Show S r CITY RECOVERS 4 STOLEN AUTOS fi Salt Lake City is well on Its Ill way y t to another efficiency record for reS recovery re re- S covery of ot stolen cars car It was I Friday in a report by Sergeant I Thomas L. L Dykes head of the tho police police po po- S lice auto theft Ulet bureau Only three out of cars reported report report- ed d stolen since January 1 of thIs thi year were Friday the report shows and two of these were I tolen within the last Jest 48 hours I The Salt SaIt Lake City detective bureau bur buteau bu bu- bu- bu r reau has ranked first or second ii in the entire United States in tho the per per- c of stolen car recoveries S during the last Jast seven years Sergeant Ser Ser- geant g ant Dykes said and the tho local bureau bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau has ranked first for the last three years Thefts Decrease The report also showed a 32 per percent percent percent cent decline in the number of stolen cars since sinco January 1 of this tills yearns year ns s compared w with th the same saute period last ast year Sergeant Dykes attributed this S decrease to the tho increased enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- S. S ment nent during the last six months of overnight parking regulations prohibiting pro pro- I motorists from parking cars carson carson carson on city streets from 2 a a. a m. m n to 6 a. a in m. and to the Increased number of or convictions of alleged violators in state and federal courts There has been a hundred per per percent I cent conviction of all violators tried in federal courts the bureau head said aId aid and no cases have been disS dismissed dis dis- dis- dis S missed this year in m either the city 5 or district courts Carelessness Blamed Two factors contributing most to toS S the tho number of stolen cars were listed listed list list- ed by Sergeant Dykes as carelessness careless careless- S ness in locking cars and leaving I valuable goods in full fun view inside the car ear I 1 be surprised how many people forget and leave the tho car carleys keys leys in the tho lock when they leave leaveS S their automobiles he said Ninety per cent of or the stolen cars reported to us could have been prevented i iS If car cat owners had not been careS care care- S less Sergeant Dykes urged car owners to learn the license and motor numbers numbers num num- S bers hers of their automobiles and lock lockS S their cars if they would aid in the quick recovery of their cars when stolen S Tho The first 48 8 hours in Sergeant Dykes' Dykes opinion are the most im important im- im and if tho the police have ac ac- S curate information about the stolen tar Car ar they ey have a much better chance l. l S of recovering it I I r |