The yard (Scotland yard) were trying out for the first time the 100 air raid sirens that have been attached to the police station within that area. It was the biggest test of air-raid signals that London has had, and there were hundreds of observers or listeners, to report results on behalf of the yard, and home office. These sirens have a range of four miles – he had to listen from four yards at Snow Hill, London Dec. 8, 1938. (AP Photo)
A young admirer tries her hardest to break away past a soldiers rifle, and reach the Royal Coach, as their Majesties drove towards the House of Lords for the opening of Parliament in London on August 15, 1945. (AP Photo)
Eddie Franklin, far left, a sergeant of the volunteer police company, makes his rounds at a “juke joint” in Macon, Ga., Feb. 26, 1943. The sereant is about to step in and enforce the “No Dancing” rule (note sign in background) The police department in Macon, says law enforcement in black communities has improved since black leaders organized a volunteer police company to help keep order in their districts. (AP Photo/Rudolph Faircloth)
group of men from the National Unemployed Workers Movement in Downing Street, London, with a ‘protest postcard’ listing various grievances and suggestions for the attention of the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain.
French Communist Paul Colette, with blood on his face, as led away by police after he tried to assassinate ex. Premier of Vichy France Pierre Laval, in Paris, on Aug. 27, 1941. (AP Photo)
Captain Hilton Bowe, 60, of Orchard Cottage, Chatton, Northumberland shire, England, washes his hands in a Brooklyn police station, New York, April 11, 1942 after being questioned by authorities about a riot aboard his ship, a British merchantman, in which one Chinese seaman was killed and eleven arrested. Angry because they were denied shore leave, the Chinese seamen, led by Ling Young Chai, 29, of Foochow, China, entered his cabin on April 11 when the ships was in New York Harbor, Captain Bowe said. Ling, armed with a Marlin Spike. Attacked the first officer and made for him, Bowe told police. The captain, who was booked on a technical charge of homicide, said he fired one shot from his revolver. Ling was shot dead. (AP Photo)
John F. Schaich, chemist, at work in the crime detection laboratory of the armored fortress, Sept. 14, 1942 in Chicago, Ill. The new state police vehicle is intended for service in case of rioter, as scenes of sabotage or public disaster. (AP Photo)
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