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Washington' News ARE SUSPENDED IN BOND RACKET QUIZ Warren Peake and Claude Reese Relieved of Duties } in Prince Georges. BOARD ALSO REQUESTS COPIES OF CASE RECORDS Officers’ Pay Halted Pending Com- pletion of Grand Jury's Investigation. BACKGROUND— Armed with afidavits taken from Washington motorists, Keystone Automobile Club attorneys ap- peared before the Prince Georges County, Md., grand jury in nearby ' Upper Marlboro October 19. They charged wholesale mulcting of auto- ists under a “bargain fine” system . operated through police-bondsman collusion. A week later the panel recessed, recommended a recall for. Jurther inquiry. The jurymen will Teconvene within a few weeks. ‘With the suspension of two police- imen and the request for copies of court documents, the Prince Georges County Board of Commissioners took the first step yesterday in an administrative inquiry into charges of law-enforce- ment irregularities. Although officially refusing to in- ftiate its own independent investiga- tion of alleged widespread graft, the county’s governing body actually en- tered the probe of police activities by yesterday’s action. The suspension of Warren E. Peake of Riverdale and Claude A. Reese of Berwyn was instigated by a suit filed against Bondsman Elmer Pumphrey in Circuit Court 12 days ago. The pair is named as arresting officers in the declaration of Raymond R. Iannucci of 308 Sixth street, who seeks $140 from Pumphrey. Affidavits Offered. ‘The commissioners unanimously Noted to request photostatic copies of case-disposition records from State's Attorney Alan Bowie. Recently im- pounded by the grand jury, the files ‘will be checked against affidavits taken by the Keystone Automobile Club from some 100 District drivers who charge mulcting by a police-bondsman tie-up. Informally approached by several members of the board, Bowie said he would permit the photostating “within several days” after he finishes prose- cution of Circuit Court cases. The commissioners’ request followed pleas | by citizens' representatives who ap- peared before the group to demand “some administrative action” yester- day. Harvey Cobb, attorney for the Key- stone Autamobile Club, told the board he would offer the affidavits, taken over a two-month period, for study by the board when the photostats are obtained. “In checking the court rec- ords against these statements,” he said, “the commissioners can definitely determine the extent of their police- men’s involvement in this affair.” Suit Studied By Board. Iannucei’s suit, studied by the board before issuance of the suspension order, does not cite the officers for corruption or collusion. It merely names them as the arresting police in the case, which, according to the decla- ration, was settled in court by an $11.70 collateral forfeiture after Iannucci had paid Pumphrey a $50 bonding fee and €101.70 for “fine and costs.” ‘The complainant avers he was ar- rested by Peake and Reese for exceed- ing 60 miles per hour. According to an attached court record copy, how- ever, the charge was reduced to ex- ceeding 45 miles per hour after Ian- nucci’s payment. The Washingtonian said he never went to court. Peake and Reese were also named in an afdavit given to Keystone by Jannucei prior to filing of the suit. ‘The complainant was one of several ‘Washington motorists who appeared before the grand jury. Suspended Without Pay. - During the commissioners’ stormy session yesterday, Cobb sald he had proof ‘“unalterably showing police corruption.” His appearance gave the Board its first official notification of the investigation. The commis- sioners voted down a resolution by their colleague, Vinton D, Cockey, who has consistently sought an independ- ent inquiry by the board. Chairman Perry Boswell declared the board did not “wish to interfere Wwith the legal process of the inquiry,” but he promised administrative action against any of the constables charged ¥ith malfeasance “upon substantial Proot.” = Reese and Peake were suspended ut pay pending completion of jury’s investigation. The order gollowed the appearance of Chief Jere- fmiah J. Crowley, who reiterated that Be had “no knowledge” of irregulari- gies In his department. The two of- fioers will be given a hearing if re- §TUDENTS TO SPONSOR " - MEDITERRANEAN FILM iudc and Art Centers to Be % Shown in Color Travelogue P at Corcoran Hall. ‘The International Students’ Society fwill sponsor the showing of a talking movie travelogue “Mediterranean ‘Holiday,” which depicts in color vari- ous music and art. centers in that area, at 8:15 o'clock tonight in Cor- coran Hall, 721 Twenty-first street, #s part of a Mediterranean night pro- gram. Participants on the program include Luigi Savelli, foreign exchange stu- dent from Italy; Elizabeth Burnett, accordionist; Platonia Papps, Vincente Garza and Alma Doyle, vocalists; Norma Abernathy, Josephine Urani, Roma and Eleanor De Simone, Rob- ert Bowers and William Robertson, dancers; Bukai Boysoy poem recitale 1st and Helen Stone, pianist. The Christenson School of Music s FREELAND BRAGG. SLUG FROM NECK LINKEDTOHOLD-UP Expert Says It Was Fired by Policeman at Two Bandits. A 38-caliber bullet taken from the .neck of Freeland Bragg, 29-year-old ‘Washington police character, was identified today as having been fired at two fleeing bandits during the hold- up of a restaurant at 1115-17 Seven- teenth street election night. Bragg, who was paroled from the District’s Reformatory at Lorton, Va., | last September 14, after serving part | of a three-to-five-year sentence for robbery, is in a serious condition in & Baltimore hospital with bullet wounds in his chest and neck. The wounded man previously had been identified as one of the bandits by Mickey Maiticos, proprietor of the restaurant, according to Capt. Wiliam J. Forrest of the Baltimore police. Maiticos went to the Maryland city to view the man with Detective Sergts. Elmer Lewis and J. K. Baker. Bullet Is Identified. Lieut. John Fowler, police ballistics expert, who examined the markings on the bullet, declared it was fired from the gun of Third Precinct Policeman Joseph Dellinger, who was in the res- taurant at the time of the hold-up. Dellinger fired one shot at the ban- dits as they fled with a cash register containing $100. Bragg, who lives at 1012 N street, was arrested here several times, once under the alias of James Wade How- ard, Inspector Bernard W. Thompson, detective chief, said. On February 20, 1932, he was arrested for grand lar- ceny, but later was given a suspended sentence of a year and a day in jail. On September 26, 1932, he forfeited $5 collateral on a disorderly conduct charge. He gave the name James Wade Howard when taken into custody November 13, 1932, on a charge of at- tempted robbery. His personal bond was taken in this case, but three days later he was arrested for robbery and sentenced to from three to five years at Lorton. Second Man Tentatively Identified. Maiticos also was said to have ten- tatively identified a second man, who, with his wife, is being held by Balti- more police for investigation. The couple, identified as Ford and Mar- garet Clough, gave an address in Anne Arundel County, Md. Washington police plan to seek warrants to bring Bragg and the other man and woman to Washington, it was said at headquarters. Bragg dodged Baltimore police and hospital authorities several hours Wednesday before he was caught and placed in the hospital. He had gone to a doctor for treatment, but fled when a policeman called to question him. He was found later in a house in the suburbs, and told police he had shot himself. U. S. FIREARMS ACT IS HELD FLOUTED Records Disclose Only One Weap- on Was Registered in Last Year. By the Associated Press. Tax records disclose that gangsters and some ordinary citizens are flout- ing the national firearms act, which requires registration of purchases of sawed-off shotguns and sub-machine guns. During the fiscal year ended last June 30, the sale or transfer of only one such weapon was registered, al- though approximately 25 manufac- turers and dealers paid license fees for the privilege of handling them. Under the act, every sale or transfer to a person other than a law enforce- ment officer must be reported to the Internal Revenue Bureau. One Justice Department spokesman said privately that the violations were no surprise. “We certainly don't expect gangsters to come forward to register their weap- ons and be fingerprinted, and a $200 tax is frankly prohibitive to private citizens,” he said. “The purpose of the act was to give us a check on all weapons being manufactured. and to permit us to prosecute any persan found in possession 6f an unregistéred weapon.” 4 LEO A. MARSH DIFS ‘WESTPORT, Conn., November 6 (P .—Leo A. Marsh, 42, dramatic editor of the New York American and one of the first Broadway columnists, died at his home here yesterda; & year's illness arising from of ailment. A Saratoga, N. Y., was associated - @he Foening Sap WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1936. TEND. C. OFFICIALS 0 EXPLAIN COSTS AT FISGAL HEARING Operating Expenses to Be Discussed With Presi- dent’s Investigators. MEETING TOMORROW TO BE OPEN TO PUBLIC Comparisons With Department Overhead in Other Cities to Be Cited at Conference. BY JAMES E. CHINN. ‘Ten District government officials will go before President Roosevelt's Special Fiscal Relations Investigating Committee tomorrow, prepared to de- fend the operating costs of the various departments which they head. J. L. Jacobs, Chicago efficiency engi- neer and tax expert, who is directing the fiscal relations study, called the conference as a result of developments iwo weeks ago at & public hearing at which representatives of Washing- ton’s leading civic, business, profes- sional and labor organizations, made a vigorous plea for more equitable fiscal treatment of the District by the Federal Government. At that time, one of the members of the committee, Clarence A. Dykstra, city manager of Cincinnati, indicated he believed the costs of operating certain departments of the municipal government were execussive. ‘The meeting will be the second the committee has arranged since it un- dertoek the task of trying to determine & fair basis of fiscal relations between the United States and District gov- ernments. Two weeks hence, the com- mittee will hold another hearing at which the Commissioners and Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor and budget officer, will be given an opportunity to express their views on fiscal equity. Meeting Open to Public. Jacobs announced that the meeting with the department heads- would be open to the public. The first two hours of the proceedings will be broadcast by WMAL, as was done at the initial hearing two weeks ago. ‘The meeting is scheduled to start at 10 am, and indications are it will continue throughout the day. Aside from the department heads, Jacobs plans to hear any interested resident of the District who has any informa- tion that might aid the committee in solving the perplexing fiscal relations problem. Maj. Donovan himself will head the department heads appearing before the committee. Others designated to appear are: Fred Allen, tax assessor; Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police; Pire Chief Charles E. Schrom and Battalion Chief Edward R. Pierce; Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superin- tendent of schools; Capt. Herbert C. ‘Whitehurst, director of highways; J. B. Gordon, director of sanitary engineer= ing; Elwood Street, director of public welfare; Dr. George C. Ruhland, health officer, and William Zanten, supervisor of city refuse. For nearly two weeks these depart- ment heads, at the direction of the Commissioners, have been gathering information showing the cost of oper- ating their respective departments in comparison with similar departments in cities comparable in size with Washington. A special committee headed by Battalion Chief Pierce was created to assist the department heads in gathering the information. ‘The reports by the depart- ment heads cite the problems they are forced to meet, and why the costs of operating their departments, in some cases, exceed those in cities of com- parable size. PROBE INVOLVES D. C. POLICEMAN Washington Officer Accused of Making Arrest at Hyattsville. A Washington policeman today was brought into the investigation of law- enforcement irregularities in Prince Georges County, Md. Keystone Automobile Club attor- neys this morning were preparing to notify Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown of charges that a District officer made & traffic arrest out of his jurisdiction. According to an affidavit signed by Maynard Hollandsworth, 22, of 735 North Capitol street, a twelfth pre- cinct policeman arrested him for ex- ceeding 25 miles per hour at Hyatts- ville early Tuesday morning. ‘The complainant expressed doubt that the policeman had trailed him from the District since, Hollandsworth stopped at a Maryland service station and observed no automobile behind him." The affidavit declared that the officer, dressed in uniform, was travel- ing in his private automobile with his wife at the time. According to the Corporation Coun- sel’s office, the problem of whether wi policeman may make -a traffic arrest after chasing an automo- bile across the District line is & moot question. In his affidavis, however, Hollandsworth specifically charged no pursuit of his car. PARK OFFICJALS DEMAND CONCERT STAND REMOVAL L2 L Democrats Collect Unusual Election Bets s Left: settlement of an election bet. BY FEDERAL MEN Legislator and Son Held Fugitives—$2,000 Bail May Be Forfeited. A Nation-wide search by G-men for Representative John H. Hoeppel and his son, Charles J. Hoeppel, was in progress today at the request of United States Attorney Leslie C. Gar- nett, who described the pair as fugi- tives from justice. Some time this morning it was ex- pected that Justice Peyton Gordon of District Court would be asked to for- feit the $2,000 bail under which the | Hoeppeis are at liberty. Meanwhile officials here were await- ing & report from the United States marshal at Indianapolis, Ind., who has been asked to check a report that the pair might be in Evansville, Ind, where they have relatives. Both the California Representative and his son were convicted in District Court last December of conspiring to sell & West Point appointment for $1,000. Since then their conviction has been affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court has refused to review the case. The last heard from the Hoeppels was that they left their home in Arcadia, Calif, a week ago last | Wednesday, heading for Washington. | It was on that date that they should | have appeared before Justice Gordon | for commitment to prison to begin | serving sentences of from four months to a year each. PARK DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSED BY ALLEN Commissioner Speaks at Meeting of Silver Spring Citizens’ Association. Special Dispatch to The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., November 6.—Development of the public park system in Montgomery County by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission was discussed last night by Wilton T. Allen, park commissioner, in a talk before the Stlver Spring Citizens’ Association. Speaking of the site in the rear of the State Armory here, which the association has long been endeavor- ing to have made into a public play- Allen said that if the prop- purposes. Paul Taggart was elected a dele- gate to the Montgomery County Civic and effort to secure more adequate light- ing along Bonifant street. It was stated that a number of accidents have occurred on that street because of inadequate lighting. Formation of a committee com- posed of representatives of the vari- ous civic organizations in this area to co-operate in projects of mutual interest was proposed in a resolution. The plan was submitted to the Com- mittee on Legislation and Legal Ac- tion, for report at the December meeting. D. C. YOUNG DEMOCRATS PLAN VICTORY BALL BY the Associated Press. Young Democrats of the District of Oolumbia, assisted by clubs of nearby Virginia and Maryland, are planning & “Democratic victory ball” to be l‘::mnmwuhmmmmmw ‘The ball will be under auspices of Young Democrats’ Activities, Inc., of William Dagger, jr., who wagered on Landon, push- ing a peanut about the streets of Arlington, Va., yesterday, in Right: Edward M. Clem, jr., Shenandoah County’s Repub- lican commissioner of revenue, with F. L. Reynard, Democrat, of Edinburg, Va., as they started on a 6-mile trek by wheelbar- row route to Woodstock in the “pay off” of an election bet. —Star Staff and A. P. Photos. HOEPPELS SOURHT |Move to Nullify Reno Divorce Is Denied by District Court | Refusing to permit Mrs. Alice F. Swain, 1414 Juniper street, to deny the validity of a divorce she obtained in Reno, Nev, March 12, 1934, Justice Joseph W. Cox of District Court today dismissed a divorce suit she subse- quently brought here. He held that she was estopped from challenging the jurisdiction of the Reno court since she had submitted voluntarily to its jurisdiction in ob- taining a divorce from Robert W. District courts consistently have re- fused to recognize Reno divorces if residence there was established only for the purpose of obtaining a decree. Attorney Jean M. Boardman, repre= DUTIES OF THREE OFFIGERS SHIFTED Supervisory Work Is Redis- tributed for Keck, Fowler and Cox. Minor changes in the supervisory duties of the three officers overseeing departments and precinct detectives of the Metropolitan police force were announced yesterday by Inspector Bernard W. Thompson. The order was effective as of November 1. The shift gave'to Capt. Ira Keck, assistant chief of detectives, the Pub= lic Relations Bureau and relieved him of the robbery squad which was as- signed to Lieut. John H. Fowler, who also was given the auto squad. Lieut. C. P. Cox was assigned the fugitive squad, formerly held by Capt. Keck, and relieved of the auto squad.. Inspector Thompson said the changes were made “only to effect a more equal distribution of the work.” No changes, except those listed, were made in the duties of the three offi- cers, whose present assignments are as follows: Keck, supervision of de- tectives in the first, second and thigé precincts, the homicide, pick-up and check and fraud squads and the Pub- lic Relations Bureau. Cox supervision of detectives in the fourth, fifth, ninth and twelfth pre- cincts and the fugitive and clothing and jewelry squads. Fowler, supervision of detectives in the sixth, seventh, eighth and tenth precincts and the auto, narcotic and robbery squads. “SHOP EARLY” DRIVE OPENS NOVEMBER 27 Post Office Officials and Merchants Meet to Confer on Plans. ‘The annual “do your Christmas shopping and mailing early” campaign will start November 27, the day after ':lhnnkwxvmg. it was announced to- y. Officials of the City Post Office met yesterday to discuss plans for the with & committee of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation. John J. Hasley, committee chairman, said toy departments in Wi stores would open Novem- ber 16 to give impetus to the campaign. ‘William H. Haycock, assistant post- master, announced the Post Office De- partment will distribute cards advis- ing the public of “desdlines” for mail- ing Christmas to destinations in the United States and abroad. | Swain, 405 Tenth street northeast. k |and Miss Roberta P. senting Swain, explained that the court’s ruling does not reverse its gen- eral policy, but is based merely on the proposition that a person cannot deny the jurisdiction of the court if he has submitted to it and benefited from its decrees. In a suit here Mrs. Swain asked an absolute divorce on the ground of de- sertion and requested alimony. The Swain’s were married June 18, 1913. Early in 1934 the husband went to Reno, lived there for six weeks and filed suit against his wife. Mrs. Swain filed a cross bill and was awarded the decree with a property settlement and | small monthly alimony. MRS. LORING SAD ON ANNIVERSARY Mother Recalls Disappear- ance of Corinna Last November. Mrs. Frances Loring, her hair notice- ably grayer since the tragic death of her daughter, Corinna, a year ago this week, went about her work at her Mount Rainier, Md, home as usual today, but her heart was not in it. . Expressions of sympathy by kindly neighbors who recalled Corinna’s dis- appearance on November 4 and the finding of her garroted body on Saddle- back Ridge five days later, freshened the pictures in her mind, making her heart heavy. “Prayers? At church?” She queried in response to a question about possible services, “Why, I've prayed every night.” Disappeared Mysteriously. Corinna Loring disappeared mysteri- ously on the eve of her wedding to Richard Tear of Washington, an at- tendant at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. The next trace of her was the finding of her body in & wooded section several blocks from her home on November 9. Time has not erased the tragedy from the mother’s mind, and she de- clared she could “never forget.” “Sometimes I feel like giving up,” Mrs. Loring said, “but I don’t.” Busy About House. Sadly, the broken-hearted mother told of attempting to divert her mind by attending the Mount Rainer Meth- odist Church, where Corinna taught Sundsy school. Always an ardent church-goer, Mrs. now teaches both an adult and children’s Sunday school class. ‘The mother busied herself about the house, as carpenters beat a steady tatoo on the dwelling at 3110 Beach street, where they are putting finishing touches on an upstairs ad- dition. . Referring to the crime, Mrs. Loring said, “Some day they'll clear all this nmry_ up. It'll be much better that way. Meantime, police are still investi- gating the case, and recently appeared before tHe Prince Georges County grand jury. It was indicated at that time that police knew the murderer, but lacked evidence for a conviction. —_—,———— MRS. ROBERTA HIGGINS DIES OF BRIEF ILLNESS pecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., November 6. Mrs. Roberta Higgins, 74, widow Prank Higgins, died yesterday home here following a She is survived by two daughters—Frank H., - fier i i Er Mrs. W. Velentine Wilson, ville, and Mrs. Ray dianapolis, Ind. ‘The funeral will a.m. tomorrow from of W. R. Pumphrey in Rockville Union Mrs. Higgins was & of Rockville and vicinity. years she was an active Rockville Christian long been prominent U. and other % | H i 1 | | ? i =8 ok 9 | JEWISH VETERANS PLANCELEBRATION Series of Armistice Affairs to Begin Tonight and End Tuesday. A series of Armistice affairs, begin- ning tonight and ending with a big Armistice eve patriotic celebration Tuesday night at the Jewish Com- munity Center, was announced today by Washington Post, No. 58, Jewish ‘War Veterans of the United States. Armistice services will be held to- night at Bnai Israel Synagogue, Four- teenth and Emerson streets, with Rabbi Lazarus in charge. Color guards of several veterans’ organizations in the District will participate. Music ‘will be furnished by the Navy Band. The post will sponsor a Nation- wide broadcast from Station WRC on Sunday from 1 to 1:30 p.m. Speakers will be Col. Alva J. Brasted, chaplain in chief of the Army; Rev. Edward A. Duff, chief of chaplains of the Navy, and Dr, Abram Simon, rabbi of Wash- ington Hebrew Congregation. Miss Dorothy Reddish will be the soloist for the program. The principal speaker at 8 pm. Tuesday at the Jewish Community Center will be Admiral J. M. Reeves, chairman of the General Board of the Navy. The Navy Band and the Fort Stevens Drum and Bugle Corps will furnish the music. Colors will be advanced by the Guard of the Legion. ‘Tableaux under direction of Ben Bar- nett will be offered by players of the Jewish Community Center Dramatic Association. Invitations to participate have been accepted by officers of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Army and Navy Union, Italian War Veterans, Irish War Veterans, Women's Over- seas League, Gold Star Mothers, United Spanish-American War Vet~ erans, G. A. R, Military Order of the World War and officials and personnel of the Veterans’ Administration. Albert W. Jacobson, commander of ‘Washington Post, No. 58, and Ben Bar- nett, general chairman, are in charge of arrangements for the Armistice observances. DEMOCRAT STRENGTH GREATEST IN HISTORY 75 Members in Senate and 334 in House Sets New High Mark in Congress. By the Associated Press. Not since 1869 has any party held such a large percentage of the Sen- ate’s membership as the Democrats won in Tuesday’s election, and records as far back as 1855 show no House majority to equal that assured in the new Congress. There will be 75 Democrats and 17 Republicans in the Senate which meets next January. In 1869, when Grant was President, the Republicans hit a high mark of 61 members, while the Democrats had only 11. This was a ratio of 82 per cent, slightly higher than the Democratic now. Since 1855 neither party has held as high a percentage of House strength as the 334 Democratic members elected ‘Tuesday will provide. The House will have only 89 Republicans. Numerically, the Democratic strength will be the greatest in the country’s history in both Houses. The previous high marks were the memberships of 322 Democrats in the House and 70 Democrats in the Senate last year. —_— WINNER OF ELECTION LEAVES ON VACATION Representative David J. Lewis ‘Will Spend Week at Boy- hood Home. BY the Associated Press. tative David J. Lewis, Dem- Md., Society and General PAGE B—1 IOKES AND DELANO 10 ASK PRESIDENT T0 BAR ABATTOIR Both Announce Plans to Carry Fight on Plant to White House. SOME DELAY LIKELY 4 IN PRESENTING DATA P. W. A. Housing Director Pre. pares Memorandum Hitting Proposed Project. Two prominent Federal officials, it was learned today, are awaiting their first opportunity to ask President Roosevelt to intercede in behalf of the public of Washington by blocking the issuance of a permit for Adolf Gobel, Inc., to erect a huge slaughter house and rendering plant in close proximity to present and planned park develop- ments in the Anacostia River area. Both- Secretary of Interior Ickes and Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, announced they are pre- paring to carry the fight to the White House immediately. Delano wrote the District Commis- sloners today asking them to defer issuance of the permit until he has had an opportunity to lay the facts before the President. Since Mr, Roosevelt returned to the Capital only today and is under business pressure of the highest importance, it is doubt- ful whether the two officials will be able to take up the packing house problem with him until tomorrow at the earliest. Meanwhile, Howard Gray, director of the P. W. A. housing division, had prepared a memorandum for Secretary Ickes to place before the President. ‘This was done at the request of Ickes, who is personally very much aroused over the projected maintenance of & “public nuisance” in an area of Wash- ington in which the Park Service has a tremendous interest. The site of the proposed packing house, at Benning road and Kenilworth avenue, both officials contended, would have an odoriferous effect on a large section of Washington. They do not believe there is any place in Washing= ton suitable for a packing house. Delano, the President’s uncle, told The Star today that he “will leave no stone unturned” in his efforts to keep the packing plant and its “offensive smells” out of Washington. He exe plained he regrets very much the first steps already taken to permit the foundations to be dug for the Gobel plant, especially as he had so much to do with keeping a packing plant out of Alexandria and Arlington County. Project Site in Area. Secretary Ickes recently started an investigation of the matter pending the President’s return to Washington. He is concerned not only on account of the park area, but also because the Housing Division plans at some future time to erect a large housing project near the site. Then, too, it was learned, & co-operative group of navy yard workers also is proposing to build low-cost homes in the neighborhood. A report on the plans of the Gobel company. as submitted to the District Commissioners, has been prepared for Ickes by an engineer of the Housing Division, H. S. Stoker, who is an ex= pert on packing plants. These plans, it was said, call for operations on & huge scale, requiring as many as 50 carloads of animals a day. Delano is particularly concerned be- cause of plans for the development of the Anacostia park area. He pointed out that the large park areas in that section had been provided so as to give the park system a proper balance, most of the parks now being located in the Northwest section. His experiences with packing house cone ditions in Chicago, St. Louis, Cincine nati and other cities, Delano ex- plained, are enough to convince him that no packing house should be op= erated in a city like Washington. It would be bad enough to operate even a small packing house anywhere within the city limits, he said, but the fact that the Gobel plans call for casing and rendering plants in addi- tion make it more than ever a pube lic nuisance. Sewer Damages Feared. Delano also pointed out the dam- aging effects which waste from these plants would have on the sewer sys- tem of the city. Such operations, in the opinion of Director Gray of the Housing Division, would seriously harm the section of the city along the Anacostia. “Any one going through a modern packing house, even an inspector, be« comes saturated with the odors,” he said. “That means that all the busses and street cars which the workers use on leaving the plant will be reeking with smells.” There is also to be considered, he claimed, the lowering of property val- ues in residential areas. Federal officials are in communica~ tion with the city authorities of Lynche burg, Va., who recently forbade the establishment of a second packing house. in the city. This investigation was being done by F. H. Walton, a specialist in packing house plants for the Indian Bureau of the Interior De- partment. Secretary Ickes, it was bee lieved, probably would lay all the facts in his possession before President Roosevelt within the next few days. BAND CONCERT. By the Army Band in the audie torium at 4:30 p.m. today. Capt. Thomas F. Darcy, conducting. Program. March, “Pasadena D‘ly"....Vflnfll Caprice on Spanish Themes; “Capriccio Espagnole,” Rimsky-Korsakow Xylophone solo, “Splittin’ Kindling Wood” Charles Hershey, soloist. Polka from the opera, “Schwanda, the Bagpiper,” ‘Weinberger Persian dance from the opera, “Khovanstchina”