Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1931, Page 29

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 193l LEARNTO SWIN® INDORSED BY PRATT Police Head Says Lives Can | Be Saved by Instruction ‘ Courseat Y. M.C.A. | Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, expressed unqualified approval | of the pian of The Star and the Y. M. C. A. to give free swimming lessons to boys during the Easter vacation, “The Star and the Y. M. C. A. are rendering a valuable'service to the com- | munity by holding these annual ‘learn to swim’ courses,” Maj. Pratt stated “I am convinced that this instruction 1s saving mber of young lives each of my department show o dozen persons lose their owning in the District of Columbia each year. Many of these deaths are among boys who venture be- yond their depth and find themselves | unable to swim back to the shore. By the time police are notified and rescue crews arrive it often is too late to do more than drag for the body. “Every life lost in this way is & ser- | mon in favor of learning to swim. I| hope every boy who is eligible to take the forthcoming swimming course will grasp the opportunity.” Police Commissioner Crosby also has approved the instruction program as a re. SRS Under Auspices of The Star and Boys’ Department of the Y.M.C. A. Boys 10 to 18 years old offered free lessons daily April 6—11 Bend this application to the Y. M. C. A, Boys’ Building 1732 G Street PARENT'S SIGNATURE (Required) LEARN TO SWIM | ‘ FOR SPORT AND SAFETY COLORED MAN CAPTURED |Fieventn sreet. Congres ighis, haaza IN JEWELRY STORE THEFT Suspect Held to Have Crashed Win- dow With Brick in Stealing 13 Watches. Joseph M. Strother, 30 years old, col- ored, who said he lived at the Salva- Army, Seventh and P streets, was after allegedly throwing h the show window of elry store, 1004 P street, several hundred dollars’ worth of watches. A watchman, Archie L. Finagin, 3218 During hailed a taxicab driver, Olifton H. scfitt, 222 Third street, who notified police. Policeman Samuel Davis of the first precinct arrested Strother at Ninth and G streets a short time later. Thirteen watches were found in his pockets, it was said, and another was picked up in an alley near the jewelry store. Strother, according to police, said he recently was released from the Mary- land Penitentiary after serving five years for theft of an automobile. He was taken the first precinct station, where he was held for investigation. 0 people attended the last annual fair at Cologne, Germany. Buy Bedding April Every need to make the lawn or garden beautiful.—Basement. Trellis, Sturdy Fan Shaped, Etc. 6 feet 89 c SeARrRS, RoEBUCK anb CoO. WE GUARANTEE SATISPACTION OR YOUR MONEY BACK Bladensburg Road at 15th and H Sts. N.E. 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