Evening star., 1938-04-03
Sc FINISH COURSE
ATG-MEN'S SCHOOL
Canadian Mounted Officer,
Among Graduates, Learns
U. S. Methods.

officer tucked diploma Of the G.
Mems National Police Academy in his
suitcase last night and prepared to
tell his scarlet-coated colleagues of
the North how j. Edgar Hoover's GRIM
inal-chasers get their man.
He is r. M. Wood, selected as
typical representative Of the mounties
and the first foreign police officer to
be admitted to the chronological COL
lege conducted in the Department Of
Justice for special agents of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation and
picked police officers.
Officer Wood was among 36 police
men from widely scattered sections
who graduated yesterday at the acad-
emy's spring commencement, held in
the great hall of the Department of
Justice Another graduate from out
side the continental boundaries of the
United States was A. o. Meyer of the
Panama Canal Zone police depart
ment
One From Scotland Yard.
Under a new policy the academy
will admit one foreign police repre-
sentative at each of its sessions, which
are held three times year. Scotland
Yard will be represented at the next
session, beginning in May. Mr.. Hoover
inaugurated the plan in the interest
OF promoting international co-opera-
ton among law enforcement agencies.
number of other foreign police Or
CARNATIONS have requested permission
to send officers to the academy
The graduates were addressed by
Senator Robert R. Reynolds, Demo-
crat, of North Carolina; Representa-
tive Lawrence ]. Connery, Democrat.
of Massa achusetts; Assistant Attorney
General Joseph B. keenan,, William
G. Rogers Of Ellis County. Tex, pres
ident of the graduting class, and Mr..
Hoover. Hugh H. Clegg, assistant
director of the F. B. l., presided.
The officers began their course on
January 10. They passed examina-
tions in scientific and technical crime
detection usages, statistics, firearms,
police administration and variety of
other subjects of specialized nature,
The graduating class brought to 223
the number of academy alumni. The
graduates automatically became men,
bers of the National Police Academy
Associates, organized to perpetuate
cooperative ideals of the school,
List of Graduates.
The graduates were:
Edward W. Barenkamp, Cape
Girardeau, Mo, Police Department;
August i. Bettinger. Spokane. Wash,
Police Department.; L. E. Bowery,
Wichita, Kans.. Police Department;
A. Leo Brogan. Port Chester N. Y,
Police Department.; Joseph T. Carroll,
Lincoln, Nebr., Police Department;
Haldow E. Christensen, Iron County,
Utah, sheriff's Office; Garland Dris-
kell, Flint, Mich, Police Department;
Robert Wayne Eleazer, Columbia,
S. c., Police Department: Edward w.
Griebel, Cleveland Heights. Ohio,
Police Department; James M. Hirst,
Billings, Mont. Police Department;
Howard R. Ingram. Wilmington. Del,
Police Department.; Oscar j. Jahnsen,
Alameda County. Calf, district at
torney's Office: r. W. Jett, Tennessee
Highway Patrol; Otis v. Kelley, lola,
Kans.. Police Department.; Erwin H.
Kubath, BARREN County, Mich, sher-
IFS Office: Leo M. Larkins, Findlay,
Ohio. Police Department; John F.
Lockwood, New Hampshire State
police: Walter L. McNulty, South
kingstown Township, R. l., Police
Department.; Fred j. Maloney, Wor-
cester, Mass, Police Department; r.
Frank Messer. Buncombe County,
N. c., sheriff's office; A. O. Meyer,
Panama Canal Zone Police; E. E.
Pfeiffer Pensacola, Fla, Police De-
partment; Howard L. Pierce, Raleigh.
N. c., Police Department; Charles B.
Quinn, Haddonfield. N. j. Police De-
partment; w. G. Rogers, Ellis County
Tex, sheriff's Office; Walter Sand
strom, West Hartford, Conn, Police
Department.; John Eugene Scheib.
Salt Lake County, Utah, sheriffs Of
f1ce; L. j. Swami, Huntington, w. Va.
Police Department; Teofan j.
Szewczykowski, Milwaukee County.
Wis. sheriffs Office; John T. Taylor.
Fort Wayne, Ind, Police Department:
j. t. Terry, Georgia Highway Patrol;
John Teufel Greenwich. Conn, Police
Department; Ryan Vandervalk, Haw-
thorne, N. j., Police Department; John
Alden Webster. Nashau, N. H., Police
Department: R. M. Wood, Royal
Canadian Mounted Police; S. Larkin
Woods, jr., Durham, N. c., Police De-
partment.