Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1937, Page 23

Washington News PRE-MEMORIAL DAY GEREMONIES HERE HONOR WAR DEAD Thousands See Massing of Colors at Washington Cathedral. JEWISH VICTIMS ARE MEMORIALIZED American Legion Post, D. A, R., Other Groups Also Hold Services. Tribute to the war dead in Wash- ington and the Nation was paid at reverent and colorful ceremonies held here yesterday as a preliminary to the annual observance of Memorial day, next Sunday. The most impressive service was held at Washington Cathedral, where 10,000 pessons—the largest crowd as- sembled there im recent years—wit- nessed the tenth annual massing of the colors service in the ampitheater. Sponsored by the Military Order of the World War, the rites began with & sacred concert by the Marine Band, Capt. Taylor Branson conducting. The procession of flags marched along the Catehdral's southern facade, down the Pilgrims” steps and into the ampi- theater to the music of “Onward Christian Soldiers,” sung by the Cathedral Choir and the standing congregation. Rev. Dr. Edwin Slater Dunlap, as master of ceremories, led the service. ‘Taps were sounded by Principal Musi- cian Winfred Kemp, and the address in homage to the Nation's fallen sons was delivered by Representative Lucas of Tlinois. . Is a Spjrit of Unity. “These massed colors are emblematic of soul-stirring deeds of heroism and fidelity, which have played a distinc- tive part in molding the destiny of a mighty Nation,” Lucas said. “In the world's most successful democracy the flag has been & most patriotie and sta- bilizing influence in the histrionics of statehood. * * * Acting as a guard of honor over the three branches of Government, the flag constantly breathes a spirit of national unity, and every rippling fold tenderly em- braces all of the ideals of a free and independent people. “Wrapped in the flag are all of our dreams ‘of the past and all of our “hopes for the future. It is the incar- nation of American liberty, * * = Monarchies despise it, dictators sneer at it, and Communists insult it, but Americans love and cherish it, realiz- Ing that the flag represents the hopes, the dreams and the aspirations of a true democracy.” Very Rev. Noble C. Powell, D. D., @ean of Washington, preached the sermon of the day. “Each flag here this afternoon,” he said, “is a symbol of some precious element of human life. The preservation of the things for which the colors stand s the object of the Nation's existence. We live in a time of change, but the moment affords us opportunity to discover afresh our ideals and as- pirations. A new era, we know, has come. The question is: Can our patriotism surmount it? And the answer is that we can, if we under- stand that God does not change, and in Him is our hope.” Jewish Dead Honored. Among the organizations participat- Ing in the service were the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Gold Star Mothers, Amer- ican War Mothers, Daughters of the American Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, Order of the Carabao, Order of the Purple Heart, the Loyal Legion, Society of the War of 1812, Sons and Daughters of Lib~ erty, Daughters of Founders and Patriots, Grand Army of the Re- public, Society of Mayflower Descen- dants, Patriotic Order of Americans, National League of American Pen Women, Business and Professional Women’s Club, Propeller and Zonta Clubs, Salvation Army, Boy Scout and Girl Scout delegations, high school cadets, First, Third and Fourth Divi- sion veterans; District National Guard and Army, Navy and Marine details. Jewish war dead buried in five local cemeteries and in Arlington were memorialized at services held in the cemetery of the Washington Hebrew Congregation in Congress Heights. Rabbi Abram Simon read the roll call of the war dead. Albert W. Jacobeon, judge advocate general of Post 58 of the Jewish War Veterans, which, with its auxiliary, sponsored the services, called for a campaign against fascism and com- munism, ~ which he denounced as enemies of democracy. Others who took part in the pro- gram were Representative Patrick of . Alabama, Cantor Louis Novick of the | Adas Israel Congregation, Rabbi Julius 'T. Loeb, Southeast Hebrew Congrega- tion; Joseph F. Barr and Dr. Ivy A. Pelzman. Vincent B. Costello, first employe of the District government to fall in France, was honored at exercises conducted at his grave in Arlington, under auspices of the Vincent B. Costello Post, American Legion. Sen- ator Pepper of Florida delivered the principal address. The Washington Gas Light Co. Employes’ Band played several selections and the choir of the Church of the Immaculate Con- ception®sang sacred music. Memorial wreaths were placed by Henry 8. Heine, commander of the post, and Miss Margaret Garry, president of the post’s auxiliary. A wreath was placed on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington by members of Constitution Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. ‘Tribute to those who lost their lives at sea was paid at services held at the Water Gate under auspices of the District Auxiliary of the United Bpanish War Veterans. Flowers were strewn on.the waters. Similar ex- ercises were held at the Army War College Wharf under auspices of the ‘Women’s' Relief Corps, Grand Army of the Republic. Dies a Recluse at 90. Ear] Kitchener of Khartoum, brother of the famous fleld marshal, has died at the age of 90 at Nairobi, South Africa, where he lived the life of & recluse, " : L) Wanderer LOST BOY MAKES BED ON PRECINCT CHAIRS. VINCENT GARNER, Three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Garner, 501 Seventh street southeast, who was caught in a maze of Sunday traffic near his home yester- day and ended up at the fifth precinct. Amused for a while, Vincent finally napped on police uni- forms spread on a couple of chairs. ~ His parents located him after he had Yeen sent to the Receiving Home. —Star Staff Photo. DRINKS PRECEDED TRAGEDY, IS CLAIM Husband Testifies Mrs. Bray Imbibed Before Fatal Burning of Girl. Mrs. Mattie Bray, 43, who went on trial in District Court today charged with manslaughter, drank steadily throughout the night preceding the burst of temper which cost her daugh- ter's life, Samuel Bray, the defend- ant’s husband, testified. The daughter, Miss Dorothy Fen- wick, 20, was burned fatally October 18 last by flames from a jar of gaso- line Mrs. Bray is said to have hurled at her husband. The jar crashed against the wall above a hot stove on which Miss Fenwick was cooking, engulfing her in flames. Bhe died January 29. Bray testified that his wife became angry at him when he took hold of her wrists and told her that she was intoxicated and had better lie down. He said she wrenched away from him and told him to get out of the house. As he was leaving, he said, the jar crashed against the wall. Under cross-axamination by Defense Attorney John J. McGinnis, Bray ex- plained that his wife was in the habit of. taking to her bedside every night a half gallon jug full of water and similar in appearance to the gasoline receptacle. He said that two or three months after the occurrence, she told him that she threw the jar at him. The witness quoted his wife as saying “everything went black” when she hurled the receptacle. Nicholas Linden, whose apartment adjoins the Bray apartment at 439 K street, followed Bray on the stand. He told Justice Jesse C. Adkins and the jury that he heard Mrs. Bray shout, “Take your dog and get out.” Then there was a crash and a “puff,” Linden related, and Bray yelled, ‘“Mur- der! Fire!” Rushing out of his apartment, Lin- den continued, he found Miss Fen- wick’s still flaming body lying on the floor of the hallway. He extinguished the flames by throwing water on her, he said. Assistant United States Attorney Cecil Heflin, the prosecutor, thought that the trial would be concluded late today or early tomorrow. R — Plan May Breakfast. BY a Btaff Correspondent ot The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., May 24. The Women's Club of Melwood dis- trict will hold a May breakfast at El- lerslie, the home of Mrs. Carlton Van ‘Wagoner here, at noon on Wednesday. the tenth annual Massing of the Colors service at Washington Cathedral. WASHINGTON, D. C, AN FACING TRIAL WITH TOMLINSON ADMITS ROBBERY Second Colored Defendant and Attorney Elect to Fight Charges. GUILTY PLEAIS ENTERED AFTER JURY SELECTION Demurrer to Indictment by De- fense Counsel Overruled by Justice Letts. One of the two colored men who went on trial in District Court today with J. William Tomlinson, well- known attorney, charged with the robbery of Sam Siratonis, proprietor of a tailor shop at 3003 Fourteenth street last August, unexpectedly pleaded guilty shortly after noon. He is Charles Henry Bass. The other defendant, Phillip John Pratt, elected to stand trial with Tomlinson. Bass’ guilty plea was entered im- mediately after a jury of 10 men and two women was impaneled. An hour was consumed in selcetion of the Jury. *The Government contends Tomlin- son planned the robbery, although he was not present at the scene. Sira- tonis was badly beaten with black- Jacks by two colored men who robbed him of $785. Demurrer Overruled. Prior to impaneling the jury, Justice F. Dickinson Letts overruled a de- murrer to the indictment argued by Defense Attorney John H. Burnett, who is associated with Attorneys James A. O'Shea and Alfred Goldstein as ‘Tomlinson's counsel. Pratt and Bass are represented by Attorneys Dorsey K. Offutt and Francis Kelly. Burnett contended the indictment was improperly drawn in that it charged in a single count both robbery and assault with intent to commit rob- bery. Justice Letts ruled, however, that the latter charge could not be inferred from the language used in the indict- ment. The trial originally was scheduled for April 12, but was continued at the request of Government counsel, who said additional witnesses were located only a day before. The case then was set for April 28, but press of court business prevented its trial at that time. ‘Tomlinson Arrested Last Summer. Tomlinson received national no- tice several years ago as associate counsel for Gaston B. Means dur- ing the Ilatter's trial in connection with the Lindbergh baby kidnaping hoax. He was arrested late last Sum- mer at his home, 4108 Military road, and was held incommunicado for several days. In another indictment, which will not be tried at this time, Tomlinson, Pratt and Walter Smallwood, col- ored, are charged with the Fairfax Farms Dairy pay roll robbery March 14 of last year. On that occasion, two employes were held up near the dairy and robbed of more than $3,000. Pratt and Smallwood have pleaded guilty to that accusation. Assistant United States Attorneys Samuel F. Beach and Charles B. Mur- ray, the two prosecutors, estimated the trial will take at least two days and that they will use about 10 wit- nesses. — REV. 0. J. HART TO TALK 8t. John’s Rector to Read Essay at Graduation Service. Rev. Dr. Oliver J. Hart, rector of 8t. John's Church, will read the alumni essay at graduatfon exercises of the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church at Chelsea Square, New York, at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Dr. Hart, & seminary graduate of the class of 1916, will have for his topic “What De We Want Our Semi- naries to Do?” LODGE OPENS JUNE 1 Y. W. C. A. Vacation Camp at Cherrydale to Begin 27th Season. Vacation Lodge, the Y. W. C. A. Summer residence for business girls at Cherrydale, Va., will open its twenty- seventh season June 1, it was an- nounced todsy by Mias Mignonette O. Buckingham, lodge chairman. Miss Charlotte King will be director. The club was dedicated on August 20, 1910, e NG EDITION o Sfap MONDAY, MAY 24, 1937. FH¥ Find Relief From Heat in Judiciary Fountain The increasing heat gives ample excuse for these children to seek relief by wading at the J. J. Darlington Memorial fountain in the D. C. Supreme Court grounds. Chest Drive to Be Innovation E[GEN RENAMED As Tenth Anniversary Feature TOUTLITESBOOY Nomination for Reappoint- ment Is Sent to Senate by President. President Roosevelt today sent to the Senate the nomination of Riley E. Elgén for reappointment as a member of the Public Utilities Com- mission of the District of Columbia. Unlike most other District agencies, & member of the Public Utilities Com- mission does not continue in office after the expiration of his term until & successor is appointed. For that reason, it was pointed out today, confirmation of Elgen’s nomina- tion by the Senate is desirable before his present term expires June 30. Elgen was appointed in January, 1933, succeeding Harleigh H. Hart- man. When Gen. Mason M. Patrick resigned, in October, 1933, as chair- man, Elgen served as acting chairman of the commission until May, 1934. Richmond B. Keech was then ap- pointed vice chairman of the com- mission and Elgen was elected chair- man. He was reappointed by Presi- dent Roosevelt in June, 1934, for his present term. He will continue to serve as chairman of the commission for another year, when it will be nec- essary then to hold an election. Prior to his service on the Public Utilities Commission, Elgen was with the Interstate Commerce Commission for 15 years. During that time, he acted in an advisory capacity on val- uation and rate questions. A great deal of his duties involved the devel- opment of reproduction costs on rail- ‘Way properties. He also acted in a consulting ca- pacity, without compensation, with the Bureau of Internal Revenue on rail- road questions. During the past month the Public Utilities Commission has been con- ducting hearings to determine valu- ation of the properties of the Capital Transit Co., which has applied for in- creased rates. ot CATHEDRAL, ST. MARK’S EACH WILLED $5,000 Churches to Benefit From Estate of Mrs. Helen R. Stet- son. The Washington Cathedral and St. Mark’s Protestant Episcopal Church here each will receive $5,000 from the estate of Mrs. Helen R. Stetson, ac- cording to word received today from New York, where the estate was ap- praised for transfer tax purposes at $517,816 net. Mrs, Stetson, widow of Rev. Dr. Caleb R. Stetson, former rector of Trinity Church, - New York, died in Greenwich, Conn., November 22, 1935, War Dead Honored in Cathedral Rites gl Most colorful of memorial exercises held yesterday in tribute to the District’s war dead was Color bearers are pictured parading ta the ampitheater, where 10,000 persons witnessed the service. Photo. Individual Needs of 65 Organizations Placed Before People by 25 Vet- erans for Jubilee Year. Outstanding veterans of Washing- ton's nine annual Community Chest campaigns will band themselves to- gether this year in a tenth anniver- sary drive for funds for 65 local charitable and welfare units which promises to be unique among organ- ized civic activities, it was announced today. In volunteering their services for a campaign which is expected to stand as a milestone in the history | of organized chaYity, Washington's civic and business leaders have de- cided on a form of appeal which will subordinate both the Chest and indi- vidualities to the need of the 65 local units for public support. Every effort will be directed toward a direct presentation to the people of the District of the individual needs | of the 65 organizations banded to- gether under the Chest, it was ex- plained, subordinating both the Chest and the campaign workers. “Our effort will be to make the peo- ple of Washington realize that they are not contributing to the Commu- nity Chest.as a unit, but to 65 in- dividual charitable organizations, each one of which merits and re- | quires individual support,” it was | explained. “There is a psychological | difference which we hope the people of Washington will realize.” _ A group of 25 leading citizens, all veterans of former campaigns, has mittee for the drive which will be held in the late Fall This commit- tee will be headed by Clarence Phelps Dodge, president of the Chest, with William J. Flather, jr., as vice chair- man. 5 United Front Planned. “The purpose of forming this com- mittee is to present a united front in the next campaign,” it was an- nounced. “Its members are pledged to use their every effort in promoting the campaign, to fit into any emer- gency where they may be needed and to back up the work of any or all units in every way possible.” Formation of the Campaign Com- mittee, it was explained, will not af- fect operation of the regular cam- paign Executive Committee, which is composed of the chairmen of the various units. The Executive Com- mittee will have charge of all details and organization of the campaign. The “united front” plant will be carried still further. In addition to the 25 veteran leaders, which include the first president of the Chest and the campaign chairman of last year, the committee is planning to call back outstanding division chairmen, team captains, key men and other workers. During the nine campaigns which have been held there have been de- veloped workers who have done splen- did jobs for one, two or three years, and who for various causes have dropped out of the organization. All of these veterans of the first rank will be called back for action this Fall, it was explained. The membership of the veteran Campaign Committee includes Clar- ence A. Aspinwall, former chairman of the Special Gifts Unit; Maj. Gen. Frederick W. Coleman, U. 8. A, re- tired, former chairman of the Gov- ernmental Unit; Edward F. Colla- day, former campaign chairman; Frederic A. Delano, former president; William W. Everett, former area chairman of the Gmoup Solicitation Unit; Mr. Flather, former treasurer; Robert V. Fleming, former chairman of the Special Gifts Unit and former treasurer; Charles A. Goldsmith, for- mer, area vice chairman of the Group Unit; John H. Hanna, former Budget Committee chairman; Arthur Hellen, former secretary; Frank J. Hogan, former campaign chairman; Frank R. Jelleff, former chairman of the Group Solicitation Unit; Coleman Jennings, former campaign manager and for- mer chairman of Special Gifts; Joseph D. Kaufman, former chairman of the Publicity Unit and of the Metropol- itan Unit; Dr. William McClellan, for- mer campaign chairman; William Montgomery, former area chairman, Group Solicitation; Newbold Noyes, former campaign chairman, president and chairman, Special Gifts; John Poole, former campaign chairman, president and chairman, Group So- lictation; H. L. Rust, jr.,- former campaign chairman, present treasurer and former chairman, Metropolitan Unitj John Saul, former area chaire A agreed to act as the Campaign Com- | man, Group Solicitation and present vice president; Marcy L. Sperry, for- mer Group Solicitation chairman; Corcoran Thom, former chairman, Special Gifts; Col. Willlam O. Tufts, former Metropolitan Unit area chair- man, and Lloyd B. Wilson, former Group Solicitation head. Real Jubilee Year. Mr. Dodge, Chest president and titu- lar chairman of this group of vet- erans, said in announcing the or- ganization of the body: “We are going to make this a real jubilee year in honor of this tenth anniversary campaign. We are going to endeavor to bring home to Wash- ington the fact that the beneficaries of the welfare agencies financed through the Community Chest are the responsibility of all Washington—of every organization, every man and woman who has an income—and that the Community Chest is merely their agent in transmitting the necessary funds supplied by them to these agencies. “Washington's population has grown by leaps and bounds in the last two or three years. Department stores and other merchants reached a new | high in business during ®he last year. Reports this Spring showed the greatest amount of deposits in Wash- ington banks in the history of the city. It is agreed that this is the most propitious of any of the recent yea for putting the Chest over the top.” The Washington Chest was launched in 1928 after years of expensive and unsatisfactory financing by individual organizations. Previous to organiza- tion of the Chest there were on record about 13,500 individuals who supported the charities of Washington. In the first campaign, contributions were made by 64,864 individuals. “Throughout these nine years,” Dodge said, “the Chest has grown in popularity. People have learned to understand the work that its member organizations have done. The number of contributors has grown from 64,864 in the first campaign to 172,553 last year. But, while the number of givers has increased about two and one-half times, the average gift has declined, due, it is thought, to the fact that people are prone to regard the Chest as a single organization instead of realizing that it is simply the financing medium for 65 welfare organizations, each rendering a separate and distinct service to the community.” Dodge pointed out that if Washing- ton people become accustomed to the idea that they are making not one, but 65 gifts when they make their Chest contribution, “the problem of financing private social welfare in Washington will be solved.” Many Parts Used. In making 43 telephone construction wagons for the army, s firm near Buenos Aires, Argentina, used 56,000 metal parts joined by 1,500,000 rivets and iron pins. 3 L Little Misses Eleanor Hartman and Nancy Lou Herb found it much more comfortable under the cooling streams of the fountain. —Star Staff Photos. LACK OF TAX BALKS D. C. SUPPLY BILL Senate, Unable to Write in a Provision, Can’t Go Ahead With Measure. Absence of any tax provision in the District appropriation bill, as passed by the House, loomed today as a barrier to any revenue - raising methods in connection with consider- ation of the measure in the Senate. Debating heretofore the possibility of writing into the supply bill some revenue provisions that would help offset the impending District deficit, Senator Thomas of Oklahoma, chair- man of the subcommittee handling the local appropriation bill, declared that he had been advised by Maj. Daniel Donovan, District budget offi- cer, that there is no peg in the bill at present on which such provisigns might be hung. In the face of the requirement that tax legislation must originate in the House, this absence in the present bill would block Senator Thomas’ plan. “I'm not going to undertake to in- sert & tax program and have it de- clared unconstitutional,” Senator Thomas said after an executive ses- sion with the District Commissioners and other officers. “If the House bill had any revenue provision, however slight, we could hang a whole tax schedule on it, but Maj. Donovan, who has studied the measure thor- oughly, informs me there is no such | peg in the bill at present.” | Senator Thomas’ conference with | the local officials today ended their appearance in connection with the supply bill, he said. In view of the situation disclosed this morning, they did not submit their tax recommenda- tions at this time. Tomorrow the subcommittee plans to start hearing representatives of special groups in the District, one of the first listed for appearance being former Representative Blanton, who is serving as counsel for a group of Dis- trict per diem workers. It is the con- tention of this group that the House bill would cut them out of holiday vacation and sick leave pay. Others tentatively scheduled to ap- pear tomorrow are Thomas E. Lodge, president of the Federation of Citi- zens’ Associations; Representative El- lenbogen of Pennsylvania, Judge J. P. McMahon and Dr. George F. Bower- man, District public librarian. WAR KIT PRESENTED Gift of Napoleon to Alexander on Exhibition Here. The war kit presented by Napoleon to Czar Alexander of Russia just be- fore the advance on Moscow, and which the “Little Corporal” carried with him on many of his famous cam- paigns, was given for exhibition pur- poses to the Smithsonian Institution today. The gift, the property of the Houbi- gant Co., Inc., was officially presented to the museum in the rotunda this morning. Twins Rated 90-1 Shot, Triplets 9,300-1 and Quads 700,000-1 By the Associated Press. The Census Bureau, which checks up on practically everything, looked into the-twin, triplet and quadruplet situation tedsy. It handed out long odds that the average couple won’t have them. Buresu reports, without going into scientific theories that inherited char- acteristics cause multiple births, showed the chances of having twins are about 90 to 1; triplets, 19,300 to 1, and quapduplets better than 700,000 to 1. For the first time in 17 years, the bureau said, there were no quadruplet births in 1935. Although reports are not yet complete, it added at least one set of quadruplets was born last year and one set so far this year. The 1937 quadruplets were born last week to Mrs. William Mullins, 39, & Muskogee, Okla., farm woman, who previously had given birth to & set of twins and five other children. One of the quadruplets, a girl, died shortly -after birth, leaving two boys tisticlans, counting quad- ruplets back %0° 1019, sald six sets have been born in five of the years since then, or about one set to every 371,000 births. The. average odds over the 17-year period, however, have been more than 700,000 to 1 against quarduplets. The bureau has no figures on mor- tality among quadruplets, but it said that among twins the chances were about 14'to 1 that both will live. For triplets the chances are 8 to 1 that all three will live. In 1935, the bureau said, 24,167 167 sets of twins and 232 sets of trip- lets were. among the 2,155,105 live births. In 23391 cases both twins lived and in 193 cases all the triplets lived. New York léd the list of twin births, with 1,804. Pennsylvania was second, with 1,617, and Texas, third, with 1,399. The smallest number of twins was recorded for Nevads, where 21 sets were born. Pennsylvania headed the triplet list, with 17, and New York and North Carolina had 16 sets each. No triplet births were reported for Delaware the District of Columbia, Idaho, N vads, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Utah and Vermont. Society and General PAGE B—1 GOBEL PLANT PLAN UNDER NEW PROBE OF D. C. OFFICERS Sanitary Engineers Study Burden Likely for Sewage Disposal Facilities. ESTIMATES REVISED ON WATER TO BE USED 500 to 600 Gallons Per Animal Per Day Believed to Be More Nearly Correct. District sanitary engineers are conducting another investigation into the plans of Adolf Gobel, Inc., New York packers, it was learned today, for the purpose of affording every protection possible to the city's new $4,125,000 sewage disposal plant from the sewage of proposed slaughtere house operations at Benning. A Public Health Service engineer fold the Senate District subcommittes that this extra burden on the sewage plant, if the slaughterhouse is run at full capacity, would be equivalent to taking care of a population of 140,000, The new study is being made, ac= cording to J. B. Gordon, director of sanitary engineering, as a recheck of the earlier examination made by District officials at the time the Gobel company applied for a builde ing permit last Fall. Shingler Directs Study. Capt. Don G. Shingler, assistant to the engineer commissioner, is in charge of the new investigation, but the study actually is being made by David Auld, a sanitary engineer. In testifying before the Senate Dis- trict Subcommittee, Ralph E. Tarbett of the United States Public Health Service, based his estimate of waste that would be discharged into the sewage disposal plant on the plant's maximum capacity to slaughter 3,152 animals per day. Tarbett is co-oper= ating with District officials in the present inqury. Formerly the District sanitary en- gineers had based their own calcula- tions of sewage discharge from the Gobel plant on an estimated 1,500 average daily “kill.” Officlals pointed out today that no one can tell with certainty just how many animals will be slaughtered each day, as the maximum number will depend entirely on business de- mand. Gobel officials contended 2° the hearings on the King nuisance bill that the pla- not be run to its utmost ¢ Interstate Shipments ! The company intends in interstate shipments, hc.....r, el it would not come within the scope of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, which has approved the Benning plans. District officials said they were sat- isfied now that their earlier estimates of the water to be used at the slaugh- terhouse was “low” and that the fig- ure given by Tarbett, ranging from 500 to 600 gallons per animal per day, was more nearly correct. In the original checking of the Gobel plans, it was learned, one of the conditions for issuing the building permit was to require the slaughter- ing firm to reduce fats discharged in the sewage to 75 parts per million. This condition has been complied with in the revised plans and should ease the burden on the sewage plant, it was explained. For purposes of comparison, the District sanitary engineers are using a large slaughter house in Baltimore. Pollution of Popes Run from the Union Stockyards, they said, is a matter which would be difficult to control. The stockyards are owned by another company, but the number of animals kept penned there, if the Gobel plant is erected, would largely be controlled by the needs of the slaughter house, Creek Provides Drainage. Popes Run is a creek that flows through the property of both the Gobel plant and the stockyards and affords a natural drainage system for the waste from the yards. The yards are not now occupied by animals. This creek empties into the Anacestia River a short distance above the pow= er house of the Potomac Electric Power Co. “The pollution from the stockyards particularly would be very bad if the slaughter house runs to anything like near capacity,” it was said at the District Building. There are rigid sanitary precautions imposed in the plans for the slaughter house, but, as Tarbett testified Thursday, there would be considerable pollution from it, District, officials also wish to in- quire more fully into the use that would be made of a proposed paved runway or alley between the Gobel property and the Union Stockyards. Unless this is kept swept clean, they said, it wowd drain waste matter into Popes Run. MANY STORES PLAN MIDWEEK HOLIDAY Several Grocery Chains and In- dependents to Close Wed- nesday Afternoons. Employes in many grocery stores in the District will enjoy a midweek holiday on Wednesday afternoons be- ginning June 9, it was announced to- day by Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association. Among the stores planning to close Wednesday afternoons are the fol- lowing: Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., American Stores Co., Sanitary Groc- ery Co., the Arcade Market, the New Center Market and the Giant Food Stores. A number of the independent- ly operated grocery stores also are planning to curtail their store hours by closing Wednesday afternoons, Shaw reported. ‘The members of the coal division of the Merchants and Manufacturers® Association have decided to close all day on Baturdays during June, July and August, and also cn Memorial dsy.