Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 178, Decatur, Adams County, 29 July 1937 — Page 18

STATE POLICE CRIME EXHIBIT TO BE SHOWN Rogues’ Gallery, Criminal Weapons And Methods To Be Displayed An innovation in entertainment Will be given those who attend the Decatur Free Street Fair thia year. After a trial showing last year, the Indiana state police system has arranged to send to the Decatur fair its crime exhibit Based on the fact that “crime Joes not pay,” members of the state police system have gathered into one exhibit probably the most astounding and yet authentic display of criminal activities, their armament and the methods of apprehension ever to be shown in Indiana. A rogue’s gallery, containing "line-up” views of such ill-famed desperadoes as John Dillinger, Gergid Chapman and other notorious gangsters, who claim this state as Their native residence, are included in the exhibit • The 'guns, tear gas bombs, jTionXpson “sub-machine” guns and other implements of warfare Jsed by the criminals, whose records have smutted the pages of Indiana's history, only to wind up in a “sad finish,” are also shown in the exhibit. • A fingerprint bureau, established for the safety and protection of its citiiens, has been included by the state in its exhibit. At the free disposal of fair-goers the exhibit is expected to afford one of the j)iost heavily-attended displays during the event. In accordance with a campaign Recently inaugurated by the state. Citizens have been asked to be fingerprinted. These prints will be placed on file and kept in the idbureau. Sgt. Paul H. Beaverforden, of the state police system, will be in charge of the booth, and is expected to have as bis aides several of the state policemen assigned here during fair week. Bill Bell of this city, state police commissioner, will supervise in the use of the booth during its Btay here.

COTTON IS BIG NEED OF JAPAN Japan Buys Much U. S. Cotton For Textile Mills Tokyo, July 29 — Unless some Ration is willing to cede or lease to Japan a developed area that Will produce at least 2,000,000 bales of American type cotton annually, Japan will continue buying indefinitely large amounts of United States cotton for the weaving 6f the better class textiles, it is apparent here. Since no such territory exists Outside the United States, Japan’s gtatus as a customer is likely to continue for decades. It will buy American cotton according to ( needs and means, in the opinion i at Japanese and foreign cotton experts. Price will be an important but not necessarily a ruling factor. Reports have been circulated Abroad that Japan has under way great developments to make its textile industry independent of foreign producers. No such project has been financed and no concrete plans have been formulated Neither the land nor the money is available at present. However, the purchases from i India totalled 2,198,762 bales or an Increase of 525,059 bales. Back of the increased propor-1 Hon of purchasers in India are reasons having little or nothing to do with India’s purchases of Japanese textile and other manufacturers. . Chief among the reasons were the high price of American cotton and the limited amount available for Exports. 1 -•*■* * • Indian cotton is of short staple i and is useable in stuffing mattress- i es, quilts, making sail cloths and fishing nets and weaving the common kimonos. * American cotton is used for the finer textiles that are used for the better cotton clothing and the cotton fabrics that are sold to good dressmakers abroad. •If American cotton had been available in abundance at the Indian price, mattresses, quilts, and the common kimonos would have been made of better cotton. Price Reduces Quantity To meet the higher cost and limited supply of American cotton, the manufacturers simply reduced the quantity of American cotton in the commoner articles. They made quilts and mattresses almost exclusively of Indian cotton. Stores offered for sale more bats bf Indian cotton for families that make their own bedding and the floor cushions which are the equivalent of chairs in t ,e west. With price increases all along the ■commodity line, the Japanese

Headed 1936 Centennial W: ’w 'HI »• •• --MagTfew, .. . X - Wk *' ' w Carl Pumphrey, Decatur jeweler, was general chairman of the Decatur Centennial celebration held last year. In addition to including the observance of the city's birthday, the 1936 affair included all of the street fair and agricultural exhibits.

people had to retrench. The manufacturers had to offer them the kinds of goods that would enable them to do so. India could sell cotton cheaply and abundantly — America could not In the first three months of 1937 the same general situation has prevailed. From the United States Japan imported 508,378 bales compared with 630,306 bales in the first quarter of 1936. India Purchases Up The figures for India are 883,625 bales in the first quarter of this year and 565,921 bales in the corresponding period of 1936. Japan’s purchases from Brazil are small because Brazil’s production is light, total some 300,000 bales annually. The cotton is desirable because it is similar to that of United States cotton. Purchases from Egypt are also light because Egyptian cotton is of highest quality, hence higher in price. China is in a position by itself. It does not produce sufficient cotton for internal needs and the Japanese mills in China. However,

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Chinese cotton, which is of longer staple than the Indian product, is protected by an imported duty of 14 per cent. This keeps the price of Chinese cottdn higher than that of India. The same causes that have retarded the expansion of cotton production in Asia are behind Japan's failure to have a vast development program. Poet-Senior Burgess Designated In Groton Groton, Conn. July 29 (U.PJ — Arthur M. Card has become known as the poet-senior burgess of the borough. At a meeting he was complimented on a poem he wrote and delivered in a Memorial Day address. “That’s nothing,” said Card, “I have written a poem as long as that almost every night since last fall to my daughter. The only exceptions were week ends when she came home.” His daughter attends the State Teachers College in Willimantic.

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BRITAIN BUILDS CRIME SCIENCE Scientific Methods Being Used In Crime Detection London, July 29-(U.R)~A report dealing with the Importance of science in crime investigation, and showing how the laboratory is often the trap for criminals, has been circulated to police authorities in Great Britain by the Home office. The report was compiled by the late C. T. Symons, who was Home Office Adviser on the application of scientific aids to police work. It states that scientific aid may be divided roughly into two parts', that which may or must in some cases be carried out by the police officer, and second, that which

must in every case be done by the expert, either at the scene or chiefly In a laboratory. "For example” the report says, "the making of casts of gross impresses. such as footprints, and their comparison He within th work of the police officer. But the analysis of the mud adhering to footwear used for comparison with such casts would be the work for the scientist. Much Evidence Passed Over "MncTt evidence from the scenes of crimes must have been missed, and many problems which might have come to the laboratory and obtained valuable assistance toward their solution have gone unsolved.” Symon gate two examples where both county police and scientists co-operated. One case concerned the theft of cabbages, and accurate protographs of the cut portions in apposition demonstrated clearly that the cabbages seized had come from the roots left in the field. The other case concerned

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a motorcar accident. It was suspected that the driver bad moved bt. car after the accident from the side. The finding of a sma 11 frag nient of car enamel on the trein e off side of the road, and Its careful photographic compar son with a portion of the rad from which enamel was m'™ l "' s ’ demonstrated that the one fitted exactly into the other. Cites "First Aid Posts’’ "What may be called ’first-aid scientific posts.' have been started on several forces during the past two years.” the report reveals. ••Their work consists merely in the careful visual examination and recording protographlcally of material which they have collected For this purpose the Home Office has advised. 1— A suitable binocular magnifier for use by police officers, trained on the scientific side, either at headquarters or at the scene of the crime. 2— Some efficient form of photo-

graphic apparatus, for recording that Is found at the scene of the rr lme and In certain cases. S-A handy portable form of ultra-violet lamp which can b" used either at a scene, when electric current is available, for search or sUlna or. for general photographic work, or In the police premises for more detailed examnation of material, such as sus ported alteration In a document. "Eventually, when a complete system of laboratories, covering the whole country, is in being, t *”' expenses of the whole should be at liberty to use the most convenient or the nearest to the place where the work arose.” —o —■ " Memorial To Limfcerlost Author Dedicated In 28 The memorial to Gene-Stratton Porter, beloved Adams county auth or wt* dedicated here on September 11 1928. The memorial, a huge rock resembling an elephant's back protruding from the water,

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was removed from the bed ( St. Mary’s river, a few miles i east of Decatur and placed 0 lawn of the local courthouse fitting tribute to the author. Ed Jackson, governor of In at that time, and Senators , R. Watson and Arthur R. R oh were among the notables to a the dedication ceremonies i the ten-ton boulder still stan a memorial to the famed nutl Adams county. o ——. Snake Fright Cures Man’s Indiges qpiico, Qull., jyiy 29 - dj.R). Price is confident he has di ered a sure cure for indigestloi a recent fishing trip he was s en with an acute attack, trying to pack his equlpmen return home, he suddenly dll ered a rattlesnake near his coiled to strike. He leaped to safety and whe had recovered from the shod indigestion had disappeared.