Ford Good Drivers League publicity for Titus Motor Company. Lincoln Delux sedan with logo on door in front of Public Safety Building. L to R: Leon Titus, unknown, Public Safety Commissioner Holmes Eastwood, Police Chief Einar Langseth.

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Publicity for Ford Good Drivers League made at Police Station. Top student driver Dwight Howell receives paper from police officer, man in suit and hat looks on. Ford Convertible with two young men in it. Howell, a 17 year old Stadium graduate, won the state finals in June and represented Washington at the Nationals in August. For Mr. Huppman, Titus Motor Company.

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H. V. Howlett Jr. is one of the newest members of Tacoma's police department. Twenty three year old Howlett is said to have the largest shoulders, his measurements are: 6 feet tall, 200 pounds, biceps are 18-1/2 inches, chest 52 inches, waist 33 inches, forearms 13-1/2 inches and shoulders are 25 inches. Howlett is from Boston, in his spare time he likes to work out with bar bells and wrestle. He is hoping pro-wrestling will return to Tacoma, in Southern California he entered the ring professionally and became known as the "Iron Dutchmen" (T. Times, 5/25/48, p. 7).

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Police Desk Sergeant, Art Gilbo, dispatched Tacoma Police Department's detectives and patrolmen when he received a call that Puget Sound National Bank was being robbed in December of 1948. Detective Lesnick and Policeman Hager apprehended Donald Anderson while he was attempting to rob the bank of $20,000. Law enforcement officials also found a kidnapping note in Anderson's pocket, this matter is under investigation by the FBI. Left to right, Detective Walter Lesnick, Patrolman George Hager, Donald Charles Anderson, Detective Jack Thore, and Jailer Don Hutt (T. Times, 12/23/48, p. 1). TPL-9071

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The City of Tacoma's off duty Police officers were taking a short break to celebrate Christmas and the holiday season with the Police Chief. The Tacoma Police Department had recently increased the size of their motorcycle cops unit. View of Tacoma Police Chief, Robert C. Marshall (center) surrounded by his policemen; the police officers are wearing leather jackets and boots, they are likely the motorcycle unit.

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The City of Tacoma's off duty Police officers were taking a short break to celebrate Christmas and the holiday season with the Police Chief. The Tacoma Police Department had recently increased the size of their motorcycle cops unit. View of Tacoma Police Chief, Robert C. Marshall (left) and unidentified man, who is presenting a "Merry Christmas Chief Marshall" and "Better Known as Little Napoleon the Slave-Driver Superb" poster to him.

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Josephine Patrick and Zella Newcomb were standing trial for disorderly conduct at the Tacoma Police Court on March 2, 1949. The women were represented by attorney John M. Coffee; they were charged with interfering with Police Captain, Larry Amundsen, while in the line of duty. Police Judge Frank Hale found the women guilty and fined them $10, the trial lasted two hours and forty minutes. Seated in front row left to right: John M. Coffee, Josephine Patrick and Zella Newcomb (T. Times, 3/3/49, p. 1).

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