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CHEVY CHASE, d. C.-Near Chevy
Chase Circle. New brick rambler
built to order for you Builder has
authorized us to take your order and
erect this home on corner lot near
Blessed Sacrament Church. T large
rooms, 2 baths, full bsmt. Gas heat,
S32.950. F. A. TWEED CO.. INC.
1904 Conn. ave. NV, EN-. 1890.
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"GI's ATTENTION"

In the District in the Michigan Park
area-A new group of semidet, brick
homes, with liv. rm., large dining
space, de luxe kit, 3 bedrmS., bath.
1st-fi. powder rm., full basement,
gas heat S1.490 cash. A real op-
portunity. Call ME- 1143 until 8
pm, j. WESLEY BUCHANAN, Real
tor
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CHEVY CHASE, MD, lust of Conn.
ave. between the clubs. This most
attractive Colonial home has lots of
charm and is an excellent value.
Large. centerhall plan; g good-sized
rooms, 2 baths; recreation room;
gas heat; Gear garage. Priced right,
S21, $50. F A. TWEED co. INC,
1904 Conn. ave. NV, EN-. 1890.
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C0LORED-NEW I-BEDROOM APT.
In Deanwood area. MICHAEL &.
SONS. 1911 Eye st. NV. RE. $3.50.
coLoRED-1314 RHODE ISLAND
AVE. N.W.-Apt. No. 8. Large room
with stove and sink: nicely furn.
Couple only. DI. 1850.
18th NV; large studio rm. and kit.
newly furn.; $67.50. all utils. incl.
for quiet cple., no child. AID. 1922
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APARTMENTS UNFURNIsHED

bys stop at door; SOS. Rockville
Alex, I RMs.-Pvt. bath and e en-
astei tFsas. ,usn snnpoFSh eh s7I f ass4 AS5 and
wNcHEsTER APIS, Takoms PARK
snd BATH: TIN 81 M 5o, e. inci GS''s ati: h:'nsF nr
transg; and shopping. sH. 1852
ssis K 81: N.Y. rms. kit; an. sne
only; immed occupancy. See iani'
NEW SeE SnLpiFa. 81 RTsMisei i7os R., ave wls NV
aeesesssao WEAVER BROS fNc.
9Wo-sEDRM. APT, large liv. rm.,
sossrn sinsssts nf m1dsIa STa, kit and beth Y
f. d.s.sss - s sRd 5asS' Ssata ss5 %s; ~ J% S9,
iael RYHS hsSt NTH Ss!ls RH e aSfg EsfFE CONNER
AkLiNGToNNTwo- 6edrm. unfurished
tween 8 and 5. JA. $4,000. lie
BRENTWOOD. MD, 3Sth and Quinc,
sstS st;aGasFe s,1.sEe. m:oste aDt; Tms poss ~ kt
DUNN l. Co. HY. oo4s. @f6
DUPONT CIRCLE AREA-2nd f.. 2
bsdrms.. Nv nm, irepl., mod. equip
kit; bath with shower; S110, incl
sYYtYts Ytti1siss' spRiSc@Redrm, RE; 1oiS; lv la 4m
KIT. and bath; S75 per mo, including
utilities; pvt. home. SH. 4O63 after
ASRRkfMEN1. Ria; ar.t noOr, a-fs@il, fam
bldg. 4434 goth rd.; No. Airing;
ssad heat and Oaan sas turn sso 9SI0re pei
mo, Immediate occupancy. CHI
ARLINGroN - 1-bedrm.. modern
,P SofUnBfA &; fiS BH fb ffl Nws WI 53S2 rooms Sl
KITCHEN and bath; ground floor; rent
jenitor o0 Or phone B. F, SAUL GO.
AGIINGToN.-Nr. Colonial village
and bath. Adults only; SOS a. mo
10 min. to White House and Pent
Apply once 1900 18th St. No.
Arlington Zone blk; SO; Wilson blyd
xliEgH xliiiG e ao6Ms. fh flte2sS Sss4 and aS semi
xRKoMA yoSMs 0fani PARK M MD.@Iiv. CLi rm., din
ette. kit. tile bath; l bedrm.; 81!
70 $50; With 2 bedrms" $50. 81
rfHaGEsKM. rfHsG Essfo1sfi 2Pr.; liv. rm., bedrm
stores, bus. Call It'll pm, Gil
MaYiHSTrrsuLLE-4 rms. basement
adults only; no pets; $3.50. UN
cESnfER snfhi ARL.-Lovely 1-bedrm. apt.
cple. or 2 girls; unusually quiet
shopping center; $3.50 mo. KE
oSSIselBBGeDRM oSse.lBBGeDRM. APT; pvt. bath, ise
iiV. rm.; End door, pvt. home; avail
April Il ne. section, on 2 buslines
DEsrRAsiE DEei 1Hst Alexandria apt. avail
inmed: for married cple; or famil il;
sn n o. Tssa bsdrn nO0f kit re.i and s bath; se75
incl. utiI. OV. 0l99 after g pm. .
ALExANDRIA--;Bedrm.. liv: rm:; d
nette, kit. bath. Utils. furn. S7l ;5t
ASo1 o41a' 4th ST. NV, corner house
rm.. 2 bedrms. and kit. semi-bath
MfATTsViLLE. S85 mo. i-bedrm, apl
SonS; To- e %transp;; etc; H IooA CARLY
ESYafTsvLE Es's65 MD TS Ssos BOGS 4snd aYe
Pc luxe 1,bedrm:: apt. IN apt. bids
$ssf,tG5 f mo, mo, sE1pENssPiNNSER@. Spinner r. Real Eii
ooS+vENtENT osoSS+ MAi = . OiPENrAGoN, block locks OF
Liv. rm.. bedrm.. kit, dinette, BATH
$e5. Call DI. 7740 to-day; Sat 9-1G
WTLLSTON (SOUTH)
04o4 Lee blvd. Falls Church. Va
Immediate occupancy, new l and
hedrm.
UnfurniShed Apartments
HNeDENT MANAGER ON PREMISE
FA. b540
JAMES A. HEWITT
Prop. Management Corp.
AFRO Eye St. NV. ST. 23e
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WHEATON

11713 Gait ave. Desirable Groom,
condition; large lot. back yard
fenced; full basement; convenient
stores. schools, church, transporta-
ton. $3.50 perwmonth.
E. S. PRICE & co.
1901 Georgia Ave.
Lo. 5-1231 Lo. 5-o315
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

BEAUTY SALON, air-cooled, fully
equipped, ready to operate; wonder
full location; reasonable rent. viii
sacrifice. Call AID l717.
RESTAURANT with liquor license;
doing, good food and bar business.
taurant. corner 9th and K sts. NV.
GROCERY STORE, for lease, fully
equipped modern grocery store. hard
ware, dry goods, off sale beer and
wine; doing, good business; large
mi. west OF Wash, d. c., on Route
80 Must buy stock. estimated around
$4,000; Write P. o. Box IL. Chan
TELEyisIoN. appliances. gift shop
many years. Reasonable. BOX l24-X,
SERVICE ROOM. grocery and news
stand concession in large apt. build
ing. Small overhead. Good oppor-
tunity for gentle couple. Must have
food TSslx personal stnT references. 3 Box
GRoG. mr. P'"I; b. c.; 1oo-ft. frontsse;
property. business sep. if desired.
Hillside 94s7; ewes. 10. s-9de5,
DELICATEssEN, well established.
ton on Wis ave. No fresh meats.
Easy store to run. Weekly volume
$1,000: To see, cali MI Brown,
With YEooNAs REALTY. GIL. 21oo,
SELF SERVICE GROCERY and
owner has other interests. Doing
$1,000 Wkly. bus; Only $500
brokers': sTt ISao Call evenings after 5;3o'
A NICE BUSINESS of your own; large
mobile market. complete with fix
lures, stock and territory. A real
buy. Also one mobile market bus
with deep freeze, no stock; S275.
Call Rockville 34s4. is
GAS STATIONS; in very good loc.,
on R. I. ave. ne; will sell stock,
because of bad health. For further
information. call co. 5000 -lg
with soda fountain.
for sale in one Of the best sec
rsasonable Ttaa0 rent. Call OWNER; 0RA,
LaMP AMP AND SHADE sHoP-pown- o
town. Circumstances neceSsitate the
sale Of this business Immediately.
sMfTH ysTE low D1 rent 044o MILTON GOLD
FROZEN CUsTARD DRIvE-INi fully
ern home; double garage: on one
acre of commercial ground: high
way to beaches. Selling price much
less than cost. Call Annapolis 54b5.
RESTAURANT - One of Virginia
Beach'S finest restaurants, includ-
ing separate grill located in the
heart OF town; completely equipped,
priced to sell quick. DoYLEs REAL
ESTATE. Exclusive, Agents. Phone
2791 or 1130-M. Member of Ma
tional Business Brokers Clearing
DEIiCATEssFN. ifTidy KOSHER Modern
shopping center. Air Conditioned.
Guarantee $1,000 weekly business,
RAFFELL REAL ESTATE. SH,1l03
HARDWARE sToRE-Long establish
nearby Md. area. Lge. store. well
stocked: good lease A gold mine.
RAFFELL REAL ESTATE, sH. hob
DRY CLEANING STORE, fully equip.
NV. section. Phone GE. 9S55.
HALF INTEREST in a good going
frozen custard business Phone, JU,
HALF INTEREST in a gas station.
now being CONSTRUCTED. Must know
business. Phone JU, 7-6931. lis
HALF INTEREST in real estate and
gas business. Very good investment.
Substantial cash required. JU,
1881. is
GAS STATION, garage; attractive
lease. stock. equipment 5 for s.
A growing community" on main hwy
10 minutes from S. s. SH. 1903.
-i7
PARTNER NEEDED for going concern !:
excellent retail store: splendid op-
portunitv for alert, conscientious
man: $1,000 cash required.
KAY REALTY CO, INC, RA. 2o00
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FAIRFAX. VA.

FAIRFAX, VA.
Lovely large new 3-bedrm. masonry
rambler, Beautifully equipped with
attached gar. Quiet area Of nice
homes. Immediately available $500
per mo. McDIARMID. selective real
estate. Phone Wanna 1891. lis
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COOPERATIVE APARTMENTS
LUXURIOUS
OPEN SUNDAY. %
1901 WYOMING AVE. NV.

1901 WYOMING AVE. NV.
rm.. lge. kit. with pantry. recep.
hall and : closets, makes this one
of the finest co-operatives ever Of
fered Priced at less than S24, 600
with substantial cash. See Mr.
Dowell. on premises Sun, or call
GE. O420 or RE. 1897.
HOME REALTY co.
1920 Pa. Ave. NV. is
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HOUSES FOR sALE-h.W.

UNIVERSITY PARK
Semidet., rms, gar. in bsmt.; ex-
eel. loc. Near schools and shopping
Bus at door. Don't miss this. R. H.
BEST, INC, WI. 3633; ewes, OIL.
AMER. UNIV. PARK-Lge., dignified
old det. shingle; rms, firepl.,
pantry, porch. Beautiful, lge. lot,
60Xl20. Very reasonable; terms.
Also CAPE COD RAMBLER, brick
4 bedrms., 9 baths, liv. rm., kit,
bsmt., in Nd. $4,000, terms.
GIBRALTAR REALTY, DI. $500.
BRIGHTWOOD-Semidet. brick A.
bedrm. home. Conv to Ga. ave.
Has large yard and gear brick gar
Nice cond; CONGRESS REALTY
BRIGHTWOOD-Near Calvin Cool
idge High; charming 6-room de-
tached brick. Rec, rm.. screened
porch. flrepl., det. garage, excellent
cond S20950. Terms. RAFFELL
REAL ESTATE. SH. 1103 It'll 8.
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HOUSES TO SHARE

RESPECTABLE GIRL to share nicely
furnished house with 3 others; 5
min. ride to Pentagon; rent reas
Avail April /, OW. 1850 after
WIDOW, in Spencerville, Md, will
share modern home with working
cple. Phone Ashton 6297; If no
answer, Ashton BOIL Is
WILL SHARE HOME with couple in
exchange for housekeeping help.
Call FA. S479 after Friday. 9 pm
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HOUSES FOR SALE-N.W.
BRIARCLIFF BEAUTY

Handsome white brick, center-hall
Colonial residence in this choice,
restricted location; built in 1910 TO
dom S.a4eaFn 4s 0I eIcellenSe Enat sell
and finely appointed; spacious
rms. 312 baths. 4 fireplaces. attrac-
tive clubroom, servants quarters,
2-car butlt-in garage, gas heat; in
fast room. Ewes, cali RA. 1924,
FRANK S. PHILLIPS, DI, l4ll.
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rNfS15 SooM' sCoFT RlTcHEN kEf AN1 hR5 saGH aTEn
shower. .$4.60 to $3.50 per day fol
Completely furnished apt. tub and
or 9: full hotel service; no time
limit 800 goth st. NV. MA. 6426
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HOUSES FOR sALE-N.w.
COLORED
DOCTOR

Prestige, value and prominence of
location offered here; large home in
worth area. Transportation prac-
tically at door; price S49,75O; terms,
Mr.. Hunter, MA $500; ewes, GIL.
52s5. BOSS & PHELPS, INC. 1417
X st NV II
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CLEVELAND PARK
Near Bureau of Standards. spacious,
well-built older home. Convenient to
transportation. Living rm. with
woodworking fireplace, large dining
rm. and kitchen, bedrm. or den on
first floor; bedrns.. . baths on
2nd floor; fireplace in master bed
rm. Three bedrooms. one bath on
Bird floor. Full easement, gas h.-w.
heat, det. garage. Some renovating
required, For appt. call OR. 140S,
MI. 1901. D. A. HANES co. INC,
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BRIGHTWOOD

Attractive; modern. S-rm.. semide
High. Lovely. fenced yard; detached
garage. Priced to sell: terms. Call
Mr.. Barbour, CAMPANELLA g. CO.,
Elk. Alb; eyes, AP o363 Ia
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BRIGHTWOOD-VACANT
Rittenhouse st.-Detached, bed
rms. 2 baths. auto. heat. etc. Being
completely redec. Reasonable down
payment. Priced low. Ewes, call
RA. 94OO.
Daniel Diener & Co., ST. 1881
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Colored, Doctor or Dentist
Vicinity 18th and N SITS. NV; front
with street-level windows; needs to
be remodeled reasonable rent to
right party. DOROTHY X. WIN
STON g. CO., ST. ALL; ewes, SH,
7446. -17
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MICHIGAN PARK
MICHIGAN PARK

1918 Upshur ST. n.e.-Colonial front
semidet. brick. rms; In very good
cond.; oil h.-w.h.; , screened rear
porches; det. garage; conv location,
near Gu. campus, school Priced for
immed. sale with terms. For appt. to
inspect, call Mr.. Curling, with R
6-776S.
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BLK. l1th ST. NE.
l0-RM. BRICK INCOME PROPERTY
Beaut., clean kits, 2 baths, front
and rear entr. to bsnt.; oil h.-w.h.;
front porch; detached garage. A real
family. Mrs. Cox. VI. Sl36. ATLAS
REALTY. ST. 1868. Ewes. Ii.
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COLORED
VACANT

ONLY $3.50 DOWN
Mr.. goth and BENNING RD NE.
Owner must sell this 6-rm -and-bath
row brick home with full bsmt. and
gas h.-w.h.: newly decorated.
SURETY REALTY CO., AID. 053i
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23
By Joachim Joesten

BY joachim Joesten
includes all GermanS-note the tim
ing involved In the creation Of the
new Association Of German Soldiers.
While the foreign ministers of Ger
many's Western former enemies got
together to discuss new measures of
German independence, millions of
ex-soldiers got together under the
leadership Of 10 former Nazi gen.
erals. To some Germans. the coin
cidence is too pat to be genuine.
The top man of the association.
in name at least, is clean of political
faint. but every inch the German
professional officer. He is Hans
Friessner, whose colonel-general rank
in the last war corresponds to that
of four-star general in the United
States Army. Gen. Friessner has
only lately come to prominence in
the association, fact which causes
some Germans to believe he is q
f1gurehead. The early sparkplugs-
many of whose regulations are
rather unsavory-have relinquished
titular leadership to Gen. Friessner.
but retain membership on the groups
powerful executive board.
MonteuffeI Of the Bulge
The association, as a matter OF
fact, is an amalgam of earlier wet
Grams" organizations created by the
men who now are on the executive
board. There is, for example, Gen.
HaSso-Eckart Won Manteuffel, a lead
er of the Crossdeutschland Division
Hitler's Flying Fire Brigade" - in
the Battle of the Bulge. After the
war he organized the mysterious
Observation-Disclosures.
Another strange figure is Gen.
Hermann Bernhard Ramcke, head Of
"the Green Devils" an organization
of paratroop veterans which claims
a membership of 100000. Gen.
Ramcke once was sentenced by a
Franch court to five years as war
criminal A few weeks later he was
released.
Another paratroop sleader, Gen.
Kurt Student. also figures in the
membership of the board.
Even more on the sinister side are
the names of Gille and Hansen. The
former. onetime general in the
Waffen-SS. speaks for diehard core
of discredited Nazis. while the latter
is former admiral and the son-in-
law of the top Nazi sailor, Admiral
Erich Raeder.
Every segment of Germanys erst-
while armed might is represented on
the executive board. The Afrika
Korps, which fought so bitterly In the
desert against Montgomery and
Patton, has its man-Gen. Ludwig
Cruewell, successor in the desert to
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. And
probably the most widely known OF
all Ia Col. Gen. Heinz Guderian. army
chief Of stan from AT gust. 1914. until
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23

goes the painters of the future will
know what they are missing when
they look at American landscapes of
the past. The birch has fascinated
painters of such differing idioms as
Gardner Symons, Maurice Fender
CAST and Rockwell Kent.
When the vacationist's story was
checked with the experts of the
Forest Service in the Department of
Agriculture 1t was found that 1t was
all too true. Those practical gentle
men are much concerned over the
possible loss Of o forest tree that is
very valuable for its wood.
Wood Turner'S Loss
Birch tools easily and stains beau
tifully. The wood of the white, or
paper. birch is softer and not in
clined to split after it leaves the
lathe. The spool on which thread is
sold is likely to be made of the
white birch. also the clothespin.
The yellow birch is a favorite for
veneerS. 1t is an important material
in the new plywood industry Doors
of mahogany color are likely to be of
birch veneer. Some rs million feet
of birch are used annually by the
veneer industry.
Birch is a stable element in the
amalgam of wood fiber that makes
our newsprint. And it is also used
in making crossties for railroads.
These are some Of the reasons why
the Forest Service is so concerned
about the birch. The loss Of the
birch will not mean the destruction
of any of our hardwood forests be-
cause. as the chestnut did, the birch
grows in company with other hard
wood trees and some Of the conifers.
Birch is usually found mixed with
maple and beech, and sometimes with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23

MUNICH-The threat Of resurgent
Nazlism in the form OF German
veterans organization Is casting a
pail over the reconstruction Of West
ern Germany along democratic lines.
Called the Association Of German
Soldiers" and sparkplugged by Is
former Nazi generals, this group has
attracted millions of World War II
veterans. Many German observers
fear that the association will muster
considerable influence when West
Germany regains it's virtual auton-
omy under the pending peace con-
tract" The possibility that this group
and others like it may sabotage the
Bonn government-much as World
War I groups worked against the
Weimar government before Hitler
is one that worries West German
leaders.
It is significant that while many
prominent German war leaders are
identified with the group. two top
commanders from World War II have
been left out. They are Gems. Hans
Speidel and Adolf Heusinger-the top
military advisers of the Bonn gov
eminent.
Perhaps, many Germans believe.
there is something else that makes
Speidel and Heusinger ineligible in
the eyes of the associations leaders.
Both were identified closely with the
1914 plot against the life of Adolf
Hitler. Gen. Speidel has gone on
record about his anti-Hitler activities
in a book published in the United
States last year and in Germany a
few years earlier,
Veterans and Soldiers
On the face of it, the "Verband
Deutscher Soldaten" looks like a
legitimate veterans organization. But
it is significant to many Germans
that in a language where there are
at least two expressions for the Eng
lish word veteran" neither is used
in the name of the organization.
"Deutscher Soldaten," they point out,
means German soldiers-and a Ger
man soldier is not the same thing as
a German ex-Soldier.
The significance of veterans Or
ganization in Germany can be vastly
different from that of one in the
United States. American groups,
while they can and often do WELD
tremendous political power, do not
have behind them the "Freikorps"
tradition. In Germany, however.
especially after World War I, ex-
soldiers banded together in so-called
"Freikorps" which often as not were
tightly disciplined trouble making
mobs. Hitler's rise to power is said
to be due, at least in part, to the
activities of Bavarian "Freikorps' In
reaction against the Bolsheviks
around Munich.
Germans who fear the @esurgence
Of Naziism-and this byvno means
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23
Science and the Farmer
Agricultural Research Does Yeomon's Work in Giving
Nation New Comforts and Continued Prosperity
By William A. MiIIen

The idea of making a silk purse
out of sow's ear still may be in the
realm of fantasy, but science, indus
try, Government and the farmer are
cooperating in ventures hardly less
spectacular.
With SAL million in Government
money being spent this year by the
Agriculture Department on research
and with 5000 scientists working to
make the agricultural economy more
ef6cient-it is not surprising that
new crops and new products are TAX
ing their places in the Nations mar
kets.
Much of the Agriculture Depart
ment's work is carried on in connec-
ton with State agriculture expert
ment stations. And, once new crop,
product or technique is standardized,
industry takes over to make it avail
able to the great American consumer.
The result? Mr.. and Mrs. Public get
more and better things for their
money. John Farmers bank account
grows. Industry proSpers through in
creased sales. Science chalks up an
other victory in the battle to know
all. And Government benefits. not
only through greater tax revenues,
but also because the general econo-
my is sounder.
Chain Reaction
All those results may sound pretty
far-reaching to have come from a
small advance in farming and indus
trial knoW-hoW. And they are far
reaching, that is the chain-reaction
effect that is felt in close-knit econ
orny such as ours.
Take such simple thing as a loaf
OF bread. Were it not for research
loaf would cost many times its
present l6 cents. Rust diseases would
cause periodic wheat shortages. But
scientists have figured out way to
beat this blight, and have developed
rust-resiStant varieties. So the aver
age American continues to get his
loaf OF bread at about the same
price year after year.
In the medical field Agriculture
Department scientists discovered a
IlcIIlOO Ol uldSS- PI OOuC1LlS pc1lClllln.
Now the United States is using 10
tons of penicillin a month. Into the
making of this drug now go $50 mil
lion worth of agricultural products
annually. This includes sugar OBJ
tanned from cows milk.
Another milk by-product. casein,
is now being made into air filters for
automobile carburetors. The new
filter saves valuable metals for the
defense push. officials said.
Curled casein flament has high
resillency that makes it useful in
other lines. such as stufflng for furni-
ture. And this opens up the promise
of numerous industrial uses for the
j. WHY mix product. Casein hair cloth
employed in stiffening in women's
and mer. suits is another use for
this product Research is improving
casein fiioers for various textile uses.
But scientists point out that this
use Of milk products is not taking
food from the mouths of children
These products are the leftovers Of
such dairy processes as butter-mak-
ing, and would be wasted or fed to
Gigs 4 not otherwise used.
Ca an already Ii an established
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23
By George Kennedy

A summer traveller has returned
from vacationland with disturbing
report that the birches are dying out
In Maine and the Maritime Provinces
Of Canada.
An unknown disease is killing IS
per cent of the birches east of the
Kennebec. For some reason, that
river seems to bound the main cpl
demic area. But increased birch
mortality has been noted in New
Hampshire, Vermont and New York.
The thought of the loss of the birch
Is chilling one. The chestnut's fate
suggests the distinct possibility that
trees with pure white trunks no
longer will adorn the woodland scene.
When was boy early in the CEN
fury in Western New York, it was not
the frost on the ground that ended
the barefoot season-it was the
prickly chestnut burrs.
Every one liked the small native
American chestnut and every county
that had hills at all had Chestnut
Ridge" The little chestnut meats
had far more flavor than the big,
meaty Italian variety grown in Cali
fornia and they were harder to re-
move from the shell. But all the
children in the family would gladly
pitch in on the tremendous task of
Smelling peck of chestnuts if chest
nut dressing was promised for the
Thanksgiving turkey.
Where are the chestnuts today?
From seed or root the chestnut shoots
grow to height of feet or so. Some
Of them bear burr or two-and the
little chestnutS inside are so rare as
to be exhibited as curioS at county
fairs. Finally, the nursery-size tree
let dies of the same mysterious blight
that killed off all the chestnuts in
the World War period.
What would we do without the
birch? The birch rod has been
spared long ago. In schools where
the palm of the evildoer's hand still
has to take it, teachers more likely
use sycamore. the hardwood from
which the foot ruler is made. But
what about birch beer?
Lovers Loss
And what will lovers do without
that white bark on which a boy can
record his undying affection In the
form Of an arrow-pierced heart?
And how much will children miss
II their parents can no longer buy
them the favorite of all souvenirs.
the little birch bark canoe? No
longer will they be able to play that
1t is the canoe of their favorite
1ndian-"Forth upon the Gitche
Gumee-On the shining Big-Sea-
Water-In his birch canoe exulting-
AL alone went Hiawatha."
What will our poets do? Surely
there will always be nature poets but
they will be poorer without the birch.
No longer will they conceive little
gems about this beautiful tree as did
Robert Frost when he wrote:
"When ! see bircfes bend to LETT
and right,
Across the line of straighter, darker
trees,
] like to think some boys been
swinging them.
But swinging doesn't bend them
dotDn to stay as ice storms do"
Could Sarah Orne Jewett write as
beautifully today about the woods
Of her native Maine now that the
birches are dying or dead?
And our painters? If the birch