued From First Pageo

tCOIlGlIlucu TlOlll L IL oV osS''
the 1851 fiscal request is SUBJ
mitted.
Changes Requested.
These will be the changes re-
quested:
l. Supt. P. A. E. Stebbing-
From statutory position paying
$10,3O5 to P-8 rating, with pay
range from $10,305 to $10,330.
2. DR.. Joseph F. Fazekas, act
ing chief of staff-A classified P-s
position with the same pay as DR.
Stebbing. The chief of staff jot
formerly was paid by medica
schools here, and DR.. Fazekas Off
cially is still Chief Medical OFF,
Ger in Medicine.
3. Robert SouthWick, deputy
Superintendent - From statutory
salary of 1911 to CAT IA rating
with pay ranging from $500 tc
$9,7O6.
4. Seven Chief Medical Officers
From statutory salaries of $7,911
to P-7 ratings, ranging from So
500 to $9,706. One of them would
be held by the chief of anesthesi-
ology who now has P-5 rating
paying s6,235.
S. Associate Chief Medical Off
GERS in Pediatrics and Psychiatry
From salaries equivalent to P-5
ratings to classified P-6 ratings
paying $7,911.
One of the main inequities in
the statutory salaries of chief
medical officers, officials said, is
that new appointee receives the
same salary as qualified doctors
who have been on the job for
years. Under the new proposal
the chiefs would get salary raises
over four 18-month periods from
$500 to $9,706.
Vacancies under the new plan
would exist in two of the seven
chief medical officer jobs-one in
anestheSiology and the one to be
vacated by DR.. Fazekas.
Job sheets drawn up for sub
mission to the District Personnel
Board and Civil Service Commis-
sion are the first comprehensive
descriptions" of the jobs that have
been made, officials said. A con-
tinuing study. they said, will be
made of all other professional jobs
at the hospital, probably resulting
in moves to raise other salaries.
Gallinger officials said the most
important needs not covered in
the immediate classification pro-
posal are pay raises for chiefs of
X-ray and laboratory-up to the
level of chief medical officers.
The hospital, meanwhile, has
asked the Commissioners for $73.-
Evening star., 1949-08-21

Lebanon has authorized the
Arab News Agency, British con-
cern,. to install private news
broadcasting station there.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Is Girls Win Prizes
In Virginia 4-HContezI
SpecioI Dispo,eh 10 The s,or

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Aug
20.-TWenty- five girls won prizes
in the Northern Virginia District
All Club contest here Thursday
Seventy girls from 18 counties
competed:
Winners Included the following
~Style dress revue: Frances Ritchie
Loudoun; Mildred Crawford. Albemarle
Nancy Rivercomb, Rockingham.
Food preparation: Grace Rivercomb
Rockingham; Nancy Litton, Loudoun; Mar!
Alice Butler, Louisa.
Dairy GndividuaD: Pearl Lindsay, Bath
Violet Navy, Greene.
Clothing achievement: Patricia Botkins
Augusta; Roxanna Rogers. Frederick
Marie Auth, Fairfax.
Dairy team: Regina Buck and Betty
Dunn, Loudoun; Mary Driver and 10 Eller
Botkins Rockingham.
Canning: Mary Lee Wampler, Augusta
Joyce Ann Dunn, Albemarle; Drusilla Rus
sell. Fauquier.
Frederick; Eleanor Costello, Loudoun
Phyllis Turner, Rockbridge.
Freezing; Mary Ann Long, Madison
Emogene Womeldorf, Rockbridge; Alice
White, Frederick.
Laundry: Anne Legard, Loudoun
The winners will go to the Al
State contest at Virginia Poly
Itechnic Institute, Blacksburg. Aug.
ust 81, to compete with winners ir
four other districts.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
nal 2o-foot commercial front

tional 2O-foot commercial 'front.'
ages.
At present, the commission said,
there are less than 600 business
esta Adjustments in the Silver
Spring commercial district.
3 Petitions Favored.
Also recommended for disap-
proval was a petition by j. w.
Brabner Smith for the reclassifi-
cation from residential A to COM
mercial D of lots 81 through "a,
block K and part of block L, Um-
Istead's second addition to Ken
sington (along the Forest Glen
road.
The three petitions on which
the commission urged favorable
action were:
John D. Sadler, residential A
to commercial D of four lots on
Del Ray avenue between Old
Georgetown road and Norfolk
avenue, Bethesda.
Louis M. and Fannie L. Jack
son, residential A to commercial
d of four lots in the same area.
Herbert j. Holland, residential
A to commercial D of property at
9O8 Bonifant street, Silver Spring
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Finland
Continued From First Pag

tual assistance treaty with the
Soviet Union.
When police started to dis
perse $500 strikers in Kemi. a
northern numbering town on the
Gulf of Bothnia, some Of the
striking lumberjacks exchanged
pistol shots with police Thursday
One man was killed and nine were
wounded.
Atypical sign of break In the
strike front came from Tampere
95 miles north of Helsinki, where
only construction workers walked
out. Other workers stayed at their
jobs.
In some cities food workers re-
turned to work. Forestry work
ers, lumberjacks and loggers also
were working in greater num-
bers after voting to end their
strike at several logging points.
The longshoremen's strike,
however, still was effective. and
employers admitted the construc-
ton workers walkout was widely
effective. The next move on the
strike front is the transport work.
ers' walkout, scheduled for Mon
day.
Dockers still were out. Vol
unteer stevedores were arriving
In Hango. which the government
has said will be kept open to
foreign shipping, but no work had
started.
Expulsion Threatened.
At the height of the strike wave
5000 to $4,000 workers were es-
timated to have walked out.
The split in the Central Trade
Union Federation developed when
the council voted. 85, to order
the Communicated unions to end
their strikes before August % or
be expelled from the federation
Communist labor leaders were
reported squab bling amongst
themselves. The employers cen
tral organization said it received
a letter from the transport work
ers' union declaring that F. V
Hiilos, union president and mod
crate Communist who tried te
prevent the scheduled truckers
strike, had been replaced by 8
militant Communist, v. H. Suutari
The only demonstration re.
ported today was mass meeting
in the town Of Rovaniemi, on the
Arctic Circle, where crowds de-
manded the release of arrested
Communists.
Vaeinoe Leskinen. secretary o1
the ruling Social Democratic Par
ty, said the Communists hae
shown their cards. with such
cards." Leskinen said in the gov
ernment newspaper. Suomen So
sialidemokraati. many people!
have had their freedom gamblee
away"
In Stockholm, Swedish experts
on Russian foreign policy saic
they believed the Soviet Unior
was not prepared to go out Of
her way to help hoist Finland's
Moscow-trained Communists into
ro0Wer
Evening star., 1949-08-21

when the Senate moved into the
old Supreme Court room on July
S to make way for the remodeling
of its regular chamber, the effect
would be to speed up proceedings
for the remainder of the session
But neither the cozy atmosphere
of the historic little room, nor the
absence of public galleries, has
lessened the Senatorial urge tc
convince one another in debate.
Some Senators now hope that II
House members get three-week
recess it may spur the Senate tc
move faster on it's jammed docket
Evening star., 1949-08-21
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Evening star., 1949-08-21

$1,450 100000 was the minimum
to make our objective effective.
He said he thought the two Sen
ate committees could work out
bill by the end of this week and
send it to the floor.
There both the time of its de-
bate and its fate appear uncer-
tain
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Vorys Calls Arms Cut
By House a Vote Of
Lack Of Confidence
ky the Associoied Press

Representative Vorys. Republi-
can, of Ohio said yesterday that
the House voted lack of conf
dence" in the administrations
foreign policy when it chopped
in two the proposed 81, ,160, ,990, 900
arms aid program for Western
Europe.
He said the administration, in
turn. had demonstrated its lack
of confidence in the House.
The Ohio lawmaker. a high
ranking Republican member of
the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee, offered his analysis of the
administration staggering set
back as Truman supporters in the
Senate surveyed the wreckage and
laid plans for a fresh start.
Compromises Were Rejected.
Mr.. Vorys called attention to
the administration determined
stiff -arming of moves to provide
weapons for non-Communist
China, and declared:
The administration presented
no foreign policy for half the
world; the House showed only
half confidence in their policy for
the other half"
Members of the House were
not consulted in the formulation
of the plan or the drafting of the
legislation that was introduced y
he added. "All attempts at a
workable compromise before 60
ing to the floor were rejected"
Besides cutting the amount, the
House trimmed the time of the
program from two years to 10
months on the theory Congress
could vote the rest of the money
next year If the plan is working
all right.
Closed Hearings Tuesday.
The Senate Foreign Relations
and Armed Services Committees,
which held joint hearings on the
arms legislation, will hold closed
session Tuesday to get down to
details on the bill.
Chairman Connally of the For
eign Relations Committee sounded
a call for approval of the full
$1,450, 100000 sought by the ad-
ministration. Besides $1,160,990,-
900 for parties to the Atlantic
pact, the bill would provide equip
ment for Greece. Turkey. Iran,
Korea and the Philippines.
This is no time for piecemeal
treatment" Senator Connally said
ITO cut the amount as was done
by the House will be exploited by
Communist states as a lack of
sincerity on our part and will
discourage and depress the men,
bers of the North Atlantic pact"
Big Job in Senate.
The administration knows, how
ever, that it faces a big job in
trying to get Senate approval of
the full amount.
Senators Vandenberg of Michi-
gan and Dulles of New York, Re
publican foreign policy leaders,
are committed to a $160,990, 900
cut for Atlantic Pact nations, and
such key Democrats as Senators
George and Russell of Georgia and
Byrd of Virginia have applauded
the House action.
Even if Senator Connally Can
persuade his economy minded COL
leagues to vote the full $1,450.-
100000, the House act virtually
assures that some lesser amount
will be authorized.
The two houses frequently sclit
the difference in the amounts
when money bills are sent to con-
ference.
Expert Testimony Recalled.
Senator Connally, in standing
pat on the full amount, recalled
that Secretary of State Acheson,
Gen. Bradley, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs Of Staff. and other
leaders had testified that the
Evening star., 1949-08-21
British Poetry in Slump,
Lord WuveII Asserts
By the Associated Press

LONDON.-Lord Wavell, poetry
loving field marshal, says English
poetry is in a bad way nowadays.
Speaking at the annual meeting
of the London Library, he COM
planned about "the dark. obscure,
discordant mutterings which pass
for poetry in these days."
Il do not believe the fire of
poetry has really died out of us"
he said, but I do not think the
flame is very strong at the mo-
ment.
Evening star., 1949-08-17
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, Aug. II tR (UsDA).-salable
hogs, 5000; moderately active; butchers
over zoo pounds steady to strong; under
200 pound unevenly steady to so or more
2o;5o for several loads choice sio-s5S sSS
260 pounds, 20.00-20.5O; heavier weights
scarce; few lots, 27O-30O pound. ia.oO
20.00;;- few weighing up to $50 pounds
pS medam 20 as oE 70 as sbaes
$50 pound. I7.Oo-is.Sb: few SV"I slishtIy hIiy
higher; 360-4o0 pound, I5.75-17 90; 100
100 pound, 14.75-16.0O; few 475-55O
pound, 13.OO-14.50: odd head heavier sows
as low as 12.00; good clearance.
.os Salable cattle, 1000; salable calves.
steady to IS lower; ali other % WEIGHTS soand and
grades and heifers, weak to SO lower;
beef cows dull. around so lower; Gamers
and cutters steady to 25 lower; bulls and
vealers steady to so lower; top, .2s.75 for
ssseIs o oaas nag ngh shose yssrnss es sd
1925: high-medium to low-good kinds.
22. 2.6O-25. go common to average-medium
steers. steers. 1892 90; good to low-choice
asnnsl. sn easssr. sa assS ies
H.25s medium and good sausage bulls,
2o.oo-s6. SO; top. 27.oo sparinsiy.
salable sheep, 1900; scattered odd lots
choice native lambs, "a 90 to city butchers
but practically nothing done on any
msteIy 700 head ysariins wethers: bidding
$50 on heayies.