davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
La gaceta., 1940-03-18
A~RRESTADO POR ASESINA-
TO Ell ACTOR IRVING
COHEN

Hollywood, mario lS.-Aten
diendo una peticion del fiscal
William f. 0'Dwyer, de Brook
Ign, la polieia arrest6 aqui al &c
tor Irving Cohen, de 81 amos, a.
cuSado de asesinato.
Diez hombres fueron deteni-
dos en- New York por pertene-
Ger a un grupo dedicado al ase-
sinato por dinero.
Ell diputado Kunou, de la off
Gina del sheriff, manifesto que
que Cohen es reclamado por a.
ses.nato EN- primer grade, Co
hen sc hacia llamar tambi9n
Dick G align
En- las peliculas usa Ell NOM
bre de Jack Gordon Y Sc le vic
ultimamente en- Golden Boy.
La partida aparece cOmplica-
da en- siete asesinatos y dos ase-
sinatos frustrados.
Servian los criminales q tales
jefes de del bajo mundo como
Lucky Luciano, Luise (Lepks
Buchalter) y Jacopo Shapiro.
La gaceta., 1940-03-18
LA LEY HATCH SERA DE.
RROTADA EN- LA CAMARA

Washington, mario 18.
Los oponentes de la ley Hatch
conceden va su derrota en- ell
Senado, pro estiman que en- la
Camara la medida sera derro-
tada. Una votaci6n Sc hara
hoy.
"Perderemos una batalla,
dicen los contrarios a la ley(
pero ganaremos la guerra
Tiende ell proyecto a extern
der una nueva ley, que va es-
I aen vigor, y afectta a los ON
pleados de los Estados que CO.
bran del gobierno federal.
Expresaron su oposiei6n a
la ley, en- la Camara, ell presi-
dente Bankhead y ell lider de-
mocra.ico Rayburn.
La gaceta., 1940-03-18

quien hubo de visitar varias Ca
pitales europeas como enRiado
personal del presidente Roose-
welt.
Welles viSit6 a Mussolini, el
sabado, por segunda vez. Algu-
nos observadores tienen la Green
cia de que ell Duce preSent6 a
Hitler las 1ltimas proposiciones
de paz de los Aliados.
Mussolini fue hasta la from
terra en- su coche privado, del fe
%rrocarril, y en- este coche sc e.
fectu6 la conversation.
PreSenciaron la conferencia
q condo Ciano, yerno del Duce
y ministro de Estado, y Won Rib
bentrop, ell ministro aleman de
Negocios Extranjeros.
La gaceta., 1940-03-18

La ley esta por encima de los
gobernadores que aun no han
perdido Ell respeto a la naci6n
democratica.
ITratara el Sr. Rivers, go
bernador de Georgia, de iimitar
Ia conducta de aquel maniatico
Huey Long, cuya "maquinaia"
politica ACADIA de ser destruida
por el pueblo del Estado de Lui
siana?
use atrevera el senior gober-
nador, electo por Ell pueblo, a u
sar Ia guardia nacional en- con-
ira de los tribunales federales?
iHasta cuando va a tdlerar Ell
pueblo que la guardia nacional
sc use como una propiedad o ins
La gaceta., 1940-03-18
LOS ACOR-
DARON AVER APOYAR A
BATISTA

Habana, MARIO 18.-La asam
Yea nacional del partido Demo
crata Republican,, o Ell partido
del general Menocal, acord6 a.
yer aceuptar una proposition de
Fulgencio Batista y apoyar a
6-te para la presidencia.
De los delegadog del partido,
Ga, comprados por Menocal y
Bat "a, votaron por Ia fusion
son e. coronel; AZ Sc mostraron
a favor de una alianza con Ell
partido del DR.. Ramon Grau
San Martin.
ri acuerdo quiere decir que
'cs menocalistas iran a la pre-
sidencia sin candidate directo
propio y que apoyaran la candi-
datura de BatiSta.
Bat:sta ofreci6 a Menocal la
vicepresidencia de la Repiblica,
la alcaldia de la Habana, tres
gobernadores Y IL senadores.
Grau tambien habia hecho
ventajosas proposiciones; pero
de pdblico Sc dice que memo
cal" manej6 una considerable
cantidad de dinero.
AsegGrase que Batista pasa-
ra a dominar la Asamblea Cons
tituyente, por cuanto los memo
calistas dejaran de apoyar la O.
bra constructive y patri6tica
del partido Revolucionrio Gu
bano.
La gaceta., 1940-03-18
MANIOBRAS DE LA ESCUA-
ORA AMERICANA FREN-
TIE A LAS ISLAS w

San Pedro, Cal, MARIO 18.
Con ell almirante James o.
ri ardson de arbi.ro, la escua
Ira americana zarpara ell dia
de abril para maniobras cue
dcrarGn se.s semanas frente a
las islas Hawaii, en- Ell Baltico.
Ostentara ell mando de la
escuadra ell almirante Charles
R. Snyder, junto con ell central
mirante w. S. Pye. Ell mando
de los acorazados Sc la ha con
fiado a Pye.
In.ervendra tambi6n en- las
maniobras la fuerza naval de
la isla, mandadas por ell wee
almirante Adolfo Andrews.
La gaceta., 1940-03-18

Ell comite que representa- es-
tas dos sociedades en- el asunto
del alcantarillado, quiere tener-
los informados de todos los ira
bajos llevados a cabo durante es
taS ultimas semanas.
Ell dfa IL del corriente mes
fuimos invitados por ell comite
especial del Ayuntamiento que
tiene la mission de realizar Ell
proyecto del alcantarillado. Des
pues de estar discutiendo por
espacio de tres horas, 10 Inico
que pudimos sacar EN- conse-
cuencia fue que del al~cantarilla-
do que quieren hacer no saben
NADIA, y 10 Gnico que saben es
que necesitan $4,000, 900 o mas
para esa obra, y que los que te-
nemos alcantarillado debemos
pagan para hacerselo a los pro-
pietarios que no 10 tienen y pa
ra que este sea una cosa segura
debemos hipotecar nuestras ca
sas por 80 amos Y pagan la can
tidad que sea necesaria sobre la
cuenta del aqua que uSemos.
Este comite, cumpliendo con
10 acordado en- la Ultima Junta
general Ge propietarios, sc opO-
ne c~ompletamente a pagan por
un alcantarillado que no vamCs
a usar, porque va 10 tenemos.
Sc opone a que nos hechen mas
La gaceta., 1940-03-18
RECHAZARON LOS FRAN.
CESES UN FUERTE Alta.
QUE
Tres enouentros duruate eldta

Tres enCUeHJT0S QWfuflte etd(u
Paris, MARIO 18.1Tres alta
ques aiemaneS, lanzadoS duran
be el dia Y la madrugada del do
mingo, fueron repulsados por
las ametraIladOras Y la infante-
ria francesa. La artilleria tam
bien entr6 en- acci6n.
Las patrullas alemanas alta
caron al oeste de los Vosgos Y el
este del rio Moselle, sufriendo
considerables bajas en- los en-
c~uentros. FL primer ataque Sc
realize en- la madrugada, GUAM
do los franceses, al regresar de
una exploration, hallaron sus
posiciones ocupadas por los ale
manss. I'm violento combate Sc
libr6 y los alemanes Sc retira-
ron En- Ell segundo encuentro los
alemanes utilizaron mas de SOC
hombres. La infanteris france
sa, con las ametralladoras, 10
gro ponerlos en- fuga.
La gaceta., 1940-03-18
CHUNGAS Y NO CHUNGAS
a cubanidad deAlgunos. = Elogian a Menocal
KDinero para los atropellados. = "Tiburon que
81 bana".v... Dos locos de remate. - La ley. =
UNgrupito. = Diferencia. = Gandhi ell justo.

trume Ito ciego de los goberna-
doresb
Nos dicen q. uh grupito local,
Nos dicen qe un gHlpito local,
atacado de delirio de grandeza,
Sc propone apoyar a un candi-
dato opuesto al juez Lorenzo
Hernandez, del distrito de Y
Dor.
Ell mismo grupito, que proba-
blemente anda a caza de homo
res Y favores, tambien Sc va a
declarar en- contra de Nick Nuc-
clio.
Cuando metan la "pezuna" 0
la ''patita" les diremoS cosas
muy interesantes.
81 son latinos y respetan los
derechoS de nueStro pueblo, ico
mo van a justificar ell ''cisma''
que planean?
Hay libertad de pensar, 81 Sc
nor, pero que no Sc presenter
10 sintereses personales de unos
pocos como los intereses de un
pueblo digno y mucha wees en-
ganado por los falsos pastores.
La gaceta., 1940-03-18

Numerosas partidarios de Ia
independence de la India, pro-
bablemente atizados por ell di-
nero Nazi, combaten ahora a su
ap6stOl, Mohandas K. Gandhi.
lie combaten porque Gandhi,
honesto, inteligente, justo, abo-
rrece la violencia y prefiere la
discussion al terrorismo.
Gandhi, procediendo como un
ciudadano honrado, quiere a.
plazar la campaha de la indie
pendencia, ahora que la Gran
Bretaha esta en- guerra; los o.
tros, los NAL intencionados o e.
rrados, insisten en- que la cam
paha debe librarse ahora y an
tagonizar a I~nglaterra miemA
tras combate la barbarie nazi.
El Gandhi ell hombre de la no
nestidad y del bien, que trata a
los otros como desea ser trata-
do; sus oponentes anhelan
crearle mayores dificultades y
desata la violencia.
La gaceta., 1940-03-18
HOY
LA NOTABLE ARTISTA
MORENO

Regresara hoy a New York,
on compania de SUI esposo, la no
table artista Consuelo Moreno.
Durante su estancia en- Tam
pa fue objeto de sinceras demos
traciones de simpatfa.
I'm feliz viaje y que pronto
tengamos ell gusto de verla lie
nuevo por AGA.
Salud.
La gaceta., 1940-03-18
UN NUEV0 CANDIDATE A
SHERIFF

Tn hombre de excelente re-
putaci6n, William A. Sawyer,
organizador y expresidente de
la Liga Laica de la Igiesia, anun
clio aver su candidatura para
sheriff de este Conddo.
Antes de anunciar su candi-
dhtura renunci6 SD puesto en-
esa Hga.
Tiene as amos de edad y sir
vic a su PAT sen ell cuerpo de a.
viaci6n, durane la guerra mum
dial.
La gaceta., 1940-03-18

Los batisteros" elogiaban a.
yer a Menocal, por la Radio, y
lie llamaban excelso.
icon toda seguridad que lie
describirian como un bribon 81
decidiera actuar como un cuba
no honesto y amante de su pue-
bio!
La fusion de Menocal y Bats
ia sera la Ultima mancha, y la
mas repulsiva Y pestffera, en- la
historic del fexmayoral' de Cha
para.
La gaceta., 1940-03-18
Ell TEMPO

Temperature agradable para
hoy y mahana. Maxima aver, 20
20 grades; minima, 50.
Creese que subira el term6me
tro a 30 grades en- Ia tarde de
bog,
La gaceta., 1940-03-18

tcoI Eia anoche por la Radio,
Gimp edisimo", I'm colabora-
dor de Fulgencio Batista: Oh,
la obi Vde cubanidad del coro-
mel; Co gparable con la de los he
rOes df las guerras de indapen-
denci& OH.
\Oh, las estupideces que vo-
mitan algunos bien pagados e in
capaces de comprender, en- su
mediocridad, la obra inmarcesi-
BILE de Aguilera, CeSpedes, Agra
monte, MART y los hermanos
Maceo.
OH, ell est6mago repleto y Ell
alma vacia!
La gaceta., 1940-03-18

Mas de una docena de veces,
que nosotroS sepamos, ell Juez
Hernandez intervinO en- favor
de de los trabajadores de Tam
pa.
Lo hizo siempre con ell mayor
desinteres y por respeto Y devO-
ci6n a la comunidad latina.
iQueremos escuchar los argu-
mentos de esos caballeros que
van a ayudar los enemigos poli-
ticos de Lorenzo.
La gaceta., 1940-03-18
DESTTTUIDO Ell GENERAL
n A

Madrid, mario 1S.-Un de-
creto del general Franco dispu-
so la destituci6n del general A
gustin Muhoz Grande del i'm
portante puesto de ministro y
ademas secertario del partido
Falangista,
La gaceta., 1940-03-18

Para jefe de la milicia falal.
gista fue deSignado el coronel
Vsleptlp Galsyya,
La gaceta., 1940-03-18

Tampa mandara a los afro
pellados finlandeses mas de 3d.
900 pesos.
Tribute de un pueblo que a
ma la libertad, y sabe pesaraa, a
una naci6n agredida y despoja-
da de parte importantisima de
su territorio.
Las 'estrellas" de las gran
des ligas merecen un saludo de
todos los hombres opuestos a
que las naciones pequenas, de
Europa, America, Africa o A
STA, sean humilladas y pisotea-
das por las grandes.
La gaceta., 1940-03-18

Dos enemigos de la democra-
cia y de la humanidad, dos ma
tarifes en- grade superatiVo,
dos locos incurables, conferen-
clan hoy cerca del Paso de Bren
ner.
Ell tirano de Italia, menos des
e~quilibrado, mas "positivista",
lie hara algunas "jugosas" pre-
guntas al tirano nazi aleman ".
a su vez sera interrogado.
IQue saldra de la conferen-
cia de los dos energdmenos, pa
ladines de la violencia y del a.
ceite de palmacristi?
Mussolini quiere subir de nue.
vo al "carro" nazi; pero recha-
"a la compahia de los moscow
tas.
La humanidsd ganaria mu-
cho Y Sc evtaria la formation
'de rios de sangre', 81 la terra
Sc abriera... y los dos detesta-
dos paranoicos desaparecieran
para siempre.
La gaceta., 1940-03-18

IEn que Sc parece Batista al
difunto general Jose Miguel
G6mez?-nos pregunta un GU
bano.
Pues... "Tibur6n" Sc banaba
y salpicaba''.
Use bana y salpica Ell exsar-
gento, ahora coronel, dictador
encubierto y millionaire?
Evening star., 1940-01-14

versed, for upon this occasion, after
the society had adjourned, it is re-
ported "a few Republican friends
were introduced into the wigwam,
when the long talk was delivered by
Brother B. Smith, after which they
partook of an excellent supper, and
the following toasts were drunk,
accompanied with patriotic songs
and odes" And then followed II set
toasts, and several volunteers added
to this number, and, of course, JET
ferson, Madison and Clinton were
lauded to the skies.
Sachem's Grafton.
Sachem Smith began his grafton,
saying:
Brothers, conscious of my in
ability to perform in q suitable
manner the task which your par
TALLY has imposed on me, I should
have declined the attempt were
not convinced you will view with
candor and indulgence the many
defects which I fear will be found
in the talk am about to deliver"
He did his best to eulogize the
patron saint of the order and omit
ted nothing Of a patriotic nature in
speaking of the Sage of Monticello.
He spoke of the Indian Chief Tam
Evening star., 1940-01-14

many, who smoked the calumet of
peace with William Penn (accord-
ing to tradition), and of Penn's asso-
ciates, who were cordially received
in this country by this hospitable
chief of the Delawares. Warming
up to his peroration, this pioneer
son of st. Tammany said:
"Are the scenes of La Vendee to
be re-enacted in this country? For
bid it, ye shades of Washington,
Franklin, Greene, Warren and
Montgomery. I am at loss for
words to express my indignation
at the conduct of these modern
Catalines. is there not some chosen
curse, some hidden thunder in the
stores of Heaven, red with uncom-
mon wrath, to blast the man who
would raise himself to greatness or
his country to ruin?'"
Evidently Brother" Smiths re-
marks were much appreciated by the
society, for it recorded on its
minutes the following resolution
"Tammany Society.
"Wigwam. 18th Flowers, BIT.
"On motion, resolved unanimous
ly that the thanks OF this society
be presented to Brother Bernard
Smith for the appropriate long
Evening star., 1940-01-14
Filled High Stations.
By Blair Bolles.

An Australian seed merchant was
driving around Washington a few
months ago on "rubberneck tour"
with an American friend, who point
ed out the sights. The city inn
pressed the visitor until the tour
brought him into Potomac Park,
with its irregularly bald lawns and
its weed-ridden greenswards.
Why" asked the Australian, "does
the Capital, with the most attractive
buildings in the world, have such
scrubby looking parks?"
The grass in the parks is a major
embarrassment even to the Office of
the National Capital Parks, which
has enlisted the cooperation of the
Australian visitors American friend
to do something about it. The friend
Is DR.. John Montieth, jr., whose life
work is the care of grass. On
little plot at the Agriculture Depart
ment's Experimental Farm across
the river, hard by the Washington
Airport, Dr. Monteith cultivates
patches of different sort of grass, de-
veloping disease-resistant, weed-re-
sistant, weather resistant, scuff re
sistant grasses for lawns. And be-
cause of the Importance of weather.
resistant qualities in grass, the work
is carried on throughout the year, in
all kinds of weather.
Eventually, DR.. Monteith feels, the
National Capital Parks Office and his
own organization will find a grass
which will solve Washington's prob
lem and give its park stretches of
lawn as rich and full as green velvet.
The project on which DR.. Monteith
is at work has been in existence
since 1921, and last year the National
Capital Parks hired A. E. Rabbit
DR.. Monteith's assistant, to conduct
experiments of his own. Mr.. Rabbit
has a patch of ground for expert
mental purposes besides DR.. Mon
teiths plot.
Origin in Tournament.
The grass inquiry that may make
the parks in Washington things OF
beauty and joys forever had its
origin in the National Open golf
tournament of 1920. which was
played at the Columbia Country
Club. When Americas leading golf
ers gathered at the club for the big
event, the green's were lovely to look
upon. Their appearance was still
Evening star., 1940-01-14

grasses. Then they turned their in
quiry into fairway grass. That is
the U. S. G. AS chief interest now,
although the green's work continues.
The principal difficulty inherent in
Washington's turf-grass problem, as
DR.. Monteith sees it, is that the Cap
ital lies on the boundary between
the northern limit of the southern
grasses and the southern limit of the
northern grasses. The merit in this
situation, from the Monteith view, is
that the straddling location makes
Washington supreme spot for ex-
Fermentation in both southern and
northern grasses. One of the first
U. S. G. A. successes, for instance,
was in bent grass, northern plant
which likes the cool. moist, moderate
climate of the Maine and northwest
coasts. After DR.. Monteith devel-
Evening star., 1940-01-14

| it that exists. This square is part
of the turf experiment land at the
Arlington Experimental Station.
Grass BIT grows thickly and vigor-
ously. The ground is especially
fertiliZed and weeds have no chance
in it because the absence of disease
has kept away the bare spots.
Weeds come into existence only
when there Is room between the
grass roots and blades for them to
prosper.
AS the ultimate test of grass, the
Arlington turf garden tries it out
under working conditions. At pres
ent the station is experimenting
with nine different strains of creep
ing bent grass and three other bent
grasses by planting the IL grasses
in segmented greens. The green's are
divided up like pies, the grasses
are numbered, and everybody who
plays on the green's is requested to
list the grasses in the order of his
preference for them.
This interesting experiment was
begun In 1887 at the Capital Golf
and Country Club, near Glen Echo,
Md, where Greenskeeper T. S.
Lumsden set aside the third green
as the pie green, and it has since
been taken up by the Army Navy
Country Club in Arlington. The
aim is, to prove definitely, by study
of the reports from the players,
exactly what type Of grass is best
suited to conditions on any particu-
lar course. In all, "a clubs through
out the United States and Canada
now have the pie greens for this test.
Despite most of a working life
time given to lawn grass, DR.. Mon
teith feels that he has only made a
start. There is a lot of WORTH
while improvement in park grasses
still to be worked out" he says.
And when the cure for poor lawns
is discovered he predicts munich
palities and private citizens will
save much money.
Nov a lot of seed planted in
parks, lawns and golf courses is
thrown away" he declares "The
birds don't eat it, but it doesn't
grow up into grass" The answer,
he insists, Is In better fertilization
and the use of the seed of the per-
feet strain to meet whatever the
local conditions are.
Evening star., 1940-01-14

oped bent grass for new conditions,
he tried it on greens in the hot, dry,
intense climate of Oklahoma and
Texas-and with great success.
Makes Experiments.
DR.. Monteith experiments with
fertilizers, with factors in disease
control and with climatic adapta-
ton. I'm many respects" DR.. Mon
teith says, "the study of golf turf
diseases is still in its infancy" But
he has been able. to a large extent,
to put the finger of prevention on
the diseases known as dollarspot,
brownpatch and zonate eyespot. He
has found that overwatering lawns
may be more dangerous than under
watering, and that excessive use of
chemical disease preventers may be
less effective than underuse.
The countrys first lawn fancier
hopes that in the course of time, as
a result Of his experimentation,
Americans who raise lawns will be-
come selective in their grass-seed
purchases. Kentucky bluegrass, for
example, "is the backbone of our
lawns and parks"
But when you 60 into a seed
store and ask for bluegrass seed"
DR.. Monteith points out, "the sales
man goes on the assumption that
bluegrass is bluegrass. He won't ask
what variety you want. He wouldn't t
sell you pansy or azalea seeds with
out inquiring the soil and the
climate. If you asked for corn, he
would want to know whether you
preferred sweet corn or field corn.
But when you say bluegrass he
just takes it out of the bin and no
questions asked.
But bluegrass is both pasture
grass and lawn grass. For pas
ture purposes, you want tall, soft,
succulent, palatable grass which will
appeal to stock as food. For the
lawn, you want short, tough, wiry
grass that won't require moving too
often With all the developments
of plants of the last 200 years, not
much has been done to develop
strains Of grasses really adapted for
parks and lawn purposes"
The Agriculture Departmental. S.
g. A. investigation has produced a
low-growing bluegrass apparently
good for lawns. This grass is now
known as "B.27," but . spot of
ground about 1 feet square is all of
Evening star., 1940-01-14
Whngon Grass Needs by Probable

1928 the British golfers organized
continuing grass experimentation so
that the greens in the islands could
be made to match those in the
United States.
The green's section of the United
States Golf Association provides
$26,000 year for DR.. Monteith and
his small staff to carry on their in
vestigations. The Government CO.
operates to the extent of providing
these workers with ground space at
the Arlington Experimental Station
and a group of Offices in the South
Building of the Agriculture Depart
ment. The first person in charge of
the turf experimentation was the
late c. v. Piper, Bureau of Plant In
dustry, Agriculture Department. BY
1926 he, with the help of DR.. Mon
teith, had developed resistant greens
Evening star., 1940-01-14

romplng over the commons where
now are skyscrapers, and fishing in
streams now dried up or turned into
sewers.
digs" Employed.
The campaign songs were then
known and sung by many of the
boys, each of whom, of course, had a
favorite. and was willing to fight for
him. He could also say some nasty
things about the other fellows can
didate, and this sometimes resulted
IN black eye or maybe something
worse. One of the digs" the Re-
publican boys would cry out to the
Democratic boys during the cam
paign of 1872, which brought out
Gen. Grant and Horace Greeley as
the respective candidates, went
something like this:
Grant is gentleman, Greeley is
fool; Grant rides a white horse,
Greeley rides a mule"
To which the Democratic boys
would retort: "You Republican brats,
take off your hats and bow to the
honorable Democrats"
And then the war was on.
During the Hayes-and- Wheeler,
I1lden and Hendricks campaign.
the writer recalls Republican song
the words of which ran like this,
and sung to the tune of Hold the
Fort For Am Coming"
Tilden, the Ne,o York retormer.
stands Dith all his pdDS.
Tettin' bout Boss TUeed and
railroads and about canals.
Loyal men through the Nation,
strike for liberty,
For no1U the names of Hayes and
Wheeler shall our watchUord
be.
Even at that the consensus seems
to be that Tilden was actually
elected President, though his op-
ponent was seated, as we all know.
Had Tammany Society.
The Metropolitan, formerly
Browns Hotel, was from June 20,
1908, conducted by George w. Lind
say, as before stated, and it was
during the few years he remained
at this location that another Demo-
cratic organization was making use
OF his hostelry, and this was none
other than the Tammany Society
OF Washington, which, evidently, was
formed sometime prior to May 10.
1909, for it was on this date that
the following write-up appeared in
the National Intellgencer:
'TANdMANY SOCIETY