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Evening star., 1951-03-18
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Evening star., 1951-03-29
Young Gives Key 70 City
To Memphis Cotton Girl

Miss Ernestine Jones, 81, the
1851 spirit of Cotton" represent
ing the Memphis (Tenn.) Cotton
Makers Jubilee, Inc, received q
key o'Athe city yesterday from
Commissioner John Russell Young.
Miss Jones, beginning a nine
day tour designed to arouse in
terest in cotton, lives in Memphis
She received a scholarship to
Arkansas State College for her
part in the Jubilee program in
194S. She has studied dramatics
and tailoring, and is interested
in designing.
The Cotton Makers Jubilee,
which Miss Jones represents, is
the colored counterpart of the
Cotton Carnival Association. The
two groups celebrate the annual
Cotton Carnival in Memphis at
the same time.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
BY the Associated Press

AUSTIN, Tex, Mar. 29.-Prohi-
bition lost, but Texas "drys" say
they aren't discouraged.
The State House hearing yes
terday on an amendment to sci
Ia Statewide election on prohibi.
ton was just like the half time
show at football game.
Some 1000 "wets" sat in the
gallery. then together whipped out
big cards saying: "I am against
prohibition
The "drys" were outnumbered
and wore smaller cards that read
simply "WCTU."
The Legislative Committee killed
the amendment, 1876.
Mrs. Claude Devan Watts, State
president of the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union, said: "Ot
course, we are disappointed-but
this unreasonable, undemocratit
act of a hostile legislative CON-
mittee is only a temporary OBJ
stacle in our progress"
c. L. Clark of Houston, one OF
the anti prohibitionists, said
They didn't catch us asleep this
time"
Both sides presented ministers,
The "drys" let Frank Boydstun,
Evening star., 1951-03-29
ADVERTISEMENT.
BRIDGE CLASSES
by FRED L. KARPIN

A rare opportunity to learn
Bridge under one of the country's
foremost experts is offered by the
YWCA. Fred l.. Karpin, author
Of the Point Count System" and
2n editor of "The Bridge World"
'cegins on April a new series of
educational classes for begin
ners, intermediate and advanced
players.
Hannah G. Hill, certified" by
many experts, and a longtime
favorite teacher of prominent
washington groups, will continue
her classes at the WV in new
sections also beginning April 2.
Information, reservations: ME.
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Evening star., 1951-03-29
Prohibition Hearing Resembles
Football Intermissiion Show

Icaptain of last years Baylor Uni
Iversity football team, carry the
ball, too.
The "wets" presented the Rev.
James McLain, now the rector of
an Episcopal church. but the orig
inal DR.. I. @. of radio fame. He
gave a bit of his routine as DR..
I. @. and Knocked 'em dead"
Mr.. McLain said prohibition is
part of a religious conviction and
should not be part of legisla-
Ition.
Mr.. Boydstun said he didn't
know if prohibition would solve
the>liquor problem, but "it cer-
|tainly isn't being solved now"
Walter Green. a former mem
ber of the San Angelo, Tex, police
force. testified more women start
led drinking during prohibition
than at any other time.
The Rev. Sam Morris of San
Antonio, speaking for the pro-
|hibitionists. said: We've started a
fire. And we're going to keep
punching that fire and spread it
to all the forks of the creek"
Evening star., 1951-03-29

Malaga will build a radioteie
phone trunk system to connect
Singapore with other towns.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
B.14 THE EVENING STAR
ADVERTISEMENT.

Washington, D. C.
MARCH 60. 1851
Evening star., 1951-11-25
New Poison Found FornEnginesNeed
Effective on Flies Good Winter Care

With the approach of cold
weather. farmers should give spe-
cial attention to winterizing en-
gines on their farms.
According to Guy w. Gienger.
associate extension agricultural
engineer of the University Of
Maryland. this means changing
oil more frequently, keeping the
battery fully charged and using
approved type anti-freeze.
However. Mr.. Gienger states.
greater attention should be given
to winterizing small engines that
are not normally used during the
cold season. Such engines are
found on combines. balers, spray
rigs. garden tractors and even
lawn mowers. An engine that
runs well today. he warns. may
not be in operating condition next
spring unless it is properly pre-
pared for winter.
To winterize an engine: Drain
the oil and replace with new oil,
clean the air cleaner and fill with
clean oil. check the spacing. on
spark plugs and breaker points,
pour about two ounces of light
oil in each spark plug hole, drain
the gas tank. carburetor, radiator
and engine block. turn over the
engine few times. with the igni-
ton off, to distribute the light oil
around the valves and piston
rings.
Evening star., 1951-11-25

shown by the estimate that hunt
ers and anglers are spending more
than 500 million in Virginia this
year. From an economic stand
point. hunting and fishing have
an impact on the States economy
ranking abreast of the major in
dustries." they report. There are
29S.000 licensed hunters in the
State and their numbers are in
creasing steadily.
Hunting Stimulus.
"The growing gun pressure is
regarded as q stimulus rather
than q discouragement." they say.
Game has suffered greatly in
the past because Of lack Of interest
on the part OF landowners and
independently OF over-shooting
and predators. 1t is a known fact
that Virginia is not producing
enough food and in some cases
cover. to support anything like
the game populations the State
should have II landowners
want more game they can have 1t
with the help Of the commission.
A major objective is to create a
greater desire for upland game on
the part Of the men who own the
land" commission officials say.
Evening star., 1951-11-25
Life in the Country
Whte-Foced Steer Just Dumb Enough
To Let Others Wait on Him

I have a calf out on The 40
Acres that takes the prize for
lack of intelligence.
Now I've always considered
cows pretty smart animals. If you
have a hole in the fence, or the
electricity goes off the electric
fence. an old COW will be the first
to know about it-and you can be
sure as shooting that she will be
out of the field in nothing fiat.
You never hear Of a COW get
ting tangled up in wire, and aside
from the fact that one may fall
In a we'll now and then. they
seem to know pretty we'll how to
take care of themselves.
You can also bet they will be
around at feeding time. and if
you aren't pretty prompt they
will let you know about it.
But this calf-he is white
faced steer about 6 months old,
and he literally hasn't enough
sense to come in out of the rain.
In fact. he seems to enjoy the
Evening star., 1951-11-25
Winterizing the Garden
Necessary Jobs Include Protecting
Plants and Rocking Up the Tools
By W. n. Younqmon

will want to give the added shelter.
Climbing roses should be checked
to make certain they are securely
anchored to prevent their thrash
ing about in winter winds. Well
anchored vines will not be injured
nor will they damage painted
surfaces.
Garden tools might we'll be given
a good cleaning. oiled and stored
for the winter. Those needing re-
pair might we'll be Immediately
shipped off to the shop to be put
in working condition while there
is plenty of time.
Taking Care of Tools.
Power tools need to have the
valves oiled. the gas tanks drained
and the rubber tired ones should
be raised to remove the load from
the tires.
A supply of soil. compost and
sand might we'll be brought in
doors in preparation for starting
flower and vegetable plants in
doors-in order to have an early
garden.
The spading of a part Of the
vegetable garden plot for early
crops may be taken care of when
ever the weather moderates and
the soil is dry enough to be
worked. However. do not put this
job off too long or it may never
be done. It is so important to
have enough space prepared for
the peas. radishes, lettuce, spin
ach. cabbage, onion sets and other
very early planted spring crops.
Fall-spaded soil needs only to be
raked to be ready for planting
and it is workable long before the
unturned soil is dry enough to be
spaded.
Space permits mentioning only
one other chore-the gathering of
pine boughs and other mulching
material needed for those beds
which are to be mulched after the
ground is frozen-to keep it fro
zen. This is for the bulb beds,
perennial border and the straw
berry patch. Such a mulch is
needed to keep the plants from be-
ing pushed out of the ground by
the alternate freezing and thaw-
ing which the normal winter
brings to Washington.
Evening star., 1951-11-25
BY james Birchfield-

goes out with the milk cows, eats
their hay and has a fine time of it.
But the steer just sulks about
the lot, waiting for me to carry
things to him If he wanted to.
he could walk out of the gate and
about Is feet to the spring branch
for his water. But he would stand
there and die of thirst before ne
would find that branch.
OF course. the result is that I
have to carry the water to him.
With the gate wide open. and
drinking water in sight, I have to
wait on this calf-carry him his
water and feed while he just
stands and waits.
I've been thinking. Maybe he
isn't so dumb after all. It could
be that he knows me better than
II know him. Maybe he knows that
If he just stands, III bring his
water to him. and he won't have
to walk those Is feet.
It just could be that / am the
dumb one on The 40 Acres.
x y
I can't say that I particularly
enjoy the wintertime. especially
when the wind blows as hard as
it sometimes does across The 10
Acres.
These mornings when I arise
it takes me about 10 minutes to
get up nerve enough to 60 out
side. OF course, it is never as bad
as I think it is going to be, but
II just haven't yet reached that
hardy stage of bursting right out
of warm house into the cold.
dark morning.
The first thing I do in the
morning is to make a pot Of coffe,
and then I stand and drink q cup
or so getting up my nerve to go
out.
After the coffee is finished I
usually can find another excuse
to keep me inside for few more
minutes. Then I slip out the door
and wonder why it was I hated so
much to leave the house.
| 1t really isn't so cold outside, I
tell myself. and by the time I have
the horses fed and the cows in
side to be MIXED I'm steaming.
A cow makes a good makeshift
stove. and so the milking never Is
so bad. You can always keep your
hands warm. 1t is pleasant, too.
listening to the cows munching
their hay and the horses in the
next stall eating their grain.
| BY the time I have finished it
is beginning to get light in the
East. I am wide awake and the
animals are off to a good start
for another day.
Evening star., 1951-11-25
By Peter booos

the family auto. Both dogs died
Of poisoning within "a hours.
Keep your dog in either heated
or unheated quarters during the
cold months. but never mix the
two. This doesn't mean that a
dog kept In the house shouldn't
be allowed to run out OF doors OF
that a dog kept in an unheated
kennel shouldn't be allowed in
the house occasionally. The dam
ger lies in keeping the animal In
warm room one night and then
in an unheated one the next
Serious and often fatal colds may
result II this is practiced.
@. My wife says we should give
our 7-week- -old pup a bath every
week. Some other friends said
not to. So we are leaving it ur
to you.-G. N.
A. I don't advise giving any dog
bath oftener than once every
month or two. A daily brush will
make q bath unnecessary except
perhaps once or twice q year.
@. How old should a litter ot
pups be before We can take them
from the mother dog and sci
them?-J. r. T.
A. Eight weeks Of age would be
the proper time. However they
can be taken from the mother dog
at six weeks Of age providing they
are eating by themselves.
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Evening star., 1951-11-25

they provide the background. In
selecting trees for the yard it is
desirable that they have a growth
habit in keeping with the type of
construction-rambler two-story,
etc. Ramblers need low-growing,
spreading or round-headed trees,
such as the Towering crabs, mimo-
sa, dogwoods, green ash, etc.
In setting out roses 1t is we'll
to incorporate liberal quantities
Of peatmoss or compost in the
soil. Research studies have shown
that the more humus that can be
mixed with the soil the better the
roses will grow. Also. mix phos-
phate and bonemeal with the soil
at the time of preparation. Phos-
phate does not travel quickly
through the soil so to have a
supply within reach Of the roots,
it must be worked into the soil.
ANS"iy oCt ouG AoSCbuSLICS SIlOulu
have soil heaped up about the
canes to height Of 6 to 10 inches.
This Is to protect the wood from
drying winds. 1t will be removed
in the spring. If the new bushes
were not cut back before receipt
they should be cut back to a
height Of 10 or IL inches now.
This is to reduce the evaporation
which cannot be counteracted by
root action.
Do not let fallen leaves drift
into deep piles upon the lawn.
They may mat down and smother
the grass. Rake them up for de-
posit in compost pile to rot down
and provide valuable material for
soil improvement.
Dry atmosphere and sucking
insects are the two principal
enemies Of house plants. Both can
be taken care of by a weekly
Swinging with cold water. The
Swinging also removes dust which
interferes with normal leaf func-
tioning.
Evening star., 1951-11-25
Some Fertilizers
NAV Be Limited
Supplies Of certain fertilizer ma

Supplies OF certain fertilizer ma
terials will be limited during the
1872 planting season. according
to the best available information
DR.. H. l.. Dunton, head of the
agronomy department at VPI, says
farmers are being advised to order
and accept delivery of fertilizer
as soon as possible. and store 1t
in dry storage on the farm.
The situation may be further
complicated by labor and trans
portation difficulties.
DR.. Dunton says while there
probably will be more fertilizer
available this year than last, 1t
will not always be of the grade
and type the farmer wants.
The materials outlook, based on
the current information from the
fertilizer industry, follows:
Nitrogen-1.35 million tons for
agriculture In 1872. about 8 per
cent more than last year. Most of
the increase will be in nitrogen of
liquid form. Nitrogen in solid
forms will run about 100000 tons,
about the same as last year.
Observation-Disclosures acid
for the making of phosphate fer
tilizers will be limited to 80 per
cent of that used in 1850. Conse-
quentiy. superphosphate produc-
ton will be down 10 to Is per
cent.
Potash--1.6 6 million tons of K2O
or about 13 per cent more than
last year is in prospect. Two ad-
ditional potash plants are under
construction.
Demand for fertilizer is expected
to run as much as 20 per cent
above last years consumption.
Evening star., 1951-11-25
Formula Given
|For Curinq Meat

Good hogs to slaughter" are
the first step in producing the
quality expected in Virginia
country style cured hams and
bacon.
George Herring, animal hus-
bandman at VPI. says meat
type hogs weighing 200 to $50
pounds alive produce quality cuts.
Thin hogs lack flesh quality, and
the heavy. over-fat hogs produce
cuts with too much weight and too
high a proportion of fat to lean.
AS for preservation . form
ulas for curing meat vary. but all
of them contain all or part Of the
following ingredients: salt. salt
peter, sugar or molasses. and pep
per. Salt is the basis of all meat
curing. Saltpeter has some curing
effect and also brings out the red
color In meat. Sugar is used for
flavor and to counteract the hard
ening effect of salt. Pepper is used
for flavoring and may repel insects
to some extent.
A formula in wide use is that
contained in Farmers Bulletin
1876, available from county agents
of from the Agricultural Exten-
sion Service at VPI. 1t lists six
to eight pounds of salt. one and
one half to two pounds of sugar.
and two ounces of saltpeter, for
100 pounds of meat.
Divide the mixture, applying
one half Immediately after the
meat is cut out. half the remainder
for overhauling the meat on the
third day. and the rest on the
tenth day. The time in cure is
two days per pound for hams and
shoulder cuts. but not less than
Is days in any case. A ham
weighing 18 pounds. therefore.
should be cured in. about SO days:
but 10-pound cut should remain
in cure Is days. Bacon should
not remain in cure for quite as
long as hams, because it is thinner
cut. Commercial ready-mixed
formulas are also available.
After curing and smoking. store
meat in a cool, dry place. Cuts
wrapped in paper and put in mus
lin bags will be protected from the
skipper fly. 1t cuts are hung in a
meat house without wrapping. be
sure the building is thoroughly
clean. 1t also needs to be tight
enough to prevent entrance of the
skipper fly. Cover ventilators with
30-mesh screen because the skip
per fly is much smaller than the
house fly.
Evening star., 1951-11-25

rain-and the colder the better.
Now his mate. a little heifer, is
Just as smart as a tack. In fact,
she exhibits all of the charm US
ually associated with the feminine
sex. She goes her own way, and
you can bet she gets what she
wants.
When We first got them, they
were pretty wild. and we had to
keep them in a small lot until they
got used to us. 1t didn't take long
for the heifer to start following
me about at feeding time. but for
the longest time. the steer didn't
have sense enough to eat when I
brought him his feed.
Now. he hasn't got enough in
telligence to go out of the lot
when the gate is open. The heifer
Evening star., 1951-11-25

Allethrin is the coined name of
a new insecticide that is highly
effective against several kinds of
insects, especially house flies. Dis
covery of allethrin as a synthetic
chemical was a result of studies
Of the active insect poison in py-
rethrum by F. B. LaForge and
others in the Bureau of Entomol-
ogy and Plant Quarantine. This
research team determined the
chemical structure of four COM
pounds in pyrethrum and finally
were able to produce allethrin.
H. L. Haller emphasized the
speed with which industry ac-
cepted the results Of this research
and carried it further. Industrial
chemists aided by active co-opera-
ton by the Federal chemists had
allethrin in commercial produc-
ton within a year. This is an
outstanding accomplishment" said
Mr.. Haller. especially when it is
considered that it's preparation
requires at least IL chemical steps.
each necessitating careful chemi-
cal control to insure a good prod
uct and maximum yield. Industry
is to be congratulated for having
done fine job in so short a time. "
The name comes from a COM
bination Of syllables from "allyl''
and "pyrethrin." The effectiveness
Of allethrin against house flies and
mosquitoes is particularly well
come now for two reasons: Cd 1t
provides "stockpile" insurance
against a shortage of pyrethrum
such as occurred during World
War II: and ca development OF
resistance to DDT by flies and
mosquitoes makes an effective al
ternate insect poison valuable.
Evening star., 1951-11-25

Not long ago in this column I
advised readers against swathing
their small dogs in sweaters and
blankets, etc, in winter. except
in cases Of illness.
In reply, I have been taken
sharply to task by many dog
owners who claim that sweaters
and blankets are absolutely neces-
sary for short-haired dogs In cold
weather.
Perhaps they are. but I don't
believe it. II 1t were true, then I
think Mother Nature would have
endowed them with such cover
ings. If you keep your dog NOV
ing briskly when he is out of
doors and If you keep him away
from the fireplace or the radiator
while he is in the house. doubt
IL he will catch cold or be any the
worse for your failure to pile
blankets or woolen sweaters on
him.
I have tested this theory with
pointers and other short-haired
dogs and they have remained in
splendidly rugged health through
out the icy months.
Almost every day my mail brings
me such questions as these:
What breed of puppy shall I
get for my baby son?"- What is
the best breed of dog for a city
f1at?"-"As I am moving to the
country. what kind of dog shall I
buy?"-"I am going to buy a dog.
Some Of my friends recommend
one breed. some recommend an
other. Will you please give me
your opinion?"
There are a dozen answers to
e0AA Va CAiSAA dAIO AOlc Oh tlOSe
dozen is likely to be correct. To
only one out of the whole lot can
I or any one else give even q
halfway sensible reply. The best
dog Tor a city nat as a small one
but I can't tell you what breed
OF small dog 1t should be.
Do your own choosing. Don't
let your friends choose for you.
Study dogs of the various breeds.
then decide which of them you
like the best and 60 ahead and
get him or her. Perhaps you may
make mistake but, at any rate.
1t will be your own mistake and
not one which was forced on you
by some other person.
At this time of year an automo-
bile radiator is filled with anti
freeze. If you own dog and your
car has anti-freeze in it be sure
the radiator hasn't any leaks in
it. Recently friend of mine lost
two cocker spaniel puppies who
Tapped up small amount of anti
freeze which had leaked out of