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of rugged stone-snd too the deep deliberation
OF Presidents
In reality, the Arlington Memorial Bridge
project comprises two bridges. There is the
main bridge, stretching from the shadow of
the Lincoln Memorial to the Columbia Island
shore. Then there is the shorter bridge across
Boundary Channel-so called because 1t marks
the westward boundary of the District of Co
fnmbia- -arching over to the Virginia shore.
In the central portion Of the main bridge there
is a bascUle draw span, the only one of its
kind in this section of the country.
The total cost of the bridge is 81 $50 900.
OF this the granite and ornamentation cost
$1,000 000 The cost Of the bascule draw span
is $3.50 DOo, and Of this the ornamentation cost
$500 900.
The overall length of the bridge Is 2163
feet nearly half mile. The total clear width
is 80 feet including two 15-foot sidewalks and
one 60-foot roadway. The bridge proper con-
sists of nine arches. including the bascule draw
span in the middle, fanked by four masonry
arches on each side. There is clear span of
184 feet on the bascule draw span, the clear
span of the arches near it being 180 feet, and
those near the shores being 166 feet
The bascule draw span consists of two moving
leaves that point skyward when river traffic
desires to pass Each of the giant leaves
weighs 1000 tons. of this 1900 being for the
counterweights. TIE draw span can be opened
in one and half minutes, the great electrical
machinery, COnCeH1eQ III CtilLdl
operating RAPIDLY There is standby plant
to be operated with gasoline should the citys
electrical supply system fail for any reason
The total height of the bridge above water
Is 45 feet and it is the same distance below
the water. considering the depth of the folln-
cations that hold up the mighty structure,
which rests upon solid rock
The Arlington Memorial Bridge contains
15c 900 cubic yards of concrete and 100000
cubic feet of hush-hammered granite. Several
railroad trains, with 500 cars loaded with
granite were necessary to bring the stone from
the various points of origin. Altogether, the
structure is faced with granite harmonizing
well with the Colorado yule marble of which
the Lincoln Memorial is constructed.
TERMED "the greatest single memorial project
! undertaken by any nation in recent times"
the Arlington Memorial Bridge pushes out
across the Potomac River the treatment for
the Mall Near Arlington House, which is
in q direct line with the bridge. rests the body
Of LEnfant who envisianed o magnificent
Capital for the infant republic. The bridge
aids materially IN making this dream meT1-
torious and real.
Nine segmental arches form the bridge, the
structure being built low, 30 rs to interfere
as little rs possible with the view Of the Lin
coin Memorial when seen from Columbia Is
STRAIGHT line with the Capitol, the Washing
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emerged from the aspirations of
- almost a century, to stand in en-
during granite symbol of the
unity of the United States Bridging the
Potomac River, this monumental structure
that will cost Uncle Sam some $14 $50 900 ere
It is completely finished, httingly connects the
Lincoln Memorial and the mansion Of Gen.
Robert E. Lee-Arlington House-set pictur-
esquely on the heights across from the National
Capital
Fate must have shufied the cards, too for,
appropriately enough, the grandson of that
eminent Civil War general, who fought under
the Great Emancipator And brought peace at
the-last at Appomattox, has had charge of the
h1dge,s construction in these latter yearst
IAest- Col. q. S. Grant, 3D., executive officer
Of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission,
and his associates have builded well.
It is almost 10 years now since Congress
pushed the cherished plan through the
legislative mill and President Calvin Coolidge
set his hand to the statute that made 1t all
possible. For generations such q project had
been in the minds of men, As far back as
1850 President Andrew jackson had sponsored
the idea. Daniel Webster referred to it in this
wise in an address he delivered the Fourth
OF July, 1851:
Before us is the broad and beautiful river
separating two of the original 13 States
which late President, a man of determined
purpose anu 1uueklple WILL pdUr1OIlC uexaIt
desired to span with arches of ver-enduring
granite, symbolic of the firmly established
Union of the North and the South. That
President was Gen. Jackson"
7 HE year 1882, focusing public thought upon
! the life Of another great American finds
the Arlington Memorial Bridge project about
30 per cent completed The opening of the
bridge itself to public travel is but one phase
Of the consummation of the program.
Columbia island, that erstwi1ile shoal set in
the Potomac River that has been built up by
sand and gravel and muck from the nearby
he'd of the river intD q respectable island, VIII
be developed into the magnificent park which
b planned for this site. On this island t0o,
will be placed the impressive plaza at which
will converge the traffic from the Mount Vernon
boulevard the Lee boulevard and the Memorial
avenue from the cemetery to the west The
United States Engineer Office, under Maj.
Joseph D. Arthur, jr.. the district engineer for
the War Department for the Washington AREA,
has built I'D Columbia Island through hydraulic
pipe line dredging
The equestrian groups that will enshrine
the Ralors Of war and the victories Of peace
on the Washington side of the bridge PROTEST,
to visualize wildly the famous winged horse
Of the Greeks, Pegasus, are yet 10 be chiseled
out of cold stone The artists, Leo Friedlander
and James Earle Fraser Of New York, now have
their conceptions in the mode1 stage, and 1t
VIII require much discussing and suggesting
before the Fine Arts Commission and the
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as a mythical link be-
tween the North and South, the
Arlington Memorial Bridge has
emerged from the aspirations of
almost century, to stand in en-
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NEW GOOSEBERRY

The following item from the press
service of the Department Of Agri-
culture has interest for suburban
gardeners:
1.-The 'gooseberry belt,' heretofore
largely confined to Northern States,
may be pushed southwark by the in
PRODUCTION OF the Glendale, new
Southern regions, where other goose
berries grow poorly or not at all, the
United States Department Of Agri-
culture says.
THE Glendale gooseberry is recon-
mended for trial in Maryland. Virginia,
West Virginia and those parts Of West
ern North Carolina, Tennessee, Ar
kansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Mis-
souri,, Illinois and Kentucky, where
the Downing and Poorman. varieties
do not succeed. The department
also recommends 1t for the lighter
soils in regions where ether sorts ordi-
narily succeed. 1t is not equal to the
Poorman, Oregon, or Downing where
those varieties thrive.
(. "The Glendale grows more vigor-
ously than other varieties, growing as
high as six or eight feet. 1t is more
resistant 10 ledI spot ana mllQeW,
grows readily from cuttings and yields
heavily. The fruit Is as large or q
little larger than the Downing, has a
smooth thin skin and small seeds and
makes excellent jam. The variety is
being introduced by cooperating
nurseries The United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture has no, plants to
sell or distribute.
1.-The new variety was originated by
the late DR.. Walter Van Fleet and is
named for Glenn Dale, Md, where he
lived for several years before his death
In 1922"
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Navy.


Under a policy providing for the an
nual assignment of limited number
of line officers to engineering duty only,
board of officers will be convened at
the Navy Department October "a for
the purpose Of making these selections
The approved policy provides for the
annual assignment of not more than
five officers. In general, the assignment
will be confined to lieutenant COM
manders, applications being particu-
larly desired from officers Of the Naval
Academy classes 1918 to 1917 Officers
OF and above the rank of lieutenant are
eligible to make application for this
designation.
The retirement of Rear. Admiral
George H. Rock, chief instructor of the
Navy and head of the Bureau of Con-
struction and Repair at the Navy De-
partment, this city, who has requested
that he be retired from the service on
October l, two months before his regu-
lar retirement for age on December /,
will create two possible vacancies-one
as head Of the Bureau of Construction
and Repair and another in the rank of
rear admiral. A special selection board
has been ordered to convene at the
Navy Department next Thursday to
recommend an officer for permanent
rank of rear admiral and appointment
Of a new chief Of that bureau Rear
Admiral Rock, upon departing from
Washington, will assume the presidency
Of the Webb Institute of Naval Archi-
lecture in New York, an endowed In
stitution created to give young engi-
neers . technical education In marine
engineering and naval architecture.
Evening star., 1932-09-04
GARDEN NOTES

Snow ON the Mountain, now to be
observed in so many lawns and gar
dens about the city, is relative of the
brilliant poinsettia which is so highly
in demand at the Christmas season.
Snow on the Mountain Is an annual,
self-seeding under at all favorable con-
ditions. 1t is a native Of the plains
from the Dakotas to Texas, and Is well
adapted to dry situations. An exami-
nation Of the flowers shows them to be
quite inconspicuous, the white mar
gined, or sometimes wholly white,
leaves being the ornamental feature of
the plant.
Lawns and walks can be made more
attractive by keeping the grass from
overrunning the paths. Crab grass is
a particular offender in this respect
due to Its spreading habits. Where one
has a large lawn 1t will pay to own a
special edging tool Such are avail
able at the price Of a good spade, and
will save a lot Of hard work
Bulbs for Fall planting are now COM
ing into the markets, and this means
that orders should be made up as soon
as possible. The sooner that narcissus,
hyacinths and crocus are planted the
better, as these form their root system
Al 1dtO <auSNllAAAs 4uAPo UC PldllICu
somewhat later, but they too may be
put in the soil at any time now. that
is, when rains again make planting
possible.
Among native plants that might very
well contribute to our gardens are the
golden rods, Of which there are many
species covering long period of
Autumn bloom.
With the third dry Summer in sue
cession, one cannot but envy one of the
early gardeners in Takoma Park, who
located his gardens so that they could
be watered from small stream. With
abundant water, what splendid flowers
and vegetables could have been grown
this Summer.
Although most shrubs will live on
almost indefinitely, there comes stage
In their development when 1t would be
as well to grub them out and start
again with young, thrifty plants. There
are SO many new varieties of shrubs
that eradication now and then of old
plants would open the way for improve
ment in more ways than one
With the gladiolus thrips present in
various local gardens, it will be more
or less of a necessity to treat all gladi-
olus bulbs during the coming storage
season with some fumigant Several
methods recently were outlined In this
column, including warm water naptha-
lene flakes and mercury bichloride. OF
these, napthalene is considered by the
Department of Agriculture to be most
desirable because of the simplicity of
use and lack of hazard to the user.
The mallows that grow naturally
along the river banks may be trans
planted to the garden and supply beau
tiful flowers in August, but it is per-
haps better to purchase improved va
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ROCK GARDENS

Perhaps no single feature Of orna-
mental gardening has received as much
publicity and attention in recent years
as rock gardens To many peoples
minds the project has been pushed
almost too strongly. Some nursery
catalogues list practically every low
growing plant as rock garden material,
and many people have created rock
gardens in locations where they add
nothing to the beauty Of their places
and may actually be detriment. Cen
orally speaking. a rock garden implies
a slope, especially where 1t Is a little
dry and where grass Is maintained with
some difficulty. Perhaps for this rea-
son one often finds drought-resistant
plants, such as sedumes and cacti, in
the rock garden. On the other hand,
to introduce artificial slopes and rock
piles into a naturally level area may
easily destroy much of the native beauty
and possibilities.
The soil in the rock garden must be
prepared with care; that is, the original
soil should be strengthened in fertility
by mixing with it leaf mold or peat
moss and fertilizer Many rock garden
sedums, make such a mat of growth
that 1t is difficult to fertilize after
paintings are once established. Dwarf
iris and short-growing tulips make good
rock garden material, because of their
earliness and bright colors. AS i'm
piled in the beginning, the number Of
plants now designated as rock garden
material is almost without limits. One
of the very best books on rock gardens
and rock garden plants is that entitled
alpine Gardens" by Henri Correvon.
Rock gardens in their proper setting
are highly attractive, but there is no
use in thinking that every situation is
favorable. Old-fashioned borders and
well placed beds are still useful and
very appropriate places for growing
flowers.
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seeded. there being a black-seeded va
riety, known as Black Lima, and
speckled-seeded variety known as Flor
ida Butter. However, only the white
kinds are popular.
Lima beans are long-season crops,
most of the varieties needing 1OO-odd
days to mature their seeds to the edible
stage. In this respect local conditions
are admirable, and indeed the lima
beans, particularly the pole types, seem
very well adapted locally. Although
attacked by the Mexican bean beetle,
the lima does not appear as desirable
to this insect as doAthe ordinary garden
beans, but occasionally must be sprayed
or busted with magnesium arsenate or
one of the commercial pyrethrum ma
terials.
Among the finest varieties of pole
limas are King of the Garden, Hender-
son Ideal and Leviathan. The Small
White or Sieva variety, producing large
yields of small pods and seed, is not as
good in quality as the large-seeded
types, but is surer producer, especially
under Southern conditions.
Evening star., 1932-09-04
Army andNavyNews

Army.
The War Department has disapproved
the proposal that would provide q sep
arate promotion list for officers of the
Judge advocate generals department
Ihls proposal, II enacted into Law.
would remove the officers of the Judge
Advocate Generals Department from
the existing promotion list and place
them upon a separate promotion list,
and 1t would establish a new ONCE of
assistant judge advocate general. to be
occupied by an officer having the rank
OF hrigadier general 1t Is the opinion
OF the War Department that the busi-7
ness OF the department can be taken
care OF without the creation OF an addi-5
tional office.
The economy program Of the Federal
Government has had its effect upon the
recruiting activities of the Regular
Army. A restriction. placed on Army re-
cruiting in January, 1892, restricts the
securing of enlisted personnel only 10
the re-enlistment Of men who are eliRi-
BILE for enlistment and who have been
discharged three months. This restric-
tion on Army enlistments is applicable,
however, only TO recruiting activities
within the continental limits Of the
United States. 1t has no effect on for
eign service recruiting. The enlisted
personnel Of the Army in the foreign
possessions has been and Is being kept
filled up to the authorized strength from
month to month. The authorized en-
listed strength of the Regular Army has
been hxed at ii8,750 for this fiscal year.
,When funds permit. the War Depart
ment ~ again resume an unresN5cted
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THE GARDEN CLUBS

In addition to the strictly COM
munity garden clubs, there are in
Washington several horticultural organ
izations that have no geographical
restrictions and welcome members from
all the metropolitan area. There is the
American Horticultural Society, which
has a large membership scattered
through the District of Columbia and
various States and publishes monthly
the National Horticultural Magazine,
which features new and desirable plant
material. The National Capital
Dahlia and Iris Society promotes, as
its name would suggest, the growing
and breeding of dahlias and iris. This
society is planning to hold an Autumn
show at the Carlton Hotel on September
81 and %, under the direction of Mrs.
Edna Reinohl of Hyattsville, committee
chairman in charge. Finally there Is
the new Potomac Rose Society, formed
about year ago by group of enthu-
siastic rosarians, and which is in a posi-
tion to furnish the latest information
of varieties, culture and breeding Of
roses.
Citizens of the community are in
deed fortunate in having such associa-
tions and wherever possible should
lend their support by affiliating with
the organizations devoted to their ia
vorite flowers
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PLANT BREEDING

One of the important tasks carried
on by the home gardeners of Washing
ton Is the origination of new plants.
These amateur breeders work with iris,
narcissus, lilies, roses and many other
plants and from this group Of enthu-
sists have come several varieties suf-
flciently outstanding to receive national
recognition. The breeding Of choice
seedlings may quite naturally become
the ultimate aim of the flower specialist
because, constantly working with plants,
he Or she becomes conscious OF needed
improvements It is quite we'll agreed
that quality in seedlings depends pri-
marily on quality in the parents,
hence the gardener who has worked
long with the varieties and knows
their desirable features is in an ad-
mirable position to proceed. In plant
breeding the element of chance is
always present. No one can forecast
results with certainty, since each plant
contains hundreds of different charac-
teristics which may or may not COM
bine with those Of the other parent
lings. However, this uncertainty is one
of the principal destinations Of such
work
The operations Of plant breeding are
relatively simple Prior to actual OPEN
ing of the blooms, it is necessary to re-
move the pollen-bearing stamens. This
operation is easy with certain plants,
such as lilies. but very difficult with
small blooms. After removing the
stamens, the bloom is again covered
with a paper sack to exclude insects
and, about the time 1t would normally
be coming into full bloom, the pistils
must be busted with pollen from the
male parent. After pollination, it Is
necessary to again cover the bloom
until seeds are started The work then
is dore except to gather the seeds be-
fore the pods open and shed.
Most of our local flower societies and
garden clubs offer special awards for
seeding classes, realizing the impor-
tance of this work. Everyone cannot
be a Burbank but there is always the
chance of developing new variety that
will make a mark for itself in the world
of flowers and bring honor to its
originator.
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PARTY TO EXPLORE
FLOOR OF PACIFIC
Fantastic Adventure Prom
ised Expedition Soon to
Make Vast Research.

BY the Associated Press. ..
CHICAGO. September "a party OF
Chicago scientists, headed by Robert
Johnson, will start soon on an expedi-
ton to put the floor Of the Pacific
Ocean more completely on the worlds
maps
johnson, a geologist, who received
much of his training at the University
OF Chicago, is now busy organizing the
expedition. Its financing has been
completed, but its date of departure
has not yet been set. q
1t will be no fantastic adventure,
johnson said today. no aimless sleuth-
ing for lost continents of myth and
psuedo-scientiflc reports, no side forays
In search of the grotesque creatures
and sea serpents of old seafarer's tales.
Ready for Surprises.
But If nature elects to confront him
with the pageant of strange characters.
in surprising performances she so often
presents to those who explore her little,
understood and Seldom-probed realms,
Johnson and his colleagues will be
ready for them.
Equipped with the most recently
developed supersonic devices for sound
ing the depthS OF the ocean, and car
rying a complete laboratory for the
study of marine biology the scientists
will make a concentrated investigation
lasting 18 months to years into one
OF geology's most impenetrable lock-
boxes of secrets.
OceanOgraphic research has been
pointed to by scientists the world over
as one of the outstanding present needs
OF human knowledge. They have er-
pressed belief that information con-
corning the conformation of the floor
Of the Pacific Ocean will assist in the
charting of the earth's geologic future.
Vast Reaches Included. 80
To get that information, johnson
hopes to traverse the Pacific from the
Panama Canal to French Indo-China
Members of the expedition will be sew
eral other scientific students from the
University Of Chicago.
An auxiliary cruiser adaptable for
Johnson's purpose has been secured on
option at College Point, Md, the pro-
posed starting point.
johnson will report his findings 10
| Prof. r. T. Chamberlain, chairman Of
| the department of geology at the
| University Of Chicago and one Of the
worlds foremost authorities on struc-
ural geology. ..-
Evening star., 1932-09-04
ITALY SHUTS OUT
U. S. DRIED FRUITS
Lard and Fatbacks Also Excluded
With Frozen Beef Imported
From Argentina. -
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME. September 3--Heavy tariff
increases published today virtually shut
out of Italy frozen beef from Argen.
tina and United States exports Of lard,
fatbacks and dried fruits.
The duty on frozen beef is raised
from 2750 lire per quintal to lao lire
for Argentina. which has most-favored.
nation treatment. The object of the
increases is to protect and encourage
home industry.
The duty on lard is raised from 2e. 40
lire to 200 lire per quintal and on fat
backs from A to $50. Last year the
United States sent 10000 quintals ot
lard and fatbacks to Italy.
The duty on prunes and other dried
fruits is boosted from IS lire to $50 pef
quintal. The United States exports to
Italy last year were $4,000 quintals. d
Dried fruits are the only exports ID
Italy which are expanding. Last yeas
they increased 160 per cent. s.
A tariff increase was promised q yesr
ago to agricultural interests, but il wsS
impossible until now because Of vari,
GUS treaty provisions which did not ex.
pire until August 81 this year.
Evening star., 1932-09-04
LIMA BEANS

In 1.-THE Beans OF New York." finely
illustrated monograph, published In 1881
by the New York Experiment Station
(Geneva). there are presented descrip-
tions Of 10 varieties Of pole lima and
13 bush lima beans. The original
limas were introduced to this country
from the vicinity Of Lima, Peru, where
this bean is apparently native and
where it grows as perennial; that Is,
living from year to year. The dwarf
or bush, forms originated in the United
States along about 1880 as bud sports
of the pole varieties, but in this locality
never have been a great success, be-
cause of failure to set pods satisfac-
torily. Not all lima beans are white
Evening star., 1932-09-04
CARDINAL VAN ROSSUM'S
WILL PRESENTED TO POPE
Prefect Of Propaganda Eide Left
Only Spiritual Testament"
Because of Vow.

VATICAN CITY, September 8 (R.-
The will of the late Cardinal Van
Rossum, prefect OF the Propaganda Eide,
was presented to Pope Plus TODAY after
1t had been formally opened In the
cardinals apartment In the Propaganda
Building
Cardinal Van Rossum was of the re-
demptorist order and because Of his
VOW OF poverty could have no personal
fortune, but left spiritual testament. .,
Msgr, Carlo Salotti, secretary OF
the Propaganda Eide, Is considered
likely to succeed Cardinal Van Rossurn,
first by temporary appointment, and
eventually by permanent appointment
coincident with his elevation to the
rank OF cardinal.
Evening star., 1932-09-04
ASSEMBLING TRUCKS

KITCHENER, Ontario, September 8
R.-Tariff changes and imperial con-
ference regulations regarding use Of
Empire materials in motor trucks have
caused the Four Wheel Drive Co. Of
Clintonville, Wis, to start assembling
and rebuilding trucks at its local plant.
previously used only for repair work.
The factory will have machinery in
stalled within q few weeks, A M. Kerr.
said yesterday.