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Evening star., 1947-12-21
Farmland Found Shot
Still in Critical Condition

Clarence Golliday, 81, Gathers
burg farm worker who. police say,
wounded his wife and then himself
with a shotgun late Friday, re-
manned in critical condition last
night at Suburban Hospital, Be-
thesda.
His wife, Cora, 81, who was shot
In the wrist, lost her right hand.
Mrs. Susia McAtee, who lives on
the same farm, gave the following
account to police:
Mrs Golliday ran screaming into
her house at about 6:15 pm. She
gasped that her husband had shot
her and then collapsed.
Police and members Of the Gath
ersburg- Washington Grove rescue
squad found Golliday lying on the
floor of his home with a shotgun
wound near his heart. Two shotguns
were by his side. Both had been
fired, police said. The Golliday's
three children were In an adjoining
room.
-- Montgomery County police said
Golliday had not been charged
pending the outcome of his wound.
Evening star., 1947-12-21
Holder Of Medal Of Honor
Reports at Fort Meade

TSergt. Junior Spurrier, as,
Bluef1eld. w. Va, who won the
Congressional Medal of Honor for
his single handed offensive that re-
suited in the death of 81 Germans
in November, 1914, has reported for
duty at Fort George G. Meade, Md.
The sergeant has been assigned to
the 772d Military Police Battalion
as an investigator.
Sergt. Spurrier re-enlisted in the
Army last July after year Of civil
ian life. explaining "the Army got
in my blood"
In addition to the Medal Of Honor,
he also holds the Distinguished
Service Cross, and is one Of the most
decorated soldiers of World War II.
During the 35th Division Associa.
ton convention In December, 1916,
Sergt. Spurrier pinned diamond.
studded membership button Of the
division on President Truman. who
served with the division In World
War I.
Evening star., 1947-12-21
500 Nearby Maryland Homes
Kept Vacant by Water Dispute

B. Calf said the matter would be
discussed further at its meeting
Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the commission has
been making house connections con-
tracted for before its resolution last
month while most of the plumbers
are awaiting solution to the prob
lem before taking over the work.
According to Philip c. McCurdy,
secretary of the association, who
made the 500-homes estimate, the
plumbers want a central agency to
be set up to act as clearing house
for excavation permits.
There are AZ incorporated towns
in the Prince Georges and Mont
gomery County sanitary area" Mr..
McCurdy pointed out. practically
all have different building regula-
tions and we can't afford to take
the time to run to all Of them when
we want to dig up a street and
make house connection. In addi-
ton, many streets are controlled by
the State Roads Commission or by
the county in which the street Is
located. There's just too much red
tape"
Mr.. Gait said the commission
wants to get out of the house con-
nection field because it doesn't have
the manpower. He said the plum
ber had supported the bill under
which connection work could be
transferred to them.
He emphasized that even If nc
agreement is reached, the commits
sion does not intend to resume max
ing such connections. 80
Evening star., 1947-12-21

cluding infection by the tsetse
fly which spreads sleeping sick
ness
Original Projects Failed.
Mr.. Barry. who once imported
4 bevy of Burmese bellies whose
necks had been stretched by coils
of solid brass, and put them on q
successful tour with the circus.
went to the Belgian Congo in
hope of bringing back some of
King Rudahigwa's long-legged
subjects. These latter men, ac-
cording to the tales and photo
graphs of amateur explorers, are
supposed to leap higher than
Rocky Mountain goats.
The collector also hoped to
obtain a young gorilla which
Gargantua and his circus mate
might be willing to adopt in the
absence of babies Of their own.
Neither project worked out
very well, however. The Bel
CLANS were reluctant to grant
export permits for young goril-
las, and the high jumpers went
higher when they took of from
ant hills.
So Mr.. Barry, a man of ingenu-
ity, made a try for the wild cattle.
This project called for diplomacy
and persuasion In view Of the
fact that the king was rich in all
things that he desired and had
little, If any, interest in Yankee
dollars.
Mr.. Barry had an inspiration,
he said. He told the king
through an interpreter that 1t
would be a great honor" If his
majesty would collect a dozen in
yambos as q Christmas gift to
Evening star., 1947-12-21

wide collection of cattle, do you
not?"
Distinguished by Large Horns.
IT certainly do want some Wa
tusi CATTLE" DR.. Mann replied.
II don't believe they've ever been
seen in the United States, al
though some European ZOOS had
them before the war. But they
must be imported legally before
we can receive them"
Unfortunately, from Mr.. Bary's
point Of view, the inyambo or a
relative so close as to be practi-
cally ipdistinguishable has been
in captivity Of Watusi tribesmen
In the Congo River area for un-
told generations.
The Watusi cattle are distin-
guished by huge horns of extra
ordinarily large thickness and
weight, although the horn spread
is perhaps less than that Of the
Texas longhorns of the old West.
The animals are confined largely
to small section of the south
central area Of Africa.
Mr.. Barry said the herd has
been held IN q sanitary paddock
for almost . year now, and vet
erinarians of the Belgian man
date have tested them for at
least eight diseases.
Meanwhile, the herd, whether
wild or domestic, continues to
stow away plenty Of King Ruda-
higwa's hay.
TITS q tough deal all the way
around" Mr.. Bary admitted. I'm
sure all the President would need
to do would be to ask somebody
In the Agriculture Department,
Where are my inyambos?'"
Evening star., 1947-12-21
Two in Montgomery Get
Chest x-Ray Survey Posts

Appointment of Joseph A. Cantrel
and w. X. Trunnell as chairman Of
the Speakers Bureau and Locations
Committee. respectively. was an
nounced yesterday by John M. Nc
Inerney, head of the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Committee for the
Montgomery County Chest x-ray
Survey Committee.
The survey will offer free chest
X-rays to all county residents IS
years of age and older. It is spon-
sored by the County Health DEPART
ment and tuberculosis Association.
DR.. K. r. WeIte of&tf1e health
department, said. sMost OF the con-
ditions we will find will respond
favorably to home care. SHOULD
nothing be done and 1Aould these
same cases remain unknown, these
individuals may be seriously III in
another year and spread infection
to others.
Evening star., 1947-12-21
Pay Raise Proposed.
For Arlington Police;
designations Cited

A two-page resolution Of the
Arlington County Police Association
asking the County Board to con-
slider a pay raise for members Of the
force "to an amount in keeping with
the salaries paid in the metropoli-
tan area" has been presented to
County Manager A. T. Lundberg,
police sources disclosed yesterday.
The resolution, which asks that
the matter "be treated as an emer-
gency," sets forth that "npOst mem
bers Of the = force are now find
ing themselves unable to support
their families on their salaries -"
As a result, the resolution declares,
three experienced officers have re-
signed recently and two others
have expressed an intention to re-
sign -"
High Living Costs Cited.
The resolution states that police
in nearly all other metropolitan
areas receive more pay than those
in Arlington "even though the cost
of living In Arlington County is
recognized as the highest in the
area"
Arlington police privates start at
$2,250 annually and in five years
reach a maximum of $2,750. In
Fairfax County, where policemen
were given $500 annual raises last
Wednesday. the pay starts at $2,40O
and the maximum Of 5000 is at
tanned in three years. The Alex
andria scale runs from $2,160 to ST.
920 over a f1ve-year period and a
raise is contained in the proposed
budget for 1948. The Washington
salary is $2,720 to $3,398 over five
year period.
Presented by Committee.
The resolution was given Mr..
Lundberg by a committee compris-
ing C. Burns Presley, Dudley Rec
tor, Frank Palmer, William G.
Fawver and George R. Coppage.
Mr.. Lundberg did not transmit
the resolution to the County Board
at its meeting yesterday but the
board did receive from him a re-
port of a job classification and sal
ary scale plan covering all county
employees, including policemen. The
board took the plan under consid-
Grafton. III
Evening star., 1947-12-21
BY w. H. Shippen, Jr.

King Rudahigwa of Ruanda
and Urundi, who has been de-
scribed as standing 7 feet 6
inches tall, probably is in a tow
ering rage by this time over his
Christmas gift TO President Tru-
man.
The gift no doubt is just what
the President needed-a whole
herd Of inyambos from the shores
of Lake Tanganyika, complete
with curly hair, 6 to 8 foot horns
and very wild dispositions. In
fact, inyambos, according to How
ard Y. Barry, who helped corral
them, are wild enough to break
through anything hut Federal
red tape. An inyambo, for the
uninitiated, is very similar to
the Texas longhorn cattle.
The King and Mr.. Barry, who
lives at Buckingham, Pa, while
not promoting circus acts, col
lecting animals. writing adver-
tising copy or visiting out-of-the-
way places like the Belgian Con-
60. rounded up the inyambos
about this time last year. They
put them in a special paddock
which the King, Mr.. Barry said,
had erected at cost of $4,000
American.
Now, exactly q year later, Mr..
Barry is in washington still try
ing to obtain import permits for
the beasts from the Department
of Agriculture. 1t seems that the
quarantine to prevent importa-
ton of the hoof and mouth dis
sease is backed by restrictions
against half a dozen ailments to
which hoofed stock In certain
districts Of Africa Is subject. in
Evening star., 1947-12-21

PRESIDENT Truman, explaining the.
animals eventually would be
placed on display at Uncle Sans
ZOO In Washington.
Part Of Herd Would Travel.
For the benefit of the citizens
of the United States who could
not journey to the Capital to see
the inyambos, he added, half Of
the herd would be consigned to a
great travelling ZOO" The
animal collector had reference to
Ringing Bros. circus.
To@this the king graciously
agreed, and the two set forth into
the jungle and villages to COL
lect the herd. Whether the in
yambos, which Zoo Director VIII
liam M. Mann knows as "Watusi
CATTLE" are wild or not is a moot
point with Mr.. Barry.
If they are truly domestic
stock, they are specifically
banned under the quarantine
laws, which make exceptions 1or
wild animals which can be
brought into the States under
certain conditions and held IN
quarantine at a station in New
Jersey until Federal veterinarians
give them q clean bill Of health.
They are very Wild" Mr.. Barry
declared. "When I tried to take
q picture Of an inyambo bull he
chased me up a tree. You might
say I was practically impaled
that time on the horns Of a d..
lemma."
I'm afraid you still are" re-
marked DR.. Mann at q luncheon
at the Zoo yesterday.
z But, DR.. Mann, you do want to
add six wild inyambos that won't
cost you . cent to your world.
Evening star., 1947-12-21
1000 Children Attend
Silver Spring YuIe Party

Approximately 1000 children and
their parents attended a Christmas
party yesterday at the National
Guard Armory. Silver Spring, as
guests of the Silver Spring Board of
Trade. The party was a part of the
Holiday Lane promotion activity of
the community.
An airplane towing make-believe
Kris Kringle, his sleigh and four
reindeer flew over the area, during
the party. The program included
performance presented by q Silver
Spring dance studio. Charles II.
Kopeland was master Of ceremonies.
Santa Calus distributed candy at
the party and afterwards went to
Holiday House, main attraction
along Holiday Lane, where he will
until Christmas Eve.
Evening star., 1947-12-21
Maryland S Bethlehem
Plans Christmas Catherine
BY the Assoeiotsd Press


BETHLEHEM, Md, Dec. 20.-Next
Wednesday night the residents of
this small Maryland town will leave
their homes to gather under a star
the Star of Bethlehem.
They don't make a great deal of
fuss over 1t any more.
The novelty of having this star
over Bethlehem, Md. on Christmas
Eve has worn of. In its place Is
the desire to maintain a tradition
that started years ago.
It doesn't amount to a lot of
trouble, either. The same simple
arrangements are used year after
year-an electric light on a tall
cedar cut from nearby Providence
Landing.
The town also issues a souvenir
Christmas cachet for stamp col
lectors each year.
Evening star., 1947-12-21
| Burglar Alarm
| Set off in Error
| |nLiquor Store

An employe who inadvertently set
of burglar alarm yesterday after
noon caused Montgomery County
police to converge on the County
Liquor Dispensary at Silver Spring
Three scout cars, notified by po-
lice radio, responded hurriedly, only
to find red-faced employe explain
ing what had happened to County
Police Chief Charles M. Orme.
Chief Orme was In the police sta
ton across the street when the
alarm sounded. The employe had
stepped on . foot pedal behind the
counter.
Evening star., 1947-12-21
County Boards S Move
For Peace Talk Fails
In Harrington Strike

A request by the Arlington County
Board that both sides In the Fair
lington strike talk over their differ
ences brought no apparent change
last night in the attitudes OF either
party.
The publicity agent speaking for
the Fairmac Corp, owners of the
$500 unit apartment project,
Charles Prins, said the corporations
position was unchanged"
On behalf of the Building Service
Employees (AFL, John Goodman,
international vice president, de-
clared:
"The union has always offered to
submit to any kind of mediation or
arbitration. The reason the en-
ployes went out on strike was be-
cause the management refused to
meet with their representatives"
The decision to ask union and
management to confer was made
by the County Board yesterday at
the suggestion Of Daniel A. Dugan.
It followed the appearance at the
boards regular meeting of a union
attorney and several tenants who
urged that the board use its prestige
to settle the strike, which began
December 8.
"Strikebreaking" Charged
During the hearing the board was
accused of "strikebreaking" because
the county has sent refuse collecting
crews to darlington at the request
Of tenants and the Fairmac Corp.
The tenants contend a health men,
ace has resulted from inadequate
collection Of refuse since the walk
out began. William Ziegler, Fairmac
general manager, said that collec-
tions had fallen behind because Of
the abnormal pre- Christmas condi-
tions.
In answer to charges of strike
breaking" by Samuel Levine, at
torney for Local 81, Building Service
Employees, Board Chairman Basil
DeLashmutt declared it to be the
duty of the county government to
see that the health of the COM
munity is protected.
Robert E. Reynolds, darlington
resident, said the county was not
set up to collect the refuse per-
manently and by the temporary COL
lections is "prolonging the strike"
Joseph Maltz, an officer of the
Fairlington- on-ParkfairfaX CHAPTER of
the American Veterans Committee,
declared his group wants q per
manent solution" He charged that
the county collections are COM
pletely inadequate"
Frightening" Woman Says.
Mrs. Lois Kane said that, even If
the refuse has been collected, cellars
have not been swept and sprayed
with disinfectant as was done before
the strike and that the situation is
very frightening" She mentioned
the recent conviction Of Fairling-
ton worker on charges of carrying
a concealed weapon and asked that
the board do all it can to get the
strike settled. ..
Robert Brown asserted there is
danger of violence as a result of
possible clashes between strikers
and nonstrikers.
County Manager A. T. Lundberg
yesterday sent two trucks into the
development to collect refuse and
the Fairmac Corp. said a private
Evening star., 1947-12-21
Corps Sells YuIe Trees
To Puy for Ambulance

The Bethesda Chevy Chase First
Aid Corps Is selling Christmas trees
to help pay for its recently acquired
ambulance.
The volunteer ambulance and res
cue squad unit has been in opera
tion since September. 1945, and pro-
vides free ambulance service in the
community and surrounding areas.
The Christmas tree lot Is on Wis
consin avenue, opposite the Bank
of Bethesda.
Evening star., 1947-12-21
Annapolis Officials
Hit Plan 10 Abandon
B. & A. Railroad
BY the Assoeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 20.-City and
civic officials today voiced their dis
like of a proposal to abandon the
Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad to
provide Baltimore with a new high
way route.
The plan to construct a link be-
tween the projected Baltimore
Washington parkway and midtown
streets along part Of the railroad
right of way will be presented to
Baltimore's City Council Monday
night.
But Mayor william U. McCready
of Annapolis already has expressed
strong opposition to the proposal
In a telegram to Mayor Thomas
D'Alesandro of Baltimore, he as
serted: -
THE people of Annapolis consider
railroad service to9 this section vital
and will flght any move made by
Bsltimors th6k will cause the cur
tailment or abandonment Of this
service i
rreviass ler Bus Service.
Nathan %. Smith, director Of
public works In Baltimore, said he
found support for the project among
some councilmen who helped vote
down an initial appropriation fol
the previously considered cross
town expressway.
He explained that the plan calls
for Inauguration of bus service be-
tween Baltimore and Annapolis II
the rail line is eliminated.
A spokesman for the B. & A
said the railroad had no advance in
formation on the city proposal and
would have to give 1t careful con-
sideration. -,
This is very serious matter for
the B. & A., since 1t would mean the
end of most of the companys rail
activities" he said.
All but three of the 81 trains oper-
ated daily between Baltimore and
the State capital arc made up OF
passenger cars, which total an aver
age daily load Of 5000 to 5000 pas
sengers.
Navy Studying Proposal.
Mr.. McCready was backed by E.
Churchill Murray, president of the
Annapolis and Anne Arundel Cham
ber of Commerce, in his opposition
to the proposal. The chamber, Mr..
Murray wired Mayor D'Alesandro,
is against ANY plan that would cur
tail freight and passenger service. "
A Navy spokesman said the Naval
Academy is studying the proposal
because of its interest in freight
service. A spur of the railroad now
runs over bridge into the academy
from the main track.
State Senator Wilbur r. Dulin
said the Public Service Commission
probably would have to approve dis
continuing rail service, adding that
he believed county citizens should
have been consulted" beforehand.
The proposed road would begin at
Evening star., 1947-12-21
Geographers 10 Hold
First Joint Meetinq al
University Of Virginia
soeeioI pi,poteh 10 The stor

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Dec
photographers from throughout
this country and foreign lands in
cluding Canada, India and Afghani-
stan, will gather here next week end
for joint meetings at the University
of Virginia.
Sessions will commence Saturday
and continue through the following
Wednesday. They will mark the
44th annual meeting of the Associa-
ton of American Geographers, the
34th session of the National Council
of Geography Teachers and the 4th
national gathering of the American
Society for Professional Biographies.
Scientists from the University of
Maryland and University of Virginia,
as well as leading figures in the field
from the Army, Navy and other
Government departments in Wash
ington vii take part in the dis
cussions and studies.
Trevor Lloyd, chief Of the Canad-
ian Geographical Bureau, will rep
resent Canada with two officers of
the Canadian Army. Mai. Ralph
Wodehouse and Vaughn Stewart.
Hanson to Welcome Delegates.
With Saturday morning reserved
for preliminary registration and
business sessions, the joint opening
session will be called at 2:15 pm. In
Cabell Hall auditorium.
Raus M. Hanson, president of the
Virginia Geographical Society, a
member of the staff of Madison
College, Harrisonburg, will extend a
welcome. Colgate w. Darden, presi-
dent of the university here will greet
delegates after an introduction by
Sidman P. Poole, chairman of the
university's School of Geography.
Edward r. Stettinius, jr., former Sec
retary of State and now rector of
the university also will join in the
greetings.
Military geography will be the
subject of a symposium Monday
morning and will attract many mill
tary men, including staff officers
from Washington. Others will come
from the Air University at Maxwell
Field and from the Command and
General STAFF School at Fort Leav-
enworth.
First Virginia Meeting.
This is the first time these three
geographical societies have met in
Virginia. Col. Sidman P. Poole,
head of School of Geography here
and director of the Virginia Geo.
graphical Institute, will be the off,
cial host, on behalf of President
Darden and the university.
Among the speakers at sessions
scattered throughout the five days
will be Capt. H. B. Hutchinson, Of
flee of Naval Research; Col. c. H.
Mason. chief. topographic branch,
Intelligence Division of the Army;
Frank Whitmore, chief, Military
Geology Unit of the Geological Sur
vey; 1t. Col. T. L. Ridge of the
ONCE of Naval Intelligence.
Also Lester w. Trueblood, of the
Army Departments military intelli-
gence section: Hugh O'Neill, of
Catholic University of America;
Robert D. Campbell, George Wash
ington University: William Van
Royen, University of Maryland;
Frank Leuer Keller, University OF
Maryland; Burton w. Atkinson, Di-
vision of Maps, Library of Congress:
Francis E. Elliott. University OF Vir-
ginia; Charles Y. HUI, University of
Maryland.
Also, Carleton P. Barnes, Agricul-
ture Department; Raymond E. Crist,
University of Maryland; S. w.
Boggs, State Department, and Eric
Fischer, University of Virginia.
Evening star., 1947-12-21
Damascus Lions Club
Sponsors YuIe Contest

Prizes will be awarded residents
of Damascus, Nd, who display the
most attractively lighted Christ
mas doorway" by the Damascus
Lions Club.
The doorways will be judged be-
tween Z and 9 pm. Friday. First
prize will be $40.
Evening star., 1947-12-21

trash-collecting firm also was work.
ing. Aa:' 4. E.sa ..
Tenants Friday sent a letter to the
Defense Homes Corp. which sold
Harrington to the Fairmac Corp,
asking the DHC to intervene be-
cause Of the health hazard resulting
from the strike. Another petition
was being circulated last night,
tenants said.