Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1930, Page 5

X CROSBY LECTURES | 30 NEW OFFIGERS Service of Past Must Be' Improved, He Tells Men Promoted. A group of 55 nattily uniformed Policemen basking in the glory of new rank, ordered late yesterday by the Commissioners, today received from | Police Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby not only the congratulations of a superfor but the admonition of one who | believes the law should be enforced | *“with common sense, sing the erect circle of newly promoted officers assembled in his office at the District Building. Gen. Crosby | reminded the policemen that, “no mat- | ter how good the service you have rendersd in the past, if you don't im- | prove it now you are not keeping faith with the public.” “It is your duty to enforce the law,” the Commissioner declared, “but law | should be enforced with common sens: | and discretion, and a large part of your duty consists of courtesy. Horse Police Are Dismounted, “You men are very fortunate in that, due to the consideration of Congress | and the good will of the public, you have received an increase in pay and at the same time these promotions. The increased pay and the promotions carry increased obligations for the service.” ‘The lecture in Commissioner Crosby's office followed administration of the oath of office in the office of Maj Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police. The men were sworn in by Harry M. Luckett, chief clerk of the department. Along with the general promotions came another action which abolished the District's police “cavalry.” The last 16 of the horse-mounted policemen were dismounted and made foot patrol- men. The promotions become effective im- mediately Most of the positions to vhich the romotions are made are the result of sections of the appropriation bill passed last week increasing the force. A special honor was paid to Lieut. L. I Ed- wards when the Commissioners cre- ated the position of captain for him without coanging the nature of his work on the ground that its importance warranted @lling the place with a cap- tain. One other lieutenant was promoted to captain. He is Lieut. B. A. Lamb of the Traffic Bureau. The appropriation bill provided for a new captaincy in the bureau, and Lamb, who has served there for many years, was chosen to fill the place. Lamb was at the head of the list of eligibles for the place, and Lieut. Edwards was second. New Lieutenants. | ‘The new lieutenants are Allan W. Guyer, Waiter C. Balderson, William H. Collins, Lloyd E. Kelly, Joha J. Bourke, ' Johr. M. Roper, Oscar J. Letterman, Milton D. Smith, Arthur C. Belt, John L Wittstatt and John C. Maloney, who | all are now sergeants, and Frank A. Varney, Dennis J. Cullinane, John H. | . precinct to ninth precinet. Bowler, Warren C. Embrey and Bagley | licutenants will remain at their R. King, who are now detective ser- | geants. Guyer will succeed Lamb as leuten- ant of the Traffic Burcau. | Eight precinct detectives were pro-| moted to be detective sergeants attached | to police headquarters. They are James | J. Tolson, Richard J. Cox, William C. Curtis, Chester C. Stepp, Thomas C. Bragg, Herman S. Hodkinson, John L. Billman and Van D. Hughes. Seven privates wer> promoted to de- | tective sergeants for a probationary e~ | riod of six months. They are Hoyle D. Secrest, David C. Fletcher, John C. Dalglish, Hugh D. Robey, Leo Murray, George S. Weber and Benjamin H. Johnson. Twelve privates were promoted to sergeancies. They are William J. Cun- ningham, Robert A. Johnson, Roscoe C. Speith, Marshall R. Gore, Raymond B. | Carroli, Harry C. Blackman, Estis W. | Reed, Marion B. Payne, John E. Fondall, George I Hellmuth, Thomas Mason, sr., and John R. Leach. Nine Made Detectives. Nine privates were promoted to be | precinct detectives for probationary pe- | riods of six months. They are Alex-| ander D. Mansfield, Dennis J. Murphy, Aubrey M. Tolson, LeRoy E. Batchelor, Henry Rinke, William B. Satterthwaite, Floyd A. Truscott, James E. Kenney and Willlam Lafiin. The men who are assigned as de- tective sergeants rank as privates but get $600 per annum in addition to their pay_as privates while they are serving a8 headquarters detectives. The men who are assigned as precinct detectives also rank as privates, but get $240 per annum in addition to their pay as privates while they serve as precinct detectives. In recommending the cre- ation of the new captaincy for Lieut. Edwards, Maj. Pratt, superintendent of Police, wrote: “The Commissioners are urged to ote to the grade of captain Lieut. . 1. H. Edwards, whose assignment the present time as administrative a sistant to the major and superintendent of police is considered one of the most important in the department and is! recognized as an assignment for a rank- ing officer of the department.” Praises Edwards’ Record. After going at length into the numer- | ous duties that Edwards is called upon to perform, the recommendation con- tinue: ‘Since April 1, 1929, Lieut. Edwards | has discharged all of these duties with | great efficiency to the satisfaction of all concerned, and it is in the interest | of maintaining such effective service | that his promotion is urged. “It is not my purpose at this time to recommend that the vacancy in the grade of lieutenant which will then be created be filled.” The promotion of 16 of the men to Heutenants will mean that now there will be three lieutenants to each pre- einct so that the lieutenants will be called upon only to work in eight-hour shifts except in times of emergencies. Heretofore, the lieutenants have had to Upper: Former sergeants who became lieutenants Letterman, Varney, Roper, BalGerson, Fowler, King and Bourke. mith, Wittstatt, Cullinane, Belt and Carlin. | ergeants advanced from privates. Left to right, seated—Gore, Hellmuth, Johnson, Speith, Reed and Carroll. Guyer, Kelly, Center: Payne, Fondell, Blackman and Leach. Lower: Capts. Lamb and Edwards, promoted from lieutenancies, are sworn in by Chief Clerk Harry M. Luckett. THE EVENING PROMOTED POLICEMEN TAKE NEW OATH OF OFFICE today—Maloney. Davis, | Seated—Embrey, Standing—Cunningham, Mason, —Star Staff Photos. precinct; John H. Fowler, Detective Bu- Teau to tenth precinct; Lloyd E. Kelly, Traffic Bureau to fourteenth precinct; Bagby R. King, Detective Bureau to | fourth precinct; John C. Maloney, sixth The’ other new present precincts Changes Among Sergeants, geants will be made as follows: Robert A. Johnson, fourteenth to third pre- cinct; Roscoe C. Speith, fifth to eighth; Marshall R. Gore, thirteenth to twelfth; Raymond B. Carrol, first to thirteenth! Harry C. Blackman, first to sixth: Ertis W. Reed, ninth to first; Marion B. Payne, first to seventh; George I Hellmuth, first to second, with addi- tional duties as night inspector; Thomas Mason, jr., Traffic Bureau to first pre- cinct, with additional duties as night inspector. A. D. Mansfield will be the new pre- cinct detective at the first precinct, and H. G. Wannamaker will be its special liquor law enforcement officer. Dennis J. Murphy, precinct detective at the tenth precinct, is transferred to the thirteenth; Aubrey M. Tolson, tenth to seventh; Leroy E. Batchelor, fourth to fourteenth; Henry Rinke, liquer man at the second, and William B. Satter- thwaite, at the ninth, are promoted to precinct detectives at their present pre- cincts Floyd A Trustcott will have a double .duty as precinct detective at the fourth precinct_and member of the liquor squad James E Kenney of the tenth precinct will become precinct detective at No 8. William R. Laflin, liquor man at the eighth precinct, will become precinct detective at the eleventh. PASTOR IN HOSPITAL Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., July 9.—Rev. George D. Venable, pastor of Central Baptist Church, Altavista, is a patient at Memorial Hospital here, suffering with a fractured vertebra, which he sustained Monday afternoon in a fall from a load of hay at Altavista. SOL HERZOG, Inec. Originators of the Budget Busing Plan in Washington -A Changes in the assignments of ser-| EMI-ANNUAL AVINGS! An event that brings down the price of every regular SOL HER- ZOG suit and item of men’s wear :;GEN. FOULOIS TAKES OFF IN AIR FOR WRIGHT FIELD Assistant Chiet of Army Aviation Leads Fleet of Four Planes on Business Trip. Four Army planes, led by Brig. Gen. | Benjamin D. Foulois, assistant chief of | the Army Air Corps, took off from | Bolling Pield at 9 o'clock this morn- ing for Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, where it Is expected Gen. Foulols will | hold a final conference with officers | of the Air Corps Material Division before relinquishing command of that division to come here as chief of Air Corps training and operations. Gen. Foulois flew in an Army A-3 attack plane, piloted by Capt. H. M. McClelland. ~The other three planes were an A-3, piloted by Col. Frank Andrews; an A-3, flown by Capt. Elmer E. Adler, and a P-1 pursuit plane, with | Lieut. Newton Longfellow at the con- trols. | Capt. Willilam Ocker, Air Corps, and eut. Carl Crane, inventors of the new flight integrator” for blind flying, also left Bolling Field at 10:15 am. for Wright Field in a Douglass basic train- ing plane equipped for blind flight. They are en route back to their home station at Kelly Field, Tex., after demonstrating the integrator to Air Corps chiefs here. SOVIET TO MAKE RUBBER | Soviet scientists have announced dis- | covery of & new process for the syn- thetic production of rubber, employing | petroleum residues s raw material, | An experimental plant is to be built | soon near Moscow with equipment to | produce 150 tons of rubber annually, | HAROLD ST. JOHN OF VI WOF MALVERN, LAY —an_able Bible “tencher” wy i dresses on Bible ‘sublects i ihe Mout V!rgm; )‘fl (;!ul tlh 9&\ ;nd K Bts. NW., esdny. Wednsdar, day. “Come and hear him. o onY _L-E! SHINGTON, " CONTRACT FOR BUILDING i |New Engineering Hall at V. M. I. Is Authorized. STAUNTON, Crouse, Greensbaro, N. C., has received the contract for the new Nichols Engi- neering Hall to be erected at Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, near here, this Summer. His bid was $145,600. Work on the new building wi mence at once and it will be for use February, 1931. tion will be fireproof throughout. The | design will conform to that used in the | other V. M. I. buildings, a modified form of Gothic architecture. | t 7 SR, BN 1930, THREE D, C. POLICE OFFICERS RETIRED Service Totals 111 Years.! Transfer to Inactive List at Own Request. Three members of the police force, Sergt. Sydney L. H. Russell, Detective Everett L. Phillips and Pvt. Henry C. | Lee, whose years of active police serv- ice aggregate approximately 111 years, | were given retirements at their own re- quests by the District Commissioners yesterday. | Detective Phillips, born February 9 | 1867, had served the force continuously | since November 1, 1896, a period of more than 33 years. He was chicf page in the United States Senate prior to | becoming a member of the force, and | served as member of the Washington Light Infantry with the late Col. Wil- liam G. Moore, who was chief of police for a number of years. Sergt ell. born February 9, | 1867, has served the force continuously | since November 1. 1896, a period of more | than 33 years. Much of his active duty | was performed as a member of the | mounted command in the ninth pre- |cinct, and ‘he past few years he was | attached to the harbor precinct. Pvt. Lee, one of the few colored mem- bers of the force, was a member of a Georgetown family. He was held In | high “esteem by his superior officers. | Much of his early police service wi | performed in the seventh, Georgetown. precinct. Later he served in the third| precinct His service covered a period | | of 40 years. | |AMERICANS IN TURKEY | DRINK LITTLE LIQUOR | | Ship’s Bartender Says Consumption ' of Whisky Per Person Is Very Low. ISTANBUL (#).—Ship complain that American tourists on Mediterranean cruises this year have managed with so few drinks as to put a camel to blush. The bar steward of one liner said that in the month's average from New | York he sold 200 drinks to 400 passen- gers, an average of half a drink per passenger per month. 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He said he would go to the capital by way of Puerto Colombia, instead of Buenaventura, but that this change was made because the inaugural ceremonies are scheduled for August 7 and by going to Buenaventura he would have a long rail journey and be uolged to make many speeches. From Puerto Colombia he will escape | the tropical heat, within a day making much of the trip by airplafe. Court Decision Favors Trotsky. DRESDEN. Germany, July 9.—The Karl Reissner Publishing Co. lost its appeal against a verdict of the lower courts whereby Leon Trotsky, exiled Soviet leader.” was exonerated from | Reissner's charge of having violated a book contract. Palestine Polic; Ambushed. HAIFA. Palestine, July 9 (Jewish Telegraphic Agency).—Two mounted | members of the Palestine police force were ambushed yesterday on the high- | way between Safed aud Acre by un- known assailants, One of them named Abdul Koubash, was killed. RICHARD C. GAZLEY. 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