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Evening star., 1951-08-30

The prepetuation of Nelly Gus
tis' home Woodlawn, as a historic
musem was assured today with
an announcement of its acquisi-
ton by the National Trust for His
toric Preservation in the United
States.
The graceful home of George
Washington's adopted daughter is
located on Route l, IA miles from
Washington and only three miles
from Mount Vernon.
Three years ago, a group Of
prominent citizens, organizing as
the Woodlawn Public Foundation,
bought the 146-year-old mansion
in the interest of preserving it as
shrine.
All but about $45,o00 of the
SITS 900 purchase price had been
when the foundation
decided to transfer the property.
j. w. Rixey Smith, foundation
president, said the home was leased
on a long-term basis with the un-
drestanding that National Trust
will Immediately liquidate the ex-
isting Indebtedness and admins
ter the 126-acre historic property
for the benefit Of the American
people"
Evening star., 1951-08-30
Prince Georges Schools
Urge Pupils 10 Register

Prince Georges County children
who have not yet registered
should do so between 8 a. m. and
A p. m. tomorrow at the schools
they will attend, William S.
Schmidt, Superinten nd e n t cf
Schools, announced yesterday.
At the same time, Mr.. Schmidt
released the names of two new
elementary school principals.
They are Robert Runyan, Calvert
Homes Elementary, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Saunders, Accokeek Ele-
mentary.
approximately rs county ele-
mentary and high school princi-
pals are attending this weeks pre-
school conference at Suitland
High and Fairmount Heights
Elementary schools.
The sessions, which will end
tomorrow, include discussion
groups and talks by DR.. Margaret
Lindsey, associate professor of
education at Columbia University
Teachers College.
Evening star., 1951-08-30

reports he has sold 10000 Con-
federate flags in the past year.
The rebel flag is outselling the
Stars and Stripes two-to-one, he
said.
He doesn't know why.
Time was when he used to order
the Dixie banner a dozen at a
time. Now he's upped his order to
1000 each time the salesman
comes around after being caught
with his stocks down three times
this summer.
The fad has united two Blue and
Gray organizations. Both disap-
prove of such goings on.
Sweeps Country.
The craze is sweeping the coun-
try. A student in Troy, N. Y.
wanted two of the banners so
badly he sent a novelty store here.
Evening star., 1951-08-30
Barter Theoter
Rebels Against
Confederate Cash
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND. Va, Aug. 3d.
There was sad news from Abing-
don today-Virginias barter thea
ter no longer recognizes Con-
federate money.
1t happened last week, accord
ing to a Richmonder who was
there attending a performance oi
the Merchant of Venice" Robert
Porterf1eld, Barter theater director
long has had a sign tackled over
the ticket booth, saying:
Confederate money honoreo
here"
A tall stranger strobe to the
booth and plunked down a $2C
Confederate note.
Give tickets, please" he said.
Mr.. Porterfield handed out the
tickets, then reached up and re-
moved the sign.
Evening star., 1951-08-30
Cog or Gesture, the Rebel Bonner Is Waving Again

one individual that he wanted "to
make Truman jealous"
Some believe Dixiecrats started
the fad when they marched out
of the 1948 Democratic Conven-
tion.
Many sellers believe the move
ment began here last football
season, when Charlie Justice of
North Carolina came to play for
the Redskins. He's mighty SYM
boil to North Carolinians, who
followed him and the Tar-Heel
team before he came to the Skins.
Fad Fails to Die.
AS many as 400 flags were sold
in one day at Griffith Stadium
last fall. But unlike other fads,
this one hasn't died out during
the summer. Instead, 1t has
grown.
When Gen. Macarthur came to
town last spring, and the feeling
against President Truman ran
high, vendors practically sold out
their stocks of the Dixie banner.
Most are sold to younger people
college age and below, vendors
say.
Harry Corbman, who has sold
novelties for six years at Griffith
Stadium, says he and other
vendors sold hundreds of flags to
children this summer. New Eng
land kids are better customers
than those from the South, he
says.
Opposing Groups Agree.
In close harmony on the sub
ject are the Daughters Of Union
Veterans of the Civil War and the
United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy. They agree the practice is
Ia poor showing. An officer of the
Union organization said they
don't appreciate the f1ag-waving
especially because the American
flag isn't flown along with it,"
Miss Liza Ellen Carpenter, al
national officer of the Confederate
group, said the question has come
up at meetings before.
1--WE don't like such common
and casual use of the flag" she
said. 1--WE frown on it being used
for political and commercial pur-
poses."
But one young man flying the
Southern colors on the aerial of
his 1889 Virginia licensed Ford
was asked: do you use the flag
as an expression of your hostility
toward the administrations"
Huh" he said, whats that
again?"
do you fly the flag to show
you're against Truman?" he was
asked.
We'll, I don't know" he re-
piled. He reflected a moment and
then drawled, II just lax 1t. II
lax it,"
Evening star., 1951-08-30
D. {. Church 0rganist
Is Critically Injured
In Virginia Auto Crash

William F. Watkins, 30, organ
ist of the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church, was injured crit.
ically last night when his cal
collided with a loaded gravel
truck on Route l, north Of Rich
mond.
He was admitted to the Med
ical College of Virginia Hospital
in Richmond.
Mr.. Watkins has been organist
at the New York Avenue Church
since 1947. He also has made
concert appearances here and II
other parts of the country. HI
is a native of Danville, Va.
Two years ago he won a $1,00C
young artist award of the Ma
|tional Federation of Music Clubs
He is a graduate of the Peabody
Conservatory in Baltimore. where
he received two prizes for distin-
guished scholarship and an Artist
Diploma, the eighth awarded since
1882.
Recently he had been vacation
ing in Blackstone, Va. and he was
en- route to the home of friends
in Richmond at the time of the
accident, about 6 pm.
He lives at 1900 H street NV.
A brother, Kirk Watkins, jr. of
Alexandria, is a pilot with Capital
Airlines.
Evening star., 1951-08-30
Quarrel Over Display
OF Confederate Flag
In VFW Quiets Down
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 30
A very uncivil war threaten
ed to break out yesterday be-
tween North and South
contingents at the Veterans
of Foreign Wars encampment.
Louis A. Salmon of Lynn,
Mass, called for an investi-
CATION of the practice of some
Southern delegates of dis
playing the Confederat flag
in VFW formations.
Warren S. Reese, jr., State
commander of Alabama, thun-
dered:
eff you try to drive the
Confederate flag from this
organization, you're driving
the South out. We of the
South are proud of our flag.
Yankee Doodle" is played
and we never object"
The Yankee retreated, the
Dixie defender quieted down,
and both sides tabled the
whole matter.
Evening star., 1951-08-30

a check for $3.50. The small flags
sell for So cents each.
A man in South Dakota sent
a check for two large banners. A
woman in Elkhorn, Wis, wrote
that she obtained the stores ad-
dress from Senator Byrd.
Two Southerners, or pseudo
SouthernerS, in Brooklyn, sent
orders for flags of silk.
A Washington distributor re-
ports, they're selling like hot
cakes"
A Washington flag manufac-
turer said: 1--WE sold more in the
last nine months than in the last
Is years."
Soldiers Buying.
Yankee visitors get big kick
out of buying the Confederate
flag. It seems they think they've
Evening star., 1951-08-30
Woman Leaves S., 900
To Guithersburq Home

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Aug
30.-The sum of $1,000 is be-
queathed to the Methodist Asbury
Home for the Aged at Gathers
burg, Md, and $1,000 to Trinity
Methodist Church in the will of
Miss Carrie Mong Roush. who died
here last week.
Miss Roush also left $4,000 to
a cousin. Mrs. Grace Mong Small,
Bethesda, Md, who had been Miss
Rouch's companion for some time
at the home here.
Evening star., 1951-08-30

stumbled on the last vestige Of the
rebellion"
The movement is spreading. The
Associated Press reported a flag
manufacturer in Columbia, S. c.,
is selling large quantities to SOL
diers of the 31st Infantry Division
training in nearby Fort Jackson.
Teen-agers in Patterson, N. j., are
ornamenting automobiles with
Junior sized editions of the flag,
and the movement is spreading
throughout the State.
War correspondents in Korea
write of seeing tanks and jeeps
bearing the flag.
What's the reason for this mass
buying?
II don't know" says a dealer in
flags and pennantS. II think
they're all nuts"
Another reported he was told by
Evening star., 1951-08-30
Greenbelt Services
Opens Coop Market

A new cooperative supermarket
was opened yesterday at New
Hampshire avenue and East West
highway. under the sponsorship
of Greenbelt Consumer Services.
Attending the formal opening
were Mayor Ross Beville of Ia
koma Park. Federal Trade Com
John Carson and Repre-
sentative Marshall, Democrat, Of
Minnesota. The new market is
owned by 5000 resident patrons,
but is open to the general public.
Evening star., 1951-08-30
9 Maryland Men Return
From Korean War Zone

Nine nearby Maryland men are
among the latest Korean veterans
to return to this country under
the rotation policy. They are:
1t. Ronald L. Glendinning, An
napolis; Corpl. George w. Cramp-
ton, Hillside; 1t. Harry w. Gray,
Poolesville; Corpl. Pulliam J. Bell,
Annapolis; Corpl. Richard L.
Brown, Clinton.
Corpl. William F. Riokett, jr.,
Hagerstown; Sergt. Joseph E.
Wharton, 4108 Crittenden street,
Hyattsville; Corpl. Robert M.
Young, Brandywine, and Pfc.
Johnson B. Glenn, Severna Park.
Evening star., 1951-08-30
Rabbi Jerome M. Pines
Is New Beth Ell Leader

Rabbi Jerome M. Pines has
assumed the spiritual leadership
of the Congregation Beth Ell of
Montgomery County, formerly
known as the Bethesda Jewish
Congregation.
He is a graduate of New York
University and was ordained last
year at the Hebrew Union College
Jewish Institute of Religion in
New York. Rabbi and Mrs. Pines
are living temporarily in Takoma
Park.
Evening star., 1951-08-30
By Glenn H. Snyder

It's a silly gol burned fad, say
the damyankeeS.
It's an expression of hostility
against the Truman Administra-
ton, say the DixiecratS.
Whatever it is, the raging fad
for flying the Confederate flag has
got the managers of District
novelty shops and news stands
beaming.
One bewildered but happy man
ager of a downtown novelty store
Evening star., 1951-08-30
Mass Protest
SET on Prices
Al Burke Site
Residents Complain
Thut ApproisoIs
Are Too Low

A mass protest is planned
against "ridiculously low apprais-
ais" of properties being acquired
by the Federal Government for
the Burke (Va) airport.
Several residents complained
that the prices set on their prop
critics by the Lands Divisions of
the Department of Justice are far
below present market value.
Murray D. Heron, owner of a
two-bedroom frame cottage and
81 acres of land at the junction
of Routes 645 and 643, said the
appraisal on his property, $4,000,
is so low that he will burn the
place down" before accepting the
offer. About year ago, Mr.. Her
rons said, he was offered $4,000
by a real estate firm.
The protests will be made, Mr..
Heron said, to the Justice De-
partment and the Civil Aeronaut-
les authority Administration be-
cause II don't want to spend
$4,000 fighting this thing in
court"
Mr.. Heron, a combat engineer
veteran of Europe and the Pa
cif1c, said he was advised in 1947
by Veterans Administration
physician to find a quiet country
place. He is a guard for the De-
partrnent of the Army.
Hardships Pointed Out.
''Ninty-nine per cent of the
people out here were just getting
on their feet" Mr.. Heron said"
and now this thing sets them back
again"
Arthur F. Beck, Office manager
for the National Society of Pro-
fessional Engineers, and Roy H.
Carson, owner of a general store
on Route 643, also have probited
the appraisal.
Other property owners in the
area are also up in arms" over
the Government appraisal figures.
Mr.. Heron said.
Mr.. Beck said that his three
bedroom home on two acres of
ground had been appraised by the
Government at $4,000, which he
considers at least $4,000 too low.
Mr.. Carson said that "the $25,-
900 the Government placed on
my place is $4,000 less than was
offered two years ago."
Some Figures Not Final.
The chief of the Justice De-
partment's Lands Division, A.
Dewitt Vanech.' said today that
the figures given some of the
residents are not final but are
preliminary appraisals being made
now so that residents who wish to
do so can find other homes before
school opens.
This policy was adopted, Mr..
Vanech said, at the request of
residents who disliked the pros
pect of having to take their chill
dren out of the Burke school in
the middle of the school year
when the entire airport site must
be vacated.
On the basis of the preliminary
appraisals. all or part OF the
proffered price is posted with
Alexandria Federal Court so that
residents can draw on it and use
it to buy a new home, the official
said
The final figures will be avail
able before January. he added, and
will be reviewed by the divisions
chief appraiser after being set by
a group of five appraisers, one
from the District and four from
Virginia.
Evening star., 1951-08-30
Building
Delay 10 Add 10
Vacation
-
Western Suburban
Junior High Slated
To Open Sept. "a

Failure Of Montgomery County's
new Western Suburban Junior
High School to open on time next
month will give its students an
additional two-week vacation.
The school, located on Massa-
chusetts avenue extended, will
open its doors for the first time
September 24-two weeks after
classes resume at other county
schools.
Western Suburban is designed
to relieve overcrowding and pre-
vent double shifts at Leland, the
only other Junior high school
serving the Bethesda Chevy Chase
area.
Registration Dates Set.
Registration for students en-
tering the seventh grade at West
ern Suburban will. be held from
9 am. to 3 pm. next Thursday at
Westbrook Elementary School,
Baltimore avenue and Allen road.
Eighth and ninth-grade students
will register during the same hours
the following day, also at West
brook.
On September 10, Seventh-grade
pupils will meet at WeStbrook tn
plan with teachers on the years
work. Eighth-grade students will
meet there September II and
ninth-grade students, September
IL.
School buses will provide trans
portation to and from Westbrook
for all students attending the
meetings, except those living be-
tween the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road and Western avenue. Stu
dents should be at the bus stops
used last year by $50 am.
Registration for students enter
ing the Chevy Chase Elementary
School for the first time will be
held from 9 am. to noon and /
to pm. next Thursday and Fri
day at the school, Valley and
Rosemary streets.
New Principals Named.
Meanwhile, the Board of Educa-
tion announced the names of new
school principals. They include:
Ray Flanary, Clarksburg Ele-
mentary; Miss Helen Cheezum,
Rdllingwood; Henry c. Gregory,
Western Suburban Junior High;
Miss Martha Satterf1eld. Gathers
burg Elementary; Charles Hoover,
Damascus Elementary.
John M. King, Silver Spring
intermediate; Mrs. Helen M.
Johnson, Four Corners Elemen-
tary; Mrs. Antoinette McKeever,
Woodlin: Sydney DorroS, Rolling
Terrace: Robert A. Gibson, East
ern Suburban Junior High; Mrs.
Margaret T. Jones, Rockville
consolidated colored elementary,
and Louis Monk. Rockville colored
Junior high.
New elementary school super
viSors appointed are DR.. Magdalen
Eichert and DR.. Clara G. Strate-
meyer. Miss Cornelia Lorraine
Stiles was appointed a supervisor
for colored elementary schools.
Also appointed we're DR.. S. r.
LeMay, in charge of tests and
measurements for elementary
school guidance; Harold r. Pack
ard, junior high school supervisor,
and DR.. Cecile B. Finley. school
psychologist. !
Evening star., 1951-08-30
Silver Spring Office
OF OPS Opens Sept. II

The Office of Price Sterilization
will open an Office in Silver Spring
September II to assist business
men having problems with regula-
tions under the price stabilization
program.
The Office, to be at 8616 Georgia
avenue. will be open from 8 a. m,
to 5 p. m. every Monday.
Evening star., 1951-08-30
Low Bid on Bridge Liqhts

BALTIMORE. Aug. 80 P.-The
State Roads Commission reported
yesterday the Blumenthal- Kahn
Electric Co. bid of $205,500 was
the lowest of three opened for the
installation of navigation and ap-
proach lighting facilities for the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
Evening star., 1951-08-30
Chesterbrook School Teu

The Chesterbrook CVa.) School
will hold a pre-school tea at pm.
tomorrow for parents of children
entering the school this fall.
Browning chief., 1951-09-21

Am entitled TO beusiou3
Mrs. c. 81. G., Leuiaou, Idabo.
A. If you have no dependent chill.
dren and no income which exceeds
81 600 or if you have dependent
children and an income which does
not exceed $4,000 you are entitled
to a pension if your husband served
W days or more and was dis
charged under conditions other
than dlshonorable This condition
does not apply if he was discharged
after less than 80 days service for
servlce-connccted disability At
the time of his death he must have
been entitled to receive compensa-
ton. or retirement pay. You should
apply to your nearest VA office.
and explain the circumstances to
them.
=. "ani to name my tuo cbI-
dre" Is benehciaries Of my n.-
HoHA 5err;ce life insurance boL
icy. bm Id like To arrange t5m
one Of them u:N rcce;re 50 Der
cent and fbe o.ber 10 Ter cent.
Is IBIS bo5Sibie' JB.B.. KrA5-
rifle. Ky.
A. Yes. You may specify who is
to get the money and how it is to
be paid out. Any VA office will help
you with details.
Q. expect 10 be discharged
from serriee soon, bar:ng been
hadIy barf in The line nj J,,,
Browning chief., 1951-09-21
Three New Officer Schools to Open Soon

Three new officer candidate
schools will soon begin operations
as part of a plan to increase oppor-
tunities for qualified personnel from
both military and civilian life to
obtain commissions in the army.
The new courses will be offered at
the engineer school, Fort Belvoir,
Virginia; the signal school, Fort
Monmouth, New Jersey; and the
armored school, Fort Knox, Ken
lucky. Courses will be five months
long. The officer candidate pro-
Browning chief., 1951-09-21
II q I\llRAtED u ERH,cE S
IeI51 {T71o1TE

(Send your questions about tbs
armed forces or any aspect of military
service to: Walter Sbeaa, Armea
Services Question Box, 1857 National
Press Building, Washington 4. D. C.
Answers wiH be given in ibis COL
1n1n.
4 IR national guard fighter squad
"a rons are now being equipped
with improved, later model air
craft. All squadrons in the conti-
mental United States now flying
FAT Thunderbolts, conventional
fighter used during World War II.
will be equipped with modernized
F-51 Mustangs. Under the present
schedule, the conversion should be
completed by the end of field train
ing this fall. 1t is planned that
eventually the Air Guard will be en-
tirely equipped with jet aircraft
Most of the squadrons which had
already converted to jets were
among those called to active duty
following the outbreak of the Ko-
rean conflict
A rapid cure for malaria may be
provided by new drug, prima-
quine, now being tested extensive
ly in the field, the army has said
Tests already conducted indicate
that primaquine may be far more
effective treatment for malaria than
any other drug now in use. If field
tests of the drug prove satisfactory,
its use should greatly accelerate
the recovery of military personnel
returning from Korea who have
contracted malaria in that country.
However, further research is nee
essary to determine whether it will
prove as effective against the strain
of malaria found in Korea as it has
against experimental strains.
Q. My husband joined tbe
S.A.T.C. in LoHispille, KY, in
1918 and ,Vas in at tbe end OF fbe
Wa,. He died in November,
1887. am now almost 10
years Of age and need an income.
Browning chief., 1951-09-21

gram is soon scheduled to produce
5000 officers annually.
The army has recently an
nounced the production of a new
armored personnel carrier which
will take infantrymen to the front
lines along with the tanks, while
giving protection from small arms
fire and shell fragments. The new
carrier is designated the T18E1,
and was developed by the army
ordnance corps.
Smyrna times., 1951-04-12
This Weeks
Social and
Personal
Events
MISS Marie Faries
and Mr.. James Ford
Married SaturdaV

The marriage of Miss c. Marie
FAIRIES, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. Wells FAIRIES, Smyrna, and Mr..
James r.. Ford, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond R. Ford, of Kenton, took
place on Saturday, April Z at 2:30
o'clock. in Asbury Methodist
Church. The Rev. Walter L. Beck
with, pastor, officiated. The bride
was given in marriage by her faith
er. The maid of honor was Miss
Louise c. Conaway, Elkins Park,
Pa, a classmate at college of the
bride. Mr.. Alan Ford, Dover, broth
er of the groom, was best man. The
bridesmaids were Miss Betty
Boyce, Wilmington, Mrs. William
Minner, Miss Sally Bodley, and
Miss jeanne Deakyne, all of Smyr-
ma. The ushers were Mr.. James G.
Truax, Mr.. Harold Deakyne, Mr..
Robert Newman, and Mr.. Richard
Handsberry, all of Smyrna. Mrs.
John Fearon played the wedding
music. A reception at the home of
the brides parents followed the
ceremony. The bride wore a we'd
ding gown Of ivory satin trimmed
with Ponce de Leon lace, a finger
tip lenghth veil of illusion which
fell from a headdress of matching
lace, and she carried bouquet of
a white orchid surrounded by white
carnations, sweet peas, and lilies of
the valley. The gowns of the at
tendants were all of nylon mar
quisette, fashioned alike, the maid
of honor wearing mauve-colored
gown, two bridesmaids gowned in
mint-green and two in yellow.
They carried bouquets of spring
flowers. The brides mother wore
an ice blue crepe gown and a pink
camellia corsage. Mrs. Ford wore
toast color dress and a corsage
of pink roses. Mrs. w. J. M. Wrot-
en- entertained the members of the
wedding party at dinner preceding
the rehearsal on Friday night
Mrs. Lee Deakyne was hostess at
a breakfast for the wedding party
at her home on Saturday. Mrs. C.
]. Prickett, Mrs. William Minner
Miss Sally Bodley and Mrs. Charles
King also entertained in honor of
the bride. After a wedding trip the
couple will live in Smyrna, where
the bridegroom is associated with
the Warner w. Price Co., Inc.
Smyrna times., 1951-04-12
Pers on a Is

Corp. Earl Ford, u. S. Marine
Corps, and his family have return
ed to Cherry Point, N. Cater a
tive-day visit spent with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Ford.
Miss Julia Griffith returned home
this week after an Easter visit to
her cousin, Mrs. Paul M. Hesser of
Germantown, Pa
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee F. Slaughter
and children returned home last
Thursday from a weeks visit at
Daytona Beach, Florida.
Mrs. william B. owens enter
tanned her bridge club Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. Robert Sarde entertained
her bridge club Wednesday after
noon.
Mr.. George C. Rothwell has re-
turned home from visit with his
mother, Mrs. Sally Rothwell, ano
sisters of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Stephenson
of Suffern, N. Y. were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George G
Rothwell and Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
jaInin Johnson.