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Show , Federal Agents ProbeCar Probe ProbeCar Car Stealin Stealing " , , , . Packet PacketWashington Da'cKet DacKet . ' cket , I , Washington WashingtonA -A A - A rackety racket ( ; which v.h1ch vh1ch ; . hicb bansprung has hassprung hassprung sprung up with surprising celerity celegL efedG efedGIn Inthe In Inthe Inthe the last iast few years years-that years that - that of stealing stealingautomobiles stealingautomobiles stealing stealingautomobiles automobiles on a gigantic scale-is scale is scaleiscall1 scaleIscaucing scale - - Iscausing call1 call1lng caucing lng federal Investigators no Httle little Httleconcern littleconern littleconcern concern conern concernIf conernI 1 I If Ifan an automobile autQmobile Is stolen by one oneof oneof oneof of a ring of thieves thi ves which operates inlarge in inI iniarge inlarge I iarge large cities clUes , . chances of retrieving Itare It Itare itare are slender . But If It Is taken tahen by a youth de de- do- do desirous desirous dosirous - sirous of having a thrilling joy ride It ItIt Itit Itit It is probable that the cir C'lr Clr c'ir ' ' will wllI inter later interbe laterbe laterbe be found abandoned along a road or orIn orin orIn In a side street , . unharmed unharmedThese unharmedThese unharmedThese These are the conclusions of RGeorge R fl RGeor flGeorge Geor George e Harvey Harey Uarey , , chief of the UnitedStates United UnitedStates UnitedStates States bureau of Investigation Hisagents His Hisagents Hisagents agents Investigated thefts of more morethan morethan morethan than 200 cars since sfnce the first of ot the theye'lr theye'ir theyeir theyeirFederal ye'lr yelr ye'ir yeir ' ' ye'lrr'ederal ye'irf'ederal Federal r'ederal rederal f'ederal ' ' authorities have been drawninto drawn drawnInto drawnInto Into the search for stolen automobilesunder automobiles automobilesunder automobilesunder under the Dyer act , which sshich \ hlch provides afive a at1 athe t1\ t1 t1e the \ e year penalty for transportingstolen transporting transportingstolen transportingstolen stolen michlnes m'lchlnes mlchlnes m'ichlnes ' ' from one state to an another another another anotherInformation other otherInformation Information has bas been uncovered by bythe bythe bythe the agents a ents which shows there are severil sev sever'll severil er'll erll eril ' powerful rings In operation Inlarge in inlarge Inlarge large cities clUes throughout the East Recent Re Recent Recent cent Investigations inestIgatIons 1m est1 nUons disclosed that oneof one oneof oneof of these rings Is located near Phila Phula Philadelphia Phuladeiphia Philadelphia delphia deiphia Tliese These rings ringo ; make a sys system'ltle system'ttlc systenntic tem'ltle temltle tem'ttlc temttlc ' ' business of the theft of cars |