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FIGHT ON ABATTO IN STRONG REPORT Ruhland Proposal for Health Centers Backed by Citi- zens’ Groups. $250,000 SUM ASKED T0 BEGIN CONSTRUCTION Ei-ection of Slaughter House ‘Would Hurt Northeast Sec- tion, Speaker Declares. After protracted debate, the Fed- eration of Citizens’ Associations last night threw its support to Govern- ‘ment and civic forces which are fighting the proposed establishment of a new and enlarged abattoir in Northeast Washington by the Adolf Gobel, Inc. Opposition to erection of the plant was adopted on a strongly-worded report laid before the federation by Dr. Charles B. Campbell, chairman of the Public Health Committee. In another action, the body ap- proved the proposal of Health Officer George C. Ruhland for establishment of a system of health ceriters for the diagnosis and treatment of con- tagious diseases, and urged the pro- vision of $250,000 in the budget for the next fiscal year for construction of one such building. The District Commissioners recently refused to issue a permit for the abattoir, after extended consideration, and the issue now is before District Court. Heated Debate Develops. Heated debate developed over the motjon of Dr. Campbell when a fight for support for the project, or for delay in action by the federation, was raised by A. D. Calvert, delegate from the Lincoln Park Association. By a substantial margin of votes, the federation declared finally the erection of the proposed planf would ereate “a nuisance to the city, a blight on property values in the vi- einity of the site and would consti- tute a backward step to the city plan.” ‘The report insisted the National Capital should be free of large manu- facturing plants “with their unsightli- ness and nuisance due to their oper- ation.” “The Federal and District govern- ments have expended in East Wash- | ington millions of dollars to beautify and improve the whole general sec- tion near the proposed plant,” the | statement added. “Some of the im- provements are an enlarged Gallinger | Hospital, a public housing project | to accommodate 400 families, Eastern | High School and other public build-| ings, and there are plans for a park and parkway from Civil War forts near | this slaughter house. Improvements Cited. “Also, improvement of Anacostia River, with a system of lakes and ns, & stadium for major athletic events, & new bridge over Anacostia River and a bridge in line with East Capitol street are contemplated.” There was long debate also over the | eommittee report urging support for the health center program of Dr. Ruhland. Harry N. Stull, federation vice president, won approval of an amendment limiting the support for appropriations to $250,000 for develop- “ment of but one health center build: ing during the next fiscal year. Th limitation was based on references to | the Distriet's financial problem. ‘The final action was taken on a! revision of the report on motion by David Babp, federation secretary. ROPER TO ADDRESS RESTAURANT GROUP | Regional Convention to Hear Sec- retary of Commerce—Wel- come by Hazen. Secretary of Commerce Roper will be the principal speaker at the three- day regional convention of the Na- tional Restaurant Association, which will open at the Mayflower Hotel tomorrow and continue through ‘Wednesday. | The Secretary will deliver his ad- dress at 8 p.m. It will be followed by‘ an informal reception for R. D. Clark | of Cleveland, president of the na- tional association. Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen will welcome the delegates at the opening - session tomorrow afternoon, at which 7 Julius Lulley, president of the Wash- %4ington Restaurant Association, will £ preside. s 4 During the convention addresses #also will be made by Brig. Gen. James A Drain of the Social Security Board, %W Prank -Persons, director of the “United States Employment Service; Miss Agnes I. Webster of the Bureau “of Fisheries and Miss Ruth Atwater “of the Home Economics Division of the National Ganners’' Association. Other Washingtonians on the pro- gram include Mrs. Frances Troy 2 Northeross, Ralph 8. Scott and Frank { Romer. * 1" On Tuesday there will be a tour of # the city and a visit to Mount Vernon, * to be followed by a luncheon for visit- 4ng women. The convention will close with & ‘banquet at the Mayflower in honor of the national officers Wednesday at £17:30 pm. A comprehensive exhibit of restau- { rant equipment will also be a feature “.of the convention. COOK TO GO TO MIAMI Rear Admiral Arthur B. Cook, chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, will head a delegation of officers going B .| of 2254 Cathedral avenue, suffered se- to Keep It, walking aloff his newspaper route yesterday, thinking sadly about Christmas, Santa Claus and a shiny new bicycle in a shop downtown that he would like very much to find beside his stocking on the 25th. His folks had been most discouraging when he mentioned the “bike.” Suddenly he stopped, reached to the sidwalk and picked up a small green wad. He unroiled it. His face bright- ened. Stephen had found a $20 bill! STEPHEN STEPHENSON, 13, was | pocket and finished delivering his pa- pers on the run. All along the route it kept running through his mind that the “bike” he wanted so badly | cost exactly $20. Very excited, he set out for home at 66 V street. When { almost there he stopped suddenly. A policeman was twirling his night stick | The boy stuffed the money into a | R Route Boy Who Found Bill Has Chance However. This “bike” belongs to the boy next door, but it's something like the one that Stephen Stephenson wants.—Star Staff Photo. across the street. The boy walked over, and with a slight hesitation pulled out the $20 and gave it to the officer. He explained where he had found it. o Stephen, a student at Langley Jun- jor High, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Stephenson, jr. His father is a clerk with the Federal Power Com- mission. Questioned about the incident, Stephen said that he thought maybe the person who lost the bill “might | need it a little more than I do.” “No, I don't think we can afford the bicycle for Stephen,” his mother commented, “despite his generous act. | You see, he's one of six.” But Stephen still has hope. If the police don't locate the owner in five days the money—and the “bike"—will | be his. THOHI BY AUTOS SFROUSLYWRE Man and Woman Run Down | on D. C. Streets—Two Others Victims. A 70-year-old man and a woman were seriously injured in traffic ac- cidents in the Djstrict yesterday and last night. | The man, identified by papers as| George Ward of West Swanzey, N. H., | was taken to Garfield Hospital un- | conscious after he was struck by a! machine at North Capitol street and | Rhode Island avenue. Ward, who later was learned to be visiting friends at 18 Evarts street, was said to have a punctured lung and perhaps a fractured skull. The car which struck him, police said, was operated by Joseph Benner, 59, of 738 Quincy street. The woman, Mrs. Alice Eggers, 56, vere head injuries, fractures of the leg and collarbone and internal in- juries when she was knocked down | in the 3100 block of Connecticut ave- nue. She was taken to Emergency. The automobile involved was op- erated by Howard H. Cloud, jr., 18, of 3911 Northampton street, according to police. He was released in custody of his parents on a technical charge of reckless driving. Other traffic victims included Etfa Bender, 35, of 607 Savannah street southeast, who received cuts on the leg when struck by a truck in the 2700 block of Nichols avenue south- east, and Robert Goodman, 7, of 11 M street, who suffered an ankle injury when struck near his home by a car. TOWN HALL TO HEAR - CUMMINGS TONIGHT Attorney - General Will Discuss U. S. Program for Crime Control. The Federal Government’s program for crime control will be discussed by Attorney General Homer 8. Cum- mings tonight at 8 o'clock, when he appears as principal speaker before the Town Hall of Washington at the Shoreham Hotel. The panel members for this session will include Eugene Meyer, publisher of the Washington Post and presi- M. CROUPHTS ST PAY RATE 300 Say Conditions Unfair in Attorney General Sur- vey Project. A Grievance Committee of the nearly 300 W: P. A. workers employed on & project known as the Attorney General's survey, lodged complaints at headquarters again yesterday against working conditions and what they said was the refusal of the Justice Depart- rates. Workers charged that the Justice Department is the only Federal agency in Washington which is discriminat- ing against relief workers in the mate ter of hours and wages. They are re- quired to work 140 hours a month to for similar work. This is explained at the Justice De- ferent financial budget. Because it budget for such work, the department was said to have received les$ funds for 1936 than actually: was required. ‘The Grievance Committee, whose names were withheld because of fears of “intimidation,” complained also about what it said was the rigid dis- cipline and a system of surveillance to which workers are subjected. W. P. A officials agreed that there was “something to the complaints,” but said nothing further. The workers on the Attorney Gen- eral’s survey, officials claimed, were carefully selected. The Justice De- partment not only fingerprinted them but subjected their records to a rigid scrutiny. ‘Their complaints were received by Allan Forsberg, assistant director of labor relations at the W. P. A., who could do no more than explain the inability of headquarters to cope with the situation in the Justice Depart- ment. ‘The Attorney General's survey deals with prison and release records. SAMUEL VIGDERHOUSE RITES THIS AFTERNOON Funeral Services at 1 p.m. at Residence—Burial in Ohev dent of the Washingfon Criminal Justice Association; Walter Bastien, president of the District Bar Associa- tion; Margaret Hagan, field director of the Red Cross at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, and William Stanley, former Assistant Attorney General. RAIN PREDICTED TODAY; WARMER TOMORROW Occasional rain today, with warm- er temperatures tomorrow, dropping considerably tomorrow night, was pre- dicted by the Weather Bureau last to the air maneuvers at Miami, Fla., | night early this week. In the delegation will be Capt H. C. Richardson, Col. Ross E. Rowell, director of Marine Corps aviation, and his assistant, Maj. Harold C. Major; Lieut. Irving M. McQuiston and Lieut. Comdr. Joseph B. Lynch. Three squadrons of Marine Corps planes from Quantico will parcicipate in the Miami demionstration, as will a special three-plane teara from the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Fla. 1 A t. With the thermometer scheduled to reach 45 degrees at 3 pm. today, bureau heads said there was little possibility of snow, and if there would be, merely light flurries in the early morning hours. . The low for last night was fore- cast at 30 degrees. Officials explained very cold weather was being felt in the Northwest section of the country at -present, but would not predict whether it would reach this section. LN Sholom Cemetery. Funeral services for Samuel Vigder- house, 46, sales manager of the Carpel Co., local distrib- uting agency for & well - known food products concern, will be held at 1 p.m. to- Sholom Ceme. M- Viederhouse. tery. Mr. Vigderhouse was a native of Poland. For a number of years he conducted a grocery business at Georgia avenue and Newton street, until joining the Carpel Co. about 12 years ago. His death followed an illness of six days. earn from $55 up to about $70, it wgs | asserted, whereas the hours should be | reduced to about 90 a month to con- | form with those in other departments partment, it was said, as due to a dif- | had not expended ,its entire 1935 FSGAL RELATIONS CONFEREES WG GENERAL PROGRAN Roosevelt Committee and Citizens’ Groups Meet on D. C. Sum. REPORT TO BE FINISHED IN TIME FOR ’38 BUDGET 268-Page Brief Already Submit- ted in Effort to Settle Old Question. The special committee appointed by President Roosevelt to work out a solution to the troublesome fiscal relations problem between the Dis- trict and Federal governments held an executive conference yesterday with the Brief Committee of the Citizens’ Joint Committee on Fiscal Relations. J. L. Jacobs, Chicago efficiency engi- neer and tax expert, who is directing the fiscal relations study, declined to disclose the questions discussed. He said the conference was devoted to the “general program” of the Fiscal Relations Committee. Jacobs, however, said the commit- tee’s report containing recommenda- tions for settling the amount of the Federal payment toward District ex- penses, would be completed in time for the President to transmit it to Con- gress with the 1938 District budget. Several months ago the Citizens’ Joint Committee on Fiscal Relations, at a public hearing® held by the Fiscal Relations Committee, submitted a comprehensive 268-page brief contain- ing various arguments for fiscal equity between the United States and the District. The document was pre- pared by the Brief Committee of the organization, which yesterday met with the Fiscal Relations Committee. Members of the brief committee are: ‘Theodore W. Noyes, chairman; Ed- ward F. Colladay, vice chairman; L. A. Carruthers, chairman of the Fiscal Relations Committee of the Federa- tion of Citizens’ Associations; Robert J. Cottrell, executive secretary of the Washington RBoard of Trade; John Locher, president of the Central La- bor Union: Thomas E. Lodge, presi- itlent of the Federation of Citizens' Associations; B. M. McKelway and Jesse C. Suter. In addition to Jacobs, members of the President’s committee who took part in the conference were George McAneny, president of the Title Guar- anty Trust Co. of New York City; Clarence Dykstra, city manager of Cincinnati, and James Martin, chair- man of the Kentucky State Tax Commission. o COUNCIL TO PRESENT MINSTREL SHOW “Hot Peppers” to Be Given in Jewish Community Center Next Sunday. ‘The Service Council of the Jewish | Community Center will present “Hot | Peppers,” a minstrel show, at 8:15 ment to pay them at prevailing wage | pm. next Sunday in the center's auditorium under the direction of Bernie Fischgrund. A dance will be held after the show. Lee W. Cowan is general chairman of the event, assisted by Sadie and Anna Edlavitch, Irene Blumberg, Theresa Shefferman, Roggie Golden- ziel, Henrietta Halam, Sarah Gross- man, Rose Shatenstein, Hilda Levy and Mrs. Freddy de Laviez, Hirsh de Laviez, Henry Salus, Max Shack, Bob Boteler, Carl H. Portofee, Max Shulman, Myer Pumps, David Tavlin, Ben Goldstein, Dr. J. M. Fischgrund and Mr. and Mrs. Julius Lazerow. Members of the cast include: Mr. and Mrs. Al Denniberg, Mrs. Mary Sheers, Misses Edith Sherman, Doro- thy and Rose Cohen, Ann Tompkins, Blanche A. Horowitz, Tillye Braun, Thelma Leopold, Ethel Tobey, Jean- ette Kanstoroom, Eddie Walker, Lee W. Cowan, Sidney Ritt, Al Golden, Buddy Dreeben, Ralph Trupp, Hy Orling and E. James Shapiro. POSTMASTERS TOLD T0 SEIZE LIQUOR Mailers of Intoxicants Also Are Subject to Fines, Harllee Branch Warns. By the Assoclated Press. ‘With an eye on the growing pile of Christmas mail, Harllee Branch, Sec- ond Assistant Postmaster General, re- minded postmasters in a formal notice yesterday that “intoxicating liquors found in the mails are subject to con- fiscation and the mailers are subject to heavy fines.” Christmas liquor also came under the scrutiny of another Federal agency when the Federal Alcohol Administra- tion said the Government would “frown” on liquor advertisements using pictures or images of Santa Claus. “We don't approve of Santa Claus being used to promote the sale of liquor,” the officials said, “and are do- ing everything possible to discourage it. “We cannot ban the advertisements officially but we are advising dealers that the practice is inadvisable.” liquor ‘dealers have already Beverage Control Board that-they re- frain from employing Santa Claus ad- vertising matefial. Boston Doctor Honor Guest. Dr. Samuel A. Levine of Boston, will be the giest of honor at the an- nual meeting of the Washington Heart Association Wednesday night at the executive offices 1315 Nineteenth street. A buffet supper will be served. Guest of Overseas Writers. Dr. Hans Thomsen, counselor of the German Bmbassy, will be guest NEED LARGE SUM, ASSERTS SENATOR King Tells Teachers De- mands Exact More Build- ings and Space. TOO MUCH FREEDOM IN EDUCATION SYSTEM Modernistic Thought and Lack of Attention to Exact Sciences Hit by Chairman. Senator King, chairman of the Senate District ommittee, told the ‘Teachers Union of Washington that “it is apparent the District of Oo- lumbia schools must have a large appropriation” to meet present de- mands for more buildings and playgrounds. The Senator was the principal speaker at the annual luncheon of the union at the Carlton Hotel. * “I believe the schools of the Dis- trict,” he said, “are making a very satisfactory record, but it is apparent they must have a large appropriation to meet the need for more buildings and playgrounds and to keep abreast of the demands. We must take care of the young, no matter what the cost.” ' Senator King criticized what he termed “too much freedom” in the educational system. “There is too much modernistic thought projected in our schools. Too little consideration, for example, is given the exact sciences. There is too much freedom and too little con- centration on the part of the pupils. There is too much ‘do as they please.” Children should be taught to think and it will react to their everlasting advantage. 2 Restrictions Needed. “At present there are not enough restrictions, but we can go too far. I don't believe in repression, and 1 believe we can find & happy medium.” Senator King also suggested that school buildings be made available to boys and girls outside of school hours, and especially at nights, for com- munity clubs. He said such a policy would help to reduce crime among youths and he pledged himself to help in obtaining the funds necessary to carry out such a program. Mrs. Concha Romero James, direc- tor of the Office of Intellectual Co- operation of the Pan-American Union, described how the 21 republics in the union are exchanging ideas on the organization of public education in the several countries. She also described efforts now being made by South American governments to purge text books in their schools of derogatory statements about other nations. < Three Greatest Needs. Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, presi- dent of the Board of Education, asked the union to assist the board in ob- taining " legislation at the next Con- gress to meet “the three greatest needs” of the Washington schools. These she described as more teachers, more school buildings, and repeal of the red rider. Henry I. Quinn alsq urged the teachers to seek repeal of the rider and told not to accept any compromise, but te demand outright repeal. George M. Whitwell also made a brief address. Henry Gilligan, vice | president of the board; Dr. Harvey A. | Smith’ and Dr. Chester W. Holmes, | assistant superintendents, and Miss | May P. Bradshaw, new principal of Roosevelt High School, were intro- duced. Miss Mary Dent, president of the union, acted as toastmaster. About 150 teachers were present. FINNAN TO SPEAK ON PARK PROGRESS Public Talk by Superintendent Will Be Illustrated by Movies, Slides. Development of Washington's park system during the last three years will be discussed by Park Supt. C. Mar- shall Finnan at a public lecture at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the new Labor Department auditorium, Thirteenth street and Constitution avenue. Tlustrated by motion pictures and color slides, Finnan’s talk will cover development of the Mall, develop- ment of Union Square and the re- habilitation of more than 100 small park reservations. Finnan, who took over the park superintendency here in 1933, also will tell of the partially completed Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, the Mourtt Vernon Memorial Parkway, of the progress toward the development of the George Washington Memorial Parkway and of Anacostia Park, con- structign, of recreational areas on Co- lumbia Island, the Theodore elt Memorial Island and the recently completed. Meridian Hill Park, under P. W. A. authorization. AT T SALES UNIT HEARS TALK ON ‘FOOD DISTRIBUTION’ Drake M. Hubertson Guest Speak- er at Third A'nnual Banquet of D. C. Association. - | the American Federation of Govern- | XY! dent of the Maryland sentatives’ Association, of the Overseas Writers at & luncheon | tee, at 1 pm, tomorrow at the Carlton | master of Hotel. [ Officer L. D. Mason of the Park Police, now the only mounted officer in the District. He patrols Rock Creek bridle paths. —Star Staff Photo. NEW deal for mounted police in Washington has been worked out by Maj. Ernest W. Brown, and if budget officials fall in line with his request for funds he expects to form a horse squad to handle traffic and crowds. At present the Capital has only one mounted officer, L. D. Mason of the U. 8. Park Police, who patrols the Rock Creek bridle paths, ‘To carry out his plan Maj. Brown has inserted an item for $4,766.50 in his 1937 budget estimate to provide for the purchase of six horses, equip- ment and maintenance. Despite the fact the Capital's mounted force dwindled to one rider five years ago, after automobiles cut short the lives of some ‘horses and crippled others, Maj. Brown Iis strongly in favor of reviving this branch of the department. Successful in Other Citles. “In New York and other large cities where horses are used extensively in police work,” he said, “they are trained extensively for their dutied in handling trafic and crowds before they are placed in service. That is largely the reason for their success.” In addition to the toll taken by automobiles, the mounted unit was found to be much less effective in oute lying sections, where they were used, than two officers in a scout car. TRAFFIC WARRANT MEETING SLATED Changes in Methods Likely to Result Following Ses- sion Tomorrow. Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen will confer tomorrow with Corporation Counsel Elwood Seal and Police Supt. E. W. Brown on suggested new plans for issuance and service of warrants for traffic violations. Seal has suggested a new plan which would allow a maximum of 10 days of grace to motorists to make an appear- ance or post collateral after being given a ticket for a traffic offense. He said judges of Police Court and Maj. Brown had agreed on the need of some change in the present method although there had been no agreement as yet on the proposed new system. . A special committee of Distriet offi- cials also will meet early this week to consider modification of the system of revocation or suspension of driving permits for excessive speeding. ‘The purpose of the committee study is to lighten the congestion of cases of appeals filed with the Board of Revo- cation and Review of Operators Per- mits. The committee consists of Ed- ward W. Thomas, assistant corpora- tion counsel; Henry Nestor, police aide to Commissioner Hazen, and W. H. Murphy, secretary to the Board of Re- vocation and Review. WELFARE PROBLEMS CONFERENCE TOPIC Federal, State and City Officers and Agencies’ Representatives to Attend Meeting. ‘With Federal, State and municipal officers, and representatives of private agencies in attendance, a two-day conference on public welfare problems will open at Wardman Park Hotel Saturday, under the auspices of the American Public Welfare Association. All aspects of public welfare will be treated, with special emphasis on the administration of social security legislation. Among those to take part will be Commissioner Leonard D. White of the Civil Service Commission, Elwood Street, director of public welfare for the District; officials of the Social Se- curity Board, and others. Stengle Invited to Speak. Col. Charles 1. Stengle, president of ment Employes, has been invited to deliver the principal address at the January 29 commencement exercises of Goldey College, Wilmington, Del Ool. Stengle was graduated from there in the class of 1890. The school is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. @. A. R. Ladies Delay Meeting. The meeting of the Department of the Potomac, Ladies of the G. A. R, for tomorrow night, has been postponed until December 14, A Should the horses be provided, six riding policemen next Summer will be assigned to duty in the downtown district to aid traffic officers and foot patrolmen in controling crowds at parades and other functions. Trained Horses Necessary. Much depends on the type of horse selected for this duty, Maj. Brown emphasized, pointing out that the ani- mals cannot be of a nervous tem- perament; must be durable, of gentle disposition and well trained. Another factor in the elimination of the old mounted force was the sys- tem of keeping the animals. Each of the 50 mounted officers owned his own mount and was allowed $48 a month to feed and keep it, with the result that they unconsciously tended to spare the animals whenever possible. Moreover, the older and more corpu- dent officers who were not as able to walk a beat as some, gravitated to- ward the mounted service, where young and agile officers were needed. Under the new system, the riders would be as carefully chosen as their mounts, Maj. Brown added. The cost of six horses is estimated by the police chief at $1,500, with the following accessories: Shoes, $36 & year, for six, $216; 12 blankets, $7.50 each, or $90; board at $35 a month or $420 a year, for six, $2,520 annually. WOMAN SHOPPERS ROBBED OF §1,00 Cash, Jewels and Clothing in Car. Stolen—Housebreak- ings Reported. Three women shoppers yesterday were robbed of $300 and jewelry and | clothing valued at more than $700, according to reports made to police. Mrs. Louise S. Gardner, 1851 Vernon street, said her pocketbook, contain- ing $100 and a Government check for $210, was stolen while she was in a | downtown store. Ann B. Lockwood, 2710 Cathedral avenue, reported her purse was opened as she mingled with crowds in a store and a $400 diamond ring and $14 in cash stolen. Clothing Taken From Car. Mrs. Joseph Weller, Alexandria, Va., told police her automobile, parked on F street near Fourteenth, was broken into and clothing valued at $305 taken. Loot amounting to more than $1,000 was taken in other robberies, includ- ing housebreakings and hold-ups, reported in the past 24 hours. Among the victims was Maud F. Gibbs, 4600 Sixteenth street, whose home was broken into and a bar pin containing 69 diamonds and valued at $500 stolen. Meat Store Burglarized. Officials of the Albert M. Briggs Co., meat dealers, reported their place of business at 506 K street was entered and supplies amounting to $331 taken. Other victims were Stephen A. Rob- inson, 1951 Biltmore street, who re- ported the theft of $173 worth of Jewelry from his home, and Leon C. Carter, 22, colared, 21 H street north- east, s taxi driver, who said he was held up by two colored men and robbed of his taxi and 30 cents. BAND CONCERT. By the Navy Band, in the sail loft at the Navy Yard at 2 p.m. tomor- row. Lieut. Charles Benter, leader; Alexander Morris, assistant. Program. Overture, “Light Cavalry”..Von Suppe Solo for cornet, “Inflamatus”..Rossini Oscar Short. Hymn, “I Love to Tell the Story,” “Flotsam and Jetsam”. L. Goucher and 8. Song, “A Parting Token,” March, “Silver Jubilee”.. “Humoresque” ---Dv Grand march, “My Hero, from “Chocolate Soldier’ Alford UNTIL NEXT NONTH Fredericksburg Man Faces Murder Charge in Death of Roommate. SPECIAL GRAND JURY SESSION IS POSTPONED Defense Attorney Denies Reports He Plans to Plead Insanity for His Client. BY IRVING F. LASH, Btaff Correspondent of She Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., December 5.—Presuming a murder indictment will be returned against M. Landon Bolling, accused of the slaying of George Carter, his 29-year-old roome mate, Commonwealth Attorney W. B. F. Cole announced late today the case will not be tried until after the first of the year. Simultaneously, Cole revealed that a special grand jury, originally scheduled to meet Monday to consider the indict- ment, will not assemble before De- cember 14. ‘The delay, Cole explained, is due to the fact that Judge Frederick W. Cole- man of the Circuit Court bench, who will be present at the grand jury ses- sion, will be holding court this week in Hanover County. If the trial too closely followed the expected indictment, the Common- wealth attorney said, court probably would be forced to meet during the Christmas holidays. Attorney Wanis More Time. It was also understood that Attor- ney William K. Goolrick, who has been retained to represent the socially prominent and well-to-do Bolling, has requested sufficient time to prepare his defense. The January term of court here opens on the first Thursday in the month. Goolrick spiked rumors that alienists had already been summoned and that he planned to plead insanity for his client. “I haven't had time even to study the evidence,” Goolrick declared, “and I certainly will not plan my case be- fore that is done.” City Coroner John E. Cole, who performed an autopsy on the body of Carter, after it was found early Tuesday in the bath room of the quarters he shared with Bolling, is expected to submit a formal report in & few days. Information Withheld. Dr. Cole said he had been asked by suthorities to withheld certain in- formation developed by the autopsy. In a verbal statement to investi- gators, the coroner said he believed a knife wound close to the heart of Carter could have caused the death of the young house painter before he was shot behind the ear with a 22- caliber rifle and hurled into the bath- tub. ‘This version of the slaying was given in a confession Bolling allegedly made after he was arrested Friday. The Commonwealth attorney quoted the 29-year-old Bolling as saying he threw a sheath knife, used to stab Carter, into the river and placed the rifle across his friend’s chest to give the impression of suicide. The missing knife, Richmond de- tectives pointed out, was the weak link in Bolling’s first story that Care ter had taken his own life. It has not been recovered. Feared Expose of Affair. In a signed statement Common= wealth Attorney Cole said Bolling made, the fear that Carter would ex- pose his (Bolling’s) association with & married woman was given as the motive for the murder. The woman has been questioned by police, but they would not divulge whether she was able to aid them. Bolling, a former National Guard lieutenant and regimental commander at Augusta Military Academy, was reported to be “holding up well.” Jail officials said he seemed to re- gain his composure shortly after mak- ing the alleged confession. Bolling's willingness to talk, according to po- lice, was attributed to the belief that he was affected by acting as pall- bearer at Carter’s funeral less than 24 hours before his arrest. 19W.P.A.Workers Gather $300,000 InTaxesforD.C. Coffers Enriched That Much Since Starting Task in Fall. District coffers have been enriched to date by approximately $300,000 since last Fall through assignment of 19 W. P. A. workers to the District tax assessor’s office. Their efforts have resulted in collection of that sum, according to the November issue of ‘Work, official publication of the Dis~ trict W. P. A, The cost of the project was calcue lated at $15324. Charles A. Rus- sell, deputy assessor of taxes, in charge of assessments for personal property, was quoted as saying: . “The work done in this office by the W. P. A. has been very effective and I am sure the task could not have been accomplished without this help. I may state, also, that the class of workers assigned has been uniformly Nineteen W. P. A. workers were assigned to aid the regular assessing staff in preparing tax records. They delved into old personal tax rec- ords for the fiscal years 1924 to 1934 to tabulate delinquent accounts. As & result, the publication claimed, 2,200 notices of due bills were sent to Washington residents, and collections of $98,500 were forthcoming. Also notices of special assessments were sent to more than 5.000 resi- dents, and the result was une receipt of $207,950 in taxes, editors of the W. P. A. magasine repr.ted. 3,