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Evening star., 1939-06-01

Honor graduates in the two-year
general course are Martha Fleming
and Jean Ann Fox. Cornelia Haley
is the honor graduate in the arts
class.
Evening star., 1939-06-01

Honor graduates were Doris Her
get and Jeanne Rowe.
Members of todays junior college
graduating class were:
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Mars Gazers Here
Are Cheated as
Clouds Close In
Polar Snow Melting
Noted, but Not
After 10 PM.
By ALFRED TOOMBS.

There remained no doubt today
that Mars had come close to Wash
ington. Its polar cap had begun to
melt.
This fact was noted from the Naval
Observatory last night as astrono-
mers drew bead on the planetary
neighbor, which was spending the
evening a mere $4,000, 900 miles away.
A view of the melting of section Of
the south polar cap on Mars was the
outstanding event of the evening at
the observatory and the customers
grumbled so much when the clouds
obscured the show that harried
astronomers agreed to refund the
tickets they had obtained for the
planetary occurrence of the decade.
For time, early in the evening,
it looked as if Washington was going
to be cheated entirely of a look
at Mars. Clouds covered the
heavens. But by the time Mars
had swung into view about 9 pm,
some of the smudge had cleared
away.
To those on the street, the planet
low in the southeastern sky
looked like glittering feck of rust
in the heavens. At the observatory
astronomers and interested citizens
squinted into telescopes for a closer
look.
Last night was one of the regular
visitors nights at the observatory
and the 130 who had obtained cards
in advance were entitled to a look
through the 12-inch telescope.
Many who arrived before 10 pm.
got to see closeup of Mars.
Clouds Befog Scene.
But then the clouds drifted by
again. Angry muttering was heard,
along with charges that the universe
had conspired to promote a gyp.
U. S. Lyons, one of the astronomers,
rose TO the occasion at this point
and ordered the ticket taker:
They didn't get to see Mars. Let
them have their tickets back"
On the observatory's other two
telescopes-each worth about s75, 900
more serious work was being done.
H. E. Burton manned the 26-inch
instrument, lodging the clouds in
an effort to see what he could.
1t was on the refractor of this
instrument, during the last century.
Mars two satellites were discovered
Mr.. Burton said he could report
nothing new last night, however.
On the newer 40-inch telescope.
j. E. Willis made pictures of the
planet and its satellites. He has
been making photographs on all
clear nights for over a month now,
as the planet drew closer, and has
had outstanding success.
The proximity of Mars last night.
which is closer than it will be for II
more years, did not have the as
tronomers greatly excited. 1t had
travelled $4,000 miles nearer the
earth during the day, but it did not
appear much clearer.
The telescopes at the local OBJ
servatory are badly situated for this
particular event and the staff held
little hope of making any important
Evening star., 1939-07-28

discovery. Mr.. Willis, however, was
enthused over his observation that
the polar cap was melting.
Mars Summertime.
"It's summer there. The exist
ence of polar caps indicates that
there is atmosphere on Mars. And If
there is atmosphere there may be-
vegetable and other forms Of life. I
have noticed this dark spot growing
as the ice melts."
Through the observatory tele-
scopes the planet looked like tennis
ball hung in the sky. The polar cap
was visible, as were the faint dark
areas around the planets equator
No canals could be seen-in fact,
only two or three astronomers in all
history have ever claimed that they
saw the canals.
In order to signal the earth by
means of light the citizens of Mars
if any-would have had to build a
fire Is miles In diameter. It would
have taken a lot of fires that big.
Perhaps they were tired last night,
but the Martians attempted nothing
of the sort
The planet will now move slowly
away from the earth until 1t reaches
a maximum distance Of nearly $780,
100000 miles.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Science
Continued From First Page.)

TIolll L IL SU dsC.J
been proposed for separating the
supposedly explosive portion, there
are enormous difficulties in the way
of practical realization.
Will Measure Energy Produced.
Up to the present, M. Joliot said.
he has not even considered the
separation of the two forms, pro-
ceeding on the hypothesis that the
heavy uranium itself exploded. He
now is planning experiments, he
said, to measure the actual energy
of the neutrons produced, assuming
it to be somewhat above two mil
lion volts.
M. Joliot and his colleagues, Drs.
H. Van Halban and L. Kowarski,
disclaimed any immediate prospect
of setting up and controlling the
chain reaction, but there was a gen.
eral feeling among French and Bel
gian scientists present that there is
something with untold potentialities
either for good or evil loose in the
world and that greater progress may
have been made somewhere than has
yet been reported, possibly waiting
to be sprung on the world at a
crucial moment. For this reason
there is feverish activity to explore
thoroughly as soon as possible the
practical possibilities which may lie
hidden in the accidentally revealed
uranium-splitting process.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Gigantic Snowstorm
On Mars MeIts
Within Two Days
American Astronomer
Photographs Closeup
Of Huge White Blanket
By the Associated Press.


BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa,
July 28.-What appeared to be
SHOWS piled over millions of square
miles in Mars Northern Hemisphere,
before they melted completely in two
days, were reported last night by an
American astronomer as the planet
came nearest the earth since 1924.
Earl c. Slipher of Lowell Observa-
tory Flagstaff, Ariz., who has made
closer study of Mars than any
other scientist, reported the phe-
nomenon after taking two CLOSE
ups" Of the earth's neighbor.
Mr.. Slipher, brother of the Lowell
Observatorys director, DR.. Vesto M.
Slipher, is in the Southern Hemi-
sphere for the best view of the
planet.
He disclosed that a snowstorm,
gigantic in area, covered an area on
Mars last week end comparable to
the territory from the earth's North
Pole to the United States Canadian
border.
In the Martian Northern Hemi-
sphere, now entering its winter sea-
son. the apparent snowfield spread
in a tongueshaped direction to 10
degrees latitude bordering the area
known as Tempe.
Two days later observation failed
to locate any snow whatever and
the whole ice cap had melted, leav-
ing blush white haze to mark the
region where the snow had been.
Slipher's photographs recorded the
remarkable change. 1t is known
that Mars temperatures have daily
range from lis degrees below zero
Fahrenheit to 65 above.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
|OId-Timers
| Again Children
Ion PIoyqrounds

The grown folks took over Rose
dale Playground yesterday in a re-
union designed to bring together
those who had frolicked at the Sew
enteenth and Gales streets NE. rec
reation center in other decades. A
softball game and a rolling pin
throwing contest were features of
the program.
Mrs. Lucy Simons Vermillion of
1881 Gales street NE. scored three
bulls-eyes on the dummy figure to
win the latter event. Runner-up
was Mrs. Russell Violet of 1922
Rosedale street NE, mother of 10
and grandmother of an equal num-
ber.
Old-timers were prominent in the
activities, which were attended by
more than 300 persons. Franklin
Kessler, 88, threw out the first ball
for the softball game; Buck Simons,
who has 9 children and 10 grand
children, was a hitting star, and
Frank Anderson, also a grandfather,
pitched for the old married mems
team. The young married men
nosed out ahead, however, by a 1872
score.
The reunion was arranged by Ben
Kali, instructor of the playground
who plans to make it an annual
affair.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
| Mars Ignores
| Swing Music
Earth
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, July 28.-Mars
turned a cold shoulder to earth's
swing music last night and just as
frigidly ignored radio message
that sped out into space at a 1885,
000-mile-a-second clip in an effort
to bridge little matter of 36OOO,-
900 miles.
Engineers and scientists tried the
code message to Mars f1rst-a Morse
signal, dash-dot, dash-dot, DASH
dot-meaning MN and when no
answer came, they tried to warm
things up with a broadcast to the
big. red planet of American swing.
That didn't penetrate, either.
So the Engineers turned of their
l00,OO0-watt beam shooting from the
plant of Press Wireless, Inc, at
Baldwin, N. Y. and called it a
night. They had hoped the signal
might bounce back in minutes and
% seconds and be picked up by
receiver at Hicksville, N. Y.
Mans generally accepted theory
that radio waves seldom penetrate
beyond the earth's atmosphere got
more support in the "experiment"
broadcast.
Apparently the signal didn't get
beyond the electrified blanket be-
lieved to cover the earth far out or
the signal just became too weak to
return after it had travelled the
36 100000 miles.
With the planet closest to earth
in Is years, the New York Worlds
Fair management announced it
would stage defense" against a
mythical attack of Martians. The
fountain lake area was to have been
"blacked out" while anti-aircraft
guns blazed away at planes over
head.
That didn't work, either. The
amusement concessionnaires refused
to douse their lights, explaining
they hadn't been notified of the
stunt.
Earth shocks in faraway Mendoz,
Argentina, were blamed on the
proximity of the planet by panic
stricken natives.
But in many places throughout
the world students and scientists
gathered to study the phenomena
not only last night, but on succeed
ing nights, until the sphere slowly
recedes into the farther reaches of
space.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Two Court Attacks
On Medical Decision
Ordered by Murphy
Appellate and Supreme
Tribunals to Get PIeus;
New Jury May Be Called

Under authority of Attorney Cen
eral Murphy himself, the Justice
Department today prepared to ap-
peal the antitrust medical case
to two courts "coneurrently"-th
United States Court of Appeals and
the Supreme Court of the United
States.
While these appeals are being
pressed. Mr.. Murphy also explained
at press conference yesterday, the
Government may call new grand
Jury to consider in another form
the charges of conspiracy in re-
straint of trade.
These three attacks may all be
made simultaneously on the de-
cision of Justice James M. Proctor,
who invalidated the indictment re-
turned last December against four
bodies of organized medicine and
81 individual physicians. The jurist
sustained demurrers to the indict-
ment, which had charged restraint
of trade against Group Health AS
sociation, its doctors, its members
and the Washington hospitals. The
profession of medicine could not be
considered trade within the mean
ing of the Sherman Antitrust Act,
Justice Proctor decided.
This decision the Justice Depart
ment will make every effort to upset.
I'm view of the Importance of
this suit" the Attorney General
said, "it is our intention to appeal
1t, both to the Court of Appeals and
the Supreme Court on proper issues.
We will endeavor to have the find
1ngS OF the court set aside. It may
be that concurrently with the ap-
peals a new grand jury will be
called also" He declined to discuss
the issues on which appeals would
be taken.
THE Department of Justice" he
said, lis not going to let the matter
drop"
The adverse opinion, the Attorney
General explained, had raised some
very serious questions which had
to do with experimental work being
carried on for poor and INDECENT
persons.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Three Officials View
Airport Work From Air

Senator Smith of South Carolina,
member of the Senate Interstate
Commerce Committee; Federal Sc
curity Administrator John M. Car
mody and Robert H. Hinckley of the
Civil Aeronautics Authority flew
over the Washington National Air
port site at Gravelly Point via Good
year blimp shortly after noon today.
The officials made the trip to get
an air view of progress being made
in filling in the airport area.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Robbed of SIS

Lillian B. Ford, IS, colored, 1412
Corcoran street NV, was robbed of
$25 late yesterday by two colored
mel, who followed her from a U
street Post Office branch, where she
had withdrawn $14 in postal saw
ings. The victim told police that
the men, one of whom was armed
with a revolver, forced her into the
hallway of a house in the 1900 block
of Fourteenth street NV, took her
money and ned.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Army Air Corps Chief
Begins Survey of Posts
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MINEOLA, N. Y, July 28.-With-
out announcement, MAJ. Gen. H.
H. Arnold, chief Of the Air Corps,
has begun a tour OF the Army's
aviation posts to determine how
many OF the new warplanes ordered
by the War Department shall be as
signed to each strategic area IN the
air defense system.
Eventually his tour of inspection
Will be extended to Hawaii, the
Panama Canal Zone, Puerto Rico
and possibly the Philippine Islands.
He is studying the equipment of
each post and the personnel, which
Evening star., 1939-07-28

is to be more than doubled in num-
ber under the new air defense ex.
pansion program.
From Mitchell Field here, he win
proceed to Boston, Buffalo and Chi.
cago.
Evening star., 1939-07-28
$40 to SIS TROPICAL SUITS

What styling what a
selection of fabrics and
choice patterns! Every
wanted shade, size and
color. And every one is
direct from our own
stocks! Be here early!
S25 to $50 TROPICAL
Evening star., 1939-07-28
Astronomer Describes
Mars Seen THROUGH
100-Inch TELESCOPE
South Polar Cap Shrinks
Rapidly, Indicating Ice.
Deposit Lacks Depth

Observation OF the planet Mars
1Oithin a te1o hours of its closest
approach to the earth in 80 years
through the 100-inch telescope OF
the Mount Wilson Observatory,
the largest telescope noW in use.
is described here by member OF
the staff at Mount Wilson.
Evening star., 1939-07-28

Paris has an argument over the
origin of the kilt.
Evening star., 1939-07-28

Japan is searching for metal de-
posits in Chosen, Taiwan and Man
churia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Heurichs, Near Loop
Lead, Play Rens in
Two Exhibitions
Defeat Jewels, 80 to 26;
Resume League Action
With Borons Thursday

Heurich Brewers were only seven
points from first place in the Ameri-
can Basket Ball League today and
also were boasting of three-game
winning streak after beating the
New York Jewels here last night,
80 to 26.
On the verge of disbanding two
weeks ago, the surprising Brewers
now are the hottest team In the
league and threaten to prove even
more formidable with two COMPARE
tive newcomers adding to the scor-
ing punch.
Current success can be attributed
greatly to the sterling play Of Mike
Bloom and Moe Dubilier, who only
recently Joined the club.
Tonight and tomorrow the Brew
ers will meet the Renaissance, crack
colored montague team. Tonight's
game is scheduled for Frederick,
Nd, and Heurich gym will be the
scene of tomorrow nights game.
Thursday night the Wilkes Barre
Barons will afford the opposition in
Wilkes-Barr and Friday night the
New Jersey Reds will be met at
Union City, N. j., in league games.
Yesterday the Brewers gained re-
venge on the Jewels for an earlier
loss. With Bloom and Dubilier lead
ing the attack the locals jumped
into an early lead and were on top,
81 to 10. at the half From then
on the Brewers played under wraps
and near the close Coach Mack Pos
mack sent in several reserves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
IS in Clemson Squad
Which Arrives in
Dallas Tonight
Expects to Have Every
Player Fit to Foce'
Boston College
b. the Associated Press.


CLEMSON, 8. c., Dec. @.-Clem-
sons Tigers, bound for the Cotton
Bowl, moved overland today in two
Pullman cars for Dallas. Tex, where
they will engage the Boston College
Eagles on the gridiron New Year
Day.
The Tigers will reach Dallas to-
night and will put up at q hotel
about two miles from Southern
Methodist University. where they
will practice. They will workout
before the public tomorrow after
noon, but the subsequent drills will
be behind closed gates.
The official party, consisting of
IS players, a couple of managers,
coaches and the team physician,
LETT here at l pm. yesterday. No
stopovers en- route were planned.
The Tigers went through a two
hour workout prior to their de-
parture. Virtually the entire Christ
mas population of this college town
turned out at the railroad station
to give the Southern Conference
standouts a rousing sendof.
Walter Cox and Frank Deitz,
regular and reserve guard, respec-
lively. were the only players who did
not take part in yesterdays drill
Both players have minor injuries,
but are expected to be in good shape
several days before the game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Oregon Bows, Trojans
win in TiIts With
Midwest. Quints

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-The touring
University Of Oregon basketball
team, national collegiate champion
last season. continues to find the
Middle West anything but hospita-
bic in cage competition.
Trounced by Purdue Saturday, the
Westerners took another trimming
last night when De Paul put to-
gether five straight points and won
a see-saw battle, 80 to 81. It was
De Paul's fifth victory against one
defeat-an overtime loss to South
ern California.
In the other game of the Christ
mas night doubleheader, Southern
Methodist opened it's Midwestern
tour with a 38-to-34 triumph over
Loyola Of Chicago.
Oregon opposes Western Illinois
Teachers at Macomb tonight, but
Southern Methodist will take day
of before facing Purdue at Lafay-
cite, Ind, tomorrow night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Ace Center Of West
Must Idle After
5erimmage Hurt
Hurdin-Simmons' Turner
Springs Charley Horse;
Eost in Sound Trim
BY the Associated Press. .

BY the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26.-A 30
minute impromptu scrimmage left
Douglas (Bulldog) Turner, 221.
pound Hardin Simmons center, on
the sidelines today as the West
team lined up for another practice
session for the East-West charity
football game here January !.
Turner emerged from the brief
holiday drill with a charley horse
In the thigh, and Coaches Grin Hol-
lingberry and Biff Jones said the
big pivot man might not be back
tn uniform for a few days.
The alternate Western center is
Johnny Schiechl. Santa Clara.
Other casualties were Bob Smith,
Oregan halfback, and Leroy zim-
norman. San Jose State fullback,
both with sore ankles but nothing
serious.
I'VE didn't plan the scrimmage
in advance" Coach Hollingbery ex-
planned, but when we heard the
East was scrimmaging we figured
we'd better get in little contact
work, too."
The East boys scrimmaged for
the second time yesterday and
wound up without injury. We've
been lucky so far" said Coach Andy
Kerr Of Colgate. He planned one
more heavy Scrimmage.
Lou Brock of Purduee, Ben Kish
of Pittsburgh and Johnny Nc
Laughry Of Brown, all big and pow.
erful ball carriers, dominated yes
terdays scrimmage, which was
marked by the line backing of the
East centers,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
BY BILL WHITE,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-There Is
q caustically critical comment
that has burned many college
football players ears - They
oughta make that guy pay to get
into the game
"They" almost did this year in
one of footballs funniest happen
ings.
Sharp-eyed critics, answering
the Associated Press call for foot
ball oddities, came up with many
an amusing incident, but the fate
that befell Milt Sullivant Of Kan
sas u, who arrived late for the
Nebraska game, tops them all.
He was Whisked from the air.
port to the stadium by a cab
driver who let him out at the
wrong gate. He had to walk clear
around the stadium, hopefully
begging admittance at every en-
trance-and having actually to
crash the gate" when q sleepy
eyed attendant was looking the
other way.
sullivant's heroic attempts 20
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Oddities Abound in Gridiron Struggles Of 1899
Player Forced coh Cote; One Shores Blocked Hx Sts

prove to the gatekeepers that he
was q player apparently weren't
as convincing as the explanation
offered by Guard Milt Simington
Of Arkansas. who was asked why
he left his defensive post in the
heat of battle, walked some 40
yards away and picked up a quar-
ter he saw there. well, I wasn't
needed right them" he said. "We
were knocking down all of S. M.
US passes anyway"
Benny Bulvin of Georgetown
gets the Nations sympathy. In
jured on the first play after he
went into the Maryland game, he
doesn't recall anything of what
subsequently happened - which
included his passing for a touch
down and kicking the extra point.
Now his coach has threatened to
tap him with a hammer just
before sending him in!
Les Stanczyk of Columbia, in
the Navy game, got the ball,
kicked lustily-and missed the
pigskin completely. Navy got the
ball deep In the Light Blues ter.
ritory. 30 etauczyk's face Was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26
Two Deems, Plus Delaney,
Could Have Token Yonks

physically, I've never known a
harder combination. The two Deans
pitching to Delaney would have
made any ball club look good. Per-
sonally, believe they could have
taken the Yankees. For they were
not afraid of the Yankees, 10
grizzly bears, ZOO full of king
cobras, or anything else. Don't
think that Dizzy pitching to De-
lancey wouldn't have given even
the Yankees more trouble than they
ever dreamed about"
That reminded me of the time
that Dizzy, as a Cardinal rookie,
had struck out FoXX, Simmons and
Cochrane on 10 pitched balls, with
the bases full, down in Florida. Dir
told me the height of his ambition
was to face the Yankees when his
arm was right.
Even as it was" he said, "I
would have beat them out in the
1898 world series if our infield
hadn't started playing football
and in that game I had almost
nothing left. My fast ball just
about got to the plate"
This was all true. The Yankees
got two-bagger and two runs on
. dinky infield hit that Charley
Chaplin could have handled In his
mustache.
3 When it comes to the melancholy
1aga of raw breaks, I think Frank
Frisch can qualify around the top.
Hes due for q far better turn at
Pittsburgh.