davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1944-05-09

ing the fiscal year ended June 80
l94l, which ended nearly six months
before war was declared.
Persons under 18 years of age
arrested for felonies during the fiscal
year 1943 numbered IA per cent less
than for the year 1941. Arrests OF
white persons for felonies during the
same year decreased 353 per cent
while the number of colored persons
arrested for the same offenses in
creased 6 per cent. During 1912
there were Al per cent fewer persons
under 18 arrested for felonies than
during 1941.
likewise persons under l8 ar
rested for misdemeanors decreased
from 2,7l8 in 194l to 2,578 in 1943. a
decrease of So per cent. This was q
decrease Of IL per cent for white
persons and decrease of 72 pei
cent for colored persons"
Police Force Additions.
/ The report also brought out that
the police force was gradually in.
creased to the extent it was l7.8 pei
cent greater in 1943 than in 1899
thereby suggesting one reason for ar
increase in the numbers of arrests
The supplementary report, dealing
with the six months ended last
December 81 and comparable six
month periods in the preceding
three fiscal years, stated:
while the total arrests for felo-
nies and misdemeanors increased 8.s
per cent over the average month
period from July /, 1910, to June 80
1943, the increase over the half year
194l was only 36 per cent. Felonies
increased "a per cent over the
average siX-month period l940-l943
but during the six months ended
December 81, l943. we're Sc per cent
less than the corresponding period
Of 194l."
/ Mlsdemeanors during the past six
months were 1876 per cent higher
than for the 1940-1943 month
average and 81 per cent above the
l94l July-December period. The
report said these icreases were due
principally to more arrests for traf-
nc violations and disorderly conduct
Evening star., 1944-05-09
Increase in Juvenile Arrests Due
7oPopuIotion Rise, Survey Finds
Downward Crime Trend of Past Three Years
Found Reversed in Lost Six Months of lo43

An upsurge Of juvenile delinquen-
cy arrests in the District occurred
in the six months ended last De-
cember 81. which offset a downward
trend seen in the three preceding
fiscal years, according to statistical
findings prepared under the direc-
ton of the Commissioners.
Based on Police Department and
Juvenile Court records. and filed
late yesterday with the House Dis
trict Appropriations Subcommittee
by Budget Officer Walter L. Fowler
the report showed there was an 8.8
per cent increase in total arrests of
juveniles for felonies and misde-
meanors over the average for half
year periods in the 1941, 1912 and
l943 fiscal years.
799 Felony Arrests.
Contending that the increase was
due principally to a large increase
in arrests for traffic violations and
disorderly conduct, the data re-
vealed there were 799 felony arrests
or "a per cent above the average
for the six-month periods of the
three preceding fiscal years. but sc
per cent below the total for the first
six months of the l941 peak" fiscal
year.
There were .483 misdemeanor ar
rests, or 1876 per cent above the
average for the 1941-1943 average
for the half years, and 81 per cent
above the 194l fiscal half year.
The influence of Washington's
tremendous population increase or
the rise in juvenile delinquency
cases was outlined IN a first-sectior
of the survey, which gave compare
tive figures for the fiscal year 1898
through 1943, which ended last
June 80.
Population Comparison.
Estimating the civilian population
OF the District increased from 657,-
940 in 1899 to 833,720 March /, l943
or by 26.7 per cent, the Commits
slonerS' study, which was prepared
for them by J. M Nicholson, special
investigator. said:
Arrests of persons of all ages fol
felonies and misdemeanors in
creased from 55,055 during 1899 t.
1886 during 1919 an increase Of
4G.3 per cent, compared with ar
increase of 26,7 per cent in popu,
lation during that period.
The increase in arrests of per.
sons under 18 years of age for these
offenses increased only 81 per cent
during the same period"
The report also brought out that
while the colored population wa!
estimated for l943 to be 28.5 pei
cent of the total and the white II {
per cent. 662 per cent of the felon.
les were charged against colorec
persons and 1873 per cent against
white persons. AS to miSdemeanol
cases. 81 per cent of the person,
arrested were white and 49 pc,
cent colored
War Not Responsible.
The first survey document con.
cluded with the declaration:
The war is not responsible fol
child delinquency because the great.
est number of arrests of persons
under l8 years of age occurred dur.
Evening star., 1944-05-09
Housing Conference
Here Praised by
Burton and Wagner
City-Wide PorIey
Sponsored by 28 Groups
To Be Held Saturday

Senators Burton, Republican. of
Ohio, and Wagner, Democrat, of
New York today indorsed the City
Wide Housing Conference on slum
clearance sponsored by % civic and
professional groups, to be held Sat-
urday at the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States.
The conference will consist of two
sessions, opening at 10 am. with
presentation of the Districts hous-
ing problems by many speakers
They will discuss the needs of this
city and the means for meeting
them both through private and pub
lie agencies.
In the afternoon session the con-
ference will take up housing as a
national problem. A co-ordinatine
committee will report at the con-
clusion of the session on findings
Senator Burton, chairman of the
subcommittee of the Senate District
Committee holding hearings or
housing, approved the conference
In note to Mrs. Elizabeth Delman
co-chairman of the co-ordinatins
committee for the conference.
Tn spite of many splendid ex.
amples of city planning and archi.
tectural excellence in Washington,
he wrote, there are equally bad ex-
amples of long-standing neglect, OF
substandard living conditions, es.
pecially for the colored population
in and near the alleys of Washing
ton.
Il hope that your conference will
increase the popular and Official ap-
probation of the urgent need for eff
fective support of practical means
for meeting these distressing human
needs in a city of extraordinary es-
thetic beauty"
Senator Wagner, under whose aus
pices three Federal housing acts
were introduced, declared: Il am
deeply interested in seeing repre-
sentative groups of citizens inform
themselves on the problems of hous-
ing in their locality SO that they
can make a significant contribution
to the enactment of legislation in
this field"
Evening star., 1944-05-09

Firt 1t. Thomas F. Neal, jr.. Chat
ham, Va, Mustang pilot, with six
enemy planes destroyed.
At the top of the Fighter Com
mand of the 9th Air Force is Brig
Gen. Elwood Quesada, former
Washingtonian and we'll known in
the Capital for his flying exploits
Gen. Quesada for three years held
the Army record for the greatest
number of flying hours. He explains
that the 9th Air Force Fighter Com
mand will work in closest co-opera-
ton with ground troops of the in
vasion forces and the high com
Evening star., 1944-05-09
Coast Guard Reserve
Seeks Part-Time Recruits

The Coast Guard Reserve issued
a call today for so part time spe-
oialists-truck drivers. carpenters
messengers and watchmen, to re-
place so regulars being sent to sea
from the Potomac River Base.
Women may apply, 1t. Edmund j
Flynn, commanding the Washing
| ton battalion of the Volunteer Port
Security Force, declared. He said
| the specialists would be issued reg
ular uniforms but would not be re-
qulred to attend indoctrination
classes or take military drill Each
specialist will be asked to give a
tour of daytime duty a week. during
which he will be served meals.
Boiler and gate watchmen, how
ever, will be on one 24-hour duty a
week. Applications should be made
at the Coast Guard base, $50 Maine
avenue S.W.
Evening star., 1944-05-09
Funeral of DR.. Earnest
To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for DR.. John Pau
Earnest, ir., As, prominent internis,
and member of the visiting staff OF
Emergency and Doctors Hospitals
who died Yesterday at Emergency
will be held at II am. tomorrow al
st. Margarets Church, Connecticut
avenue and Bancroft place NV
Burial will follow in Arlington Gem
etery.
DR.. Earnest. a native of Wash.
ington, had practiced medicine here
during his entire career and made
his home at l70l Twenty first street
NV.
Evening star., 1944-05-09
Life Saving Course to Beoin

A senior life-saving course, spon-
sored by the Water Safety Service
of the District Chapter of the Amer
lean Red Cross, will begin at pm.
tomorrow at the Ambassador Hotel
swimming pool, it was announced
yesterday. Free instructions will be
given from 6 to pm. on Mondays,
Wednesdays and FRIDAYS.
Evening star., 1944-05-09
Citizens Unit to Hear
Copper Tomorrow

Senator Capper, Republican. OF
Kansas will speak on District prob
lens at pm. tomorrow on the 36th
anniversary of the founding of the
Rhode Island Avenue Citizens AS
sociation. The meeting will be in
the Woodbridge Branch Library, 22O6
F. Green. president, announced to-
day.
Evening star., 1944-05-09

tantrums-are all psychoneurotics,
he said.
In the Army, he added, persons
with such emotional disturbances
frequently can't do their jobs and
come to the attention of the ply
sicians. But there is no reason, he
added, why most of those discharged
can not make good in civilian jobs.
Evening star., 1944-05-09
Fraternity Plans Meetino

The quarterly interprofeSsional
lecture of Pi Chapter of Alpha Zeta
Omega, pharmaceutical fraternity
and the AzoanS, Womens organiza-
ton, will be held in conjunction
with card party, super and dance
at a meeting at pm. Thursday at
the Eastern Star Temple Property
2600 Sixteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1944-05-09
St. Johns 100 Books
To Bolster Encyclopedia

I By The ASSoclated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md, May 9-St
Johns Colleges 100 books, basis of
the entire college curriculum, will be
published in approximately rs
volumes as An adjunct to the En-
Encyclopedia Britannica. Dean Scott
Buchanan reports.
Evening star., 1944-05-09
Save This Newspaper

Many paper mills are shut
ting down for lack of waste
paper to convert into cartons
for Army and Navy supplies
shipped overseas. Every pound
OF old newspapers and maga-
zines is needed. Telephone your
nearest school or notify some
school child in your block to
have your paper picked up.
Evening star., 1944-05-09

s oy e d, ana
from surround
ing territory the
following: Capt.
John B. Rose,
jr., Warrenton,
Va, Thunder
bolt pilot, none
destroyed: First
1t. Walter V.
Gre S ham, jr.,
518 era W ford
place, Ports
m ou t h. Va,
Mustang pilot,
with seven enc
NV plannS de-
stroy d, and
Evening star., 1944-05-09

is FlTSC bt. Ion
aid M. Martyr,
1887 Kilbourne
place NV. Fly
ing. his Psi, or
NJ us t ang, 1t
Martyr has de-
stroyed two Jer-
ries,
Other fighter
pilots from the
Washington area
are: First 1t.
Charles w. Kip
fer, 4817 Thirty
six3t h street
NV, plotting a
T h un d e + bolt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
2-Year-OIdS Become
Turf'S Glamour Boys
By JACK CUDDY
Usi,ed Pre-. stan Correspondent

NEW YORK. June 16-Thc 2
ycar-olds, high-fying bunch of
youngsters. are the glamour boys
of the turf right now. since the
3-yeaT-old division is the most
mediocre in many years, and the
handicap ranks have lost many
star performers through injuries.
There have been many fast
running 2-year-olds shown so far,
but two of them stand out like
steeples in a low fog. They arc
Col. G. V. Whitney'S Burg-el-Arab
and 1t. Edward Lasker'S Flood
Town.
Flood Town. a son of the great
JohnStown. Kentucky Derby win
ner in 1899. has raced five times
and won four OF his starts. He
won four IN a row at Belmont.
He took two overnight races and
then won the Juvenile Stakes by
a head also the national Stallion
Stakes hy a length and a half.
Ne was particularly impressive as
/ he stepped the FIRST half-milc of
/ the Stallion Stakes in "A 3-5 "a
Kill off his opposition. as he
finished out the five furlongs ~
! ST 2-5. "
Meanwhile. Burg-el-Arab has
raced twice -terufically. This son
lof Bodtum, a great Whitney
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17

sprinter of Is years ago, came
out at Belmont two weeks ago,
heralded as a star. In his first
try. he swamped the field. win
ming by four lengths in the ex-
ccllent time of 81 4-5 for the
four and one-half furlongs. Last
Wednesday he raced again, and
breezed TO victory in the Ire
mont Stakes by two and one-half
lengths.
The best chance of Flood Town
and Burg-el-Arab meeting is IN
the $4,000 Arlington Futurity at
Chicago on July Is. Flood Town
is an announced candidate for the
stake; and there is an excellent
chance that Burg-el-Arab will be
sent along for IL.
Other good-looking youngsters
10 race thus far this season arc
+. r. Bradley's Big Deal, F,NW
| HooperS Hoop Jr.. w. p. Chrys-
ller's Maransart and Whitney
Jeep who may yet turn out &c
I be the best OF the crop. Two
other highly-touted ones, yet &c
como 10 the post. arc w. Helis
Periclcs. the $4,000 beauty, anc
the Calumet Farms Full Stride
a half.brother of Pensive.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
Dies sOTH REGATTA

Detroit Boat Club, which APP
parently II In business 10 stay.
will hold It's 50th annual sail
ing regatta In the I05th year of
the club Sunday.
It's the oldest sailing event
on the river or lake. Howard
French, perpetual race chair
man at the Die, has laid out
four courses. all OF which start
and finish in Lake ~. Clair off
No. , Black Can, excepting the
three catbOat divisions which
are slated 60 continue down the
river 60 the Detroit Boat Club.
The first class. the Fights,
are listed for IL noon start
with the RS, skies. Stars. -
square meters, racing-cruising.
cruising, A-handicap, G.. Is.
lI0s, B-handicap. yard
HaNenS. Club SlOOps, k-cat-
boats. Ck-team eats, Free for
All eats. SnipeS. LightningS. Sea
Guils and Nippers following at
) minute intervals.
The large classes will sail n
23-mile course.
The Army Nreds MORE rtanes---
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
Skipper Loses
Race on Foul

The Snipe shippers of Crescent
Sail Yacht Club picked a perfect
evening for their first point score
race last night. With a spanking
southwesterly breeze the little 16-
foot sloops navigated the 3-mile
course in less than an hour.
Freddie Pessel was second to
cross the finish line, 10 seconds
behind Vic Schneider but because
Schneider jumped the gun by 20
seconds Pessel was declared the
winner.
Ivan SchueI. Art Rautenberg.
fleet captain, Arnold Street and
Doc Crouch finished in that order.
This was the first time Crouch
had sailed a snipe in a race and
had considerable trouble hosting
his main sail at the start. AL
though he was five minutes late
crossing the starting line he still
tried TO catch the other five boats.
The Army Needs MORE Planes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
.YdnksLose15
.0f21onRodd

( The Boston Red Sox stood
within half a game of the Amer.
can League leadership today after
defeating the Athletics, 5 10 1,
for their ninth straight victory.
Tex Hughson hung up his ninth
consecutive triumph Of the season
by holding the AS 10 six hits.
The Yankees, ending one OF
their most demeralizing road
jaunts (they lost Is of their 81
games), lost the fourth and final
night game with the Senators, 3
10 2.
The New York Giants drubbed
the Dodgers. 9 10 2. Mel OFT
banged out his seventeenth homer
of the season.
The Pirates shut out the Gin
cinnati Reds. l TO o.
a. single by Fred Mullen and
Jimmy Wasdell's double in the
eighth gave the Philles a 5 10 4
victory over the Braves.
SEE What You Made 81 Air SHOW
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
Boon TO PhiIlies

Though the Pills played any,
thing but championship ball. the
announced attendance for 10
games shows a total of 12S. 276,
which is almost half the total
home gate in 1912.
Three night games drew an
aggregate Of 44,722. whereas
n1idweek daylight programs at
tracted an average of less than
$500.
The White Sox drew 70.760 in
four night games, a 17.700 av-
erage and about $1,000 a game
more than the same contests
would have drawn on the same
afternoon.
II was predicted In Chicago
recently that the management
of the Sox would ask for more
night games. They want II.
three with each team. matching
the ST. Louis grant.
Because there are no lights
al Briggs Stadium. there is no
basis for a comparison of at
tendances. The closest thing is
between the afternoon and twi-
light games. Twilight games
outdrew afternoon games by a
bic margin last season and I'M
doubtedly will do so again this
wear,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
Play in Twilight

The first Of these twilight
contests at the local stadium is
for tonight with the Browns
furnishing the opposition for the
Tigers.
In all. only seven twilight
games were booked at home this
year by the Detroit clubs ultra
conservative management.
II is true were IL not for the
hig turnouts for double-headers
the total attendance in Detroit,
best baseball town in the coun-
try, would nevertheless show a
decided shrinkage from the good
old days. The twilight games
doubtless will bring up some OF
the slack in weekday figures.
Incidentally, a ttenda an G e.
should be better for the recent
fistic nareups. The melee be-
tween George Wyatt Of the
Senators and Bud Metheny Of
the Yankees enlivened game
in Washington the other night.
lust as did Eddie Mayo's brush
With Skeeter Newsome in De-
troit.
Maybe il is 2 good sign-we
may get some of the good old
Ty Cobb days in place of the
American Leagues curren I
dainty baseball diet.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
5 Detr0iterS
GET M Awards

ANN ARBOR, June 16-Five
Detroiters were among the 16
members of the Big Ten cham
pion University of Michigan base
ball team awarded letters by
Coach Ray Fisher yesterday.
Bliss Bowman, Elmer Swanson
Charles Ketterer, Bruce Blanch-
ard and Don Lund, all from the
Motor City. were included in one
of the largest squads to receive
awards in the past decade.
Other winners:
Dick schmidtke. Elroy Hirsch, Bob
wiese, Dennis Manko. Jack Haokstadt.
Bob Nussbaumer. Walter KelL Mike
Fsrnyk, Keith Phelps. Bob Stevenson BIZ
Gregor. ,,,,,
Minor award winners we're Al Willers
and Bill Nelson.
-ses What yOU Made 81 Air SHOW
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
Give Strokes,
Take Drubbing

J. W. Flick, advertising man.
ager of The Detroit Times, and
Hal Pritchard of the Pittsburgh
office of the Hearst Advertising
Service are moaning-and all be-
cause OF their own generosity.
A few days ago at Pittsburgh's
Field Club they hooked up In a
golf match with Harry M. Bitner,
publisher of the Pittsburgh Sun
Telegraph. and William McNamee,
advertising director of the Chi
Icago Herald American.
Hopeful of making il at least
close. Fleck and Pritchard gave
their opponents two strokes on all
except the one-shot holes and a
stroke and half on them.
The reward for their almost
lunheard of generosity was a ter
rife drubbing. And the irony of
III was that the Bitner- McNamee
combine. with Bitner having low
gross of the feursone. actually
beat them without the strokes.
-Fverv Nav Ia n-nax An Fartories-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17


Ernie Crates. oco-owner of Bit
zen, with Murray Knapp. doused
his spinnaker and slapped on a
huge overlapping jib. Bitten,
queen of two oceans. the Atlantic
and the Pacific. by virtue of her
victories in Bermuda. Havana and
Honolulu racing would see what
this fresh water lady who has
won two Mackinac races could do.
1t was stand-off. Jimmy
Grove owned Blitzen before buy
ing Manitou. His ship, a 64-foot
yawl. carried two headsails
against the 56-foot cutters genoa
jib.
With this rig Manitou seemed
TO point higher but Bitten was
footing faster. They scrapped for
an hour. lacking together and
there was little to choose as both
crossed each others bow. Skip
pers and crews Of both ships
probably are figuring they had
the better Of il. All Of which points
to some interesting racing here
/ this season.
They'll meet for the first time
officially in the Mills Trophy
Race on Lake Erie, Saturday,
June "a.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
National Tennis
MEMS SINGLES


-t's.''t'''' fouarter-finaD
Ralnh Diney. Cleveland, defeated Wen
deli chApin, Bay City, 6-3, so, 81.
Francisco segura. Coral Gables. ia, q
Jack NcManls, Los Angeles, 90, s,5, ~
Bill Talbert, Indiana polls, d. Huboer'
Manire, Detroit. so, 81, SO.
wOMEN'S SINGLES
fSemifinaD
Dorothy Burdy Santa Monica defeated
Pauline Betz. Los Angeles, IS. 81.
MEMS DOUBLES
George Reindel- William Piggst 4. 70
Rosyak Walter Preston (Hamtramckl1 b-l'
4s. rs. Hobart Wrobbell- Hubert Manire
1pstrott). a. George steinmetI Howard
stoddard UsnsingD SO, So. kenneun
Norman Hubert Johnson (Ann Aroorl, a
Alex Plutynski-Frsnk SelberE. 2-e' lo-s'
woNFN'S DOUBLES
shirley Fry Nancy Corbett d. Betty
Hubert jeanne Dunn. 81, 90.
TODAY's PAIRINGs
MEMS SINGLES
usrter.final--Rs Norris. Lansing. W,
Sam Rotberg, Bay City.
WOMFN's SINGLES
semifinsl-Mary Arnold. Los Angeles.
VS.. Doris Hart. Miami, Fla.
MEMS DOUBLES
George Reindell- William Piggett Va.
Hubert Manire- Hobart Wrobbel Al Het-
Leck walter English VS.. Kenneth Norman.
Hubert Johnson. Bin Talbert-Francisco
segIra VS.. Marshall Goodwin Rex Norris.
wOMEN's DOUBLES
Pauline Betz-Doris Hart vs.. Nancy Cor
bett-shirley Fry.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
Ask for Criticism

Over in Cleveland baseball
men repeatedly the Indian
coaches-complained the scribes
should write Constructive criti-
cism" instead Of mere fault find
ing.
To which the scribes are de-
manding that Roger Peckin-
paugh do a little constructive
building. Adding an infielder or
catcher. for instance.
To Peck's pleas that players
can't he had, typewriter pound
ers pointed out the Red Sox
were able 10 pick up a good
third hasem8n in Jimmy Butcher
and that Clark Griffith and
other moguls seemingly are able
20 bag new players even with
The admitted shortage.
Also. the Red SoN stepped out
and bought Dick Callahan, the
New Orleans schoolhoy senSa-
ton. IN a measure proving That
Tom Yawkey is still willing 10
gamble with his money
---ssr What You Made 81 Ar Shoe
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-17
Sports
Attendance Shows
Baseball May Be
After Dark Sport
By LEO MACDoNELL

l. major league baseball on
rs way 10 become an after
dark sport in most of the big
citieSG
II Is. II the attendance az the
hrst big league night games OF
the wear are to be taken as a
criterion. While Sunday double
headers continue 10 draw their
quota of patrons. the night
games during the week far out
draw those played under the sun.
II is wartime condition.
protest the sun tRncierS. Mebbe
so. but il appears fans like the
night brand Of baseball and may
continue to like IL even after
Hitler has been disposed Of.
At the gate. night games have
been a boon to the clubs at
Philadelphia and Washington. II
has also helped the White Sox
il, showing a big increase over
last year at this time.
In Cleveland last Monday
wight. a crowd Of approximately
1000 turned out TO see the IT,
gers and Indians play. On a
Monday afternoon at League
Park they would have been
lucky to draw 5000.