Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1937, Page 48

t MEEEE EEENEBSA ST IAEROIRE T EEAL S TIIEABATRTIREINI RN Taws P cwx 1 given by a corps of experts,, C—38 THE EVEN HODVERINDORSE SHIN CAVPHEN Recreational Activities Tend | to Curb Crime, G-Men’s Head Says. “There would be less crime and | #fewer criminals if more people had | the recreational advantages afforded ;in Washington,” J. Edgar Hoover, | director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, declared today in Indorsing the Young Men's Christian Association learn-to-swim campaign for men being conducted in co-opera- tion with The Star. Hoover praised swimming as “one of the best all-round exercises.” His Indorsement of the campaign follows: “Any good, healthy exercise, cal- culated to develop a sound body, is an aid toward normal living. “A person with a sound body is likely to have a sound mind. I sin- | cerely believe there would be less | crime and fewer criminals if more | people had the recreational advan- tages afforded in Washington. “Swimming, to my mind, is one of the best all-round exercises. It pro- vides wholesome recreation and healthy exertion, in addition to being wn important safety measure. “I heartily commend The Star and the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion for extending to men the oppor: tunity to receive free swimming struction under competent super- | vision.” | Those wishing to take the free| tourse of swimming lessons may do | 80 by clipping the “Can You Swim?” coupon from The Star and presenting it at the Central Y. M. C. A. Building, 1736 G street. The first of the series of six lessons will be given next ‘Wednesday. It is important that all who wish to sign up for the lessons do so in ~time to take all six lessons, as the _ tnstruction will be progressive, with different details of swimming taught “in each lesson. The lessons will be | Brain Twizzlers BY PROF. J. D. FLINT. SUMPINS WRONG-T KEEP SEEING SPOTS N FRONT OF A FINANCIER offered a contract to “ ™ a brilliant young man to act as a combination of secretary, trouble- #hooter and general utility man. How- cver, the financier had developed eccentricities and a strange thing happened. When the young man had read the contract and signed his first name he noticed nine dots below the signature line, in three rows of three | each and the financier said: *“Oh, | yes. I want to see you use your in- | genuity. When you sign your last name | don't lift the pen. Run a line down | &nd then join the nine dots in four | strokes without lifting the pen from the paper.” The young man did it, can you? | (Copyright. 1637.) | (Answer on Page C-6.) | = | Traffic Experts. 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Jackson, Assistant Attor- ney General, and Walter L. Rice, spe- cial assistant to Attorney General Homer Cummings, made the request in a petition in Federal Court. The preliminary injunction was granted May 14 by Judge R. M. Gibson. The company contended that a suit | filed in Pittsburgh in 1912 was similar to the present anti-trust action and had Iifen terminated by a consent decree. The Government attorneys argued in their petition that all the company’s suit | records were not kept in Pittsburgh JUNE 4, 1937. and that the New York suit is not| identical with the 1912 suit. LAUREL WOMEN’S CLUB HOLDS FLOWER SHOW Mrs. M. O. Stabler Wins Grand Sweepstakes Award, Mrs. Cope- land Rose Prize. Special Dispatch to The Star. LAUREL, Md, June 4—Mrs. M. O. | Stabler won the grand sweepstakes show sponsored by the Laurel Women's club at the home of Mrs. G. W. S. Musgrove. Other sweepstakes winners in the various classes were Mrs. J. M. Cope- land, roses; Mrs. B. P. 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