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Evening star., 1934-10-30
FLEMING HAILED
FOR POLICE PLEA
Citizens Rally AppIauds
Business Mems Backing
in War on Crime.

A statement urging the public to
Strengthen the hands of the Police
Department" by giving the department
loyal support was sent to the mass
meeting last night at the Mayflower
Hotel by Robert v. Fleming, presi-
dent Of the Washington Board Of
Trade. The message was in accord
with the sentiment of the meeting and
received generous applause when read
by Robert j. Cottrell, executive secre-
tary of the trade body.
Mr.. Fleming, who was out of the
city. sent the following statement:
THE Washington Board Of Trade
indorses the effort to stamp out crime
in the District of Columbia through
the cooperation Of the various or
ganizations Of the community as evi-
denced in the response to the call for
a citizens mass meeting.
THE Washington Board OF Trade
feels that every citizen should CO.
operate to the end that crime may be
reduced to the minimum in the Ma
tional Capital and pledges, through
its officers and It's Public Order Com
mittee, its wholehearted cooperation
to this end.
Through the lack Of appropriations
we know that there are many things
our Metropolitan Police Department
would like, in regard to equipment,
the installation of new methods and
the size of its police force. but we
have every confidence in this branch
of the District government and in its
major and superintendent, Ernest w.
Brown.
"The Board of Trade feels that the
community should strengthen the
hands of the Police Department
against criminals by giving their sup
port to the Metropolitan Police au-
thorities in coping with the highly
difficult problems with which they are
faced in combating the underworld.
This organization believes that the
public in general appreciates the fact
that only through confidence in and
cooperation with our duly constituted
officers Of the law, can united front
be shown against the criminal element
and that any lack of unity in this re-
gard can only result in strengthening
the hands of the underworld element
and weakening the authority Of law
| and order"
Evening star., 1934-10-30
NEWLEADFOUND
IN WILSON KILLING
Local BaIIistics Expert Is
Detailed to Takoma
Park Case Clue.

Local police ofiicials were working
today on q new lead in the murder
last week Of Allen Wilson. newspaper
route man, in Takoma Park. Md, in
front Of the home Of Mickey" Nc
Donald.
While refusing to divulge the nature
Of the new lead, 1t was stated that
Lieut.. John Fowler. ballistics expert
Of the department, had been sent out
on 1t, indicating that it had to do
with the examination OF a weapon.
1t was further asserted at police
headquarters that police here are
working on a new lead which may re-
suit in q definite conclusion that the
murder was by gangsters from another
city. Police did not expect an arrest
this afternoon, but stated that such
action was not impossible.
Burke Scores Hysteria.
Inspector S. w. Burke, chief Of de-
tectives. analyzing Wilson'S murder, de-
clared there is not one tangible piece
Of evidence gathered so far-evidence
sufficiently strong enough to convict
any suspect"
This case will be solved in the
regular, systematic way" Inspector
Burke declared. branding as hysteria
some Of the current reports and
rumors.
TT may take q week, q month, or
. day, to solve the mystery" the in
spector said. mo one knows"
Chase after will-o'-the-wisps, run
ming around in circles, will not get
anywhere toward . solution Of the
crime that has stirred up more
hysteria than Washington has known
since the case of Dorsey Fultz," the
inspector states.
While many believe that the cele-
brated tri-State gang Is involved In
the Wilson murder case, the inspec-
tor will make no commitment on this
theory.
Burke's Analysis.
He analyses the situation In this
wise:
Robert Mais and Walter Legenza
who shot a guard and broke prison
in Richmond, Va, and John (Slim)
Dunn, now in custody here, may OF
may not have committed the crime
No one can say until evidence /:
gathered to connect them directly
with the crime. So far, there il
nothing to prove that either Mais OF
Legenza, alias Davis. were even ir
the city or vicinity at the time Will
son was killed.
Dunn was in Washington on the
day Wilson, newspaper route agent
was murdered in front Of McDonald's s
Maryland home-Wilson mistaken for
the big shot" gambler.
The tip-off on Dunn came TO thu
police in a strange way, involving
another mystery in the case. The
man who turned in" Dunn probably
did not mean to do so. Since his
Incarceration nothing has been Sc
cured from him. He is securely held
in jail on technical charges that viii
keep him as long as the police are
working on the case, detectives believe
Evening star., 1934-10-30
IDENTITY ESTABLISHED

Through War Department records
police yesterday established the iden-
tity Of a man who approached police.
man at Union Station, said he did moi
know who he was and asked assistance
The man has been identified as
Joseph J. Cannon, 80 years old, OF
Waterbury, Conn. At the time he was
sent to the hospital ne said he believed
he must have served In the Army In
this vicinity, since various things here
appeared familiar to him.
Evening star., 1934-10-30
Bar Offers Policy on Crime
Resolution Submitted to Mass Meeting Suggests
Permanent Committee on Law
Enforcement.
Enforcement.

Mems Associations of the District OF
Columbia, be authorized and directed
at once to confer among themselves
with the members of the bar, with
those citizens who may express an
interest, with the law enforcement
officers of the District of Columbia
and with the judges Of the court, to
the end that such a Permanent Com
mittee on Criminal Justice shall be
established; and
Be it further resolved, That this
organization group report promptly
their conclusions to this committee fol
its action.
Evening star., 1934-10-30
PROBATION HEAD
SCORES CRITICS
Steele Denies Responsibility
for Crime Increase in
Reply to Garnett.

Probation Officer Amos A. Steele
today denied his Office was in any
way responsible for the increase in
criminal activities here and sug-
gested that the fault might lie in
some measure with the district at
torneys Office.
Steele's statement was made in
reply to a speech last night by United
States Attorney Leslie c. Garnett at
a mass meeting in the Mayflower
Hotel.
Garnett, in voicing his opposition
to probation for persons convicted of
robbery or HOUSEKEEPING, said pro-
baton is granted here in approx
mately SO per cent of such cases.
Judas Iscariot and Benedict
Arnold would have a $3.50 chance"
the prosecutor declared.
Steele Answers.
After listening to these remarks,
Steele gave the following statement
to newspaper men:
THE probation Office of the Su-
preme Court of the District of Co.
lumbia does not do business, and
and over the radio. 1t has been doing
very responsible and highly impor-
tant business for more than "a years
and that without huff or puff This
is the first time any responsible
official has ever publicly attacked it.
THE probation process does not
make men and women worse. but it
does make most of them better. It
has saved a great many thousands of
offenders from becoming hardened in
crime, and has returned them to their
families and the community as decent
and law-abiding citizens.
Majority Makes Good.
During the past 19 years or more
an average of between rs and IS per
cent Of those placed on probation
have made good. During the past four
or five years that percentage is not
quite so high, because of obvious diff
cultieS, such as securing employment
and so forth. If these same people
had been sent to prison in the first
instance the vast majority of them
would have become repeaters in crime.
This Is all so obvious to informed stu
dents of crime and its treatment that
1t Is almost puerile to speak of it.
There seems to be some confusion
as to probation and parole. The two
systems have nothing in common.
Probation is an effort to save an Of
fender before he goes to prison by re-
storing to his family or friends under
the supervision of probation officers.
a hae
q part of his sentence.
THE public might we'll wonder if
the large number of indictments being
nolle pressed for robbery, housebreak-
ing and larceny, grand larceny, auto
mobile thetts and other felonies has
not tended to encourage and increase
crime
Garnett said he had no comment to
make on the probation officers state
ment.
Evening star., 1934-10-30

tCOnClnueQ from f1TSC FdSe.D
the public, have had my officers at
tend the citizens association meet
ings in their districts.
Have No Apology to Make"
Il have no apology to make tonight
for the work of the department. We
have tried our best to give you an
honest and efficient service. While
there is too much crime in Washing
ton, there is not as much here as in
other metropolitan areas.
"One way to improve conditions
here, I believe, would be to tighten
the Districts patrole system. Pris-
oners, even the worst of them, behave
in prison-they have to. Such good
conduct may entitle them to parole
after serving only a small part OF
their sentence, and once out Of prison
their conduct is apt to take a turn
for the worse"
Maj. Brown then recited statistics
showing that felonies declined from
9,908 in 1882, to 9,43l in 1888 and
8,875 in the fiscal year ending last
July !. In 1888, there was clear
ance of these cases of 64.8 per cent
as against 72.9 per cent last year.
Arrests for all offenses have in
creased each year for three years. In
1882 there were 100,775, in 1888, 104,-
IT'S, and last year, 1889
Murder Totals Increase.
Maj. Brown said that murder totals
had advanced from 81 in 1892 to 76
in 1888 and 81 last year. He ex-
planned that 917 per cent of these
cases had been cleared up by the
Police Department.
OF this three-year total of 224 mur-
ders. only II of them could be blamed
on gangsters. Maj. Brown said. These
II grew out of illegal liquor and gam
bling rackets and are all cleared up
the superintendent said, with one ex-
ception. In the latter case one man
is under arrest and the other known
I'VE need more drastic laws" Maj
Brown continued, land we need your
support. We hope you will go before
Congress and fight for these laws. In
the meantime, the Police Department
will do its best to enforce the laws we
have!"
Mr.. Garnett said: "I have some very
definite views on the crime situation
in Washington, and I feel it fair to
say that the laws delay is not a con-
tributing factor.
I'VE indicted in 1,450 felony cases
last year, and when the Supreme Court
closed for the Summer recess every
defendant had had his day in court
Since the courts opened the first of this
month 176 felony cases have been
prosecuted and disposed Of"
Cites Main Crime Causes.
Garnett cited three main causes
for crime in Washington: First, the
indeterminate sentence law; second
early and easy parole, and third, the
probation law as now enforced.
Under this latter law" Garnett
continued, "a man can walk into a
Evening star., 1934-10-30

cases can be given individual atten-
tion.
Others who addressed the meeting
briefly were Arthur Clarendon Smith,
president of the Federation of Busi-
ness Mems Associations; Sanford
Bates, president Of the Council Of
Social Agencies in the District, and
Federal director Of prisons, who made
a defense of the parole system; Ralph
Cornell Of the Federal Bar Associa-
ton, Laura Berriam of the Women's
Bar Association; Therman L. Dodson
Of the Washington Bar Association,
j. Austin Stone of the Patent Law
Association, George w. Beasley of the
Federation of Civic Associations, E. F.
Mitchell of the National Rifle Asso-
citation and William Chase. superin-
iendent Of the International Reform
Foundation.
Evening star., 1934-10-30
POLICE SEEK WOMAN
Search for Blond Who ATTEMPTED
to Leap From Bridge.

An attempted jump from the Ana
costa Bridge resulted in a search by
police today for a young woman who
was pulled from the bridge rail by an
Unidentified taxicab driver and then
went her way
Police were told that the woman.
who was about 27 years old, blond,
and wearing a green upper jacket,
long black skirt and small black hat
attempted the leap into the river dur
ing the early morning hours. 1t was
thought that she lived somewhere on
Tenth street southwest.
The search was instituted to pre-
vent another attempt to take her life.
Evening star., 1934-10-30
Subsidy Spurs Building.

In the first month of New Zealand's
new Unemployment Boards building
subsidy plan nearly 800 applications
were received, and the 2l7 approved
provided work for nearly 900 men.
Evening star., 1934-10-30
Dies at Age of 101.

Mrs. Ellen Swallow, who died re-
Gently in Wheathamstead, England, al
the age Of 10l, left four daughters, Al
grandchildren and 46 great-grand-
children.
Evening star., 1934-10-30
PUBLISHER APPOINTED
S. z. Thomason Takes Office as
N r. A. Adviser.

N. r. A. Adviser.
Samuel Emory Thomson, Chicago
and Tampa publisher, yesterday took
office as special advisor on public re-
lations to N. r. AS new Governing
Board.
Thomason is publisher Of the Chi
cago Daily Times and the Tampa
Tribune. Formerly he was vice pres
ident of the Chicago Tribune. He was
understood to have come to N. r. A.
on temporary basis.
Evening star., 1934-10-30

all pull together. think the parole
law is too loose. 1t needs tighten
ing. 1t is dangerous to continue the
present system. The law is made
quate and a criminal horde is trying
to get out OF prison and get at society.
Being a member of the Parole
Board is the hardest job in the Dis
trict, and it entails no salary. Its
members are faced with this situation.
A criminal gets 10-year sentence
and is eligible for parole in years.
He may have been a gunman or q
hold-up man.
AT any rate, he comes before us as
a perfect prisoner. Prison officials
have nothing but good to say Of his
conduct and the criminal has letters
from good citizens in his behalf. The
man looks all right to us.
IF We turn him down we seem to
violate the intent of Congress when
it wrote the parole law: If we let him
out he may become danger to us all.
We of the Parole Board sit in uneasy
seats.
II hope that the board and the law
under which it functions will be in
vestigated from top to bottom. Tighten
the law, say-even tighten us for
your protection!"
Hazen Appeals to Public.
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen ap-
pealed to the public to aid enforce
ment of the Districts gambling laws.
After ALL" he said, sit is the public
which puts up the bets. 1t is the
public which must act as witnesses
against gamblers. 1t is the public
which must serve on the jury when
they are brought into court. And
therefore say to you it Is the public
which must get behind enforcement
and work for it, day by day and
hour by hour!"
Another speaker was E. Barrett
Prettyman. corporation counsel, who
called attention to the fact that his
assistants supervise the trying OF
$4,000 minor law violators annually
despite the fact that the staff Is
so small only small fraction Of the
Evening star., 1934-10-30
CITIZENS DECLARE
WAR0N CRIMINALS
1900 Civic Leaders Indorse
Bars Plan for "C0mmittee
on Criminal Justice"

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1934-10-30
Apples-Sweet Cider
Rockville Fruit Farm

Drive to Rockville. Nd, two blocks
beyond court house. then one mile out
Potomac I'd.
Evening star., 1934-10-30

the public, I have had my officers at
tend the citizens association meet
ings in their districts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-24
POLICE MERIT
PLAN Backed
Legislators Favor System
Free of Politics, Truck
Group Told.

Questionnairss sent to all Indiana
legislative candidates by the Motor
Truck Association Of Indiana ask
ing their views on a six-point legis-
lative program show there is almost
unanimous sentiment to divorce the
state police system from politics and
place it on a merit basis, E. w.
Abraham, organization secretary,
announced today.
The registration fees from all
motor vehicles would be allocated to
the state police by statue, under the
program.
The replies also indicate that
about so per cent of those ques-
toned are in favor of repeal and an
additional 20 per cent are in favor
Of reduction of the 81 tax on each
100 pounds of for hire" motor We
hicleS. This is another point in the
truck association program.
Approximately 80 per cent of the
replies favor the elimination of the
state license fee on passenger cars
and a return to the original regis
tratiOn fee of So year. About Is
per cent are in favor of similar &C
ton in behalf of motor trucks, Mr.
Abraham said.
Practically all replies, he said, are
against diversion of the gasoline tax
to other highway purposes, but
many indicate that portion of the
counties share should be used to
retire gravel road bonds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-24
Navy Conducts Speed Test

BIZ JHu6d Press
CRISTOBAL, c. T., oct. 24.-The
Panama Canal was closed to COM
mercial traffic today while ships Of
the United States fleet raced
through the locks from the Atlantic
to the Pacific in a speed transit
test
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-24
j. S. MOVES To
CRACK DOWN ON
HOT OIL OUTPUT
Cummings Sends Aid to
East Texas, Center of
Price War.

BIZ ScrfDps -HbW1rd Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON. Oct. 24.-Spurred
by an epidemic Of gasoline price
cutting wars on the Atlantic sea-
board. the government today moved
with speed and vigor TO stamp out
hot oil production in east Texas
and save the petroleum code from
threatened collapse.
Unless an impending reduction of
so cents a barrel in the price Of
crude petroleum at the wells can be
averted. the industry faces a daily
loss Of sl.25OOOO. Crude is now
bringing about 81 a barrel, with
daily production about $500 900
barrels
On. instructions Of Attorney Gen
eral Homer S. Cummings, L. r.
Martineau. special assistant in
charge Of hot oil" prosecutions, ar
rived in Tyler, Tex, today, TO start
legal proceedings against alleged
violators Of the production quotas
laid down by Interior Secretary
Harold L. Ickcs as oil code admin
istratOr.
Gas wars" in several eastern
states are attributed by. government
officials to the continued running of
east Texas hot OIL" It Is estimated
not less than 125, 900 barrels daily
are being produced in excess Of
quotas prescribed by the state rail
road commission Of Texas, in con-
formhy with the code
Marland Urges Action
Failure to enforce the code has
been blamed on both the govern
ment and the state authorities. Now,
however. cO-ordinated action has
been effected by the justice depart
ment and the bureau of inveStiga-
ton of the interior department, IN
der Louis r. CLAWS, and the gov
eminent is proceeding on a united
front to save its sterilization pro-
gram.
Mr.. CLAWS and representatives of
the petroleum board have been in
east Texas for several weeks gath
ering evidence. Mr.. Martineau re-
Gently went to Texas to obtain first
hand information. As a result Of his
report TO Mr. Cummings, he has
been sent back to Texas with full
authority to start actions against
code viOlatOrs.
Representative E. w. Marland,
Democratic nominee for Governor
of Oklahoma, has asked the White
House to take notice of the situa-
ton and enforce the code.
Prosecutions Promised
Prosecutions will be brought, it
Is stated. under Section &C of the
code, which authorizes President
Roosevelt to prevent the shipment
in either interstate or foreign COM
merce, of crude oil produced in ex-
cess OF allowances.
independents engaging in the
price wars say they are due to at
tempts of the major companies to
wipe out code differentials. Price
cutting would be impossible, how
ever, it is claimed, if cheap oil pro-
duced in east Texas in excess of
quotas did not find its way to re-
fineries and then into the market.
at prices damaging to ref1ners who
abide by the code.
The code planning and co-ordi-
mating committee, now in session
here. is reported considering a re-
quest 70 Mr.. Ickes to exercise the
price-fiXing authority given him
under the code but as yet unused.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-24

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-28

The distinct differences in types shown in the characters of Presi- dent Franklin ID. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover were cleverly pointed out by Miss Mary Sandal of New York, psychologist, in a talk before the members of the Water bury Women's club yesterday af- ternoon. President Roosevelt was of a happy disposition and trended toward the idealist with the ability to transmit his ideals and thoughts to people, a trait which has meant much in the success of his indus. trial program. In contrasting the president with Herbert Hoover she stressed that MT Hoover was self centered person and made no effort to convey his thought to the public. Many subdivisions of types were studied during the talk by Miss Sandal.
 Preceding the lecture a new slate of officers was presented by the clubs nominating committee. The officers slated for election are: President, Mrs Lewis G. Merrill, first president, Mrs John L.. Geist, second vice-presidnet, Mrs Whitman W. Bowers, third vice. president, Mrs John A. Coe, record ing secretary, Miss Miriam Rhodes, corresponding secretary, Mrs Rob- ert H. Dean, treasurer, Mrs Will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-28
Patrons And Patronesses Announced For Tea Dance
Albertus Magnus College Undergraduates Present
 Partial List of Dance Patrons Affair Easter Sunday

McGovern of New Rochelle, \. Y., Mir. and Mrs. Edmund J. Daly. Sr.. Mir. and Mrs. Frank J. Daly, Will liam Brosmith of Hartford, Mar garet and Katherine Shell, Miss Rose A. Clarkin, Dr. Stephen J.. Maher of New Haven, Kathryn Hayes, MT. and Mrs. George Lar gay, Walter E. Malley of New Ha- ven. Martin J. McEvoy, MT. and Mrs. Patrick Bergin, Miss Mary A. Bennett, and Mrs. Vincent A. Scully, Miss Mary A. Jordan of New Haven, Miss Mary Guilfoile, MT. and Mrs. John G. Gilmartin, John A. Bennett, Judge and Mrs. Frank P. McEvoy, Dr. William S. Johnston, MT. and Mrs. James Con- long, MT. and Mrs. Richard Vickers of Stamford, Miss Loretta Daily, Mrs. Ellen E. Hayes. pr. and Mrs. James J. Henessey, Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Quinn, Sara c. Bennett and Senator and Mrs. Joseph Law Tor.
 The dance will be one of the novel affairs of the Easter season and is expected to draw large attendance of students who are spending the Easter recess at their homes as well as local college
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-28
Personals
.Borman photo.

been visiting MT and Mrs Frank Wilson of Waterville.
 Mrs Anthony Diorio has re- turned to her home on Washington avenue after visit in Yonkers, N. Y., with her daughter, Mrs Louis Ritucci and MT Ritucci.
 Mir and Mrs c. l.. Hallenborg of Wood street are entertaining their daughter, Mrs A. L. Patch of New Rochelle for few days.
 Miss Florence Blatman who is being married on Easter Monday to Herbert A. Salmonson, was guest of honor at miscellaneous shower given Friday evening at the home of Mrs Clarence Smith of Birch wood avenue. The hostesses were Miss Blatman's two sisters, Miss Celia Blatman and Mrs Martha McNulty. Guests in attendance were Misses Ethel Salmonson, Bes- sic Lenners, Ann Connor, Audrey Rogers, Edith Rogers, Mary Coyle, Loretta Coyle, Genevieve Smith, Margaret Reibold, Lillian Mark, Louise Mark, Juliette Cantin, Irene Cantin, Helen Kenney, Louise Mauthe, Celia Blatman, Mrs Clar- ence Smith, Mrs Charles Rogers, Mrs James Braden, Mrs Frank Klinzman, Mrs John Shanahan, Mrs Ira Moore, Mrs Edward Hol- comb, Mrs Samuel Smith, Mrs Leo Wallace, Mrs Max Kohlbren- ner, Mrs John Taller, Mrs Peter Reibold, Mrs Fred Wilson. Mrs Carl Kuester, Mrs Albert Carver, Mrs Martha Carver, Mrs Joseph Cantin, Mrs Romeo Cantin, Mrs Charles Johnson. Mrs William Coyle, Mrs Donald Chase, Mrs Louis Johnson, Mrs J. Mauthe and Mrs Martha McNulty.