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Evening star., 1947-03-15
Moyflower, Yacht Of Presidents and Veteran
OF Three Wars, Towed to Port After Fire
One Seaman Missing;
50-Yeur-OId Vessel
Was on Sealing Trip

Believed nearing the end of her
long career, the former presidential
yacht Mayhower was under tow
back to Baltimore today after she
was crippled off Point Lookout last
night by a fire while sailing on a
sealing venture.
The 50-year-old vessel, veteran
of three wars and of many presi-
Dental cruises in the days of white
and gold paint, bright brasswork
and mahogany trim, was a fugitive
from more than one scrap heap
when she sailed from Baltimore
yesterday for sealing waters between
Greenland and Labrador.
The aged Mayhower had been
bought by Capt. Frank N. Shaw,
32-year-old Montreal skipper, just
before she was to be junked. Capt.
Shaw hoped to take s750,000 worth
of pelts in Arctic waters, sharing
profits with his all-Canadian crew.
Seaman Died Aboard.
An explosion and fire broke out
in the engine room about dusk last
night, however, and one seaman
Robert Telloquin of st. Joseph De-
forel, Quebec, was missing as spread
ing flames forced the other % men
aboard to abandon ship.
An air-sea rescue team put out
from nearby Patuxent Naval All
Station and the seamen were taken
aboard the tug Ruby M. while pa
troll planes circled the scene. Navy
fire fighters, aided by six seamen
later reboarded the stricken vessel
and brought the flames under con-
troll early today. Meanwhile, a tug
was sent from Baltimore to take
the Mayfower in tow.
The Navy also dispatched another
fire fighting tug from Piney- Point
and a PIT boat from Solomons Is
land to aid in communications with
the shore. Meanwhile, 16 members
of the Mayf1ower' crew boarded a
Canadian vessel en- route to Bal
tin1Ore
Evening star., 1947-03-15

of lamps. AS the lamps are turned
on and off by electrical waves aris-
ing from spoken sounds, streams of
light trail along the belt and paint
the patterns of visible speech
Like shorthand or foreign
language, the symbols may be read
with training. In time, even dia-
lects are discernible, and foreign
language may be pronounced cor
rectly even though the reader does
not understand the meaning of the
words.
Now Teaching Deaf.
BY comparing patterns of their
own voices with those of normal
speech, deaf persons may improve
their speech. The system already
has been introduced at Michigan
State School for the Deaf with
promising results.
DR.. Buckley said the deaf may
learn to read visible speech" of
other persons instead of their lips
and suggested the possibility of tele-
phone conversations between the
deaf if sufficiently compact trans
later can be designed. Two-way
conversations" already have beer
carried out experimentally.
Also demonstrated was the "vo-
der" machine, which generates
speech electrically by pressing keys
similar to those of a piano, ano
the "vocoder," which takes speech
apart and derives control currents
from it. This is done by a meani
of group of electric wave filters
which divide speech into many mar
row bands or channels. At the re-
ceiving end, the speech is recreatet
by electrical controls.
One practical application of the
"vocoder" may be to permit a, greater
number of conversations over long
distance circuits, DR.. Buckley said
Evening star., 1947-03-15

She served both Roosevelts and
Presidents Taft, Wilson, Harding
and Coolidge. as well as Hoover.
Oddly enough, 1t was the economy
conscious President Coolidge who
seemed to get the keenest enjoy
ment from the 320-foot ocean-going
yacht.
The Mayfower was used by Ad-
miral Dewey, hero of Manila Bay
as his flagship after she aided in the
blockade of Havana during the Span
ish-American War.
The Mayfower seemed to have
more lives than cat.
In 1881 She burned while at
anchor in Philadelphia and sold
for scrap seven years later for
SIG, 900. But the national emergency
gave the vessel another lease on life
The Coast Guard put her back into
service again at cost of 81 ,000, ,00O
and some time later she was used
for training on Chesapeake Bay and
for occasional patrol and escort mis-
Sions.
Evening star., 1947-03-15
Committee Seeks Hearing
On Park Central Rent Rise

The District Fair Rent Committee
Is seeking a hearing before Robert
r. Cogswell, District rent control
administrator, on the ruling raising
rents at the Park Central Apart
ments, 1900 F street NV, an aver
age of 9.25 per cent.
The committee, which is affiliated
with Fiorello La Guardia's National
Fair Rent Committee, has taken
up the i 1t waged by the Park
Central , Cooperative. Last
Tuesday lle cooperative lost its
first appeal when Ernest F. Williams,
District rent control trial examiner,
refused to reverse the ruling that
authorized the increase on Febru-
airy IA.
Tenants of the development have
indicated that if Mr.. Cogswell also
upfolds the ruling, they will carry
the fight to Municipal Court.
Evening star., 1947-03-15

Extent Of the damage was unde'
terminated, but air men reported
lit apparently was not serious ano
her superstructure was intact.
Capt. Shaw bought the Mayflowe1
from the Maritime Commission. Be.
fore leaving Baltimore, he said he
hoped to get some 10000 pelts in the
North Atlantic this spring.
The Mayf1ower, used as a Coast
Guard training ship in the last war
saw duty in the Spanish American
and World War I. The vessel was
built at Clydeside, Scotland, in 1896
as a 2,690-ton luxury yacht.
Between wars, the yacht served
various Presidents until President
Hoover decommissioned her In 1929
Two years later she was rebuilt fol
private use.
Upkeep 100000 a Year.
In her day the Mayfower was
known to many of the taxpayers who
paid some 100000 annually for hel
upkeep as "the presidential play
boat" although the vessel had
proud tradition.
Evening star., 1947-03-15
Navy Woman EmpIoye
Is Found Dead Here

The body of Miss Mildred E
Oldrieve, 48, Navy Department en-
ploye, was discovered last night in
her apartment at $500 K street NV
by Mrs. Florence E. Powell, resident
manager. Taken to Gallinger Hos
pital, she was pronounced dead by
DR.. Allan Coleman of the hospital
staff, police said.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
said he will issue a certificate OF
death due to natural causes.
A sister, Mrs. Helen Crockett
North Attleboro, Mass, win be noti-
fed.
Evening star., 1947-03-15
Parade Will Feature
Army Day Observance
In Capital April I

Army Day will be observed here
April with a parade down Consti-
tuition avenue from the Capitol Plaza
to Twenty-second street NV, the
Military District of Washington an
nounced today.
Usually observed April 6, Army
Day will be celebrated a day later
this year because April 6 is Easter
Sunday. Army Week will be OBJ
served from April to IL.
If the S2d Airborne Division ano
a large cavalry unit from Fort
Meade can attend, there will be
more than $4,000 marchers in the
parade.
At Least 10 Bands to Play.
Already scheduled for the parade
are at least 10 bands, ducks" (am-
phibious trucks from Fort Eustis
Va: Army, Navy and Marine Corps
units, high school cadets, Nationa
Guard units from the District ano
Maryland and veterans organiza-
tions.
Brig. Gen. Claude B. Ferenbaugh
commanding general, Military Dis
trict of Washington, will be grand
marshal of the parade, which will
begin at LAS pm.
Meanwhile, Gen. Eisenhower
Army chief of staff, called on his
comrades in arms, in and out of uni
form, to join in the observance of
Army Week.
Commentaries Loyalty.
Gen. Eisenhower pointed out
that during Army Week this coun-
try commentaries the loyalty and
courage of free men who, through
out II decades of our history, have
served the United States that we
might stand strong and safe among
the nations of the world"
I'm the latest conflict" he went
on, "our soldiers, on the ground
and in the air, serving shoulder to
shoulder with their comrades in
the Navy and of the Allied forces,
carried on and enriched the ira
ditions established by their fathers
and forefathers. Serving with dis
tinction on every battlefield, they
accomplished every task and passed
on to the soldiers of today the
mission given them by the American
people-a secure country"
Evening star., 1947-03-15
Capital Transit
Needs Income,
PUG Expert Says
Rote Sterilization
Fund Urged Prior to
Granting Fare Roise
By Henry A. Muslin

The Public Utilities Commission
had before it todaythe conclusion of
its financial expert that the Capital
Transit Co. needs more income, but
whether this might mean granting
of the company's request for a fare
increase remained in doubt.
The conclusion was the high point
of testimony offered yesterday by v.
A. McElfresh, chief accountant for
the PUG. He said he reached it
after an examination of Capital
Transits booksswhich showed there
was some doubt as to the company's
ability to maintain sound financial
position"
He added, however, that the pro-
posed new fare schedule might bring
the company excessive earnings. To
Offset such a development, he recon-
mended establishment OF rate
sterilization fund before any in
creases in fares is granted.
Such a fund would be the best
means of balancing the interests"
of investors and patrons, Mr.. Nc
uCCldl Gu Al&o
testimony, PUG Chairman James H.
Flanagan recessed the hearing until
10 am. Wednesday. Even if it is
concluded then, no decision is ex-
pected for several weeks
Return Set At 4.09 Per Cent.
With a stablization fund, transit
company profits in excess of a fixed
percentage would be impounded in
a cash reserve. In less profitable
times the company would use the
money thus held instead of relying
on an increase in fares.
Mr.. McElfresh drew the conclu-
sion that Capital Transit's rate of
return on it's investment during the
last six months of 1946 was 400 PEI
cent, computed on an annual basis.
Although his figure was about 2 per
cent greater than the company's ac-
counting of its return, he described
1t as somewhat inadequate"
He said the average company re-
turn since it's establishment was 7.27
per cent on a rate base valuation OF
approximately S30,0O0,00o, and that
this was reasonable under present
conditions"
In recommending establishment of
a rate sterilization fund, Mr. Nc
Elfresh said the uncertainty in
volved in predicting the company's
future income was such that the
proposed schedule of fares might
result in a return of from to II
per cent.
Would Eliminate Tokens.
The company seeks to raise the
weekly pass price from SIPS to $15O
and to charge a straight 10-cent
cash fare, after eliminating tokens
now sold at three for Is cents.
Capital Transit has testified it
expects to increase its operating in
come under the fare proposal to a
point where its rate of return would
be about 48 per cent 1t based the
figure on an anticipated operating
income increase of $1,251 600 a year
In arriving at it's estimate, the COM
pany allowed for an expected drop
of nearly IS per cent in the number
of yearly rides.
Mr.. McElfresh said it was his
belief, on the other hand, that
people don't ride streetcars and
buses for fun"
"If the fare is raised, believe the
people will just have to pay it," he
said. He fcresaw loss of no more
than S per cent in the number of
rides year, pointing out that even
under such conditions the company's
operating income would be increased
S1.595O47 annually.
Evening star., 1947-03-15
Youth, 19, Dies;
|3BadIy Hurt in
Traffic Crashes
Motorcyclist Strikes
Cor in Hillside;
2Women. IS, Injured

A 19-year-old youth was killed
and a boy, IL, and two 75-year-old
women were seriously injured in
Washington area traffic accidents
during the past "A hours.
The dead youth was identified by
Prince Georges County police as r.
|B. Geisz of 95e4 Rhode Island ave-
nue., Berwyn. He was killed in
stantly when his motorcycle crashed
into an automobile on the Marlboro
pike at Hillside about II pm.
Injured in the other accidents
were Richard Feigley, II, of Vienna,
Va, and Mrs. Caroline Mork, rs, of
1929 Columbia road NV. and Mrs.
Elizabeth Harris, rs, of 1917 Ninth
street NV.
Driver Held in $1,000 Bond.
Traffic was held up for more than
half an hour by the Hillside acci-
dent, which occurred in front of the
Maryland Club Gardens ON q sharp
curve, police said.
The driver of the car was listed
by police as Clarence T. johnson,
1870 Walker Mill road, Capitol
Heights. He was charged with man
slaughter by automobile, police said.
Following an appearance before
Justice of the Peace J. R. Creecy of
Hillside, Johnson was released under
81 900 bond pending a preliminary
hearing April 4 in Marlboro Police
Court.
Boy Remains Unconscious.
The F'eigley boy was one of three
persons who were hurt when the
station wagon in which they were
riding collided with a bus in the
5000 block of North Glebe road,
Arlington late yesterday.
The boy has not regained con-
sciousness in Arlington Hospital
where he had been taken suffering
with a possible skull fracture. His
mother, Mrs. Dorothea G.. Feigley,
35, and sister, Caroline, about 9,
sustained injuries believed less
critical.
Arlington police listed the driver
of the bus as Edward w. Shackel-
ford, 26, 1047 North Edgewood street,
Arlington. He was not charged.
Mrs. Mork remained in critical
condition in Emergency Hospital
after being struck by a streetcar
at Columbia and Quarry road NV,
yesterday afternoon.
Woman Hit on Highway.
Police said the streetcar was
operated by John F.. Knott, 1903
D street NE.
The other woman, Mrs. Elizabeth
Harris, 1917 Ninth street NV, was
also reported in critical condition
at Emergency Hospital after being
struck by an automobile on the
Mount Vernon highway near Memo
rial Bridge early today. Her hus-
band, Early Harris, had reported to
police late yesterday that she was
missing.
Park police said the driver of the
car was Robert A. Commack, 1920
Ingomar street NV.
Vernon Smith, colored, 314 o
street S.W., received injuries of an
undetermined nature when struck
by a hit-and-run driver last night
at Delaware avenue and O streets
S.W., police said. He is in Gallinger
Hospital.
Evening star., 1947-03-15

The spectacle of drum-shaped
gadget reciting Mary Had Little
LAMB from cut,out paper patterns
revolving past photo-electric cells.
entranced Constitution Hall audi
ence last night. s
1t was the first public demonstra-
ton of devices originated by Bell
Telephone Laboratories Which, in
time, may revolutionize modes OF
living for the blind and deaf, per-
haps even permitting the latter to
use the telephone.
Members of the National Geo.
graphic Society heard DR.. Oliver
E. Buckley, Bell laboratories presi-
dent, describe the advances made
since the day of Alexander Graham
Bell, whose experiments in aids for
the deaf indirectly led to invention
of the telephone.
No Human Voice Used.
No human voice played part in
recitation of the little nursery
rhyme. Odd-shaped black paper
patterns assembled on a lighted
drum whirled past series of photo
electric cells. Each time the light
was interrupted, the cells emitted
signal registering q speech sound
Ultimate development of the de.
vice, DR.. Buckley said, would lead tc
perfection of the talking paper sym.
bols in small size, printed from type
In time it may be possible to devise
sound pickup so that blind persons
might "read" that type by ear.
Another development he demon
strated is system of visible
Speech" of great value in teach.
ing the deaf to speak. This device
transforms sounds into pictures or
screen. An endless belt coateC
with phosphorescent material passes
through a field of light from a row
Evening star., 1947-03-15
Club to Heur DipIomut

P. j. MacFarlan, British Embassy
agricultural attache, will speak at
a meeting of the Brotherhood Club
of the Takoma Park, Md. Presby-
terian Church at pm. Tuesday. in
the assembly Of the church. pr.
Fred J. Stevenson is in charge OF
the program.
Evening star., 1947-03-15
Syriuns Name Huddud
As Head of Club Here

Ameen Hadded was elected head
of the Syrian-American Club of
Washington at the annual election
of the club in the Willard Hotel last
night.
Other officers elected were George
Sadak, vice president; Ely Busada,
secretary, and Joseph Saah, treas
urer.
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and Hi g h land
drive, Sill v e r
Spring.
A former pas
tor of the New
York Avenue
P r e S byterian
c h urc h, DR.
Sizoo until re-
Gently was min
lister of the
c o l l e g i a tie
Church of st.
Nicholas, N e W
York. He now
is in Washing
ton to speak at
the noon d a J
Evening star., 1947-03-15
Pastor Speaks Tomorrow
On How to Be Hoppy'

The Rev. Ernest F. Campbell will
speak on How to Be Happy" at
services tomorrow evening at the
Alexandria First Baptist Church,
The young peoples choir of the
church has chosen the hymn, True
Hearted, Whole Hearted" by George
Stebbins. as an offertory anthem.
Evening star., 1947-03-15

lenten services at Epiphany Epis-
copal Church.
The Rev. Robert E. Lee, pastor OF
st. Luke, said the sermon Tuesday
has been arranged to provide DR.
Sizoos friends an opportunity to
hear him at an evening service.
Evening star., 1947-03-15
Aid 10 oChiIdrenAbroad
By Unitariians Cited

Babies born with tuberculosis, chill
dren suffering from the disease while
living in heatless, lightless Easements
and overcrowded sanitariums, are
Evening star., 1947-03-15
Evening Lenten Sermon
Set at Silver Spring

The Rev. DR.. Joseph r. Sizoo will
preach at a special lenten service
at pm. Tuesday at st. Luke
Lutheran Church, Colesville road
Evening star., 1947-03-15

some aspects Of
postwar Czecho-
slovakia, accord
ing to Miss Hell
en- Fogg, lecturer
for the Unitar-
ian S erv / c e
Committee.
Miss Fogg of
Norwell, Mass,
returned at the
end of last year
from a volun-
teer survey trip
for the commit
tee in France
and Czechoslo-
vakia. Last night
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Gloria Darneron's
birthday Party
Well attended

- A widely attended birthday
Z party was rendered Miss. Gloria
teA Dean Darefon, Tat the kWesley
House Park o1giYarela street III
honor of her rec mt birthday.
Three-year-old Gloria is the
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. H. A
Cameron, Z 1l18 Eaton street
Those attending lfollow:F, 1ls sss.
MOTHERS-Mrs. Percy Lories,
!, Mrs. Obey Lones, Mrs. ,Mainie e!
80 Knowles, Mrs. Vina Hanson, Mrs.
- Cleveland Knowles, Mrs. Minnie
4 Maun, Mrs. Francis Dion, d Mrs
Louis Perez, Mrs. Maria Knowles,
- Mrs Robert Smith, Mrs. Marion
Il Curry, Mrs. Della Mae Lanhowe,
Mrs. Virginia Morey, Mrs. Mar
z>=garet Loucks. Mrs. M ar a
knowles, Mrs. Elsie Roberts
X Mrs. Maria Knowles, Mrs. Eloise
FELTON,, Mrs. Ruby Haegs, Mrs.
- Marjorie Peterson, Mrs. Marion
= Knowles, Aunt Wesley, Mrs
---clarice Newton, Mrs. Wilma
r-..Nesbit, Mrs. Julia Gandolfo. Mrs.
80 Margaret Russell, Mrs. Malcolm
Sawyer, Mrs Dorothy Taylor
Mrs. Julia, Malone, Mrs. Dolores
Mira, Mrs. Leland Albury, Mrs
S, F. Chiarelli, Mrs. Dorothy
Lowe, Mrs. Marion McHugh, Mrs
Nellie Perez, Mrs. Diego Torres.
.s-~A.F CHILDREN -: Leodura White
head, ,Jinky Whitehead, Cora Lee
Knowles, Nancy Roberts. Joyce
Roberts, William Roberts, Linda
Roberts, Joe Roberts, Sandra
Roberts, Larry Mac, Jr., Ellie
Mae Knowles, JONES Trowler
Ernest Trowler, Leonar d
knowles, Wilma FELTON,, William
s..Haegs,' Pete Peterson, Virginia
Mae knowles, Helen Louise
Whitehead, Eddie Selph, Beverly
Selph, Fannie Newton, Johnny
Nesbit, Betty Taylor, Margaret
Russell, Martha Sawyer, Roy
Taylor, Jr, Yvonne Malone
James Mira, George Mira, Rose
Lee Mira, Dorothy Lowe, Faye
Lowe, Juanita Lowe, Loran
Lowe, Eugene Lowe, Lillian Rob-
erts, Kathy McHugh, Danny
Pierce, Jacquelyn Graf, Carey
Dion, Cecilia Dion. Annette Dion,
Howard Pierce. Elsie Lee Pierce,
Gloria Knowles, Nancy Lee
Smith, Gale Curry, Johnny Lain
horne, VIM. Joseph Morgan, Mar
gazette Loucks.
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ness, something like that of the
films Margaret O'Brien, but when
she is amused her laughter is
bright and quick.
Only when she talks does one
perceive that here is a deadly
serious young woman who
gained her word-knowledge by
porting over Webster's and fac
tual tones during countless
childhood hours.
Miss Bennett is descended from
a long line of Southern Baptists
who were definitely non-liter-
ary." She was born in Henderson
vile, N. c., where her late father
was a carpenter. She attended
college for three years and until
recently lived at Apalachicola.
During the war she was a payroll
clerk at a Florida Army camp.
She reads little fiction, no
articles of advice to writers. Of
the authors she has read.
George Bernard Shaw and Will
liam Butler Yeats are her IA
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vorites. iShe hopes no one will
think her writing has been in.
fluenced by a fellow North
Carolinian. Thomas Wolfe. of
whom she has read little.)
Already she has her next book
blocked out; one that will deal
with modern business. Il have an
Idea lot of people in America
are trapped" she says.
Her mother would like her to
stay home and write books for
children. But she is happier writ
ing stories like The Varmints" of
which EthePs odyssey is part:
"The city, the metropolis, where
the eye-duets take place million
every split second. The metal
tower of Babel, thousand
tongues making their strange
noises. Everywhere she looked
she met the eyes, she saw solo
SO many beautiful young men that
she dreamed of being some kind
of supernatural being who loved
each individually and was loved
by them all. /.
Had she ever lived in a small
incredibly provincial town named
Tupelo, that town which wore
binders such as a horse wears
and refused to recognize the
United States as part of its
world?"
When she can thus mould her
feelings into word pictures.
Miss Bennett feels sorry for.
people who have to spend their,
lives tipping and clerking.
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and whipped man of SO
finds forgetfu1ness in thu
ms of the village prostitute
ter his wife dies; and of Ethe
md Mutt and Hillard, his chill.
aren.
Miss Bennett. acclaimed by
some reviewers as a brilliant
new American novelist" does
not belong to the "glamor girl"
school of writer's. She uses no
makeup: not even face powder.
Show windows displaying fash
ions that bewitch the hearts of
most women leave her cold.
She doesn't go to movies be-
cause "they are too artificial"
II love to write" she explains
simply. Il think if did not have
my writing / would melt away"
Miss Bennett would not have to
go far to melt away. She is barely
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lust so YOU WON'T
LEAVE TOWN FLAT

FREDERICKSBURG, va. -
(AP)-When two cartons OF
medicine bottles bounced off a
truck and crashed in the street
here, City Councilman Roger
Clarke and Chamber of Com
merce Secretary Fred G.
Haines, assisted by w. H. Bass,
rushed out with brooms and halt
ed traffic until they could sweep
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Eugene F. Mcdonald, Jr., presi-
dent of Zenith Radio, Chicago,
born in Syracuse, N. Y, 81 years
ago.
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,lUNS CLAMOR:
of sTmmints' Has No Time for Makeup
BY WILLIAM coBER. JR.

jNVILLE. Flo-From her elfshY demure looks you'd
think that Peggy Bennett 81. could write novel like
urmints. lusty tale of smultown life in Flsrido.
story is laid in Tupelo sundrugged town the Gulf
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