best of stores, moving picture theatres, newspapers, two
banks, two postoffices, churches, and schools all for the
benefit of the thousands of happy home owners. In
speaking of schools the Jefferson district High School
erected 22 years ago now has 802 students from the area
around Daly City, has four buses transporting students,
and has a faculty of 35 well trained taechers carrying
out the educational program of the institution.
Daly City has its own water supply, and the rates for
water for domestic use and for the gardens is the lowest
to be found in this part of the state, a flat rate around
a dollar a month is the cost to all users of the municipally
owned water plant.
Too, Daly City is noted for its low tax rate, one dollar
per hundred with 29 cents for bond redemption. And
here is something you seldom hear anything to equal- — •
the collection of garbage is done for free.
Small wonder that the people making up the population
of Daly City are a happy lot.
All city departments have kept up with the growth
of the community and this goes for the Police Department.
This important municipal agency is now headed by Chief
of Police William W. Sunderland.
Chief Sunderland has seen his adopted home progress
to its present eminence. For it was in 1929 that he quit
a job with the- firm of C. W. Worth, big drayage com-
pany of San Francisco to join the Daly City Police De-
partment. The Chief then was the late Jack Doyle. The
Department numbered five men at the time, including the
Chief of Police. Today there are 16 men enforcing the
laws in Daly City. /r^ ^- j .. .7-, >
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Chief Jack Theuer In Burlingame*s P. D. 30 Years
On March 1 Chief R. C. (Jack) Theuer completed 30
years as a member of the BurHngame PoHce Department.
On that same date he also ended three years as Chief
of the Police Department.
When he joined the police force Edward Oliphant,
long time retired, was Chief and Officer Theuer shared
Chief R. C. Theuer
the duties with L. A. Cavaelier as the entire Police De-
partment, guarding the 4500 people residing in Burlin-
game's city limits at the time. Today Burlingame has
over 20,000 population and the Police Department is
made up of 24 men and three women.
Within the past year two new men were added to the
force, they being Michael Disson, Jr., whose father was
a former Fire Chief, and Harry Emrick.
Two new women employes have been added, Matron
Enga La Boda and Patricia Carr, typist-clerk. The latter
served for some four years of the war as a member of
San Francisco's woman motorcycle corps. She moved to
Burlingame when that corps was inactivated and liking
police work she applied for a job with the adopted town's
Police Department.
Chief Theuer has been given a third sergeant, and the
,man appointed for that rank was Thomas Price, who is a
mighty energetic officer for his department and the Penin-
sula Police Officers Association as well. Price is desig-
nated as Traffic Sergeant and looks after that important
problem of the town. The other Sergeants are Edward
Hallett and Louis Todd, who handle the night watches
of the office. Lieutenant Louis Furio, one of the most
efficient and courteous officers you could ever meet, is in
charge of the day desk and handling of records.
Captain J. J. Hartnett is as he has been for years in
charge of investigations and attending all court hearings.
No city has a more able man for such important work,
and he has solved all of the crimes, which are not too
many, occurring in Burlingame.
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the State Motor Vehicle Department has installed 1 1 light
signals at as many important crossings. This has re
duced the accident rate and slowed down the speedy boys.
Too, he is busy bringing the Junior Traffic Patrol to
full strength, and on April 10 when the annual review
was held he and all the boys and girls doing important
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ASSOCIATION
Being the head of the second Sheriff's organization in the
State of California dciesn't seem to deter Sheriff H. P.
(Jack) Gleason from taking on more responsibilities. He
is the current President of the State Peace Officers' Asso'
ciation and last month at the annual meeting of the Sher-
iff's Association held in Santa Barbara he was elected presi-
dent of that organization.
However, Sheriff Gleason who is on his third term as
chief law enforcement officer of Alameda County seems to
thrive on work and more work. Alameda's Sheriff's de-
partment is second to none in these United States for effi-
ciency and achievements. The great experiment of a prison
farm produced by Sheriff Gleason when he prevailed upon
the county supervisors to lease for almost free unused parts
of Camp Shoemaker for rehabilitating prisoners sentenced
to jail terms is something that has attracted the attention
of all men and women interested in penology. The men
sentenced are engaged in useful and healthful labors, pro-
ducing crops of vegetables and other produce used by the
county, and they, for the most part come out in better
health and with a better outlook in life.
As presiding officer of two of the states leading peace
officers' associations (and he is also past president of the
Bay County Peace Officers) he has brought many ideas for
bettering law enforcement. A quick thinking officer, he is
a good parliamentarian, good speaker and has a sense of
humor that is clean and infectious.
He has the finest in organization, the best in radio, and
his jail and headquarters in Alameda's County Court
House are maintained in the highest degree of orderliness.
FORMER CHIEF RIORDAN RETIRES
FROM SAN FRANCISO POLICE
DEPARTMENT
Former Chief Michael Riordan retired on pension, from
the San Francisco Police Department, on March 15. Thus
ends a career of 35 years as a police officer, during which
time he rose from patrolman to, the rank of Captain,
establishing a fast record for advancement under civil
service examination. Then he went on to become Deputy
Chief of Police under former Chief Charles W. Dullea,
•ind when the latter retired last October was appointed
Chief, relinquishing this top post on January 6, 1948.
A self-made scholar he studied not only police subjects
but every other subject whereby he might improve his
mind and he was nearly 30 years ago admitted to practice
law, and in this profession he has demonstrated great
ability, taking part in many cases having to do with the
police department.
He is to engage in the practice of law and all who know
him, know he will make as great a success in this calling
ns he did as a police officer and official.
Arch Bishop Mitty has appointed him to an important
post to head a committee for displaced European persons,
and he will give this matter serious and constructive
service.
"KNOCKERS" ARE NOT SO GOOD
Pick out the folks you like the least and watch them
for a while;
They never waste a kindly word ; they never waste a smile;
They criticize their fellow-men at every chance they get;
They never found a human just to suit their fancy yet.
From them I guess you'd learn some things if they were
pointed out —
Some things that every one of us should know a lot about.
When someone "knocks" a brother, pass 'round the
loving cup —
Say something good about him if you have to make it up!
It's safe to say that every man God made holds trace
of good
That he would fain exhibit to his fellows if he could;
The kindly deeds in many a soul are hibernating there.
Awaiting the encouragement of other souls that dare.
To show the best that's in them; and a universal move
Would start the whole world running in a hopeful,
helpful groove.
Say something sweet to paralyze the "knocker" on
the spot —
Speak kindly of his victim, if you know the man or not.
April, 1948
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PISTOL POINTING
By J. Ross DUNNIGAN
The S. F. Police Monthly Matches
The second monthly match of 1948 found 180 rugged
pistol pointers out by the placid Lake Merced range all
eager to sling lead at those elusive bulls-eyes — and we do
mean elusive. It was one of those days when the long-
handled undies felt pretty good around the underpinnings
and the overcoat and heavy sox were a joy to be wearing.
Aside from a bit of a mist during the Camp Perry match
weather observations were e.xcellent with visibility the
same. There were plenty of new faces on the lines during
the day, some were old timers just in for a day's shoot
while others were just breaking into the game — the hard
way. Take, f'instance, Cash Gustin, State Highway
Patrolman from Modesto, who paid us a visit for the first
time in many months, who won a fourth place in the .22
timed-fire match. Otto Steen from Seattle is another rare
visitor while R. A. Schaefer, from Seattle way, dropped
in and walked off with a third place medal in the .22
rapid-fire master class, and a third place medal in the
master class aggregate. And, as usual, Quentin Brooks
took top honors for the day with Bob Chow a close
second. All in all, it was a good shoot from early morning
'till late in the afternoon.
* if *
The Saturday before the matches Rangemaster "Pop"
Dutil just arrived from the Director's Meeting of the
N.R.A. in Washington, D. C, and gave us a lot of in-
teresting information on what's happening with that out-
fit. A few new rules and regulations will be in order for
1948 but there will be no classification books this year due
to the new system of reclassifying shooters as they
progress either upward or downward. The next issue of
the "American Rifleman" should contain the pistol rules
and regulations as well as other information the shooters
are waiting for.
* * *
We have taken great delight in our column in pointing
out the weaknesses of the shooters and of course, all in
fun, we take a shot at those fellows who do not get on
the lines and forget they are shooting. When a fellow
pistol-pointer forgets a string, he qualifies for the famous
"Siesta Club" — an organisation which has for its members
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of ours. Sunday, while looking over the shooters, we
noticed target 8 in the second relay of the rapid-fire
match was vacant so we amusingly said to ovirselves
"what's the matter with these dumb so-and-so's that they
can't remember they should be shooting." Clayton Kober,
standing next to us, told us that he had been out in the
back and forgot to get on the lines and was sitting this
match out. Ha, ha! sez we — another members of the
Siesta Club! Just then something clicked in our feeble
brain and we suddenly remembered that target 8 should
have had our noble carcass behind the bench. I now take
back all I've said about those members who forget to
get on the lines, as we can readily see how easy it can be
done — but we never figured we would be counted as one
of those "dumb so-and-so's." Doc Baix also slept through
one of the matches, did we say "slept"? That's what
he said.
Sgt. Bellera, the Fort Ord hot-shot, must have had a
busy month rounding up that gang of "brass hats" he
had at the shoot with him Sunday. Sgt. Ray Fleetwood
brought his wife and two sons along to see the old man
do his stuff. Lts. Ed Pickett, Bob 'Veach and Ralph
Anthony were there in the expert class and Major Alonzo
Pierce was also given the trial by fire spot in the Ex-
pert Class.
* * *
Our usual little Valentine from Butte, Montana, was
with us for the regular February match in the personage
of Phil Judd. Phil is in the hardware and sporting goods
business in that cold, cold town and gets out each Febru-
ary when the thermometer gets down to somewheres
around 50 below. Here he thaws out and renews old
friendships.
Then on the Bulletin Board we spotted that sale being
held by our old pal from Oakland, Joe Davis. He was
selling all his guns, reloading tooks, oil, primers, glasses
and any other thing pertaining to shooting. We can't
figure out whether Joe is gonna quit shootin' before he
goes completely bugs or whether he is in one of those "sell
or trade" moods that usually hit him.
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But the best one on the lot for the day was the one
that Harr>' Plummer, the San Anselmo floriculturist and
pistol expert, tells on himself. Harry acquired a big keg
of No. 5 pistol powder so proceeded to spend a whole
week-end in loading up a thousand .45 shells for himself
which would last him for a month or two. Imagine his
chagrin when he shoots the stuff and finds it hasn't the
strength to even move back the slike on his cannon.
Imagine what Harry said! Y'see, Harry had been using
^Vz grains of Bullseye Powder and did not know that No.
5 takes almost twice as much to do the same as the Bulls-
eye. Now Harry is looking around for someone with a
.45 revolver so they can shoot all the stuff he can't use in
his automatic. That's about 25 pounds of good lead and
about a pound of powder plus a hell of a lot of work to
reload the stuff. And all that time friend H could have
been putting in those new begonia bulbs that had just
arrived from the grower. Such is the life of a shooter.
"... ?
The 274 shot in the .45 match by Gloria Norton seems
to be a new NRA record for women. At least we under-
stand that papers have been forwarded to the NRA
claiming it as such and we only await the return news as
to the validity of the claim. The record book for 1947,
with records for 1946, Hst no ladies record under the .45
National Match so unless some other woman shot better
than Gloria's mark in all probabilities her record will
stand.
* * *
Glancing down the line Sunday we happened to notice
that on the inside of Stuart Simms' shooting box cover were
tacked row upon row of pretty red and blue ribbons with
nice silver and gold lettering thereon. We never really
got a chance to see them up close but we have been told
they were ribbons he won for shooting the pistol — and all
along we thought he had won them in a dog or cattle show
for shooting the bull.
* ip Hf
Our Honor Roll tacked another name to its slowly
growing list and this time Dud Harkelroad, Olympic Club
shooter, protested that he was given ten points too many
in the Camp Perr>' match. It still puzzles us how a guy,
and especially a pistol shooter, can do such silly things.
The usual pistol philosophy is to take all you can get, and
then howl for more. Dud is one of those too damn honest
shooters that spoil the game for us chiselers.
Scores
.22 T^ational Match
Master Quentin Brooks 296
Expert Stewart Simms 291
Sharpshooters Ed Rosing 276
Marksman 1st Evar Roseberg 267
Marksman Louis Wells 254
Tyro D. E. Anderson 249
Center-fire Match
Jack Ahern 289
Bob Fortini 285
Clapton Kober 272
B. Armstrong 254
D. J. Clark 247
D. E. Aamson 233
Camp Perry Match
Quentin Brooks
Mack Garr
J. Fink
Jewell Ross
Ellis Udall
D. E. Adamson
297
292
288
273
271
242
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.22 Rapid'fie Match
Master G. Elliott Murphy
Expert Bill Hancock
Sharpshooters Steve Jochums
Marksman 1st A. Excell
Marksman Herb Williams
Tyro D. E. Adamson
Aggregate Scores
Master Quentin Books 1069
Expert Wesley Lim 1037
Sharpshooters Steve Jochums 1037
.45' 'H.ational Match
198
Quentin Brooks
282
196
Fred Peixotto
274
190
Jerry Monheim
276
188
Gloria Norton
274
178
H. Pollock
252
175
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Marksman 1st Jewell Ross
Marksman D. J. Clark
Tyro D. E. Adamson
955
934
899
First Place
San Francisco Police Department Blue Team
Joe Hallisey 290
Jack Ahem 292
Karl Schaugaard 291
Grif Thompson 293
Team Scores
Class "A"
Second Place
San Francisco Police Revolver Club White Team
G. Elliott Murphy 289
Ralph Kline 284
Quentin Brooks 297
Bob Chow 289
1166 Trophy
Class "B"
First Place
Pittsburg Rifle & Pistol Club
Charley Barnett 266
Stuart Simms 269
C. R. McCallum 254
Chas. Smith 262
Second Place
California Hiway Patrol
Ken Kolb
Henry Jacobs
C. E. Boomhower
Dave Menary
II59
196
290
282
274
1051 Trophy
1042
The 1947 pistol averages and the 1948 classifications
have been issued by the Western Revolver Association
showing that a total of 344 competitors fired at Oakland
during 1947. In computing the average for each indi-
vidual shooter the scores of all matches were used —
exclusive of the .45 caliber scores which were used to
compute the .45 scores only. Sub normal scores were
The Yearly Match Summary of
The Oakland Range
not used in any classification. From the scores listed below
it shows that the gang will have plenty to do this coming
season to tie, or better, the new records and those that
have been standing for some time. High man for the year
was Quentin Brooks, a comparative newcomer to Cali-
fornia but so far has made shooting history for himself.
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The pistol classification averages that will be followed
in 1948 are:
.22 and .38 caliber .45 caliber
273 and over Master 267 and over
264 to 273 Expert 255 to 267
249 to 264 Sharpshooter 237 to 255
234 to 249 Marksman 1st 220 to 237
219 to 234 Marksman 2nd 200 to 220
Below 219 Marksman 3rd Below 200
Champions in each classification:
Slow'fire champion Quentin Brooks 92.30%
Rapid-fire champion Quentin Brooks 97.61%
Time-fire champion Bob Chow 95.99%
.22 caliber champion Quentin Brooks 290.87
.38 caliber champion Jack Wilson 287.40
.45 caliber champion Bob Chow ' 279.41
Teams firing in the Camp Perry team matches were
divided into three groups, class "A", "B" and "C" with
the following winners in each class :
Average
Class "A"
San Francisco Police Revolver
Club Team No. 1 1155.8
(Chow-Murphy-Brooks- Ahem)
Class "B"
San Francisco Police Revolver
Club Team No. 3 1115.1
(Freeman-Baix-Peixotto-Flesher)
SHOOTERS AT CALEXICO
Pictured are members of Seventh-seventh Street Division gun club who walked off with plenty of medals at the Desert Cavalcade
International open shooters" tournament at Calexico March 6, 7, and 8. Back row, left to right — Doc Seecord, Leroy Carman,
Charles Logsdon, winner of four medals; E. Seller. G. Conrad, Abbott Williams, C. Jensen, T. Formes. Front row, left to right
— Norman Eppstein, youngest registered shooter in the United States, Club President Jack Moore, who took home nine
medals, including four firsts, A. Eppstein, Walter Hendricks, Walter Stark, total grand aggregate winner with a score of 2550, E.
Spiegel, G. Kiel, R. O'Connell, and P. Jorgensen. Five other members, not pictured, attended the shoot.
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Annual aggregate scores fired in five or more aggregate
matches with a total for the five highest matches for the
aggregate award a competitor retained his classification for
the entire year irregardless of his classification in the last,
or any matches:
Master Quentin Brooks 4336 trophy
Expert Sim Reinhard 4216 trophy
(Continued on page 111)
April, 1948 POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL
Menio Park's New Police Chief
Page 2S
Five years ago a young man by the name of George
Potter with his bride came out to Menlo Park from
Boston, Mass. He got a job with the telephone company,
took a course in the San Jose State College Police School
and soon after his arrival in this state he joined the Menlo
Chief George Potter
Police Department. Today he is Chief of that law en-
forcement agency.
Chief Potter, who was born in Boston in 1917, had
made up his mind that police work was the job for him,
for prior to meeting, in 1942, Miss Eileen Judge, a native
of Menlo Park, who was in the East on a visit, he had
taken the examination to join the Boston Police Depart-
ment. Shortly after he was married to Miss Judge he
was notified to report for duty. But his new bride didn't
fancy settling down in the City that was the cradle of
this Republic. No siree, she wanted to be back in Menlo
Park, which outside of being the headquarters for a
large number of soldiers during World War 1, has no
great history such as Boston, Mass. But the new Mrs.
Potter knew she would not have to shovel snow off the