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Pope Appoints Two
To Camerlengo Posts
He Once Held
Right to Wear Pallium
Given to Archbishops
Spellman and Schrembs
By the Associated Press,
VATICAN CITY, Dec. 11.—Pope
Pius XII today filled two of his
former posts, naming a camerlengo
(chamberlain) of the Holy Roman
Church and a camerlengo of the
sacred college of cardinals.
In secret consistory, he named
Lorenzo Cardinal Lauri camerlengo
of the Holy Roman Church, thus
providing an interim administrative
head of the church during the next
interregnum before the election of
a new Pontiff.
Raffaello Cardinal Rossi became
camerlengo of the sacred college of
cardinals.
The Pope gathered 24 cardinals
in the consistory to hear his ap
pointments, which included 13 new
bishops, and to approve canoniza
tion of two saints, Blessed Maria dl
Santa Eufrasia Pelletier, who found
ed the Sisters of Good Shepherd,
and Blessed Gemma Galgani, known
as the Virgin of Lucca.
Auxiliary Bishop Named.
Changes in the United States in
cluded the appointment of Msgr.
Albert Fletcher as titular bishop
of Samo and auxiliary to the Most
Rev. John B. Morris, Bishop
of Little Rock, Ark., and the retire
ment of Bishop Vincent Wherle of
Bismarck, N. D., who became titular
bishop of Teos.
The Pontiff also conferred the
pallium, or woolen scarf of office, on
new archbishops, including the Most
Rev. Francis J. Spellman, Archbishop
of New York, and the Most Rev.
Joseph Schrembs, Archbishop of
Cleveland.
Both American archbishops re
ceived by proxy their pallii, circular
VERY REV. JOHN F. O’HARA.
woolen bands with two pendants
which only the Pope may wear with
out special permission. Archbishop
Spellman also was named bishop
ordinary for the Army and Navy
diocese, which has spiritual charge
of Catholic chaplains.
Among new bishops created were
the Very Rev. John F. O’Hara, pres
ident of Notre Dame University,
named_. titular Bishop of Milasa.
Bishop OHara also was appointed
head of Catholic religious welfare
organization for the United State*
Army. In effect, the position is that
of chief chaplain.
Titular Sees Filled.
Msgr. Aristodemo Polci of the
consistorial congregation received
the pallium in behalf of Archbishop
Spellman and Msgr. Joseph Patrick
Hurley, attached to the office of the
Papal Secretary of State, received it
for Archbishop Schrembs.
Two of the most important titular
sees were filled with appointments
of Carlo Cardinal Salotti as Bishop
of Palestrina and of Enrico Cardinal
Sibilia as Bishop of Sabina, sees
formerly occupied by the late Angelo
Cardinal Dolci and Donatus Cardinal
Sbarretti.
Detective Collects Photographs
Depicting D. C. Police History
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Detective Sergt. Larry O’Dea points proudly to some of his
prized pictures hanging on the walls of the robbery squad room
at police headquarters. —Star Staff Photo.
By BA1NBRIDGE CRIST.
There is one man in the Wash
ington Police Department who col
lects pictures for a hobby and not
for the cold-blooded purpose ol
cataloguing those caught in the toils
of the law. He is Larry O Dea, chief
of the robbery squad and detective
sergeant.
Since joining the police force
more than 43 years ago—July, 1896—
Mr. O'Dea has amassed a gallery
of probably 1,000 pictures, of which
more than half cover the walls of
the robbery squad room at police
headquarters and the long corridor
outside. Briefly, the collection in
cludes photographs of policemen
and officers, past and present: pre
cinct stations, Harbor Police boats,
newspaper clippings, horse-drawn
patrol wagons and bicycle squads,
murder victims and scenes of raids.
The pictorial record covers the
last 97 years of police history. It
includes not only major events and
personalities since the organization
of the department into a police dis
trict in 1861, but also yellowing
prints of the auxiliary guard organ
ized back in 1842, when officers
used rattles instead of whistles.
Picture of Leader.
Placed over Detective Sergt
O’Dea's desk is a picture of this
special force and its leader—except
for a short interval—Capt. John H.
Goddard. The guard was organ
ized “for the protection of public
and private property in the city of
Washington,” largely as a result of
a stone being thrown at President
Tyler by a drunken man. Ironically,
one of the guardsmen in the auxil
iary group claimed that he was the
one who threw the stone. Shortly
after the formation of the Metro
politan Police Department in 1861
the guard was disbanded.
w uca, wuu on v a 1
that he “likes to look at his col
lection and to talk about it,” has
a number of “firsts.” As he sits
behind his desk In the robbery
squad room and picks up his cane
to point out the various pictures,
he is apt to point to several photo
graphs of what he believes are the
first patrol wagons in the city. The
first one—if that it be—looked very
much like an open delivery wagon
with high rear wheels. The later
wagons were built lower to the
ground, because, Mr. O'Dea ex
plains. the police were afraid that
drunks might hurt themselves if
they attempted to jump or if they \
fell from the wagon.
Among other firsts in the gallery
are pictures of Zenas C. Robbins. !
one of the first commissioners of
the Metropolitan Police Department, j
and William B. Webb, first super
intendent of police under the Met
ropolitan system. Robbins was ap
pointed in 1861 by President Lin
coln, who gave him a letter of intro
duction to “whom it may con
cern,” so that he could collect in
formation “concerning the New
York police system.”
A Police Diploma.
Another relic of these days is a
diploma granted to a police appli
cant, Alexander Campbell, back in
December, 1862, a little over a year
after the organization of the Met
ropolitan Police. And hanging
nearby is a picture with the simple
inscription, "The First Cop.”
One picture that the detective is
certain to point out is one of the
first Christmas tree put up by
the Police Department for the poor
children of the city. It was set up
in the District Building in 1918.
Sprinkled among the hundreds of
pictures are many that concert
Detective Sergt. O’Dea himself, who
was once the leader of a raiding
group known as “the four horse
men.” The newspapers gave the
title to him—and the three men
working with him, Howard E. Ogle,
Oscar W. Mansfield and Arthur
Fihelly—because of the number of
raids that they made on gambling
places and speakeasies during the
prohibition era.
The detective is emphatic in his
opinion that the speakeasies were
much better furnished than the
barrooms of today. “But when we
got through our raids,” he con
fesses with a twinkle in his eyes,”
the raided place looked as if the
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Shows Chicago Mobsters.
One picture, tacked up on the
wall near his desk 6hows a group
of Chicago mobsters in a local
police line-up, with one man wear
ing several bandages on his face.
“I beat him up,” Mr. OTJea ad
mits.
The collection, of course, includes
many autographed pictures, most of '
which have been presented by
prominent police officials. One of
them, however, is from Bill Robin
son, famous colored tap dancer,
who wrote:
“I’ll do a dance anytime for Lary
OT>ea, best always, ‘co-operatively,’
Bill Robinson.”
The gallery not only attracts the
eye of those who wander down the
third floor corridor of police head
quarters, or those who enter the
robbery squad room, but it serves
those who wish to see old and rare
pictures of their relatives. “Once,”
Mr. O’Dea points out, “a woman
came in here with her daughter,
who had never seen her father.”
The detective hunted around In his
files, succeeded in finding a picture
of the father, and gave It to them.
According to present plans of Maj
Ernest W. Brown, superintendent o
police, a room will be set aside foi
Detective Sergt. O'Dea’s collection ir
the new police building now undei
construction within view of thi
present headquarters building or
Indiana avenue. The pictures, Maj
Brown feels, will serve as an his'
torical record of the department
The detective hopes that the roon
will be called the Memorial Room
where the police will always bi
together.
; Britain's Blockade
Of Reich Exports
Protested by Soviet
Russia Reserves Right
To Demand Compensation
For All Losses
By the Associated Press. /
MOSCOW, Dec. 11.—Soviet Russia,
herself blockading Finland, protested
today against '"'-’-eat Britain's at
tempt to strangle Germany by cut
ting off her exports.
Contending that Britain’s action
was “without precedent in history,”
the Soviet note as represented in a
Moscow broadcast said Russia would
reserve the right to demand com
pensation for losses.
Russian newspapers denounced
Britain and France for “systemati
cally violating international law” in
their blockade of Germany.
An article in the government pa
per, Izvestia, which failed to men
tion the Soviet blockade of Fin
land, said the British.and French
contraband lists were illegal and
the two countries were unlawfully
detaining neutral ships.
On the military front, the Russian
army reported troops had penetrated
35 miles into Northern Finland to
the town of Kuolajarvl, The ad
vance on all fronts was reported
from 3 to 5 miles.
The broadcast announcing the
protest against the blockade sale
the government considered Britain’!
action as a “completely arbitrary
act.” The note was said to have beer
drawn up along the lines of the
United States note to Britain bul
was described as “much stronger.”
“The'govemment of the U. S. S. R
reserves the right to demand com
pensation for losses if a state mer
chant ship of the U. S. S. R. i(
forcibly escorted to a British 01
French port, or if application of th(
order of November 28 causes some
other loss to the foreign trade ol
the U. S. S. R.,” the radio announce
ment said.
Red Army troops on the Finnish
front were reported in a com
munlque to have “advanced In all
u 4l.cuons o to 7 kilometers (3 V. to
4^8 miles).
"In the Ukhta direction, Soviet
troops occupied the town of Kuola
Jarvi; In the Porasozero direction,
the village of Johonala; on the
Karelian Isthmus, the towns of
Boboshino and Klrkamuloaa.”
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