BLESSING IN DISGUISE
CHICAGO (/P)—The dimout in j
Chicago has put a crimp in one i
business that is most satisfying to I
Police.
In the two nights of the dimout,
deputy chief of detectives John
Waren said, there has been a sharp
decrease in burglaries, holdups
and other crimes.
Maybe, Warren smilingly sug- •
gested, the thugs are afraid of the
dark.
Also he said, the transfer of 500
policemen from the day shift to
night duty may be responsible for
MRS. MAKES HIT
BEL.VIDERE, 111. (/P)—Raymond
Beckley returned from an all-day
hunting trip and informed his wife
that he had no pheasants — the
birds kept out of gun range.
Mrs. Beckley grinned, told him
to sit down to the table, and
served up a plump roast pheasant.
The ringneck had scooted in
front of her automobile while she
was returning home after driving
her husband to the shooting
grounds.
the curtailed activities of bandits.
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Crime On The
Increase
Crime in the United States in
creased 8.1 per cent during the
first nine months of 1946, accord
ing to a statement released today
by the Department of Justice.
Director J. Edgar Hoover of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
reported that marked increases
wee reflected in several categories
of crime. Robbeies increased 19.2
per cent over the figures for the
first nine months of 1946 and
murders showed a rise of 15.3 per
cent. Negligent manslaughter rose
9.4 per cent and aggravated as
sault, 7.9 per cent, while burglar
ies increased 11.3 per cent over
the corresponding period in 1945.
Crime figures are based on a
study of approximately 400 larger
key cities in the nation, represent
ing a population in excess of fifty
two million persons.
In citing the rise in crime, Di
rector Hoover again called atten
tion to the gravity of the present
juvenile delinquency situation.
Age 21 predominated in the fre
quency of both male and female
arrests, and among the males
alone, the most pronounced in- (
creases were 21.5 per cent in the
18 to 20-year-old age group and
69.7 per cent in the 21 to 24-year
old age group over the correspond
ing nine months in 1945.
Mr. Hoover said the group of |
persons under 21 years of age ac
counted for 17 per cent of the to
tal of nearly 500,000 fingerprint
arrest records eviewed. Their ar
rests represented 51.1 per cent of
all auto thefts, 42 per cent of the'
burglaries, 25.8 per cent of the
rapes and 28.4 per cent of the rob
beries. Female arrests during the
first nine months of this year,
compared with the same period for'
1945, decreased 22.2 per cent and
the decreases were most pronounc
ed in the age groups under 25
years of age.
According to Director Hoover,
the upward sweep in postwar
crime is not perculiar to United
States alone but is paralleled in i
foreign countries. He cited crime
figures recently reported by the
Commissioner of Police of the me
tropolis of London which indicated
that crimes in that city in 1945
exceeded those of 1944 by 24.2 per'
cent and those of 1938 by 35.3 per
cent. Shopbreaking, for instance,
increased 80.8 per cent over 1944, j
and compared with 1938, an in
crease of 139.5 per cent wer re-1
ported for this offense in 1945.
London, like several large Amer
ican cities, has also experienced,
sharp increases in juvenile delin
quency. Of the persons arrested in
London in 1945, 52.7 per cent were
under 21 years of age. This group
accounted for more than 41 per
cent of all arrests for larceny in
houses and more than 60 per centj
of the arrests for motor vehicle
thefts.
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FAMILY AFFAIR
CHICAGO (/P>—Harold Barnard
was divorced by his wife Ruth
yesterday but his mother-in-law
is going to continue to live with !
him.
Mrs. Barnard’s mother, Mrs. j
Lucy Clement, told Superior Judge
U. S. Schwartz she had decided to
live with her. son-in-law, rather
than with her daughter, and take
care of the three Barnard children, i
Mrs. Barnard who won the di
vorce on charges of dese tion, had
asked that custody of the children
be given her mother. Barnard n
bus driver in Hammond, Ind.,
agreed to pay Mrs. Clement $20 a
week.
MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
NOME ALASKA
WALLACE LIQUOR STORE
A Fine Assortment of Liquors and Wines
Phone Your Orders in to Main 55
NORTHERN
LIGHT & POWER CO.
“BETTER LIGHT . . . BETTER SIGHT”
G.-E. Mazda Lamps Refrigerators
Eleertical Appliances Washing Machines
Wiring Material
Phone MAIN 105
WALLACE HOTEL & TAXI
NOME, ALASKA Phone MAIN 55
NYLON HOSIERY
Nylon numbers from 67 io 200 inclusive are filled and ready
now. with the exception of size 10 Vi in numbers 100 to 200.
We will take care of those as soon as the hose arrive.
Food
We purchased the entire shipment
of groceries and meats that the Bon
Marche had on the last two boats and
in Lomen warehouses. This, togeth
er with our own shipments, makes it
possible for us to offer you the wid
est variety and selection of quality
foods.
WATCH FOR OUR CHRISTMAS DISPLAY
Due to storms we were unable to unpack most of
our merchandise. We are going to get busy now
and should have most of it out in a few days.
Northern Commercial
Company
Phone Main 133 Three Deliveries Daily