Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1937, Page 28

B—4 =» T HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, MAY 16, 1937—PART ONE. —_— e DETECTIVES BEGIN NEW ASSIGNMENTS Joint Responsibility System in Effect in Nine D, C. Precincts. Detectives in nine Washington pre- cincts assumed yesterday an equal burden of responsibility with colleagues in one or more adjacent police subdi- visions under a new system designed to tighten and improve law enforce- ment in the Nation's Capital. Inspector Bernard W. Thompson, chief of detectives, whose reorganiza- tion transferred eight detectives and | increased plain clothes personnel in the | precincts, said one day's operation with the system was not sufficient to determine its effectiveness. Joint Duty Arranged. Heretofore, precinct detectives have been responsible only for cases in their | § own precincts or those to which they ‘were specifically assigned. Now, they | are jointly on duty to clear up cases | in their areas. Inspector Thompson explained that reports on cases coming first into headquarters over the teletype system from the precinct stations are rewrit- ten in the clerk's office and assign- ments are then made up for issuance to detectives. Under the “partner” plan, several copies of each assignment will be made and distributed. Detectives of | the fourth, fifth and cleventh precincts are now working together, as are those In the sixth and tenth, seventh and eighth, and tenth and twelfth, re-! spectively. | “There are three classes of assign- ! ments,” explained the inspector. “They are class A, for cases involving felonies such as housebreaking and larceny and involving stolen articles valued af $25 or more. class B for cases of as sault with dangerous weapons. simple essaults, automobile accidents and murders, and class C for fugitive cases. Original Copy Filed. | “The original copy of each assign- ment is filed at headquarters. Dupli- cates of it now go to several detectives, | instead of only one or two under our previous system. | “Our chief aim is to serve the public | efficiently and well, and we hope this plan will improve and make more ef- | fective the work of the Detective Bu- | reau.” OFFICIAL’S SON HONORED | Harllee Branch’s Son to Get Com- mission. | DAVIDSON, N. C., May 15 (#).— | Assistant Postmaster General Harllee | Branch will present a commission in | the Reserve Corps of Uncle Sam’s | Army to his own son, Cadet Lieut. Col. Jack E. Branch, at the annual military day exercises at Davidson College Monday. Branch will present commissions to all Davidson senjors who have com- pleted the R. O. T. C. course here | and will review the battalion in its final parade of the year. | Cadet Lieut. Col. Branch will re- | ceive a gold medal awarded by the | Charlotte reserve officers for being the | outstanding senior in all-around mili- | tary ability. M. L. (Teeny) Lafferty will receive the silver medal for being | the outstanding junior officer. THE WEATHER District of cloudiness, followed by light showers tonight or tomorrow: not much change in temperature; gentle shifting winds. ! Maryland and Virginia—Increasing | cloudiness today, followed by light | showers tonight or tomorow; not much | change in temperature. | West Virginia—Cloudy, followed by | light showers this afternoon or to- | night and tomorrow; not much change in temperature. : River Report. | Potomac River slightly muddy and Shenandoah clear late yesterday aft- ernoon. Report Until 10 P.M. Midnight 2 am. | | Columbia—Increasing ‘ saturday. 4am. 6am. | am, 10 a.m. Record Until 10 P.M. Saturday. Highest, 6S. 4 p.m. yesterday. Year ago. “Lowest, 54. 5:30 am. yesterday. Year REO 43 Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 93, on April 18. Lowest. 19. on February 28. Tide Tables (Furnished by United State Geodetic S s Coast and ) Tae Sun and Moon. Rises. Bun. today 345 Sun, tomorrow 4:55 Moon. today 111l am Automobile lights must be one-half hour afier sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date) Month. January February March April May June July = August Eeptember 1 am. turned on b cm\:'ruther in Various Cities. Precip. Temperature— Max. Min. Sat Sat- Fri. 7 urday.night. B. Asheville, N. C._. 66 42 & Atlants, Ga. Atlantic City. Baltimore, Md Birmingham. Ala Bismarck, N. Dak._ 7 Mass, 3 hi e Chicago, Til. Cincinnati, Ohio Cheyenne, Cleveland, Helena, Mont Huron,' 8. Dak. Indianapolts, In Jacksonville, El Kansas City, M Little Rock, Atk Los Angeles, Calit. Louisville, Ky. Marquette, _Mic Memphis. Tenn. Miami. Fla. = Minneapolis, Minn. Mobile, Ala. New Orleans. La. New York, N. North Platte, Nel Omaha, Nebr. Philadelphia, Phoenix, L Pittsburgh, Portland, Ronid City. S D D] y, 8. Dal 8Salt Lake City, Utah 8t. Louis, Mo, San Antonio, Tex. San ‘Diego, Calif, | 68 an Francisco, Cal. Mex. 78 Me. 70 76 68 | Fosdick in the Riverside Church today. Young Artists Train as Matter of Form Training for the stage and other arts seems to Students at the King-Smith studio School are going in for strenuous gym work. Anne Perkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell have changed a bit. Perkins of Winston-Salem, N.C., daughter of Mrs. L. T. Childers indulge in some fisticuffs. Daughter Charles Quitman, little gym ham Club, T and Louise Singer, of Camp Hill, Ala., MATILDA TILMAN, of Mr. and Mrs. homas Tilman of Ga., goes in for a work at the Shore- mindful, apparent- bag. ly, of “form” in art. Depression Over, Child Hoboes |RESERVEGOVERNORS By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, May 15.—America’s wan- dering youths are back home again. | The boys and girls who aimlessly | roamed the United States a few years ago are now at work or in school, Col. Hulda Smith of Chicago, commander | of the northwest area of the Volun- teers of America, reported today at the organization’s annual national council. She expressed the opinion the Na- tional Youth Administration and the C. C. C. camps “had a wonderful in- fluence” on the youthful itinerants of the depression while business, industry | and agriculture had removed many of | them from the road. “A few years ago, when the depres- LA GUARDIA SAYS U.S. RELIEF SAVED CITIES Economic Chaos Held Averted by Government Aid—Mayors Hear New Yorker. Bv the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, May 15.—The Gov- ernment’s unemployment relief pro- gram has saved many American cities from economic chaos, Mayor F. H. La Guardia of New York declared today. “I do not know what would have happened to my city or any other American city had it not been for the unemployment relief program of the Federal Government,” Mayor La Guardia told the Western regional meeting of the United States Confer- ence of Mayors. He continued: “We may as well face the facts and realize that no matter how prosper- ous business and industry may be, that this country will always face an unemployment problem, and we may as well determine that the American people must provide work relief for men and women who are out of jobs through no fault of their own.” La Guardia joined other conferees in urging passage of the proposed $1,500,000,000 Federal work relief pro- gram. He said he hoped the confer- ence would place itself very firmly and definitely on record in favor” of the program. GLENN BALCH IS WED Idaho Novelist Marries Miss Elise Kendall in New York. NEW YORK, May 15 (#).—Glenn Balch, 35, short story writer and novelist of Boise, Idaho, and Miss Elise Kendall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. Kendall of Jacksonville, Fla., were married by Rev. Dr. Harry Emerson Miss Emily Beatty of Plant City, Fla., was maid of honor and Mr. Pres- ton L. Grover of Washington, D. C,, was best man. 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NAtiogl 4235 sion was at its worst, 50 many of our young people started drifting,” she said. “Drifting from one town to an- | other—from their homes to parks and hobo ‘jungles’ in strange cities—from wholesome circles to potty thievery and crime—in short, from bad worse. “The problem of the wandering youth was becoming a menace. Of course, the volunteers and other chari- table organizations were doing what they could, but were overwhelmed. Nightly the police stations in the larger cities were filled with young boys, and girls occasionally, who should have been at home with their parents or at school. “Most of the child hoboes, as they were called, were not homeless orphans or waifs, but were children of parents who were unable to survive the de- pression.” PO Are Found Returning Home URGE SOUND MARTS Fluctuations Based on Reports From Washington Held With- out Justification. By the Associated Press. ; ATLANTA, May 15—Two members of the Federal Reserve Board of Gov- | ernors today had before them a Re- | serve banker's “heed the home town¥ method of market control. Ronald Ransom, vice chairman, and Chester Davis, 8 member of the Board | of Governors of the Reserve system, | heard W. D. Cook of Meridian, Miss., | declare: | “There is no reason the markets | should go up and down merely because of some statement from Washington. “It seems to me local business men and bankers know their own local NT Just to keep in form, Margery Hood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy M. Hood of Detroit, has a workout with the punching —A. P. Photos. buainess conditions and can, or should, conduct their business on that basis. * * * There are a lot of people in Washington, and a lot said.” Ransom, here for several days’ vaca- tion, said he believes conditions are sound. “There is nothing I see on the horizon which might mean an inter- ruption of our progress.” TRUANCY BILL SIGNED COLUMEIA, 8. C, May 15 (#).— Gov. Johnston announced today that he had signed the compulsory school attendance act which appropriates a minimum of $1,400 for attendance teachers in each county to enforce the law. “I am glad to sign this measure” he said. “It will have a very definite tendency to ald school attendance and to eliminate illiteracy in our State. I am proud of the progress we have made along educational lines.” The law requires that all children between the ages of 7 and 16 attend achool. IACS "I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THAT A CAR SO DEPENDABLE COSTS ME ONLY 15 A DAY als f.‘ MORE TO BUY " Says BERT PRIMO Detroit, Mich. 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C. stores, disclosed that its enforcement division has virtually stamped out organised “liquor rings,” while Virginians poured more than $60,000,000 into legal liquor channels, This amount was spent in the State stores for distilled spirits and with licensees for wine and beer, but, said Board Chairman T. McCall Frazer, the bootlegging industry collected this much or more during the three-year period prior to repeal. Since the four stores were opened in Richmond on May 15, 1934, the board has put in operation 76 stores, including the one voted out yesterday at Bluefield, Va., home town of Chair- man Frazier. These stores and the sales of wine and beer by the licensees will have provided the State with $15,000,000 in revenue by June 30. Already the localities have received | $2,172,072.83 from the operation of the stores, and this year, if estimates are correct, they will receive a per capita distribution of 70 cents. While arrests for drunken driving have more than doubled since the State began the sale of liquor, Frazier declared that this fact could not ac- curately be laid at the board’s door. SULZER LAWYER DIES Austen G. Fox, Who Defended Governor in Impeachment, 87. WICKFORD, R. I, May 15 (®#).— Austen G. Fox, well-known retired New York lawyer, who defended Wil- liam Sulzer, former New York Gov- ernor, when the latter was impeached in 1913, died at his home tonight. He was 87 years old. Fox was also a special assistant district attorney in prosecution of New York City police officials fol- lowing the famous Lexow Committee investigation. He was a leader in the New York bar for 0 years and a contemporary and friend of Elihu Root and Jos- eph Choate. He termed himself the only “barrister” in the United States, because he never accepted cases di- | been made to authorities. { Maryland to Pay Alumnae Honor At May Festival Selection of Queen and Pageant to Be Pre- sented Tomorrow. By Staft Correspondent of The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md, May 15.— Belection of a queen and presenta- tion of a pageant will feature the fourteenth annual May day celebra- tion of the University of Maryland here at 3:30 p.m. Monday. Important women in the world’s history will be portrayed in the pageant, and the queen will be chosen by ballot from the co-eds of the Junior class. At least 125 girls will participate. Several alumnae will be honored. They include Mrs. Elizabeth Hook Day of Centreville, the university's first woman graduat:, who received her degree in 1923; Mrs. Zi‘.a Ensor Hufford of Sparks, the first May queen to reign over the celebration; Mrs. Esther Willlams Newell of ‘Washington, the first president of the Women'’s Student Government As- sociation, and Mrs. John L. White- hurst of Baltimore, the first woman to serve on the university’s Board | of Regents. Following the celebration, the tap- | ping ceremony for the Mortar Board, only national senior honorary so- clety for women on the campus, will | be held. ARMY “PURGE” BEGUN BY MEXICAN OFFICIALS Abuses Bring Rule to Weed Out | All Non-Agrarians Among Reserves. Bs the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, May 15—The war | department today began weeding out | undesirables among the Agrarian Re- serves, farmers armed to bolster Mex- ico’s military strength. | Acting Secretary of War Manuel Avila Camacho instructed army | leaders to permit arms to be given only to men who already have re- ceived land under the government's agrarian program. Many persons, he said, such as mer- | chants and landlords, “ideologically opposed to agrarianism,” managed to join the reserves “to defend personal I interests.” He ordered these ousted along with those who “merely sought an excuse to carry a gun.” Complaints that armed agrarians| have been using their weapons for | purposes other than intended have The most frequent complaint has | been that small farmers sieze prop- rectly from clients, but only t.hmugh' another attorney. A GENERAL MOTORS VALUE EXTRA inches of leg Dealers L. P. Steuart, Inc. N.E. Branch, 141 12th St. N. 8Y GENKRAL MOTORS TERMS to let you relax in comfort. | year. | |= product derived from okrs, common South- VIRGINIA TOURIST TRAVELUP 25PCT, Conservation Head Says Ho- tel Trade Up 179 Over April, ’36. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., May 15.—Wilbur C. Hall, chairman of the State Con- servation Commission, estimated today that tourist travel in Virginia in April Wwas approximately 25 per cent better than in April of last year. Hall's estimate was based on reports from leading hotels and tourist attrac- tions as to comparative patronage. The average for hotels was about 17 per cent better, while the historic shrines and other attractions reported figures greatly in excess of this aver- age, Hall said. One hotel reported a gain of 90 per cent, while two reported 50 per cent increases. The Shenandoah National Park re- ported 13,658 automobiles entered the Skyline Drive in April, an increase of 56.5 per cent over the same month last year. The total numebr of per- 8ons who visited the park in April was 41,806. The Petersburg National Military Park reported a patronage of 9,082 in April, against 3,243 in April of last Approximately 50,000 persons were estimated to have attended the re-enactment of the Battle of the Crater on April 30. 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