"LEGION OF VALOUR."

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 112, 7 November 1935, Page 21

"LEGION OF VALOUR."

The complex and fascinating ritual of scientific crime detection and its laboratory experiments form the background for the story of "Legion of Valour," the new Reliance production which United Artists will shortly release. Under the expert supervision of Captain Don Wilkie, former ace of the United States Secret Service, the step-by-step methods employed by Department of Justice operatives in tracking down public enemies are dramatically unfolded in this gripping story featuring Richard Arlen. Virginia Bruce, Alice Brady, and Bruce Cabot. There is a cartridge sniffer who can tell by his keen sense of smell when a bullet was fired, its calibre, and whe- ! ther it was fresh or stale. Following a bank holdup, and the getaway of the bandits, he sniffs the ground like a bloodhound for the scent of gas and informs his superiors 'regarding the direction- in «the robbers have fled. The mere ', footprint of a person will reveal to an expert the exact length of his stride, and from the size of the foot, plus the length of the stride, a person's height can be accurately obtained. A cross section of a single human hair conveys a pretty fair description of the owner. If the • hair is course and black, it is taken for granted the owner has dark skin, large ears, and full lips. Then the cellular texture of the hair will prove the owner's general health and perhaps even the quality of his disposition.