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Evening star., 1954-10-03
Tokomu Clubs Show
Set for Week End

The Takoma Horticultural
Club will hold it's 9th annual
fall flower, fruit and vegetable
show next Saturday and Sunday
in the auditorium of the Ia
koma Elementary School at
Dahlia street and Piney Branch
road NV. Section chairmen
include: Dahlias, Mrs. John l..
Bishop; roses, Joseph E. Dentz;
other flowers, Mrs. John Bozie-
vich: fruits and vegetables, E. E.
Brown. The theme for the artis-
tic arrangements section, Heap
High the Farmers Wintry
Hoard" is from Whittier's corn
song. Miss Isabelle Smith Is
chairman.
The show will be open Satur-
day from 4:30 to 8 pm. and
on Sunday from 2 to 8 pm.
Evening star., 1954-10-03
MiIdew a Constont .Threot

Mildew is very bad on many
garden plants this fall. The
continuous use Of sulphur, dust
or spray is needed to keep it
Evening star., 1954-10-03

There. are touches of red ap-
pearing in the woods, the sumac
is bursting into fame along the
fence rows and honeysuckle
clumps are making a last feeble
effort to bloom. Nights are
chilly and days are bright, with
a distant haze over the noun
tains. There is no mistaking
fall. 1t is here again.
Why it is that one lone tree
in forest will suddenly become
brilliantly scarlet, do not know.
Perhaps it is just the precocious-
ness of youth. since most of
those I've noticed have been
young trees.
A touch of color amid drab
surroundings-like a child dress
ing in party finery on a rainy
afternoon.
r
Fall is time for driving along
country roads, or walking along
cool lanes. 1t is a time for gath
ering nuts beside dusty roads,
and for picking apples from
scragly. abandoned orchards.
Somehow the knotty apples
from abandoned trees always
taste the best. They are frmer,
and with more tang than their
more cultivated coIISinc
An apple orchard, I think, has
two main seasons-the spring
when it is alight with blossoms,
and the fall when its fruits form
great red clusters against a clear
blue sky.
Fall is a time for meditation,
too. The tasks of the summer
are over, and there is plenty of
time for taking stock and begin
ming the plans that can take
final shape during the long WIN
ter evenings.
Until spring comes again-fan
is my favorite season.
The first sprigs of grass are
beginning to show in our back
field, and We are hoping that the
weather will remain mild until
the grass grows strong enough
to face the winter.
We were late with our SOW
Evening star., 1954-10-03

Gardens" speaker to be an
nounced. November 2.
Another study series is sched-
uled in the spring. Mrs. Benja-
min A. Powell. league president,
announced. The series have been
arranged by j. Morton Franklin,
chairman Of the leagues Horti-
culture and Education Commit
tee. Stuart M. Armstrong, 8117
Park Crest drive, Silver Spring,
is in charge OF reservations.
The Cheverly Garden Club will
meet Thursday in the Cheverly
Community Church at 8 pm.
The flower show to be held next
Saturday and Sunday in the
Cheverly Tuxedo School Audi
toriuIn will be discussed. John
Koontz will show a film on the
care of bulbs.
The Cheverly Garden Clubs
first flower show next Saturday
and Sunday will receive entries
from 8 to 1880 Saturday. The
public will be admitted from 2
to 8 pm. Saturday and 2 to s
pm. Sunday.
Arrangers and growers are in
vited to enter in five divisions:
Garden flowers, roses. dahlias,
novelties and artistic arrange
ments. Mayor Yates of Cheverly
will make the presentation Of
awards at S pm. Sunday.
Plants will be sold.
Schedules may be obtained
from Mrs. Virgil F. Goblirsch.
$500 Dewey street, Cheverly.
Md, Appleton 7-5972. Advanced
entry cards may be obtained
from Mrs. Roger Bowen, 5712
Forest road, Cheverly, Md,
Warf1eld 1865.
Francis deVos Of the National
Arboretum staff will present an
illustrated talk Friday at 8 when
local members of the National
Gardeners Association meet at
the greenhouses at Walter Reed
Evening star., 1954-10-03

this winter because the combi-
nation of drought and insect
injury will result In many weak
ened plants which win not have
SUFFICIENT vitality to withstand
the cold. It is too late to fertilize
the plants but the insects can
be removed by spraying and q
few good soakings should restore
the desired soil moisture condi-
tions. Also, a good mulch of
leaves win help them through
the winter. Place pieces Of brush
so that the leaves will not pack.
Evening star., 1954-10-03
Trees Utilize Water
Until Leaves FulI

Trees should have adequate
water well into the fall to equal
ize the Transportation process.
It is estimated that a large oak
will throw off into the air 100
tons Of water in a single season.
Many trees. especially in cities,
do not get enough water and
fertilizer.
Evening star., 1954-10-03
Hospital. Hosts: Reginal Nor
gan and James Melton.

Hospital. Hosts: Reginal Nor
gan and James Melton.
Avondale Garden Club win
meet in the Citizens Bank
Building Tuesday at 8 pm. Sat
urday at 2 o'clock a fall gardens
tour is scheduled to start in
Carson Circle and end at the
home of Mrs. Delphia Mullen,
4815 La Sale road.
The Suitland Soil Builders
Club. with SO charter members,
elected Prof. Donald H. Miller,
president: v. j. Setback. vice
president; Mrs. John Hollidge,
secretary treasurer: William
Schomburg, librarian; Mrs. w.
Gibson. publicity. Organization
followed lectures by H. c. White
of San Marcos, Calf. The new
club will meet first Mondays at
the Howard j. Detwiler School.
Evening star., 1954-10-03
Garden Club
Activities

Woman's Club Of Chevy Chase,
Md, Inc. will have It's first meet
ing tomorrow at 2 at the club
house, Program: Demonstra-
tion-lecture by Mrs. Arthur
Ringland of the Kenwood Gar
den Club on drying materials.
Guests welcome. Tea hostess:
Mrs. Edwin G. HEM.
Wild Flowers and How to Grow
Them, will be the topic of a
talk by Ralph Bennett before the
Cleveland Park Garden Club at
the Cleveland Park Library to-
morrow at 8. Color slides. MIR.
Bennett was in charge of a four
club project to establish a wild
flower garden at the home for
the incurables last spring.
The Woodbridge Dahlia and
Rose Show. sponsored by the
woodbridge Garden Club will be
held Tuesday, 8 to 10 pm, in
the basement of the McKendree
Methodist Sunday School, South
Dakota and Rhode Island ave-
nues NE. ANY grower may COM
pete in classes for color and
varieties, and in groupings OF
other flowers and arrangements.
Show chairman is A. P. Hof-
mann dupont 7-5792).
The Riyerdale Heights Garden
Club will meet Wednesday at 8
with Mrs. Myra A. Habicht, 6312
Sixty-second place, Riverdale
Hills, Md.
Woodmoor Garden Club will
meet with Mrs. Marge- Miller
Wednesday for a discussion Of
house plants and their care.
The Garden Club Of Chevy
Chase, Md, will meet Wednesday
at 3 with Mrs. George G.. Lahr.
3507 Leland street. Program:
Plant exchange and suggestions
by the horticulture committee.
Co-hostess, Mrs. Arthur Sturgis.
The Garden Club of Colesville
will meet Wednesday at 8 at
Collesville Elementary School,
the speaker Wilbur H. Young
man. He will discuss simple
methods of propagation with
special emphasis on slipping
roses and air-layering of shrubs.
Members to bring specimens OF
flowers, vegetables and fruit for
exhibition and discussion.
Yates Garden Club will meet
at Gadsby's Tavern Thursday at
8 pm. Still Waters" will be the
theme for flower arrangements.
Plans for the fourth annual
plant sale at the tavern October
%, 8, am. to 2 pm, will be for
mulated. Included will be peren-
malls. bulbs, Behnke giant pan
sizes, dried materials and miscel-
laneous accessories.
The Mems Garden Club of
Montgomery County will meet
Thursday at 8 pm. in Battery
Park Clubhouse on Glenbrook
road, Bethesda. Mrs. j. DeBree.
Secretary of Agricultural Affairs,
The Netherlands Embassy, will
show a film on bulb planting.
DR.. Henry T. Skinner. director
of the National Arboretum, and
his assistant. DR.. Francis de Vos,
open the fall study series spon-
sored jointly by the National
Capital Garden Club League and
the American Horticultural So
ciety Tuesday with discussions
of trees and how to identify them
on field trip through the ar
boretum starting at 10:30 am.
Three illustrated lectures COM
plete this subscription series,
open to 60 members only of the
two sponsoring organizations:
How Plants Are Named" by
DR.. George H. M. Lawrence,
curator, Bailey Hortorium, Itha-
ca, N. Y, October IL.
Bulbs for the Garden" by DR..
Samuel L. Emsweller, Ornamen-
tai Plants Section head, United
States Department Of Agricul-
ture, October 10.
News and Views of European
Evening star., 1954-10-03
controIIino GlqdioIus Thrips

Don't allow gladiolus corms
to remain in the soil after the
tops have started to turn brown.
Dig, remove the tops, then dry
and store in a cool airy situation
until time to clean and dust
them with DDT. The early re-
moval Of tops. and busting with
DDT, will help to keep the ttrips
under control.
Evening star., 1954-10-03
No Rush on TuIip Bulbs

Don't be in a hurry to rush
tulip bulbs into the ground. Too
often in this area the early
planted bulbs send up leaves
which are badly battered by win
ter winds.
Evening star., 1954-10-03
Eosing Shock to House Plonts

Plants that have been growing
in the garden, either in pots or
out, are likely to suffer consider
able shock when bringing indoors
II pruning is not desirable try
feeding them with a liquid ferti-
llzer, especially one that may be
sprayed on the leaves. Some
times this will greatly minimize
the shock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-23

Mr.. Hoover cautioned police
against attempts to dismantle
suspicious-looking devices and
advised them instead to notify
the nearest FBI Office.
The first clue given to the
police was to watch for any
object which is extremely heavy
for its size. Two types of bombs
then were described: One was a
sphereShaped and the other a
gun barrel device.
The uranium or plutonium
used in such weapons is very
heavy and so pounds of it would
be no bigger than a softball.
According to the FBI descrip-
ton, the spherical device would
be covered with a high explosive.
When exploded this coating
would case an "imploSion"-a
bursting of the material inward.
This would bring on the atomic
reaction.
The gun barrel device could be
as small as two and a half feet
long, with a diameter of from
5 to IL inches. Both ends of the
barrel would be closed by a
breech block and the atomic
blast would be produced by firing
one piece of fashionable material
from one end of the barrel
against another piece at the
other end.
The FBI description said that
most high explosives generally
are light tan in color, have a
soapy feeling and are half again
as heavy as water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-23
New Fights Break 0ui
In Waterfront Strike
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Mar. 23-Battles
broke out again today between
members of rival longshoremen's
unions in the face of plea by
Mayor Robert F. Wagner that
dock workers end their para
lying 19-day-old port tieup.
The clashes were in Brook
lyn. where violence erupted last
week and led the Mayor to order
stiff police reinforcements to
guard the piers.
Shortly after operations be-
gan today at the Bull Steamship
piers at Nineteenth and Twen-
tieth streets, there was a skir-
miSh between striking and
non-striking union men. Police
quickly Quoted the outbreak,
with nobody arrested and nc
one hurt.
A short while later police re-
ported that a battle royal" had
broken out. Some arrests were
reported.
A plea last night by the Mayor
for 2>general return to work was
practically ignored on New York
piers, early surveys indicated.
Meanwhile, piers at Baltimore
were congested today with cargo
diverted from New York. Steam.
ship men said few more ships
if any, can be accommodated un-
til present commitments are
filled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-23
Plane Dealer Found Guilty
Of Parts Sales to Red Poland
Knight Convicted
As Violutor of
Neutrality Law
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE Mar. ga Fed
eral court jury today convicted
Henry Lloyd Knight. Washing
ton airplane parts dealer, on
charges of conspiring to violate
the neutrality law by shipping
supplies through the Iron Cur
tain to Poland in 1949.
Both the 46-year-old attorney
and his personal firm, Air Union,
Inc, of Bethesda, Md. were con-
victed.
Sentencing was set for 10
am. Friday
knights attorneys at first in
dictated he might ask for a new
trial. An hour later they
brought him back before Judge
w. Calvin Chestnut, said there
would be no request for a new
trial. and asked few days de-
lay in imposition of the sentence
SO Knight could arrange his per-
Sonal affairs.
Judge Chestnut said he saw no
need for a probation report
on Knight and opposing counsel
agreed. indicating the probability
Of a prison sentence.
Knight showed no emotion as
the verdict was delivered by
seven men and five women who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-23
By Jones E. Roper

Secretary of State Dulles to-
day ordered a new security hear
ing on John P. Davies, the ca
reer Foreign Service officer
whom Senator Mccarthy. Re-
publican, of Wisconsin has
tried to get fired.
The new hearing will make
the ninth time Mr.. Davies has
been investigated on loyalty or
security grounds. In the past
he has been cleared each time.
Under prodding from Sena-
tor Mccarthy, the State De-
partment reopened the case last
November. Mr.. Davies answered
series of written questions and
the material was submitted to
Secretary Dulles.
There are some matters bear
ing upon reliability which are
susceptible of conflicting inter-
pretationS and which seem to
call for Qualification by testi-
mony under oath by Mr.. Davies
and Others" Secretary Dulles
announced at a news conference.
In order to make this pos
sible, I am asking that from the
roster maintained by the Civil
Service Commission. a security
hearing board be designated to
take testimony"
No Suspension Ordered.
Under ordinary procedure. Mr..
Dulles could not order the hear
ing without suspending Mr..
Davies. Mr.. Dulles explained to-
day, however, that the evidence
did not justify a suspension and
that he hoped Mr.. Davies would
accept jurisdiction of the board.
From a roster of Government
officials, the State Department
will select three members to sit
as a board hearing the Davies
case. Ordinary procedure calls
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-23
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES. Mar. 23.-
Crooner Dick Haynes, 81, ac-
cused of illegally re-entering the
United States after a visit with
Rita Hayworth in Honolulu last
June, today was ordered de-
ported to his native Argentina.
District Director H. r. Ian
don Of the United States I'm
migration and Naturalization
Service announced:
This order is final and a de-
portation warrant will be issued
forthwith.
However. the order is appeal
able within Is days to the Board
of immigration Appeals in
Washington. D. c., in which
event deportation will be stayed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-23

forcement officers on January l
giving descriptions of two likely
looking fashionable devices. He
made it clear. too, that he hoped
every American would help.
In order that citizens of the
United States may intelligently
assist in the defense Of our coun-
try, they should have sufficient
information regarding atomic
weapons to enable them to recog-
nize bombs or parts of bombs
which might be struggled into
the United States by enemy
agents." he wrote.
The text Of Mr.. Hoover'S letter
was released today by the FBI.
The Customs Service has been
checking travellers luggage for
possible atomic weapons for
some time. The United States
Coast Guard also has been tax
ing security measures against
clandestine delivery of such ex-
plosives into the country.
In his letter, which was APP
proved by President Eisenhower,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-23
Rome Scandal Hits
City's High Places

CENTER OF ATTENTION-The
"Montesi offoir" hos brushed oside
crucial government issues in Rome.
dominates the ItoIion copitoIs con-
versotion and monopoIizes its press.
Stor Foreign Correspondent Crosby S.
Moves tells the mony facets Of this
strange mystery. Poee "A.
RED TRADE DRlve-The next
phose in the cold war is expected TO
be fought in the field Of commerce.
The first Of three articles describes
Russion efforts to reopen trode with
the West. Poee AZ.
RHUBARB-Another sign Of spring
is the appearance Of pink stemmed
rhuborb in the morkets. Food Editor
Violet FouIkner tells the lodies whot
it IS and whot to do with it on poee
B-4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-23
Fire al Bruce Schoo.
Is Laid 10 Arsonist;
7 Rooms Damaged
Bluze Discovered
BY Teacher Before
720 Pupils Arrived

A fire which fire marshals said
had been deliberately set burned
out a first-floor cloakroom and
classroom at the Bruce Elemen-
tary School. Sherman avenue
and Kenyon streets NV. shortly
before opening time today.
Few persons were in the build
ing at the time and no one was
injured. The schools 100 pupils
later were allowed to enter UNI
damaged claSsroomS.
School officials began an i'm
mediate search for arson sus-
poets, but by late morning As
sociate Supt. John M. RiecKs re-
ported they had made no definite
progress.
Teacher Sees Blaze.
The blaze was discovered about
8:15 am. by a teacher. Mrs.
Evelyn johnson, who spotted
flames in a window as she was
arriving in her automobile. Mrs.
johnson cried out to a custodian,
John Thomas. who was outside,
and Mr.. Thomas pulled nearby
alarm box.
The fire originated, according
to Mr.. Riecks, in a supply cup
board at one end of the cloak
room. The cupboard contained
paper and some blackboard
cleaning rags.
Marshals estimated the fire
had been burning about Is min
uteS when it was discovered.
They discounted the possibility
of spontaneous combustion OF
any other accidental cause, he
added.
Doors Prevent Spreading.
! BY the time firemen arrived
the blaze had completely burned
out the cloakroom and charreC
the adjacent third grade class
room. It was kept from spread.
ing further, Mr.. Riecks said, BY
f1re-resistent doors installed two
years ago which sealed off the
two rooms from the rest of the
building.
Marshals and police ques.
toned half a dozen pupils anc
one former pupil. One boy re.
ported seeing two Junior high
age youths run out of the build
ing about 8 am. and down Sher-
man avenue toward Bannekel
Junior High School, but Mr.
Riecks said this story did not
check out.
Bruce and Banneker are both
colored schools.
Bruce is one of the city's oldest
school buildings. The fire was
in an eight-room. two-story Sec
ton opened In 1898. An eight
room addition was added in 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-23
Dead Persons Fount
In GSA's Total Of
1853 Security Risks
'One or Two Suspects
Died During Inquiries.
Testimony Shows
By [. Edgar Primo

General Services Administra-
Tons security risks" include
dead persons.
This was revealed today with
the release of testimony given
by the GSA security chief to the
House Appropriations Subcom-
mittee on Independent Offices
last month.
Thus. charge first made by
The Star on January 8 and SUBJ
sequently denied by Chairman
Young of the Civil Service Com
mission, has been confirmed.
In explaining to Democratic
members who were digging into
the 1853 GSA figure of 1853 Sc
curity risk separations. Baron
Shacklette, director of the
agency's compliance division
said:
Those who were not termi-
mated either voluntarily resigned
or died or were caught in a re-
duction in force. or something
of that nature"
Zone or Two Deaths"
Representative Yates. Demo-
crat, Of Illinois asked:
"You mean. of the 1863 there is
included those who died while
the investigation was going on?'
There were 100 Examinations
SO designations for their own rea-
sons. and Is separations fol
other causes. among which there
would be reduction in force and
one or two Deaths" Mr.. Shack
lette replied. II don't know ex-
actly how many"
At the same time it was dis.
closed that a GSA guard wa.
caught in a police raid here a.
a numbers racket collector. The
guard, whose case has just beer
heard by a security hearing
board, walked into the raid with
"pocketful Of numbers Slips"
In 10 of the 1853 GSA case.
there was IAN issue of disloy'
atty F.. or an issue of sub.
version" Mr.. Shacklette testi.
fed. He said he did not think
any one of the 10 was a member
of the Communist Party.
Arrest Records Cited.
Mr.. Shacklette told the sub.
committee that $50 other per.
sons had derogatory information
in their files as of December 81
and LA of the cases involved
charges of disloyalty.
MIR. Shacklette said GSA hae
a large number of labor force
workers who had arrest records
including larson, assault. bur.
glary. crimes against the family
and children, aggravated disor.
derby conduct, embezzlement, fal.
slfication Of Government docu.
fication Of Government docu.
ments. forgery. gambling, homi.
eide, larceny, narcotic offenders
robbery, sexual perversion. Al
the end Of December we had l.
cases Of sexual perversion agains
whom we had issued security re.
strictions. Five rape cases."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-23

South Dakota after the Subcom-
mittee met for an hour in a
closed session to receive a prog
ress report on plans for the in
veStigation.
Senator Mundt also an
nounced:
l. Television coverage will be
permitted of all the public hear
ings.
2. Names of seven nationally
prominent lawyers are under
consideration for appointment as
special counsel to assist in the
investigation.
3. Senator Jackson, Democrat,
of Washington, was added to a
special subcommittee on selec-
ton of counsel to speed up this
part of the work. Other mem
bers are Senators Mundt and
Mcclellan of Arkansas, the rank
ing Democratic member.
May Start Next Week.
The subcommittee hopes to
have a counsel selected in time
to begin public hearings next
week.
Senator Mundt said the sub
committee on ground rules and
procedure will recommend.
among other things, whether
Senator Mccarthy should sit as
a member of the subcommittee
during the investigation.
The Wisconsin Republican
stepped down from the chair
manship of the subcommittee
for the duration of the investi-
CATION, but has insisted that
he would remain as member so
he would have the right to
cross-eXamine witnesses. He
said he would not object to an
other Republican taking his
place on the subcommittee as
a voting member so long as he
could croSS-eXamine.
Mccarthy Determined.
When reporters asked if this
had been discussed during to-
days hearing, Senator Mccarthy
spoke up and said:
1T was discussed at some
length by me-"
He added that his position is
that he will have to have the
right to cross-examine wit
nesses" and said he wants the
Army to have that same right,
Senator Mccarthy said the
cross-examining of witnesses
was the only part he proposed
to take in the committees in
vestigation. pointing out that he
has relinquished the chairman
ship and has not been voting
on any of the matters coming
before the subcommittee.
II believe that under the rules
as / remain on the Subcommit-
tee,' Senator Mccarthy said, Il
have the right to crosS-exam-
inc witnesses"
Asked if the subcommittee
rules might be changed, Senator
(See MCCARTHY, Page A-3)