Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1937, Page 27

- CRIMES AGAINST PEOPLE INCREASE F. B. I. Survey Shows Mur- der Every 40 Minutes inU.S. BY REX COLLIER Some cne dies by murder or man- slaughter every 40 minutes in the United States A larceny occurs every 44 seconds, a burglary every two minutes, an auto- | mobile theft every 2! minutes, a robbery every 10 minutes, a felonious | assault every 12 minutes and a crim- | inal assault on a woman every 67 minutes. Crimes against property are de- creasing, but crimes against people (slayings, assaults, etc.) have taken a definite upturn in recent months. These are some of the findings of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in an analytical study of crime statistics for 1936. While there was a drop of 7.8 per cent in total number of crimes re- ported to the F. B. 1. by the Nation's | police in 1936, as compared with the preceding year, a substantial increase | was noted in what the bureau terms * “offenses against the person.” Seek Reason For Shift. J. Edgar Hoover and his staff are making further studies of the figures in an effort to find the reason for the shift in nature of preponderant crimes. The bureau's statisticians also have collected figures showing that crime is costing the Nation $15,000,000,000 a year, which breaks down into a daily cost of $41,040,000. This means that every time the clock ticks the | country’s crime bill jumps $475 Police reported a total of 1,333,526 crimes during 1936, a decrease of | 112,055 from the total for 1935. Major offenses—all classified as | “property crimes”—which showed de- | creases were: Larceny, 779,956 in 1935 | to 716,674 in 1936; burglary, 283,685 | in 1935 to 278.823 in 1936; automo- bile theft, 247,346 in 1935 to 213,712 | in 1936; robbery, 67,612 to 55,660. “Offenses against the person,” in- | cluding sex crimes, showed increases &s follows: Murder and non-negligent | manslaughter, 7,745 in 1935 to 7,894 in 1936; manslaughter by negligence, | 4.996 to 5348; rape, 7,260 to 7,888, and aggravated assault, 46,981 to 47,534, Felony Every 24 Seconds. The analysis disclosed that a felony Was committed every 24 seconds last year. An examination of the ages of those arrested showed that most of them were 22 years old. This represents an | increase during the past two years in the predominant age-group. Until | 1935, when the trend upward was first | noted, the “dangerous age” in crime | was 19. | More than 700,000 youths 21 or | younger have committed crime in some form, the records show. Hoover holds parents often are re- sponsible for this condition. | “Lax discipline in the home, negli- | gent guardianship and shirking of | other parental obligations are a be- trayal of the child,” he said. “If such | a child grows up to be a good citizen, | it is in spite of the parents | “It is most unfair in a world beset with temptations of lawlessness to | permit a child to run loose, free to | obey its own impulses. Yet thousands | of parents, prating of ‘freedom of youth,’ are neglecting their children in this manner,” he added. Other factors in the crime problem, | he declared, are political meddling in | law enfoicement, lack of proper pub- lic support of police, abuse of the | parole and probation system in many | jurisdictions ~ and ‘“coddling” and | glorifying of the criminal, | “Law enforcement will continue to | labor under a tremendous handicap and crime will continue to flourish | until these factors are eliminated,” he | asserted. SOCIAL WORK COUNCIL TO HEAR STERNHEIM Election by Agencies Unit to Be | Held at Annual Meeting Tomorrow. The annual meeting of the Wash- | ington Council of Social Agencies at | illustrated by Boy Scouts and their | of Scout newspapers or on scholastic | south of. the reflecting pool, the old Shades of the “Honor” Duels By consequence of his famed “honor” duels, Dr. Franz Sarga, the duelling doctor of Buda- pest, Hungary, is the idol of these boys in a high-class fencing club, where he is training the young Hungarian aristocracy how to defend its honor, when and if necessary. —A. P. Photo. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO Ny SCOUTSTOPUBLISH IANBOREEPAPER Tabloid Daily Will Contain Permanent Record of Gathering. Boy Scouts attending the proposed | National Jamboree here June 30-July | 9 will publish their own daily morning | newspaper, the Jamboree Journal, it | was announced yesterday. The Journal is to be a 16-page il- lustrated tabloid, with & circulation estimated at 50,000 copies, it was an- nounced by officials of the Boy Scouts of America. It will be edited and leaders who are members of Boy Scout Press Clubs and have had some ex- perience either through publication publications papers. Although the Jamboree will open officially June 30, there are expected to be hundreds of Scouts in camp be- fore that time and the Jamboree Journal is to make its first appearance on the morning of June 29. The 10 proposed issues of the Journal will contain a permanent record of the encampment, which is expected to bring together 25,000 Boy Scouts from every State and from 24 foreign countries, or community news- Circulation Staff. The Scouts are planning a circula- tion staff of older Scouts, who will distribute the editions to 20 sectional camps, each housing 1,260 Scouts and leaders. In addition, thousands of copies will be mailed to subscribers and placed on sale in Washington. Jamboree camps are to be con- structed in local park areas totaling 350 acres, under authorization of Con- gress. The sites designated for camps include part of the Washington Monu- ment grounds, West Potomac Park cricket grounds near the Tourist Camp, part of East Potomac Park, nearly all of Columbia Island, part of the De- partment of Agriculture experimental farm, the area between the railroad and high bridges along the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway and an area between Roaches Run and Four- mile Run. Railroads Reduce Fares. Most of the railroads in the United States have agreed to reduce th fares to 1 cent a mile in coaches for Scouts and their leaders in parties of 10 or more to and from Washington, it was announced. They also will transport Scouts and their camp gear from Union Station to camp sites for an extra charge of 25 cents. High lights of the Jamboree are to | be an opening review of the Scouts by President Roosevelt; a convocation at the Washington Monument on the evening of July 4, pageants, demon- strations and excursions and a closing campfire meeting the night of July 8. Bread Industry Huge. The average adult American eats Gov. Earle Leads Press Poll of 1940 Democratic Honor Roosevelt Mentioned as Possible Third-Term Candidate. Gov. George H. Earle of Pennsyl- vania was accorded most mention as the likely Democratic presidential nominee in 1940 in a poll conducted among the Washington correspond- ents of the American newspapers and press services by the Queen's Work, national Catholic magazine. Most striking aspect of the poll, in which 53 correspondents took part, was the fact that President Roosevelt was mentioned by 25 correspondents as a possible third-term candidate and that he was the first choice of 19, while Gov. Earle received 13 votes for first place. The Pennsylvania Governor was mentioned two more times than the President, however. Third in the poll was Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace, who was mentioned by 24 correspondents. Runners-up, in the order of the number of points received, were: Paul V. McNutt, now high commissioner of the Philippines; Gov. Murphy of Michigan. John L. Lewis, Secretary of State Hull, Senator Clark of Mis- souri, Senator La Follette of Wiscon- sin, Jesse Jones, R. F. C. head; W. P. A. Administrator Harry Hopkins, Sen- ator Moore of New Jersey, Joseph P. Kennedy and Gov. La Follette of Wisconsin D. C, APRIL 11, FISHDEATHSHERE LAIDTOPOLLUTION Direction of Wind and Tide Resulted in Slaughter, Expert Says. Rising tide and a steady southwest | wind which backed up surface pollu- tion toward the shore was held respon- sible by & Bureau of Fisheries expert yesterday for the recent death of thou- sands of fish near the anchorage of the Corinthian Yacht Club, Western Branch and First street southwest. G. C. Leach, chief of the division of fish culture, Bureau of Fisheries, said the fish were deprived of their usual supply of oxygen by a surface scum of oils, gas, sewage and other refuse which covered the water in the par- ticular area for several hours. It was possible, Leach stated, that some un- determined chemical action also con- tributed to the slaughter. Yacht club attendants who first re- ported the situation told yesterday of rowing across to Hains Point Thursday evening and dipping up dozens of bass, catfish, perch, carp and eels with every stroke of a crab net. By Friday, however, the surface pollution had been carried away by an ebb tide, they said Leach said the condition, in a less deadly form, existed in many of the waters near the District, but that the combination of wind and tide on Thursday seldom occurred with such destructive results. He said further efforts would be made by the bureau to determine the exact cause of the occurrence. . alks 300,000 Miles. William Bolster, postman of Rocrea, Irish Free State, has retired after 52 years' service, during which he walked 300,000 miles and delivered 12,500,000 letters. HERE'S THE WAY TO PROVE THAT OLDSMOBILE IS 1\ 1937—PART ONE. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 10.—New York is the only place where marriage can be a strictly business proposition. It is the only State in which a man can take a wife—and vice versa— by merely signing on the dotted line of a contract. Every other State in the Union re- quires a ceremony. same as the one a man uses to leasc a house or buy an automobile. It is A promissory note to “love, honor and cherish.” It was brought to national attention recently by the marriage in New York City of Eleanor Andrus, an Oswego, Oreg., artist, and Peter J. Bitterman, jr., a New York architect. Text of Contract. Explaining they thought the con- tract was “the most logical form of marriage,” the bride and bridegroom signed a pact which said: “The parties herewith agree to and hereby do marry one unto the other. “The party of the first part agrees to love, honor and cherish the party of the second part, and to keep unto him as her lawful husband forever, and the party of the second part agrees to love, comfort and cherish the party of the first part as his lawful wife forever. “The party of the first part does hereby become the lawful wedded wife | of the party of the second part, and | the party of the second part becomes | the lawful husband of the party of the first part; all to the same effect and extent as if their marriage had been solemnized before a clergyman or proper magistrate.” The contract was typewritten, and was acknowledged by Supreme Court Justice McGeehan. There were no flowers, no music, no kisses, no tears, no rice, no old shoes. The newlyweds just signed the paper, had it duly witnessed, and went on their way. Used Only Once Before. The contract has been part of the The contract form is legally the | New York Permits Marriage By Contract Without Ceremony New York State law of domestic rela- tions since 1901, but is used compara- tively rarely. In New York City it was used only once before—for the marriage of Dr. Myrtle Bryan McGraw, child psychologist, and neer, last Fall. the marriage contract is puzzling, particularly since no other State has anything like it. It became part of the domestic rela- tions law of New York when common- law marriages were temporarily abol- ished by the Legislature at the begin- ning of the century. They were per- manently banned in 1933. Dr. Albert Jacobs of Columbia University Law School, who has studied domestic relations for years, suggests it “may have been introduced as a concession to those who believed that it was unjustifiable for the State to require a formal ceremony of marriage.” “Thus,” Dr. Jacobs explained, “the Legislature, in abolishing common-law marriage, would be setting up a device somewhere between this looser form common law and a strictly civil or religious ceremony.” Quotes Attorney General. Dr. Jacobs quoted an attorney gen- eral's opinion to show that the con- tract “enables couples, below the age at which they might otherwise marry, to do s0 without the necessity of per- Juring themselves.” Twelve States have marriage laws vaguely similar to the New York con- tract, without actually having the contract. The only restriction on the form of ceremony required in California, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Washington, Wis- consin and Wyoming is that the par- ties shall declare, in the presence of a solemnizing officer, “that they take each other to be husband and wife.” | Most of these States require witnesses to the ceremony. n Rudolph F. Mallina, research engi- | The reason for New York's use of | SECURITY BOARD FAGES CHANGES Shift Necessitated by Lati- mer’s Nomination—Miles May Leave. With the constitutionality of the social security act at last before the | Bupreme Court, it developed yester- | day that a change is impending in the membership of the Social Security Board which administers the legisla- tion. The shift is necessitated by the re- cent nomination for a board vacancy of Murray W. Latimer, a Democrat, despite the fact that already there are two Democrats on the board— the limit under the law. Latimer, representing the public on the Railroad Retirement Board, of which he is chairman, was named to social security on the resignation of Chairman JoJhn G. Winant, a New Deal Republican, who formerly was Governor of New Hampshire. At the same time, Arthur J. Altmeyer, a Wis= | consin Democrat, was designated by President Roosevelt to be chairman, The third board member is V cent M. Miles, Arkansas Democra and there was a report c | terday he was to take anoth | ment post, but he said he had not been |advised such a change was contem- plated. His term expires in August while that of Altmeyer runs until 1939, and that to which Latimer was named, until 1941 The question of Latimer's political affiliation, it was indicated, did not | enter White House calculations at the time of his selection, but was | raised when the nomination got into | the Senate, and was sent to the Fi« nance Committee, where it has since remained The case testing the validity of the act itself came up from Alabama, and argument was concluded Friday. COME IN! MAKE THIS 10-POINT DRIVING TEST! GET-AWAY: Step on the gas from a standing start. See how smoothly dsmobile flashes ahead of other cars. TRAFFIC: Go where traffic is thickest. Note how easily Oldsmo- 12:30 p.m. to- | more than five slices of bread each | morrow at the Y. | W. C. A. will be | addressed by Dr. ~Emmanuel Stern- heim, educator, author and lec- turer. 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