Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1928, Page 6

EFELTOF AT SENLISSOBHT *LETTER BOXES DEFACED. Police Asked to Prevent Tampering ‘With Mail Receptacles. Postal au‘horities have appealed to the tocal ; 'ice to put a stop to the practice of tampering with fetter boxes and combination letter and ckage boxes in different sections of the city. STAR. WASHINGTON, 1. 0. WEDNESDAY. MAY THREE FINED $500 ON VAGRANCY CHARGE Men Arrested Here Accused of Be- ing “Confidence Operators” on Railroads. Robert A. White, alias Robert Wil- liams, Douglas Raymond and Charles to polite headquarters, where were questioned W‘hfllt. E. J.° Cflmfl are sald to have admitted ‘“confidence operations” in various othet cities. ‘Their arres} followed alleged '‘“card shark” games on trains :nd penny- matehing contests with' strangers here. Attorneys Whalen and O'Connell ap- peared for the defense. Corporation Counsel W. L. Fowler presented the Government's case. MEDALS FOR VETERANS. Twenty-one members of the Vincent B. Costello Post, No. 15, American Leglon, who were present at the last Battle of Verdun will receive medals from that city in recognition of their service, it was announced at a meeting of the post last night. 16, 1928, TN I [ FURNITUR 51 LT ‘The medals will be presented by an official of the French embassy as soon as they arrive here. All American soldiers who participated in the battle will receive them. Many of the boxes have been smeared with” mud, locks broken, time sched-| | ules ruined and some of the boxes torn from their fastenings. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse. superintendent of police, directed members of the force to give special attention to the boxes and to arrest all persons found { tampering with them. He also direct- ed that special attention be given to 4. vacant houses, intruders having en- tered a number of them and taken away fixtures, or broken windows. POSTAL RATES MEASURE Pierce, altas John P. 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