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15 YEAR OLD YOUTH ESCAPES AFTER BEING FOUND WITH STOLEN AUTOMOBILE TODAYDon S. Roane Still at Large After Stealing Brooks' Auto Monday Night; Car Returned to Owner by Chief ofPolice Risinger; Officers Stilt Hunt for Boy -Cities Look For Means of Forcing Auto InspectionEfforts to Reduce AccidentsLead to Stricter RegulationsCities of the country are intent on forcing the automobile into ways of safety, it was revealed in the latest issue of the Police Chiefs* News Letter, official publication of the International Association of Chiefs of Police,Seattle and Chicago are the latest cities to join the ranks of Lhose that have passed ordinances making the mechanical inspection of automobiles mandatory. In. neither Washington nor Illinois is there state legislation covering motor-car inspection. Seattle is now ponstrueting an inspection station with a capacity for 800 cars per day. The Seattle ordinance requires semi-annual inspections.Chicago's ordinance, passed by the City Council October 30, 1935, .became effective July I, 1938, and the compulsory inspection is, says i the News Letter, a free service undertaken solely as a preventative measure, in reducing the toll of automobile injuries and fatalities caused by defective equipment- Of 9,000 cars tested the day Iho ordL-The Ford sedan stolen from L. K. Brooks, local insurance and real estate dealer, at Memorial Park, Monday evening, was returned to him today by Chief of Police W. D. Risinger, after the car had been recovered by Press Colvin, uncle of the boy, on the Farmervill« highway from Dos S, Roane, 15 year old boy who had admitted stealing the automobile earlier today, Young Roane ran when Colvin attempted to bring him to town, and as yet has not been apprehended, according to Chief Risinger.Yourg Roane, after stealing the automobile, didn’t appear at his home until early this morning, ac-wooded lot behind his father's farm, and walked across the field to the house. On the way In, he met a negro, Co lemon, who work* for his father, and upon being questioned by Coleman, slated that he had just eomc from Alexandria, where he robbed a filling station last night, but had run out of money and had come home to gel more. He also stated that he intended to drive the car to a Ruslon filling station, gel it filled with gasoline and return to Alex-| andria today. Upon learning of thd talk from the negro, Roane's father immediately came to town'flmd learned that young Roane had already bought the gasoline. He then notified Chief Risinger that he suspected to boy of having a stolen automobile, after which the Chief and Mr. Roane immediately instituted a search for the boy. Around noon, Mr. Colvin stated, the boy Wdrove up to hla filling station on the Farmerville road in the car. Mr. Colvin said that he questioned the boy about having the new car, and after getting close enough to do so, he reached inside and took the kays from the boy. Young Roaone jumped and ran through the fields and as yet is still at large. Mr. Colvin brought the automobile into town and turned It over to Chief Risinger, who is still makin gan extensive hunt for the boy.Fourteen Obtain License to Wed Here Last Weekmm-mm—mvrw n ■ , « ■ ■ •Fourteen marriage licenses were Issued by the Clerk of Court here last week, according to the records filed in his office. Nine of the licenses were issued to negro couples.The five white couples who ob~ tained licenses were Miss Thesta Whilmon, Choudrant, to R. L. Ferguson, Ruston; Miss Alma Farley, Hico, to W. L. Caldwell, Hico; Miss Jris Thornton, Hodg.e to J, T. Max-cy, Winnfield; Mrs. Florine Goocher, Junction City, Ark., to It. It. Price, Houston, Texas, and Miss Eleanor Enloc, Hico, to J. H. Alexander, Hilly,The negro couples were Pearlne Graham to LeMoyne Patterson; Mayola Gorec, to Green Mayfield; Arvonia Huey to Robert Day; Leola Woodard to Willie Drayton; Lu-della Orange to Sampson Johnson; Mattie Burton to Dock McHenry; Geneva Manning of Bob Minnlficld; Jewel Roane to Curtis Mayfield, and Ida Sherrard to J. C„ Hill.Around the CornelIt seems that a lot of people don't know their own license numbers. Anyway, we know a man whocording to a statement by his father, Frank Roane, a farmer llv-lisig just southeast of the city limits. He parked the automobile in anance became effective. 5,000 cars were found to have mechanical defects. Owners of these cars were asked to return in ten days for a rccheck. Vehicles passing the test are given windshield slickers. Inspection covers all lights, including stop lights; windshield wiper; adjustment of headlights; wheel alignment; and brake adjustment and equalization. Failure to com* ply with the ordinance fs' considered 4 misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of $1 to $200.If the owner of a vehicle is pcr-^ sislont in his refusal to report lo one of the inspection lanca his non-compliance may be reported to the mayor, who, in his discretion, may revoke the city vehicle t 1 license on that particular car.You in Your Car on Cily Streets, is the title of a suggested course of instruction in traffic safely prepared by the automotive industry at the request of the Detroit Traffic Court and police officials. This course is designed to reduce the percentage of motorists who get into difficulties because they do a (not fully understand the traffic regulations. Applicants for drivers' licenses who fail to pass the examination may go to the drivers' school conducted by the Detroit Police Department. The traffic court conducts a school for traffic violators who, in the judge's opinion, would be benefit led by attending.Under the direction of the American Automobile Association, the Commercial Investment Trust Safety Foundation, the News Letter also reports, is conducting o nation wide safe driver motorcade1' of such scope as to merit the cooperation of all forces in America Interested in the reduction of traffic and highway accidents.” The program includes the selection of the most cureful drivers from each state, who with an alternate, will go to New York City and participate In the formation of a permanent association of safe drivers. Eiigibles for the title of safest driver must have driven a passenger automobile for at least 50,000 miles, must still be a regular driver, must never have been involved In a traffic accident or arrested for any violation of traffic regulations.tsi-5.ydescyi-ira*si*i-1-Ls0-Jyfc,bp0,an
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Ruston Daily Leader
Ruston, Louisiana, US
Wed, Jul 29, 1936
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