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Evening star., 1951-05-28
Firemen Probe Ruins
In Search for Cause
OF Clements Store Fire
Special Dispatch TO The Sfor

LEONARDTOWN, Md, May %.
I-Fremen probing in shoulder
ing ruins were unable today to
determine the cause of a fire which
razed Guy Bros, a general mer-
chandise store at Clements, near
here, causing loss estimated at
more than $250,000
The rambling two-story frame
structure. one Of the largest mer-
camille establishments in Mary
land, was valued at $4,000 and
contained a stock worth more
than 100000. The store and all
its contents was destroyed in a
blaze early yesterday.
A fire department official said
that the building could have been
saved had tides in the area been
running in instead of out when
the blaze began.
Stamps, mail and equipment
of the Clements Post Office which
occupied a part Of the building
also were lost.
Volunteer f1remen from neigh
borhood communities were on the
scene quickly. Hampered by a
shortage of water they were unable
to quell the fire in the main build
ing, but managed to save a new
warehouse. a barn and several
sheds only few feet awey.
The stores account books and
Ia few pieces of furniture were
carried to safety.
-Four f1remen were overcome by
smoke.
Witnesses said Mrs. Agnes Guy
the proprietor; her son, Perry Guy,
and several employees were pre-
Iparing to close the store about
$3.50 pm. when Roy Turner, a
clerk, Sn1elled smoke.
He ran to a stairway leading to
the second floor and saw the blaze.
Evening star., 1951-05-28

Mr.. Payne's store is one Of the
ANSWERS to what is happening to
all the beef. In the old days, like
other country stores, it carried
only smoked meats, mostly pork.
Occasionally there would be tub
of corned beef soaking in the
brine.
The country people would come
in once a week to buy coffee (they
would buy the bean and grind it
themselves), a bag of flour, baking
powder and a couple of yeast
cakes. If their own salt herring
from the spring run was all gone,
they might buy some salt mack
erel, an ideal breakfast food. Most
of the meat they used was home
grown pork.
But today the Payne store has
Ia wide refrigerated meat counter
with big cuts of top round and
Isirloin of beef, and porterhouse
steaks on display. And they are
selling.
Not long ago some school chill
dren made good marks in a
local history project by discover
ing that the Bailey of Baileys
Cross Roads was the partner of
[P. T. Barnum in Barnum &
Evening star., 1951-05-28
Alexandra Man Charqed
with Murder Of Youth

Willie Wilson Harding, 28-year-
old Alexandria dry cleaning route
man, today was charged with mur-
der in the Saturday night death of
q youth who had been visiting
Harding's estranged wife.
The victim, James Lee Tester, :
man, 81, Of 1920 Duke street, Alex
andria. died Of five bullet wounds
in the chest and arms in the home
OF Mrs. Nellie Harding, "a, mother
Of two children.
Inspector Russell A. HaweS said
80 caliber revolver was found in
Harding's pocket when police an
swered Mrs. Harding's telephoned
call for help.
Evening star., 1951-05-28
Alexandra Hearing Set
On S5.1 Million Buduet

A public hearing will be held at
1880 pm. tomorrow in the Alexan-
dria Council chamber on the city's
proposed $5.1 million budget for
the 1872 fiscal year.
The proposed budget contem-
plates the same tax rate as the
old budget-$2.60 per 500 Of as
sessed valuation. If the full bud
get is adopted, however, additional
revenue will be required and City
Manager w. Guy Ansell has rec
commended imposition of a 10 per
cent consumer tax on utilities
bills.
The budget. when adopted, will
be the city's first in many years
for fiscal year beginning July l,
Heretofore, Alexandria has op-
Grated on a fiscal year coincident
with the calendar year.
Evening star., 1951-05-28
Planners Urge Denial
OF ; Rezoning Pleas
In Prince Georges

The Maryland-Nati Capital
Park and Planning Commission
has urged the Prince Georges
County commissioners to reject
three rezoning applications. and
approve two others.
Recommended for denial are
petitions:
/. BY Charles Wells Miller. own
er. for reclassification of a three
quarter acre tract at Riggs road
and Eastern avenue from R-55
(one-family, detached, residentiaD
to C-1 Qocal commercially.
2. BY Jesse r. Sherwood, owner
for reclassification of about one
acre on Riggs road next to Mr.
Miller's property from R-55 te
IC-1.
8. BY Eli Busada, agent, for re-
classification of about one-halt
acre on Alton road in Bradbury
Park from R-55 to C-1.
The commission recommended
approval of petitions:
1. Mrs. Annie A. Clarke, owner
for reclassif1cation of a lot or
Pennwood road in the Holladay
subdivision. Brentwood, from R-55
to IL Qight industriaD.
2. BY James J. Rupert, owner
for reclassiflcation of a piece OF
land at Central avenue and Sew
|entieth place. Seat Pleasant, from
R-R (rural residentiaD to c.
general commercially.
Evening star., 1951-05-28

Bailey's Circus. Unfortunately the
story does not stand checking.
Purchased in 1843.
Lemuel Dowden who bought
some of the Bailey property re-
members that the search showed
that the original Bailey purchased
a large tract there in 1843 for
$4,000. James Anthony Bailey,
P. T. Barnum's partner, was born
in Detroit in 1847 and made his
home at Mount Vernon, N. Y.
The Cross Roads Theater will
soon start its 18th season in a big
barn on a former dairy farm just
off the corner. It can seat 800
persons and 1t has served to keep
BaileyS Cross Roads a familiar
name in the Washington press.
But the A. B. & w. buses which
turn around at the cross roads no
longer carry the name on their
terminal signs. Culmore, a new
apartment development in the
neighborhood, has been substi-
tuted.
Even such a modern installa-
ton as an airport has been ac-
cused of being in the way OF
progress. The Washington-Vir-
ginia Airport on the Leesburg
Pike near the crossroads has 100
Evening star., 1951-05-28
Arlington Cadet Chosen
Colonel Of VPI Regiment
Special oispo.eh TO The s,or

BLACKSBURG, Va, May 28.-
Cadet Col. D. M. Rainey of Airing
ton is to be named cadet colonel
and head of the regimental staff
at Virginia Polytechnic Institute
in ceremonies here tomorrow.
The appointment, announced
by Col. Wilmer B. Merritt, takes
effect for the term beginning next
September.
Young Rainey. 20, is the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil D. Rainey, 4O4
South Highland street, Arlington
A graduate of Mckinley Tech
nical High School, Mr.. Rainey now
is in his third year at VPI and is
majoring in industrial engineer
ing
Other Washington area stu.
dents to be promoted are:
j. M. Eliff and w. j. Smith OF
Arlington, H. B. Bennett Of Wood
bridge, Va, D. G. Boyle, Martins
burg, w. Va, and j. M. Kilgour
Purcellville, Va, to be cadet cap
tains.
Evening star., 1951-05-28

stream which flows under will
lows through a bed of carefully
arranged rocks into pools enliv-
ened by gold fish. They would
convert the property into a shop
ping center.
Owned by Three Men
Three men own the corners of
Baileys Cross Roads. Mr.. Payne
Lemuel T. Dowden and Ep Oliver
They won't sell. Mr.. Dowden was
offered $4,000 cash for his cor
ner acre and the purchaser would
be perfectly willing for him to
keep his store building as long
as he moved it off the property.
And the men have been aware
of some criticism from their
neighbors - a freely expressed
idea that they are standing in
the path of progress. Mr.. Dow
den, who has owned his property
for SO years, says he doesn't want
to move-he has a good business
there.
Business is jumping Baileys
Cross Roads, their neighbors
warn them, and going out to An
nandale. Mr.. Payne's answer is
like that of Miss Wendell.
After ALL" he says, II built this
for INV home"
Evening star., 1951-05-28
Trust Fund Is Established
By Will OF {. 5. Burke

c. S. Taylor Burke. president of
the Burke & Herbert Bank in
Alexandria. who died April Z. left
an estate valued at $145,O0O, ac-
cording to terms of his will on file
in Alexandria Circuit Court.
Mr.. Burke left almost the en-
tire estate in a trust fund to be
administered by his son, C.. S.
Taylor Burke. jr., and Mrs. Gladys
Sanders, a former bank employe,
as executor and executrix.
From income of the trust, Mr..
Burke's widow, Mrs. Helen R.
Burke. is to receive $1,000 an
nually. The remainder of the
estates income is to be divided
equally between his son and his
daughter, Mrs. Landon Burke
Thorn. At the death of Mrs.
Burke the estate is to be divided
equally between the son and
daughter.
In addition, Mr.. Burke willed
81 900 each to his three STEP
children, Mrs. Marilyn M. Whar-
ton, Linton S. Marshall, John
Marshall, jr.
Evening star., 1951-05-28
Montgomery County Group
Elects 6. Donald Meid

G. Donald Meid of Rockville
has been elected president of the
Parents League for Curriculum
Improvement.
Other officers of the organiza-
tion, concerned with Montgomery
County public schools, are: Mrs
Miriam Sherwin, Silver Spring
vice president; Mrs. Frances D
Acton, Bethesda, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Kathryn Needham
Kensington, corresponding secre-
tary; John H. Hiser. Bethesda
treasurer, and two delegates-at-
large, Jerome Harris and DR.
Charles Shoemaker. both of Chevy
Chase.
Evening star., 1951-05-28
Prince Georges Registers
New Students FRIDAY

The Prince Georges County
Board of Education has an
nounced that a second regisfa-
ton day will be held Friday fol
children entering school for the
first time next September.
One registration was conducted
in elementary schools in April, but
all parents were not notified ir
time.
Fridays registration will be
from 9 am. to 4 pm. in all ele-
mentary schools. Only children
who will be six years old or ovel
by December 81 are permitted tt
register.
Evening star., 1951-05-28
Charles County Names Martin
To Be Schools Superintendent
Prince Georges Mon
Succeeds F. B. Gwynn,
Who Quits June 30
By J. L. Michoel
Stor Stoff Correspondent

LA PLATA. Md, May 28.-T.
Carlyle Martin, a resident of
Prince Georges County, has been
named Charles County superin-
tendent of schools to succeed F..
Bernard Gwynn. a native of Prince
Georges.
Both have served on faculties
of Prince Georges County schools
Mr.. Gwynn, who has headed the
Charles County public-school sys-
tenn for 33 years. resigned be-
cause of i'll health and will leave
his post June 80. His term would
have expired in 1854. He is IS.
The appointment of Mr.. Mar
tin, now principal of Hughesville
elementary and junior high school,
by the county board of education
is subject to approval of DR..
Thomas G. Pullen, jr., State Su-
perintendent of Schools. He is
to begin his duties July l.
Wounded at Argonne.
Mr.. Martin, SIS. is a native of
Independence, Grayson County,
Va, and a veteran of World War
I. He was wounded in action in
the Argonne.
His parents moved to a farm
near Hughesville in 1917 and Mr..
Martin stayed there a few months
after he left military service in
1919 before he enrolled at Berea
College in Kentucky.
He worked his way through
Berea and was graduated in 1922
with a bachelor of arts degree.
Later, he majored in agricul-
ture at the University of West
Virginia and was graduated with
a bachelor Of science degree. He
earned master Of arts degree
at the University Oh Maryland
and in 1926 was named principal
of Brandywine High School. He
has been principal at Hughesville
since the school was opened in
1927.
Schools Have Been Merged.
He lives at Townshend with his
wife, the former Rae Glover of
Morgantown, w. Va. They have no
children.
Mr.. Gwynn taught at Baden
elementary school for two years
and was principal of Surrattsville
High School from 1914 to 1918
when he moved to Charles County
and was appointed school super
intendent.
Evening star., 1951-05-28
Neighbors Aid Family
After Home Burns;
Three Leap 10 Safety

A family who lost its home and
possessions in a fire yesterday was
being helped today by sympathetic
neighbors.
| More than 5000 and clothing
were collected for the wife and
three children of Lester E. Bur-
rows. 80, of 721 Farragut place
NE. The father was in Casualty
Hospital with burns suffered in
helping rescue the family and
fight the fire.
An even more tragic ending
may have been averted by James
M. Morse, %. a Marine veteran
who lives in the other half of the
lsemidetached home. Mr.. Morse
returned from work about S am.
yesterday in time to see flames in
the Burrows living room.
Smashed Front Door.
He smashed the front door to
arouse the household, and took
the Burrows 3-year-old son Tom
my from his fathers arms. After
attempting to fight the fire with
a rug, Mr.. Morse ran outside
again.
Mr.. Burrows wife, Alice, 80,
and their daughters. Barbara, 16,
and Ruth, IL, were on the front
porch roof. At the insistence of
onlookers, they leaped full story
as Mr.. Morse and another neigh
Dor, Robert H. Duvall, tbs Far
ragut place, attempted to break
the fan Mrs. Burrows suffered
/ a sprained ankle, but the girls
were uninjured.
| Meanwhile. Mr.. Burrows had
run back into the home for his
wife and daughters, unaware they
had been saved. He was burned
severely and later collapsed on
the front lawn.
Little Clothing Saved.
Mr.. Burrows, a coil cleaner for
the Quality Coil Co., was buying
the home and had fire insurance
on it. However. all but the scanty
clothing the family was wearing
went up in flames. as did furniture
and other possessions.
Mr.. Duvall and others began
taking up a collection in the
Ineighborhood while Mrs. Burrows
and the children went to the
home Of her sister, Mrs. George
Kerr, 1340 D street Sc.
Steps were taken today to have
Mr.. Burrows. an Army veteran
OF World War II, transferred to
Mount Alto Hospital.
Evening star., 1951-05-28
Copt. Korig to Address
Olney Church Festival

Capt. Walter Karig. U. S. NJ.
author of three best sellers, will
speak at 2:30 pm. Wednesday
at the May Festival on the grounds
of st. Johns Church, Olney, Md.
The festival will open at 10
am. with a garden mart. Serv-
ices will be conducted in the
church at 1870. Lunch and sup
per will be served. Proceeds will
be used for the church's building
fund.
Evening star., 1951-05-28
Congress Fails
In Civil Defense
Caldwell Says
Protection Is Nil
Due to Funds Slash,
Official Declares

The Nations civil defense CHIEF
today charged that Congress has
completely failed" to provide
adequate protection of lives anc
property IN event of enemy at.
tack. .z-.e
Administrator Millard Caldwell
leveled his broadside at Capitol
Hill in a letter to Ohio's Gov
Frank j. Lausche, chairman of
the Governors Conference. He
wrote in reply to the Governors
request for an analysis of the
civil defense program in terms
of the appropriation.
The Civil Defense Administra-
ton had asked for $403 million,
but thus far Congress has al
lowed but $31.75o.000.
"Time to Stop FiddIing"
81 have faith that in time
and I hope that the time is not
too late" Mr.. Caldwell wrote,
"the Congress will recognize the
fact that an informed. organized
and trained public is q full CO.
partner with the military forces.
Civil defense is either neces-
sary or it is not. Congress should
make the decision quickly. It's
time to stop fiddling."
A major portion of his plans
for assistance to the States has
been stopped cold" he said, be-
cause Congress has appropriated
nothing for Federal purchase of
essential needs for fire. warden,
rescue and communication serv-
ices and for Federal contribu-
tions for the building of shelters.
He called the $4,000 allowed
for warning service 'insignifl-
can't" The Civil Defense Ad-
ministration had asked for $5,-
$4,000.
"Unrealistic," He Says
Nothing was allowed for Fed
eral stock-piling of medical, well
fare and engineering supplies, he
said, and thus heavier burdens
were placed on the States.
Setting aside $40 million for
medical organizational equip
ment and supplies on a matching
fund basis was "unrealistic," he
said, because of limited funds
available to States.
Just how serious an effect
this will have on public accept
ance of the need for civil defense
remains to be seen," Mr.. Caldwell
wrote.
Despite the fact that less than
10 per cent of the funds asked
has been voted by Congress, the
training and public education, as
well as other activities Of FCDA,
would proceed with all speed and
effectiveness possible, Mr.. Cald-
well assured the Ohio Governor.
Evening star., 1951-05-28
Timothy SWEET Elected
By Purkfuirfux Group

The Parkfairfax Community AS
sociation has elected Timothy
lSwett as president.
Other officers chosen included
DR.. Christopher j. Murphy, jr.,
first vice president: Mrs. Wallace
A. Darrah. second vice president:
Mrs. William D. Hunter, secretary,
and Mrs. S. Louise Garrett, treas
Iurer.
Evening star., 1951-05-28
40 and 8 in Alexandria
Elects Charles Moter

Alexandria Voiture 934 of the
Society OF 40 and has elected
Charles Moter as chef de gare.
Other new officers of the vet
erans group are Frank Norby, Ed
ward Dunn. ST., John Poteet, jr.,
William F. Gordon, Arthur r.
Cavanugh, Edwin L. Powers.
Frank Taylor, Charles Ward, Err
nest Hinkins and Sam Crawfqkd.
Evening star., 1951-05-28
Girl Scouts Registering
For Alexandria Comp

Registrations will be accepted
until Friday for the Alexandria
Girl Scout summer day camp
which will open June 18.
Mrs. William Baer, day camp
chairman, said Girl Scouts who
want to attend the camp should
apply at the headquarters, 1912
Prince street. The camp will be
open to Scouts between the ages
OF Z and 18 who are interested in
learning outdoor skills. Camp
session will be held every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday between
June Is and July 13 from $3.50
am. to $3.50 pm. in the wooded
area back Of the George Mason
School. 2601 Cameron Mills rosN,
Evening star., 1951-05-28

academy chaplain, told the gradu-
ating class Life begins not only
when one has commission in his
hand but also a mission in his
heart"
The academy announced yester.
day that So graduates will be mar
ried at half hour intervals after
the commencement exercises.
The weddings are scheduled to
begin at 2 pm. Friday and will
continue until $3.50 pm. Those
held on the hour will be in the
academy's Main Chapel and those
on the half hour in st. Andrews
Chapel.
The same schedule will be fol-
lowed on Saturday with weddings
scheduled from $50 am. to $3.50
pm. Twelve weddings will be held
on Sunday and the final three are
scheduled for next Monday.
Those from the Washington
area who will be married in the
traditional June Week weddings
include:
Alfred w. johnson. jr., of Drexel
Hill, Pa, and Miss Lois Ann john
son, daughter of Mrs. Beatrice ].
Coles, 1888 Ogden street NV.
Others Are Listed.
Charles D. Morrow of Los Gatos.
Calf. and Miss Lynne A. Richard
son, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
=. Richardson, 1901 Queens Chapel
road, Mount Rainier, Md.
Thomas G.. McCreless, jr., Of
San Antonio, Tex. and Miss Nancy
Lee Ament, daughter of Mrs. E. r.
Ament. 1907 Connecticut avenue
NV.
Stanley E. Rattazzi of Oakland,
Calf, and Miss Alice P. Cargar,
daughter of Mai. and Mrs. Harry
". Cargar. 618 Beverly drive. Alex
andria.
Francis G. Balderston of Pa
onia, Colo, and Miss Betty Jean
Solomon. daughter of Mrs. ]. A.
Solomon, 223 Orange street Sc.
Robert Brodie. III, son of Capt.
and Mrs. Robert Brodie, jr., 6503
Maple avenue. Chevy Chase, and
Miss Marjory G. Oakley Of Hert-
ford, N. c.
David r. James, of Minneapolis,
Mimi, and Miss Elizabeth L.
Humphrey, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen N. Humphrey, 130 West
Leland street. Chevy Chase.
Leland S Kollmorgan of Glen
dale, Calf, and Miss Dorothy E.
Weimer, daughter Of Capt. and
Mrs. E. L. B. Weimer, sos Belle
View boulevard, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1951-05-28
ned Trio Boks Business nroods at BoIeys Cross Rood

acres Of level ground, about the
only truly level land in the area.
1t was assembled by John and
Charles Benn and their associates
before the war at a cost of about
100000.
Offers Turned Down.
Now they are turning down Of
fers Of more than 100000 for the
property which would be ideal for
an apartment development. Peo-
pie who run airports like to make
money, but they also like to be |
around planes. The Benns have
been as adamant as Mr.. Payne.
About go plane owners pay $15I
a month for the privilege oil
parking their planes-or tying
them down-in the open field.
Some 10 others pay $50 a month
to keep their planes under a roof
in the hangers.
Beach Rides Popular.
Birthday rides are getting toI
be an important part of the busi-
ness Of these livery stables of
the air. The proud father shows
up and gets his boy air-minded
on the seventh to twelfth birthday
and both get a big kick out of it.
Beach rides in the summer also
are important. A happy family
of four will be flown to Atlantic
City for a day in the surf for $75.
Beyond the cross roads Colum-
bia pike again dips into a little
valley and the water can be seen
spilling over the dam that was
built to supply Alexandria with
drinking water. The reservoir
above the dam is an attractive
lake with woods on all sides.
When the water company OBJ
tanned a larger supply last year BY
running pipe line to a hydroelec-
trio dam on the Occoquan near
Lorton, there was a move to make
a park out of the Holes Run Lake.
But nothing came of it. The
property was sold to a Boston
real estate syndicate which is de-
veloping it as Lake Bancroft.
Glass House Rising.
z. H. Skriver. glazier who
is building a house there with
plate-glass windows of the type
that keep in the heat in every
room overlooking the lake, told
this reporter that there are still
some waterfront lots available at
$4,000 and up. Next to it an
ultramodern house with pitched,
instead of gabled, roof is being
built which seems to be all glass.
It has a view of the lake in two
directions, in fact the lake seems
to lap the floors of the rooms. 1t
will be the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert L. Oshins of Falls Church.
According to plans both Co.
lumbia pike and Leesburg pike
will be widened to 9O-foot, four
lane highways. When that is
done the men who own the prop
critics at the corners probably will
be unable further to resist change.
In the meantime the old-fash-
Toned country-store buildings are
reminders of the not-so-distant
past. And the men in the stores
can still tell you how the Con-
federates set up their guns on
Munson's Hill. about a mile to
the north, and fired cannon balls
into Baileys Cross Roads.
And it was there that Julia
Ward Howe, while visiting a Union
encampment, decided that the
marching song with the doggerel
about John Browns body lies
mouldering in the grave" could be
vastly improved. Some accounts
have her sitting in tent there
by candlelight and composing her
verses. Others have it that she
wrote them in the old Willard
Hotel. At any rate she produced
the famous Battle Hymn of the
Republic"
Evening star., 1951-05-28
Portrait of Leo ToIstoy
Presented to MARYLAND u,

An oil portrait Of Count Leo
Tolstoy has been presented to the
University of Maryland by c. F..
Rowland, 1904 Sixty third avenue,
Cheverly, Md.
The presentation was made on
behalf of his daughter, Virginia A.
Rowland. and his son, James B.
Rowland, both university students.
Name of the artist who painted
the portrait is not known. Mr..
Rowland obtained the oil while
he was doing relief work in
southern Russia in 1922.
Evening star., 1951-05-28
HyottsviIIe, GreenbeIt
Win Lions Competition

The Hyattsville High School
Band and the Greenbelt High
School Majorettes have been
chosen winners of an area-wide
competition sponsored by District
&c Of Lions International.
The winners were selected Fri
day night at the District National
Guard Armory.
The Greenbelt Majorettes and
their manager, Mrs. Kathryn
Neibich, were also presented with
a trophy by the Greenbelt Theater
in recognition of their third sue
cessive victory in the Lions an
nual contest. District and South
ern Maryland schools participated
Evening star., 1951-05-28
Mrs. Jack Sugar Heads
Medical Society Auxiliary

Mrs. Jack Sugar has been
elected president Of the Prince
Georges County Medical Society
Auxiliary.
Other new officers are Mrs.
David Clayman, vice president:
Mrs. William Eisner, recording
secretary: Mrs. Ernest Sarao, cor
responding secretary, and Mrs
John Taught, treasurer.
The group voted to contribute
$50 to the county's infantile pa
ralysis fund; $40 to the local
crippled children's organization
and $25 to the tuberculosis asso-
citation. The group also plans to
pay $3.50 for recovering furniture
in the doctors lounge Of Prince
Georges General Hospital.