CopVho Never Carried Gun
Quits With Bravery Record
New York W.R) The dream which comes to all policemen has
' come true for John Cordes, a slight-of-build detective who rose
to fame behind a hard pair of fists and a quick, sharp mind.
John Cordes never carried a gun. Once he was shot by mistake
by another police officer; he feared that some day he, too, might
shoot a colleague in contusion.
Now, after 34 years of serv
ice on the New York City police
force, Cordes, 59 and gray hair
ed, is retirinK Jan. 1.
Fellow officers agree that Cor
des made it the hard way.
In his years as detective Cor
des twice won the coveted medal
of honor, the police depart
ment's highest award. ' He also
received a score of commenda-
tions from his superiors for out
standing bravery and intelligent
police work.
Cordes' career as a detective
began just before World War I
and carried him through eras of
some of the worst crimes New
York has ever experienced
Bootleggers, racketeers and
"mad dogs" seemed to be part
of the every day news.
Gangsters invaded night clubs
and showed their "artillery" al
most in sight. And in one way
or another Cordes was "always
around."
He never looked like a cop.
In a business where burliness is
important.Cordcs was compara
tively little. And he bore none
of the sartorial characteristics of
cops in those days. That was
how he came to be chosen for
plainclothesman duty while still
in police school.
It was an asset which enabled
him to move in on gangsters and
loiterers without giving them a
telltale advantage. Slight of
build, sandy haired and nattily
dressed, he looked the part of an
enthusiastic salesman. Certainly
never a cop.
But Cordes was ho dude. He
beat the daylights out of racket
men; others never chose to fightlexam and pass It. Not only did
they simply went along peace
fully. Others ducked him on
sight.
For years Cordes was teamed
with John Broderick, another
detective now retired, who also
had a great reputation as a
fighter. Cordes, however, often
chose a more diplomatic way of
getting his man. Whatever the
difference, the pair were known
as Cordes the Brain and Bro
derick the Brawn.
Cordes had never planned to
join the police force. As a 'teen
age youth, he served as a hus
tler for a civil service school.
He got $25 a week and $5 for
every candidate he enrolled.
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Cordes win the bet, but he led
his class.
In his latter years, Cordes
headed the Manhattan river
front squad, a non - publicized
agency whose job it is to hold
down crime along the miles of
the city's piers. On a beat where
"toughs" abound by the dozen,
Cordes never wore a gun.
He always figured to "out
smart" his man. He usually did.
Stockman Visits Parliament
London, Dec. 14 m Three
U. S. congressmen visited par
liament Tuesday. They were
Feps. Stockman (R., Ore.),
Flood (D., Pa.), and Hedrick
(D., W. Va.).
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Lumber Union
Planning Strike
Portland, Dec. 14 UP) The
AFL Lumber and Sawmill
Workers union primed its 60,000
Pacific northwest members to
day for a possible strike in de
mand of a $100 monthly pen
sion.
Letters went out from the
exeuctive committee to the 14
district councils, urging united
action in the demand, a strike
if necessary.
Union spokesmen said they
would demand quick action
from employers.
There was no immediate re
action from employers. Some
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Dec. 14, 191925
said they were willing to re
ceive the union's proposal, but
would make no comment
One spokesman, C. S. Hoff
man, speaking for the Oregon
Coast Operators' association, said
a pension plan was "out of the
question" for small operators.
Kenneth Davis. LSWU secre
tary, said the plan called for
employer financing with the
contribution at not less than ten
cents an hour.
The union made it clear that
the pine regions of Montana,
Idaho and eastern Washington
and Oregon would be in the pro
posal. Earlier they had announ
ced that the four district coun
cils covering the fir belt of
western Washington and Oregon
would not press for the pensions.
Ackley Is Hurried
To Complete Home
Monmouth Mr. and Mrs.
Morton Ackley are parents of a
son, Michael Dale, born at the
Good Samaritan hospital in Cor
vallis. The Acklcys have just
completed their new home on the
former W. E. Williams place and
Mr. Ackley had a busy week
moving in and getting things in
order before his wife and son
came home from the hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Ackley,
grandparents of the new arrival,
came from Tillamook. Mrs. Ack
ley plans to remain for a few
days. The maternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Harley Dalton
of Monmouth.
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