Evening star., 1935-05-26


on the ample lawn provided by this
type of housing project. In this do
rama the human figures are animated.
The housewife, freed from the un-
ending toll of trying to care for an
impossible tenement dwelling such as
many subsistence homesteaderS come
from, rocks in her chair on the porch.
In the foreground the man Of the
house works in the garden, aided by
hidden mechanical contrivance
which moves his hoe up and down.
THE Division of Investigation Of the
Justice Department has been the
center of great deal of public In
terest since its successful afHse on
gangsters. Now it will take to San
Diego a group of exhibits which will
show how it functions and what it
really does.
One of the best of these Is a mov-
ing picture taken in Washington,
which shows officials actually at work
on some Of the jobs which help to
solve violations of Federal law. At
torney General Homer Cummings is
in the picture, as is the director of
the Division of Investigation, j. Edgar
Hoover.
Among other things, the film traces
the history of request for intorma-
ton on certain set of fingerprintS
submitted by the police department of
distant city. The fngerprints are
classified according TO the type they
most closely resemble. and then
card bearing this data in the form Of
punched holes is put into the sort
ing machine. This device, which was
developed especially for use in the di-
vision. Is a labor-Saving machine
which picks out perhaps a half dozen
cards from hundreds or thousands
taken from the files and run through
1t. The cards which the machine Sc
lects are those which may possibly
correspond with the set Of finger
prints under examination. The
camera then follows one of the finger
print experts as he compares these
few cards with the fingerprints sent
IN by the police. and witnesses the
discovery of the identical fingcrprintS
IN the files. This establishes the
identity of the individual in uues-
ton and his criminal record as shown
by data on file in the division is dis
patched to the police who have re-
quested it.
The movie also shows a close-up
of night raid as actually conducted
by the &c men" The particular
raid was staged by students in the
divisions training school as part of
their course. and no actual gaugsters
were involved. The photography is
good, however. and the effect authen-
tic enough to suit the most thrill
hungry movie fans. The film also
shows the students on the range prac-
tlclng craftsmanship with various fire.
arms. The scene shifts and the STU
dents are at the scene of a crime.
searching for and finding latent evil
dence.
another Department of Justice ex-
hlolt which promises to be popular is
the f1ngerprinting booth. Above this
display will tower two giant hands
feet high. The ridges on each of
the fingers will be arranged in diff
lerment patterns, and they will pre-
sent examples of the nine basic tvnes
OF nngerprintS. A Department of JUS
tlce aide will be on hand to make a
souvenir print of each visitors fore
nnger. and to explain the value of
universal fingerprinting. Those who
wish will have the opportunity to file
their fngerprints with the DEPART
ment.
The National Park Service. the For
est Service and the Army have CO.
operated with the director of emer-
gency conservation work in preparing
an exhibit to show the work of the
Civilian Conservation Corps. In the
display are several large relief mans
OF California forests. One shows the
great Ponderosa Way. a firebreak which
when completed will stretch for a
thousand miles along the western
slope of the High Sierras. There is
a splendid group of dioramas. one of
Wnlch shows construction of the Pom
oerosa Way. Another pictures C. c. c.
men fighting fire. Camp groound de-
Velopment, bridge building and the
construction OF ranger station are
Illustrated by third one. Still an
other diorama shows truck trail con-
structlon, soil erosion control and tim
Der stand improvement.