Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1928, Page 15

SQUAD IS DETAILED T0 PROTECT STORES Charles J. P. Weber Heads Detec- tives Assigned to War on Christmas Shoplifters. Detective Charles J. P. Weber has been designated by pector Henry G. Pratt, chief of detectives, to take charge of a detail for duty in the shopping district during the Christmas holiday rush. ‘The -corps will be composed of | men picked from the several precincts | who will report at police headquarters | each morning and night to make re- ports and recelve instructions. It will be the duty of the squad to protect merchants from shoplifters and | §$tore patrons from pickpockets. In addi- | tion to the squad under the <uperxL§ion D of Detective Weber, there will be sev- eral policewomen on duty in and about the stores. Heretofore, it is stated, members of the special Christmas holidny squad suc- ceeded in protecting the rrcperty of merchants each season he amount of thousands of dalllrl Mlny arrests were made and much property re- covered. Police intend to arrest all persons found pilfering _in stores during the holiday season. Youngsters will be taken to Juvenile Court or turned over to their parents, while older offenders will be haled into court. . Mayoress 10 Years Old. With the acceptance by Marchoness Townshend of the office of mayor of King's Lynn, England, her 10-year-old daughter, Lady Elizabeth, became the mayoress. The little miss will, it is stated, “direct her efforts particularly to the entertainment of the youths of the town. THE SUNDAY BROWN WILL EXPLAIN OPERATION OF BUREAU Efficiency Group’s Activities Will Be Outlined to Board of Trade. The work of the Bureau of Efficiency in relation to the District will be out- lined by Herbert D. Brown, director, at a meeting of the Board of Trade Woednesday evening at the Willard Hotel, which will be devoted primarily | to business matters before the city gov- | ernment, it was announced last night by W. W. Everett, president of the board. A. L. Harris, municipal architect, will discuss plans for the new civic center for Washington, proposed for a site north of Pennsylvania avenue between Third and Sixth streets. Elwood Street, director of the Com- munity Chest of Washington, will out- line plans for the newly organized STAR, WASH operative arrangement for financing focal charitable and social agencies. A motion picture will be shown on behalf of the British government under the direction of Leander McCormick- Goodhart, commercial secretary of the British embassy. A report on fiscal relations questions will be submitted by Joshua Evans, jr., ghntlrmxm of the committee on this sub- Ject. RECEPTION IS PLANNED. | Hair ribbons, checked socks will put in their lpgylr- | ance at McKinley High School | nesday, when the girls nr the sen! class stage their annual “kid party” for the reception of freshman girls who will enter the school from the junior high schools. 'he party, a traditlon at McKinley, will be under the direction of the fol- lowing committee chairmen: Entertain- ment, Prances Miller; decorations, Jane McKenzie; refreshments, Gleena Crow- det Mildred Koon: rompers and wee- Biinl here is your Opportunity to acticé a little economy at a time when $’s mean more than at any other time of the year Cash Allowed For Your Old Suite or Odd Pieces No Matter What Condition Your “Old Suite” y not be a They Are In!l! “suite’.—It may be just two or three old dilapidated pieces—BUT WE WILL STILL AL- LOW $30 FOR IT. Simply walk into our store—miake your selection—even go so far as to arrange,terms—AND THEN SAY “ALLOW ME $30 AS CASH TO THE DOWN PAYMENT OR THE FULL PRICE OF THE SUITE! This offer has no strings tied to it—it is a bona-fide allowance proposition to encourage you to become a PEERLESS CUS. TOMER! Come in and inve: gate our prices and our policies. 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