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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-03-12
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
DEDICATED AT ST. JAMES

The new auditorium gymnasium
which was dedicated Wednesday of
last week by Theodore Christensen,
governor of Minnesota, has been built
and equipped at cost of $112,417.46.
The new building is a fine structure
modern in every respect. The audi
forum has total seating capacity
Of 1900 persons.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-03-12

February 26th. and took gasoline, oil
and a quantity of stamps. At the
Cooperative station 1926 in cash and
checks were made away with. 1t is
believed that the same gang worked
both stations.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-03-12
Farm Homes Served

HROGRESS in farm home betterment which is be-
r ing made in many states with increasing rapidty,
is recorded by Miss Helen Johnson, director of
home demonstration work in Alabama, reported by
the Associated Press.
Referring to what is being done throughout Ala
bama alone in the matter of rural electrication Miss
johnson states that since the movement begun in
1924 electric service has been extended to 1857 farm
customers, and adds:
GAS in the urban home, electricity is lifting the
burden from farm people by supplying the service
needed and wanted to make their homes measure up
their IDEALS"
Through the cooperation of agricultural colleges,
farm organizations, women's clubs and government
departments with the electric companies farm eecri
ication programs have been entered upon in nearly
every state with benefit to the communities served
The movement is worthy as that for good roads
any other facility for the betterment of rural living
conditions.
Shifting the Gears
Drinking may decline, but drinkers seldom do
Prisoners like music, especially that of the open
ing bars.
1t is just safe to guess that it is the headlight
nearest to you that is out.
Most of the wartime second lieutenants have pro-
badly lived it down by
Women occupy wider sphere than formerly but
are doing their best to reduce it.
Efficiency experts might have try at devising
some means of utilizing leftover advice.
If practice makes perfect most married men
should be able to produce convincing fiction.
Many who has gone over the top" would
shrink from acting as judge of baby show.
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Now that smoking by ladies no longer shocks any
one, the girls will not enjoy it half much.
Don't call man lazy too hastily The poor fellow
may be suffering from voluntary inertia.
30
French chef declares that his most appetizing
dishes are inspired by music. Jazz should inspire a
wonderful new brand of hash.
In his write-up of home talent play Okla
homa editor commended neighbor for his clever i'm
personation of gentleman"
U = @
Boston man promised to retire when he had
made million, and he kept his word. We are some
times tempted to make similar VOW.
90
To possess capital in Russia appears to be CAPT.
tai ofense
! @
About two-thirds of the worlds supply of coffee
is produced in Brazil.
Q %
About 100000 persons in Germany now draw war
pensions or allowances.
We often wonder whether those noisy Senators
carry that way around home.
!
About the most effective way to keep peace is
to employ few American Marines.
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The liner Majestic equals in tonnage all the 1876
ships of the famed Spanish Armada.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-03-12
"Life's Little YOkes"

MIR. Alva Shaffer, a former Redwood Falls
boy but who for recent years has made his
home in and near Duluth, offers the follow
ing piece of poetry for the Gazette readers.
Mr.. Shaffer stated that he still farming
means of livelihood, and writing this
other stuff, poetry and songs" a diver
siOn," which is fortunate, because he adds,
81 really have rather healthy appetite-and
/ might add two healthy boys
Just listen folks and you shall hear
Of how that time is drawing near
We shall survive, sometimes we doubt
With all the laws that's about;
Laws that forbid, and take and ask
And compcate our daily task.
Just larry folks moment please
This is not propaganda's wheeze-
There's laws of county, town, and state,
And Federal Laws that contemplate,
To hold up and hold us down,
Notwithstanding outlaws all around;
And 'inlaws" not among the least
To gorge unbrdled at the feast.
We're sandbagged, fattened out, and squeezed
Until laws hunger is appeased;
We don't know where who
Nor which tax is the next that's due;
Taxation is mutual yoke
They tax our daily smoke.
We're taxed for incomes if you please,
And taxed again for luxures
They tax US for the roads and schools;
They tax our cows, and pigs and mules.
There's light and street and water tax due,
And surtax, symtax, and thumbtax too
Beside the taxes must pay
Some great mind invented another way
This great mind had soul ambition
To make just one more requsltion
He takes our hallowed contribution
For the needy Daughters of Evolution
And toll almost beyond belief
Is taken for the Near East Relief
The women's relief and the Navy League
The Children's Home Fund and the Flappers Lea
gue
The Y. NJ. C. A. and Y. w. C. A.
Will come around most any day
A little donation to the policemans Ball
And the Red Cross always makes a call
The White Cross, Black Cross, take their fee,
Even the Double Cross makes a plea
Tis for these wrongs that | appeal
l refuse to beg borrow steal,
won't do all them things | say
Just to scrape up money to give away
I'd lay down and die tomorrow
And leave this world of sin and sorrow
But tomorrow life is more complex,
And I'm wondering what the H is next.
-Alva Shaffer
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-03-12
TWO OIL STATIONS AT
WORTHINGTON ROBBED

Robbers entered the cooperative
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-03-12
STATS DIARY
BY ROSS FARQUHAR

Friday-well and Pug Stevens
had it out this p. m. got ear bust
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
MEN MAKE
OFFICERS
LEAVE

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Jan.
2.-More than $50 guests at a
private dance here were startled
when two officers, night sticks in
hand, strobe into the hall, crossed
the floor through the dancers and
ordered the music to stop.
A city ordinance here prohibits
public dances after / o'clock in
the morning. The dance at
which the officers appeared was
being held in the Elks Home,
which had been loaned for the
occasion. but was a private. invi-
tation affair. 1t was after l
o'clock when the officers ap-
peared.
Almost Immediately after the
officers arrived. a group of young
men surrounded them and quietly
ordered them out. They left and
the dance kept up until 2 o'clock.
The officers did not approach
the hostess at the dance, Mrs.
M. G. Wallace, prominent socially,
and did not approach any Off
cials of the ElkS Lodge, some Of
whom we're in another part of
the home but available. The COIL
duct of the officers, it is said,
will be investigated.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
Mayor to Keep Job
While in Jail

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. Jan. a.
Mayor Joseph Cauffiel has served
formal notice that he proposes to
continue to serve as the city
executive, even after he is COM
mitted to the county jail in
EbenSburg.
His appeals to the State SUI
perior and supreme courts de-
MED, the mayor now faces two
years. Imprisonment, as the re-
suit of his conviction last March
on charges Of misdemeahor in
office, extortion, perjury, con-
spiracy and keeping a gambling
house.
The notice from Mayor Cauf.
fiel came to city council sitting
in special session at his call.
Counsel for Mayor Cauffiel will
apply to the board Of pardOns
for a pardon. Members of Mayor
Cauffiel's family and his attor.
ney appeared before President
Judge John e Evans in the
county court in an effort to have
stay of execution Of sentence
Cauffiel having refused to step
aside as mayor, the court refused
to interfere.
CauffieHs attorneys stated that
legally he will continue to be
mayor, though in jail. One part
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
FREDERICKSBURG RESENTS COPS INVADING PRIVATE DANCE
Big Reward Offered
For TOrturer of Dog

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 2.-Re.
wards aggregating s2,68S are Of.
fered for the arrest and convic-
ton of the person who sewed up
the mouth Of a small dog here
and turned the animal loose tc
starve, Robert F. Seller, executive
secretary Of the Humane Society
Of Missouri, announced.
The money has come from
scores Of persons in st. Louis
eastern Missouri, southern Hi
nois and a few in other States. Ii
is expected to pass the 5000
mark.
The dog, a small fox terrier
was found on the morning of
December "a, a woman who saw
it telephoning the Humane So.
ciety. The animal was in such a
condition that it was put to
death, painlessly, at once.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
Horse Trainer Is Fined
After Accident in Md.

Charged with reckless driving
and driving while under the Tn
fluence Of liquor, Alexander Weir,
professional horse trainer for the
stables of j. j. Myers and the
Winfrey Brothers, was yesterday
fined $3.50 by Judge Fred Gill at
Elkridge, Md.
Weir, who gave his address as
New York City, was arrested on
the Washington Baltimore road
near the Laurel substation Of the
Maryland State police. He was
pronounced under the influence
OF liquor by DR.. A. Brumbaugh,
OF Elkridge. The horse. trainers
machine crashed into a telegraph
pole and tree, telling wires on
the pole and interrupting tele-
graphic communication between
Washington and Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
MD. FIRM JOINS
BUTLER BROS.

The American Wholesale Corpo
ration of Baltimore, the South
casts largest wholesale business,
yesterday became a division of
Butler Brothers, a national whole
sale chain.
The consolidation represents
what is unquestionably the largest
wholesale transaction in the his
tory of American merchandising.
Numerous advantages which will
accrue to the retail customers of
all Butler Brothers houses have
been listed as a result Of this
merger.
Included are increased buying
power for all of the Butler Broth
ers unit from coast to coast, en-.
larged merchandising talent
gained by both organizations and
savings in overhead which will be
reflected in lower prices.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
Alexandria Will Fill
Four Police Vacancies

ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 2.-The
city council holds it's first meet
ing OF the new year this after
noon. According to the city man.
ager only minor matters, in
Guiding the granting of permits
for buildings, etc., will be dis
CuSSed.
Capt. w. w. Campbell has
been ordered to fill four of the
five vacancies on the police force
and will name the new officers
today. The latest vacancy was
caused by the resignation of
Patrolman Carl Lacey.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
District Jail Breaker
Captured After 2 Years

Two years ago Douglas West,
colored, IS, escaped from the Dis
trict Jail where he was beng
held for tie Grand Jury on
charges of grand larceny and
housebreaking. eSday night
Policeman Fred Bauer, of the
Second precinct, picked him up as
a suspect while he was working as
carwasher in a Fourteenth
Street Northwest garage.
After his fingerprints tallle1
with those in the bureau, West
admitted his identity and was re-
turned to the Jail.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
Nuisance Is Charged
On Webster Street

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Mortimer,
33. who is said to live in luxuri-
GUS home in the l700 block of
Webster st. N. w., was charged
by Assistant United States At
torney David A. Hart in police
court today with illegal posses
sion of liquor and maintaining a
nuisance.
Policeman w. S. Smoot, Tenth
precinct, raided the house after
he had seen a man come out with
q package under his arm contain
ing gallon of whiskey. Twelve
gallons of alleged intoxicating
liquor and two barrels said to
contain beer were found on the
premises. Smoot said.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
Morrow Is HOnOred
On Appointment Eve

ENGLEWOOD. N. j., Jan. 2
U.N.SO "a reception for Am
bassador Dwight Morrow, slated
to be appointed United States
Senator from New Jersey, was
given yesterday in Englewood
Armory by neighbors and other
friends of the Ambassador. The
committee in charge was headed
by Mayor Douglas G. Thompson,
Of Englewood, chairman, and
Daniel E. Pomeroy, of Englewood,
vice chairman of the Republican
national committee.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
Philadelphia Exhibit
Will Travel by Plane

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. a.
With more than so firms already
listed as exhibitors, the bureau
Of transportation and commerce
Of the Philadelphia Chamber of
Commerce plans to ship it's travel
ing exhibit of Philadelphia-Ynade
goods to South America on Janu-
ary Is.
The exhibit, which will be car
ried about South America in air.
planes and displayed for lengthy
periods in the large cities of that
continent, will leave here on the
5. S. Capillo, of the American
Republics Lines. on it's regular
sailing from this city to Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, on January Is.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02

,of the sentence given Cauffiel
was removal from office. but The
supreme court in it's decision in.
dicated that this was n0y legal
and that the courts could Lot re-
move him from office. Cauffiel,
1t Is understood, is ready to. con-
test the right of anyone to elec-
ton as mayor in case city couAl-
Gil does elect any one.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
CLARENDON SCHOOL MEET

CLARENDON, Va, Jan. 2.-The
Parent Teacher Association of the
Matthew Fountaine Maury School
at Clarendon will hold it's monthly
meeting tonight at the school
house.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
LEE CAMP TO ELECT

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Jan. a.
New officers will be elected by
r. E. Lee Camp, Sons of Con-
federate Veterans at their meet
Ing Monday night. Arrange
ments for the annual Lees birth
day supper on January 10 will
be made.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
FEDERATION MEETS

The Federation of Citizens AS
sociations Of the District Of Co
lumbia will meet in the board
room Of the Municipal Building
Saturday night.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02

Photo by International
LADY RICHMOND BROWN
WHO VISITED the Panama
nian Chucanaque Indians in
1924 with Mitchell Hedges, sci
enlist, and brought back an
chronological collection which
she recently donated to the
New York Museum of the
American Indian.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02
C A IN { SUFFERS
IN Va. SNOW

| RICHMOND, Va, Jan. a.
Game life in a great part of Vir
ginia is threatened with extinc
ton owing to the deep snow
which covers most of the State
and the continued low tempera
lures. according to A. Willis
Robertson, chairman Of the State
commission Of game and inland
fisheries.
Major Robertson said that the
seriousness of the situation was
not fully realized by the people of
Virginia, and that a long con
tinuance Of present conditions in
the State would mean an economic
loss running well into millions
of dollars. He issued to the peo
pie Of the Commonwealth = call
to feed the birds and wild ani,
mails.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02

Ever ready IN aid IN your used ear
s"l"etten are Times Classified used ear
The Washington times., 1930-01-02

RAIL CLERKS TO DINE
ALEXANDRIA. Va. Jan. O.
The annual banquet of the clerks
Of the r. F. & P. Railroad will
be held at the George Mason
Hotel January %.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02

Six hole top--laree
oven. Warming shelf
extra. Best cast iron
construction.
The Washington times., 1930-01-02

An g f fl Cient
h e a ter-pipe in.
cluded.
Soc a Week.!
Evening star., 1930-12-02
1n Mfmuriant.

COLE. ROY P. and HOWARD MCDONALD.
In sad but loving remembrance Of our
81 1877 and 4oWA1 SSass McpoaAEI o6S EovsoIfP eoGs
who left December 2, 1927.
Sunshine passes. shadows fall,
Love remembrance outlasts all
And though the years be many or few,
Ahey aSe mica with remembrance, dear
LOVING EATHEaR. MOTHER. BROTHERS
Of our dear mother. ADELE r GETTiNGS.
who departed this life IS years ago today,
HER LoviNG Son AND DAUGHTER
HAWKINS. ELLA SIATMs. Today recalls
onr ovsd sSd 6Ss nO1r Ella % the Sys spirit q
to- to that hat, home 10 & above to dwell with God
We miss her.
Dearest mother, we are lonesome,
For we miss your loving face.
But you left to remember
That none on earth can take your place.
How happy were the bygone days
When our circle was complete,
But now it's broken. one is gone
HEnR lHf TE4srsRoKEN r. i1sFSs ffs' MOTHER. MRS
s1MAs. SHTA $. THOMAS AND AiFRsS
HENDERSON. JAMES Z. In sad but loviAe
fssr JAMES e Ssss suSSand SS1 sS
awsy two years ago today, December ?,
No one knows the silent heartache,
Only those who have lost can tell
OF the grief that is borne in silence
For the one we love so we'll
HIS WIFE. FANNIE HENDERSON, AND
KAIE, H. o. In loving memory Of II. o.
KALE. who departed this life Ihree years
ago today. December 2, 1927.
HIS DEVOTED SON, VINCENT.
PAITGN; T.. HANNAH H In sad but loyins
HANNAH II. PATTEN who departed this
life five years ago today, December 2, 1928.
The rose that is sweetest and fairest
is the rose that Is killed bv the frost,
And the love that is dearest and rarest
Is the love that We have lost
TER.
PAYNE, HARRY r. In loving memory of
my dear husband, HARRY F. PAYNE, who
departed this life two years ago today,
December 2, 1928.
They say time heals q broken heart,
But, oh. 1t seems untrue; -
For two years my heart has ached,
Dear husband, just for you.
Two years. with so MANY changes,
Since death stransely bade us part,
But, Harry, all the changes
Cannot take you from my heart.
HIS DEVOTED WIFE JOSEPHINE g.
PAYNE, AND DAUGHTER, RUTH
Evening star., 1930-12-02
Marriage Licenses.

Milton A. Thomas. 81, and Gertrude v.
Lyons. lS; Rev. M; L. Gumbleton.
and Ruth G: Lewis, 81, Denbigh, Va; Rev.
Joseph II. Bell. 49, Oklahoma City, okla.
and Gladys L. Lamp, %, this city; Rev. B.
Dallas Z. willeford, %, and sallie White,
%; Rev. John E. Briggs.
Albert Gaines, "a and Elizabeth Wright,
20: Rev w. d. Battle.
Warren Scott, 81 and Mary Cardozo, 2s;
Rev. J. S. Carroll.
L. Smith, 81, Frayden, Nd; Rev. j. H.
Jenkins
Hayden Norris. 81. Leonardtown, Md. and
Ellen NJ. Renehan, 81, this city; Rev. Thomas
A. Cunningham
william A. Carroll. 81, and Milda B.
Bradford. l8: Rev Thomas E. Berry.
Edward Moon. 80. and Mabel Rollette, 49,,
both OF Baltimore. Md. Rev. Allan F. Poore.
Walter A. Stonnell, 81. and Dorothy L.
Moon, 81; Rev. C. P. Rylsnd.
John L. Roberts, rs, Chicago, ILL.,, and
F. Poore
Evening star., 1930-12-02
DRatha.

MCGOWAN, CATHERINE T.. On Tuesday.
Dlse.Sremeer ls.r Y, 1880 at her residence: $500
@E @ s Me%ANa M9eNs ANNai1iss Widow MS d. SoST SSATHEE
Gowan. Notice of funeral hereafter.
sCHEREK: col. LOUIS C. On Sunday, Mo-
COT FOULS sS scaEsE sfE YSfk retirsS CITY
Wwsdnssday; December ?, e. : pm, from
inserment ATnEton naps Natonst rSIt MSss: Va
SEBASTIAN. EDWARD n. on Monday. De-
s. nv. sDWAED B., beloved husband SiT i'sa q
S.msi.rH Ger 3 At 4 pm fntermsnt at OAK Hin
sHAMwELL. LOUIS o. Departed this life
on SUNDAY y, NoysmSsr 30 1890 q $40
RoG1s i' sHAWE srHfiSeRfs iOO' Ne sa'h .s%.. s ' ss
mourn mourn their loss his wife, Mary b sham-
sSd s 0ns tsree SapsatGT S1o,S:r: one ,@.
Il aHS wa,SSSspnr SGsspn M and sister, Mrs Mary
funeral parioTs. 9th nv ana wessminster 81 seEs sss
Sa.g Gn1Te9 ,,is,Sos5 ian s. And RQsE creek RSTd
sstisnsT sseimSssr ,S,,t 3 a. 1870 pm. Relatives and
TowNsHEND; SARAH a. On Monday De-
1nTna ham ND: Nd: g SARAH RAJ 4; ToWNsHENp; be-
ban, ban; M, Nd I99terment church cemetery.
WHITE. DOLORES c. On Tuesday. pcc.m.
Der 2. 1880 at Childrens Hospital,
William and Pauline White She also
leaves twin sister. and two grand-
mothers. Notice of funeral later. Re-
funeral % ehaPch. u i4sa ne st. invest n.M jarvis
WHITE RICHARD. On Sunday November
g, 1880 at his residence, 227O 9th st, NV,
ElCHAkD WHITE. the devoted husband OF
susie White. loving brother of Annie Wi.
hams, George, Bob, Robert and John
Whlte. Remains resting at the w. Ernest
Jarvis funeral church, 1892 u ST. NV,
until pm Tuesday, thereafter at his
cember 3. at l pm, at Culpeper, va
WILSON. MATILDA. Departed this life on
saturday. November 90, 1880, at her reSi-
dence' 1l24 st Sc, MATILDA WIL-
SON, devoted wife of the late James VIII
son and beloved mother of Mrs Louise
wallet, Mrs Enc West; grandmother Of
son. aunt OF Mrs. Ella Thompson. She
also leaves a host of other relatives and
friends. Remains resting at Barnes a
Gray undertaking parlor, GA 4ia St Sw,,
until , pm. Monday. then will be moved
DAY, December 3. at ! pm. from Ehenezer
M. L. Church, 4th and ID sts. s.e, Rev
Thomas off1ciating
1t was an early hour,
- Will never forget the day:
The angel of God came down
And stole our mother away. 2
ZAUGG. STANLEY b. Suddenly, on Mon
day, December !, 1880. at George Wash
ington University Hospital, STANLEY B,
Louise ZaugR, in his oath year Remaing
resting at the w. ". Chambers funeral
home. l4th and Chaplin sts. NV Notice
OF funeral hereafter.
Evening star., 1930-12-02
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Fair and not
quite so cold tonight; minimum tenn
perature about % degrees tomorrow
increasing cloudiness and warmer. gem
tie variable winds.
Maryland-Fair and not quite so cold
tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness
and warmer; fresh west winds.
Virginia-Fair and not quite so cold
tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness
and warmer; moderate northeast shift
ing to east winds.
West Virginia-Fair and not quite so
cold tonight; tomorrow increasing
cloudiness and warmer.
Record for "a Hours.
Thermometer pm, SIS; 8 pm, "a:
IL midnight, %; 4 am, 10; 8 am, I8;
noon, %.
Barometer-4 pm, 29.7s; 8 pm.
3o.O1; IL midnight, 1925; 4 am, 80. .38;
am, 30.58; noon. 30.59
Highest temperature, 56 occurred at
$3.50 pm. yesterday.
Lowest temperature, II occurred at
8:15 am. today.
Temperatures same date last year
Highest 80; lowest, 26.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today-Low tide, 11:40 am; high
tide, SOB I'm. and 5:31 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1925 am. and
1924 pm; high tide, $50 am. and
6:15 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 1908 am; sun sets
4:46 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises TOO am; sun
sets 4:46 pm.
Moon rises, 2:36 am; sets, 1928 pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Condition Of the Water.
Potomoc and Shenandoah-Both clear
this mroning.
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star., 1930-12-02

1883. Sylvester was made chief Of the
department on July l8, 1898, when he
succeeded Col. William @. Moore, police
head. who died at that time. Maj. Syl-
Vester held the ONCE OF chief of police
until April !, 1915, when he was retired
at his own request.
Born In Iowa City, Iowa, in August,
1887, Sylvester's first experience in the
working world was in st. Louis, where,
at IL years Of age. he was entry clerk
IN large business establishment. He
subsequently studied law for a year and
later became q newspaper reporter for
the st. Louis Press. Sylvester came to
Washington when he was 20 years old
to be the correspondent here for ST.
Louis newspapers. After his arrival
here he was made discussing officer of
the Ute Indian Commission, serving
until the commissions work was COM
pleted. 1t was shortly after his return
from the West in connection with the
Indian Commissions duties that he was
made chief clerk Of the District of CO.
lumbia Police Department by Gen. VIII
liam NICE. Dye, then chief of police.
Maj. Sylvester was succeeded as no.
lice chief by Raymond Pullman.
Evening star., 1930-12-02
.EX-D. C. POLICE HEAD
ENTERS RETIREMENT
Maj. Richard Sylvester Had Served
Department Here for
80 Years.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WILMINGTON, Del, December a.
Maj. Richard Sylvester, once the head
of the police force of the Nations Capt.
tai, has laid aside his badge.
After more than 80 years spent in
administrative police work, first in the
District of Columbia, then as chief of
the protection service of the widely
scattered plants of E. I. du Pont de
Nemours & Co, Maj. Sylvester an
nounced his retirement yesterday.
He organized the International Asso-
citation of Chiefs of Police, CT which
he was president for Is years.
In his early days he was special WASH
ington correspondent for various news
papers.