Evening star., 1943-08-01
Capital SideIiehts
By VIII p. Kennedy.

A flag which few over the Capitol
when President Franklin D. Roosevelt
took his oath of Office on January 20.
l941, the first time any President was
inaugurated for third term, was flown
over an important United States camp In
North Africa on July 18 and now is on
its way to fly over Berlin, according to
a V-mail letter from it's owner, 1t. John
A. Murphy. The flag, with letters at
testing its historic significance from
David Lynn, architect of the Capitol,
and South Trimble, clerk of the House,
was presented to him by associates in
the City Post Office when he entered the
service
Lit. Murphy now also has certificate
that the flag was flown in the battle
zone in North Africa and an account of
the exercises is carried In the camp
newspaper. In his letter home he writes
Greetings: Best wishes from North
Africa. Today is Sunday and I was
honored by having my flag fly over the
camp today. I raised the flag at reville.
The band was there and their first num-
Der was Maryland My Maryland In
the evening I lowered the flag to The
Star Spangled Banner This was big
thrill and was all accomplished by the
officers of the camp VINO are very courte-
Gus. We are having an article in our
camp paper today and have a certificate
signifying that the flag was flown. This
is the first time it was on flagstaff
since it flew over the Capitol So I have
all the best wishes of the officers here to
some day fly it over Berlin"
Representative James C.. Auchincloss
of New Jersey Yale graduate, who was
captain in Military Intelligence in the
First World War, later member of the
Board of Governors of the New York
Stock Exchange and deputy police COM
missioner of New York City, is now
engaged in a literary, historic, patri-
otic quest. He is following up a re-
Gently discovered letter written by one
Severn Teackle which sheds some inter-
esting historical light on the writing
Of The Star Spangled Banner"
Mr.. AUchincloss is hunting down more
facts about young "Severn"-for, so he
signs his letter to his friend Philip Wal
lis of EaSton, Md. Representative Auch-
lnclosS has learned from Miss Dorothy
Miner, librarian and keeper of manu-
scripts at the Walters Art Gallery of
Baltimore, that: There was in the 18th
century well-known Baltimore lawyer
called Severn Teackle Wallis, whose name
comoines several of the names mentioned
in your letter"
The staid Representative SCHUYLER
Otis Bland Of Virginia, chairman of the
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Com
mittee, champion of the Coast Guard
as member of the Board of Visitors of
the Coast Guard Academy, member of
the Goethals Memorial Commission and
Of the Virginia Merrimac- Monitor Com
mission, is now engaged in writing
historic record of Fighting Sons of
Guns to see that adequate credit is
given to the heroes of the Coast Guard,
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Representative Richard B. Wigeles-
worth of Massachusetts was one of the
greatest quarterbacks of his dav as q
member of the Harvard varsity and later
also coached the Harvard team.
Representative Nat Cousin" Patton
Democrat, of Texas says he was born
In log cabin of humble farm parent
age at little village called Tadmore. 18
miles east of Crockett. the county seat"
OF Houston. Tex. His brothers and sisters
still own the old farm home.
1here Is only one man in all United
states history who was at the same time
Secretary of State, Chief Justice and
acting President during the closing
months Of the John Adams administra-
tom Marshall of Virginia.