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Evening star., 1946-11-13
r Pen W omen Fete
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Mrs. Truman was the guest Of
honor at tea yesterday that drew
women from all parts Of the country.
The party was given by the Chevy
Chase Branch Of the National
League Of American Pen Women,
whose national president, Mrs. Alma
Robson Higbee OF Kansas City was
here for the occasion.
Sharing honors with the Chief
Executives wife as distinguished
guests were Mrs. Harold H. Burton,
Mrs. John w. Snyder, Mrs. Robert
P. Patterson, Mrs. Tom Clark, Mrs.
julius A. Krug, Mrs. Clinton p.
Anderson and Mrs. Lewis B.
Schwellenbachs
The affair took place In the Amer
ican Newspaper Women,s Clubhouse
on 2Oth street between and Z In
the AFTERNOON. Receiving with Mrs.
Truman and Mrs. Higbee were DR..
Margaret H. Sebree, first national
vice president and Miss Elizabeth
Smart, president Of the Chevy Chase
Branch. Mrs. Lille Wettengel In
troduced the guests.
The national officers Of the league
who came from out Of town In
cluded Mrs. Minnie Moreland Dow
of Chicago, Mrs. Eugene Henely Of
Grinnell. Iowa, Mrs. Helen Worth
Gordon Of Philadelphia, Mrs. Ra-
mona Cook Of Wellesley Hills, Mass.
Mrs. Hildred Bridges Of Kansas City
and Mrs. Willette Bacon Of st. Paul
Ofiicers Of both national and Local
branches who live In and about
Washington were also present.
A high light Of the afternoons
entertainment was q demonstra.
tion by Capital artist, Sam Greed
Gholson, Of how q portrait j.
painted.
Taking turns pouring tea before .
beautiful centerpiece Of yellow
chrysanthemums were Mrs. victorii
Faber Stevenson, Mrs. Mason B
Leming, Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton, Mrs
Albert Hillard Of Reno, New; Mrs
Lenore Kiefer, Mrs. william K. Bon,
nell, Mrs. Dow and Mrs. Bridges.
Evening star., 1946-11-13
Ballet Dancers
Are Entertained

4 The Commercial Counselor of the
Panamanian Embassy and Sonora
de Heurtematte were hosts at an
"after the theater" party last eve
ping. entertaining the members Of
the cast Of the Ballet Russo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oleg Tupina and
Miss latina Stepanova. old friends
Of the hostess, who Is . talented
ballet dancer herself, were the spe-
cial guests Of honor.
Sonora de Heurtematte wore q
short black evening dress which was
particularly attractive with her
blond coloring.
Guests were members Of the Pana-
manian Embassy stan, Other mem
bers Of the Diplomatic Corps, ON
cials and residents.
Evening star., 1946-11-13
Daughters to Meet

The District Society, q. s. Daugh-
ters Of 1912, win meet at 3 pm. Fri
day at national headquarters.
DR.. Mary M. Sloop of Crossnore,
N. c.. will discuss the work being
done by the organization in the
mountain schools in that State. She
will be introduced by Mrs. Leo L.
Callaghan, State chairman OF
Mountain Schools, who win receive
the gifts.and donations Of members
for this work.
Mrs. Albion w. Tuck and Mrs
Callaghan will be hostesses at the
tea hour following the meeting.
Evening star., 1946-11-13
[ ca to Honor Board

A tea and cocktail party honoring
members Of the Board Of Directors
Of the National League of Women
Voters. meeting in Washington this
week, will be given by board MEM
bers of the voteless District Of Co
lumbia League this afternoon at
the home Of Mrs. John G. McClin-
tock, 1731 Hoban road NV.
Hostesses will include Mrs. Robert
F. Leonard, president Of the District
league; Mrs. Donald G. Blaisdell,
Mrs. John r. Thomas, Mrs. Irwin
Geiger, Mrs. James r. Clarke, Mrs.
Herbert Budlong, Mrs. Milton Dunn,
Mrs. Earle Simrell, Mrs. ]. Langdon
Taylor and Mrs. Robert g. Wilson.
Evening star., 1946-11-13

The engagement Of their daugh-
ter, Miss Lois Anne Corridor, to
Mr.. John Campbell Carroll, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Southey @. Carroll
.of washington, Is announced by
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Corridor, also
of this city.
Miss Corridor is . student at
Maryland University and Is q menu
ber OF Sigma Kappa Sorority. The
bridegroom ELECT now Is serving
with the United States Marine
Corps.
The wedding will take place in
TRANSPORTATION Episcopal Church
December z.
Evening star., 1946-11-13
Speaker Named

Miss Blanche Parcell, field direc.
tor Of st. Elizabeth's Hospital, will be
guest speaker at meeting Of the
Red Cross Camp and Hospital Conn
mite at 1o:3o am. Friday at Walsh
House. 2o2o Massachusetts, avenue
NV.
She viii discuss the Red Cross
Christmas project for military. vet
eran and civilian hospitals, in which
all clubs are asked to take part and
to send representative.
Evening star., 1946-11-13
H0wen7akers Talk

Food for Everyone win be the
subject Of DR.. Esther Cole Frank
Inns talk ut the meeting of the
Homemakers' Section of the Dis
trict Home Economics Association
Friday.
The section will meet at 1:30 pm.
IN the auditorium Of the Washing
ton Gas Light Co.
DR.. Franklin was. the American
representative Of consumer interests
at the International Food and Agri-
culture Conference In Copenhagen.
Her talk is the second In q work
shop series entitled Problems Of
Homemakers Today"
Evening star., 1946-11-13
Brien McMab0ns
Among Capitalites
To Sail ON America

Senator Brien Mcmahon and his
lovely blond wife viii be two Of the
large number Of Capitalites aboard
the SIS. America when she pulls out
LOT New York harbor tomorrow after
noon admidst . lot Of excitement
and fanfare. This Is bound to be q
gay trip for the Nations largest pas
|senger liner. It win be her maiden
voyage since being reconverted from
the wartime Navy transport, U.S.S.
West Point.
Senator Mcmahon is going over
on ofncial business as chairman
until the new Senate Sconyenes-of
the Joint Atomic Energy Committee.
He and Mrs. McMahon win 20 to
London first and then to Paris where
they will spend most Of their six
or seven weeks abroad. Mrs. Nc
Mahon says that because Of food
shortages In England, she can't re-
main there more than few days.
They will also 60 to Brussels and,
while the Senator goes to Germany,
his wife win visit In Switzerland.
The Europeans are due for q
treat II all passengers are going as
well prepared as the wife Of the
Connecticut Senator. Following
Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower's advice,
she Is taking along articles that are
practically impossible to get abroad
and which are much preferred to
money rs tips. The list includes
soap, nail polish, lipstick and cigar
cites.
The Assistant Secretary Of State
and Mrs. William Benton win also
be on the luxury liner, the first to
be reconverted since the war. Incl
dentally, 1t was christened by Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt in late August
Of 1899, just q few days before the
Germans marched into Poland. Ex-
cept for some difference in fur
nishings, 1t is now exactly the same
as it was when finally completed In
1910.
More Washingtonians among the
1,050 passengers will include Senator
James E. Murray Of Montana, Repre-
sentative Chester e. Morrow Of
New Hampshire, Mr.. Chester Bowles,
Brig. Gen. r. II. Bliss, Mr.. and Mrs.
Benjamin Kittredge, Mr.. George
Gilman, Mr.. Milton Eisenhower and
Signor vittorio Ivella, Attache Of the
Italian Embassy.
Evening star., 1946-11-13
Cocktail Party

The Business and Professional
Chapter Of B'nai Birth win open
its fall activities with a cocktail
party at 0 pm. Saturday at the Am
bassador Hotel.
Miss Lillian Greenspan is chair.
man of the affair.
Evening star., 1946-11-13
Pen Gr0Ab to Meet

y A discussion on Juvenile Writing
viii be conducted by Miss Hilda
Marsden and Mr.. Omar Henry at
q meeting of the fiction group, Dis
strict League Of American Pen Wom-
en-, at 8 pm. Friday at the studio,
1851 Columbia road NV. Miss
Elizabeth Hartmab, chairman of the
group, win preside.
Evening star., 1946-11-13
Engagement

Mr.. and Mrs. Loreto Patriarca an
nounce the engagement Of their
daughter, Miss Dorothy patriarca, to
Mr.. Charles A. DeCesaris, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Marco DeCesaris Of
Evening star., 1946-11-13
Mrs. John Nicholas Byozyu
Is Fascinatizgg Personality
Little Cabinet Family
To Live in Georgetown
By Frances Lide

Her husband yesterday Secretary
the Navy for Air. but Mrs Nicholas
housing problems
Ina week the moving into Mrs Arthur Woods
Georgetown home at S04
notabe including Mrs Robert Todd Lincoln
dent Lincoln
Once they settled addition
OF colorfu family to the little circle
Mrs Brown from their Newport
which Groon
and their daughter Angela Bayard remained
Evening star., 1946-11-13
Series to Continue

Mrs. Robert Leonard, preside
Evening star., 1946-07-12
'Seamans' Bill Of Rights
Indorsed by AVG

The American Veterans Commit
tee today urged passage Of the sea =
mans bill of rights" and charged
that contribution of merchant sea-
men TO the war effort has been
"gravelv misrepresented in an at
tempt to deny them benefits they
clearly earned
In letter to House members con-
sidering the legislation, the vet
erans' group said merchant seamen S
service during the war was of a
quasi military nature. and that
existing rights are inadequate to
provide postwar adjustments"
The question Of compensation dur
ing service is mot pertinent" ac-
cording to Chat Paterson, the COM
mittee's legislative representative
Major generals are not denied ben
efits of the CT bill because they re-
celVed more pay than privateS.' he
declared. He pointed out seamen
received no pay between voyages OF
family allowances.
The merchant Seamen occupy a
peculiar status AS civilians they
did not have the privileges or pro-
tections of those employed in civilian
industries Mr.. Paterson said. yet
at a tremendous cost of life, they
provided the vital link between the
millions engaged in production and
the millions fighting all over the
world"
Evening star., 1946-07-12
Constellation
Continued From First Page.)

until it could shift other equipment
from its Latin American and Pa
ciflc Alaska divisions to its Atlantic
division. 1t said grounding of its
fleet Of 13 Constellation for the
next 80 days would affect approx
mately 10000 air travellers.
A Douglas DC-4 was being brought
fro mMiami to rescue 81 Pan-Am
passengers grounded at Stephens
vile, New Brunswick. where they
landed yesterday because of bad
weather. Another group of l8 pas
sengers was stranded temporarily at
Roberts Field, Liberia.
Trasatlantic Flights Cut.
American Overseas Airlines an
nounced its New York to London
flight, scheduled three times weekly,
was suspended until further notice.
American cut down it's IA weekly
round trips across the Atlantic to
seven until it could rearrange its
schedule.
The CAA order halted American
passengers at Gander, Newfound-
land and Shannon, Fire. Two Con-
stellationS were immobilized at New
York and a new plane being deliv-
cred was grounded at Chicago. A
spare DC-4 in New York was dis
patched to Gander for the pas
sengers there, while another spare
flew from London to pick up the
passengers at Shannon en- route to
the British capital.
British Overseas Airways Corp.
announced cancellation of five Lon
don-to-New- York flights which have
employed Consultations since the
first OF this month. Presumably the
action will halt BOACs trans-At-
Evening star., 1946-07-12

sion until last March. He is sur
vived by his widow. Frances. A
flight engineer on C-54s during the
war, he went to Reading May 80 to
begin Constellation training.
TWA tentatively listed First OFF,
Ger Amthor as having lived on
Orange street, but he was not
known there. He joined TWA in
November 1914.
Capt. Brown has lived the past
three years in the Alexandria home
Of Mr.. and Mrs Dulany Hammond.
who said he was co-pilot of the
plane that few the late President
Roosevelt 10 the Teheran con-
ference. A graduate of the Uni
yersity of Tampa. he has been
with TWA since November, 1912
and also served in the ATC. His
parents. Mr.. and Mrs Frank Brown.
live in Cocoa. Fla A sister, Mrs.
Blair Stringfellow. jr.. lives in
Richmond.
Airlines now using them already
have invested 100000 900 in Con-
stellations. Lockheed has orders
for nearly $lO0,000.000 more.
Evening star., 1946-07-12
Case Predicts Legislation
To Curb Labor Abuse

The fact that the Case bill got
as far as it did shows there is going
to be legislation against current labor
abuses, Representative Case, Repub-
hcan. OF South Dakota, who spon-
Sored the bill. told the Kiwanis Club
yesterday at the Mayfiower Hotel.
The bill passed both houses by
large majorities, was vetoed by the
president and failed by only a few
votes to override the veto" Mr.. Case
reminded the club.
1T was not a perfect bill-mlch
could be done to perfect it. That
1t went so far shows that the public S
demand for protection from labor
abuses is going to be met"
The Washington public, he said
Is the victim at times of jurisdic-
tional disputes and secondary strikes.
and has no vote so it can do nothing
about it.
But 7 want to say" he added
that the attitude of Washington
does more to influence legislation
than that of any other community"
Evening star., 1946-07-12
Motion for Lunacy Hearing
For Mcfarland Planned

Attorney P Bateman Ennis said
TODAY he intends to file a motion
IN District Court within a day or
two requesting a lunacy hearing
for Earl Mcfarland. 25-year-old
former Marine and convicted slayer.
in an effort to save him from the
electric chair.
The motion is McFarland'S last
chance to escape execution scheduled
for next Friday, as President Truman
mas denied an appeal for clemencv.
Mcfarland was convicted Of Grim
mally aSsaulting and garroting
Dorothy Berrum, 18-year-old Gov
eminent worker. at Haines Point
October ), 1914
Mr.. Ennis, McFarland's attorney,
said he would file the motion as
soon as he obtained records of Nc
Farland's juvenile ofenses from
McFarland's home.
Evening star., 1946-07-12
Mrs. James Vaughan,
Niece Of 7. W. Noyes,
Dies in Connecticut

Mrs. James A. Vaughan, a grand
daughter of the late Crosby S.
Moves. who was the first editor of
The Star under its present owner
ship, died suddenly last night in
Greenwich, Conn. She was As years
OLD.
The Associated Press reported that
Mrs. Vaughan died in Greenwich
restaurant shortly after a piece of
meat lodged in her Iarynx. Medical
Examiner C. Stanley Knapp said it
was a case of accidental death due
to aSphyXiation caused by a foreign
body in the windpipe"
Her death followed by one week
that of her uncle, Theodore w.
Moves. who had been editor-in
chief of The Star since Crosby S.
Moves died in 1908.
Mrs. Vaughan. whose maiden
name was Elizabeth Noyes Boyd.
was daughter of the late George
W. Boyd and Miranda Noyes Boyd
Her mother was the daughter of
Crosby S. NoyeS.
Survivors in the immediate fam
ny include her husband, a daughter.
Miss Virginia Vaughan; son by a
previous marriage. Paul de Hoff
Reed, Jr.; her brother, Crosby N.
Boyd, who is assistant business
manager of The Star, and a half
sister, Miss Anna Boyd of Denver,
Colo.
Mrs. Vaughan was born in Phila-
delphia. where her father was pas
senger manager of the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad. She spent considerable
time IN Washington during her early
life, but had lived in Greenwich for
the last 20 years. An actress in her
own right, she was active in the
Greenwich Community Drama Asso-
cietion
Mrs. Vaughan also was prominent
IN the affairs of the Garden Club of
America and was a former president
Of the Greenwich Garden Club. For
several years she was chairman of
Judges at the international flower
show in New York.
After the death of her father. her
mother had married Theodore L.
Pomeroy of Greenwich.
Mrs. Vaughan's son was in Florida
at the time Of her death and was
en- route to Greenwich today. Crosby
N. Boyd and other members of the
family here also were en- route to
Greenwich, where funeral arrange
ments were TO be completed later.
Funeral services will be held Sun
DAY afternoon at the family home
with the Rev. Daniel Bliss of the
Second Congregational Church Off
Ciating. Burial will be private.
Evening star., 1946-07-12
Howard Hughes Sinks;
Sends Army Story Of
Cause Of Crash
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, July 12--His bat
tie for life suddenly weakening
Howard Hughes, Al, beckoned his
doctor to his bedside last night and
whispered a halting story of the
cause of his fiery crash Sunday in
an experimental plane.
Il want you to give this message to
the Army. The accident was caused
by the rear half of the right pro-
peller," the millionaire maker of
planes and movies told DR.. Verne R
| Mason.
Il don't want this to happen to
anybody else"
| Explaining carefully that the rear
set of propeller blades on the right
engine of his twin-engine plane
| had suddenly reversed pitch during
| the first test hop, Mr.. Hughes said
| 1T felt as If some giant had the
right wing of the airplane in his
hand and was pushing it back and
| down.
Tell the Army to look in the
wreckage, find the rear half of the
right propeller, and find out what
went wrong"
Survival Is in Doubt.
Mr.. Hughes gave his message to
DIR. Mason after asking, Am l 60
ing to liye?" and hearing the physi-
clan solemnly reply:
Il don't know"
In a bulletin on Mr.. Hughes con-
dition. issued when he disclosed the
airman'S first words on the cause
| OF the crash, the doctor said:
| Howard Hughes has suffered a
turn for the worse in his fight for
life. His left lung has failed to re-
spond and is still functionless. He
Is surviving through the restricted
use Of his right lung, to the extent
permitted by his crushed chest
which includes nine broken ribs.
He is breathing pure oxygen "a
. hours day"
I Mr.. Hughes Kill photo-recon
nalSsance craft, repeatedly the
worlds fastest long-range plane
struck and set afire three houses
and garage in Beverly Hills before
crashing and exploding in a vacant
lot.
Gives Story of Crash.
Giving his own story of the crash
Mr.. Hughes said:
The front four blades of tn,
propeller were trying to pull tht
!airplane ahead while the rear fou
blades were trying equally hard t,
i push it backward To make mat
ters worse, these eight large pro
tpeller blades, whirling around fight
ing one another, created a deac
drag on the right-hand side of thu
alrplane equal to that of a stee
disk, II feet in diameter, turnec
broadside to the wind at severa
hundred miles per hour"
Mr.. Hughes said he then unfast-
ened his seat belt and looked out the
cabin to see if any part of the
plane might have torn loose, Great
ing the drag. He saw nothing out
OF order
L have thought about 1t care
fully" he said. Il am absolutely
certain 1t was the propeller
Evening star., 1946-07-12
AFL Maritime Council
Calls Mass Meetinqs
To Tie Up Clio Ships
By the ASsocioted Pres.

NEW YORK. July l2.-The AFL
Maritime Council announced today
it had called an estimated 5000 sea
men aboard IS ships docked ia New
York Harbor to attend series of
union meetings in d move to tie up
all vessels manned by unions affil-
ated with the CIO Committee for
Maritime Unity.
Another 1000 men would join the
1900 in mass picketing of five Man
haitian piers later in the day, the
council said. adding that similar
plcketlng would begin Simultaneous
ly IN Boston and Baltimore
The mass picketing will be done
by the Seafarers' international I'm
ion. the Sailors Union of the Pacific
and all other AFL maritime unions
affiliated with the council, the coun-
Gil announcement said.
Spreads to Baltimore.
AS the inter-union dispute spread
TO Baltimore, pickets from Seafarers
International Union sought to pre-
vent the loading and unloading of
TWO vessels manned by clio crews.
The picket patrolled the Pennsyl-
Vanla Railroads piers 5 and s where
the ClO-manned Normac Swan and
Joseph Hallinger were tied up
Locals 629 and 858 OF the Inter-
national Longshoremen's Union,
AFL. announced they would respect
the picket lines.
Paul Hall chairman OF the Mari
time Council, said the picketing,
which started two days ago at Staten
Island piers. would spread because
no word had been received from
Harry Bridges, West Coast CIO
longshoremen's leader, resembling
his order that his men refuse to
unload an AFL-manned vessel in
Coos Bay. Greg.
Pickets on Staten Island.
Picket lines were established at
the Staten Island docks, Mr.. Hall
said. as a warning to Harry Bridges
and the Communist dominated GNU
TO stop raiding our ships"
shipping spokesman expressed the
opinion that the interunion dis
pute might paralyze American ship
ping if it continued.
The Staten Island picketing origi-
nally tied up nine vessels, but one
troopShip loaded provisions after the
lines were disbanded Wednesday
night and sailed up the Hudson Riv-
er to Camp Shanks.
Evening star., 1946-07-12
Yank in Japan 10 Hang
In Murder, Criminal Attack
BY ti.s Associated Press

TOKYO, July l2.-The Allied
Headquarters public relations officer
said today that Pvt. Leo w. Chris
tensen, Iona. Idaho. has been con-
Vlcted by general court martial of
murder, criminal assault and as
Sault, and sentenced TO be hanged.
According 10 the findings of a
court martial July at kokura
Kyushu. the headquarters spokes-
man explained. Christensens motor
cycle ran over and killed a small
japanese boy on June 80. There
after Christensen criminally attacked
a 3l-year-old japanese housewife
and assaulted japanese man, the
spokesman added.
Christensen was signalman with
the oath Infantry Division and SEN
tence has been referred tn Mai. Gen.
James Lester, division commander,
for review.
Evening star., 1946-07-12

lantic service. since it has no other
appropriate planes.
French airline France said its
flights from Paris to South America
apparently would not be affected.
for it was not to place ConStella-
tionS into service before the end of
August
The plane that, crashed shortly
before noon yesterday was the Aston
The Star Of Lisbon" designed to
carry 40 TO Sc passengers. Costing
$3.50 600, the Constellation is the
largest land plane in commercial
service.
T. p. Wright, civil aeronautics
administrator who issued the
grounding order, said preliminary
inspection of the Wreckage by CAA
engineers revealed that the drive
shaft for the cabin presSurizer to
which was attributed previous
Constellation accident, had been re-
moved from the ship involved in
Yesterdays crash. IN accordance
with CAA Instructions
One Of the first to see the plane
in distress was Clarence Suglia, Is.
motorist, who saw it over Temple,
Pa, miles from the airport.
Ship Seemed in Spin.
The plane started flaming over
Temple" he said. When l first
looked at it. it appeared that the
engines were smoking. The ship
dipped on one wing. and just before
1t disappeared from my vision it
seemed to go into a spin"
M c. j. Markle. flying instructor
at the Reading Airport. said the
plane approached as though at
tempting an emergency landing on
the north runway He saw flames
trailing from it and then it lost alti-
tude and crashed on the farm of
William Boeshore.
Working in barn near the crash
were Ralph K. Brown. 20, and
George Boeshore. 20, son of the farm
owner, who said the plane came
shooting toward the ground with
the cabin afire'
I'VE could see men. two men
after the plane crashed with roar"
stumbling out The Wrecnage. Pieces
of plane were bouncing all over the
field. The alfalfa stubble was
catching fire"
The plane had skidded about 900
feet across a road and come to a
holt
H. Luden. cough drop manufacturer
The man who emerged from the
plane apparently was Capt. Nilsen
Despite his burns. Nilsen, with the
help Of one farmer, succeeded in
dragging Capt. Brown from the
blazing plane before the flames
drove them away. The farmer then
drove Capt. Nilsen and Capt. Brown
to a hospital in his truck.
Herrien Was Alabaman.
A native of Tuscaloosa, Ala, md
a graduate of the University OF
Alabama, First Officer Herrien lived
in Alexandria since June with his
wife, Billy. and their 17-month-
daughter, Sandra Lynn. He spent
l8 months as a civilian instructor
Tor CAA in Army camps in Alabama
and Mississippi, and the same flying
C-54s overseas for the Air Transport
Command. He had been training as
a Constellation pilot for two months.
Flight Engineer Staufer was a
native of Fresno, Calf, and had
lived in the Washington area for
four years. His mother is Mrs.
Miltona M. Staufer of Reedley, Calf.
Before joining TWA in October, 1912,
to serve in the international divi-
sion, he had served with ATC over
seas.
Flight Engineer Semola had been
with TWA since December, 1912,
serving with the continental divi-
Evening star., 1946-07-12
Medical Films Stolen

SAN FRANCISCO, July u (P,.-
DR.. F. E. Schmidt of Chicago told
police today that valuable medical
fllms OF many years preparation had
been stolen from his automobile
here. The doctor. who has been
working in a Chicago research lab
oratory. was a delegate to the
American Medical Association con-
Vention here last week