Tribune March 24 52. General Douglas MacArthur and Mrs. MacArthur note plaque at entrance to five star generals birthplace in Little Rock, Ark. M Arthur Sees Site of Birth. Little Rock, Ark. March 23. Gen Douglas Mac Arthur stood Sunday at the place he was born 72 years ago, and emotionally told a hushed audience of 5000 persons, For me, the shadows are deepening. I left Little Rock long, long years ago when life was simpler and gentler, the old soldier said as he stood in a bandshell at macArthur Park, site of the old Army arsenal where he was born jan 26, 1880. The world has turned over many times since then, and those years of old have vanished tone and tine; they have gone glimmering through the dreams of things that were, he said. The arsenal was commanded by the generals father, Capt Arthur MacArthur, when the general was born here. Before speaking at the park, MacArthur and his family attended Christ Episcopal Church, where he was christneed as a four months old infant. His speech at the park was non political and sentimental in tone. For me, the shadows are deepening, MacArthur said. The memory of olden days is a land of used to be, watered by tears and coaxed and caressed by the smiles of yesterday, he said. The generals voice reached an emotional pitch as he added that the days of yesterday are filled with ghosts from far off fields in khaki and olive drab, in Navy blue and Air Corps gray.