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Thursday Dec 24 1942 6 Women's Features THE SHREVEPORT JOURNAL 1-'6 7 Soldier Once Given Up for-Dead to Wed Mississippi Girl eeceCtion for eAz14A 161 i tot hreveporters Will Feast Veil on Christmas Day vv( '110 A CHAPTER XXXVIII "Well now you've done a real job" Romey said "I don't blame you for thinking you got a case But I'm not sure Lex Calvin's going to arrest the commodore's wife yet awhile" "But she's the murderer!" I protested "Looks like it and again it don't" Romey lifted the gloves with a pair of forceps "These are awful big for that little woman It don't quite jell" "You're going to leave that homicidal maniac running loose?" I asked "Just because Commodore Knowlton's an infltiential citizen I I THE LADY WITH THE HOE ITH 41 1 Some Shortages and Higher Prices Still Allow for Ample Food BY HAZEL WILTON Journal Staff Reporter War or no war Shreveport citizens will dine sumptuously Christmas day according to reports from the local markets Caviarmashmallows fruit juices imported cheeses pignolias dates and such delicacies will be less in evidence than heretofore but fresh produce is plehtiful and there is apparently no scarcity of turkeys for the carnivorous Eggnog -will be higher presum- the trimmings will be served prisably because eggs and cream are oners there Superintendent Nick so difficult to get but you can Boddie said Other delicacies in-substitute with champagne if you eluding pie and coffee fruits and like (and can stand the cost) since candy will complete the holiday California has become a runner-up menu to Paris for turning out dry wines Chestnuts incidentally have not There is practically no prepared made their appearance on the By Mrs Kline Tampa Fla OF)-7-A Christmas eve wedding that tragedy and the fates couldn't stop today was to unite a soldier who had been given up for dead a few months back and his school-teacher sweetheart Staff Sgt Charles Stuart 29 of Tampa who miraculously survived a bomber crash and Miss Lois Floto of Jackson Miss were to be married in the hospital at Mac-Dill army air field here The doctor who a a Stuart's leg three months ago and pulled him through after his heart stopped beating will give away the bride The bridesmaids will be army nurses who looked after the inljured soldier and the best man will be an army sergeant who was Stuart's companion in the same hospital ward for many weeks Stuart was the only survivor of the bomber crash in which five other men lost their lives Sept 27 Both his legs were broken all his front teeth were knocked out and his left eye temporarily blinded but he managed to swim to the surface after the plane broke up in fifty feet of water He stayed afloat in stormy seas for an hour until a rescue boat picked him up Rushed to MacDill hospital it was found necessary to amputate one leg On the operating table Stuart's pulse stopped and physicians found no dectable heart beat for four minutes Then he suddenly gave a gasp and started breathing Doctors termed it a "miracle" markets this year and no one seems to know why They haven't been frozen rationed or enlisted in the war like their distant relatives peanuts cranberry sauce says Louie Levy treasurer of the Big Chain store at Fairfield but plenty of fresh cranberries Mince meat has almost vanished from the scene but a small supply remains1 a a a "Stop: 'right there!" Romey grinned "I'm telling you confidentially that the Knowitons are going to be covered from now on O'Toole's stationed at Rockledge The old lady was here early this afternoon She asked us to take the commodore into custody or give her a guard Sounded as if she believed the commodore had killed that red setter and Pete and Henny too Said the commodore knew the day of reckoning had come when they saw that dog becauee if it wasn't a ghost it was one of Red Rufus' sons And who'd own him but a ghost out of Hanks' past? It sounded sensible in a crazy kind of way Not as crazy as her saying Henny was their grandchild! Hank's daughter "Great-grandchild" I corrected automatically ROMey srritled and pulled his earlobe "I mean If she were Hank's daughter she'd be the commodore's great-granddaughter" I had to keep faith with Pam so I turned to another topic "But don't you see how dangerous Mrs Knowlton Is? She's even accusing her "She says he hates her for mak-i necessary to water every day as the roots demand plenty of moisture Warning: Water by standing the pot in water Overhead watering allows moisture to collect around the corm which rots The cyclamen does not require direct sunlight to keep healthy medium light is sufficient With good care your cyclamen should remain ornamental until the warm days of spring When the leaves begin to turn yellow gribdually withhold water and let the corm dry out Store in the pot in a cool -dark place and next September repot in fresh fertile soil Plant the corm with the top projecting half an inch above the soil Water by setting it in a saucer of water Keep in a cool moist atmosphere to bring into bloom If you can bring an old cycla men corm into bloom you may qualify-as an expert for even our local greenhouse men buy started plants of cyclamen They are difficult to grow and that's the reason they cost so much 4 Soldiers to Be Guests headed toward a repeat performance of Thanksgiving were more dinner invitations for service men than soldiers to fill them day according to all from and the Service Center will see soldiers of Shreveport homes Canned Fish Out Evident Canned fish just isn't any more peat perfc and canned chili is out for the when the duration also canned sauerkraut vitations and canned hominy It is still pos- there wer sible to get Russian crabmeat but Christmas no Japanese crabmeat which won't reports frc worry most of us ice Men's Coffee especially tome brands in a majoi of it according to Pat Belcher oll as guests the Belcher store has become one 1 Evidently when there there were Christmas reports Men's in a majority Dec 24 1942 Christmas is here again and many of us will receive lovely plants that we'd like to keep healthy and beautiful as long as possible Some of them such as azaleas poinsettias and the rambler roses may be planted in the yard and will flower for years to come When received from the florist they were in good condition fresh from a moist greenhouse To keep them in good health we will have to approach greenhouse conditions as closely as possible 910 settias These popular Christmas plants are tropical shrubs from the Americas In their natural habitat the" grow 10 to 12 feet high and the whorls of crimson pink or white bracts are as large as service plates To keep our plants with green leaves and crimson bracts until the middle of January we should avoid cold drafts from open windows and never let them suffer for moisture Poinsettias are deciduous so naturally later on the green leaves will fall When danger of heavy frosts is past each stem of your potted poinsettias may be cut back to two or three eyes and planted in a larger pot or planted in a sheltered-from-thenorth-wind sunny spot out of doors Be sure and burn each cut with a match or the plant may bleed to death NEW POST FOR MRS HOWELL Baton Rouge GEn--Mrs Roland Howell Democratic national committee-woman has accepted a position as assistant state coordinator of civilian defense She resigned as personal director for the state department of institutions DR Will Lead Yule Observance of the vanishing Americans and cocoa is another rarity But all in all Mr and -Mrs America will have plenty to ward off any pangs of anaemia Christmas day Even the prisoners of Caddo parish jail and the city stockade will say authorities enjoy the traditional American Christmas dinner with turkey dressing cranberry sauce oranges apples candy and nuts DON'T 71 DE ARUM) OF gellER R4770110 President's Greetings To Highlight Nation's War-Time Christmas 0 could do was wait and try to catch 1 the murderer in the act In flag- trIA---ufERTy rante delictu One could only hope bitterly that it would be other death by violence at Haven- hurst-on-Sound I did not want to go to New York I felt as if I were desert- ing Aunt Carrie and Peggy leav- ing them alone to cope with the homicide epidemic which the po- lice were treating as if it were a fever that had to run its course When I came down to an eight- o'clock breakfast Aunt Carrie joined me looking very much her- self adequate and eager for what the day would bring forth' "Stop scowling jike three weeks' rainy weather she admonished Go and tend to your job and be glad you've got one You've got pl enty on your hands earning the money to pay for running this big place Let the rest of us do our part" She sounded eager to be rid of me As a mater of fact she was All thfl i throug sti ing ay wh le Ada Jackson and I were us- tening to recordings of "Love's Wages" and weaving new patterns from old outlines- my subconscious mind kept slipping off into a cor- ner to wrestle with the set of im- perative problems that refused to be shelved ven for important wiprk- A telegram from Toronto laconic- 1 ally ordered me to met Dennis Riorden at the Pierre roof for an eight-thirty dinner When I got to my hotel at seven I took a warm and lingering bath left's call for eight and settled down for a nap I didn't quite acheive sleep and as I lay relaxed a series of vague dis- jointed impressions which the sum- mer-had stored in my subconscious came floating out to the edge of awareness: My silver fox cape How did it get over to the Devon club? Why had it been tucked away in the coatroom for weeks? What finally made Mrs Higgins notice it? What had said Hodges meant when there might be a connecthis tion between my cape and Henny's murder? Mrs Higgins Why did she and her husband leave Glennacres right after Pam came to lunch that Sunday? Higgings was disturbed by Pam's voice He said he'd heard it before The radio He didn't listen II? radio He answered telephones elephones at Rockledge In the butler's pantry Where he could listen ih while the Commodore talked over another extension Had he heard him talking to Pam? Mrs Higgins said there was a woman who kept phoning the Commodore after Hank was drowned Hank Hank Knowlton hadn't been drowned He'd committed suicide Hank had more fun than he could pay for so he killed self That was murder too and murder might run in families "More fun than he could pay for" Who had said that? Mrs Higgins She'd said it bitterly Why shduld she be bitter about Hank's fun? What would she call fun? That sinister little question woke me out of my half-dreaming state Once I put my mind to the ques- don it wasn't hard to get at a pos- sible answer: Mrs Higgins had a daughter Isabel Mrs Jerry O'Toole Even now she was pretty in a way Ten years ago she must have been lovely Fun for Hank Fair game perhaps? Suppose Isabel and Hank had been lovers? Mrs Knowlton would have been as ruthless about the cook's daughter as the Commo- dore had been about my parents Mrs Knowlton Always Mrs Knowlton I kept getting back to the old lady of Rockledge Now Isabel Higgins O'Toole was married to a young police sergeant Quite a come-down from the Knowlton millions How Mrs gins would hate the Commodore's wife for interfering with Isabel's romance with Ha'nk! How she'd hate Pam for marrying Hank! How she'd hate Henny! Then a forgotten fact about the bloodstained chiffon handkerchief marked "Flo" came floating down the stream of my consciousness Mrs Higgins claimed Isabel had found it tucked' away in her young husband's pocket and that Serroaming geant O'Toole had found it under the leather cushions of Pete Eterthe ard's car Had the sergeant turned it in as a mat-seemed ter of fact had he found it in Pete's car? Or had lie discovered his pocket? (To be continued) (Copyright by Lilian Lauferty Distributed by King Features 41 Syndicate Inc) answer: Mrs Higgins had a sibl daughter Isabel Mrs Jerry O'Toole Even now she was pretty in a way Ten years ago she must have been lovely Fun for Hank Fair game perhaps? Suppose Isabel and Hank had been lovers? Mrs Knowlton would have been as ruthless about the cook daughter as the Commo- dore had been about my parents Mrs Knowlton Always Mrs- Knowlton I kept getting back to the old lady of Rockledge married to a young police sergeant Quite a come-down from the Knowlton millions How Mrs Hig- gins would hate the Commodore's wife for interfering with Isabel's romance with Ha'nk! How sh 'd hate Pam for marrying Hank! How she'd hate Henny! Then a for fact about the bloodstained chiffon handkerchief marked "Flo" came floating down the stream of my consciousness Mrs Higgins claimed Isabel had found it tuckedlaway in her young husband's pocket and that Ser- geant O'Toole had found it under the leather cushions of Pete Eter- ard's car Had the sergeant turned it in as a mat- ter of fact had he found it in Pete's car? Or had lie discovered et? his pock (To be continued) 7: ::7:: 7 v--7-----1- --r 7- (CoPyright by Lilian Lauferty Distributed by King Features 41 Syndicate Inc) ghee" ill LILIAN I LAUFERTY I -ing him disown Hank and his child" Romey related "She says she's scared She don't seem to want to die though it's hard tb fig- tire what she has to live for" "What about that bloodstained handkerchief marked 'Flo'? And her bag? Both of them were found in Pete Everard's car after he was murdered" "It still don't jell If Mrs left her bag and her handkerchief in Pete's car why did she hide her purse and a pair of gloves big enough for the commodore in the woods? You gave me the notion she was surprised to see her purse and expected to find die hundred dollars in it so maybe all them clues was plants maybe someone wanted to make it look like the old lady did it If the Commodore wants to get rid of her that's one way" "Then you're going' to go right on doing nothing!" I said furiously The veteran detective pulled his ear lobe in growing confusion "Don't you go getting mad at me You've done a swell job Now it's my turn I've got a reason for wanting M6 Knowlton to go on rambling around unmolested for a while I'm not so sure of anything since that night Greg Mason spent rummaging around his sister's incinerator" Romey paused then murmured "You've been kinda uneasy yourself since then haven't you sister?" "Kind of" I said then 'wondered how he knew Greg had been at Nancy's "Mason's in the clear" Rontey Offered unexepectedly "Mr Drummond saw the lights in the Everard house that night he went over and investigated Him and O'Toole and me took turns watching the place Greg never left it The State's Attorney and I was over there putting the bee on Mason from nine A till Jack caught 1 his 'Leven o'clock train for Vermont Him and Greg are both awful set on proving Mrs have any part in finishing off her husband" "You're proving who couldn't be our mutiderer How about proving 1 who can?" I asked- "Would I like to! But it still jell" Romey acknowledged "We can't figure out the why and of all these killings And that's what we got to do if we aim to stop the next "Another? What are police for?" I protested "I sometimes wonder Up to now we got enough facts for one- of the Information Please guys but we can't put 'em together About all -we can do is try to make our murderer think we're as dumb as you think we I got to my feet with a sense of frustration "You mean you're going to let her smash one more victim in the hope that you'll be around to see it happen next time she strikes" "Her or him" Romey said "Sorry Miss Glenn but we ain't making any more arrests lust now We'll keep Toya under lock and key I'll keep my eye on your aunt and sister" "I'm not placing too much confidence in you" I frowned "It's our Jap's day off tomorrow and Josephine's day in or I wouldn't dare go off to New York and leave my family here for murder bait" "Don't worry" Romey said "And if you see that Riorden fellow in New York give him my best Tell him I got a handful of beads and they ain'tl all rolling any more I've got a couple of 'em on the string All I need is one or two more "That's all I need" he added pensively "to get me a police captaincy and a good enough salary so's I can marry maybe" "I wish luck" I said bitterly "You'll need it" Thursday arrived in an under-slung chariot of black clouds The morning developed into a scowling menace that seerne'd waiting to pounce We had a murderer roaming at large in Havenhurst Mrs Knowitail was fliting through the woods unchecked The police of our community seemed given to brushing everything aside Romey had practically acknowledged that all he him disown Hank and his child" Romey related "She says she's scared She don't seem to want to die though it's hard tb fig- tire what she has to live for" 'What about that bloodstained handkerchief marked 'Flo'? And her bag? Both of them were found in Pete Everard's car after he was It still ell ont If Mrs left I' bag and her an in Pete's car why did she hide her purse and a pair of gloves big enough for the commodore in the woods? You gave me the notion she was surprised to see her purse and expected to find die hundred dollars in it so maybe all them clues was plants maybe someone wanted to make it look like the old lady did it If the Commodore wants to get rid of her that's one way "Th you'r oing' to right en on doing nothing!" I said furiously The veteran detective pulled his ear lobe in growing confusion "Don't you go getting mad at me You've done a swell job Now it's rny turn I've got a reason for go on wanting Mr6 Knowlton to rambling around unmolested for a while I'm not so sure of anything since that night Greg Mason spentl rummaging around his sister's in- cinerator Romey paused then murmured self since then haven't you "You've been kinda uneasy your- sis ter?" Kind said th of I en 'won dered how he knew Greg had been at Nancy's in the clear" Roney Offered unexepectedly "Mr Drum- "Mason's mond saw the lights in the Ever- ard house that night he went over and investigated Him and O'Toole and me took turns watching the place Greg never left it The States Attorney and I was over there putting the bee on Mason from nine A till Jack caught 'Leven o'clock train for Ver! mont Him and Greg are both awful set on proving Mrs have any part in finishing her husband" "You're You're proving who couldn't be our muiiderer How about proving 1 who can?" I asked- ould I like to! But it still 'don't jell" Romey acknowledged "We can't figure out the why and of all these killings And that's what we got to do if we aim to stop the next "Another? What are police for?" I protested "I sometimes wonder Up to now we got enough facts for one- of the Information Please guys but we can't put 'em together About all we can do is try to make out think we're as dumb as you think we I got to my feet with a sense of frustration "You mean you're going to let her smash one more victim in the hope that you'll be around to see it happen next time she strikes" "Her or him" Romey said "Sorry Miss Glenn but we ain't making any more arrests lust now We'll keep Toya under lock and key I'll keep my eye on your aunt and sister "I'm not placing too much con- fidence in you" I frowned "It's our Jap's day off tomorrow and Josephine's day in or I wouldn't dare go off to New York and leave famil here for murder bait? ont worry" Romey said "And if you see that Riorden fellow in New York give him my best Tell him I got a handful of beads and they ain't' all rolling any more I've got a couple of 'em on the string All I need is one or two more all I need" he added pensively "to get me a police cap- taincy and a good enough salary so's I can marry maybe" "I wish you luck" I said bit- terly "You'll need Thursday arrived in an under- slung chariot of black clouds The morning developed into a scowl- ing menace that seeine'd waiting to pounce We had a murderer at large in Havenhurst Mrs was fliting through woods unchecked The police of our community given to brushing every- thing aside Romey had practi- Cally acknowledged that all he utan116 011 AlLkfla a s7ii 0 111 tlk Well keep Toya under lock an key I'll keep my eye on your aunt and sister" "I not placing too much con- fidence in you" I frowned "It's our Jap's day off tomorrow and Josephine's day in or I WOUldn't dare go off to New York and leave tht my family here for murder bait "Don't worry" Romey said "And if you see aiorden fellow in New York ve him my best Tell him I got -a gi handful of beads and 'I've got a couple of 'em on the string All I need is one or two more "That's all I need" he added pensively "to get me a police cap- taincy and a good enough salary so I can marry maybe terly "You'll need it" "I wish you luck" I said bit- Thursday arrived in an under- The slung chariot of black clouds morning developed into a scowl- ing menace that seeine'd waiting to pounce We had a murderer roaming at large in Havenhurst Mrs Knowitan Was fliting through the woods unchecked The police of our community seemed given to brushing every- thing aside Romey had practi- cally acknowledged at that all he Primroses These fuzzy plants require constant moisture at the roots but abhor getting the leaves wet as moisture collecting in the crown will surely make heart decay start By keeping your primrose cool and moist you may keep it flowering all through the spring Keep faded- blooms picked and give an occasional feeding of a plant tab Give one feeding in early January and another in mid-February Keep cool and moist and the plant will bloom again next year give an occasional locoing in a plant tab Give one feeding in early January and another in February Keep cool and moist and the plant will bloom again year SECOND VICTIM DIES Baton Rouge (JP)--Mrs Leon died here yesterday the second victim of a tornado which struck between Maringouin a nd Livonia Tuesday Mrs Fiego Bondi 67 died when her home was demolished by the wind Mrs Bondi's husband is in a serious condition at a local hospital Turkey for Prisoners Fourteen turkeys were purchased for the jail dinner Jailer Leach stated At the Caddo parish penal farm on Christmas day turkey and all I If you choose a larger pot it should be sunk in the garcIen in full sun During the spring and midsummer new shoots will grow and every one if you are lucky will have a whorl of crimson leavesnext next Christmas If we have as1 mild a winter next year as we've'Saintpaulla (Blue African Violet) had this year your poinsettia will This lovely fuzzy leafed violet bloom beautifully out of doors If abhors direct sunlight and moisyou prefer growing it as a pot ture on its leaves A northeast plant be sure and see that it never window is excellent Water by gets dry and give occasional feed- standing in a saucer of water As had this year your poinsettia will' This lovely fuzzy leafed violet bloom beautifully out of doors If abhors direct sunlight and moisyou prefer growing it as a pot ture on its leaves A northeast plant be sure and see that it never window is excellent Water by gets dry and give occasional feed- standing in a saucer of water As Make 2-lbs Grand Spread Using Only 1- lb Butterwith KNOX GELATINE CA 11 magma' MUG ASSES I I I I I 7 I ings of some complete plant food soon as soil is soaked drain off excess water Some successful growers of the Saintpaulia violet keep the pot of the flowering plant in a small jar- dinierre of damp peat moss Soak- ing the peat moss instead of wat- ering the plant keeps the roota moist enough Cut off all the stems of the flowers as fast as they fade Cut off droppy leaves at the crown Feed every four weeks IN ith a plant tab dissolved in water Saintpalias can be carefully sep- arated and replanted in small pots They bloom best when root bound stems of Ti" flowers as fast as they fade Cut off droppy leaves at the crown Feed every four weeks with a plant tab dissolved in water Saintpalias can be carefully sep arated and reolanted in small pots They bloom best when root bound i Pr( Ne pla Washington greet- ings from Presideni Roosevelt wilt launch the nation today on a somber observance of another wartime Christmas as the thoughts of those at home turn to the mil- i lion boys in fighting station! I abroad and the millions of other! in army and navy posts in United States Four Sons Away As with mlny another home the four sons in the nation's first fam-I Hy were away at war Only twot of the 12 Roosevelt came to the white house to share 1 the president's Christmas The chief executive arranged to exchange traditional greetings with I the white house staffs during the day before broadcasting his Christmas message at the national tree ceremonies In keeping with the nation-wide I effort to curtail the use of electricity lights on the national trell tall spruce on the white house omitted and the cere- I mony was advanced to daylight! hours Mistletoe sprigs and other Christmas trinkets decorated some rooms of the white house but was a smaller tree than usual in the historic East room The fam-II ily tree was placed in the west' hall First Holiday for War Workers I As American troops pounded theil Japanese in the mud of PacificI jungles and thrust at Axis in the sands of North Africa menil in war plants at home looked for-12 ward to their first holiday of the I year I Complying with the wish of War Production Director Donald Nelson work on tanks guns and ships will cease tomorrow in most plants ii tree ceremonies I In keeping with the fiat! on-wide effort to curtail the use of elec 1 lights on the national treOli tricity tall spruce on the white house omitted and the cere- I menY was advanced to day lightt li hours Mistletoe sprigs and other Christmas trinkets decorated some 1 was a smaller tree than usual in 1 rooms of the white house but there fam-II the historic East room The I tree was 4y i ball 11EXPERTplaced in the west First Holiday Tor War Workers i American troops pounded the' As A -1 Japanese in the mud of Pacific iuno-les and thrust at Axis forcesli i tin the sands of North Africa men in war plants at home looked for- 11 I ward their thir first holiday of the I year Complying with the wish of War' Production Director Donald M1 Nelson work on tanks guns and 101ships will cease tomorrow in most' plants III Now I the Ti I me 1 -I i 7 1 i to et a i 1 Extra Pa i 'Better 1431asses -i I i DCRas11AfsoKErRascSHNigriTh t- E0srsamiEBnEaRtiRovnE: EXPERT-OPTOMETRISTS1- I Extra Pair -ii I IBett er Glasses -I 1 i i CV I I tall tor a aight Exanunation 1 DRS LASKER-SCHNITT-VOSS-REBER-IRVINE I 1 to Save 390 (Or more hased on average prices) Easy Here's KNOX SPREAD 1 envelope Knox Gelatine cup cold water 1 14-oz can evaporated milk 1 lb butter 1 teaspoonful salt I Soften gelatine in VI cup cold water 2 Dissolve thoroughly over hot water 3 Cut butter into small pieces and heat over hot water until soft enough to beat But do not melt the butter 4 Add dissolved gelatine and salt to the milk Gradually whip milk into butter with a Dover egg beater or electric mixer until- milk does not separate arp Add coloring if desired Pack in dish or container and place in refrigerator until hard Keep in refrigerator when not in use NOTE: Fresh milk may be substituted for evaporated milk in which case use a pint of milk (preferably top half of a quart bottle and soften gelatine in IA cup milk taken from that pint Patent Applied For Knox Spread is not suggested for frying or greasing pans Conserve and save by serving Knox Spread -oz can evaporated milk ften gelatine butter ispoonful salt )ine in cup cold atm issolve thoroughly over hot Iter Lit butter into small pieces id heat over hot water until It enough to beat But do not elt the butter cld dissolved gelatine and salt I the milk Gradually whip ilk into butter with a Dover beater or electric mixer A dd coloring Ail-milk if desired ack in dish or container and Lace in refrigerator until arc' Keep in refrigerator hen not in use Fresh milk may be substituted evaporated milk in which case a pint of milk (preferably top Line in cup milk taken from of a quart bottle' and soften IA pint Patent Applied For a Spread is not suggested for ngo sauteingor greasing pans nerve and save by ser Knee ving Spread Azaleas The azaleas that are forced into bloom for Christmas are as a rule early flowering varieties Keep them in a cool room in good light Keep a vessel of water on the gas stove on the hearth or radiator In fact every plant needs this moisture in gas heated rooms Never let the soil in your azalea pot get dry It will be best to water the plants by setting them in a pan of water and to let the water soak up from the bottom to Oaf surface soil Your azalea should remain in good flowering condition for two or three weeks As soon as flowers fade carefully remove them Then I would dissolve a plant tab (plant tabs are pellets aspirin size of a complete fertilizer) in a cup or so of room temperature water an stand my potted azaleas in the fertilized water New growth will start in a fewdays Keep the plant in a cool room spray occasionally with water at room temperature and never let suffer for moisture As soon as frosts are over plant out of doors in acid leaf mould soil Azaleas The azaleas that are forced into early flowering varieties Keep bloom for Christmas are as a ruIP them in a cool room in good light Keep a vessel of water on the gas stove on the hearth or radiator In fact every plant needs this moisture in gas heated rooms Never let the soil in your azalea pot get dry It will be best to water the plants by setting them in a pan of water and to let the water soak up from the bottom to 8 tove on the hearth or radia'or In fact every plant needs this moisture in gas heated rooms Never let the soil in your azalea pot get dry It will be best to water the plants by setting them in a pan of water and to let the water soak up from the bottom to the surface soi Your azalea should remain in good flowering condition for two or tree weeks As soon as the ta flowers fade carefully remove them Then I would dissolve a a spirin size a comp let eril- izer) in a Cu cup or so of room tem- perature water an'a stand my potted azaleas in the fertilized water New growth will start in fewd a ay cool room spray occasionally v-ith cep the plant in a water at room temperature and never let suffer for moisture As soon as frosts are over plant out of doors in acid leaf mould soil Ilk 1 FREE! 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MEN Ill THE ARMED SERVICES A Cordial Welcome Awaits You for the Christmas Services at St Mark's Episcopal Church 'Standing Room on Trains at Premium New York holiday travel surge was on today and even standing room in trains was at a premium The South where army camps are most numerous was the principal obpective of holiday travelers The Pennslyvania railroad reports sleeping reservations to the South sold out until Jan 10- Other trains are sold out solidy until eellations All lines reported many would-be travelers were abiding by rel quests to refrain from traveling except where necessary If you prefer growing your azalea as a pot plant provide a larger pot say two inches wider in diameter put rocks in the bottom for drainage and get your greenhouse man to fill it with fertile azalea soil Then soak your Christmas plant in water knock it out of the pot you received it in and replant at the same depth in your larger pot Press the soil firmly around the ball of dirt Bury the potted plant out of doors preferably on the northeast side of the house keep moist and give two or three feedings of specially prepared azalea fertilizer during the summer Spray frequently with the hose Red spider is the azalea's worst enemy and frequent sprayings from the hose will prevent an infestation If your plant does not thrive have the soil tested it may be lack of aluminum sulphate Any nurseryman or seedsman will test the soil If you take a spoonful from under the plant to him uay Ltavuleib Cyclamen The Pennslyvania railroad re- ports sleeping reservations to the The most common fault in car- South sold out until Jan 10 Oth- ing for this plant is keeping it too er trains are sold out solicly until warm and giving it insufficient water Always keep In the cool- Jan 3 and each railroad has long est part of the room It is usually waiting lists to fill last-minute can-! Begonias It your begonias drop their foliage its probably because they are getting too much water or the air in the room is too dry The begonia is very susceptible to gas fumes so if begonias of any type fail to flourish check the gas Begonias also prefer a sunny window Plants will last for years and cuttings are easily rooted EARL BRAZELL RITES Funreal services for Earl Braze II 60 of 627 Herndon aye- nue were held Thursday at 101shi a at Osborn funeral chapel Dr Wade Boggs pastor of First Presbyterian church officiated Interment was in Rose Hill rtitr cemetery at Arkadelphia Ark Mr Brazell died at a local sanitarium early Wednesday morning follow- ing an extended illness I Pt WARITEED 111 Women to Train For Government Positions Start at $120 a Month Young and mature women with proper educational background can review or complete a full Stenographic or Secretarial course at low cost in minimum time at Meadows-Draughon College where office training is made interesting and easy Enter any timeAdvance individually Call 'phone or write for detailed information Ardor- lf" enamel Day and Night School Majestic Building Phone 2-5778 Shreveport La 111 1114 )REPAIRS iz cE i 617 TEXAS STREET SOUTHE EVES EXAMINED ibiricAL ail GLASSES FITTED I I 1 I I fir-znot In Observance of the Christmas Season 1 Our Shreveport Office Will Be rt 001EED your begonias drop their fol Begonias If iage its probably because they are getting too much water or the air gonia is very susceptible to gas umes so if begonias of any type 0 I Be fail to flourish check the gas gonias also prefer a sunny window11 sou-1 HE 7-(-)--1': 1 1 CAL Ca I Plants Will last for years and cuttings are easily rooted I EYES GLASSES REPA IRS 1 EARL BRAZELL RITES EXAMINED AT FITTED 1 Funreal services for Earl LOW PRICES Brazell 60 of 627 Herndon aye- I nue were held Thursday at 617 TEXAS STREET If you prefer growing your aza- a -at Osborn funeral chapel I -Aitilli lea as a pot plant provide a larger Dr Wade Boggs pastor of 1 KN9X pot say two inches wider in diem- First Presbyterian church officiat I 1-51 eter put rocks in the bottom for ed Interment was in Rose Hill -th drainage and get your greenhouse cemetery at Arkadelphia Ark Mr GtiA isi man to fill it with fertile azalea Brazell died at a local sanitarium soil Then soak your Christmas early Wednesday morning follow- Plant in water knock it out of the ing an extended illness IN 5A Pot you received it in and replant at the same depth i your larger A 11 non 2 1 In Observance of 7 pot Press the soil firmly around il 777 the ball of dirt Bury the potted 0 A ---) plant out of doors preferably on tia the northeast side of the house Women to Train a 1 keep moist and give two or three For Government Positions 1 ATTENTIOH! feedings of specially prepared aza- Start at $120 a Month '''''St Standing Room on lea fertilizer during the summer Young and mature women with Jfl the Ch ristmas Season il it Spray frequently with the hose proper edhcational background Red spider is the azalea's worst can review or complete a full get mEti III THE ARMED SERVICES at Premium enemy and frequent sprayings from the hose will prevent an in Stenograph lc or Secretarial course at low cost in minimum time at 0 festation If your plant does not eN 1 1- I 1 7 7 rt New York holiday thrive' have the soil tesed it may Our Shreveport Office- 111 Be Meadows-Draughon College where office training is made interesting travel sur was on toda and A Cordial Welcome Awaits You for -1 be lack of aluminum sultphate Any and easy Enter any timeAdvance even standing room in trains was iot nurseryman or seedsman Will test individually the Christmas Services a premium The South where '-1 army camps are most numerous the soil if youtake a spoonful for detailed information from under the plant to him Call'phone or write was the principal obpective of holi- eii- tit day travelers Cyclamen common WM a The Pennslyvania railroad re- The fault In car- 1 991a7 St Mark's Episcopal Church 111) Jan 3 and each railroad has long 0 4 most ports sleeping reservations to the Bu I -k- Comm South sold out until Jan 10 Oth- er trains are sold out solidy until ing for this plant is keeping it too warm and giving it insufficient Day and Night Sc hool water Always keep in the cool- Majestic Building Phone 2-5778 Texas Avenue and Cotton Street waiting lists to fill last-minute can-lest part of the room It is usually Shreveport La i cellations I I Shreveport Louisiana 1 All lines reported many would- Ift be travelers were abiding by rel a guests to refrain from traveling 1 except where necessary 0 07 0 -UAL sr A 'k' Copwright 1942 Charles Knox Goiattno Co The Copyright 1942 gharico know Cotiattna Co loc II Christmas Eve: Carols 11 pm Holy Communion 1125 pm Christmas Day: Holy Communion and Sermon 10 am hristmas Eve: Carols 11 pan oly Communion 1125 pan Eiristmas Day: Holy Communion and Sermon 10 am 4 i i V1 i I- 1 4 I F-'A A- 1 Troops to Play Santa to British Tots 3dElid TO Drit1511 WIS Troops to Play et IA Kritlen Tnte ANL 1 I I I 1'14'121S-101a' 11'1 I From Thursday Noon Dec 24th until 1 8915 Monday Morning Dec 28th ifiA 1 4 tLw Tr till IE Tr EF 1 '61 GAS AID EILEcirocnc C04111P'ANY tV Until vg 1 il 891511nday Morning Dec 28th it 0 Tr TIM IE 1-1 1144d da 11' 1 A ANID ELIE iranc co4 PANY ti Thursday ay oon Dec 24th 5to 10 rom Th A 1 fr I lb 'HOLIDAY NOTICE All Shreveport Banks will be CLOSED Friday Dec 25 1942 Saturday Dec 26 1942 (In Observance of Christmas)' London soldiers in the British Isles will work as usual Christmas day but there will be time for nearly all to participate in hundreds of "kid parties" dinners and dances or to accepl some among the deluge of holida) invitations from Britons There wilt be plenty of the familiar squeals and shouts from children pleased with toys to delight American ears for Uncle Sam's boys are giving thousands of British youngsters their first Christmas since the war began There will be more Yanks in Santa Claus outfits in England Ireland and Scotland than on sev eral blocks of Broadway on Christmas eve Nearly every outfit is giving or has given a party for children complete with Santa Claus a tree toys and candy saved in most cases from the men's own rations vow THI I London (1P)--American soldiers Ca 4 usual Christmas day but there wili in the British Isles will work as be time for nearly all to partici- 'HOLIDAY RIOTICE pate in hundreds of "kid parties N1 010S i i dinners and dances or to accepi some among the deluge of holida) All Shreveport Banks invitations from Britons ga iovST 0 tette '1 There wilt be plenty of the fa- 9 ill be miliar squeals hot an sus rom Amer1Cm Ili In children pleased with toys- to de- mi-7f light American ears for Uncle tiOlidaY cLoseD Sam's boys are giving thousands Aiia: 4111p vtxtp Inca of British youngsters their first ilf air WraPP IP Christmas since the war began --6s I -str Friday- Dec 25 1942 ISanta Claus outfits in England -At" 'NZ'' 52414 1 Ireland and Scotland than on sev I 'it5 4Nit ''s: 1 Saturday Dec 26 1942 leral blocks of Broadway on Christ-I 1 mas eve 50111)1 ---iV" 1 Nearly every outfit is giv-I ing or has given a party for chil- (In Observance of Christtnas) dren complete with -Santa Claus a tree toys and candy saved in 0 -6 I 4 maost cases from the men 's own rtions I i A I I 4 i.