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STAR., WASHINGTON, D. a4 THE . SUNDAY BONDS ARE STEADY | INSMALL MARKET Weakness in Rail Issues FINANCGIAL. THE HOME GARDENER Practical and Seasonal Hints for the Amateur for Beautifying Surroundings of the Home. NEW GASOLINE TAX EFFECTIVE JUNE 21 Consumer Will Probably Have . UNITED STATES aov:inm ~—1933.— Low. 942 Lib3%, 968 Lib 1at 45 1932-47. Low. h. Low. Close. Chie 14% Int Tel & Tel 43%8'52. .101 10018 10025 --.06 16 Int Tel & Tel 5u "56 100 17 1005 1005 +.4 70% Irish Free State 53 '60 210120 10116 101 16 —.01 8234 Ttaly 78°61.... 10216 1024 10213 +.03 9031 9210+1.10 65 Italy P U Credit 7s'52 BY J. W. WELLINGTON. Proves Contrast to Gen- eral Trend. BY VICTOR EUBANK, Associatea Press Finauctal Writer. NEW YORK, June 18.—Outside of a moderate weakness in rail loans, the bond market held to a comparatively steady trend today, with trading some- what quieter than usual. With reriewed hope for some reason- ably constructive outcome of the Lau- | sanne conference, and the belief of the Germans that reparations payments will be indefinitely suspended, if not wiped out altogether. loans of the! Reich again added to their previous gains. Both the and Ts were up ar d a point at their highest prices for the present move. { While the defeat of the soldiers’ : bonus measure in the Senate was in- terpreted as favorable to high-grade investment issues, investors and traders hesitated to take on further heavy domestic commitments in view of trade and industrial factors which may ef- fect various groups of securities. There was little urgent selling apparent, how- ever and prices generally followed a narrow range. The United States Government sec- tion advanced substantially in the early part of the session, but later, under realizing, these gains were replaced by fractional los:es in some of the Treas- ury issues. Losses of fractions to around a point were recorded by a number of the more speculative rails, including Baltimore & Ohio 4;s, Chicago & Northwestern 4348, Tllinois Central 43, Missouri Pacific 5s and 5'.s. Prisco 4%;s and Scuthern Pacific 4':s. Among the gainers were Santa Fe general ds, Standard Oil of New York 4'ss, Inter- national Telephone 4':s and Consoli- dated Gas 5':s. I Baltimore Markets Ep-cial Dispatch to The Star. ! BALTIMORE, Md, June 18—The| ecg market continues unsettled and showed considerable fluctuation the past week, advancing a cent a_dosen during the middle of the week, but sing weak today at 12!, cents a . a loss of 1 cent from opening | es Moncay. There is still indiffer- | on the part of dealers to make an i t to grade quotations, all shipments 1z graded ss current’ Teceipts, and | nsequently tiere is no special activ-, itr on the exchange or in street sales. Dema: 2irly good with receipts run- | than ample. but practically is being taken up by the for storage. Prices. i live poultry market continues under fairly liberal receipts, es-i mall undersized fowl, both S i old hens, and prices are | in buvers' favor, especially on | this class of stock. which is hard to move. Only large, fat, Spring chickens, | 20, pounds and over, attract attention ! at 20 to 24, with 2 to 212 pounders, as | well as white Leghorns, selling lower at 16 to 19. and all Summer fowl, slow sale at 13 to 15. Receipts of old hens rather heavy both by boat and truck, and with demand limited volues show a slight decline at 14 to 16 for stock weighing 3!, pounds and over. but Leg- horns will not bring over 11 and 12, with all poor, light fowl as well as old roost- ers neglected at 8 to 10. Demand for ducks limited, and only fat stock. 4! pounds and over. attract attention at 11 to 16, with old ducks hard to place at 8 to 10. Market for guinea fowl and pigeons continues stealy and un- changed at 30 to 53 each for the former and 20 to 25 a pair for both young and old of the latter. 3 0ld potatoes continues in liberal re- ceipt from all sections, and with de- mand only moderate the market is easy | at 85 to 90 per 100 pounds for round whites and 90 to 1.00 for long recs. New | potatoes from Virginia in light receipt, | and w demand good values show an advance at 2.00 to 2.75 per barrel, but No. 2. as well as mixed stock, will not | ve and | garden truck running liberal and prices on many lines show a de- at the following quotations: Fancy | green asparagus, 1253200 per dozen but poorer mixed. White grass Will not b over 50a1.00: stringless green bushel; beets, 2.003.00 bbage. 60785 hamper: hundred. lettuce. 25a - onions, 65875 hundred: pess. 5 bushel; rhubarb, 100a3.00 rundred; squesh. 85a1.00 hamper, and spinach, 40a75 bushel Live Stock Market. The live cattle market rules steady | to firm for steers of good quality, but quiet and draggy on bulls and cows. A good demand prevails for handy weight calves as well as desir- able sized, fat. lambs, weighing from 65 to 75 pounds, but poor. thin lambs are not wanted and hard to move. iotations today at Light Street Whart : Beef cattle, first quality. pound. 6a 6'.. common to medium, pound, 3a5; bulls, as to quality, pound, 2'za4; cows, choice to fancy. pound. 4a5: common to fair. pound. 2a3. Oxen, as to qual- ity, pound. 3'.a6. Calves, veal, choice, pound, —a5’.: large, fat, pound, 4% 5: large. rough. pound, 4adls: com mon, thin, pound. 3a3’.. Sheep. 1128 2) Spring lambs, choice, pound, 612 263, falr to good, 5a6: small. thin, 3! a4, Hogs. straight. pound. 3';; sows, | pound, 2':a3. Siags, pound, —a2. Live pigs, pound, 8210. Shoats, pound, 6a8 | Closing grain_quotations: ; Wheat—No. 2 red Winter garlicl spot domestic. 56'.: June delives 561,: July de! . no_quotations Corn—No 2 vellow domestic, 42a43: cob corn, 2.00 per barrel. Oats—No. 2 white domestic. 317,a32: No. 3 white domestic, .a3l. Rye—Nearby bag lots, 40aez More Collateral Posted. NEW YORK, June 18 (#.—The]| combination of indenture obligations ciated security values has necessary for many corpera- ently to sweeten the collateral underlying mortgage bonds. _Today the Pennsvlvania Railroad Co. notified the New York Stock Exchange that the colleteral behind its 4% per cent secured bonds of 1963 had been aug- mented bv 400.000 shares of Long Island Rallroad Co. capital stock. Largest Bridge Ordered. Denmark is preparing to construct what is believed to be the largest bridge in Europe. It will the Storstrommen_(Great Stream) between Sjalland and the Island of Falster and will be usd by railways and vehicles. The tofal length will be 10,827 feet and the helght 85 feet. The cost will total approximately $6,723,000. Work will be started immediately and the structure is to be completed in 1940. It is the first link in the proposed route between Copengahen and Hamburg. 01d Castle on Montfaucon Tn building s war memorial on Montfaucon, in the Argonne district of France, workers have discovered the foundations of a Prench castle built in 1076. This fortress was destroyed and reconstructed in the eleventh, thir- teenth, fifteenth, sixteenth and seven- teenth centuries. Montfaucon was the scene of an American attack on an spemy v 11800 R 9120 9821+1.28 961 98 9612 966 1 C 94 US2%sit4 -43 Mar. 9811 -43 Jun. 9828 38,5 1943-47..... 9R2 L1007 .103 1105 11 101 4ls 1947 1042 10422 High. Low. AbitiN P& P . 21% 14% 4% Alram & Su '43. 70 Alleghany Co 55 ‘44 Allezhany s 49, Allez hany 58 °50. Am Chain deb 6s'33. Am & For Pow 55 2030 Am I G Chem 516849 Am Internatio Am Sm & Ref 55 '47... Am Sugar Ref 6s'37. 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Wilson & Co 1st 41 Yokohama s ‘§1 Youngstwn Steel 4 . . 66 46, Younsatown S&T 68 B'30. 67x | cals, i from the disease the department | fact, |in early. | Autumn Many an old home owes much of its beauty to a fruit tree or two that graces its front yard ana yet the usual owner | of the tree probably thinks of it chiefly | in the light of its capacity to bear fruit for his family. Large orchards are beautiful because of their very mass of bloom but an old, somewhat gnarled | and bent apple tree standing by itself is | beautiful in another way also, that of picturesqueness. A noted American landscape architect, Frank A. Waugh, has called attention to the singular beauty of apple trees and suggests their consideration as landscape material. Looking at the proposition in a prac- tical way, such a tree is not going to look its best or yield any worth-while | fruit if it receives no care. First, it must be fed because it takes consider- able nutrients to supply a full-sized apple or pear tree. Nitrogen fertilizers seem to be most important for the fruit tree, possibly because with its extensive root sys- tem the trees are able to forage far and gain_enough potash. phosphorous and lesser elements. Nitrogen generally is lacking somewhat in local solls and if one has no manure to give his trees he should supply them with nitrate of soda or ammonium sulphate, 5 to 10 pounds each year to large trees until they are restored to vigorous growth. The ma- terial should be scattered on the soil under the outer limbs, although this seems to be a matter of little moment 50 long as the tree is fed. A few pounds of nitrogen fertilizer will work wonders with devitalized trees, restoring their green color and greatly increasing re- turns beyond cost of the fertilizer. Spraying s necessary in the produc- tion of fruit, that is, worth-while fruit free of worms. Arsenate of lead, 2 pounds to 50 gallons of water, is an effective spray for codling worms, but should be prepared with hydrated lime in order to prevent any burning of leaves or fruit. The lead arsenate and hydrated ltme should be mixed first in a little water to form a paste before adding the bulk of the water. ‘ Staking tcmato plants has many advantages, including less disease, earlier ripening, cleaner fruits and easler cultivation. The tomato enjoys full sunlight Summer warmth and abundant moisture. Note the provisions for overhead irrigation, designed to carry the crop through drought periods. Photo by courtesy of Extension Service, Department of Agriculture. deners know to their sad experience, fire blight can easily kill entire pear trees and often seripusly harm young apple: This is about the time for a heavy dropping of young apples, pears and other fruits. ~ Often such dropping is due to insect injuries, but in case of & heavy load of fruit, may be due to an adjustment on the part of the tree it self to the crop it can carry. An apple tree in full bloom may drop 90 per cent and more of its flowers and young fruit and still come through with a good crop Grapes appear to have set very satis- factorily this season and deserve a | spraying with Bordeaux mixture and ‘The following item from the press service of the Department of Agricul- ture 1s of distinct significance to home owners: “One of the most troublesome dis- eases of lawns is ‘brown patch,’ a fungous disease which makes its ap- pearance in the Summer. It spreads quickly from a small spot and kills the grass. Lawn specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture ad- visa fighting this disease with chemi- with differcnt grasses, and with car2ful watering “In an established lawn infected with brown patch the department advises applying an ounce of bichloride of mercury (corrosive sublimate) to each 1,000 square feet of lawn. This may be dissolved in water or mixed with fine soil in sufficient quantities for even distribution. The lawn should be well watered immediately after the chemical is applied to prevent burning. This treatment should be repeated every time the disease appears. A mixture of an ounce of bichloride of mercury and 2 ounces of calomel applied in the same manner is more lasting than the bichloride alone. Several commercial preparations also serve the same pur- pose. Before treating, however, one should make sure that the brown patch is the result of disease and not due to drying out or some other cause Brown patch attacks chiefly bent grass, and to a less extent the fescues As a means of reducing the dzmagv ad- vises seeding lawns with Kentucky blue- grass where the soil and climatic con- ditions are favorable or with a mixture | of 9 parts of bluegrass, 9 parts of Chewing's fescue and 2 parts of redtop. “Brown patch may appear overnight in a lawn. It spreads most in damp. moist weather. Watering the lawn in the morning checks the spread of the disease and creates a less favorable condition for it.” | forming arsenate of lead to control the disease and the dreaded berry moth, which ruins the fruit about the time it should begin to ripen. It is extremely inter- esting to watch the young grapes grow at this time; in a few weeks they be- come zalmost full sized. The strawberry bed that is to be held | over a second year needs attention upon the completion of the fruiting season. In order to encourage the development of new plants, the rows should be re- duced in width to at least one foot and the intervening soil thoroughly spaded and fertilized with animal manure or complete fertilizer. The young plants in the renewed soil will be strong and fruitful and restore the bed. That the strawberty bed needs replacing each vear is something of a question In the light of the fact that in certain pirts of the United States beds are held for four and five years and even longer. Most home gardeners dig their tulips at this season and store them away in the cool, dry cellar until early Autumn. This is a sensible procedure, because it enables the grower 1o sort over his stock and select the larger sizes for replanting and, incidentally, the removal of the tulips allows space for annu~ .. ;.ch as dahlias, gladioluses. s*lvia- and calen- dulas. “For the sa.c of t'~ following crop the soil should be respaded and refertilized before replanting. Narcissus and hyacinths may also be dug and stored. but generally are better left in the ground for two or three years. In general, it pays to cut off faded blooms from most plants, especially those species which produce heavy crops of sced. I? plants are allowed to pro- duce seed, they will cease to grow vigorously and as a result practically cease flowering. The pansy is & worthy examiple. If the blooms are picked faithfully their total number is in- | creased greatly. LATE PLANTI Dahlias may be planted up to the first of July with expectation of suc- cess, particularly if the soil is well pre- pared and fertilized ana the tubers watered thoroughly to hasten their growth. The same is true with gladi- olus and of various annuals, such as zinnias. calendulas and marigoldas. In these late plantings are often finer in late Autumn than those put One must hear in mind, how- ever, that cultivation must be given during the critical perfod of Mid- summer to prevent the soil from crusting and injuring the plants’ development. ‘Turning to vegetables, it is perfectly feasible to start now and have a fine vegetable garden. Beans. especially the snap pod varieties, have ample time to mature crops. Celery, particularly if set out as plants, may be started any time up to the middle of July. Cabbége, kale ana cauliffiower may also be grown successfully. Tomato plants still may be set out with promise of success and beets, carrots and let- tuce may be sown. Washington is reallv in a region of two successful growing seasons, Spring and Fall. and often the Fall garden may be quitc as worthwhile as that started in Spring. | There is considerable fire blight present this year on apples, especially Yellow Transparent and Jonathans. This serious disease is difficult to con-| trol, but it pays to cut out the dis-| eased shoots, provided one dips his| knife or shears in a strong disinfectant | solution and makes the cutback in| healthy tissue. Fire blight is caused by a bacteria. which often gains en- | trance through the flowers and tender | shoots, and which, upon entrance, lives | and spreads in the active tissues be- neath the bark. As many home gar- 'table discussion. On Tuesday, June Roses have been rather late and ir- -~zular this year. due in part to the March freeze, which destroyed the early shoots, and in part to the generally cool Spring. In many ways & long rose season has been satisfactory, but was a little difficult for the garden clubs to determine the most favorable exhi- bition date Spared from their greatest enemy, mildew, the Dorothy Perkins roses, especially the pink form, are truly beau- tiful and aid in beautifying many a local home. The rose breeder that gives | pi gardeners a_mildew-free Dorothy Per- | 1 | 14, the club chartered a bus and jou neyed to Harrisburg, Pa., to visit the famed rose gardens of J. Horace Me- Farland, president of the American Rose Society. The pilgrimage wa | conducted by the club president, Mrs | B. T. Elmore, also a member of the National Rose Society. The Spring flower show. staged by the Rockville Club on June 3, was | highly successful, both with regard to |the quality and quantity of the ex-| hibits and’to attendance. The Judging | Committee, composed of Mark Shoe- | maker of the University of Maryland, | Aubrey B. Carter of the Montgomery Suburban Garden Club and Mrs | Mellon Payne of Barcroft, Va., award- | ed the sweepstakes prize fo Mrs. M. L. | Leet of Alta Vista, Ma., for the largest | number of prize-winning entries. Lewis Reed of Gaithersbwrg was given the gold ribbon for the most beautiful rose in the show and the neighborhjod | Garden Club of Gaithersburg and Washington Grove, Miss L. A. Wads- worth. president, won the blue ribbon for the most attractively decorated luncheon table. A special Washingt Bicentennial deature, in which members. dressed in Colonial cc were seated in a rose-covered arhor attracted much attention and approval The Takoma Horticultural Club closed this past week its 1932 bulb order, which again made possible the procuring of high-grade tulips, hya- cinths, narcissi and other bulbs at wholesale prices. The treasurer of the club, W. H. Youngman, had charge of the undertaking and had distributed to {each member mimeographed order blanks, which greatly facilitated the making up of orders. Co-operative purchasing is not a new function for the Takoma club; in fact, has served for many vears to supply the mem- bers with choice varieties of Spring blooming bulbs at moderate prices. Mrs. A. H. Myers reports that at the recent meeting of the Chevy Chase. D. C.. Garden Club, held at the rasi- dence of Miss M. A. Davis. 3723 Mor- Tison street, a series of slides made from photographs taken in members’ gardens, was shown. Combining both beauty ‘and local interest. the slides received much favorable comment and proved a pleasing feature in the aft- ernoon’s program. which closcd with refreshmenis served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. J. S. Gruver. BRITISH AUTHOR IS 80 YEARS OLD D Cunninghame-Graham, Picturesque Figure, Owns Historic Lake Where Ancestors Lived. By Cable to The Star. LONDON, June 18 (NAN.A)—R. B Cunninghame-Graham, writer and poli- tician, and one of the most picturesque figures in London life, has just attained 80th birthday anniversary. His striking appearance draws many eyes kins rose will confer a genuine blessing. | when he rides in the row, for he is a Such a rose is wholly possible as we have already many mildew resistent climbing roses, notably Dr. Van Fleet, silver moon, Paul's scarlet and gar- denia. perfect horseman. but this season he is !less secn in Hyde Park as he is busy | writing his memoirs. A few years ago, Mr. Cunninghame- Graham purchased two beautiful is- ‘Water may not be classed as a plant | lands in Scotland's only lake, the Lake food, but withal is & most important | of Menteith. Two and & half centuries need for plants as all their growth ago the islands belonged to his ances- processes are intimately tied up with tors, the Grahams, Earls of Menteith, water. plent roots in solution. Hence in dry | The food in the soil enters the and on one is their old stronghold. On the larger island, the Isle of Rest periods the plant may actually suffer are the ruins of & twelfth century pri- a shortage of food as well as water. Practically speaking, it pays to water and here David II wedded his second heavily and allow the moisture to seep| wife. ory founded by an Earl of Buchan. Here too, nearly two centuries down to the roots rather than frequent | later, Mary, Queen of Scots, lived be- sprinklings, which do little more than | fore going to France, waited on by settle the dust. | her haj Asparagus slugs have been especially | Maries. happier namesakes, the “Queen Mary's bower” “four may prevalent this year, eating not only the | still be seen on the shore of the island. fine foliage but also all the green epider- | mis off the main stalks. Dusting in early morning with a half-and-half mixture of arsenate of lead and hy- drated lime is about the most effective control. Mrs. Raleigh S. Chinn, chairman of | publicity for the Community Garden Club of Rockville, reports that at the| meeting held June 10 at the home of Mrs. W. E. Ward the program was divided into business and round- STEADY BUSINESS ACTIVITY AT CURRENT LEVELS REPORTED By the Associated Press. : Business activity during the first half | of the current month has shown only | a slight change, a review of the situa- tion by the Commerce Department said, with most lines maintaining the level of operations noted at the end of May. Some further recession has occurred in the steel industry, but activity in the production of low-priced automobiles has expanded further. Financial statistics of the department covering the week ended June 11 re- vealed mixed trends. Bonds prices ad- vanced, although the rapid rise of the early days of June has not been main- tained. Stock prices displayed a gen- erally firm tone and while business fail- ures increased they remained well under the weekly gwrage of the first five nths of the year. m?rhe expansion of the volume of bank credit reported last week for the first time in many months did not mark a change in trend since the total volume of reporting member bank loans under- went a reduction of $234,000,000 dur- ing the latest week, of which $125,000,- 000 represented the shrinkage in com- mercial loans. Both time and demand de also were reduced during the week. I;mrefl. rates were generally nchanged. o Th:ngempomry stability in the gen- eral level of wholesale prices gave way to s renewed decline. Fisher's index of 120 commodities from 60.2 (CopsTight. 1932. by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) PLANS MUSIC FESTIVAL Retiring Organist at Windsor Cas- tle to Give First of Kind. LONDON. June 18 (N.AN.A)—Sir Walford Davies, who is retiring this Summer from the post of organist at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, has organized a festival of church music—the first of its kind—to take place in the nave of St. George's Chapel Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Queen Sits on Auto Floor. After his visit to Europe the Emir Feisal advised his father, Ibn Saud, King of the Hedjaz, to buy automobiles for the entire royal family. The re- sult was a $150,000 order. The coach- Agricultural products were only slightly | lo“l:' but non-agricultural prices were weak. In Canada the Department of Agri- | culture has modified the embargo on | imports of garden produce from Cali- fornia, Oregon, Nevada and Arizona. Fruits and vegetables may now be im- ported if shipments are accompanied by a certificate signed by an official of the Department of Agriculture of the State concerned that the produce was grown outside of infected areas. ‘Trade improvement is evident in many areas in China, the review said, | while a few centers continued to strug- gle with a multiplicity of adverse fac- tors. All railways with the exception of certain lines in Manchuria, are oper- ating on fairly uniform schedules. How- ever, many lines are suffering from lack of funds for needed repairs to road beds and rolling stock, and for neces- sary additional equipment. Business conditions in France con- tinue frregular. The few scattered signs of improvement are insufficient to constitute evidence of a general bet- terment and are largely offset by un- favorable factors. The total number of registered unemployed 1is decreasing, but there has been no indication of a corresponding increase in industrial and commercial activity as a whole. The foreign trade balance and railway re- ceipts are becoming increasingly unfa- | vorable. A further recession in business conditions in general is apparently ex- department said, 2 dropped per cent of the 1923.35 average of 50.8. | pecied, the e work of the cars is polished aluminum. ‘The one for the Emir’s mother is com- | pletely closed in and has no seats. In- stead, its floor is spread with thick . Overhead are electric fans to the heat of the Arabian Desert. | FARM AND GARDEN. cool to Pay Excise Levy on Fuel. BY CHARLES P. SHAEFFER, (Associated Press Business Writer There zppears to be no doubt in | Washington that the new manufactur- | ers’ excise tax on gasoline and lubricat- ing ofl will be passed directly to the | consumer. ; These taxes, which go into effect June 21, are ex d to yield annual revenue to_the Governmnt ‘of $150.000,000 and $33,000,000, respectively. The new tax on gasoline is 1 cent a gallon, while that for lubricating oil is at the rate of 4 cents a gallon Until regulations for the collection of the tax are made public by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the exact posi- tion that the retailer. refiner, producer, and others in the industry will occupy in_the picture will not be known Trade organizati in Washington state it is the intent of the gasoline and oil congerns to tack the new tax {on the consumer's bill This has been made necessary. it is said, by the small margin of profit resulting from com- petition in the gasoline and oil in- dustry. which would not permit of ab- sorption of the tax- at the source of sale The Treasury Departmen to be expected th: ¥s and means of avoiding a par he taxes will be sought by producers, but time and ex- entati will determine will be possible. This in- formation came in reply to a query as to whether it would be possible for a Tefiner to turn over to his retail outlet sufficient stocks to meet requirements for several months. Disabled American Veterans | The national convention of the Dis- abled American Veterans of the World War opens in San Diego, Calif., tomor- row and will continue through June 25. National Comdr. E. Claude Babcock left early last week for San Diego to attend the convention. A group of members from Federal Chapter and & nber of friends of Comdr. Babcock from the Civil Service Commission gathered at the Station to bid him farewell. Department Comdr. Lee T. Turner attended the garden party held at the White House last Weanesday afternoon. n from various the city were present meeting of the Executive of the D. A. V. will be held ‘The next Committ €xt regular meeting of Federal Wwill be held June 21, at 7:30 Commercial National Bank Fourteenth and G streets. of a State Department ex- nitteeman will be held. p.m., in the Butlding The elect ecutive com Ace Rasmussen Chapter and National Capitol Ctapter, D. A. V., will hold no | cetings during the Summer e next reguiar meetings of apters will take place early in September. The recent radio program broadcast over WJSV by Comdr. Lee T. Turner of the Disabled Amer; Veterans, Comdi. Samuel McWilliams of the Spanish Amer War Veterans, Comdr. Fred J. Fraser of the American Legion and Com Charles B. Jen- nings of the V s of Foreign Wars will be printed in the Congressional Record occ: time that rvice crganization: on the same radio At 2 pm. tomorrow at the exzact time the national eonvention of the D. A. V. is scheduled to open in San {., Dr. Kline, regional medi- e veterans' administra- tion, representing the Disabled Ameri- | can’ Veterans of the World War, will place a wreath on the Tomb of the Un- known Soldier in Arlington Cemetery. At this time also a wreath will be laid on the tomb of Past Comdr. William J. Murphy. Simultaneously with the above ceremonies, attaches of the American ssies in London, Paris, Brussels and Rome will place wreaths on_the Tombs of the Unknown Soldiers of Bng- land. France, Belgium and Italy. all fou anders of the ed together A bill providing for the incorpora- bled American Veterans just been passed slation marks the of a veterans' or- ganization since that of the American Legion, in September, 1919, BRITISH ORGANIZE " TO END BLUE LAWS New Group Seeking to Eliminate Petty Restrictions Left Over | From War Act. By Cable to The Star LONDON, June 18 (NANA)—A new organization called the Defense of Rights and Amuse) ts editionary Force, whose object is to destroy the | domination of D. O. R. A. (defense of the realm act) as still demonstrated by many petty restrictions, particularly re- sented at seaside resorts. is having its initial meeting Wednesday. The occasion is to be marked by a dinner, dance and entertainment at the | May Fair Hotel. at which the Countess | of Oxford will be hostess. Part of the | proceedings will consist of a “wake” of |D. O. R. A, and it is hoped that the mirth of the evening will help to destroy the killjoyism and Mother Grundyism which ~have become in- | trenched in British life as a result of | the restrictions imposed (under the | defense of the realm act) “for the | duration of the war,” but which still continue in some measure after 14 | years of peace. 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