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Evening star., 1950-05-02
Tobey Seeks Bookie
In Senate Building;
Wants Facts, Not Bet

Senator Tobey. Republican,
Of New Hampshire wants to
talk to a bookie in the Senate
Office Building.
He's not interested in bet
ting himself, but he's looking
for information.
During yesterdays hearing
Senator Tobey said he had
been "credibly informed"
about the Office building
booKie.
"Of course" he added
hastily, mo Senator would
patronize a bookie."
Evening star., 1950-05-02
Gambling
Continued From First PageJ

Thomas F. Kelly. general mana
ger. and Joseph M. Lebit, chief &C
countant. started out to give the
names of the men who run the "a
outlets served by Continental
throughout the country.
AS each name was mentioned,
subcommittee Chairman McFar-
land asked about the clients repu-
tation in their community. The
two witnesses took turn describing
their customers variously as a
very high class fellow" "a for
mer deacon" and "a man Of high
character"
When they reached Pioneer
News Service of st. Louis on the
list, Mr.. Eebit said the man he
did business with there was Will
liam Molaskey, and Mr.. Lebit
called Mr.. Molaskey a man of
high character.
Senator Tobey then asked the
witness if he knew Molaskey had
spent a year and a day in Jail on
a charge of defrauding the Gov
ernment Of $4,000. Mr.. Lebit
said he knew that.
Law Student Owns Service.
At that, Senator Tobey accused
Mr.. Lebit of falsifying and telling
half truths and asked him, "how
many more of these fellows have
served time?"
Both Mr.. Kelly and Mr.. Lebit
said they did not know of any
other customers with criminal
records.
In a prepared statement ear
lier. Mr.. Lebit testified that Ed
ward j. Mcbride, a law student,
is sole owner of Continental Press
Service. Mr.. Lebit reported that
the wire service crossed $780,
$3.50 in 1949 and netted $685.
207.64 before taxes.
Balk at Revealing Income.
At first the witnesses and their
attorneys. Walter Gallagher and
William Dentsey, both of WASH
ington. baked at telling the SUBJ
committee how much each sub
scriber pays for the service. Sen
ator Mcfarland told them that by
innuendo Continental has been
charged with running a crime
syndicate.
Senator Mcfarland said how
much the customers pays for the
wire service is important because
"it has been assumed they are
dividing gambling profits with
you"
The witnesses repeatedly denied
that and finally an agreement was
reached that the amount would be
given. but not tied to individual
customers.
One Client Pays $4,000 Weekly.
Mr.. Lebit said the most sub
stantial customer" pays Conti-
mental an average of $4,000 a
week plus an 8 per cent wire
equipment tax. The rates. he ex-
planned, are scaled down to a low
of $50 a week paid by the New
York Daily News He said the
Associated Press pays $85 a week
for the service, United Press $50
week and Transradio $50 a week.
Senator Mcfarland and Senator
Tobey took turns trying to per-
suade the witnesses to admit they
know their service to some of their
ia clients ultimately gets to
bookieS. At one point, Senator
Mcfarland told them, "if it wasn't
for the bookies you wouldn't make
that kind of money"
And Senator Tobey told them
to drop their injured innocence"
air.
You know--well this in
formation goes to bookies," Sem
Eator Tobey declared.
This is the subcommittee first
venture into the sending and re-
ceiving end of the race wire serv-
ice. It has heard earlier from law
EenfOrceAe bent officers. gamblers and
Evening star., 1950-03-19

Mid-March, or soon thereafter,
| is planting time in the Washington
area. Plants of cabbage, broccoli,
kohlrabi. mignonette head lettuce.
etc., should be set out as soon as
soil conditions are favorable.
Radish, onion, beet, pea, lettuce
! +aeaH,- parsley. chard and parsnip
Fseed may also go into the ground.
Among the flower seeds that may
safety be sown at this season are:
snapdragon. columbine, hollyhock,
Icalliopsis. calendula, annual gall
llardia. annual baby's breath, hun
lnemannia. lobelia. portulaca, an
nual sweet william, etc.
Gladiolus cormels and small
corms may now be planted in the
more protected sections of the city.
Sow the cormels like peas in a
trench about 2 inches deep in the
heavier soils. deeper in a light soil.
Plant small corms to 4 inches
deep.
Rose bushes, shrubs, and trees
may be set out as soon as the soil
lis workable. Strawberry plants,
raspberry bushes and blueberries,
should all be given an early start
so as to be we'll rooted before hot
dry weather may be expected.
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Flowers, Garden
Areas in Show;
Visiting Hours

Hours: Opening at 2 pm.
Thursday; other days. 10 am,
with closings at 10 pm.
Sponsorship: Society of Amer
lean Florists and Ornamental
Horticulturists' 26th National
display. Held here for first time.
Place: National Guard Ar
mory, goth and East Capitol
streets.
Gardens: Formal and in
formal, shrubbery borders, rock
gardens. bulb gardens, natural
istic paintings, showing box
wood, camellias, water wheel
and pool, roses, bulb center
piece with azaleas.
Flowering plants: Azaleas, be-
gonias, cinerarias, gardenias,
geraniums, hydrangeas. mar
guerites, pansies, primulas a S.
roses, African violets, and new
and rare varieties of others.
Bulbous plants: Lilies (calla.
Easter and other types, daffo-
oils, hyacinths, iris, tulips.
Foliage plants: Caladiums,
stove plants, many others.
Orchids: Varieties flown from
Hawaii and South America, also
cattleyas and hybrids grown in
United States. Display to cover
$50 square feet in artistic ar
rangements.
Cut flowers: Daffodils, iris,
lilies, camellias. delphiniums.
freesias, gardenias, gerberas.
gladiolus. lupines.
Special display of cut roses
and carnations. including new
giant carnations, snapdragons,
sweet peas. etc.
Garden Club Displays - Old
fashioned, formal, woodland
and modern gardens skillfully
reproduced with a adj joinin g
period rooms. Half to be in 1900
style, remainder in modern
decor. Smart inches and table
facilities to exhibit flower
arrangements in competition
daily and changed daily.
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Work Soil Only if Boil of Earth
FoIIs Aport When Squeezed

While March 20 is looked upon
as the average date for spring
planting, it is well to keep in mind
that working wet soil does more
harm than good. The particles of
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Arrangement
Of fFlOWers
An Art Form
Discipline Helps
Serious Students
Reach Objectives
By B. Y. Morrison
Acting Director Of Rotionol Arbor.tum

Flower arrangement" practi-
TONERS appear to be legion; its
professors, almost as numerous;
its ultimate expressions more than
equal the sum of the two. For the
nom participating gardener, it may
at times provide the comic relief
of all good performances or bring
him within range of heavy
firing"
In the plainest English, flower
arrangement is a practice that
results in compositions made of
living flowers which are looked
upon as art expressions. Some
pursuits frown little upon the
inclusion of this art within the
sacred precincts, apparently upon
the theory that art expresses it
self in symbols rather than in
living stuff, but that is beside the
point. Among allied art express
sions it comes closest to painting
and sculpture, leaning toward the
first when composition is viewed
from one point of view. toward
the latter when it is viewed from
all sides, "in the round" Of late,
it has suffered the same fate as
much sculpture and painting and
in many cases becomes one more
expression of the interior decora-
tors hand and contriving spirit.
Having come to public atten-
Continued on Page E-3, Col. ~
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Make q Commodious Bed
For New Rose PIontinas

When planting rose bushes
shrubs or trees, 1t is we'll to remem-
ber the old adage: ''It is better to
put a 10-cent plant in a dollar
hole than to put dollar plant in
a 10-cent hole" This saying sim
ply stresses the Importance of prop.
erly preparing the hole for the
planting of flowers, shrubs. trees
or vegetables. The soil should be
deeply worked with humus and
plant food incorporated SO that the
growing roots will have an ample
supply of moisture and plant food
available. Another rule is to have
the hole twice as wide and twice
as deep as the root ball or the roots
of the occupying plant.
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Gala Spring PrevieW
To Run Full Week,
Cover Two Acres
Work of Setting Up Spectacle to Start
Early Ten1orrow-4OO Square Yards
Of Sod Indicates Scope of Supplies
By Wilbur H. Younamon
By Wilbur H. Younamon
Gorden Editor

rangers who want to know about
the color schemes of the inches
they plan to fill should get in
touch with Mrs. David Friday
(Woodley 4525) to find out the
temporary location of the fixtures
they will use.
Huge and Foney Flowers
A preliminary survey reveals
that there is to be a vast array OF
cut flowers, flowers in which for
lists alone excell-giant, six-foot
stemmed roses that would grace
large vases, carnations of dahlia
size. These specimens are the
type that make a growers repu-
tation and the prizes are sought
after by the members of the So
ciety of American Florists and the
Ornamental Horticulturists, spon-
sors of the show.
Then there will be the uncut
displays in all the naturalness that
settings can provide. The two
acre Armory will be alive with
bloom. Holland tulips. hyacinths
and daffodils will be gigantic
carpet-like centerpiece. There will
be roses in great variety and rich
ness of beauty. Ten choice new
azaleas from the Beltsville Sta
tion will be shown and there will
be other azaleas, rhododendrons,
hydrangeas, blooming dogwoods,
herbs, and species tulips.
There will be 5000 choice roses
in garden on two levels, a daz-
zling display set off with lockwood
and holly trees. There will be
80 1000 Dutch bulbs in flower in q
monster center display.
All commercial exhibits of seeds.
garden tools, clothes, tractors.
ETC., have been limited to the side
walls of the Armory.
Steps Toward Big Show
The steps that go into the MAX
ing of a ''big" flower show are as
fascinating as the breath-taking
beauty of the final product. The
careful timing, the bringing to-
gether of the vast array of plant
material from greenhouses and
nurseries, many of which are
hundreds of miles from the scene
is an unknown story to most visi-
tors to such pageants of beauty,
The first step is. of course, the
determination of location, suitable
floor space and the selection OF
the data. Once these are deter
mined and passed along to poten-
tial exhibitors the making Of
plans is possible. This should
take place six months before the
doors are to open; better still If 1t
Continued on Page E-4, Col. 81
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Don't Hesitote to Cut Bock
Newly Placed Woody Plants

Most gardeners when setting out
woody plants hesitate to cut the
tops back. This is unfortunate
for the nurseryman leaves as much
wood visible as possible to show
the buyer that he is getting a large
plant. The chances are that the
top, is larger than the root system
can adequately support. To make
certain that the plant will grow
vigorously it is well to reduce
the top either by shortening the
(See GARDEN TASKS, Pg. ESD
Evening star., 1950-03-19
This Weeks Garden asks
PIontinq Time Arrives in Ernest-Don't Work

of the spruce, Douglas fir and pine
tree should not be shortened unless
the gardener is prepared to train
a new leader"
Evergreen hedges should be clip
ped in the spring since the new
growth will soon hide the pruning
cuts. In clipping a hedge 1t is
well to cut the branches back an
inch or two more than the theoret-
ical width so that by midsummer
the growth will not extend much
beyond the desired width. The
top of an evergreen hedge should
always be a few inches narrower
than the base. If this rule is
ignored it will be rather difficult to
keep the hedge from being bare
| legged.
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Continued on Page E-4. Col. 81
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Bulbs Inspire
Growers With
Fresh CoIors
Wealth of Bloom
Lasts = Months;
Classes Altered
By Edwin c. Powell

Many spring Towering bulb,
have been adding a bit of color tt
the bare brown garden since tht
turn OF the year. First to appear
was Galanthus, or snowdrop, with
its perky down turned white
flower with a green point to each
petal. Neither ice nor snow mol
sleet nor rain bothers them anc
they remain in bloom for two
months and spread we'll by both
seed and division. Next comes
Eranthus. or winter-aconite, with
a buttercup-yellow bloom on 6
green cushion.
More color is added by the fall
and winter Towering crocuses with
their violet. lavender-pink anc
yellow flowers. Some of these
species increase with amazing
rapidity. The flowers are smaller
than those of the Dutch crocuses
but are produced more abundant
ly. The Dutch crocuses bloom a
little later and produce larger
flowers in more vivid colors.
The first touch of blue comes
with Scilla bifolia followed by the
Siberian squills of which the larg-
est, bluest and best is Spring
Beauty. There is also a dainty
white variety. The English squills,
known as bluebells and wood
hyacinths, add interest and
variety. The later blooming
Italian squill (Scilla campanu-
lata) comes in many shades of
blue and pink, also white, and is
valuable for cutting because of its
greater height and size.
Blue, Red Join Porode
Most of the early spring flowers
are white or yellow but Nature
has provided some that are blue
or red. The Muscari, or grape
hyacinths, are of several shades of
blue, the. best of which is Heaven
ly Blue. Armeniacum is some
what larger and of cobalt blue
while Azureus of Cambride blue
is the earliest to open, small, and
very pretty.
There are several white ones
and one that smells like musk
The two species of Leucojum, or
snowflakes, are often confused in
the bulb trade. Vernum, the
spring snowflake, is a magnifled
snowdrop with stems five to six
inches long, whereas Aestivum,
the summer snowflake, puts up
stems IL to Is inches tall and
bears several bell-shaped white
flowers with a green tip to each
petal. 1t. is a very useful cut
flower.
There are several others of the
so-called minor bulbs seen infre-
quently in gardens in this area
that are easy and we'll worth
growing. They are cheap in first
cost, healthy, hardy, and will re-
main and increase for years if
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When the National Flower and
Garden Show opens at the Armory
for week starting next Thursday
few people will understand the
tremendous expenditure of thought
and resources that makes it pos
sible.
A dazzling blaze of beauty will
be seen on every side. But it is
no accident that all the bloom
kept at just the right stage of
development. could be collected in
so vast display at a given time
The list of supplies is imposing
BY way of example, there will be
$50 cubic yards of peat moss,
enough to cover 50-foot by 100
foot garden to a depth of 1e
inches. And, there is little mat
ter of 400 square yards of f1awless
grass sod to be fitted and tended
This, naturally, is but beginning
OF the properties needed to set of
the vast stocks of perishable
flowers and shrubs, all of which
are carefully tended and kept al
peak freshness.
Three Days of Hard Work
In a sense. the show will
actually begin early tomorrow
not for the public, but for the
army of workers who must sci
the stage. Tomorrow at 5 am
all equipment from the dog show
must have cleared the Armory
and not long after that the labor
will start. Not a few of the "early
birds" will be club workers who
will build the period gardens. II
will take three and one-half days
Of hard work to get the show tc
the point where the public can be
admitted.
First task will be the laying
out of the floor design in chalk
under supervision of Boris v
Timchenko, landscape artist. Next
will come the placing of heavy
tar paper and other protection
wherever sod and plant material.
are to lay.
Tuesday the work of placing ths
sod and assembling the prop.
critics and exhibits will begin
This always constitutes a bottle
neck in big show and it will b.
! Wednesday evening before tn
lattices. fences, walls, railings ant
furniture are in place. The gar
den clubs will begin pushing
their 1900 and modern garden
tomorrow morning. Actually tn,
gardens already have beef
planned and the carpentry worl
done. This. indeed. holds goot
for most of the exhibits, but thu
mass of fixtures must be trans.
ported and set up. Flower ar.
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Pruning Greatly Assists Health
And Form of Eyernreens

Mid March is the ideal time to
prune evergreens and most of them
need this annual care If they are
to remain compact and retain a
good color. Pruning may be done
with the pruning shears in such a
way as to keep their natural form.
Close clipping destroys this ap-
pearance and is hardly in keeping
with the usual dooryard planting.
All evergreens benefit by this care.
Most kinds may be cut almost at
will. However, the terminal shoots
Evening star., 1950-03-19

soil run together and it takes many
freezes and thaws to restore them
to proper physical texture. Soil
should be tested before spading
or raking. If a handful of soil.
after being firmly squeezed. falls
apart when sharply hit with a
trowel or stick the soil is in con-
'dition to be worked. If the ball
is moist or tough it is better to
wait for a few days. In case of
doubt, wait,
Evening star., 1950-03-19
National Flower and Garden Show Bring Brilliant Blooms AroY Thursday

Flo,Der arrangers toiH offer SAG group
ings at the National Flo,per and Garden
Sho,o opening Thursday for a toeek. At left
is suggestive grouping of annuals by the
W. Atlee Burpee Co. BeloD. q central main
stem in grouping OF Rose Mission Bells
accentuates the primness of the figure. At
right, red and gold hybrid n,arigolds grace
copper pitcher.
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a date. Only Marta had had the
chance to refuse him, not once but
many times. For to her, he wasn't
quite real.
Now, with a confident smile, he
dictated: ITO do the town on
Christmas Eve with a lovely young
blonde like you would make this
my most wonderful Christmas. Will
you say, Yes? Devotedly, Garral
Ladd."
ITO whom shall 1 address it?"
asked Marta.
ITO Miss Marta Manning"
Her cheeks grew warm. On the
point of refusal, she remembered
the broken date. I'D be glad to,
Mr.. Ladd."
That evening, on her way home
to dress, she stopped at a nursery
to buy small tree for her apart
ment. The tree, she recalled with
pang of disappointment, that
Colby had promised to bring when
he called. A woman loaded with
bundles was leaving the nursery
with plant identical to the one
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(AMELIA;
AFL0WER
BY John Scott Douglas

Stenographers lowered around as
Marta Manning unwrapped the
package that had just reached the
law offices There were startled
gasps of admiration when the paper
iell away, revealing potted CAM
ella. Large and pure white, except
for crimson touched petals, its
heart was filled with delicate gold
en- stamens.
"Oh, how beautiful Tessie gasp
ed. who sent it, Marta?"
MY boy friend" Marta said. her
tone warm with happiness.
Il didn't know camelias bloomeS
in time for Christmas said Bess.
THE Dai Kaugura does" said
Marta. But it's all crimson. This
must be new hybrid that Colby
Blake stocked for the Christmas
trade"
Could Colby have developed it
himself? she wondered. she re-
membered the day. when he had
been showing her around his mr.
sery that she started to enter q
small, new lath house at the back
Don't go in there Marital" And
then he'd been embarrassed as only
a big re3neaded outdoor man can
be embarrassed by his own rude
ness. Forgive me for speaking SO
sharply. darling You'll understand,
some day."
In the two years since then, he'd
never explained his strange words.
1t was but one Of the things that
had marred a more perfect under
standing. The many broken dates
were another. Engagements he
could not keep because a truckload
Of plants must suddenly be deliv-
cred, or a customer must be seen
about the laying out OF a new gar
den.
For you, Marta said the
switchboard girl The girls dis
perSed as she picked up the phone.
She heard Colby's voice.
Il feel terribly to beg off on
another date, darling. But Roberts
sprained his back lifting a tubbed
tree, and had to go home. About
twenty customers are coming in to
pick up Christmas plants this eve
ming, and someone must be here.
Let me explain, about that cam
ella
Sick with disappointment, shc
said, Never mind and hung up.
Tears pricked her eyes. Wasn't
she ever as important as GUS
toner?
"Garral Ladd wants you to take
a letter." said the switchboard girl.
Any of the other girls would have
gone into a tizzy If he'd suggested
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resembles Santa Claus not in the
least.
Santa Claus, as we know him in
America. never really caught on in
Germany. st. Nicholas comes
around on his liturgical feast day
December g. with his pockets
bullying with candy and nuts and
trinkets. Well and good, but Ger
man parents maintain, as did their
predecessors of the Reformation
era, that the central idea of Christ
mas, the birth of Jesus, should
dominate the observances.
Nor is Christkind depicted as the
Infant Jesus himself, but rather as
his messenger and gift-bearer who
comes to earth at Christmastime
to bring happiness to good chil-I
dren. The Christkind is usually
represented as a child dressed in
white robes, wearing golden
crown and having big, golden
wings.
The first Christmas card was de-
signed in 1845.
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Marta had received that morning.
isn't it lovely?" the woman
asked noticing Marta's glance. It's
the new hybrid developed by the
Blake nursery" And she told Mar
ia its name.
Marta stood stunned when the
woman left. Then, abruptly, she
turned back to her car, thinking,
Il can call Garral Laid later"
She found Colby wrapping red
paper around a pot holding one of
the new Christmas camelias.
Can you forgive me Colby?"
she asked humbly. I'll help wait
on customers SO we can be to-
gether Christmas Eve. You've made
me so proud and happy"
1t was the only name for a
flower SO beautiful, darling"
She felt toucn OF awe as she
stared at the c1melia he was wrap
ping. How like Colby to express
his love by naming it the Marta
Manningl
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ties and securely tied to Christmas
trees, are discovered by Christmas
tree dealers. housewives; and even
enlisted men at naval centers and
military barracks: they come from
places like Renous, village in
New Brunswick, Canada, boasting
total population of IS inhabitants.
The notes range from the wistful
to the desperate, requesting such
things as mamma doll, sled,
a sweater or a pair of overshoes.
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Letters 10 "Santa
Claus" Come from
All Over World

Postoffice officials in Santa Claus,
Ind, are accustomed to overloaded
sacks of mail during the pre-
Christmas rush. Senders want
their cards and gifts stamped with
the famous Santa Claus postmark,
plus thousands of wistful letters
addressed in childish scrawl to
Santa Claus, Santa Claus, Ind"
And then there is the annual
crop of Santa Claus letters writ
ten by youngsters in far-away
places who haven't heard about
Santas permanent address in IN
diana, U.S,A. At least o dozen
versions of the time honored note
in-the-bottle story find their way
into metropolitan newspapers every
year.
The notes, sealed in small bot
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KRIS KRINGLE ISN'T
REALLYSANTACLAUS

Popular notion seems to imply
that Kris Kringle is a German
term of endearment for Santa
Claus. just what motivates this
idea is not at all clear, since Kris
Kringle is really modification of
Christkind who, although endowed
by German legend as a gift-giver,
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