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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Cover... By Constable J. C. Sweeney
Page
Petween) Ourselves (2 1

Unis Me mioricrmn set ee ee ee 2
Police Spitfire Fund Over the Top
“Emperor” Pic. and The Girlin a Scarlet Tam 5

A Soul Above a Beaver Skin = 13
Prisoner’s Song ____ SAK Say) |
The Shoulder Strap’s ‘Photographic. Competi-

tony ee ee eee 22
A Mountain Saga _____ 23
The Pillar of Happiness 24

International Peace Arch (In Colours) _ _ Inset
Canadian-Mexican Police Heads Hold “Im-
portant Offices in International Association 25

The Shoulder Strap’s Crossword Puzzle 26
The Mouth Organ Killer _ = Sees yy /
Guardians of The World in 1 Peace "Time © LS Ry/
Police Revolver Experts Win New Honours See RT)
lIMOn VOW Ne ee TON TG Lee ee _ 43
Gold Is Where You Find It _ oe SAG
They) Knew, Bill Miner = 50
Wanted—Bill Haney, Train Robber—Dead or
PAU ice Sees SS 2 ae ee ee 51
Wm. Moresby One of B. C.’s Outstanding
POlicenOHiCers ye es ee ee 59
John) Lod ofsFort Kamloops. 61
The Cariboo Search for Paul and Spintlum____ 67
NatalMounteds Police. =e ee 79
Grackea Shots yee earn ete ee ae 92
C’est le Guerre, Cartoon by Ist ‘Class Clerk
P. H. Brown _ OEP 95
Albert Leon, Master ‘Counterfeiter _ ones 97
It Never Seems to Fail, Cartoon by ‘Ist Class
Clerk) Ps HH. Brown == 103
Ben Blakeley’s Guilty Conscience 105

Page Two

HIGHWAY PATROL

Constable F. P. (“Frank”) Clark

Iu Memoriam

IT IS with deep regret that we announce the tragic and sudden death
of Constable F. P. (“Frank”) Clark on November 19th last. While returning
from the Sooke district between six and seven o'clock in the evening,
accompanied by Mr. Felix Cooke, the highway patrol van collided with
a bus on the Island highway. Both Constable Clark and his passenger
were almost instantly killed.

Born in Vancouver, B. C., twenty-nine years ago, Constable Clark
joined the B. C. Police in December, 1934. He served with the Mounted
Troop at the Oakalla depot until April, 1938, when he was assigned to
traffic duty on the Pattullo Bridge at New Westminster. He carried out
his duties so ably that he was subsequently selected for permanent
highway patrol work on Vancouver Island and transferred to Victoria
in February, 1939.

Ideally suited to his work, he earned the respect and appreciation
of a wide section of the motoring public by his fair and impartial treat-
ment of their problems, and his superiors in the Force regarded him as
a young man of exceptional promise.

We unite with his fellow officers in extending our heart-felt sympathy
to Mrs. Clark in her sad loss.

SINCERE SYMPATHY is expressed to the relatives of Felix Cooke, who
died in the traffic accident which claimed the life of Constable F. P.
Clark near Victoria in November last.

Born in Victoria of a pioneer B. C. family, Mr. Cooke was a brother
of Assistant Chief Clerk A. O. Cooke of the Headquarters Motor Vehicle
branch, and ex-Constable Frank Cooke, who served for some years at
Fort St. James detachment.

Mr. Cooke was well known in the business section of Victoria, and his
many friends and relatives were shocked at the news of his tragic death.

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