Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1937, Page 4

A—4 xx K D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1937. 4 w Clock-Like Function of Brain And 4 Sleep Levels Revealed National Academy of Sciences Told of Tests Recording Electrical W aves SLUM GLEARANCE EXHIBIT IS OPENED Federal and Social Group Activity Made Graphic With Displays. “From Slums to Sanitation” could be the blanket title of the slum- clearance and low-rent housing ex- hibit officially opened last night at the parish hall of St. John’s Church, 819 Sixteenth street. Electrically equipped model town displays, “before and after” photo- graphs of housing transitions in ‘Washington, shaded maps showing the relation of poor housing to crime, disease and unemployment and nu- merous charts and colorful drawings are shown to give the public an idea of what Government, church and civic agencies are doing to improve living conditions here and through- out the United States. Last night's steady rain failed to| dampen the interests of over 15\!“ ‘Washingtonians who attended the short opening exercises, led by Canon Anson Phelps Stokes, president of the Washington Housing Association. Four Important Groups. “Represented here,” commented Canon Stokes in reference to the various displays, “‘are four groups on which the entire future of civiliza- tion depends—the family the Gov- ernment, education and religion.” { Before introducing Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen, who is chairman | of the Alley Dwelling Authority in| the District, Canon Stokes empha- | sized that in order to solve prob- lems of disease prevention, unem= ployment, immorality and irreligion “we have got to go to the home.” Describing specific rehousing proj- ects in Washington and over the country, Commissioner Hazen point= ed out that more than 10,000 alley dwellers in the District are rapidly “being cleared out.” He lauded the work of John Ihlder, project director of the Alley Dwelling Au- thority here, and stated that “great progress has been made and will con- | tinue.” Concerning the exhibit and the work of the various rehousing agen- cies Bishop James E. Freeman said: “An extensive housing program in our great ceters of population will Go more to prevent disease, promote health and stay crime than any| other method or agency we have hitherto employed.” | Slum Area Transformation. Of particular interest to the visi- tors was a special exhibit showing | the transformation of a typical slum area with its crumbling buildings, battered windows and doors, over- the-alley clothes lines and lltlsred‘ streets to a modern apartment cen- ter with modern ventilation and lighting, adequate playgrounds and parks and clean surroundings. A definite relation between Wash- ington’s areas of poor houses, with their outdoor water supplies and toi- | lets, and juvenile offenders and tu- | berculosis deaths is shown in a group of colored maps. | The National Capital Park and] Planning Commission has on display & miniature of a proposed recrea- tional system for the city. Natural color models are included of the Resettlement Administration's Greenbelt Village at Berwyn, Md., end Langston Terrace, the huge low- rent housing project being built by | the Public Works Administration for colored families at Benning road and Twenty-first street northeast. The exhibit will continue every day from noon until 5:30 pm. at least through Friday, with a short talk each noon by some member of the church or Government agencies in charge, Canon Stokes announced. ! Spain (Continued From First Page.) hit the town. Incendiary bombs fol- | lowed. It was impossible to make an ac- eurate count of the casualties, but a correspondent for the Reuters (Brit- | ish) New Agency estimated hundreds of men, women and children were dead. 30 SHELLS HIT VALENCIA, Seat of Loyalist Government tacked by Rebel Ships. VALENCIA, Spain, Apr' 27 (#)— Two insurgent cruisers rained 30 shells into Valencia today, killing at least three women and wounding many other civilians. Lying 3 miles off shore, the cruisers Baleares and Canarias pumped ex- plosives into the industrial section of the city, seat of the Spanish govern- ment. Costal batteries returned the war- ships’ fire. One shell struck a refrigerat..g plant, severing pipe lines and releas- ing ammonia fumes, which sent res- idents scurrying for several blocks around. An emergency crew, equipped with gas masks, repaired the leaks. BILBAO MAY BE TOTTERING. At- Basques Hurled Back Toward Capital by Mola’s Forces. EIBAR, Northern Spain, with the insurgent army, April 27 (#)—Bilbao tottered today under the impact of an insurgent army that crushed its outer defenses and shoved the Basque soldiery back toward the Biscayan capital in a disastrous rout. There was widespread evidence of rampent disorder in the Basque ranks—even a hint of mutiny—as they rereated along the mountainous roads ahead of Gen. Emilo Mola’s PLANES ATTACK REBELS. Madrid Force Fails, However, to Halt Bombardment. MADRID, April 27 (#).—An armad: of government bombers raided insur- gent lines today to retaliate for an- other terrifying night shelling of Madrid. After a sleepness night huddled in eellars while shells whined and burst overhead, harrassed Madrilenos were cheered after daybreak by the sight of nine government planes speeding over the city in the direction of the siege lines. VISITORS APPOINTED RICHMOND, Va., April 27 (&) .— Gov. Peery yesterday reappointed five men to the Board of Visitors of Mount Vernon, to serve a term of one year. | and the subject awoke.” THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO of Varied BY THOMAS R. HENRY. There is a “clock” in the brain— the basis for an often postulated but never before demonstrated sense of time. ‘There are four brain levels of sleep. ‘There are two fundamental types of human beings distinguished by the electrical activities of their brains. These findings were reported to the National Academy of Sciences today by Drs. E. Newton Harvey, Alfred L. Loomis and Garret A. Hobart of Princeton University. They worked with the weird phenomenon of brain waves, the origin or meaning of which is not yet understood. When electrodes are attached to the scalp of a person at rest with the eyes closed electrical waves passing over the surface of the brain are recorded. ‘There are two types of these brain waves—the alphas and the betas. The former has a rhythm of 10 a second, the latter of 30 to 40 a second. The Princeton scientists found that some persons show only the alpha pattern, some only the beta pattern, and con- stitute pure brain electricity types. Most persons range somewhere be- tween these two extremes. It was with “alpha” persons only that they were able to demonstrate the four distinct levels through which one passes in falling asleep. This is the record of a typical “subject: At the beginning of sleep” the alpha rhythm disappeared for periods of 20 or 30 seconds and then reappeared again. This corresponds to the bor- derland of sleep when a person can sometimes signal that he is awake and sometimes not. “This was soon followed by a com- plete change in the record. The alpha rhythm was replaced by ran- dom waves which were interrupted by bursts of alpha potentials every time bell was sounded. This continued for 5 minutes and then only random po- tentials appeared with no alpha rhythm at the beginning or end of a tone signal. Another state of sleep had been reached. “Soon there appeared short burst of waves of 14 a second—"so-called spindles, indicating deep sleep. Short- ly afterward a door was slammed, the continuous alpha rhythm reappeared Brain Like Alarm Clock. It often has been claimed that .a person has a vague consciousness of the passage of time even when fast asleep—a sort of ‘“sense of time” which never is completely “out.” For example, one can usually wake at & certain time in the morning by Intensity. f:xing the mind upon that time before going to sleep. : The experiments reported today throw the first scientific light on this phenomenon. In one of the sleep stages short bursts of the alpha rhythm were produced when a bell was sounded. After this had been done at regular intervals a few times it was found that the characteristic rhythms were appearance a couple of seconds before the sound which was intended to produce them This was considered evidence that in the brain there is some sort of subconscious cyclic process, like the beat of a clock’s pendulum, in the brain which goes on in both sleeping and waking. “This,” the investigators reported, “is no doubt the basis of our pre- ception of time intervals.” New Type of Geometry. An jconoclastic sort of geometry, with crazy triangles refusing to con- form to age-old conventions, was described before the academy by Dr. Edward Kassner of @olumbia University. It constitutes a wholly new branch of mathematics, just as elementary as plain geometry. Dr. Kassner calls it “trihornometry.” By means of it all the theorems of classical trigo- nometry—the basis of surveying—can be re-derived with startlingly different results. The basis of this new geometry is | the “trihorn,” the figure formed when three curves pass through a common | point in a common direction. The | point of & horn is a common example | of such a figure made up of two curves. How to measure the angle formed was a problem which was worrying the Greeks in the days of Euclid, but it completely baffled them. How the body remakes red blood cells was explained before the academy last night by Dr. G. H. Whipple of the University of Rochester. When red blood cells wear out in the circulation, Dr. Whipple said, they disintegrate, and the hemoglobin, or | red coloring matter, breaks down into three fractions—iron. a protein and a pigment known as hemin. The iron | is stored for future use. The hemin is | thrown away. The protein is probably | used, through a process not yet un- | derstood, to make up new blood cells. “Infection will slow down or stop the mechanism which produces new | red blood cells, and this expiains many | of the human anemias,” Dr. Whipple said. “This is due to an upset of the internal nmiechanism which relates to | the liver and the bone marrow.” Windsor (Continued From First Page.) lieve the case ever would be heard. Others said the duke himself, from his St. Wolfgang. Austria, retreat, was | determined to follow it through. Court Procedure. As far as procedure is concerned, the | judge, if the case is tried and if libel is proved, would instruct the jury to find a reasonable sum of damages. The defendant, if dissatisfied, might appeal. Under normal circumstances the duke would appear in court and offer | himself for cross-examination. But, it was stated, there was not the slightest possibility he would do so in the pres- ent case. A commission would be | named to take his deposition and that | of any others concerned who might be abroad. The outcome of the English case, lawyers said, would have no direct ef- fect on possible action in other coun- tries. But, these persons added, there would be nothing to prevent the duke ! from bringing suit abroad if he so chose, although that probably would | involve his presence in the place where | the suit was filed. | “Coronation Commentary” came out | April 12 and at once become a best | seller. It purported to describe Ed- | ward’s “muddling, fuddling and med- | dling” while King, and what it called | his “lover’s prodigality.” COPIES RECEIVED HERE. Book review coples of “Coronation Commentary” have been received in Washington, but local book shops re- | ported they have not received any | copies from the publishers in New | York, although their orders were | placed a few days ago. The American publishers, Dodd, Mead & Co., emphasized the book was intended as a serious consideration of the abdication of Edward VIII and the problems involved. The picture | drawn of Edward, said the publishers’ ' statement, “exhibits in sharp lines Advanee Notice his many fine qualities as well as his weaknesses “No one can read this book without | realizing the author's bitter disap- | pointment, shared by millions of his countrymen, over the sensational cir- | cumstances of the abdication or with- out feeling that, all things considered, | he has treated the Duke of Windsor with the utmost fairness. “Nothwithstanding the attack on this book, the American publishers have no hesitation in presenting it to the American public over their im- print and ask that the book be judged as a whole and not on a few words or paragraphs which have been widely | quoted in the press.” | YOUNG JUDEA ELECTION | Dr. Sidney I. Esterson was re- elected president of the Seaboard Re- | gion of Young Judea at its second | annual conference Sunday at the Jewish Community Center. Other officers elected were: Miss Gitlee Berson, Portsmouth, Va., vice president; Miss Libbey 8. Lewis, Washington, treasurer, and Mrs. Anne Bennett, Baltimore, secretary. Rebecca Rabenovets and Rose Sha- tenstein, both of Washington, were elected to the Executive Committee, together with Louis Grossman, Wil- mington, Del.; Miss Kate Miller and Louis Schwarzman, Baltimore, and Mrs. Minnie Levine and Miss Rosalie Miller of Norfoll PONTIA Sixes & Eights IMMEDIATE DELIVERY WE NEED USED CARS Flood Motor Co. Direct Factory Dealer 4221 Connecticut Ave. Clev. 8400 On May 3, prices on all of our shoes must materially advance. We are advising you NOW so that you may have the opportunity of stocking up at today’s low prices. Until May 3 3108.5 Other models NOW *7°° and *12°° NCH SHRINEREURNER BROS. INCREASED FLOOD FUND 15 URGED Larger U. S. Control Share Asked by Rivers and Harbors Congress. The Federal Government should bear & larger percentage of the cost of flood control, leaving a smaller share for States and local communi- ties, according to a report of the Interstate Committee on Flood Con- trol, presented today to the National Rivers and Harbors Congress at the Mayflower Hotel. Alan N. Jordan of Columbus, Ohio, after presenting a comprehensive re- port of the committee, was pressed by President Frank R. Reid of the congress for & brief summary of what the report meant. “We want a modification of the local contribution,” said Jordan, add- ing, “the best we can get.” Specifies Fair Basis. He explained that, in the opinion of the committee, a fair basis for the flood control division of expense would be for the local agency to buy the land and for the Federal | Government to build the dams and | change over the utilities, such as | highways. Pressed by Reid, who said that cer- tain Southern States were “quarreling among themselves and do not want to pay anything,” Jordan added, “We don’t want to pay anything, either.” After adjournment Jordan ex- plained the committee hopes the Copeland flood control bill will be amended, because, as it now stands, local agencies would have to pay “up- yards of 50 per cent in some places.” Little hope for increased Federal contributions to flood control funds has been held out by the admin- istration. As a matter of fact, Presi dent Roosevelt, in his short written message yesterday to the convention | at the Mayflower Hotel, made no men- tion of appropriations. Called to Attention o. Congress. ‘The address by Speaker of the | House Bankhead yesterday was called to the attention of the Congress again | today by Frank R. Reid, president of | the Congress. He read from a steno- graphic report, quoting Bankhead as saying: “The Congress of the United States has been fairly liberal and generous in | BuTLER PAINTS consideration of these problems, and we are now confronted probably by a more stupendous task than before. I do trust gentlemen—and I trust that I may be pardoned for giving this ad- monition, which is sugested in abso- lute friendship and candor—that you must consider, at least for the present, the rather distressing situation of our national financing situation. It is go- ing to be impossible, in my judgment, for the Congress of the United States to be as liberal in its appropriations as it would like to be for the next year, or two or three, for these appropriations are the great problem that you ladies and gentlemen are seeking to solve. “I am sure that, looking into your faces and judging you to be men of large and fine business experiences, that you would take into considera- tion, in your demand and expectation, the absolute situation with which the Congress of the United States is con- fronted.” Projects Believed Approved. It was understood informally early today that the Special Committee on Projects, which was to report this afternoon, had approved two projects | for Washington—the harbor and the Potomac River, north side of Wash- ington Channel. Ogden J. Ross, chairman of the New York State Flood €ontrol Com- mittee, reported that already New York State stands committed to spend $6,000,000 of State money in connec- tion with the provisions of the 1936 Federal flood control act. Bulwarked by reiterated demands from States in the flood regions, the Resolutions Committee was under- stood to be drafting strong resolutions to call on the administration for action. Discussion Scheduled. A barrage of discussion of widely scattered flood control problems, and river and harbor proposals, was sched- uled for the morning session, with Representative Jack Nichols of Okla- homa presiding. Seventeen speakers were listed for the morning session, leading off with Senator Overton of Louisiana, presi- dent of the Mississippi Valley Flood Control Association; Senator Chavez of New Mexico, member of the House Irrigation and Reclamation Commit- tee; Senator Ellender of Louisiana, Representative Zimmerman of Mis- souri, Representative Ferguson of Oklahoma, Maj. Gen. Blanton Win- ship, Governor of Puerto Rico, and others. Representative Driver of Arkansas was slated to be elected president of the congress, succeeding Reid, for- | mer member of the House from Illi- nois. Reid is to take Driver's present post as chairman of the board FLYNN *GLASS Stop Leaky Roofs With “FAIRFAX" ROOF PAINT For sealing leaks in roofs vour walls and eeilings, better than FAIRFAX Roof 5 Gallons Black Only. plete with with brush. £100 to anyone who finds any water in Fairfax Paints, re s t Paint. Black Only. from Trinidad phalt. 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Y.; report of the Projects Commit- tee by Representative Driver, and of the Committee on Resolutions by Sen- ator Overton. Speakers Distinguished. A distinguished group of speakers addressed the three sessions yester- day, including Secretary of War Woodring, Secretary of Commerce Roper, Maj. Gen. Edward M. Mark- ham, Army chief of Engineers, and several members of Congress. The District was represented at the noon luncheon by Chairman Hazen of the Board of Commissioners and Engi- neer Commissioner Sultan. Another guest was Right Rev. James E. Free- man, Bishop of Washington. W. R. Gregg, chief of the United States Weather Bureau, put forward new proposals for reporting and warn- ing against floods. FOUR D. C. WOMEN HONORED AT PARLEY Daughters of American Colonists Close Convention at Carlton Hotel. Four District women were elected to office in the final session of the convention of the Daughters of the American Colonists, which closed yes- terday at the Carlton Hotel. 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