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Funeral Services Held
For 6. H. Carr, Leader
In County Activities

G. Hodges Carr. rs, long active
in civic. social and political or
ganizations in Prince Georges
before his death Monday, was
buried today in the family lot at
st. James Episcopal Church,
Tracy's Landing, Anne Arundel
County.
Funeral services were at 10 am
in the Pinkney Memorial Epis-
ccpal Church, Forty-second ave-
nue. and Gallatin street, Hyatts-
vile.
Mr.. Carr, who lived at 4107
Hamilton street, Hyattsville, died
of a heart attack in Prince
Georges General Hospital, Chever-
ly.
Mr.. Carr retired last year after
more than half century in the
grocery business in Hyattsville.
Once a Banker.
A native of Friendship, Anne
Arundel County. Md. he went to
Hyattsville to live SIS years ago
He first worked for the old Tise's
grocery store in Hyattsville and
later became assistant cashier of
the old First National Bank of
Hyattsville.
In 1915 he entered the grocery
business with two brothers, Nor
timer and C. Frank Carr, both
now dead. In 1922 they entered
partnership with Harry A. Bos-
well to form Carr Bros. & Bos-
well. Inc. grocery store at 5112
Baltimore avenue, Hyattsville. He
remained with the store until his
retirement.
Mr.. Carr was past president
of the Prince Georges County
Chamber of Commerce and one
time grand jury foreman of Prince
Georges County. He long had
been active in the Hyattsville Dis
trict Democratic Club and the
Young Mems Democratic Club of
Prince Georges County.
Active in Other Groups.
Mr.. Carr was also past treas
urer of the Social Service League
of Prince Georges County and a
charter member of the Hyattsville
Volunteer Fire Department. A
50-year member of the Odd Fell
lows, he also belonged to the XII
wants and was senior warden at
Pinkney Memorial Episcopal
Church. For many years he was
active in Red Cross work.
His first wife, the former Miss
Loulie Fuller. died in December,
l945.
Married Again in 1949.
He leaves his second wife, the
former Mrs. Beulah McCallum
Fields. whom he married in 1949:
daughter, Mrs. Edwin H. Gott
of Youngstown. Ohio; three STEP
sons. Maj. Thomas M. Fields.
U. S. M. c.; Robert M. Fields and
Douglas A. Fields, all of Hyatts-
Vile. and three grandchildren,
Elizabeth Carr Gott, Barbara Dali
zell Gott and Edwin H. Gott, jr.,
all of Youngstown.
Also surviving are a brother,
William A. Carr of Washington,
and five sisters, Mrs. Wellstood
White of Bethesda. Mrs. Henry
Tormey and Mrs. James B. Shall
lenberger, both of Washington;
Mrs. william F. Childs of Balti-
more and Mrs. Arthur P. Gam
brill Of Hyattsville.
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IA Virginia War Dead
Beino Sent From Koreu
By the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO. Calf. Aug.
15.-Fourteen Virginia war dead
area, among sos being returned
from Korea aboard the transport
Lynn Victory. The ship is ex-
Ipected to arrive here this week.
The Virginia dead include:
Corpl. Joseph F. Sisson, jr., son
of Joseph F. Sisson, ST., Quantico,
and Capt. Robert I. Starr. husband
of Mrs. Betty r. Starr. 1858 South
Meade street, Arlington.
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Nrs. William J. Murphy Dies;
Formerly Helen Essory
Began as Reporter
For Mencken; Later
Wrote D. G. Column

Mrs. William j. Murphy, IS
former Washington newspaper
woman whose column under the
name of Helen Essary appeared in
40 newspapers throughout the
country, died early today of cancer
lat George Washington University
Hospital.
Mrs. Murphy began her news
paper career as a girl of 18 and
ended it in 1914 when she was
married to Capt. Murphy of the
United States Navy. For many
years her political news column
Dear Washington" was distrib-
uted by King Features throughout
the country.
Born and reared in Baltimore
she was the daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry A. Kerchner
She attended Polytechnic High
School there.
Mrs. Murphy's first boss was
H. L. Mencken when she was a
reporter on the Baltimore Sun
Sunday edition. She and Mr..
Mencken were lifelong friends.
In 1910, she was married to j.
Frederick Essary of the Suns
Washington bureau. Mr.. Essary,
who died in 1912, was head of
the bureau here for nearly 80
years and long was known as the
dean of Washington correspond
entS.
Covered League of Nations.
After her marriage to Mr.. Es-
sary, she did little writing until
1926, when she and her husband
went to London, where he was a
Sun correspondent. During the
next two years she wrote numer-
Gus features for American papers
and covered the League of Ma
tons IN Geneva, Switzerland. Her
by-lines often came out Of Gen.
tral European countries.
Upon her return to Washing
ton. Mrs. Murphy, under her
name Helen Essary. became a
columnist for the old Washing
ton Times-now the Times
Herald, and she continued her
column until her remarriage in
1914.
During the early days of the
New Deal, Mrs. Murphy was ed
itor of the Democratic Digest, a
circulated nationally by
the Womens Democratic Club
here. In the late 1930s she was
president of the Women's Ma
tional Press Club.
After her marriage to Capt.
the couple moved to CAL
ifornia, where he was stationed.
Two years ago they returned to
Washington, and at the time Of
her death resided at 2101 Con-
necticut avenue NV.
Established journalism Fund.
In 1948, Mrs. Murphy presented
5000 to George Washington Uni
versity to set up a journalism prize
fund in memory of Mr.. Essary.
Each year the leading journalism
student at the school receives a
500 prize from the president of
the Gridiron Club,
Mrs. Murphy was a member Of
the Washington Club and the
Chevy Chase Club.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by three daughters, Mrs.
Samuel T. Ansell. jr., of 1904 East
West highway, Chevy Chase, Md;
Mrs. Clyde Bruce Aitchison, jr.,|
If Tokyo, and Mrs. John Wordon
Gill. of 1901 Nineteenth street
Y. w: a sister. Mrs. Isabel Cross
we'll. of 270O Connecticut avenue
NV. and four grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
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John P. EmshwiIIer,
Engineer Is Years
With U. 5. Agencies

John Patterson Emshwiller, So,
of Riverdale, Md, a structural
design engineer, who died Satur-
day at the Marine Hospital in
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Baltimore, was
to be buried in
Arlington Gem
etery tod a y
after funeral
services at the
Chambers fu-
neral h o m e,
Riverdale.
Mr.. Enshwil-
Ter, who lived
at 4401 Coles
vile road, spent
rs y ca rs in
G o v e + n m ent
service. When
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1t Mrntnriunt

1n Mrntnrtl1nt
JOHNSON, SUSIE. In loving remembrance
Of our dear mother and grandmother,
SUSIE JOHNSON. who departed this life
twenty years ago today. August Is, 1881.
There is link that death cannot sever,
Love and remembrance last forever.
HER DEVOTED DAUGHTER AND
GGRRddNNppPPA GGRRddNNppPPAuGHTER' RoNNY AND
MOORE. ANN G. In loving memory Of
our darling mother. ANN C. MOORE who
departed this life August 15, 1926. 4"
Mother, dear. twenty-five years ago
You left us @d and forlorn;
As time continues we shall always re-
member, dear mother.
LOVING DAUGHTERS, MYRTLE AND
BERNICE.
NORRIS, MARY CLINTA. In loving mem
DRY Of our dear niece and sister, MARY
CLINTA NORRIS, who passed away four
years ago. August l6j MINI 1st7' AND e1N1.
PETIT, AMANDA r. In loving memory of
our dear mother, AMANDA r. PETIT
(nee Benton), who departed this life six
teen years ago today, August 15. 1885,
A wonderful mother, woman and aide,
One who was better God never made;
A wonderful worker, so loyal and true,
One in million, that mother was you
Just in your judgment, always right,
Honest and liberal. ever upright;
Loved by your friends and all whom you
knew.
wonderful mother, that. mother, was
HER LOVING DAUGHTER. VIOLA KEN
NEY.
Memories are treasures no one can steal
Death leaves heartaches nothing can heal;
Some have forgotten, now that you are
zone,
But I shall remember, no matter how
long
HER LOVING DAUGHTER, INEz HILL
LEARY
STEWART, BERTHA s. In memory Of
my dear mother. BERTHA S. STEWART,
who passed away three years ago today,
August Is, 194S.
/ think Of you in silence.
No one can see me weep,
But many silent tears are shed
While others are asleep.
What would / give to clasp your hand.
Your dear face Just to see;
Your loving smile, your welcome voice,
That meant so much to me.
DEVOTED DAUGHTER, VIOLA 9. JONES.
TRACEY, AUGUSTUS. In memory Of our
father, AUGUSTUS TRACEY. who died
thirteen years aso today, August 10,
1888.
Thoughts return to scenes long past.
Time rolls on, but memories last.
DAUGHTERS, ESTHER AND MABLE.
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ETTER. ANNIE NJ, On Tuesday, August
4 1851. at Prince GEORGES Hospital,
And st. Colmar Manor, Nd, beloved
wife OF the late Leon Etter and mother
OF Floyd Etter. Mrs. Etter rests at the
GaSch Funeral Home, Hyattsville. Md,
where services will be held on Friday.
August II. at 10 am. Relatives and
friends invited. Interment Fort Lincoln
Cemetery
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'' ID, -. meIHUeTS OF lne As
sociation of Retired Policemen
OF D. G. are requested to
assemble at the Lee Funeral
Home, 4th ST. and Mass. ave.
ne, at II 80 am. Thursday.
August 16, 1851, to attend
the funeral OF our late BROTH
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UiAUN, hUbEKI IsNUUhsJ. On Mondhy,
August 13, 1851. ROBERT (SNOOKS)
DIXON of 1910 1st ST. NV, devoted hus-
band of Audrey Dixon. father of the late
Yvonne Dorsey, grandfather Of jan
nelle Dorsey and Cordelia Galloway.
LNo aunts, otner reisllves ana many
later. ARRANGEMENTS by Malvan g. Schey,
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FRANKLAND. ALICE PUGH. On Tuesday.
LAND of 1854 Kanawha St. NV. widow
of the late 1t. Col Walter Ashby Frank
land, sister Of Jordan A. Push OF Nor
folk. Va. and Mrs. M. F. Mount of
Tenafiy. N. j. Remains at Chambers
Funeral Home. 3072 NJ St NV, until
Thursday, August 10, at IL am. serv-
ices at Fort Myer Chapel at 1I:30 m.
lnterment Arlington National Cemetery
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6oLDWATER. LEWIS n. On Tuesday,
August IA, 1851, LEWIS N. GoLDWATER,
beloved husband OF Mrs Rose Goldwater
OF Lexington, KY. He also is survived by
one brother, Abraham Goldwater, and
one sister, Mrs J. N. Yoffe, both of Wash
lngton, D. C.. Services and interment
will be In Louisville, KY. Arrangements
by the c. D. Goldberg g. Son Funeral
Hnme A211 9th ST n W.
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BURROUGHS, ROBERT c. On Tuesday,
August IA 1851. ROBERT c.. BUR-
ROUGHS of 307 NJ st. ne, son of Annie
Burroughs and the late Champ Bur-
roughs. Also surviving are one sister
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Little; one brother Mr.
Jessie Howard of New York City: many
other relatives and friends. Notice of
services later. Arransements by the
Hall Bros Funeral Home 16
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AUGUST 70. Interment ssluda, S. c. Ib'
DAVIS, EDWARD GORDON. On Tuesday.
August IA. 1851, at 1905 am, at his
residence, sos Kentucky ave. Sc, ED
WARD GORDON DAVIS, beloved husband
Of Mary NJ. Davis (nee McClearyl. IA
ther of Mrs. Elizabeth Davis Miiar,
James Edward and Miss Catherine Ann
Davis; grandfather of Charles NJ, jr.,
and James NJ. Millar, and brother OF
Mrs. Carrie Davis Beall Of Mount Rainier.
Nd. Friends may call at Nalley's Funeral
Home 522 sth st. Sc. Services will be
held in Christ Episcopal Church, $50 G
ct. Sc, on Thursday, August 16, at IL
am. Body will lie in state after 10 m.
Relatives and friends invited. Interment
Congressional Cemetery. Is
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BUCKLER. LILLE MAY. On Tuesday,
Eastern Star Home. LILLE MAY BUCK
LER. beloved wife of Frederick W. Buck
Ter. mother Of F. Walter and Ralph A.
B9ckler, Mrs. Ethel Kestler and Mrs.
Edythe Buckler Walters. Services at the
6. H. Hines Co. Funeral Home, 1901 l4th
st. NV, on Thursday August 16, at 10
an. 1nterment CongreSsional Cemetery
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UKif fFIN' IIaaLULaVtB. Uh ,I' sunuSy, a AIi
Hospital, Perry Point, Md, THEOLIvER
GRIFFIN of 1910 Que st. NV, beloved
husband of Frances W. Griffin and son
OF Zeb Griffn. Also surviving are other
relatives and many friends. After 3 pm.
Wednesday friends are invited to call at
the Mcclure Funeral Home, 1920 9th st.
NV, where services will be held Thurs
day, August 8. at 2:30 pm. Interment
Arlington National Cemetery. 15
ne, husband of Mary c. Hayes, father of
Pfc. Chester c. Hays, jr. brother of
Russell and Howard Hayes and Mrs. Edna
Winfield. Services at Chambers Funeral
Home, 517 11th st. Sc, on Thursday, Au-
gust 16. at 1l:30 am. Interment Cedar
Hill Cemetery. 10
Evening star., 1951-06-17
Allies Face New Berlin Blockade Threat

of the other three occupying
powers.
The Soviet's ultima e n in all
this is no mystery. It is now
as it was in 1948-9, the expulsion
of the Western powers from Ber-
lin-and from all of Western Ger
many, too-as soon as that be-
comes feasible.
While the ultimate soal is clear
the big mystery is how soon anc
under what circumstances the
Russians will consider the time
ripe for the showdown. The fac.
tor which stays their hand is the
knowledge that the use of force
to expel the Western powers, ir
all likelihood, will meet such dc
termined resistance that World
War III will be touched of.
American officials admit several
possibilities as the inspiration fol
the new Soviet aggression in Ber-
lin. 1t could be a fishing expedi-
tion to find out where West Berlin
industries are getting their raw
materials. With such knowledge,
the Soviets can shut off those
sources. thus crippling West Ber-
Inns industrial life and throwing
even heavier burdens on the West
ern Allies.
There is the possibility that the
Russians would like to break the
embargo on strategic materials
going behind the iron curtain,
and to force West Berlin industry
to find its big market in the
Soviet bloc. in either legal or
illegal trade. If West Berlin's
economy could thus be tied to the
Soviet bloc, short of expulsion
of the Western Allies, a big step
forward might be taken in win
ming the city's populace over to
Soviet cooperation.
There are many other possibili-
ties, which must be taken into
account in the endless game of
trying to divine what goes on in
the Muscovite mind. None. how
ever, is as fearful as the posi-
bility that Russia. with a favor
able military situation in Korea
and with Iran taking over Brit
aims oil. is starting the buildup
for the last big showdown. which
could come late this summer with
more chance of Soviet success
than it could ever have in ensuing
years.
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and MS departure from the service
was considered imminent.
These were the men who took
the boat for st. Malo. They had
known each other casually for
years, and in London, last month,
they renewed the acquaintance
ship. There were some who had
be n wondering, this spring.
whether McLean'S recovery from
his mental illness was as complete
as it was supposed to be. He
seemed low in spirit. On April 2,
he made a scene in a Soho night
club when he became involved
in an argument with a neWspa-
perman. The management asked
him to leave.
Mony Hoppy Returns
But there was no hint, certainly, !
of what was to come. He had
bought a beautiful, old 12-room
house at Hatsfield, near London.
He and his wife were living there
quietly; she was expecting her
third child. The two little boys
had the measles. May Is was his
birthday. He left the house as
usual, but never showed up at
the Office.
Assuming that Burgess and Nc
Lean have gone, or are trying to
Igo, behind the iron curtain, those
who know the two men remain
baffled by the personality contra
dictions involved in the cas-.
Burgess, for instance, is considered
much the more likely of the two
to have been somehow involved in
an attempt to aid Russia. He was
disguised with his life-he had no
family ties to bind him-and he
might have had some sympathy
for what he thought was the
Kremlin's cause. His politics were
|leftish Mclean, on the other hand.
never gave the slightest indication
|of pro- Communist tendencies.
But Burgess, 1t is felt, was al
type Of man wholly incapable of
organizing and carrying through
a disappearing act offthe sort
Evening star., 1951-06-17
By NewboId Moves, Jr.

The weekend excursion boat,
Falaise, bound from Southhamp-
ton to st. Malo in Brittany, was
to sail at midnight. A few min
utes before it cast off that Friday.
May rs, the story goes. sports car
tore up to the dock. The men
jumped out. bags in hand. They
tipped dock attendant, told him
to buy himself drink and started
up the gangplank "Hey!" shouted
the porter. What about the carp"
The two men had rented the
car that afternoon for 10 days
We'll be back Monday" one
called over his shoulder.
Donald Quart Mclean and Guy
Francis de Money Burgess were
not back Monday.
AS all the world knows, these
British diplomats thereupon van
ished utterly. Within a few days.
they became the objects of a con-
tinental manhunt as intensive, and
fruitless, as any ever staged.
To Rennes by Toxi
A st. Malo taxi driver said he
drove them to Rennes, where he
thought they caught a train for
Paris. Since then. Mclean and
Burgess have been reported in
a dozen cities, on both sides of
the iron curtain. Their rela-
tives received cryptic cables-pur-
portedly from Mclean in Paris
and Burgess in Rome-but the
handwriting on the telegraph
blanks was not theirs. The hottest
lead came last Friday from BARGE
llona-the fugitives were said to
have registered in a hotel as Mar
shall Mclean and Willis John
Burgess. Barcelona had it they
were back in France. But for all
the tips, the combined security po-
lice of the Western world could
not find them.
With each passing day, the case
becomes more securely.establis
jas one of the great mystery stories
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of the age. There seem to be
plenty of theories; but of solid
clues, none.
The theory which has caused all
the excitement, of course. is that
Mclean and Burgess were skip
ping behind the iron curtain with
Western secrets for the Kremlin
There are other theories. One
holding the two were on man.
moth drinking spree had consider
able currency-until the passage
of time pushed it beyond the
limits of credibility. There has
been talk of kidnapping and of q
possible suicide pact; there have
been hints that the case is one
involving sexual perversion.
The two have many acquaint-
ances in diplomatic circles in
Washington. Mclean, who is So
served with the Embassy here
from 1914 to 1948. Big, hand
some. intensely nervous and high
strung, he worked prodigiously al
his job as head of the Chancery
often sticking to his desk Nnti
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to do in Washington, simply be-
cause it was felt there was little
he could do. BY the time he left
according to a close friend, his
state of mind verged on the sui
cidal. He was drinking far toe
much, his habits and personal ap-
pearance became progressively
slovenly. He would frequently
drop into the Offices of other En-
bassy officials to pour out his
woes-nis hatred of America, his
feeling of Illustration in his career
In middle life, he had reached the
rank of acting second secretary
and already was over his head
He was a close student of the
writings of Lenin and Stain. and
his knowledge of the Communist
dialectic repeatedly had con-
tributed to some Of the Vests
more effective diplomatic ex-
changes with the Kremlin. Yet
by the time he got back from
Washington, the Foreign Office
apparently had had enough OF
Mr.. Burgess. He was put on dave
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that has been accomplished here
HE had says a friend, "con.
siderable dificulty in getting from
Point A to Point B in the norma
course of things" Mclean, it i.
true, had the imagination ane
daring to effect the escape. Hi.
friends. however. find it impos.
sible to believe that he has beer
the leader in such a plot.
There is general agreement thai
If Mclean and Burgess really have
gone over to the Communists, theil
aim is somehow to try to produce
peace, rather than to help Russia
against the West. AS a British
| diplomat here sums it up: "At
worst. this thing is certainly more
Hess than Hiss"
Last week, in a London hospital
Mrs. Mclean gave birth to ar
Ieight-pound daughter. She toe
will be called Melinda. The hope
arose that-if Donald Mclean still
lis roaming the free world some
|where-th news would bring him
Ito his senses, and back to Eng
land.
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frankfurt

DANIEL DE LUCE-Allied Of
ficials in Germany share the view
that Korea touched off develop
ments which have done more to
postpone a third war than to ad-
vance it. They concede war is ex-
tremely difficult to avoid, but are
continuing to work on the posi-
bility it can be avoided. Initial
Western defense measures are be-
lieved to have increased sizably
the Kremlin's calculated risk if
it openly embarks on war.
Soviet ground forces in East
Germany have not been increased
by new formations this year. But
the air force has brought in about
500 jet fighters to replace nearly
twice as many conventional fight
ers. Meantime American and Brit
ish ground strength is increasing
in Germany.
Rome
STAN SWINTON-Korea show
ed there would be no Munich, and
bought time the West is using well
But the threat of war remains
acute because of these factors:
Soviet satellite armies are near
ing full combat. efficiency in Eu-
xpe. Soviet weapon stockpiles
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Two Runaway Diplomats Create One Of the Worlds Great Mystery Stories

y or l0 O'Clock at night. Between
times, with his American wife,
the former Melinda Mariing of
Chicago. he entertained energet-
ically in his home on George
towns P street. attended the usual
round of diplomatic parties-and
rested up by playing tennis.
He behaved himself in WASH
ington, and is remembered as lone
of the, incest fellows you could
hope to meet" Transferred to
Cairo. however, as Counselor of
the Embassy. he seemed gradually
to fall victim to sort Of nervous
and moral breakdown. His friends
insist it was simply the strain
of overwork which did it. In any
event. he began to drink hard.
His binges became wild seizures
"he was inclined" says one
acquaintance. ito throw bottles
around" Finally, when he in
vaded the apartment of an absent
friend and smashed it to pieces,
he was recalled to London. There,
having undergone psychiatric
treatment which supposedly cured
him Of his ills. he took over the
Foreign Ohice's American section.
Burgess, a 40-year-old bachelor,
was another story. Like Mclean,
he was a Cambridge man (Eton,
too). He wore the old school tie
and his club stood next to Nc
Leans on Pail Mall. But he
wasn't the type. His service in
Washington began last November
and ended two months ago, when
he was recalled to London. The
reason for his recall general
unsuitability," said the Foreign
Office was not wholly the fact
that he was arrested three times
in one day last February for
driving 80 miles an hour in Vir-#
|ginia. His associates at the EN-
bassy say frankly that. while
Burgess had undouted intelligence,
they also found him incapable of
applying it with any efficiency and
Ico-ordination.
Burgess was given very little