sidewalks in the winter or feel the oppressive heat of the
East coast in the summer, once she was back in her
native city.
So some five years ago they came to Menlo Park, and
be it said Chief Potter agrees with his Missus that this
part of the state is a mighty good place to live in, and
no Native Son is more pleased with his lot than Menlo
Park's Police Chief.
Chief Potter continued his education along police lines.
He attended a session of the San Francisco Academy, and
three police schools in his county.
So efiicient has he become in his chosen profession that
last December when Chief Jack Yount announced he
was going to retire to go into the real estate business,
City Manager Cecil Logan called for an examination to
fill the proposed vacancy, the office of Chief of Police being
a civil service one. Officer Potter filed for the examina-
tion, and former Chief John J. Harper of Burlingame held
the same. Officer Potter topped the list and on January
16 he was given the permanent appointment for the
high post.
Chief Potter has a force of six men under his com-
mand, and another one promised for July, His force is
made up of Sergeant Joseph Ferreria, Officer Bud Roach,
Tony DeCampo, Bert Herring, James Oliver, and Eugene
Clark.
He also has charge of four special officers assigned to
Stanford Village which houses some 700 or more students
and their families. These specials are M. B. McColley,
Buryl v. Cornell, William C. Quinn and William Jorey.
Officer Roach is a veteran of the Department, having
been made a member 15 years ago, when Chief Thomas
Kearny was the Department's head. Chief Kearny was
in charge when Officer Potter joined up. Officer and
Mrs. Roach have two children, a boy and a girl.
The Department has two 2 -way radio equipped patrol
cars, with a third one expected in July, and one
motorcycle.
Though traffic is pretty congested at peak hours in the
city limits of Menlo Park, there were no traffic deaths
last year.
Chief Potter is the father of two sons and one daughter.
He expects to see Menlo Park grow from its present
8000 population to over 10,000 within the coming year.
Phone P. A. 8659
J. Harvey J. Brown, Mgr.
G C LIQUOR STORE
[mpurtcd and Domestic
BEERS :: WINES :: LIQUORS
El Camino Real, between Spruce and Cedar - MENLO PARK. CALIF.
Phones: ORdway 3-4242-3-4243
SPECIAL RATES ON LONG DISTANCE TOWING
ATLAS TOW SERVICE
632 ELLIS STREET
SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF.
STOVES
GERNHARDT-STROHMAIER CO.
MISSION STREET AT 18th SAN FRANCISCO
Refrigerators - Washers - Ironers - Linoleum- Water Heaters
L. A. Gernhardt Phone Mission 7-0236
R. L. Hinshaw HEmlock 1-2376
HINSHAW SUPPLY COMPANY
Refrigeration - Air Conditioning - Butane-Oil Heating
Parts - Tools - Supplies
169 Eleventh Street
SAN FRANCISCO SACRAMENTO
BAUER COOPERAGE CO.
2345 Keith
SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA
MINNEAPOLIS ARTIFICIAL LIMB CO.
142 McAllister Street
SAN FRANCISCO
CALIFORNIA
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POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS" JOURNAL
April, 1948
Chief Belloni to Have New Police Building
Twenty-seven years ago Officer Louis Belloni, a mem-
ber of the three-man police force of South San Francisco,
was appointed Chief of Police. With 27 years of honor-
able, efficient and progressive law enforcement back of
him he is second only to Chief C. L. Collins of Redwood
City for continuous holding a top police job in this state.
Chief Louis Belloni
Chief Belloni has seen South City grow from a little
town of 3700 population to a bristling industrial and
commercial little city of over 16,000 contented people.
This is nearly 10,000 more than the town had in 1940
when the U. S. Census showed 6629. He has seen in-
dustrial and commercial plants some into South San Fran-
cisco by the scores, and during the past year twenty large
concerns have established themselves in this desirable
community.
That the people like Chief Belloni and the way he and
his force of officers have carried out their enforcement
of the law, is stressed by the fact that this summer there
will be started on a Civic Center lot and the corner of
Maple and Miller avenue a $150,000 building to house
only the Police Department, which now numbers 15 and
the Chief, and when the building is completed some six
months later five more men will be added.
The men and women of South San Francisco voted this
sum last fall and the plans call for the most modern
building, equipped with the latest things tried and proven
for law enforcement officers. The building will have a
100-foot frontage and extend back some 60 or more feet.
It will be constructed of reinforced concrete, and will
have a spacious squad room, lockers for the men, tables
and desks for their use, and lockers for their personal
effects and their police equipment.
There will be an up-to-date photograph gallery, a com-
pletely modern Identification Bureau with the latest in
filing cabinets, fingerprinting equipment and other features
so necessary in keeping records of men taken in custody
for violation of the laws.
There will be prison cells some for men, some for
women and some for juveniles, and these cells will be
roomy, airy and furnished in a manner far from the
custom of such places of detention, especially those found
in many small cities, which are stuffy and with the barest
of necessities.
There will be a room for the Chief and another for
Captain August Terragno and space set out for the
Ju. 5-6061
UNIVERSAL CONTAINER CO.
CORRUGATED CONTAINERS AND BOXES
539 RAILROAD AVE. SO. SAN FRANCISCO
SWING CLUB
JUno 8-9960
DANCING - ENTERTAINMENT
A Hearty Welcome to All
751 BAYSHOR E BLVD. SO. SAN FRANCISCO
Phone J 8-1981 FREE DELIVERY
Ted & Archie's Grocery & Delicatessen
FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
MEATS AND FROZEN FRUITS
615 LINDEN AVENUE SO. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
GOLDEN EAGLE HOTEL
RESTAURANT HOTEL
BEER & WINE
701 BAYSHORE BLVD. SO. SAN FRANCISCO
So. S. F. 1760
JOE'S BLUE ROOM
IMPORTED COFFEE EXPRESS
CAPPUCINO
419 CYPRESS AVE.
SO. SAN FRANCISCO
R. Castiglioni
B. Sacilotto
MAY MARKET
MEATS â– GROCERIES - VEGETABLES - FRUITS
COAL • FREE DELIVERY
Phone JUno 8-6406 S2I Linden Ave.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
ERCOLIS' MARKET
J. and V. ERCOLI
713 Linden Avenue
SO. SAN FRANCISCO
CALIFORNIA
SWIFT 8c CO.
Apni, 1948
POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL
Page 27
traffic bureau and a reception room where one can get
information, make complaints or give account of what
one knows of a crime they have witnessed.
There will be a sound proof radio room.
When the new headquarters are occupied South San
Francisco will have as fine a place for its police officers
to work as can be found in any other city on the coast.
Another evidence that the Police Department sets well
with the people of South San Francisco, is that they have
by elections made the office of Chief of Police a civil
service one, that was back in 1941. In 1945 the electorate
voted its Police Department pensions under the state plan.
Further indications of their popularity with the residents
is that since the first of the year the salary of every mem'
UNITED PACKING
COMPANY, Inc.
POETSCH
&
PETERSON
300 Huntington Ave. East
South San Francisco, California
SOUTH CITY
LUMBER AND
SUPPLY CO.
JUno 8-5711
Railroad and Spruce Aves.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
San Mateo County
A. C. FREEMAN
President
South San Francisco
A. W. SORICH BUCKET
AND DRUM CO.
Drums and Containers
Bought and Sold
Estimates Given
INCINERATORS
All Sizes
501 Railroad Avenue
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
JUno 8-3300 Res: Millbic^'E 2351
I I
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POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL
April. 1948
ber of the Police Department has been raised. The Chief
now gets $400 per month, Captain $350, Sergeant Vincent
Biachini $300 and patrolmen $275.
Like all peninsula cities South San Francisco has its
traffic problem. Through the Bayshore Highway flows
25000 automobiles a day into San Francisco, and the same
number comes back, and on El Camino Real some 12,000
more travel that ancient highway, twice a day. Yet the
traffic accidents are small in comparison to the large
volume of cars passing through. This is due to stringent
law enforcement. There were 4200 arrests and citations
issued for traffic violations during 1947. So far this year
there has been but one death from a traffic accident.
Since Chief Belloni took over 27 years ago South San
Francisco has grown in area. At that time there were a
little more than five square miles, today it spreads to the
west as far as the extension of Junipero Serra boulevard
and is today easily over ten square miles. In this area
hundreds of new homes have been erected and more are
going up and it is well that the people of the city have
given their Police Department a modern police head-
quarters, so that they are able to give the best in enforcing
the laws, something that the SSFPD has been doing for
over a quarter of a century under the direction of Louis
Belloni, a fine Chief of Police.
AL'S MERCHANT LUNCH with Drink 50c
HAMBURGERS - CHEESEBURGERS - COLD DRINKS
CIGARS - CIGARETTES - CANDY
298 TWELFTH STREET
OAKLAND. CALIF.
TINY'S HUT
"Elmer" Hansen
WALNUT CREEK, CALIF.
The Corner Pool Hall
Good Food, Beer, Wine, Soft Drinks
559 Main Street
The Yellow Front
Mexican Food - Specializing in Enchiladas, Tacos
BEER AND SOFT DRINKS
Vincent .^nd Connie Navarro
659 Main Street
COLUSA, CALIFORNIA
KEN ROYCE, Inc.
Building Material Division
READY MIXED CONCRETE
205 So. Linden Avenue
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
Phone JUno 8-8212
SOUTH CITY
SHEET METAL WORKS
J.AS. O. W.^LL.ACE, Prop.
HEATING and VENTILATING
617 Linden Avenue
South San Francisco, California
Telephone JU. 8-4102
Duplex Percolator Co.
Sonoma Rock Spring Water
A Full Line of Leading Brands
Imported and Domestic Whiskeys
49 East Second Street
PITTSBURG, CALIFORNIA
Phone 408
Argentina Club and
Restaurant
Fine Wines - Beer - Liquors
DANCING EVERY NIGHT
303 Black Diamond Street
PITTSBURG, CALIFORNIA
- - - - .....m.mmmm..t
April, 1948
POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL
Page 29
Ideal Cabinet & Fixture Co.
Joaquin Ferry, Owner
BUILT-IN FIXTURES
STORE FIXTURES
When thm\ing of anything m our line thm\
of IDEAL first
1010 38th Avenue
OAKLAND 1, CALIFORNIA
Phone KEllog 3-1432
The Fruitvale Toggery
J. MALNICK 8c CO.
East 14th St. at 38th Avenue
Apparel and Shoes for
Women and Children
LIBERTY MARKET
Fruits, Vegetables, Groceries, Meats
Ham and Bacon, Fish on Friday
3431 East Fourteenth Street
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
KEllog 2-9756
ED'S
COCKTAILS
So Refreshing
5517 Foothill Blvd.
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
KEllog 2-9279
KNUTE PALMQUIST
Brass, Bronze and Aluminum Foundry
Production Patterns - Pattern Castings
4933 San Leandro Street
OAKLAND 1, CALIFORNIA
ANdover 1-0951
Meet Yoru Friends Here
ALOHA CLUB
Merritt 8C Agrella
952 Fruitvale Avenue
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
KEllog 2-9280
MONTEREY COUNTY
PLUMBING COMPANY
Plumbing - Heating - Sheet
Metal Utilities
8275 San Leandro Street
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
Frederickson & Watson
Construction Company
General - Engineering Contractors
873 81st Avenue
Oakland 3, California
SWeetvvood 8-1264
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POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL
April, 1948
SIMPSON SCREEN CO.
Telephone TEmplebar 4-3565
1050 EAST EIGHTH STREET OAKLAND 6, CALIF.
Phone HI 4-9978
HARRY McKINNEY'S
RIO GRANDE SERVICE STATION
FliUs Picked Up aitd Delkercd
1600 PERALTA STREET OAKLAND, CALIF.
Phone TEmplebar 4-8688
CARDENAS BROS.
GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE WORK
AUTO ELECTRICAL REPAIRS
928 EAST I2lh STREET (rear) OAKLAND. CALIF.
CITY FRENCH LAUNDRY
Phone GLencourt 1-8583
2801 LINDEN STREET
OAKLAND. CALIF.
APEX PAINT COMPANY, Manufacturers
Landscape 5-7336
AN APEX PAINT FOR EVERY PURPOSE
1201 SAN PABLO AVENUE RICHMOND. CALIF.
THOS. CARTER GLASS CO.
Phones Hlgate 4-7753 - 4-7754
ART GLASS - MIRRORS - GLAZING
COPPER STORE FRONTS - DESK TOPS
333 NINTH STREET OAKLAND 7. CALIF.
Y. L. CHAN HERB CO.
GLencourt 1-0420
2340 TELEGRAPH AVE. OAKLAND. CALIF.
L. W. Miller Telephone GLencourt 1-6606
Enterprise Plating and Enameling Co.
PLATING OF ALL KINDS
780 TWENTY-SECOND STREET
OAKLAND, CALIF.
T & H MARKET
FRESH MEAT - FRESH VEGETABLES - GROCERIES
BEER - WINE
165 1 14th STREET OAKLAND, CALIF.
C. F. Fr
ANdover 1-2200
DANA-FRANE MOTOR CO.
STORAGE
PARKING OILING • GREASING
CANTON GARAGE
Ti-l.'i)l[,,ii,> TEiiipli-har 2-(i:;iil
GUARANTEED AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRING
All Repairings Under Personal Supervision of BILLY CHU
I 1 1 SIXTH STREET OAKLAND, CALIF.
BLUE FLAME CAFE
Telephone Piedmont 5-9283
I 159 32nd STREET OAKLAND. CALIF.
The Scotch Caiulynuiker
Telephone TWinoaks 3-4294
AWFUL FRESH MacFARLANE
415 24th STREET OAKLAND. CALIF.
C_ V^ Wilcox Phone Piedmont 5-4371
Spec-al Fried Chicken
FRIED TO YOUR ORDER IN 10 MINUTES
THE CHICKEN SHACK
Open 10 A.M. 'Til 2 A.M.
3500 SAN PABLO AVE. OAKLAND 8, CALIF.
DODGE BROTHERS MOTOR CARS
DODGE BROTHERS TRUCKS
PLYMOUTH MOTOR CARS
2901 EAST 14th STREET OAKLAND. CALIF.
LAKE VIEW RESTAURANT
CHINESE AND AMERICAN LUNCHEON AND DINNER
ORDERS PUT UP TO TAKE OUT
Phone Hlgate 4-2308
32 I i GR AND AVENUE OAKLAND, CALIF.
GILLARD 8C GILLARD
Glencourt 1-65 10
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
1404 FRANKLIN STREET OAKLAND, CALIF.
L. A. Meucci, Prop. Phone TRinidad 2-2257
PIPI RESTAURANT
SPECIALIZING IN ITALIAN DINNERS
I 050 98th AVENUE OAKLAND. CALIF.
Phone Hlgate 4-0871
Res. Phone OLympic 3-8429
Phone KE. 4-2442 Terry W. Anderson, Prop.
GOLDEN WEST FLORIST & NURSERY
TREES. SHRUBS AND POTTED PLANTS
FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS
5537 FOOTHILL BLVD. OAKLAND I. CALIF.
MIKE'S COFFEE SHOP
THE CLEANEST AND BEST PLACE TO EAT
PAVLIGER LABORATORIES
X-RAY
Suite 327 Wakefield Building - 426 Seventeenth Street
OAKLAND CALIFORNIA
KEllog 2-7661
MUELLER BROS.
PACKERS • SAUSAGE MANUFACTURERS
4537-4559 EAST Mth STREET OAKLAND I, CALIF.
THE KINGS FOOD MARKET
1768 SEVENTH STREET
OAKLAND, CALIF. OAKLAND
3421 San Pablo Avenue
CALIFORNIA
FOOD MART DELICATESSEN
AL SACK'S
SIXTH AND MARKET STREETS
Phone Andover 1-3762
Frank Houte, Brake Specialist
OAKLAND. CALIF.
C. W. Kahl, Prop.
Phone ANdover 1-6276 KEllog 4-4242
SAFETY LANE BRAKE SERVICE
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
WHEEL ALIGNMENT SERVICE
4425 EAST TWELFTH STREET OAKLAND, CALIF.
Res. Piedmont 5-7086
WES. KAHL'S HOUSE OF 1000 BARGAINS
NEW AND USED PLUMBING AND STOVES
WE HAVE IT - OR WE'LL GET IT
2227 EAST Mth STREET OAKLAND, CALIF.
FOR A GOOD, NEAT PAINT JOB
GUARANTEEING YOUR SATISFACTION
Call
PAUL W. NORDSTROM
PAINTING CONTRACTOR
Office: ANdover 1-1871 -::- Eve.: UA. 2-2478
1414 EAST Mth STREET OAKLAND
BAKERS VAN 8C STORAGE CO.
22 74 EAST TWELFTH STREET
OAKLAND 6. CALIF.
SUN ELECTRIC CORPORATION
6655 Foothill Blvd.
TRinidad 2-0300
OAKLAND
CALIFORNIA
April, 1948 POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL
Hillsborough^s Police Department
Page il
Though Hillsborough poses no problems found in other
cities and towns of this state in the matter of protecting
business firms, banks and other marts of trade — Hills-
borough has none of these — it nevertheless offers to the
larcenous inclined a fertile field among the wealthy folks
who occupy many of the 764 homes within its city limits.
Chief Wisnom welcomes Chief Michael E. Mitchell to Bay
Counties OfEcers Meet in Hillsborough.
In the past year there has been added by annexation,
additional area and the Police Department has some five
miles more of streets through the new subdivision lines
with classy homes, to watch.
Chief Walter J. Wisnom, who on May 30 will have
completed 28 years as a member of the Hillsborough Police
Department, seven of those years as Chief of Police, has
given the population of this exclusive scenic area the most
excellent in police protection.
Through 1947 there were but four burglaries, a fine
record for a town of some 2500 population, and the prop-
erty lost was minor. The radio .patrol cars give the most
thorough check on all homes, and when a resident leaves
for either a day or a three months outing, Hillsborough
oflScers are checking the place at frequent intervals. This
year Chief Wisnom has introduced another innovation,
which besides being very effective is one that can't help
but generate a big measure of good will. His patrolmen
are noting something wrong with a house, and seeing no
one was around, fix up that trouble. It might be an open
window, a broken porch post, or a fallen screen, or maybe
the folks forgot to close a door. Well the officer who
discovers any of these things proceeds to fix it up if pos-
sible and leaves a blank provided for the purpose setting
forth the thing found wrong and that he had made such
temporary repairs as possible. He gives his name, star
number and the time and date of the occurrence.
The following letter, one from many, tells most strongly
how this goodwill service hits the house owner.
It is from Mrs. Roy C. Lemoge of 1931 Black Point
Road, date March 31, and reads:
"Last week during one of our storms I returned home
quite late, and found a note from Officer No. 3 of the
Police Force to the effect he had come earlier in the night
and closed a window blown open by this storm. I am
certain if the officer had not discovered the open window
our floor, draperies and other furnishings would have
surely been ruined. We are very grateful for the effort
and attention. It is indeed gratifying to know that during
our absence our property is so capably protected."
To give protection to the school children of Hills-
borough's public schools Chief Wisnom has had installed
automatic crossing signals.
Too, he is equipping 100 bicycles used by school chil-
dren with the new Scotch lite red tape to permit the bikes
being seen by autoists at night. This move is sponsored
by the Parent-Teachers Association.
There has been but one traffic accident death in the
past five years in Hillsborough, that one being in 1946.
Chief Wisnom is replacing all old delapidated and out-
dated street signs with new ones of the latest type.
The latter part of April an examination will be held
for the promotion of one patrolman to sergeant. There
is a vacancy in this rank as Sergeant E. P. Funke has
been elevated to a captaincy. Four members of the force
will take the examination.
The Hillsborough Police Department is not going to
take a back seat to others of its San Mateo County sister
Departments. Plans are ready to start work this summer
for a Police Building in the civic center. It will be the
remodelling of one of the buildings now used as a dormi-
tory for housing members of the fire department.
It will give the Police Department separate headquarters
free from the present overcrowded space they now occupy.
Officer Arthur Binder will move his recently equipped
photograph gallery along with the Department's up-to-date
radio system, which monitors the Burlingame and San
Mateo police and Fire Department and the numerous
trouble shooting cars of the Pacific Gas and Electric Com-
pany, and many other agencies around the Peninsula.
Chief Wisnom is the 1948 president of the Bay Coun-
ties Peace Officers Association, and a past president of
the Peninsula Police Officers' association. And he has had
a most prominent part in developing two-way radio for
law enforcement as a member of the California Com-
munication Officers' Association for some ten years.
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POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL
April. 1948
CRIME TRENDS IN CALIFORNIA
By Chief George H. Brereton
Division of Criminal Identification and Investigation, State Department of Justice
(Continued from last issue)
As I previously stated, a total of 38,149 felonies were
reported to the Division during the first half of 1947.
30,471 of these felonies were reported by thirteen cities.
These were Los Angeles, San Francisco, South Gate,
Oakland, Berkeley, Bakerfield, Santa Ana, San Diego,
San Jose, Sacramento, Fresno, and Modesto.
In order to arrive at some figures for purposes of com-
ClUliF GeORCI; H. BRtRLTON
parison, the population of the thirteen cities were tabu-
lated for 1940 and 1945 or 1946 from United States
Census Bureau figures. Only one of the thirteen cities.
South Gate did not have a special census taken, in either
1945 or 1946, but the absence of that figure will not mate-
rially affect our comparisons. However, it might be a
matter of interest to note that the population of South
Gate increased from 26,945 on April 1, 1940 to 48,820
when a special census was taken on July 28, 1947. This
represents an increase of 18,875 persons or 70.1 per cent
in seven years.
During the five, or in some cases jhe six year period,
the population of the thirteen cities increased from
3,232,000 to 4,115,000 which represents a 27 per cent
increase. On the other hand when the number of felony
reports received during 1941 are compared with those
received during the first half of 1947, covering a period
of time approximately the same as that used to show the
increase in population, an expected increase of 110 per
cent is indicated. During 1941, 29,029 felony reports
were received from the thirteen cities whereas in the first
half of 1947 the Division received a total of 30,471
reports.
The comparisons just made might indicate only that
the thirteen cities used as examples were doing better
reporting and sending more crime reports to the Division.
Although we can say, on the basis of past experience that
this is true in some respects, it by no means explains
the large percentage of increase. We must assume that
there has been an increase in crime as well as in population.
Another analysis has been made in order to determine
what the situation is in California with respect to crime.
This analysis is based on the reports made by the law
enforcement ofiicials of twenty-five California cities for
the year 1946 as compared to their reports concerning the
same crimes in 1941. Only four crimes have been con-
sidered in this comparison: Murder and non-negligent
manslaughter, robbery, aggravated assault and burglary.
In 1946 there were 266 murder and non-negligent man-
slaughters reported whereas in 1941 there were only
149. Robberies increased from 3,519 in 1941 to 8,186
in 1946; aggravated assaults increased from 1,379 to
4,292 and burglaries increased from 19,863 to 26,233.
The percentages of increase for the five year period is
79 per cent in murders and non-negligent manslaughters,
133 per cent in robbery, 211 per cent in aggravated
assault and 32 per cent in burglary. If, however, these
percentages are adjusted with respect to estimated popu-
lation increase in 1946, and assuming that the percentage
of increase in the twenty-five reporting cities was the
same as that for the entire State of California, the actual
per cent change at the end of the five-year period would
be a 29 per cent increase in murders and non-negligent
manslaughters, 68 per cent increase in robbery, 124 per
cent increase in aggravated assault and 5 per cent decrease
in burglary. The only thing that the adjusted figures
indicate is that assuming 1941 to have been a normal year,
on the basis of the estimated population in 1946, there
were 29 per cent more murders and non-negligent man-
slaughters, 68 per cent more robberies, 124 per cent more
KEIJog 4-1266 Cecil C. Woodruff
HIGH SERVICE Union Oil Dealer
FIRESTONE DEALER
Corner High and East Fourteenth Streets
EAST OAKLAND
CALIFORNIA
NORTON W. FAUST
ELECTRICAL AUTO PARTS
ANdover 1-8502
5104 EAST FOURTEENTH STREET
OAKLAND I, CALIF.
WEARTEX RUG COMPANY
Manufacturers of
WEARTEX RUSH, BRAND and WOVEN COTTON RUGS
Tel. Hlgate 4-4523
2533 MAGNOLIA STREET OAKLAND 7, CALIF.
April, 1948
POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL
Page 33
aggravated assaults and 5 per cent less burglaries than
might have been expected.
When comparisons are made between the number of
crimes reported by California cities during the first half
of 1947 and crimes reported during 1946 about the same
unpleasant picture is disclosed. Although the reports
indicate that particular types of crime may vary in dif-
ferent communities, and although in general the reports