Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1931, Page 18

NEW POLIE FORCE NAEDFORCOUNTY Bank Building Is Leased by Prince Georges Com- missioners. BY GEORGE PORTER, Staff Correspondent of The Star UPPER MARLBORO, Md., June 2.— Putting into effect two laws passed by the recent Legislature, the Prince Georges County commissioners yester- day appointed an 11-man police force and authorized rental of the First Na- tional Bank Building of Hyattsville for the metropolitan district offices of the county. In appointing the police force, the commissicners made one change in the list of patrolmen whom it was an- nounced had been “unanimously agreed | upon” at a coucus of the Democratic commissioners 10 days ago. The change eliminated Willlam C. Quade of Brandywine and substituted R. Arnold Naylor of Aquasco. No offi- cial expianation was made of the chenge. Two Posts Filled. The two positions left open at the time of the caucus were filled by the Thief Steals Load Of Furniture From Alexandria Home By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2.—The height of efciency in the field of robbery has been reached at last, members of ‘me g;::l pol‘llcemsé\sld. fter report of a robbery made today. o Mn.e?!. L. Pierce of this city said that she was moving into a new home at 342 East Clifford avenue yesterday. She had moved one load of furniture into the hm! and went to get another load. en she re- turned the first load of furniture had disappeared. | Trial of Duringer in Murder of New York Dance Hall Hostess Enters Final Phase. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June z.e;e‘fih:h 14}‘110\:1- drinki t) ect e shoot- £ 5irginia Brannen, dance hall . ws described today, when the trial of Rudolph C: Duringer, charged with the murder, entered its final phase. The witness was Robert Le Clair, who. with Francis Crowley and Mildred Moore was in the party and on the | fatal automobile ride that foll-wed. His | testimony corroborated in its major de- | tails that given by Miss Moore yester- | dGay. The purpose of their testimony | was to prove the defense contention that Duringer was too drunkto' premeditate | |LIQUOR PARTY PRECEDING SLAYING IS DESCRIBED, appointment of Arthur M. Brown of | murder. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1931 TOWN OFFBAS NAMED AT B Laurel Votes Street Bond Issue of $10,000 for Improvements. Wil'iam C. Kreitzer, Bernard Luers and J. E. Dorsey were elected town commissioners of Bowle by large ma- Jjorities yesterday. While' two other nearby Maryland towns were the scene of municipal bal- voting heavy. In Laurel a $10,000 bond issue for street improvements was approved by | & majority of 36, the vote being 158 to 122, while at Kensington, Alfred L. Geiger and Archie R. Woodwell were re-elected to the Town Council. Luers Leads Ticket. A total of 180 votes were cast at ‘Bowle out of 265 voters on the books. Luers lead the ticket, receiving 165. Kreitzer polled 144 and Dorsey 139. The unsuccessful candidates, W. W. Everett and W. D. Johnston, received 37 and 33 votes, respectively. In spite of the large majorities piled \lr by the victors, the election was one | of the hardest fought in the history of | the town. | commissioners were candidates for re election. The vote at Laurel represented less loting yesterday, only at Bowie was the | than half of the registration, according to Mayor John H. Fetty. Work on the streets to be improved by means of the bond issue funds will" not start until next month, the mayor said. Election at Kensington. Alfred L. Geiger and Archie R. Wood- well were re-elected to the Kensington Town Council last night. Mr. Geiger led the five candidates for the two posi- Itions on the council with 108 votes. Mr. Woodwell was second with 99, Wil- liam F. Walker third with 54, Raymond Burgdorf fourth with 40 and Louis Beall last with 19. Mr. Geiger and Mr. Woodwell were elected for two-year terms. They will take their oaths of office at the annual town meeting June 29. A total of 161 | persons voted. 1 | Judges of the election were Eugene C. | Raney, Caspar G. Dickson, Wilbur N. calnuzhmnn and Welles Meriam, town | clerk. CII;; Plans F l{ivnl. | HARDWARE SCREEN pixe’ WIRE Fries, Beall & Sharp None of the outgoing town | Foremost Furnishers Laurel end Elon Turner of Notting- | am Other appointees, all announced after the caucus. are: Jeremiah J. Crowley, chief; Arthur W. Hepbury and H. G. Machen, sergeants: Claude Reese. Ralph Brown, George W. Gray, William E.! Clifton and Oscer F. Beall, patrolmen The new officers will be sworn in and will begin their duties as soon as their bonds are approved by the commis- sioners. As they must also secure uni- | forms and be sunplied with automobiles | and revolvers h the county, it is not | expected the fo~e will begin to func-| tion fully for about a week. Offices Must Be Found. In the meanwhile the commissioners are faced with the problem of finding offices for the chief here and a tempo- | rary substation in Hyattsville, as re- quired by the new law. It was said vesterday that the office now occupied by County Agent W. B. Posey i5 favored by Chief Crowley and some of the com- missioners and probably will be select- cd, Mr. Posey being moved to some other room in the court house. The commissioners decided yesterday to furnish the new officers with auto- 1t is the contention of the district at- torney, supported by Duringer's con- fession, that Duringer quarreled with Miss Brannen because she would not marry him. — e e - . the new chief. Carl M. Blanchard, former chief of police of Hyattsville, and an unsuccess- ful candidate for the county force, was named constable for Hyattsville dis- trict yesterday. He succeeds W. C. Hanson, who resigned. The commissioners decided to rent the former Pirst National Bank Build- ing in Hyattsville at a rental of $450 a month. The building will have to be remodeled at the expense of the Prnce Georges Bank & Trust Co., present owners. The remodeling will Tequire about three weeks, it is esti- mated. ‘Thomas R. Henault was reappointed clerk of the Police Court for a two- year term yesterday. Henry St. J. L. Brisco, jr. was named road clerk for the coming year. Every One Of Thesc Hand-Made is a genuine bargain at their reduced price— mobiles of the two-Goor sedan type and ordered that the words “Prince Georges County Police” be displayed on | both sides of the cars. No motor cycles | will be purchased. Vote Held in Secret. In making the appointments the commissioners deviated from the cus- tom of acting on such matters in pub- | lic and voted on all the officers in | executive session. It was learned later, | however, that only three votes, repre- | senting the Democratic majority, were | cast for Chief Crowley, the two Repub- | lican members of the board not voting. All five members of the board voted | for nearly all the other appointees. While the entire force is composed of Demacrats, two were nominated by Re- publican _commissioners. After the appointments were com- pleted all the new policemen who were in the court house were called before another executive session of the com- missioners and told by Commissioner Grimes that they must co-operate fully with Chief Crowley. Co-operation Is Urged. Any complaints concerning the man- agement of the force must be brought before the commissioners, Mr. Grimes said. He also instructed the officers to co-operate with the volunteer fire departments and the metropolitan po- lice force of Washington. 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