davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1936-04-14

Thereupon he was disciplined, removed
from his command. The reaction of the
country to that punishment-for saying
what has been said repeatedly by others
was immediate and positive. Severe
criticism was voiced. Responsibility for
the action was shifted about from one
official to another. At last the discus
sion of the case died away and finally,
after conferences, the disciplined officer
has been restored to duty, with the
second best command in the Army field,
and thus the incident is closed. But
there remains the question of whether
something should not be done to prevent
similar occurrences hereafter. Civilian
witnesses before congressional commit
tees may not be hailed before the court
for telling the truth in their own fashion.
and Official witnesses should not be, but
congressional recorders and committees
should be required to preserve the con-
fidences reposed in them. And, after
all, the fact remains that what General
Hagood said was nothing but the truth,
however it may have been phrased.
Evening star., 1936-04-14
. STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

has been found by DR.. Florence E. Meier
of the division of radiation and organ
isms Of the Smithsonian Institution.
Starting at a point in the spectrum
Just at the edge of visible violet light,
DR.. Meier found that the killing effects
of 20 isolated wave-lengths of invisible
ultraviolet radiation on simple living
organism-a special of Single-celled
green algae-increase with a tide-like
progression to a point where they are so
times as great as at the beginning.
This covers the so-called poison
band" in the spectrum Of the sun. Very
little radiation Of these wave lengths
gets through to the surface Of the
earth because of a protective blanket
of the rare gas ozone, distinctive ar
rangement of oxygen molecules, which
completely enwraps the globe about 20
miles above its surface. If it were not
for this gaseous blanket, life on earth,
in it's present form, probably would be
impossible.
The significance of DR.. Meier's dis
covery is that the virulence effect is not
general for all wave lengths in this band
but varies enormously for specific wave
lengths. The lethal action on the algae
starts at approximately $500 Angstrom
units. Then it falls sharply to an innoc-
uous low low at about $500 Angstrom
units, rises 20-fold between $500 and
2,400, falls again and rises to more than
50-fold at about 1890. From this peak
it again falls very sharply.
The phenomenon noted by DR.. Meier
at the height of the virulent effect was
striking. For a second or two the single
celled organisms seemed agitated or
strained, and then suddenly increased
to or 10 times their original diameter.
This distortion was followed by shrink
age, and finally diSintegration.
The strength of the virulence effect
of different wave-lengths was measured
by the time and intensity Of the radia-
ton necessary to produce death OF the
algae. The virulent waves are the ones
which are absorbed strongly by the cells.
causing disintegration. They are in the
same part of the spectrum as the rays
which cause sunburn.
Evening star., 1936-04-14
s'What's the ScOre?''

Of all the days" that are in the year,
set apart for special observance by Gus
tom or by proclamation, there is none
more interesting to great multitude Of
Americans than the opening day Of the
base ball season. There is no fixed rule
of public custom for its designation. The
magnates of the game determine it ac-
cording to the requirements of the sched-
ule and the general run of the calendar.
This year April IA is the time set for the
starting of the long series Of games be-
tween the sixteen clubs, comprising the
two major organizations, and so today
they start their long battle for supremacy,
eight teams in each league.
Washington holds the spotlight on
this day of days because of the fact that
by long established custom the President
Of the United States starts the contest
by throwing out the first ball, thus giving
an almost official sanction to the sport as
an expression of American life. And it Is
significant of the status of the game in
American affairs that the Chief Execu-
tives who have thus participated in the
inaugural of the season have been them
selves ardent fans" not only interested
in the sport, but veritably enthusiastic
admirers of the game.
Washingtons base ball team, once
upon time almost regularly second di.
vision" and for a long while hopelessly
distanced in the pennant races, has In
recent years been Q serious contender for
Evening star., 1936-04-14
The HagoOd Case Closed.

Restoration OF Major General johnson
Hagood to active duty, with command of
the Sixth Corps Area, closes an incident
that has brought no credit to the admin
istration, but, on the contrary, has caused
much severe criticism. The circum-
stances in which the officers remarks
before a congressional committee were
uttered were such as to have required no
drastic penalty. He was invited to tes-
tify before the committee regarding the
manner in which certain emergency
relief works were being prosecuted. Sup
posedly in the security of private hear
ing and at the instance of the COM
mittee, he expressed himself colloquially,
In terms that when later disclosed upon
the unwarranted publication of his re-
marks gave offense to certain members
of the administration. The fault lay
not with the officer, but with those who
questioned him and who. without his
knowledge, barred the textual record.
Evening star., 1936-04-14
Plan for Franklin Square
Does Not Make Good Sense
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The plan for Franklin Square as
produced in The Sunday Star does not
make common sense. The square has
become great going through park, being
much used by persons criss-crossing from
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets and
vice versa. The neighborhood Is busy
section of the city. On this score the
park is like Lafayette Square, where
direct walks from corner to corner have
been installed. But not so is the plan
for Franklin Square. There Is to be no
criSs-crossing at all, for an elaborate
arrangement in the center absolutely
blocks going through. One gets along
only with what looks like a very In
convenient detour. Then the present
paths leading from street and K street
at the middle of the park are also much
used. They are done away with entirely
in the new plan. Nor can one under
stand the curved walks paralleling the
four sidewalks. They appear to have no
Justification.
One wonders about the trees. 1t Is
claimed that there will be little dis
turbance there, but we will see. There
are some very noble trees in the park,
included being the grandest elm in
Washington, a veritable monarch. A
similar monarch in the park was
butchered few years ago. The friends
of the great tree may well pray for it.
The statement is made that the lilac.
bushes are being removed as faring i'll
in Washington. which is too far south
for them. I have seen, and no doubt
they will be seen again this Spring,
most wonderful hedges of lilacS in Chevy
Chase. No lilacs elsewhere make more
glorious sight than these when in bloom.
And Chevy Chase is virtually In Wash
ington. If the park authorities are
curious enough, perhaps they can get
some of these bushes for transplanting
in the city parks. There are several
lilac bushes in Franklin. Presumably
they are to go.
And right here one asks what is to
become of the finest magnolia tree in
the city. 1t is a profusion of white in
March generally and has drawn many
artists to Franklin to paint it.
Furthermore, the plans indicate that
no widening of the sidewalk on Thir-
teenth street between K and I streets
is contemplated. This now permits only
two people to walk abreast, and so the
narrow walk is always a great incon-
venience to pedestrians. The sidewalk
should conform to the width of the
other walks on this busy street. 1t
should have been adequately widened
when the street was made wider a few
years ago. but there was no such fore
sight then and seemingly none now. APP
parently the park lodge interferes, but
why not remove this eyeSore? And the
much-used playground for children
seems eliminated. Now, is that nice?
1t would appear that revision of the
plan is imperative, and If not done, why
the busy citizenry, which always likes to
use the shortest distance between two
points, will Just make walks for them
selves, and where will the grass be then?
JOHN LORANCE
Evening star., 1936-04-14

Finding of hitherto undescribed
aboriginal village and workshop sites IN
and near the District OF Columbia Is
announced by DR.. Titus Ulke, long an
enthusiastic worker in local archaeology,
in the current issue of Primitive Man,
published at the Catholic University
here.
The most important Of these sites is
the tract known as the Old Donaldson
Farm. located on a hill above Potomac
Landing, Va, about a mile from Cherry
dale and 2 miles from Chain Bridge.
Here. saws DR.. Ulke, he has found on
the surface, especially after rains fol-
lowing the Spring plowlng, several
large stone mortars, a dozen pestles Tor
crushing or grinding, thousands OF orna-
mented fragments of pottery bowls, sew
eral soapStone cooking vessels, dozens
of stone hammers and axes, anVls,
knives. chisels. pecking hammers and
ruhstones. several ornaments, toys and
tally markers used in Indian gambling
games. and thousands of arrowpoints,
spearheads. scrapers, avis and drills.
Other new archaeological sites OUT
lined by DR.. Ulke are:
The hill along Harvard street over
looking the Zoo, and now largely built
over, where he has picked up hunoreoS
of stones showing evidences OF Indian
workmanship.
An Indian workshop and village site
in the Geological Park near the super.
intendent's office, where he has founo
a dozen anvils, together with pesties'
slightly concave fiat stone dishes paint
stones, turtle stones and many dlscaroeo
fragments Of quartz and rhyohte.
On the slope of the hill above Riggs
Mill where an extensive mound ABOUT
60 feet long yielded partly finished stone
artifacts.
Near Sligo Branch, where DR.. UlKe
picked up numerous arrow points, spear
heads and portions of a soapstone bowl.
On the plateau above High Island IN
MARYLAND, where there were pottery
fragments, knives and pestles, and nu-
merous arrow points, spearheads ana
chipping hammers.
The gravelly and sandy loan nat be-
tween Paint Branch Bridge and the
Paint Branch school house, where ne
has found numerous stone weapons, tools
and partly finished artifacts Of quartz,
and quartzite.
Hitherto the classic map of the dis
tribution of aboriginal habitations in
this neighborhood was one prepared by
the late James Mooney of the Bureau OF
American Ethnology in 1889. DR.. Ulke
has greatly revised this map on the
basis of more recent findings.
A waxing and waning "wave Of viru-
lence" in the ultraviolet light spectrum
Evening star., 1936-04-14
Transforming Parks Into
Auto Lots and Mud Puddles
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
In your issue of April II, John Torrance
enters a plea toward saving Franklin
Park from what appears an intent TO
convert it to a park for automobiles or
q race track.
I have already called the attention Of
the Commissioners of the. District OF
Columbia to the spoliation of several of
the triangular parks, which have become
mud puddles following the removal OF
their shrubs, grass and top soil, for a
purpose not disclosed. My letter was
acknowledged but no information di-
vulged.
We are, therefore, left to presume that
the program for these and other parks
OF the city, which were formerly used
as places for cooling of on hot days
and nights, Is not one which the au-
thorities care to disclose, lest the ire of
the residents be aroused and the program
Evening star., 1936-04-14
An Old.Time Fan Pleads
For LOYALTY to the Team
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Nowhere is general belief in the say
ing that youth will be served more
strikingly disclosed than at the opening
game of the base ball season. The old
fan who has to conserve his breath
trudging up the ramp to the grand
stand is not less free to declare it than
the fans in the prime of life who have
plenty of breath to make the rafters
ring or waste in roasting the umpire.
And the old fan when safely settled in
his front row seat will be in especially
fine fettle, with plenty of youth to be
served in this years Griffs.
One good thing about the old fan is
that he is not quite as tickle as his
run-of- -the-mine brothers. When the
club slumps, as at one time or another
the best of clubs will in the course of
a season, the old fan may possibly suffer
the pangs of life full Of gloom. but
the youthful Griffs can still feel assured
of his sympathy and encouragement.
In fact, it would be good thing If his
example of unbroken loyalty to the home
team were more generally followed, as
when, for instance, certain husky fans
walk out on their heroes II the latter
unaccountably 60 to pieces and seem
likely to lose a hard-fought game that
was apparently sewed up in the eighth
or ninth inning.
The old fan will tell you that club
motivated by the hot blood of youth
may be expected to spring a surprise
one way or another In addition to
that he is more than likely to aver that
this years team is the kind of hot
blooded club that before the season is
over will be up there in the thick of
the pennant fight. And I think he
may be more than half way right.
Which goes to show that in the Spring
an old fans fancy turns to thoughts of
pennants won. Upton TALBOT.
Evening star., 1936-04-14

pennant honors. 1t has won three ma
tional championships in its league and
one world championship. It has mean
while had some grievously poor seasons.
Now 1t is one of the possible dark horses
Of the race. Computations of its chances
for the pennant this season have placed
it in the second section of the league.
Yet there are possibilities of q better per-
formance. New faces are to be seen,
youth has been served in the reorganiza-
ton of the lineup. Some critics see q
chance for the development of winning
spirit, with batting strength improved,
with fielding skill as high as ever, per-
haps higher, and with pitching up to the
mark of first-division performance.
Year after year the teams take the
field and play the best base ball that is
in them. The attendance runs into the
millions in the course of the season. The
incentive for the club owners and for
the performers to excel is partly pride
of performance and partly hope Of ma
terial gain. The pennant winner reaps
a rich harvest, with the world series as
a reward for both players and owners.
Perhaps the star of Washington is
ascendant this season. But whatever
may be the final reckoning of relative
merits it is assured that for the next Ave
months the thousands who comprise the
Capitals base ball public will be enter
tanned, at times thrilled by victories,
again disappointed by defeats, and the
daily question with the setting OF the
sun will be Whats the scorer"
Evening star., 1936-04-14
New Experts Destroying
Beauty of Local Parks

To the Editor of The Star:
The advice of the National Park
Service that critics hold their fire" until
the small parks now being torn to pieces
are rebuilt would be well enough except
that 1t will then be everlaStingly too
late. The money will all be spent and
the public will have to wait another 80
years. Also the reasons given by the
Park Service for some things they are
doing don't make sense. For instance,
it will be big news for lilac lovers that
these delightful shrubs "are hard to grow
this far south" The wealth of luxuriant
lilac in and around Washington every
where, in thousands of home yards and
farm yards, has doubtleSsly escaped the
talented Mr.. Kirkman and Mr.. Paolano,
who are both recent accessions to this
city from more northerly climes.
Then. again, the excuse that Straighter
walks are being put in so the public
won't cut corners is completely contra
dicted in respect to Franklin Park, at
least, by the very plans which are shown
in last Sundays Star. The existing walks
curve gracefully from one corner dag
onally to the other, so that pedestrian
can walk across the park in diagonal
direction without wasting steps. The
new plan makes this impossible, as a
glance shows. A pedestrian will have
to walk in roundabout way, circum-
navigating wide open spaces at each end.
It is obvious that this new plan will do
just what the park people say they are
planning to avoid, namely, cause pedes-
trians to cut across the grass. The
trouble is your young and enthusiastic
landscape architect just out of school is
nuts on geometrical patterns. He is used
to laying out pretty designs on a fiat
drawing board, overlooking the actual
contours and conditions of the site. He
forgets that the only way you can ap-
preciate pretty geometrical design for
park walks is from an airplane, where
you get fleeting glimpse, and also on
a nicely rendered water color, which is
always submitted for the perfectly formal
and perfectly useless approval of the
Fine Arts Commission, the members of
which have rushed into the city to give
the once-over to projects which they
have neither studied in detail nor have
time to consider before they rush out
again.
The subtle matters Of vista for statues,
grouping and planting for color and
seasonal effect and the esthetic value Of
bright flowers, Towering shrubs and
Evening star., 1936-04-14

interfered with. 1t is quite immaterial
whether parking pavements or race
courses be installed. The smaller parks
have been one of the pleasures Of the
city and probably, like the trees, have
got to 60 in order to please some per-
sons whose rest and recreation are OBJ
tanned out of town, while the mass of
workers, who have neither time nor
money for vacations, swelter amidst hot
brick and concrete. When Washington
becomes sufficiently uncomfortable, rents
will come down, and JOY be with those
who like to get their money here and
spend 1t elsewhere. For the last they
need autos and autos need space.
w. z. ALLEN. !
Evening star., 1936-04-14
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Question of Frankness.

A Question Of Frankness.
The wise ones say this game base ball
Has spoiled our conversation
And tempts the minds OF great men and
small
From problems Of the Nation.
Why strive pleasure to dispel
And VOW you'll do without it?
You may as we'll enthuse and yell
AS sit and think about it.
Evening star., 1936-04-14
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Light Sleeper.

A child stirs under its coverlet-
Mother is up to see
The nursery windows at safe height set,
That baby the cool, fresh air may get
With never a wind too free.
One of the brood has restless dream
Mother is up again,
To draw a shade where stray moon
beam
On the child's closed lids may cause
stream
OF disturbing thought and pain.
All thru the night If her hedglings need
A tithe of her loving care.
Though for restful slunber her eyes may
plead,
Alert to naught save maternal need.
Mother is always there.
Evening star., 1936-04-14
Nature Outdone.

Nature Outdone.
The clothes were fair,
The hats were strange:
The colors rare
Would shine and change.
Dame Fashions pace
Sought to disclose
Both sturdy grace
And willowy pose.
The skies o'erhead
Will shine anew
On blossoms red
Or white or blue.
In vain they'll try
For such display
As met the eye
On Easter day.
Evening star., 1936-04-14

There has always been fear Of con-
centrated wealth in politics. Grave COLI
legians sometimes admit that they do
not know exactly what money is. In
some governments the influence of poll
itics on money is so great that the value
of currency is dictated at the arbitrary
preference Of the politicians.
Evening star., 1936-04-14

The Easter season produces the usual
array Of beautiful and variegated eggs.
Economists are hoping that within an
other year even the goose that laid
golden eggs can be rescued from fable
and presented in fact. The old bird has
had limitations that are credited with
small practical service beyond a little
nest feathering.
Evening star., 1936-04-14

Washington's social life has often en-
deavored to patronize music in a prac-
tical manner. Musicians must live and
it has not been always easy to dis
tinguish at a glance between the gen.
erous impresario, the inspired virtuoso
and the plain every day song plugger.
Evening star., 1936-04-14

There are theories that wealth will
somehow create itself to meet require
ments as they arise. AS science ad-
vances it may decide to establish learned
bodies to consider the mysteries OF
finance in connection with patheno-
genesis-which is a good word worthy
Of share of attention by the busy
philologists.
Evening star., 1936-04-14

Estimates of old-time showmen were
rather rugged. The glorifcation of Flo
Ziegfeld brings to attention the benefit
Snowman may derive from the potent
though obscure influence of a lovely
home life in one great happy family.
Evening star., 1936-04-14
The Greater Pleasure.

The Greater Pleasure.
Don't you sometimes long for child
hoods happy hours?"
NO" answered Senator Sorghum. 'I
never enjoyed rolling eggs on the lawn
as much as did little log rolling in
politics"
Evening star., 1936-04-14

trees has probably not occurred to the
experts so recently from school. Ever
green's are we'll enough in their places,
but it is difficult for enthusiastic but
uncontemplative young men to realize
that fresh and glowing flower beds in
small parks here and there contribute
immensely to brighten the lives OF thou
sands of people who otherwise know
little Of luxuriant flowers and shrubs
except drab glimpses through plate glass
florist shop windows.
JOSEPH MCDOWELL.
Evening star., 1936-04-14

The generous Senator Norris wants the
farmer to have electric lights even at
the risk of hindering the nights milking
because fuse has blown out.
Evening star., 1936-04-14
Impractical.

I'm my opinion" said Farmer Corn
tossel, that hired man o. mine is a
very remarkable invention"
why do you call him that?"
Because so many inventions are
things that ought TO work and don't"
Evening star., 1936-04-14

AS feminine politics develops the time
may come when, along with the other
hats, millinery will be thrown into the
ring.
Evening star., 1936-04-14

There is much flippant cynicism
abroad, but no wedding as yet finds a
pearl-handled revolver among the gifts
for the bride.
Evening star., 1936-04-14
All Other States and Canada.
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled TO
the use for republication OF all news dispateness
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication Of special dispatches
herein also reserved.
Evening star., 1936-04-14

Gambling is hard to suppress. When
ever one form is fairly well policed new
one springs into gaudy efiorescence like
q wayside weed.
Evening star., 1936-04-14

Jud Tunkins says he likes horse racin'
better than politics. An election compels
you to take all kinds of chances on q
man you don't know personally. You
don't have to bet on horse race unless
you feel like 1t.
Much that I read" said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, Il do not believe.
I read with the more pleasure because
it gives me a sense Of superior intelli-
gence."
Evening star., 1936-04-14
GlOrihcati0n.

The Stage announces with much pride
The Girl who has been Glorified.
We now expect the Girl to learn
To Glorify the Stage in turn.
Evening star., 1936-04-14

when a man takes dislike to you,"
said Uncle Eben, "deres no use tryin'
to square 1t. If you do him favor he
thinks he has you bluffed an If you do
him an injury he justifes hirnsef in his
first inacression."
Evening star., 1936-04-14
Might Final Edition.

Night Final anc sunday Star----70c per monts
Collection made at the end Of each month
Orders may be sent by mail or telephone Ma
Evening star., 1936-04-14
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.

MARYLAND and Virginia.