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Of real and imminent danger is ad-
vised. and the police cooperate to tho
full extent of the law. Naturally
when the lives or property of public
men are menaced immediate and con
structive measures are taken to sur
round them with all possible protec
ton.
Without traffic regulations and Off
GERS to enforce them, the travelling ia
cilities in this city would be in a cha
otto state, and yet not a few ordinary
amiable people feel that their dignity
has been outraged if a traffic or motor
cycle officer accuses them of a viola
ton.
Not all violators believe that a soft
answer turneth away wrath. or, if
they do, are discreet ir the application
of the theory. Therefore the honest
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Tasks Which Do Not Come Under RudO
TharBu AHirN1 WoI"
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BY THORNTON FISHER.

T rs am. by the clock on the
corner. and cold night. Patrol
man Smith slaps his gloved hands
together to stimulate circulation,
peers up and down the street
speculatively. then resumes the mo-
notonous tread of his beat. He Will
be relieved in few hours by
brother officer and a steaming cup OF
coffee. His territory SO far has been
singularly free Of even so trivial a
charge as a misdemeanor. In fact,
Smith secretly hopes that something
might happen occasionally to stir him
into action, Just by way Of varying
the nights routine.
However, there is little likelihood
OF this, and he huns u few notes as
he continues down the silent street.
He hugs the front Of the buildings
as he passes. Halfway down the
block Patrolman Smith pauses. Slowly
and with lights extinguished, a sedan
draws UP before a darkened store,
and three stealthy figures emerge
swiftly. Galvanized into sudden &C
ton. Patrolman Smith moves quickly
and quietly in the shadows across the
street
A driver sits behind the wheel Of
the purriug motor. his hand on gun.
It is a clear case of robbery, in which
four criminals are arrayed against the
policeman He has one chance in
four, in other words. Moreover, sin
gle blast from his whistle for aid
would send mis- quarry sCampering
away. But officer Smith has no in
tention Of letting them escape.
From his position, now directly
across the street. his deductions as
sumo a basis Of fact. The three
burglars are already in the store.
Without moments hesitation. Pa
trolman Smith draws a weapon and
dashes to the scene. He scarcely
reaches the curb on the opposite side
when the cry Of the lookout" sends
the three inside men, scurrying out.
At the same moment comes fash
from a pistol and another The air
is filled with flying lead. A window
is shattered. Suddenly, as he is about
to fire for the fourth time. the officer
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tenn, a deadly deterrent to honest eff
fort and vigorously opposed TO the
reward of achievement.
Today many of our patrolmen re-
semble clean-cut young college fellows
There is a notable and conspicuous
absence of the once familiar paunch
of the cop of an older era. Nine times
out of ten he could be given a handi-
cap and outrun the best thug that
ever welded blackjack. He is erect
and proud of his profession.
He is what every American cop
ought to be.
1t may be interesting to know some
thing about this common and popular
appellation, cop" Numerous theories
have been advanced concerning the
origin of the word. Any Englishman
can tell you that members of the Lon.
don force are called boobies" after
Sir Robert Peel, who established the
present organized department in Lon
don. Before the name bobby" was
commonly use, however, the metro
politan police of London were known
as "peelers." This is mentioned be-
cause the only satisfactory explana-
ton of the word cop the writer has
heard was offered during one OF his
recent trips to the English metropolis.
A London policeman is known off,
cially as a constable. Whittier this
system is I'M use today cannot be said,
but for many years when a London
officer made an arrest or issued sum-
mons he was required to sign his
name on specified line. underneath
which was printed these words. Con
stable Of Police" 1t is quickly per.
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OCCASIONALLY RUNS ACROSS
THE NOTIFY INDIVIDUAL"

at your front window every minute of
those "a hours?" Obviously it is ply
sically impossible for any officer to be
omnipresent during all the hours of
his tour.
The Washington department has
another class of persons to whose APP
peals it must listen, those folks with
vivid imaginations or mental deicients
who believe they have secret enemies
seeking their lives.
Usually" as Inspector Shelby said,
these people are suffering from hal
fluctuations. This, of course. does not
mean that all who seek protection are
not justified. A warrant in such cases
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policeman occasionally runs across the
mouthy individual who explosively
shouts, "The signal distinctly said
Co / did as it said. Any fresh re-
marks. big boy, and you'll be ham
mering the pavement out in the
woods, and don't mean maybe. I've
got influential friends in the Police De
partment."
The aggrieved gentleman might as
we'll have said he had friends in the
African navy for all the officer cared
It is hard. under these circumstances
for an officer to govern his temper,
but in the majority of instances he
does, and after warning the voluble
person, waves him on his way.
On the other hand, If the violation
is a serious one, the policeman makes
an arrest.
Occasionally" said Inspector Shell
by of the personnel division, "a driver
will complain to us that certain of
ftcer has been ugly in his manner and
asks us to look into 1t. When we in
vestigate the matter we often find
that the complainant has just been ar
rested for perhaps breaking a traffic
ordinance. This unimportant fact he
discreetly forgot to tell US when he
complained.
I'VE insist on courtesy in the de-
partment so long as it is consistent
with duty. Naturally, among so many
members of the force, it is not difficult
TO find some who fail in this respect,
but we believe that most Of the police
try to deal courteously with the pub
lie. Therefore most of these charges
against officers are probably the result
of bitterness. This Is not always true,
of course, and in some cases a citizen
may have a legitimate excuse for
bringing charges. In that event he
may swear to a complaint against the
officer in question and be willing to
appear before the trial board"
TT must be remembered that a Wash
ington police officer has many sides
to his days work. Here he deals not
only with thousands of transients, but
with that great caravan of motor tour
lists who visit the Capital from all
parts of the country. 1t is obvious
that these strangers are not familiar
with the traffic regulations Of the city,
and innocently. in their ignorance of
the local ordinances, break rules with
which all Washingtonians are familiar
through constant contact.
The Washington police are unique
In respect which differs from many
other similar organizations. Many Of
it's members are ex-service men. Prob.
ably no other city in the country has
as many States represented among its
personnel Wherever ii is possible
and provided that the candidate makes
the civil service grade--the man who
has served his country in the military
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ed petition, something might be done
about 1t, and that was that. Mr. L
has since changed his routine, rising
later III the morning and retiring
later at night.
This is a true incident and shows
the not unnatural ignorance of police
jurisdiction on the part of the average
citizen On the other hand, had Mr..
e possessed evidence that there was a
carousing, drinking party in the apart
ment above him, the police might have
made arrests.
THE policemen Of Washington, no
less than the municipal officers of
other large communities, are frequent
ly attacked by the very ones who de
pend upon them for protection. A
resident will tell his neighbor II
haven't seen policeman on this block
for "a hours. You never can find
them when you want them" The
question then is, "Well. have you been
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or naval forces is given the preference
over one who has not. Therefore a
tourist from Texas may easily find
himself inquiring directions from a
buddy from his own home State.
Here, too, the greenest rookie on
the street today may aspire to the
jobs higher up. His position, in the
first place, was not procured through
the influence of a ward heller" or
street corner politician, and he is not
shackled by the vicious 'spoils'' sys-
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stumbles to the pavement. AS he
falls the three men leap into the car,
emptying their revoivers at the prone
man, who draws himself painfully to
his elbows and replies to the shots.
A muff1ed cry from the sedan indi-
Gates that one Of HIS efforts has
reached it's target. Fellow officers,
attracted by the firing. hasten to the
aid of their comrade. An ambulance
is summoned and the alarm broad
cast for the fugitives, who are caught
as they cross the District line. The
next morning Patrolman Smith is
cited as having lost his life in the
performance Of duty"
To the mature reader these Incl.
dents may appear to be an excerpt
from an ancient blood-and-thunder
weekly. That they are not one needs
but TO consult the columns Of any
daily newspaper.
Fortunately for the members OF the
department and the public which they
protect. such tragedies are infrequent,
but they serve to accentuate the serv-
ice the citizen has come TO accept
as a matter # course.
However, there is a brighter tint TO
the picture Even the most earnest
and dutifuI Of police officials must
possess a sense of humor II he would
make the most Of his job. Most Of
them do. Curlously enough, John Citi-
zen and his wife often fail to com
prehend the scope, and. for that mat
Ter, the limitations, Of the police di-
vision.
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THE average iaw-abiding persons
contact with police officer &C
ours on those occasions only when
he has violated, innocently perhaps, a
traffic regulation. It is a peculiar psy-
chology Of human kind that we re.
sent, like small boys. those who tell
Us. Thou shalt not"
The bluecoat on the corner repre-
SCENTS law and order, The public
gould do well TO recognize the fact
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Real Warfare Mnges With Peace Duties of City Police For

ceived that the initial letters Of each
word spell cop
But what of the Washington de-
partment? Who composes the army
of guardians of the National Capital?
That you and may sleep in security
1919 persons are ever on the alert "a
hours a day. days in the week. Its
presiding officer is Maj, Edwin +.
Hesse.
In order. the executives rank as
follows:
Two assistant superintendent.
Five inspectors.
Fourteen captains.
Twenty-oue reutenants
Six motor cycle sergeants.
Fifty sergeants.
Forty detective sergeants.
Fourteen precinct detectives.
twenty-five horse.mounted priv ates.
Sixty-nine motor cycle privates.
Thirty-one bicycle privates.
Ninety-eiGht assigned TO traffic posts.
Thirty-six detailed to special assign
ments.
One hundred and forty-one detailed
to special duty.
Seven hundred and forty-eight foot
patrolmen
Forty.six privates detailed as patrol
drivers Civilian employees Of the de-
partmenD.
Five attendants blouse Of Detention.
Twelve clerks.
One cook blouse of Detention.
Two deck hands (harbor squad
Two civilian drivers.
Two engineers (llarbor squad.
Two flremen Charbor squad.
Twenty-one janitors.
One laborer.
one laundress blouse Of Detentionl.
| Six matrons.
One messenger.
| Six police and fire surgeons.
| Nine telephone clerks.
| One Waterman.
| pERHAPS no. police organization in
the country maintains such accu-
rate statistics as those compiled by
the Washington department. Any ex-
ecutive can instantly refer to this de-
tailed information and have at his
command a repor. of the activities Of
every precinct for the day. week.
month or year. He may know at once
what precinct force should be in
creased or decreased. where misde-
meanors have occurred or where MUIR
der has been committed. These sta
tistics are prepared by Sergt. Ed
wards, attached to the Office of the
superintendent and under the super
vision of Inspector Shelby.
These statistics for 1926 indicate that
there were:
Total arrests for felonies, 1891
Total arrests for nlisdemeanors.
21.912.
Total arrests for violation of Vol
stead law, 5.3O5.
Total arrests for violation Of the
Sheppard law. 13,sO4.
Total arrests for violation of traffic
| laws, 1853.
Total killed and injured in traffic ac-
cidents, 3,O5s.
| Total number of accidents. 6.44s.
The police executives of this city
literally sleep with telephone receivers
TO their ears. There is no hour when
they are actually off duty. Anything
may happen to require their pres
! ence-a serious explosion, an embank-
ment cave-in or a body found unoer
suspicious circumstances. Thus is tiss
safety of the people guarded night ard
day. With the multiplicity of duties
he must perform. perhaps the "cop"
may be excused when he asks. "Ho,v
do you get that way" when a citizen
darts past a red traffic sigma.
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9:55 pm.---Arlington time signals.
1905 p.m.--Weather Bureau reports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-23
BOOSTING OF ENERGY.

Some of the newest work in am
plification is directed to the gap be-
tween antenna and set. Almost
everything in the way of boosting of
energy has been done between the
various stages, and finally between set
and speaker Now it is proposed to
eyplore the lower" end.
The effect of antenna- set amplifica-
ton ia that of bringing the stations
closer, rather than that Of enabling the
act to reach out for the stations. One
favorable feature of amplification at
this point is that much tube life and
current ia saved. Where the power
modification comes only at the anal
output the set owner often uses ful!
power when IL IS not ac2detl,
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could be rated as fair. Signals that
were tunable had good strength and
audibility.
stations in the North and North
west seemed to come through with
better volume than those in other sec
tons. Among those which We're tuned
easily and held without interruption.
were WEEI and WNAC, Boston;
WEAN, Providence; CKCL, Toronto:
WCRD, Zion, H.: WICK. Detroit; WOR.
Newark, and WABS. Kingston, Pa.
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commissioners Of lighthouses

commissioner of lighthouses.
SIS Educational Cavaliers, from
WEAF.
$50 p.m.--Davis Saxophone Octet,
from WEAF.
9 p.m.-Ipana Troubadous, from
WEAF.
$40 p.m.--University of Maryland
Glee Club.
10 p.m.-Smith Brothers. from
WEAF.
1890 to 1880 pm.--"La Perichole. "
by the WEAF Light Opera Co.
Early Program Tomorrow.
GAS to 7:45 a.m.--Tower health ex
ercises, broadcast Jointly with WEAF
from the Metropolitan Tower, New
York.
1855 am.-Arlington time signals
IL horticultural Flashes.
1915 pm.-Organ recital by Mrs
Farley D. Parkinson.
to p.m.-Nfayflowc Orchestra.
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carried to New York for broadcasting
by WEAF.
Chief among the attractions which
WRC will import from New York via
WEAF are the Offenbach comic opera
La Perichole," which will be sung by
the WEAF Light Opera Company, and
the weekly concerts of the lpana
Troubadours and the Davis SaXo'
phone Octet. There will also be
another program by the National Cav
alters. the quartet which made its
radio debut last week and an enter
tainment by the Smith Brothers.
The only talk on WRC's schedule
will be given by John S. Conway.
deputy commissioner of lighthouses,
who will describe the romance of the
lighthouse service.
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MING STAR WASHINGTON D. c. WEDNESDAY,

955 p.m.-~Arlington time signals.
1905 p.m.--Weather Bureau reports.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Radio Hospital
Fund (256 Meters)
II to 12 noon--Current events and
police reports.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Radio Forum
1888 Meters.)
Silent.
WRC-Kadio Corporation of America
1855 Meters).
Gas pm.--"Political Situation in
Washington Tonight" by Frederic
William Vile, broadcast with WEAF
p.m.--Concert by the United States
Army Band, broadcast Jointly with
WEAF, from 1870 to pm
s pm-"Romance of the Lighthouse
Service. by John $. Conway. deputy
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Gen. McRae on WIZ Schedule.

Maj. Gen. James II. Mcfiae. who re-
Gently assumed command of the 2d
Army Corps Area. will address the
radio audience of VIZ Tuesday night.
March ]. His talk. which will deal
with the benefits to he derived by citi-
zens through the citizens military
training camps, will mark the OPEN
ing of the campaign tn make the
camps during the coming Summer az
successful and as we'll attended as
those of the past
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Fading combined with mild blasts
of static, tended to make dialing last
night an exceedingly annoying pas
time Otherwise reception conditions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-23

Sixty hospitals in New York City
have woman superintendent.
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~1S Ge8G4SS
Distant stations often
broadcast on exactly
the same Wavelength
as locals. This new
Freshman set is so
rfu1 tina t it
brings in stationsfro
all over the country.
Sometimes it is desir-
able to cut out the
distant station broad
casting on the same
wavelength as the
local to which youare
listening; if so, just
pull out the distance
switch indicate
above.
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o:0o-New York: Drama in N
Male Quartet: WAR.
Philadelphia: J. W. G.. /.
New York: Atlantic Ense
Nashville: jackson Orches
Des Moines: Christensen
Chicago: Drake Ensemble !:
Miami Beach. Fla: News
New York: Iodents: NBZ.
Boston: Musical program
by WNAC Players -.
ST. Louis: SolOists; Apple
New York: Piano Twins;
Cleveland: Studio recital
Schenectady: Musical pro-
Cincinnati: Lola Smith. /
Newark: Talk: Paramount
Minneapolis: Talks: farm
Chicago: WIS Haymakers
New York: Songs; amate
Philadelphia: Pennsylvania
New York. Soman's Orche
Detroit: Musical program
Detroit: Eiks' Band :.
Nashville, Tenn, Studio
State College. Pa: ,Orches
Richmond. Va. Markets,
D :30-L0uisyille:. The. Cardinals
Los Angeles: Murray's D
Havana: Cuban Navy B;
New York: Vocal soloists
Spring field: Vocal and ir
San Francisco; Children 8
New York: Davis Saxoph
WILT, WRC. WCSH. w
New York: Keith Mcleod
Eva Giles. KDRA an,
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IL to 12 noon-Current events and
police reports.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-16

against Joe Brightwood of the Franco American club of Water- bury. Brightwood proved to be a game and tough battler in his former appearance here and he should prove to be the toughest man Clinch has fought in many days. Joe Zotter will also be on hand to meet Leo Larrivier of the Franco-Amer- ican club of Waterbury.
 Because of the capacity crowd which is expected to be on hand for the bouts Friday night, the manage ment will have 2.500 chairs on the floor. Every available place will be taken by seats. There will be no re- served seats held and>the first come will be the first served. Because of the fact that the Delaney -Maloney bout is being held in New York. ar rangempnts have been made to get the results of the rounds and have them announced at the ringside.
 Tickets for the tournament are selling fast and crowd larger even than two weeks ago. if such a thing is possible, will be on hand. New Britain people should arrive early so that they can secure seats. Head quarters for tickets in this city are at Bridgett's Smoke Shop and the
New Britain herald., 1927-02-16
.S7URINO IS OUT ID KAY0 HOWARD
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it has been the good fortune of New Britain fans to witness. Frank La Pera, the fashy welterweight cham pion of New York. who easily dis posed of Joe Bard of Hartford in the last tournament. will be matched either with Roy Hogan of Terryville. known as the "Terryville" Terror. or with Fritz Adamson, state welter- weight champion.
 Sturino Monday in New York, took a decision from Nate Dunn, middle weight champion of New York state. in a torrid four round bout and La Pera won in three rounds from his opponent. Added to these, will be another New Yorker. one Of the favorites of the amateur fight follow CTS in the Empire state, Jack Brophy. He will be matched with Frank Moore of the Franco-Ameri- can club of Waterbury. Brophy won by knockout in the second round in a bout Monday night.
 There vii. be a list of heavy weights on the card Friday and when the big boys start swinging, there is sure to be some sleep pro- duced. Starting with the Sturino- Howard go which will be at 16S pounds. there will be bouts in the 1G0, 165, 147, 145 and 140 pound classes.
 Johnny Clinch. the New Britain ace, will appear in the tournament
New Britain herald., 1927-02-16

BOXERS TO APPEAR
 AT BENEFIT SHOW
Sports Carnival for Boys and
 Girls Building Is Planned

Hartford. Feb. 16. Jack Delaney may beat Jim Maloney in their heavyweight title elimination bout at Madison Square Garden Friday night-the odds say he will or Maloney may toss in an upset by winning over the good looking light heavyweight champion.
 Whatever the result, both Jack and Jim will be in Hartford Thurs day evening, March 10. coming here for the State Boys and Girls Build ing Fund Benefit Carnival in the state armory.
 Jack Delaney will be on hand ac- companied by Andre Routis. French champion, and Johnny Breslin, the clever flyweight who boxed Ruby Bradley on the Petrolle- -Kaplau card in the state armory last winter.
 Jim Maloney will have even more celebrated company: he will have in his entourage "Honeyboy' Finne- gan, the great little Boston feather weight, recognized by the New York commission as one of the outstand- ing contenders for the title vacated by Kid Kaplan of Meriden.
 The presence of Delaney and Ma loney is assured in wires sent to Governor John H. Trumbull, honor ary chairman of the committee ar ranging for the big armory party" which is being given as a means of raisink funds with which to pay off the deficit on the Boys and Girls building at Charter Oak park and to properly equip the building and the adjoining plot.
 Pete Reilly. Delaney's sagacious manager, has sent a telegram noti- flying Governor Trumbull as honor ary chairman that Jack will be here for an exhibition. and Dan Carroll. who pilots Jim Maloney. has done like wise.
 These boxers will be members of a group which will include some twenty of the best-known ringsters in the game, who will donate their services for the armory carnival.
 Celebrities in other sports will be here, including Joe Stecher and Stan Zbyszko, who are down for ten min utes of wrestling, no fall.
 The executive committee, of which Henry l.. Trumbull is chair man, plans the biggest party" of the kind ever held within the con- fines of this state of steady habits.
 Some two-score of the states leading manufacturers, bankers and other business men are serving on the committee.
 There will be big group of boxes about the ring and they will be oc- cupied by scores of men prominent in the business and official life of the state. Some twenty of these boxes already have been subscribed for.
 Looks like big night!