davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1953-06-21
Lower Prices Seen
ForMary|and / Farmers
During Rest Of 1853

Maryland farmers can look
forward to generally lower prices
for farm products in the remain
der Of 1853, according to agri-
cultural economists at the Uni
versity of Maryland. In their
midyear price trend and mar
keting prospect report issued this
week, they point out that
farmers costs are expected to
remain high, resulting in lowered
net income.
Although some commodities
may bring better prices than last
year, the average Of all commod-
tiles is expected to be lower.
Continued full. employment,
high wages and consumer. in
come will tend to keep ddMestic
demand high, but declining ex-
ports are not expected to pick
up to previous levels.f Larger
supplies Of most farm commodi-
ties. along. with. reduced 1expoGts,
have contributed TO q general de-
cline in farm prices.
Price Index Dropped.
The index Of prices received
by farmers dropped IL per cent
between April Is, 1852, and the
same date this year, while the
index Of prices paid by farmers
dropped only 3.5 per cent during
the same period.
The decline in Maryland was
due mainly to a drop of "a per
cent in the price Of beef cattle
and ~ per cent in the price Of
calves. Other major Maryland
commodities with prices below
last years are: Milk, down 8
per cent; corn, IA per cent;
wheat, IL per cent. and potatoes.
16 per cent.
Prices Of some farm commodi-
ties which are less abundant
than last year are averaging
higher. Farm price Of hogs is
UP % per cent; eggs, 18 per cent;
apples. IS per cent, and soybeans,
4 per cent.
The report on price trends and
market prospects for the second
half Of 1858 covers milk, poultry
and eggs, livestock. fruits and
vegetables for both processing
and fresh market.
Evening star., 1953-06-21
DDT Protects EIms
From Dutch Disease

To prevent attack by Dutch
elm disease, healthy elm trees in
infected areas should be sprayed
with a DDT solution, says plant
pathologistS at the University Of
Maryland. The first application
of spray for Dutch Elm disease
control should be applied early
in spring-if possible before the
leaves appear.
Directions for mixing and US
ing sprays recommended for this
purpose are included In Leafiet
No. 329, Control Of Dutch Elm
Disease and Elm Phloem Ne
croSis," prepared by the Agricul-
tural Research Administration of
the Agriculture Department.
Evening star., 1953-06-21
Mix
For Beef Studied

From the standpoint of quail
ity Of herbage. clover mix
lures have apparently been some
what better than pure grasses
for beef cattle in . test which
has been underway at VPI Agri-
cultural Experimental Station
for three years.
However. DR.. Roy Blaser.
agronomist at the station. says
all of the mixtures were sat
isfactory" from the standpoint
Of quality. Six species and mix
lures Kentucky 81 fescue-ladino
clover. orchard grass-ladino
clover. orchard grass-lespedeza-
redtop. orchard grass alone. and
Kentucky 81 fescue alone-are
being tested with steers. Aim
of the study is to determine the
quality of pastures as shown by
the daily liveweight gain. and on
carrying capacity as shown by
the number of animals carried
per acre. Seasonal distribution
of herbage is also being studied.
DR.. Blaser said the experiment
viii be continued for at least
three more years.
For the past three-year period
the pasture and animal daily
gains per day were as follows:
Orchard grass ladino clover,
1.23 pounds; Kentucky 81 fescue-
ladino clover, Ill pounds; Ken
lucky bluegrass-Virginia white
clover, 1.16 pounds; orchard
grass redtop lespedeza. 1.21
pounds; orchard grass topdressed
with nitrogen fertilizer, 10
pound, and Kentucky 81 fescue
topdressed with nitrogen ferti-
lizer. .98 pound.
Data on the carrying capacity
in pounds Of beef per acre were
as follows: Orchard grass, $50
pounds: Kentucky 81 fescue, 289;
orchard grass-ladino clover, $50
pounds; Kentucky 81 fescue-
ladino clover, 282 pounds; Ken
lucky blue grass-Virginia white
clover. 228 pounds. and orchard
grass redtop lespedeza, 173
pounds.
The total gains of steers for
the three-year period from this
same experiment were as follows:
Orchard grass, 238 pounds; Ken
lucky 81 fescue, 284 pounds; Or
chard grass-ladino clover, 302
pounds; Kentucky 81 fescue-
ladino clover, 800 pounds; Ken
tucky bluegrass-Virginia white
clover, 270 pounds, and orchard
grass redtop lespedeza, 205
pounds Of beef per acre.
Evening star., 1953-06-21

are q considerable number of
good quality varieties that are
inexpensive and that produce
blooms much superior to the
older ones.
The vegetable garden Is be-
ginning to get into high gear
after a slow start. The cold
weather retarded beans, toma-
toes and other warm-weather
crops so that early harvests are
not possible this season. How
ever, succession paintings should
not be overlooked. Regular
paintings are necessary of beans,
sweet corn, beets and carrots to
provide for continuous harvestS
of tender. succulent vegetables.
The home garden is not worth
the effort unless top-quality har-
vests are obtained.
Wet, muggy weather has made
the control of diseases unusually
difficult this season, but the gar
dener should not give up in de-
spair. This is especially true for
the roses whose vitality and win
ter hardness depend to a large
extent upon the control of black
spot. Even though the early
leaves are lost to this disease the
new ones should be protected so
that they will function and pro-
duce the strength needed. Fer
mate, or more properly "Fer-
bam," is the best fungicide for
the control of blackspot. It is
available both as a dust and as
a wettable powder.
Do not neglect to give the wis
tarias q summer pruning as need
ed. This chore is necessary both
to keep them within bounds and
to stimulate flower bud forma-
ton. The harder the pruning
the better they seem to do. Re-
move all of the shoots that start
near the ground.
The summer pruning of spring.
towering shrubs is a desirable
practice but it should be done
shortly after the Towering sea-
son ends 80 that the new shoots
will have space to properly de-
velop. Most gardeners prefer to
do this job after the leaves have
fallen so that they can easily
see where to cut. But for the
best results it should be a sum-
mertime job.
Keeping the compost pile
moist enough for decomposition
to take place has not been a
problem this summer. However,
nitrogen should be added to sup
ply the bacteria that do the job.
# nitrate Of soda or sulphate
Evening star., 1953-06-21
Towering Crobsfor Shade
These Ornamental Trees Moy Be Used
Successfully for Shade as Well as Beauty
By W. H. Younsmon
OoFdan Editor. q

CrabappleS, because Of their
attractive spring bloom. are usu-
ally considered for their orna-
mental value only. Some Of
them. however, are Of ! such
height when mature that they
might well be considered for
framing the house. a. well as
providing shade. Thus. it might
be noted. they have q secondary
value. which u almost as great
- the hower display.
There are. Q great many varie-
ties OF the Towering crabs (Ma-
lus) from which to make selec-
tons.
Some are comparatively low
growing and are more useful In
the shrub border than elsewhere.
Others are Of moderate height.
seldom reaching more than 20
feet at maturity.
The taller. growing varieties,
those that exceed as feet ut full
stature, are the ones most suit
able for planting on either side
Of the house to serve aS q frame
work. Or they may be planted
about the yard to provide shade
or to serve as q wtndbreak.
These taller growing varieties
are ideal for the modern ram
bier" where q tall-growing tree
would tend to "fiatten the
house."
Immune to BOreF.
The crabapples have one
other merit, at least when COM
pared with the Towering
cherries-they are immune to
the work Of the peach-tree borer.
Admittedly, the Towering crab
are subject to the same insects
that attack apples. 50 II you
want to use the crabapples for
jelly or pickles, they will need
to be protected from the cod
ding moth and other apple pests.
Most gardners grow the crab
apples for their bloom and do
not consider the fruit.
The choice of varieties for the
home grounds may be made &C
cording to color and size of
flowers, although some will be
Evening star., 1953-06-21

The Michigan Park Garden
Club announces the election Of
the following officers: Francis
I. Peck, president: Mrs. Evan
Griffith and Mrs. Leonard
Thomas, vice presidents: Miss
Nella Jean Swenson, recording
secretary: Mrs. William g. Pilson.
corresponding secretary, and Mrs.
Paul G. Darcy. treasurer.
Evening star., 1953-06-21


use the 5-10-5 fertilizer.
It is not too early to prepare
cutting bed for azaleas. An
excavation 8 or 4 inches deep is
desirable so that the roofing
media will not dry out. Also
surround the excavation with 10
or 12-inch-wide boards, set on
edge. to protect the cuttings
from drying winds. Also the
board will provide the desired
support for winter protection. A
hafl-and-haif mixture of sand
and peatmoss is the recon-
mended roofing media for azalea
cuttings. The cuttings should
not be taken until the new
growth has begun to ripen-
will crack when bent at q As
degree angle.
Much Of the crabgrass prob
lem can be prevented if the
lawnmower is set to cut at a
height of ~ to 2 inches in
height. A light top dressing of
compost and fertilizer will also
help. II the gardener does not
care to take these two steps he
must use chemicals to kill the
crabgrasS and this should be
done before the crabgrass
reaches a size that smothers the
bluegrass. Potassium cyanate
and phenly-mercuric acetate are
recommended for this purpose by
the specialists.
White clover is appearing in
many lawns although the
gardener did not knowingly sow
it. The probable explanation is
that the seed arrived via a
winged-carrier, or that the
dormant seed has finally germi-
mated under favorable conditions.
If unwanted the white clover As
easily exterminated with 2, 4-D.
It is not too late to "bag'
grapes to protect the fruit from
insect injury. Grapes seldom
ripen free from insect injury In
this area without this protection.
w. H. Y.
Evening star., 1953-06-21

Now is a good time to check
fields for wet spots you plan to
drain later.
Evening star., 1953-10-07
BY the Assoeioted Pres.

TOKYO, Oct. 7.-Gen. Mark
Clark left today for home and
retirement with the hope and
prayer that the armiStice which
we have signed will bring peace
to this part Of the world"
Gen. Clark's last good-by as
he boarded his plane was to the
old friend who succeeds him as
commander of the United States
Forces in the Far East and the
United Nations in Korea. Gen.
John E. Hull.
The command changed at 9
a m, the moment the wheels of
Gen. Clark's four-engine Con-
stellation left the runway at
Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
In a farewell message to the
United States and United Ma
tions forces which he had COM
manded since May IL, 1852, Gen.
Clark said he was finding his
good-by more difficult than he
had expected.
Notes Fight Against Aggression.
mot alone because it is the
final one of my Army career, but
because ! am reluctant to sever
my direct association with so
noble a cause as that personif1ed
by the United Nations COM
mand," Gen. Clark said.
This struggle against Com
munist aggression, in which you
and I have taken part-and
Evening star., 1953-10-07
Clark Leaves Tokyo to Retire,
Hopes for Peace in Orient

which will continue to demand
your utmost vigilance and fidel-
ity-is unique in the history of
mankind. Never before has a
strong group. of nations, acting
under the authority of a per-
manent world organization and
by the free will of it's members,
fought together to achieve world
freedom and world democracy"
The 57-year-old Clark, who will
retire at his own request Octo-
ber 81, told newsmen he was
leaving with the utmost conf
dence in Gen. Hull and what he
will do here in this command"
Dignitaries See Departure.
Gen. Clark and Mrs. Clark said
good-by to about so United States
and United Nations officers and
dignitaries, including Japan's
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida,
who had come to see them off.
He shook hands with an air
policeman standing guard, then
he waved and called "good-by
and thanks" to airmen a few
yards away.
Then, to the man succeeding
him as supreme commander, he
called:
"Good-by. John, thanks"
Gen. Clark's plane will fly to
San Francisco by way of Homo
lulu. The General and Mrs.
Clark will remain in San Fran
cisco five or six days before going
on to Washington.
Evening star., 1953-10-07
Patients Not Exactly
People, Doctor Says

Patients are not exactly people
because they're not exactly them
selves.
Something has gone wrong
somewhere, and the patient-who
was once a person-is no longer
the master of himself.
About $50 secretaries, nurses
and receptionists picked up these
tips last night on the people they
deal with in local doctors of
fees.
They attended a dinner for
doctors Office staffs, sponsored
by the District Medical Society
in TN Hotel Statler. The occa-
sion was the first such dinner
staged by the local medical So
ciety and believed to be the first
in the United States.
DR.. w. w. Bauer. director of
the Bureau of Health Education
OF the American Medical Society
spoke to the Office workers on
patients and impatience."
Accounting for some of the
strange ways of the patient. Dr..
Bauer also said the patient "ex-
poets the doctor to materialize
out Of thin air" when he asks to
see him Immediately.
He added to the Office workers
that the doctor also has his
weaknesses and is human.
Hes rushed, tired and over
worked he said.
To make the waiting room a
little more enjoyable, DR.. Bauer
suggested, keep the place
clean"
Evening star., 1953-10-07
Dispersal Of Hospitals
From A-Bomb Areas
Urged by Peterson

The Federal Government
should not put another nickel
into the building of hospitals
that would be constructed in
likely A or H-bomb target areas.
Val Peterson, Administrator of
Civil Defense, feels.
Mr.. Peterson said the con-
struction of hospitals near the
center of cities is SILLY" in view
of the constant threat of at
tack.
The former Governor of Ne
braSka spoke at a luncheon
yesterday of the Georgetown
University Medical Alumni AS
socia ton in the Hotel Statler
The meeting was part of the
District Medical Society's annual
assembly.
Sites for Washington's future
hospitals which would be in the
target area as described by Mr..
Peterson. would include the
Hospital Center and a Veterans
Administration Hcspital-both
to be located on the grounds of
Soldiers Homeland Providence
Hospital, to be built at Twelfth
and Varnum streets NE. Also
located in the target area would
be the redevelopment projects of
Southwest Washington.
Mr.. Peterson said we must
''adopt a dispersal plan in our
future building programs" He
said that, in the event of an
attack, hospitals in the target
area would be wiped out and of
no use. He said they should
be constructed somewhere be-
yond 10 miles from the heart
of the city.
An A-bomb attack, he said,
would give the country the great
est medical problem in history.
Mr.. Peterson estimated some
9 million to 10 million casualties,
with the possibility casualty lists
could reach the 20 million mark.
And he said there wouldn't be
enough doctors to care for more
than 5 million persons.
Evening star., 1953-10-07
Debate on Morocco
In u. N. Committee
BoYcotted by French
BY The Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS, N Y, Oct.
French delegates boycotted
the United Nations Political
Committee today to dramatic
their contention that the world
organization has no business de-
batting the troubled situation in
Morocco.
A spokesman said France
would not even Issue a statement
blasting the opening of debate
on the question in the donation
committee, but would let her
empty scat at the table supply
the French protest.
France won a fight in August
to keep the Security Council
from intervening in troubled
Morocco, out was unable to keep
the question off the Assembly
agenda.
Calls Problem Domestic.
A year ago the Assembly called
on France to negotiate with Mo-
roccan authorities ION an urgent
basis" toward developing free po-
litical institutions. France re-
fused to heed the resolution, con-
tending that the affairs of her
North African protectorates are
domestic French problems.
Asian and Arab delegates
highly conscious of colonialism-
contend that developments in
disturbed Morocco make another
U. N. try necessary.
These delegates said French
actions made it necessary for the
U. N. to take stronger action than
merely to urge new negotiations.
U. S. Wants Moderation.
During the debate over putting
the charges on the Security
Council agenda, the United
States sided with France.
However. the United States
delegation is now expected to
follow the same line it tadid in
last years debate-to urge mod
Grafton on both parties and call
for a negotiated solution accept
able both to France and the
Moroccan Nationalists.
A British spokesman said Brit
ain would support the French
view that the problem is outside
the U. MS jurisdiction. but
would not join France in her
Walkout.
Evening star., 1953-10-07
!. Q. Tests for Bobies
Are Called Unreliable

MIAMI, Fla, Oct. 7 (P.-
Widely used I. @. tests for plac-
ing adopted babies are "tremend-
ously unreliable" an Iowa psy-
chologist said today.
Parents seeking to adopt ba-
bieS shouldn't be overconcerned
with an infants I. @. rating in
choosing child, because play
pen navigators who have tested
fairly low in the I. @. department
have ultimately turned out just
fine" said Dr. Boyd r. McCand-
less.
Intelligence quotient tests for
infants are tremendously unre-
liable, although they are used
pretty routinely in many States
for placement of adopted ba-
bieS," declared Dr.. McCandless,
director of the Child Welfare Re-
search Station at the State Uni
versity of Iowa.
Vary From Day to Day.
He told the American Academy
of Pediatrics that new research
by one of his associates, DR.. Irene
Evening star., 1953-10-07
Allies Throw Back
Red Claim Of Sta||inu
On Talks 10 P0Ws
BY the Assoeiuted Press

PANMUNJOM, Oct. THE
Communists today accused the
U. N. command of stalling the
start of explanations to war pris-
onerS who refuse to go home, and
demanded an extension of the
time limit.
The UNC fatty turned down
the demand and denied respon-
sibility for the delay.
Allied and Communist teams
were to begin meeting Septem-
Der 26 with the prisoners in an
attempt to persuade them to, re-
turn home. Allied officers have
359 POWs-including % Ameri-
cans-to interview. while the Red
agents will talk to some 22.500
North Koreans and Chinese.
A dispute over facilities has
stalled the start of the inter-
views. The allies insist the arm
lstlce agreement clearly spells
out that the explanation period
end December "a, regardless of
delays. The Indian chairman
of the Neutral Nations Repat-
ration Commission said Tues
day he agreed with the U. N.
stand.
There were indications that
the interviews would get under
way next week, provided the
allies finish temporary explana-
ton facilities.
The commission chairman also
answered UNC protest that
rules drafted by the repatria-
ton commission governing ex-
plantations to prisoners favored
the Communists.
Declaring the commission
feels the assertion is quite un-
fair" the statement said the
tive-nation body considered sug-
gestionS of both the allies and
Communists and came to "its
own independent decision"
The vote, he said, was unani-
nous. The other nations on the
commission are Sweden, Switzer-
land, Poland and CzechoSlovakia.
Meanwhile, thousands of South
Koreans demonstrated today in
the port city of Pusan against
Indian slaughters of non-re-
patriate prisoners.
Placard carrying Koreans pa
raded quietly in the downtown
plaza, protesting against Indian
troops who last week quelled
two attempted breakouts of anti
Red prisoners in the neutral
zone, Three prisoners were killed
in the escape. attempts.
Evening star., 1953-10-07
u. 5. Tax Collectors
To Visit DeIinquents
In Area Again Tonight

Federal income tax collectors
will make another stab tonight
at the list of known delinquent
taxpayers in Washington and
suburban Maryland.
1t will be their third foray for
the Treasury this week.
Spokesman for the Internal
Revenue Service said today most
of the delinquent citizens ap-
preached are cooperating with
tax agents in the drive to COL
lect $14 million. But the spokes-
men acknowledged that few
are belligerent.
Each night, so or more agents
go to the homes of residents VINO
filed returns but failed to pay
the full amount of money they
owed. In all these cases, Internal
Revenue had sent letters to try
to get the taxpayers to pay up.
with no results.
The current campaign is in
tended to close $4,000 accounts
in the Maryland area by per-
Suading the taxpayers to comply
with the law.
A tabulation of reports showed
today that 603 taxpayers were
visited on Monday, the first night
Of the drive.
Some delinquents offered to
make payment Immediately.
Some requested that they be
allowed to wait until the next
payday. Others said they would
borrow money from their banks
to square their accounts with the
Government.
But small percentage resisted
the advice of the collectors. In
ternal Revenue said that, if these
persons persist in their attitude,
Evening star., 1953-10-07
Skin Taken From Dead
Saves Badly Burned,
Surgeons Are Told
/. By Alton {. BIokesIee
Press Science Reporss,


CHICAGO, Oct. IA surgeon
yesterday showed how in death
you could save the life of some
one badly burned in accidents or
atomic war.
1t means the gift of skin re-
moved after death, then banked
or used Immediately to cover
burns of the living. 1t would add
skin to the gift of eyes, arteries
and bones as new human spare
parts for the living.
DR.. James Barrett Brown,
Washington University School Of
Medicine St. Louis, showed pic
lures of a 9-year-old boy. Ninety
per cent of his body had been
burned in a barn explosion.
Saved by AnOther'S Skin.
Three months later the boy
walked from the hospital, saved
by skin taken from the dead. For
a time he had walked in another
persons skin.
Drugs can save the badly
burned from dying of shock, DR..
Brown told the American College,
Of Surgeons. But without skin
they will die of loss of fluids
or infection.
Large burns can be covered
with little patches of skin do
mated by living people-parents,
friends, volunteers. Sometimes
it takes 80 volunteers. Each
must be anesthetized, given
costly hospital care, each suffers
some pain.
Big sections of the top layer
of skin-sections up to 6 inches
wide and, 3 feet long-can be
taken from persons who have just
died, II they have RiIled their
skin or relatives give permis-
sion. Human skin does not die
until several hours after the
A1C0A OLOPOs
Lasts 4 to 6 Weeks.
This skin can cover burns of
the living, held in place by pres
sure bandages. Pain from burns
stops Immediately, Dr.. Brown
said.
This borrowed Skin-whether
from living persons or not-does
not take" or survive in another
person. 1t lasts for four to six
weeks, giving temporary protec-
ton, then it sloughs off.
But then the burns can be COW
cred permanently by grating
skin from the persons own un-
burned areas. This skin takes
root and grows.
Evening star., 1953-10-07

Harms, had shown that a given
infant can vary as much as 35
points from day to day" in 10.
scores where 100 is considered
normal.
Later, he told a reporter:
Parents in general shouldn't t
worry too much about child's
mental development in the first
year or year-and-a-half unless,
of course, there are really obvi-
Gus signs of retardation.
"Such things as a child's age
when he takes his first step or
when he utters his first word
don't mean a thing as far as
what his development is going
to be later on"
Advises Against Worry.
AS for persons seeking to adopt
babies, the psychologist de-
clared:
Every person who wants to
adopt a child seems to want one
who tests away above the aver
age on infancy, intelligence tests
which consist of such things as
determining how early in life a
baby gets a marble out of a glass
bottle.
people who want child
shouldn't let it worry them if
the baby should test a little be-
low average. Conversely, they
shouldn't deprive themselves of
a child just because he doesn't
measure we'll above average on
such tests"