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Sacramento California THE SACRAMENTO BEE THURSDAY JULY 12 1956 Tags A-2 'v Report Shows 1955 Decrease In Crime Throughout State I I I- 'A I JOTS Sales Club Sets Annual Installation The annual dinner for the installation of officers of the Sacramento Sales Executives Club will be held Saturday starting at 6 PM at the home of Supervisor Ancil Hoffman at Fair Oaks Boulevard and Green Back Lane The annual event to which wives of club members are invited will start with swimming to be followed by dinner the installation of the new officers entertainment and dancing The new president of the dub i Tom Cromwell who succeeds Harry Moore Other new officers are Clarence Hester -first vice president I Kenneth Sanders second vice president Charles Seek secretary-treasurer and Victor Fredianl and Moore i'Sj Lighter Fluid Makes Youth Flaming Torch AKRON A movie audience was startled in the Strand Theater yesterday when Daniel Hallinan 14 screaming and his pants in flames ran into the restroom and started rolling on the floor A man grabbed the boy ripped off his shirt and used it to smother the fire The youth son of Councilman Joseph Hallinan of nearby Barberton blamed the blaze on a leaking can of lighter fluid- He said he was sitting In the theater when he felt his pants getting damp He started to a restroom to discover tha cause and said he lit a cipret lighter before he realized the can of fluid in his pocket was leaking He was taken to a hospital with severe bums on his back and legs His condition was reported as fair today dp1 fH jfv 1 SAN FRANCISCO UP Serious crime in general decreased in California during 1955 despite an increase in auto thefts and rape cases The state bureau of criminal fourth report issued by Attorney General Edmund Brown showed a decrease in the seven major offenses for the first time since the bureau was started in 1952 The bureau noted that the 1955 level was below those of 1954 and 1953 but pointed out that the crime level was increasing during the later half of the year and might indicate another higher rate for 1956 Robbery Dip Biggest Robbery showed the greatest decrease among felony crimes and auto thefts the greatest increase There was a small increase in the rape rate The burfeau reported an increase in auto theft reports and a decrease in auto theft prosecutions but pointed out that the increase in thefts may be the result of activities of youths under 18 youths when apprehended are not accounted for as the report adds About 24 per cent of those arrested on felony charges were juveniles The bureau added it is working with the lYjEfJ PAST 40 At a a ii worried by WekntM (Getting Dp Night to frequent turning pr itching urlnetrton) or Strong Cloudy Urine due tp common Kidney end Bledder Irrl-tetiong try CYSTEX for quirk gratifying adult prosecutions and convictions San Joaquin Area Major crimes were down 1 per cent per 100000 population for the state as a whole San Joaquin Valley counties led the decrease with 75 per cent fewer such crimes while the bay area counties excluding San Francisco and Alameda had a whopping 262 increase Los Angeles had a decrease of 5 per cent other Southern California counties were down 22 per cent and crimes in the mountain counties were off 09 per cent Alameda County has a 5 per cent increase Robbery in the state decreased 118 per cent while auto theft was up 100 per cent and assault up 25 per cent These increases occurred chiefly in Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay area counties Sex Offenses Lead Adult felony arrests totaling 57713 were reported by police agencies as resulting in the filing of 24858 felony complaints and 9888 misdemeanor complaints Los Angeles County accounted for 56 per cent of fil- youth authority and police agencies on improved reporting of juvenile arrests to obtain a clearer picture comforting help A billion CYSTEX Ublet ings for sex offenses except rape and for 62 per cent of the filings on narcotics Hicks Reports 488 Serious Crimes In June Police Chief James Hicks disclosed 488 major crimes were committed in Sacramento last month an increase of 126 over that of the corresponding period in 1955 The chiefs report yesterday to City Manager Bartley Cavanaugh showed an increase in the number of major offenses cleared by arrest last month Ninety four were cleared last month as compared to 50 during June of last year Crimes Listed The types of crimes and the number of offenses last month as compared to the same period a year ago follow with his figures listed first: Manslaughter two none rape two one robbery 15 eight: aggravated assault 12 six burglary 79 48 grand theft 327 236 auto theft 51 63 A total of 8678 persons were arrested or cited last month for all types of law infractions including traffic and parking law violations In June 1955 the total was 8227 Since the first of the year arrests and citations have totaled 72662 an increase of 1909 for the first six months of last year $86209 Stolen Hicks placed the valuation of property stolen here last month at $86209 while the value of property recovered totaled $36089 The report also shows four persons were injured and 152 injured in traffic accidents in June In addition there were 276 mishaps involving property damage only Three Easy Ways: To place your want ad in The Bee 1 By telephone dial GI 2-5011 ask for Classified 2 Call at The Bee want ad counter 21st and Streets entrance on Street 3 By mail write your want ad and mail to The Bee 21st and Streets The Bee want ad way the sure way to results (adv Union Mad Throughout New Performers Will Appear In Rosalie Monday Three top flight composers and three new performers will contribute to Rosalie when it takes over the Music Circus tent at 15th and Streets Monday night as the fifth show of the current Lewis and Young season of nine The Merry Widow itanring Irra Petina Dick Smart Joan 11 Weldon Eric Storm apd Amy Freeman is playing nightly through Sunday score is an unusual blend of the composing talents of Sigmund Romberg George Gershwin and Cole Porter It includes such hits as the title song The Toy Trumpet and In Hie Still Of The Night They Sing Dance 1 The new faces next week belong to Jana Lund and Richard France fast rising young performers who will constitute not only a singing but a dancing pair of leads and comedienne Evelyn Russell Also featured will be Doug Rodgers the Will Parker of last Oklahoma! director Donald Burr Diane Honodel Joseph Gaudio and Lindsay Workman Was Child Actress Miss Lund is a former Hollywood child actress who had her own radio show at 3 and broke into movies at 4 in the Our Gang Comedies A former member of the Pied Pipers quartet and the Roger Wagner Chorale she has appeared on many TV shows France a combination of actor singer dancer and choreographer starred in the title role of Pal Joey in London had the juvenile lead in By The Beautiful Sea with Shirley Booth on Broadway and has a number of other New York musicals to his credit Miss Russell is familiar to both movie and televisiort audiences and wai a Broadway performer in Pal Joey and Face It In TV she has been on the George Gobel ahow times was featured in five spectaculars and is under contract to NBC Tickets for both Rosalie and The Merry Widow are on sale at the Civic Theater box office If Jana Lund Returning Teachers Will Be Honored Former students and friends of Sisters dementia and Floricita who last taught in parochial schools in Sacramento in 1940 w'ill gather to welcome the sisters from 2 PM to 9 PM Sunday at Grace Day Home 1909 7th Street The sisters will be in Sacramento until August 5th to teach vacation school at Holy Angel School 8th and Streets Sister dementia taught music kindergarten and third grade subjects at Old St Stephens Church 3rd and 0 Streets and Grace Day Home from 1921 to 1940 Sister Floricita taught third and sixth grade subjects at Holy Angel School from 1930 to 1940 The reception committee consists of Steve Strukan and Mmes Manuel King A 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