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T7 Thursday. March 9, 1950 DETROIT FREE PRESS OBITUARIES Hew Dicxin Way Takes "Starch" William P. Rutledge, Ex-Police Head, Dies Out of Whiskers Detroit Area Scores Well in Debates There will be at least one and perhaps two Detroit-area teams in the Michigan high school William P. Rutledge 80 former Detroit police commissioner After worki Irm molder who brought improvements of national importance to police work, and a raiiroacl fireman, Rut- NOTED EDITOR TO BE BURIED Last Rites Arranged for Frank M. Sparks Friends of half a century of Michigan newspaper life will pay tribute in Grand Rapids Friday to the memory of Frank M.

life S7? died Wednesday in Florida. ledge joined the Detroit force in "Silver Bill." ls he was known Detroit police department he He also is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Edwin Julien, of Royal Oak, and three grandchildren. Other survivors are a brother, John, and a sister, Mrs. Anna Richards, both of Flint.

to most of the city, died in St Uater headed Wyandotte's poUce Petersburg. He entered a hospital department Rutledge pioneered there Tuesday night following a many changes in police technique. 195. He rose steadily from sergeant and by 1918 was the first deputy superintendent. 9 IT WAS during the days that heart attack.

debating finals. DURING HIS 47 years in 'the Rutledge introduced one-way streets, traffic towers and stop signs to the growing need for traffic control. he used to lead the mounted divi Sparks, 73, editor, politician and historian. A heart attack claimed the former editor of the Grand Rapids Herald Tuesday night. mm a la to sion up Woodward Ave.

in parades the white Rutledge! He was the original Vandenberg HriPflHc Nftlim astride his famous coal black; ow vou can sav eood-bye to painful. booster close friend and news amarti'ne shaves. For a new discovery Make awnings last for years sn prtsrvi beauty wojhablt, I ca retpreof. ORDER se horse. Black Diamond that he; was given, admiringly, the name! of "Silver Bill." i paper buddy of Michigan's senior Republican senator.

I -j1- called Diexin wilts wiriest whiskers in 3 seconds flat. Beard cuts like butter. You shave up to 'i faster without razor-bite. Rutledge served as superintendent of the department from 1918 until 1926 when he was appointed commissioner. He retired in 1930.

If I WU I MONTHS Even in his retirement he did! extensive work as a consultant in pull or burn. Diexin is patented, exclusive found only in Krank's Shave Kreem. Either brush-lather or brushless. See for yourself how much easier and more comfortably you shave with Diexin on the job. Get Krank's at your drug counter today.

KRANK'S krem Containing DIEXIN Buy and Sell Through Free Press Want Ads. HE WAS largely responsible for the start of Senator Vanden- berg's national career by appoint- ment in 1928. That beginning led to the Senate and leadership in ftL International affairs. Services for Sparks will be at 3 p. m.

Friday in the First Metho- dist Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids. The Rev. Lester A. Kil- Patrick will officiate. Burial will i be in Woodlawn Cemetery there.

He organized the Police Training School, later adopted by every metropolitan police force. He started the card index system for keeping records of accidents and arrests. He introduced the use of radio in police work by equipping police cars with sets. He established the Police Ballistics Bureau, the pattern for similar bureaus in other departments. AND "SILVER BILL" led the creation of the National Division of Identification and Information in Washington, which was to play a big part in the war on crime.

In recognition of his many' contributions to police work, Rutledge was made president emeritus of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. "Silver Bill" was the only policeman who rose through the ranks to become commissioner in Detroit. He was born in Richmond, Mich. police administration and technique. He and his wife had been spending the winter at the Suwanee Hotel in St.

Petersburg. No arrangements were announced for his funeral. i. BORX IN BANGOR. Sparks had some newspaper training before he joined the staff of the Free Press in 1901.

He edited the Sault Ste. Marie Evening News from 1902-04 under Former Gov. Chase S. Osborn and Former Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. He was best known as roving LLOYD NOLAN, lamous screen star, says: "Come, join me WILLIAM P.

RUTLEDGE Built Department Three of the four teams still in the running are from the Detroit area. This has never happened before in the 33-year history of the Michigan High School Forensic Association, which conducts the debates with Free Press sponsorship. LAWRENCE V. GROSSER, association manager at the University of Michigan, said the three are Hazel Park, Plymouth and Hamtramck. Albion is the only outstate school to survive the tough series that led to the semifinals.

Two of the remaining four schools are from Class which also is unusual, Grosser said. THE SEMIFINALS are being conducted this week. The finalists will clash in Ann Arbor April 28, Forensic Day. Separate contests are scheduled for May 9 and 10 to select the winners of three awards under the Free Press $2,500 Debate Scholarship Fund. Window Locks; Woman Trapped in Wintry Gale CHICAGO (JP) Mrs.

Clara Kelly was washing a window in her apartment. Then click a safety catch snapped. She was imprisoned, with her legs inside and the rest of her chilled by the wintry winds. She signaled to her daughter, one and a half years old, and a niece, who is a year older. They thought she was being funny.

She was trapped for almost an hour until neighbors called the fire department. Shifts Posts ALMA (JP) Earl E. Peterson resigned as business manager at Alma College to become superintendent of schools in Brooklyn, Mich. FRANK M. SPARKS Editor and politician Detroit Deaths in a drink of smooth, reporter, political editor, managing editor and columnist of the Grand Rapids Herald from 1908 to 1947.

He was Vandenberg'sJ sociable Schenley Johnson. Roy. 49. 668 Inland. ChHnihli-s.

Marilee F. 8 months. 4607 Beaufait. Shule. Louise.

17. 3314 St. Antoine. Gardner. Jerry.

'Z months. 693- Donald. Gilbert, Henry. 1048 Holbrook. Kroll.

Michael. 88. Junction. Sanders. James.

70. 5905 Hazletl. Batey. Roscoe. 70.

5705 Woodward. Gleafon. Eleanor Hovey. 69. 17401 Ponteh-artrain.

Paradise. Norman. 51. 2997 W. Euclid.

Metzger. William C. 78. 17183 Arehdale. Kreas.

Mordica. 5461 Second. Scranton. Georsre. 69.

3705 Third. Klimowski. Jacob 5H. 467H Thirty-fifth. Gularski, Benjamin, 48.

1678 Lomay. Kubu. Joseph. 61. 5134 Harold.

William. John, 74. 1024 Farmer. Dawick, Frederick, 53. 3825 Brufh.

Ymer. Bahtiyar. 68, 665 E. Fort. Kowalski.

Charles C. 52. 7'J Seldcn. Polmanski. John.

72. 5512 Graiidy. Coop, Gary. 689 S. Patricia.

Fanselau. Beatrice. 44. 8902 Mack. Behr.

Arthur Joseph. 41 5915 KeiiMngrton. Simpson, Norma. 54. 120 Pinree.

Longyear. Thomas, 63. 319 Gratiot. Frenk. Genevieve 41, 36 Lincoln, Oxford.

Dye. Arum. 64. 4167 Lawndale. Baois, Szczepan.

59, 4721 Central. O'Neil. Stella, 76. 525 Clairpointe. Smith.

William, 79, 4719 Joy. Annis. Lucy 70. 3404 Wager. Sticklestecl, Mary 87.

16040 Chalfonte. White. Ethel. ll, 5640 Stanford. Weldon, William 72.

18270 North-lawn. Katz. Sarah. 51. 2555 W.

Euclid. Summerrille. Irene, 53. 1135 Delaware. Casson.

Mary 4. 23736 Hollander. Dearborn. Gaoh. John.

34, 660 Brainard. Jackson. Matilda Lucy. 57. 8605 Quincy.

Cameron, Lenlie, 40. 4655 Orleans. Goddard. Roy 54, 7400 Ternes. Dearborn.

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3854 St. Jean. Delar.ey. Benjamin, 56. 2963 Coplin.

Bentier. John. 72. 3344 E. Canfield.

3Iichigan Deaths ADRIAN Rufus Baker. 77: Miss Laura Green. ALMOST Aujrust C. GottsohliriK. 90.

BARAGA Carylon. S4. BATTLE CREEK Floyd W. Landon. 55: D.

Emery Flint. 75: Mrs. Norman Carroll. 91: Theodore Hutchins. 67; Mrs.

Charles A. 8). CHEBOYGAN Mrs. P. M.

Zorn. FERNDALE Karl Kubitzke. M. HOUGHTON Mrs. Mary Neugebauer.

74. JACKSON Mr. Hannah Dunbar. 85: Eusene i VanWinkle. 8.

KALAM AZOO Delevan Brink. f9; Glenn Taylor. Mrs. Anna Van Tyne. 64.

LUDINGTON John Zippier. ttO. MARLETTE Mrs John McMann. 51. MEMPHIS Levi M.

Bursress. 73. MORENO Clinton Dennis. 74. MUSKEGON Emil G.

Wenk. 71: Mrs. Loins Sailorv. SI; Jtifoph Biksaekv. (jT: Carl F.

Samuelson, 87; Aueust Maitson. b'J. OWOSSO William H. Holland. 54.

OXFORD Mrs. Genevieve G. Frenk. 41 PKOUAMINC Frank Warner. S4.

PONT1AC William J. Beauehene. 61: EdwHrrf Daniels. 66. PORT HURON Mrs.

Geonre H. Bolio. St I. SfOTTVlLLE Casimer Thomson. 78 SOUTH I.VON Mrs.

Marv Callen Hi TEl'UMsEH Early Lindslev. 5S. YAI.E Lewis G. Hodirms. H5.

YPSILANT1 Mrs. Mary E. GI-an. SO: John W. U9: Ricardo Stnb- ley.

til" PLUS Hi STATE jfafjfr' SALES TAX "-Mr $928 1 1 PLUS 7( STATE SALES TAX AT STATE STORES AND S.D.U.'S mm mm "Sophisticated Rhythm! i The Tuneful, Sensational right hand man when Vandenberg was publisher. He engineered the Herald's blistering attack on campaign methods that elected Senator Truman H. Newberry in a battle with Henry Ford In 1918. He was a close consultant also cf Forme? Senator William Alden Smith, principal owner of the Herald. Sparks left an imprint on State affairs.

For 25 years he covered the Legislature and wrote incisively of governmental problems. His "hot ankle club," in which he chided members eager to curry favor with former Gov. Alex J. Groesbeck, still is remembered in Lansing. It was a factor in the overthrow of the Groesbeck machine.

SPARKS WAS stricken as he prepared a speech for fellow alumni of Bowdoin College. His wife, Marie McCarty, died in 1946. A daughter, Mrs. Bruce C. Swain, of Grand Rapids, survives.

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