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The Nome nugget., 1947-10-15
Flying Boat Down In Atlantic; Coast Guard Rescues All

NEW YORK, (H) - SiXty-nlne men, women and children were safe today aboard a coast guard cutter which rescued them from a huge flying boat ditched in mid Atlantic. They survived an ordeal of mountainous waves and terror of imminent death.
 Seventeen men and one woman rode a life raft perilously to Saf- ety from the plane to the coast guard cutter Bibb as dawn broke on the whipped Atlantic, the coast guard announced, they join ed 5l fellow passengers and crew men of the big Bermuda sky queen which settled near the cut ter yesterday when fuel ran low.
 The Bibb's skipper, Capt. Paul B. Cronk, radioed that the cutter was levelling her guns to destroy the flying boat so it would not be a menace to navigation" ."
 The rescued, reportedly suffer- ing nothing worse than shock and exposure, will be sped tO Argen- tia, Newfoundland - about 820 miles to the west-arriving Fri day
 With a masterly understatement of the narrowing experiences of his creWmen and the rescued, Capt. Cronk said tersely, we feel very much relieved that this experience is over"
 He reported that It. Gg) Clar ence s. Hall of Avon, Mass, who became a father while the Bibb was on weather patrol, Hast night had the pleasure of rescuing a baby not much older than his. He got quite a jolt out of it."
 Capt. Cronk had said earlier that two babies among the passen- gers seemed to have endured the ordeal better than their oldsters. A diaper shortage has developed on the Bibb, he added.
 Meanwhile, Admiral Joseph F. Farley, commandant of the U. s. coast guard in Washington, con- graduated the crew of the Bibb for an exceptionally well done" rescue.
 In his broadcast recorded here, Capt. Cronk introduced Charles Martin, pilot of the flying boat which was operated by American International Airways, a charter service.
 Martin praised the Bibb crew men for a "magnificently done" job in transferring passengers by open coat and raft through 35- foot waves. The entire operation, requiring careful seamanship and great daring, took nearly 24 hours.
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-15
DAVE BRONAUGH TO VACATION IN STATES

Pilot Dave Bronaugh, pilot for the Wien AirlineS, who has made himself popular in the outlying districts by his friendliness and service, left for the States for a month to spend his vacation in California.
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-15

DAVENPORT, Ia. - It doesn't pay to "pass out" when drinking in Davenport. Police Magistrate John J. McSwiggin has announced an additional penalty for defend ants arrested for intoxication who
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-15

against three men carried to the patrol wagon by policemen: Five dollars and costs for intoxication
 and $5 additional for a carrying charge. It's too hard for the off
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-15
BUCHAREST, Romania (P)-A

BUCHAREST, Romania (P)-A band of thieves put all the pas sengers in a railway carriage to sleep by using gas Monday night and robbed the night train from Bucharest to Iasi, the newspaper Natiuena said yesterday.
 When the passengers woke up yesterday morning at Iasi station they found all their luggage gone.
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-15
MRS. ALLEN LEE TO VISIT IN SOLOMON

Mrs. Allen Lee arrived from Fairbanks yesterday en route to Solomon where she plans to spend week, visiting with her husband
Evening star., 1947-06-28
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Evening star., 1947-03-09

strong hand, decided to bid one
club as feeler. North, with three
honor tricks, plus a queen, passed
to await Developments East Jumped
to three clubs and South passed.
West was a bit uneasy with three
club bid, having only two in her
hand. although both were winners.
She switched to three hearts and 1t
was then too late for North to put in
an overcall, or at least she thought
so. East jumped the bidding to five
clubs. West then began to see pos
sibihties OF slam and, to show her
ace of spades, called five spades.
This time East, with his perfect fit
In both of his partners suits, went
to six clubs. He was blank in dia-
monds and believed that Vests
spade bid showed that she. had the
ace of that suit.
North doubled and led the king
OF spades, hoping to get in later
with a diamond and set the hand
with a spade lead. The ace of spades
won the first trick and two rounds
OF trumps followed. West entered
the dummy with a low diarnond
which was ruffed. The queen of
trump drew the last trump from
North on trick five, West discarding
a diamond. Declarer then had no
dimculty making seven, alternately
overtaking hearts in the West and
rufnng diamonds in the East until
the diamonds were set up.
The March master point game OF
the Agriculture Bridge Club was
held March at the Stephan Studio.
The North and South winners were
Mrs. l.. L. Gibson and Mrs. Harold
Young, first; Mr.. and Mrs. George
l.. Kathan, second, and Col. and
Mrs. ]. G. Seabourne. third. East
and West leaders were Mrs, T. D.
Turner and Mrs. Margaret Cox,
first; Mrs. Edith Fink and Mrs.
Mildred Linderman, second. and
Mrs. Mary Cross and Mrs Amy Ash
mead, third.
In the Wednesday night Mitchell
game at the same place the results
were: North and South, Mrs. N. A.
Olmstead and j. r. Belt, first; Mrs.
Violet thinner and Mrs. Elsie Mer-
rill, second, and Mrs. Rose Robbins
and Mrs. Dora Schwartz, third. East
and West, 1t. G. D. Weakley and
Mrs. Helen st. John, first; J. A.
Dearing and Mrs. Jack Allen, second,
and Mrs. Frederic Eberson and
James g. Stone. third.
The next master point game at
the Stephan Studio will be held
next Saturday.
Winners In the National Press
Club duplicate recently were Mr..
and Mrs. David Sentner. first, and
Mrs. Tom Henry and Mrs. Ida Ter
rant, second. The club will play
for one Of its annual major trophies
on Thursday.
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different from regarding it as a set
Of rules" which must be learned in
order to. speak correctly" "
English grammar as 1t is generally
taught now. he insists, simply is not
good description of the language. !"
It should be based ION what people
say and not what somebody thinks
they ought to say"
Emphasis on grammar rules and
written forms in general is all the
more confusing to one trying to
learn foreign language, in DR..
Smiths opinion.
Learn to talk first, then to read
and write" is his motto.
This means that State Depart
ment students Of the Russian Ian
guage, for example, begin by hear
ing a native speaker Of Russian talk,
repeating the Russian equivalent Of
English words and basic sentences.
He is the informant" or "drillmas-
ter" The students initiate him.
The instructor. DR.. Smith or an
other linguistic scientist on his
stan, explains the mechanics Of how
Evening star., 1947-03-09

ing of points for speech differences
known in this country.
The distinction generally holds
good within 20 miles of the line,
he says. For example, ut runs be-
tween Philadelphia and Trenton,
and 80 per cent Of Philadelphians
say 'greazy.' while as big a per-
centage in Trenton say 'greacy.'"
To contend that any particular
usage is the only correct" one is
ridiculous to DR.. Smith.
He viii admit only that some us
ages might be better for you"-as
distinct from an abstract rightness
or wrongness-in certain areas,
such as the broad "a" In Boston.
The broad "a" incidentally, was
looked down on as 'low class" until
Noah Webster gave 1t prestige.
DR.. Smith insists on q "relativ-
istic" rather than q "normalistic"
approach to language. IF how you
talk gets cooperation In a given
speech situation he says, with
out detracting attention from what
you say to how you say it, then It's
good usage regardless of how gram
matically correct it is"
P. S.-If you think the express
sion don't feel bad" at the begin
ming Of this article is incorrect for
using the adjective bad" instead
OF the adverb badly" DR.. Smith
will cite many "normalistic" uni
versity English professors to rule
you wrong. He used to say II feel
badly" but the professors con-
vinced him that this use Of the ad-
verb was such overcorrection as to
be dramatically incorrect" They
argued that the adyerb restricted
the meaning Of the verb feel" to
the sense of touch.
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language |, Just Lot Of Educated Noise

even the four-month intensive
courses here In Washington, arrange
ments are made where possible for
them to continue working with
similar materials at their posts
abroad.
Tho equipment manuals, records
and recording nachinery-Dr. Smith
is working with now was obtained
from the Army at q bargain" State
Department investment Of about
$4,000. The State Department has
the advantage Of having seen It's
worth proved In rapidly teaching
selected Army officers and men to
speak languages native to all the
parts OF the world United States
forces went during World War II.
Radio Program Aided
In DIR. Smiths Appointment
The Army had to develop the In
tensive Language training program
almost from scratch after Pearl
Harbor. Some months before we
were plunged into the war, the
American Council Of Learned So
cieties took the initiative in starting
the study In some universities Of all
languages not normally taught In
this country. The Army turned TO
the Councils small group Of lin
guistic scientists for help.
Why did the Army pick young Dr..
Smith as the linguistic scientist to
be the ofiicer in charge Of the Ian
guage section Of its Information and
Education Division, when there were
several older and more experienced
men around American universities?
He isn't sure himself, but thinks
q 'knack for popularizing principles
Of the science he had shown through
his where Are You From" radio
program had something to do with
it.
After his training at Princeton,
Dr. Smith. . Baltimorean. taught at
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erected in the old 1st ward
is located at the northeast
corner of Eighteenth street
and New York avenue, and is best
known as the Octagon House. The
ground upon which the building
stands was purchased by Col. John
Tayloe of Mount Airy, Va, from
Benjamin Stoddert. The building
Is said to have been erected by
Col. Tayloe at the suggestion OF
Gen. Washington, and was begun
In the autumn Of 1893. It was
occupied the following year. The
plans being drawn by DR.. William
Thornton, architect of the original
Capitol and of a number of other
structures in and around Wash
ington.
At the time Of the invasion of
Washington, on August "a, 1914, the
house was occupied by the French
Minister, NJ. Surfer, who had Sue
ceeded as tenant. Paul Hamilton,
Secretary of the Navy, and William
Jones, who succeeded Hamilton.
After the British evacuated Wash
ington, President Madison was in
vited by Minister Surfer to occupy
the Octagon, as the temporary Ex-
ecutive Mansion.
According to Benjamin Ogle Tay-
loe, son of John Tayloe, it was
in the Octagon House that Presi-
dent Madison signed the treaty of
peace with Great Britain, in Feb
ruary, 1915, the signing taking place
in the circular room over the en-
trance hall. The table upon which
the treaty was signed, subsequently
became the property of Edward T
Tayloe of Powhatan Hill, Va, Ben
jamin's brother. j
Col. Tayloe died in this old man
sion on March %, 1898. and dur.
ing the Civil War the. property was
confiscatedse Its later tenants in
eluded g. Catholic school for girls
and a Government department. In
1902, 1t was purchased and saved
from ruin by the American In
stitute of Architects, who restored
it and have controlled it ever since
Wemen's Clubs Erected
Home, Sweet Home House
On the south side of New York
avenue, at No. 1850, and opposite
the old Tayloe home, is the Home
aWeet Home" house, as this struc-
ture is called. 1t was originally
erected under the auspices of the
National Federation of Women's
Clubs, in triangular public park
on the south side Of Pennsylvania
avenue, and was designed by Dom
Barber in imitation of John Howard
Payne's famous home in East
hampton, Long Island. On June
4, 1928, it was. dedicated as a ma.
tional demonstration house in the
Better Homes In America move.
ment by President Warren G.. Hard
ing.
When the 1928 Better Homes
demonstration in the National Capt.
tai ended, it became necessary to
move the house from its temporary
site on Government land and to
provide for its continuing useful
pess in the cause of home building
and home making. With the ap-
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Grounds Among City's
Most Attractive

The Little House as the Girl
Scout headquarters is known has as
neighbors the American Red Cross,
the Pam American Urliofi. the
Daughters Of the American Hsyoiu-
ton, the Corcoran Art Gallery, and
the Federal Children's and Woman's
Bureaus, LII
The grounds around the Little
House vie in interest with the build
ing. On each side Of the box
bordered walk leading to the front
door is a level sweep Of lawn with
here and there a clump Of orna-
mental shrubbery and trees, a Jap
anese barberry hedge surrounding
it all, and flower beds interspersed
throughout. On one side to the rear
is the sycamore garden, so called
from the giant tree that stands
sentinel by the house and spreads
its far-reacEing branches over the
roof like arms outstretched in bene-
diction. Under the wide-spreading
branches Of this tree are placed rus
tic tables, benches and chairs where
one may sit and watch the birds en-
joying their feeding station or build
ing nests in places provided for
them; or one may wander through
the winding paths of the beautiful
rock garden, or stroll still a little
farther into the garden where all
manner Of wild plants and shrub
berry urow. Around this part Of the
garden is a most artistic woven wood
fence.
While the Little House is q ma
tional undertaking designed to help
Girl Scout councils and leaders in
all parts of the country in their
home-making activities, 1t natural.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Racial Issues
|GENTLEMAN's AGREEMENT
BY Laura 2. Hobson. (Stmon &
Shuster, Inc; $2.75.)
Reviewed by
YYADnv ryyup
VCVNW6Q !"
HARRY LEVER.

This Is the story Of what hap
pened to Philip Schuyler Green
when assigned to write several arti-
cles on anti-Semitism after coming
to New York as stan writer for q
liberal weekly.
The assignment, which changes
his life, brings him into contact
with several interesting and likabls
people and manages to embroil him
in conflict between the woman he
loves and his conscience.
Miss Hobson's latest work Is aps
|parently receiving wide acceptance
since her publishers reported a pre-
publication sale Of $500 copies.
Evening star., 1947-03-09

MI. and Mrs. E. Paul Tenney wth their "dytu-
master IN Spanish Ed,oard A. Wood demonstrate the
use OF recordings IN learning Spanish the "intensiue"
Doy Mr. Terney, veteran Foreign Seruce officer has
been assigned as First Secretary OF the American En-
bassy N Santiago, Chile He and Mrs. Tenney are try-
ing to learn the language before they 90 there
Evening star., 1947-03-09

THE sTARGAZER ANTHOLOGY
Exposition rress). A collection q
verse broadcast over New York;
municipal statieu, WNYo.
Evening star., 1947-03-09

Dr. Carleton Hodge, reading basic sentences in
English, and Ramon Hernandez repeating them in
Russian, n11king Sandscrtber discs to sup
plenent Army prepared recordings used in teaching
Russian to State Department personnel Mr. Hernandez
Cubanborn, 10as educated in Russia and speaks the
language like a nati1e. %'-' Star stah Photo :
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Scout Movement Started
In Georgia by Mrs. Low

The organization Of the Girl Scouts
in the United States began in Savan-
nah, Ga, in 1912, when Mrs. Juliette
Low founded troop Of IL girls.
She had returned from England
earlier that year, where she had
met Lord Robert Baden Powell, the
world founder of the scouting
movement for boys and girls, and
in this way she became inspired
with the idea and proceeded to Or
ganize the first troop Of Girl Scouts.
Another pioneer in this field was
Mrs. Walter Tuckerman, nee Edith
Abercrombie-M Miller. who a year
later received a letter from Mrs.
Low requesting her to form q COM
mittee Of Washington women for
the purpose Of forming q Girl Guide,
as the Girl Scouts were originally
called. Hence, a meeting Of the
committee selected was soon called
by Miss Marion Oliver, daughter of
the then Secretary of War at the
home of Mrs. Thomas Gaf1. other
members being Mrs. Tuckerman,
Mrs. Medill Mccormick, formerly
Miss Ruth Hanna. Later Mrs. Low
came to Washington and invested
the first two Scouts. Soon the
ranks we've joined by such notable
women as Mrs. Frederick Brooke,
Mrs. Randolph Miner, Mrs. Herbert
Hoover, Mrs. John D. Wainwright,
Mrs. Charles Lindsay, Mrs. H. r.
Scudder, Mrs. Richard Harlow, Mrs.
Everett c. Macy. Mrs. Henry Father,
Mrs. Charles Hamlin, Mrs. Adolph
Miller. Mrs. Frederick Atherton and
others. es. -z l..;
Today there are about 5000 Girl
Scouts in Washington with $50
troops. Throughout the world this
number is something over a million.
Mrs. Adolph Station, formerly Miss
Edith Blair. Is president Of the
local group.
Quite active in this work today
is Mrs. John E. Dingwell, and one
Of the young Girl Scout officers Il
Mrs. Alfred B. Stewart.
Along Seventeenth street, in the
vicinity Of the Home, Sweet Home
House." once stood number OF
early residences. including David
Burnes' cottage and the Van Ness
mansion, where is now the Pan
American Union Building. On the
site Of Constitution Hall once stood
the home Of Mayor Thomas Car
berry. Between G and D once stood
a residence built in 1921, by John
Quincy Adams. It was one Of the
first pebble-dash houses in Wash
ington. Other early homes were to
the north.
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Bridge :il Players
By Fronk B. Lord

The bridge world mourns Will
liam Cheeks, who, died Monday at
his home, 2ol0i r street NV For
Is years Mr.. Cheeks was the leading
promoter Of bridge siu the Capital,
and conducting most of
the tournaments held here during
that time. He was the local repre-
sentative Of the American Contract
Bridge League, the national body Of
all organized bridge players, taught
the game, won many prizes in COM
petition, and conducted . bridge club
at 2010 r street. Funeral services
were held Thursday and interment
was in Arlington National Cemetery.
The deal herewith was played last
week at the Shoreham. Declarer
accomplished the feat of making a
grand slam in clubs when holding
In her hand only two cards of that
suit. The distribution Of the cards
was oS fnl10u,s.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
By John CIogett Proctor

proval Of every one concerned, the
General Federation OF Women's
Clubs offered it to the Girl Scout
National Council as an agency
fundamentally concerned with the
objects for which the house came
into being.
Tempting as the offer was, the Sc
curing of a permanent site and the
expense Of moving and the mainte-
nance presented grave difficulties to
a volunteer organization. But the
untiring efforts and far-seeing wis
dom Of Mrs. Herbert Hoover, then
national president Of the Girl
Scouts, made it possible for them to
take advantage Of this unusual OPP
portunity and to accept the delight
full gift of the General Federation.
Thus the house became the Girl
Scouts very own, to be used as a
national training center and expert
ment station in the great work OF
helping the girls Of the United
States and its insular possessions to
become true homemakers and true
citizens In the fullest modern sense.
1t affords new and striking means
of translating into practice the pur-
pose Of Girls Scouts, Inc, as set
forth in this constitution: ITO help
girls to realize the ideals Of woman
hood, as q preparation for their
responsibilities in the home and
their service to the community"
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line across = sheet Of paper, tagged
it as the 10th parallel; another line
intersecting the first on the right
and extending downward diagonally
to the left. representing the Allie
gheny Mountains.
"You come from south OF the 40th
parallel and west Of the Aleghenies," !"
he said. He pointed his pencil at a
spot between the lines which would
have been around East Tennessee
If they had been superimposed on a
map. "But you have spent nearly
half your adult Life around WASH
ington."
Insists on 'Relativistic'
Approach to Language
I had to admit grew up in East
Tennessee and have lived In WASH
instou II years.
How did he do it? The simplest
part. Of course, is the North South
distinction. Greasy is a key word.
People from south Of the the 4oth
parallel say it as If it were written
"greazy"; those from north of the
line as If 1t were "greacy."
Other distinctions are too tech
nical to attempt to describe here.
'The point I was trying to get
over" DR.. Smith emphasized, "is
that the way people talk is not a
question Of wrong or right but an
accident OF history and geography" !"
He laughed and added:
III some Yankee tells you that, of
course, it's wrong to say 'greazy' be-
cause there's no q in greasy ask
him how he says easy"
At that, Dr. Smith says, the line
marking the difference between
North and South recommendations OF
greasy" is one Of the sharpest tax
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Brown and Columbia sUniver11tieE.
Then a sort of missionary zeal for
spreading knowledge about language
on a wider basis than possible from
~ university chair turned him to
the radio. He developed the where
Are You From" program as a stunt
to attract public attention to some
Of the principles Of linguistic SCI
ence. The program has been OF
the air since he went into the
Army early In 1912:
On 1t, he would have people in
the studio audience read a list Of
carefully selected words and then
he would tell them where they were
from.
He tried out the system on this
skeptical reporter. It worked.
DR.. Smith wrote this list Of words
for me to read:
Merry, marry, Mary.
Wash, water, Washington.
"On, of, dog, oft, lot, log, sorry
About the house.
Greasy.
Father, park, part.
First, bird.
'"Can (verb).
"Can (noun).
"Ash.
ASK"
When read the list, he drew q
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to make the proper noises. When
it comes naturally he explains
enough Off how Russian works
|1grammar) to help the students use
in different ways the words and
phrases they are learning. Ability
to read and write the language
comes fairly easily after one learns
to speak it. -s.-s
In the, State Departments Ian
guage classrooIns at 21l5 c street
NV, 20 men and women now are
studying Russian. Sixty-five have
been given class or individual in
struction in Russian there during
the past seven months. Ten others
are carrying forward studies in
Moscow.
Other languages taught and the
number given instruction In them
so far in the State Department pro-
gram are: French, lol; Spanish, SO;
Chinese, 80; Arabic, Is: German,
"a: Italian, az; Portuguese. "A;
Dutch, II; Hindustani, II; Persian
To-; Serbo-C Croatian, s; Swedish, 8;
Norwegian, 8; Japanese, 6; Bull
garian, s; Danish, 4; Malay, s;
Turkish, Z: Burmese, S; Finnish, s;
Polish, 6; Romanian, 4; Icelandic, 3;
Tagalog, 3; Cantonese, 2; Hungarian,
8; Korean, Q; Greek, 8; Bengal, ];
Siamese, 2.