Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1937, Page 24

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F. 8. 1. T0 TRAIN GOUNTY OFFICERS Montgomery Represented in Session of Academy Opening Monday. A representative of the Montgomery County Police Department will be among 35 State, county and municipal law enforcement officers who have been selected to attend the next ses- sion of the National Police Academy of the Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion, opening Monday at the Depart- ment of Justice. A number of local authorities on special phases of police work will aid in the lecture course, which will cover everything a policeman should know —from ballistics to ju-jitsu. In announcing the fourth session, J. Edgar Hoover, director of the F. B. 1., pointed out that “almost all” of the 81 officers who have graduated from the academy have received promotions and have been placed in executive posi- tions upon returning to their respective departments. The graduates are con- nected with police departments in 39 States and 1 Territory. Instructions in Detection. | During the three-month period of | training the students will receive in- structions in scientific crime detection, statistics, firearms, methods of investi- gation, administration and many other subjects. The policemen will receive the same training as that afforded G- men in the technical laboratory, finger- print division, crime study rooms, gun range and other training divisions of | the F. B, I. Among the special lecturers will be Lieut. Col. A. J. Drexel Biddle, Marine Corps Reserve of Philadelphia, Pa., an authority on ju-jitsu and other means of self-defense; Prof. Felix Frank- furter of Harvard University Law School, Andrew J. Kavanaugh, presi- dent of the International Association of Chiefs of Police; Prof. Raymond Moley of Columbia University Law School, Prof. August Vollmer, Uni-| versity of California, and the following local men: Harry J. Anslinger, commissioner of narcotics; Dr. Edgar C. Higbie, presi- | “I wouldn’t trade him for anything in the world,” says Mc- Kinley Kriegh, jr., 12, of the seventh grade, Alice Deal Junior High School, of his dog Cubby. Mrs. McKinley Kriegh, 3304 McKinley is the son of Mr. and McKinley street. Tomorrow: Charles Kriegh, also son of Mr. and Mrs. McKinley Kriegh, of the same school. —Star Staff Photo. 'FIGHT IS PRESSED FOR FIRE ALARM BOX Bradbury Heights Association alarm box at Hillcrest drive and For- ty-fourth place northeast. Pointing out that the present box | on Bowen road is five minutes away, | and it takes 10 minutes more for the | fire engines to arrive, the letter stated | that this box had been approved a year and a half ago by the District G__STAR, WASHINGTON INTERCEPTOR ITEM IN BUDGET URGED Washington Highlands Adopts Committee Report on Oxon Run Project. ‘The report of a special committee representing four citizens’ associa- tions requesting an item in the 1938 District appropriation bill for con- struction of the Oxon Run inter- ceptor was adopted by the. Washing- ton Highlands Citizens’ Association at a meeting last night. ‘The committee represents delegates from Congress Heights, Hillcrest, Sum- mit Park and Washington Highlands, the areas affected. At a previous meeting of the representatives it was decided to ask for the appropriation. Since that time petitions have been printed, which are to be distributed and collected among property owners in the sections represented by the four associations, stating that a sani- tary sewer is needed in the community. The petitions are addressed to the District Commissioners. Opposition to the use of one-man street cars in the District was voiced by the group. The secretary was in- structed to write the Public Utilities Commission, the Capital Transit Co. and the Federation of Citizens’ As- sociations informing them of the ac- | tion taken, Capt. Herbert C. Whitehurst, direc- | tor of highways of the District, was | to be asked to investigate the lack | of proper drainage in the vicinity 011 First street and Mississippi avenue | southeast and Nichols avenue and | Yuma street southwest. j CHAPTER TO GET REPORT | District Red Cross to Outline| Activities for Year. Reports of the last year's activities will be read and an executive com- mittee elected at the annual meeting | of the District Chapter, American Red Cross, called for 4 pm., January 18, at the District Chapter House, 1730 E street. Brig. Gen. Prank R. Keefer, chair- man of the District Chapter, will pre- | side. Reports will be heard from the chairmen of 14 committees. D. C,. FRIDAY, JANUARY MARGARET PAYSON BLISH, Well-known young solo ac- tress, will present a program of her original character sketches and caricatures Sun- day evening at the Roosevelt Hotel at 9:30 p.m. JULIUS GARFINCKEL & COMPANY N SALE VALUES DEDICATED TO FOSTER Sunday Program to Be in Honor of Song Writer. IN COMMEMORATION of the 73th anniversary of the death of Stephen Foster, Pearl Hauer is dedicating her Myriad Volces program Sunday afternoon to the memory of America’s foremost song writer. (n addition to the organ numbers, Raul and the Schubert double male chorus, will feature Foster's immortal songs. The program is from 1 to 1:30. Among the songs will be “Beau- tiful Dreamer,” “Old Black Joe” and “My Old Kentucky Home.” Mrs. Bethune to Speak. Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, direc- tor of the division of Negro affairs for the National Youth Administra- tion, will speak at the forum meeting of the Phillis Wheatley Y. W. C. A. to be held at 5:30 p.m. S8unday. Her subject will be “What Has Been Done for Our Youth by the New Deal.” TRUNKS—* ¢z Repairing of Leather Goods G. W. King, Jr.,511 11th St.N.W. ow IN OUR SHOP FOR YOUNG MEN AND BOYS ON THE SIXTH FLOOR F Street at Fourteenth Asks Southeast Council to dent, Wilson Teachers’ College: E. K. | * Jett, assistant chief engineer, Federal | Communications Commission; Dr. A. Magruder MacDonald, District coro- | ner; Burton Marsh, director of safety | and traffic engineering, Amcrican} Automobile Association; Dr. Robert Olesen, assistant surgeon general of the United States; Rev. E. A. Walsh, Georgetown University, and Dr. Wil-| liam A. White, superintendent, St.| Elizabeth's Hospital. Agencies Represented. Agencies sending representatives to the school, in addition to Montgomery County police, are Albany (Ga.) police, Allentown (Pa.) police, Athens (Ga.) police, Bangor (Me.) police, Blackwell | (Okla.) police, Brigham (Utah) sher- | {fI's office, Butte (Mont.) police, Char- || | lotte (N. C.) police, Chattanooga (Tenn.) police, Duluth (Minn.) sher- if's office, East Providence (R. I.) po- lice, Elgin (Ill.) police, Elmwood Park A SALE OF OVERCOATS (Fla.) police, Lancaster (Pa.) police, Laramie (Wyo.) sheriff’s office, Mas- AND saillon (Ohio) police, Mountain Home (Idaho) sheriff's office, Nassau County police, Mineola, N. Y.. Plymouth| (Mich.) police, Racine (Wis.) police, ||| Rochester (N. Y.) police, Rutland |} (Vt) police, Salt Lake City (Utah) ||| police, South Bend (Ind.) police, Sum- ter (S. C) police, Tacoma (Wash.) ||! ( : police, Visalia (Calif.) police, Water- || GREATLY REDu ED bury (Conn.) police, Westchester ||| County Parkway police, Bronxville, N. Y.: West Hartford (Conn.) police and Wise (Va.) sheriff’s office. - authorities, but so far nothing had been done about it. | Aid of the Southeast Council was The association agreed to change its sought by the Bradbury Heights Citi- | calendar year, having the year start | zens' Association last night in a let-| in January instead of September, | ter asking indorsement of the asso- } making the dues $1 a year for each ciation’s motion requesting a fire family. Help in Demands. ' fashion’s JULIUS GARFINCKEL & COMPANY newest mid-season DRESSES G.95 Printed applique touches on black! Smart schiffle embroidery! Gay little bolero jackets! High necklines! New Tricoledo and Romaine crepes! Dresses that bring a breath of Paris and an advance dash of Spring to your jaded Winter wardrobe. Sizes 12 to 20 in the styles sketched. 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