Evening star., 1938-11-19
Siam S Royal Oman
Guest Of Hoover al
F.B. Graduation
Prince ChuIermbol
Travels Far to See
AGENTS in Action

HIS Royal HlgnneSS, Prince Cnal.
ermbol, of Siam. who is head "G-
man" of his native kingdom in the
Far East, today completed jour-
ney halfway around the world to
see Americas G-men in action at
headquarters, and promptly accept
ed j. Edgar Hooer's invitation to
witness graduation of 38 police Of
flcers from the Federal Bureau
of Investigations National Police
Academy
Prince Chalermbol, cousin of the
king of Siam, was accompanied by
Siamese Minister Phya Abhibal
Rajamaitri. The pair headed a list
Of distinguished guests invited to
witness the awarding of diplomas by
Attorney General Homer Cummings
and Mr.. Hoover in the great hall
of the Department of Justice.
Interested in Exploits.
The youthful-appearing prince
had read much of the F. B. l. and its
crime detection exploits and desired
to meet Mr.. Hoover and inspect the
chronological laboratories and
training facilities. He may use the
F.. B. I. as a model in developing
his own investigative force.
The recipients of diplomas today
represent 38 State, County and
City police agencies in various parts
of the country. They have just COM
pleted three-month course in prac-
tice and theory of detecting crime
and catching criminals.
Private John F.. Dent, of the
Prince Georges Comfy, (MdD police
department, and Sergeant James
Cowan of the Virginia State Police
were among the graduates.
Fulton Oursler. editor of Lierty
magazine: Lawrence M. Taylor, as
sistant superintendent of the Illi-
nois State Highway Maintenance
Police, and Director Hoover were to
address the graduates. Mr.. Taylor
is president of the graduating class.
Qualify as Instructors.
The engraved diplomas signify
that each of the alumni is qualified
to organize and conduct police in
struction courses in his jurisdiction.
The graduates will bring to 297 the
total of police department repre-
sentatives who have attended the
nine sessions of the academy since
its inception in July, 1885.
The men have been trained in
police organization and sdministra-
ton, Investigations, enforcement
procedure, firearms use. first aid,
statistics. report writing and scien-
tific crime detection technique.
Alumni of the academy are in
every State of the Union. two terri
torial possessions and two foreign
countries. Nearly 100 of the gradu-
ates have received promotion as a
result of their training and l30 are
conducting police training schools.
Members of Glass.
Members of the graduating class,
in addition to President Taylor. Pvt
Dent and Sergt. Cowan. are Capt.
Lawrence A. Abbott. Springfield
Ohio: Detective Maurice J. Ahern,
New Rochelle, N. Y; Traffic Direc-
/ tor E. o. Bauer. jr.. Baton Rouge,
La: Identification Officer Edgar E.
Black, Vincennes. Ind; Pvt. Alex
Brebner. Lake Forest, ILL.,; Capt.
Raleigh D. Bristow. Owensboro, KY;
Detective Parker R. Clamp, Ander-
son. S. c.; Patrolman Rosa E. Cou-
ture, Fall River. Mass; Capt. Wal
ter Eckert, Indiana State police;
Deputy Sheriff John w. Fahey
Ramsey County. Mimi; Chief of
Police Lou w. Gammell, Reno. New;
Marshal Dewey Hall, New Albany,
Miss; Officer James Herring,
Dothan. Ala: Sergt. J. w. Jessup,
Mount Airy. N. c.; 1t. D. T. Lambert,
North Carolina State highway pa
troll; Sergt. Henry E. Madden, New
port, R. l.; Patrolman Roy c. Malm.
borg, Salt Ste. Marie, Mich; Chid
of Police C. c. Maxey, Waco, Tex:
1t. Henry j. McGann, Hartford
Conn; Deputy Sheriff Joe Neey.
jr., Ell Paso County, Tex; Chief of
oAASS AIu u 4NlShOllUC, NOluIIlUuS
Nebr.; Chief of Police Jacob j. No
yak. North Chicago, ILL.,; Sergt. Clare
Parker, Elyria, Ohio: Sergt. D. P.
Phillips, Union City, Tenn; Pstrol-
man Lester D. Price, Pierre, S. OAK:
Chief Deputy Sheriff John W..
Reindl, Menominee County, Mich;
Sergt. Dorse Rost, Hannibal, Mo;
Sergt. Michael Shea, Erie, Pa; 1t.
Startling E. Shumate, Maninsville,
Va; Supt. of Identification Fred
erick w. Smith, Kitsap County,
Wash; Chief of Police James w.
Tonra, Brookline, Mass; Patrolman
Millard E. Tyree, Beckle, w. Va;
1t. Egbert De Witt Wineo, De Kalb
County, Ga: Patrolman Fred w.
Wolfe, Rock Hill, S. c., and Deputy
Sheriff John S. WooNen, Sumter
County, Ga.