Evening star., 1936-03-29
a GET DIPLOMAS
FROM F.B.L. SCHOOL
J. Edgar Hoover Presents
Awards at End of Three
Month Course.

With diplomas attesting compile
ton Of an intensive three-month
course in scientific crime detection
and criminal apprehension, "a grad
yates of the Police Training School
OF the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion will return to as many police
departments this week to put their
learning into practice.
The class received diplomas from
j. Edgar Hoover, director of the F.
B. l., at commencement exercises
OF informal nature yesterday at head
quarters of the school in the De-
partment of Justice building. Three
special agents Of the bureau who took
the course with the police officers also
were given diplomas.
This was the first class to gradu-
ate from the school since it became a
permanent part of the bureaus pro-
gram of police cooperation. Twen.
ty-three officers were graduated in a
preliminary experimental school last
year.
Will Establish Own Schools.
The graduates are expected to
make use of their neWly-acquired
knowledge in their respective police
departments through establishment
of similar training schools within
their own ranks.
During the course the students
learned latest methods of detecting,
analyzing and preserving evidence in
crimes of every description, as well
as procedure in pursuing and cap
turing criminals. They were given
thorough schooling in use of machine
guns, gas guns and other police
weapons.
The instruction was given by the
regular faculty of the bureaus own
training school for its agents, supple
mented by special lectures by its tech
nical experts and a group of promi-
nent educators, scientists and other
authorities on crime and social prob
lens.
International Chief Present.
Among the latter were DR.. William
A. White, superintendent of St.
Elizabeth's Hospital; Lieut.. Col. A. j.
Andrew J. Kavanaugh, president Of
the International Association of
Chiefs of Police; Bruce Smith Of the
Institute Of Public Administration, and
Dean Earl C. Arnold of Vanderbilt
University Law School.
The graduates were: H M. Adair,
Columbus, Ga, Police Department;
Earl c. Boatright, Colorado Springs,
Colo, Police Department; E. P. Bo-
gasch, San Antonio, Tex, Police De-
partment; Glen Boyd, Winnetka, H.,
Police Department; Louis A. Burgess,
Salem, Greg, Police Department.;
George D. Callan, Newark, N. j., Po-
lice Department; Sherman Cannon,
Jacksonville, Fla, Police Department;
Howard L. Clayton, sheriff's office,
Desha County, Ark; A. E. Crawford,
jackson. Miss, Police Department: Ed
mund S. Crowley, Providence, r. L.,
Police Department; A. T. Deere, New
York Office, F. B. l.; John D. Dennison,
Omaha, Nebr, Police Department;
Charles ESken, Peoria, ILL.,, Police De-
partment; N. G. Falkenstine, Mary
land State Police; o. D. Carton,
Richmond, Va. Police Department;
Harry c. Gornto, jr., Norfolk, Va,
Police Department.: Lindsey Hatchett,
Arkansas State Police; F. F. Kamin-
sky, Sacramento, Calf, Police De-
partment; Ernest A. Littlefield, Phoe-
nix, Ariz, Police Department; Brooks
w. Lowentrout, Riverside, Calf, Po-
lice Department: r, r, Mcdonald.
Los Angeles, Calf, Police Depart
ment; Daniel A. Murphy, Massachu-
sets State Police; Joseph T. Owens,
Rome, N. Y, Police Department;
Fred c. Philby. Louisville, KY, Police
Department; N. o. Scott, Kansas City
Office, F. B. l.; Charles E. Tettemer,
Trenton, N. j., Police Department,
and r. J. Untreiner, Washington field
Office, F. 3. I.