Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-04 | Page 4 | Nation at Mercy of Crime Kings, Headline in British Newspaper

Nation at Mercy of Grime Crime Kin Kings King 1 j Headline in British By MILTON BRONNER European Mana Manager er NEA NEAt Service LONDON June 4 4 Crime Crime Kings Hold lold Nation at Their Mercy Five million dollars stolen only found No this is not a headline in a British paper about that awful lawless law law- less ess country the United States Stales of America It happens to be a n British headline about conditions in Great Britain The headline contains no l- l ions Hons During the past year London and nd many cities clUes towns and villages a radius of 75 miles of the metropolis have been the scenes of very daring robberies Jewelry shops have been looted in n broad daylight residences have been ransacked villas of the rich have lave been deprived of priceless paintings and works of art artAnd artAnd And despite all the efforts of oC Scotland Scot Scot- land and Yard few if any recoveries of ot goods and treasures have been effected and few fw men have been ar ar- ar rested The papers have told how the Yard was t tightening up its service how new flying squads were being icing formed how wireless telephones telephones tele tele- phones were being brought into play All for naught Americans long resident in London tell ell their British friends with cynical amusement that it is all because the British will insist upon upen copying Amer Amer- lea ica ca I First they went crazy about American Amen Ameri can jazz and that was all you could i hear played at the big biJ hotels and dancing places Then they went vent out for American slang that died months ago in the U. U S. S A. A you you and Oh YC yeah were to be heard on the lips of or British young men and women They were Vet very proud of ot themselves The They were strictly up to date They were regular young devils t u Then Thea American food began in to b v be discovered over here The er groc gro stocked and the restaurants American sweet corn Lately ju Brit Brit- have taken to sipping toma tomato juice cocktails sometimes bit of ot sherry to give it a bite t N Next ext came a new boom in firing British talkies but nothing i original a. a as well well ii as new The En English film factor I faithfully trailed along in the Wake of the Americans When Holly went in fri for crime pictures six later the British did Wh When HoU Hau wood turned to musical corned comedy did the En English studios y O And now they arc are imitating w WW what they have read about America crime The newspapers even hint hInt hirt that they may have a bunch of ot At At Capones o of their own because of them says ays The master min minds one on ar are completely outwit outwitting every devised by the police pollee and ar arthe are arc the nation at the mercy of de criminals who strike with a It SWift ness undreamed of oC a few years