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Evening star., 1953-01-28
Dulles Warns Europe
Unjust Unite 10 Keen
u. ). Assistance
Secretary Predicts
Eisenhower Will Find
Way to End Wars
BY Gomett D. Horner

SSbuS" btOUuGb
Western Europe today had 8
warning from the Eisenhower
Administration to get together
in effective unity" or face los
ing American aid.
Secretary of State Dulle.
sounded the warning indirectly
Text Of Secretary Dulles Foreign Policy
Address. Pooe Ali
last night in a television and
radio address to the Nation
promising "openness, simplicity
and Righteousness" in the new
administrations foreign policies
Today Mr.. Dulles told State
Department employees he expects
them to help us make the best
policies possible" and then loyal
ly help carry them out.
He emphasized that he does
not want yes men or women, y
but people with courage to ex-
press their views" in the policy
making stage.
Employees Hear Talk.
On the other hand, he added
once decisions have been finally
made. all the departments work.
erS must turn in Loyalty to sup
port those policies.
Hundreds of department work.
ers stood in a biting cold vino
outside the west entrance oi
the State Department to heal
Mr.. Dulles first talk to them al
a group since he became Secre-
tary of the State week ago.
In his first public speech since
assuming the top Cabinet post
q week ago, Mr.. Dulles spoke last
(TOnfiN1InI m Do0o 40 NoI q
Evening star., 1953-01-28
Influenza Is Blamed
For Absence Of 17%
Old. School Pupils
Adult Rote Normal,
But Montgomery Has
Epidemic Incidence

The Districts public schools
today reported more than II
per cent Of its students were
absent, the majority presumably
because Of influenza.
Health Ofncer Daniel l.. Seek
niger characterized this absentee
rate as considerably above that
Of the same period last year."
Flu among adults in the Dis
trict, however, remained within
the normal expectancy for this
time Of year, DR.. Seckinger said.
A Health Department check
showed the absentee rate for
yesterday was 3.3 per cent, a
slight rise above the previous
day.
In spite Of the high absentee
rate in the public schools, DR..
Seckinger commented:
There may be certain nearby
areas where the illness is more
prevalent, but in the District it
is not considered to be an epi-
demic."
I7.9 Per Cent Absent.
The absences in the public
schools yesterday were set at 17.9
per cent by School Supt. Hobart
M. Corning in a report to the
Health Department. Last Fri
day the schools reported 1873
per cent Of the students were
absent.
Last year at this time absences
in the public schools averaged
8.8 per cent with daily varia-
tionS ranging from 6 per cent to
IL per cent. DR.. Seckinger said.
The health officer said that
many children undoubtedly were
being kept home by their par
ents at the first signs of colds
or flu to forstall serious illness.
He added:
"Our warnings Of early care
are bearing fruit, we believe"
The District Training School
at Laurel, Md, suspended all
classes and meetings because of
a mild flu epidemic there. More
than 80 children are in the hos
pital with flu out of the popu-
lation Of about 600.
Nearby Areas Affected.
The flu also was causing trou-
BILE in Maryland and Virginia.
DIR. v. L. Ellicott, Montgomery
County health officer. said the
illness has reached epidemic
proportions in the county.
Sports fans also suffered a set
back because Of the flu.
Charley Capozzoli, star dis
tance runner from Georgetown
University, had to withdraw from
the MillroSe Games in Madi-
son Garden, New York, tomor-
row because he is down with the
flu.
A basketball game between
Gaithersburg High School and
Montgomery Blair High School
last night was cancelled because
too many Of the players were Ill
with flu.
Evening star., 1953-01-28
Addicts' Treatment
In Hospital Described

TAKING THE cURE-What hop
pens to dope addict when he goes
to the Federal noreoties' hospital at
Lexington. KY? Stor Stoff Reporter
Jock Jcnos describes the oddiefs in
PRODUCTION to hospitoIizotion in the
second Of series. Pose AIS.
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
Six District high schools eove dipIo-
mos Yesterday 70 midyeor oroduotes.
A listing Of the sroduotes appears
On naae Al.
Evening star., 1953-01-28
6 Red Agents SIuin

TA1PEH, Formosa, Jan. % up.
Six convicted as Communist
agents were executed in Taipeh
today. bringing the total since
November 26 to IS.
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=
was announced a little earlier.
Relatives and friends were
present for the ceremony as the
oath was administered by Frank
Sanderson. White House admin
iStrative officer.
DeferS Council Meeting.
The President had planned to
hold his first meeting at $3.50 this
afternoon with the National Sc
curity Council, top advisory
group on security policy, but he
decided instead to delay this
until II o'clock tomorrow so he
could work uninterrupted on the
final draft of his state-of-the-
Union message.
After catching up on some cor
respondence and other paper
work this morning when he came
back to his Office after a two-day
absence due to a cold, the Presi,
dent returned to his study in the
White House to work on his
message. which he will deliver to
a joint session of Congress Mon
day.
Defense Secretary Wilson was
the first to take his oath,s swear
ing to uphold and defend the
Constitution and faithfully per-
form the duties of his Office.
The Defense Secretary was
confirmed by the Senate late
Monday by a vote of n to 6
after a controversy over his
holdings in General Motors, one
Of the hig defense contractors.
Congratulated by Eisenhower.
All his other cabinet associ-
ateS were sworn in at the White
House last Wednesday evening.
MIR. Stassen was confirmed BY
the Senate yesterday.
After Mr.. Wilson had taken
his oath, Gen. Eisenhower
grasped his right hand in both
of his and shook it warmly.
Then he stepped over and shook
hands with Mrs. Wilson, who
stood smiling at the side Of the
Office.
Later, Gen. Eisenhower au-
thorized this statement:
II am glad to have Mr.. Charles
E. Wilson as a member of my
cabinet. He has made a large
sacrifice in order to serve his
country. I am sure he will be a
great Secretary of Defense"
MIR. StasSen next took the oath
and also received warm hand
shake from the President. His
wife and their small daughter
witnessed the ceremony.
Peterson to Act Under Adams.
Former Gov. Peterson was the
last to be sworn in. He will work
under the direction of Sherman
Adams, assistant to the Presi-
dent and will act as presidential
liaison with Government agen-
cieS.
The new White House aide is
a native Of Oakland, Nebr., and
Is 49-years old. He was Governor
Of Nebraska for three terms,
from 1947 to 1858.
Mr.. Wilson hurried to the
Pentagon after the White House
ceremony. There he immedi-
ately went into conference with
the three men he has said he
wants to be Secretaries of the
Army, Navy and Air Force. They
are Robert Stevens, Army; Rob-
ert Anderson, Navy, and Harold
Talbot, Air Force.
Then he issued the following
statement:
"The common objective of our
military services is clear - the
security and welfare Of our
country. I have accepted the
assignment as Secretary Of De-
fense with a full realization Of
the magnitude of the job. I ex-
pect to work diligently at it with
nothing else on my mind"
Evening star., 1953-01-28
Wilson Takes
Oath Before
Eisenhower
Stussen Also Sworn:
Val Peterson Named
White House Aide
By Joseph A. Fox

President Eisenhower's cab
met finally was rounded out to-
day when Charles E. Wilson took
his oath in the Presidents Office.
In the same ceremony in the
oval room Harold E. Stassen.
Evening star., 1953-01-28

Conont Nomination Foces Senote Fioht:
Mccarthy Involved. Poqe AZ
Evening star., 1953-01-28

new director of Mutual Security,
was sworn in with Val Peterson,
former Governor of Nebraska,
whose appointment as admins
trative assistant to the President
was announced a little earlier.
Relatives and friends were
present for the ceremony as the
oath was administered by Frank
SanderSon, White House admin
iStrative officer.
Evening star., 1953-01-28

(See DEFENSE, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1953-01-28

(See Acc, Page A-30
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Continued on Page A-3, Col. q,
Evening star., 1953-01-28

(See SIBLEY, Page A-3.)
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-17
Crawling Caterpillars Make Highways Slippery

MINNEAPOLIS, R m Millions of wiggling tent caterpillars crawled onto highways in parts of northeastern Minnesota Mon day night, making the roads SO slippery highway sanding crews had to be called out.
 Smashed under the wheels of passing vehicles, the caterpillars formed slimy coating on roads especially at the crests of hills.
 Highway department workers reported layers of the pesky worms as deep as two inches. They said most of them came from roadside brush areas and ditches after heavy rains.
 A Soo Line freight train was stopped on a slight grade near Onamia by a combination of oily weed spray and a covering of cat erpillars on the tracks. The tracks had to be sanded before the train could move on.
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-17
AH-Nigght Prayers Seek To Defeat
 Race Track Vote

FORREST CITY, Arkansas, R - All-night prayer meetings in four churches ended here at 7 am. Tuesday as ministers made a final appeal to the 6,O97 voters in St. Francis County to defeat an east Arkansas horse race track propos- al at the polls.
 Anti-race track forces, however, did not leave the whole job of winning a special election on the track to the power of prayer.
 They added practical politics. such as baby sitters for voters, cars to haul voters to the polls, and a telephone campaign to get out the vote.
 Tuesdays election is the result of a five-month campaign by the St. Francis Valley Turf Associa- ton, which seeks to build the track. This is the second vote called on the horse race track is sue in east Arkansas. Last year a similar proposal backed by Dixie Downs, Inc, was defeated in Crit tenden County, just across the riv- CT from Memphis, after an all- night prayer session in churches in west Memphis and Memphis.
 The Rev. T. K. Rucker, pastor of Forrest City's First Baptist Church, where one all-night pray CT meeting was held, said he be- ieved the anti track forces would defeat the issue by a big margin.
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-17
Fechteler Nominated for Mediterranean Command

WASHINGTON, R- President Eisenhower Tuesday nominated Adm. William Fechteler for the grade of full admiral while serv- ing as commander-in-ch chief of AL lied forces in the Mediterranean area.
 Fechteler, who is retiring as Chief of Naval Operations, will take over his new duties soon.
 In the Mediterranean Command Fechteler will succeed Adm. Rob- ert B. Carney, who will take over Fechteler's present post.
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-17
Mccarthy, Busy In Germany, Rebukes James B. COnant

WASHINGTON, R - Sen. Me Carthy CR- Wi) went after the scalp of another top US. propa- gandist in Germany Tuesday. But he declined to say whether he also will seek the dismissal of James B. Conant, US. High Com missioner for Germany.
 Mccarthy clashed with Conant at Senate Appropriations Com mittee hearing Monday and told the former Harvard University president:
 q have no objection to you as an educator, CbuD I frankly think you are not doing a good job as the High Commissioner"
 Mccarthy demanded the recall from Germany of Lowell M. Gu cas, US. Information Officer in Munich, to submit to questioning before his Senate Investigating Committee. It has been investi- gating the overseas information program.
 Conant drew McCarthy's wrath by declaring he has no intention Of firing Clucas, and by defending both Clucas and Theodore Kag- han, former Deputy Public Affairs Director for the State Department in Western Germany. Mccarthy termed both of them bad security risks"
 Clucas in Munich said he was lat the committees disposal"
 As for McCarthy's characteriza- ton of him as "a twin to Kaghan," Clucas remarked:
 T can hardly describe that as a charge"
 Kaghan recently resigned under McCarthy's fire.
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-17
1900 Red Warplanes
 Reported 500 Miles West Of Aleutian Islands Tip

TOKYO, R-A Japanese fisher man returned from a Russian prison Tuesday with a report of 1,500 Red warplanes based at Pet ropavlovsk, about 500 miles west of the tip of the Aleutian Islands, Kyodo News Service reported.
 The returnee was one of IT fish ermen Kyodo News said served three years in prison on Siberia's Kamchatka Peninsula on charges of fishing illegally in Russian wat CTS. They were captured by a Russian patrol boat in 1850.
 The fisherman also said 1,4OO Japanese prisoners of World War II still are held at Petropavlovsk.
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-17
Christine JOrgensen Back from Vacation

NEW YORK, R Christine Jorgensen, former American sol dier who underwent sex surgery in Copenhagen, Denmark, last year, returned on the liner Queen Elizabeth Tuesday from a vaca- tion of three weeks in Denmark and England.
 The former CT spoke only brief ly to ship news reporters, and kept repeating T can't understand it; I'm yesterdays news"
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-17
TUESDAY SCORES American League

St. Louis 3, New York l Detroit 5, Boston 3 Philadelphia g, Cleveland ' Chicago ', Washington 3
 National League Pittsburgh 6-2, Chicago 5-3 New York 7-5, Cincinnati 5-12 Milwaukee 6-3, Philadelphia 5-2 St. Louis 6, Brooklyn ,
 Coast League San Diego 4, San Francisco l Los Angeles 8, Seattle 3 Portland II, Oakland g Hollywood 9, Sacramento 6 A well-laid matched roof will last 15 to 25 years.
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-17
COSTA REGAIN CRASH

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, LR - At least eight persons, including nine-month-old baby, reportedly survived the crash of a Costa Rican airliner in the San Ramon Mountains north of here Monday night. Twelve passengers and three crewmen were aboard.
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-17
Friday
NOME FIELD

6:26-Sign on
 6:3O-Car'lina Cotton Calls 6:45-Rise and Shine 7:00-NeWs
 7:15-Rise and Shine 8:00-NeWs
 9:05-Rise and Shine 8:30-Morning Devotions 8:45-Ronnie Kemper 9:00-Jack Kirkwood 9:15-Befl Ring
 9:30-You Name It 10:00-Solitary Singer 10:05-You be Weatherman 10: 3O-Lucky U Ranch 10:55-1-0-1 Ranch Boys 11:00-Curt Massey 11:15-Music from s. A. II: 30--Piano Portraits 11:45-the Bob & Ray Show 12:00-This I Believe 12:05-Bob Hope Show 12:30-Platter Parade
 1:00-Music For You
 1:15-Hillbilly Jamboree 2:00-News
 2:15-Charleen Hawks
 2:3o-One Old One New 3:GO-Americ'n Music Hall 3: 3:30-Meet the Band
 4:00-NeWs
 4:05-Baseball Game
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-17
\ OR SALE

50, ,0OO BF 1x6 dry lumber 200 squares Asbestos Cement Shingles 300 rolls 15 lb. felt roofing 20 kegs 16d smooth box nails 15 kegs 2Od com mon nails IS kegs 1Gd casing nails 10 kegs Sd finish nails 15O packages Feltrock 2 in. blanket insulation /: wool and cotton double blankets Pillows and slips mattresses and steel cots. AIORRISEN-KNUDSEN, COMPANY, Inc, Nome
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-17
KIDS STEAL EXPLOSIVES
 ANCHORAGE. tR - Military

authorities at Mountain Home dis closed Monday that large quan- tity of explosives had been stolen from the installation, presumably by children.
 They warned parents of the Anchorage area that the missing items include two cases of INT, electric blasting caps and primer cord.
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-17
Wednesday

4:05-Baseball Game 5:30-Bud's BandWagon 6:00-NeWs
 6:15-Sportseope
 6:3O-Pev. Rornp, Requests 7:30-This Is The Story 9:00-Groucho Marx 0:30-Hollywd Music Hall 9:0G-Fibber McGee s:30-The Big Story 10: 10:0O-Requestfully Yours 11:0O-World News 11:15-Club 15 11:30-One Night Stand 12:00-Music from the Mite 12: :30-At Ease
 l:00-Sign Off
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-17
Ambassadors Nominated

WASHINGTON, R- President Eisenhower Tuesday nominated James s. Kemper to be Ambassa- dor to Brazil, M. Robert Guggen- helm to be Ambassador to Portu- gal, and L. Corrin Strong to be Ambassador to Norway.
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-17
RADIO PROG RAM ARMED FORCES RADIO SERVICE NOME FIELD

10:05-You be Weathermant 10: 20-Lucky U Ranch 10: 55-1-O-1 Ranch Boys 11:OO-Curt Massey 11:15-Lina Romay 11:3O-Eonor Roll of Jazz 11:45-the Bob & Ray Show 2:OO-This I Believe l2:O5-Bob Hope Show 12: :30-Platter Parade
 1:OO-Strike It Rich
 1:15-Hillbilly Jamboree 2:00-NeWs
 2:15-Terry Lee
 :3O-Radio Music Hall
 3:OO-Bookshelf of World 3:30-Down Memory Lane 4:00-NeWs
 4:G5-Baseball Game 5:30-Bud's BandWagon 6:0O-News
 6:15-Sportscope
 6:3O-Rev. Romp, Requests 7:3O-Mr. President
 8:0o-Martin and Lewis
 9:30-Vaughn Monroe
 9:00-Arthur Godfrey
 9:30-Dragnet 10: 0:00-Requestfully Yours Ii: l:0O-World News 11:15-Play Boys 1I:30-One Night Stand 12: 2:00-Music from the Mite 12:30-At Ease j I:09-Sign Off
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-17
Thursday

6:26-Sign on 6:30-Rhythm Ranch 6:45-Rise. and Shine 7:00-NeWs
 7:15-Rise and Shine 6:00-News 9:05-Rise and Shine 8: 8:30-Morning DeVotions 9:45-Ronnie Kemper 9:0G-Jack KirkWood 9:15-Bell Ring
 9:30-You Name It 00-Solitary Singer
The Nome nugget., 1953-06-17
Visitors To Nome Tuesday. June Is

Monday was Miss Helen Grosz Robinson of Tulsa, Nome's first 1853 visitor from the great State of Oklahoma. Miss Robinson and Mrs. Elsye B. Morton, owner of Hollywood's colorful and popular Tropics Motel, were delighted with their visit to Nome and their tour to Anvil Mountain.
 Miss Robinson has her studio on the roof of the Ambassador Hotel, and as she went aboard Wien's Flying Carpet" for Fair banks she stated that she had al ready appointed herself Ambas- sador for Nome in Oklahoma.
 Travelling as the guest of the Alaska Airlines, out of Anchorage for Nome and Kotzebue, was de- lightful, young Michael Mike, to yoW O'Shea, of the largest city in the world - Little Old New York. MT. O'Shea is in Alaska to gather data and to see himself this Alaska, Land of the Last Frontier, as it remains undefended and alone.
 MT. O'Shea is a story and fea- ture writer for many of Americas popular magazines. He is to do a TV appearance in San Francisco on his arrival at the Bay City, and will wear on the lapel of his sport coat Nome's gold VEL COME button, portraying Nome's smiling Mir. Billikin.
 Alaska Airlines is to be con- graduated in escorting MT. O'Shea over it's welI-covered Mount Me KinIey air route to Nome.
 Nome Visitors Association re- ports that visitors who arrived on Wien's Tuesday Midnight Sun Air Express out of Fairbanks, enjoyed a fast trip about the city and out to the mining district and up over the Anvil Mountain Loop, via the Alaska Bus Line. The Weather Bureaus forecast of approaching fog from Bering Sea was the req son for the rapid tour over a very rough Bessie Road.
 Among Tuesdays visitors were:
 MT. and Mrs. Floyd Young of Pomona; Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Wells, Petaluma; R. J. Rogers, Pomona; Harold A. Rathbone, La Habia, Calf.
 Miss Muriel w. Thurber of Seattle, collector of fireweed wild flowers; Albert J. Fronock, ac- counting specialist, Sanford, Me, Nome's first visitor from the Pine Tree State, and Miss Clara Mow- ray, the N.V.A.'s first visitor of the season from Milwaukee, Wis consin. Miss Mowray, lively and youthful, was Nome's oldest visit or, being 75 years young. MT. Fro mock was a close second, being "A, and enjoying every foot of his trip through Alaska. MT. Wall raises prize winning white Leg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-01-29
TRIMMING HAIR.

mrs. F. M. L., Washington
Mrs. r. II. H., Hyattsville
asks for pros and cons ION the
effectiveness Of the comb-and-
razor gadget for trimming
hair"
For the past five years my
hair has been trimmed with
nothing else. There are several
varieties on the market, but
the one to which I'm devoted
looks like a small pocket comb
and has a razor blade CEN
tered in it. The razor blade
can be adjusted for shaping
women's hair with one side
and trimming mems hair on
the other.
I find that by simply comb
ing my hair with this gadget
it takes off the last half inch
Of hair. With just a little prac-
tice you can shape your hair
just as you want 1t.
Caution: You'll be 80 In.
trigued with 1t that 1t will take
will power to resist cutting,
and cutting and cutting.
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KINGSPORT.
mrs. w. II. w., CIitton)

Mrs. T. H. H.. Douglasville.
Pa. concerning Kingsport,
Tenn. Having lived there all
my life except for the last four
years we have lived in nearby
Virginia, I shall be glad to give
you what information I can.
The climate is similar to WASH
ington. The winters are a bit
milder.
It is a we'll planned city of
forty thousand people. There
have been several large apart
ment houses erected in the
past two years, and rent is a
little cheaper than Washing
ton.
There are two high schools
and six grammar schools and
I'm certain you will find them
well equipped. You will also
find the church of your choice.
1t is indeed a very thriving
city having a cement plant.
cotton mill, hosiery mill,
foundry paper mill, and larg-
est of all the Tennessee East
man and Holston Ordnance
Works, which during the war
provided vital war products.
It also boasts of a newly en-
larged hospital with capacity
of 305 patients. I know you
will enjoy living there. There
is large ball park, civic cen
ter, swimming pool. and picnic
areas. If you want further in
formation write me in care
RICH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-01-29
Readers Clearing House
Conducted By BETSY CASWELL
COURSES OFFERED.


darlington County Department
of RecreGtion)
New courses of the Arlington
County Department of Rec
reation beginning the week of
February 2 include a free aft
ernoon in the CORN point
count system of bridge (begin-
ming and advanced), lamp
shade making. Hawaiian dane
ing. silk screen fabric painting,
gardening and adult theater.
Other popular courses in
clude hooked rug making (day
and evening", ceramics. up
holstery, slipcover making,
sewing and tailoring, photog-
raphy, crafts and tole painting.
Nv. C. F., Rockuille)
The Montgomery County
Board of Education Office an
nounces registration for two
new adult education classes
in woodwork and furniture
repair to be held Thursday,
January 90, from 7 to 10 pm,
and Tuesday, February 3, from
7 to 10 pm, at Leland Junior
High School, Forty-fourth and
Elm streets, Chevy Chase.
Mr.. E. j. Underwood, in
structor of these classes, will
register one class to meet on
Tuesday evening from Z to
10 pm, and the other class
to meet on Thursday evening
from Z to 10 pm. Both men
and women may enroll.
Persons interested in re-
pairing or refinishing small
pieces of furniture may reg
lister for one or both of these
classes. Others interested in
making small projects for the
home should find this program
helpful to them. Individual
instruction in use of hand tools
and machinery will be given.
The classes are open to any
one Is years of age or over
who Is not regularly attending
a day school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-01-29
IVY PROBLEM?
Mrc z WncIl in crfna1
PACKING CAKE?

MRS. J. D. r., Washington
Sometime ago I read that it
was possible to send our boys
overseas homemade birthday
cakes. I believe it mentioned
packing the cake in popcorn.
I would appreciate any in
formation as to the exact
method of packing. Can the
cake be iced? I thought of a
coconut icing. How should the
package be marked?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-01-29
MILD PROTEST.
"A. B. r., West Plains)

I am sending you a mild
protest against the practice of
some women sending you adj
dresses to which greeting cards
may be sent and then having
the cards refused. This is the
second year it has happened to
me.
AS suggested recently by
Mrs. r. T. Catlett, I sent a
package of cards to Save-the-
Children Workroom, Route so
and Gore road, ParkerSburg,
w. Va. I cut off the writing,
package the cards, take them
5 miles to the post Office, pay
81 cents postage, then they
come back marked refused,
and I have to pay another 81
cents return postage.
I know you cannot check
such matters before they are
published, but it would seem
that women should be a little
more careful when they fur
nish information to you.
X X X X
IVY PROBLEM?
mrs. J. F., Washington
Every winter I have bowls
Of ivy in my apartment. 1t
has rooted and grown and
been beautiful.
This winter the leaves are
turning yellow and dry. I
think it is due to something in
the water. Do you know of
anything that will counterfeit
the chemical now being used
in the water?