Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-05
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

Cities throughout the country are
clamoring for the honor Of entertain
ing Coste and Bellonte on their pro-
posed the-United-States tour
Governors, mayors, civic leaders and
community boosters are keeping I'D a
Geographic bombardment of invitations
The French people are soon to learn If
the New York and Dallas receptions
have not already revealed to them, in
what great affection Americans hold
them for the wonderful welcome they
gave Col Lindbergh. Washington has
long anticipated the day when honors
heaped on the Lone Eagle" In Paris
might be reciprocated in kind. The
reception in the Nations Capital Mon
DAY is calculated 70 stir French pride
deeply.
The United States has no national
police force, but according to Edgar ].
Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau
Of Investigation, the daily collabora-
ton OF the International Association of
Chiefs of Police and the bureau has
developed in this country crime de-
lection agency quite as effective as any
national police force in Europe. Six
years ago the bureau in cooperation
with the police chiefs association or
ganized the National Division of Iden-
tifcation and Information in further
ance OF plan to make available TO
United States judges the past criminal
records OF persons coming before them
in order to insure equitable penalties.
Since then more than 2,000, 600 finger
print records. including correct names
and aliases, have been filed and in
dexed for instant use. The success of
this cooperative service is now followed
" Hak
OF collecting criminal statistics.
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During the long heat spell phrase
makers of the Post ONCE Department
worked every day on slogans for Christ
mas posters, some Of which are now
ready for distribution. Say Merry
Christmas With a Postal Money Order
will soon greet patrons of every inter-
national money order ONCE in the
United States and possessions. The
poster bearing figure of Santa Claus
Is being prepared with the slogan print
ed in many languages, English, French
German, Italian. Czechoslovak, Dutch
Finnish, Hungarian, Jugoslav, Lithu-
anian. Norwegian, Polish, Spanish
Swedish, and whatnot.
Miniature golf with as many names
as 1t has holes "Goofy," Pony
"Teenie Vicente" Midget" tom
Thumb" etc.-has booster in James
b. Lockwood OF the textile division OF
the Commerce Department. He says
the wee" game has taken on the
dignity of a major sport" and become
IAN American institution" Towns OF
less than 10000 population boast as
many as four courses, none OF them In
the red, Lockwood reports, while one
course Is returning $3.50 day to the
owners. Extension of the season by
protecting the links with tarpaulins
might stimulate the textile industry
according to Lockwood, who points out
that the new sport, with $4,000 courses
O month ago and more being built each
day, already has supplied employment
to thousands in dozen different trades
Secretary Hyde has announced that
every important phase OF agriculture
both scientific and economic. VIII be
covered In the program OF the First
culture. Forestry and Animal Industry
TO convene in Washington next week
under the auspices of the Government
For the use of the delegates the De-
partment of Agriculture has prepared
434-page volume, containing so or more
reports, with comparative statistics OF
imports and exports of the 81 American
republics and Of international trade IN
sugar, coffee, cacao and hbers. The
conference Is expected to be the FIRST OF
series to convene periodically In the
capitals Of the countries Of the Pan
American Union.
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"Taft and Roosevelt-The Intimate
Letters of Archie Butt" is the title Of
the book of the press at New York
today, which Is likely 70 set Washing
ton political tongues to wagging. The
publishers have held these heartrto'