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Evening star., 1946-07-14
In The Ne1rs

Mrs. Philip o. Coffin is at her
summer home in Hamilton, Mass,
where she is entertaining at the
present time her two grandsons,
Tom and John Sweeney. A third
grandson, Richard Rodgers Sweeney
was born to Mr.. and Mrs. John F.
Sweeney on July.8. Mrs. Sweeney
the former Alicia Rodgers. is Mrs
Coffin's daughter She and her hus-
band, who was discharged from the
Navy in October, are now making
their home at 31O4 Hawthorne street
Mrs. Dorothy Sweeny Bland and
her young daughter, Beverly Anne
have moved to Chevy Chase. Md.
from their home in Atlanta, Ga
They will make their home with
Mrs. BANDS parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Robert P. Sweeny, at 8 West Melrose
street.
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they built the house on Foxhall
road.
The architect of their home was
encouraged by the Pllillipses to
combine Maryland Colonial style
with octagonal wings on either side,
and the result is one of the most
pleasing looking houses architecture
ally around Washington. A broad
f1agstone terrace looks over a sweep
ing slope of parklike woods, and
the Potomac River can be seen in
the distance.
Mrs. Phillips comes of a very tai
ented family. Her sister, Mary
Elizabeth Partridge. has Just held
an exhibit of painting at the Whyte
Gallery and her uncles, Mr.. Rey-
nolds Beale and Mr.. Clifford Beale
are we'll known figures in the art
world. Her son Laughlin, who did
intelligence work in the Pacific area
during the war, has a fair. for
painting, as do her little nieces, the
daughter of Mrs. Partridge.
Paintings by Marjorie Phillips
stand out among others because OF
their freshness of color. She is a
sensitive landscape painter, and has
(see MAGUIRE, Page D-15.)
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men and women, including ancient
Greeks, Romans, Egyptians and
even cavemen, dancing Viennese
waltzes. rumbas, sambas, etc., to the
most modern juke box in town.
What's more. in the group were rep
resentatives from countries all over
the world. Maybe it could only hap
pen in Washington.
This was B. C. party. No one
was supposed to be garbed in any
thing that even remotely smacked
of this modern age beginning with
the year l Ammo Domini. Brain
children behind the whole affair
and joint hosts were ALA and Frank
Kent, jr.; Col. Peter Molloy, Assist
ant Military Attache of the British
Embassy; American-born, British
bred Ouida Wagner and Barbara
and Guy de Keller Of the Swiss Le-
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Engaged to Wed

OF much interest in Washington
is the announcement made by Mr..
and Mrs. William G. Yardley of
Grand Rapids, of the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Nancy Jean
Yardley to Mr.. Donald Keith Min
nix, son of Mrs. Hazel Cotton Minnix
and Mr.. Allen C. Minnix of this city
Miss Yardley was graduated from
the Marywood Academy in Grand
Rapids and attended st. Mary's
Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind.
Mr.. Minnix is a graduate of West
ern High School and attended Cor
nell University He recently was
discharged from the Marine Corps.
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artist, she is
married to one
of tn e m O. S t
noted collectors
Of paintings in
the country. and
her home, which
is like a small
gallery in itself,
reflects the flaw
less taste of its
mistress.
l o w q l X
t h r OIL g h t h e
rooms of h er
home on FoXhall
road would de-
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any art lover. On the walls are
paintings by Bonnard, water colors
by John Marin, still lifes by Braque,
large painting by Sickert, and a
number of other beautiful works of
art.
The former Marjorie Acker was
studying at the Art Students
League in New York when she
met Duncan Phillips. Their mutu-
al. interest in art brought them
together. and In 1921 they were
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ly to clear the
head and then
gone in again to
t a k e another
look. The in
triguing and in
congruorfs scene
g r e e t ng the
eyes was an ac-
tual fact. There
in this hand
S ON e Colonial
home, In t h e
stately drawing
room with its
Waterford crys-
tai chandeliers,
-,o~. en- xyo,,,nr
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Vacationiug
On Cabe Cod

Count Adam Moltke-Huitfeldt,
secretary of the Danish Legation
with the Countess is on Cape Cod.
They have been there a fortnight
and plan to remain for a week or
so longer. Also enjoying themselves
there are Nine Povl Bang-Jensen,
wife of the Danish Charge d'Affaires
and their two children.
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Myer, where he was Stationed Tor
some time.
After her marriage into the serv-
ice. Ruth Spaatz was destined to
continue moving from one post to
another. So it was with a feeling
of completing a circle that she re-
turned to Fort Myer the past
spring
Her early experiences as an Army
daughter undoubtedly helped Mrs
Spaatz develop the philosophy that
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Enu0v Rec0uer1ug

Popular Dr. Joao Antonio d.
Bianchi. Portugal's Ambassador, is
recovering rapidly from a recent
illness. He, however, is back in
Doctors Hospital for another check.
up, so he and Sonora de Bianchi
have made no plans for a summer
vacation.
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Mrs. Willis S. Fitch, 1Ote OF
the erecutiUe director OF the
Air Force Association, pictured
playing tennis at the Army
Nary Country Club NTH Mr..
Karl Vinton, former interna-
tional Dauis Cup coach, 1oho is
the club "prO."
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Spaatz felt she
was back home
again-or a about
as near to the
scenes of her
childhood as it
is possible for
an Army daugh-
tei to be.
Her father. the
late Col. Ralph
Harrison, was a
cavalry officer
and though she
was born at
Fort Riley, her
first vivid men,
ories are of Fort
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Any one inadvertently wandering
within the confines of Collingwood
Inn last evening would have immedi-
ately stepped outside, inhaled deep
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PORTRAIT of An Artist
Marriage and Career Symphony
In Life of Mrs. Duncan Phillips
.Br Libbr Nagui1

Mrs Duncan Phillips of married The Phillips
those individuals whose Gallery built by Mr. Phillips
riage surroundings
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Capital Sihouette
Mrs. Spaatz Takes Life in the AAF
With lust Grain of Philosophy
By Frances Lide-

When her husband was made
head of the Army Air Forces and
they took up residence in his official
quarters at Fort Myer, Mrs. Carl A.
Evening star., 1946-07-14

Mrs. George w. Mast OF Arlington
enjoying a cooling drink 11ith her hus-
band Condr. Mast (right), and
Comdr. George M. DaUis.
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Miomi press photographers
use ony excuse to pick q
queen. and Ruth Byrd won
the honors for their onnuol
donce. Ruth, by the woy. is
still in high school.
Wide World Photo.
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Vctcron OF Is missions Of them Tokyo
1t sokcIIoroGes ~os oworded q second Distinguished
Flying Cross otter tighter sweep kyushu Morch
49, l9i5 in which he destroyed three enemy oiroroft
during his first doy combot
His skill ond couroec octon in kcepino with the
highest trodt,ons Of the United Stotes kovoi Service
the e,totion cods oso eorncd tor him five Air Medos
As O member OF Fighter Bomber Squadron SO the
Essex he took port toctiool which the
proisc OF Gen. Hodges An enemy stronghold Oknowo
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way House seats, 80 per cent OF
which are in the large industrial
cities which once were the exclu-
sive fiefs Of the lold-style bosses.
Time was when such a menu was a
mere mouthful to capable city ma
chimes. Now the heirs Of Tweed
over the country are all on their
knees to the PACs and except in
the case Of Wisconsin, not even be-
ing beastly to the Communists.
In New York for example the
Democrats have a well-balanced
ticket on the tested plan: Jim Mead,
an Irish Catholic friend Of labor
from upstate; Herbert Lehman, an
Ex-Governor, a highly regarded
banker -philanthropist who is Jew
and protege of two old heroes. AL
Smith and Roosevelt; a young
Protestant veteran, Erastus Corning
for Lieutenant-G Governor. Yet they
are afraid Gov. Dewey will win by
such majority even Mr.. Lehman
will be ruined.
Only the PACs by getting out the
vote can save him. Tammany Hall
has collapsed and Mayor O,Dwyer
has not finished picking up the
pieces. Benign, astute Boss McCooey
of Brooklyn was succeeded by an
able man, Frank Kelly, but he Is
dead and his successor is not yet a
producer Of the old style. Mr.. Flynn
holds the Bronx but can do little
outside 1t, probably because he Is
tired and no longer cares very much.
Frank Il Am the Law Hague
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Ior granted as an lnJegfal part Oh
Democratic strength have slowed
down materially. They simply are
no longer able to turn out the rescu-
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stepped jauntily into the White
House last week to assure President
Truman that Jersey City would not
fail, and 1t won't. But Republican
Gov. Edge has broken up the Hague
network among the courts, election
Offices, county prosecutors, over the
State. And most unkindest cut OF
all, they have put voting machines
In Hague's Hudson County. His
Congress members are safe but he
can do nothing to produce Demo-
cratic Senator and help relieve that
tension.
Kelly's Crown Is Slipping.
The Chicago Kelly's crown is also
slipping. Several House seats are re-
ported in jeopardy in Cook County
and supporters of Congresswoman-
at-large Emily Taft Douglas admit
they are fearful Mr.. Kelly can't turn
up a city plurality which will over
come her inevitable downstate Re-
publican losses. The Illinois Sena-
tors are not up this fall. The meat
shortage and his tampering with
the little red schoolhouse caused Mr..
Kelly's immediate troubles.
In Kansas City the Pendergast
machine goes into the national elec-
ton under fire for primary scandals,
hence 1t must proceed with care.
With respect to local elections,
local conditions dictate and even
limping machines may still produce.
A wise politician once remarked: !:
you can usually wiring one more
victory out of a machine even after
it has collapsed If you handle 1t with
care"
But nationally-it's another story.
And what happens this fall in the
boss regions will have Its bearing on
who names the next candidate for
President in 1948.
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go tacitly give Doris Fleeson.
the show away. Ideologically at the
other pole from the Liberals, they
are the foremost upholders Of Ma
tional Chairman Hannegan's policy
of peace at any price with Henry
Wallace and the Political Action
Committees. They do it because
they know they must have, help to
get out the large vote on which
Democratic success depends.
On Knees to PAC.
Their status is high lighted this
fall by the peculiar situation in
which control of Congress rests
with few close Senate contests
and about 50-odd 5-per- r-eent-either-
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BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

ny AhE I1hohAN SEhS1CE.
@. What is the highest wind We
locity ever attained2-O. F. L.
A. The highest wind velocity ever
recorded in the United States and
probably in the world was 231 miles
per hour on April 2, 1884, at Mount
Washington, N. H. It is estimated
that winds near the center of tor
nadoes attain velocities up to 800
miles per hour and that vertical
velocities in such storms may be as
high as 200 miles per hour.
@. What Is the temperature at
the bottom of the deepest hole in
the world dug by man?-C. R. T.
A. At the bottom of one of the
deepest pits in the world, a $4,000
foot hole drilled by an oil company
in the San Joaquin Valley in Cali
fornia, the temperature was 268 de-
grees F.
@. What is the origin of the name
"Birdseye" used on some frozen
foods?-M. r. K.
A. Clarence Birdseye was a pioneer
in the development Of the frozen
foods industry.
@. Are there any women in the
japanese Diet?-C. P. T.
A. Thirty eight women ranging in
age from ~ to 81 and in occupation
from typist to university professor
were elected to the Japanese Diet
in April, 1916.
@. When did George Washington
present two cannon to the city OF
Savannah, Ga.?-D. v. N.
A. There seems to be no record of
the presentation of the two cannon
to the city of Savannah by Wash
ington. According to tradition they
were presented soon after his visit
there in May, 1871.
@. What are angels on horse
back? Are they something to
eat?-E. P.
A. In British usage they are de
licious little morsels of oysters
rolled in bacon and served on crisp
toast"
@. Has Columbian half dollar
any value as a rare COMM. r.
A. Columbian half dollars have no
premium value. Some dealers ex-
pressly state that they are not
wanted.
@. Does the Tasmanian wolf carry
its young in pouch?-B. H.
A. The Tasmanian wolf is mar
supial and carries its young in q
pouch. Although it bears remark
able resemblance to a wolf, the term
is not accurate. The real name of
this animal is thylacine.
@. Are all race tracks oval In
shape?-R. v. v.
A. Most of the horse race tracks
are oval or oblong oval. The two
chief exceptions are Jamaica, Long
Island, New York, which Is egg
shaped, and Mount Royal, Montreal,
Quebec, which is pear-shaped.
@. What was a water frame"?-
F. M. S.
A. Water frame" was the name
given to the first power spinning
machine invented by Sir Richard
Arkwright, so called because it was
driven by water power.
@. How many Secretaries of State
became President of the United
States?-H. M. S.
A. OF the 81 Secretaries of State.
Thomas Jefferson, James Madison,
John Quincy Adams and Martin Van
Buren are the only ones who also
served as President of the United
States.
@. Is the Good Conduct Medal
ready for distribution?-C. p. F.
A. According to the War Depart
ment, the Good Conduct Medal has
been struck and Is available for dis
tribution. Application should be
made to the Adjutant Generals
Office, War Department., Washing
ton 25, d. c.
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washington. Ii Lo"eh ''.
any shipping scandals attach to his
name they have been kept remark
ably secret. If he has been less
competent than any of his col
leagues, that likewise has not been
revealed.
Started From Scratch.
It was Mr.. Carmody who started
from scratch and built the Rural
Electrification administration. 1t
was he to whom President Roose-
velt turned when he wanted man
with driving power to activate the
public works program in 1899.
Earlier he had served as chief en-
gineer of the Civil Works Admin
istration, member of the National
Mediation Board, chairman OF the
Bituminous Coal Labor Board and
in other capacities that tested his
qualifications for Government serv-
ice. Still earlier he had made a rec
ord in private business and industry
sufficient to satisfy the average
mans ambition.
The Maritime Commission, during
the war and in preparation for che
war, demonstrated its ability 10 get
ships built. Headed by that doughty
admiral, Emory Land, and domi-
mated by Navy thinking, it did not
demonstrate an equal ability to pro-
tect the peoples pocketbook. That
isn't taught at Annapolis and per-
haps it shouldn't be. But now, with
the war on the seas won, costs have
become important again and costs
can only be held down by commits
sioners who understand the intrica-
cies of the shipbuilding business on
the one hand and the value of
Government dollar on the other. 1t
isn't a simple assignment; it is one
in which experience counts.
Politics Are Not Clear.
Mr.. Carmody has had experience
with the shipbuilders and shipown-
ers, four years in the Maritime Com
mission. Nearest to his experience
is that of Commissioner McKeough
one year, although there could be
added several years on the House
Ways and Means Committee, where
it was possible to learn lot about
the spending of Government money.
Next to Mr.. McKeough is Richard
Parkhurst of Massac achusetts, former
director of the Port of Boston, eight
months, and next to him the chair
man, Vice Admiral w. w. Smith,
old-line Navy man, five months on
the commission. The newest mem
bes, Grenville Mellen of Mississippi,
former director of the Port of Gulf
port, Miss, was named four months
ago.
The political considerations in
volved are not clear. Senators Wag-
ner and Mead are known to have
Endorsed Mr.. Carmody for reap
pointment and he is said to be popu-
lar on The Hill.
Equally unclear are the other con-
siderations. But, for some reason,
the word that went around in the
halls of the commission when Sept,
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ing parti e S
which formerly
bounded down
the Icy rural
slopes with lag
ging candidates
and revive e d
them with over
whelming plu-
ralities within
the city limits.
Various re-
manning stall
warts such as
Ed Flynn of the
Bronx and Ed
Kelly Of Chica-
4ai4l.x i
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over. / fret. i
fuine. To make
1t short, I am
miserable II
over.
w h y !? You
don't KIN o W !?
You must know.
I am ashamed
t h a t you ask
me. Every in.
telligent Ameri-
can must know
why I am un-
happy, and to-
day every Amer
ican m ust be
unhappy him.
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26 passed without Mr.. Carmody's re-
appointment, was that the shipping
industry had won a victory. The
shipping industry-not the people
who pay the operating and construc-
ton subsidies.
Distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Incl
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down a number
Of other impor-
ia MT agencies
durin t n e
Roosevelt period
and at the time
of his retire
ment" ha d a
record Of Gov
eminent service
Of which ny
man could be
proud. just why
he has not been
reappointed IS
something OF a
m y S t e ry in
XIYocbiY,utpn IF
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LosOeH Melleft
On the Other Hand
Suggests Reappointment of Carmody
AS Member of Maritime Commission

complaint White has that good
cannot be to take the good jobs that need
filed Presumably that applies the Maritime Commission,
its In important and with vacancy the
commission that should be occupied here's nomination for
that post
John Michael Carmody of New York
Yes same Carmody retired commissioner
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Coils on WuII Street
To Welcome Schucht
By Henry McLemore

NEW YORK.-My heart bleeds.
My tears glands are working on
three shifts. / sob. I cry. I bury
my head in my pillow. : shake all
Evening star., 1946-10-08
Doris Fleeson
Democratic Lament
Big City Party Machines Slow Down
AS Old Time Bosses Lose Their Grip
2 vest.nrvearc

Where the bosses Of yesteryear?
This the lament OF Democratic politician who never
poetry right would trade
original McCooey any day and throw in
George Allen.
All indicate that the big city machines long taken
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Sept. 26, after four years service
and who was not reappointed. The
same rambunctious, energetic ad-
ministrator who built up and held
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sit around discussing their various
reactions to flying. One evening
they laughed so much they got
warning from the night clerk. That
was when Cliff told how their in
structor, apparently exasperated
beyond endurance, repeatedly
banged his fist on the metal eowl-
ing. all the while believing: Get
the nose down! Get the nose down"
Later, in desperation, he dropped
his head in his hands, as if the strain
of trying to teach such imbeciles
was too much for any man.
The second days instruction is
usually just more of the first, but
in this case steady rain inter-
rupted the schedule. The Rowland
Lawson combine looked out the
window. and thought they'd have
the day off.
But they were wrong again, and
Curt Wetzel, their instructor after
the first day, put them through a
tough session of steering practice
along the runway. They found it
was good trick.
"Of course, you do it with your
feet" John said. And it's lot
harder than it looks. Some different
from steering a carr
The sun came out again on the
third day, and they did gliding,
climbing and tight turns. ''They
give you an entirely new sensa-
tion," Marion said. ''Princi-
pally in your stomach"
That day, too, they saw girl
with infantile paralysis learning to
fly, as we'll as a grandmother. One
of Johns earlier fears had been
that he wouldn't be able to qualify
because he was color blind. He
found out that if you're warm to
the touch" you can fly.
Theywerelearning somethingnew
on each fight. Wearing parachutes
for the first time. they did stalls
and spins at 5000 feet. TO go into
a spin, you have to stall - which
means reducing air speed until the
nose of the ship drops - and then
turn hard to the right or left.
~You'xe \ Pilot"
On THE sixth day, Cliff TAXED in
as usual. But his instructor hoped
out and waved him away. That's
how much warning you get when
you're going to solo. Here's how
Cliff described it:
you begin very slow taxi up
to the end of the runway. You're
excited, anxious - but with feel
ing of elation you haven't had
since you were kid. Then you're
off, up - making the first turn, the
second. Boy. what sensation to
be up there by yourself! Before you
know it. you're cutting the motor.
you're gliding down, it's suddenly
very quiet. Two more turns, then
the runway again. You're pulling
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back on the stick - back, back,
you're on the ground! You've done
it. BY gosh, you're pilot. It's
really something"
As he stepped from the plane, the
others rushed him. How did it 60?
What was it like?" they yelled at
him. Cliff was speechless at first -
then suddenly he started to talk
and they couldn't shut him up.
The solo ritual was next. They
pulled his shirt out, cut off the tail
and hung it up in the hangar. This
goes for everybody when he first
solos. And the girls were not
exempt. May lost the lower part of
good sweater that way - but she
didn't mind.
In a few more days they had all
soloed. Then they we're hit with
the overpowering urge to get up in
the air again and again.
500 4 Family
HE Rowlands and Lawsons claim
it was the worlds champion vaca-
ton. Now, back in Bronxville,
they're still at it. They 90 to local
airports where they add to their
time in the air. In addition Marion
has organized branch of the Girl
Scouts into what is known as Wing
Scouts. Between the ages of IA and
II, they're learning from Marion
all about planes and flying.
What did the flying vacation
cost? Each family spent about
$4OO that takes in everything
from flying instruction to hotel
bills. An average vacation, they
say, would have cost almost as
much - and they're convinced it
wouldn't have been half as much
fun.
But although the Lawsons and
Rowlands are enthusiastic about
their own experience, they're quick
to add word of caution.
Maybe we were lucky in some
ways" John said. aside from the
second day, we got good break
from the weather. Then too, we
had top-fight instructors.
''Of course, there's nothing you
can do about the weather, but you
can make sure that you have a
competent flying instructor. All
you have to do is check his CAA
certificate. All government-ap-
proved schools and instructors
are registered with the Civil
Aeronautics Administration.
Its just barely possible, too.
that some people might not get the
thrill out of flying that we did. In
that case they might not catch
onto it quite so easily"
The Rowlands and Lawsons are
going back to Lock Haven again
this summer. They might even
ferry planes to other air fields.
"It's great" says John. Nov
we'll be flying for free" The End
Evening star., 1946-04-07

Z ed~osds DIV. Msridsn. Conn. In Conodo:
The !. Eoson Co.. ttd.. oRss. v. S. Pot. on.
Evening star., 1946-04-07

A recent medical rspors shows shot
2 out Of 10 children have one or
more dseaysd teeth by the tims thsy
ore six years old. Dentists repeated
" stress shs importance Of baby's
first teeth. Do yo~ best 70 help build
sound teeth by giving sqvibb Cod
Liver OIL dolly.