Show S HEFTY HAULS Crooks Specialize in Big Jobs-Even Jobs Houses House I I Thieves operated in a big way during the past year the crop of crooks finding few jobs too hazardous hazard hazard- ous to handle In the line of big jobs the San Fernando Calif valley thief probably probably pro pro- ably rates the years year's laurels Undoubtedly Undoubtedly Undoubtedly Un Un- cognizant of cf f the housing shortage that enterprising thief stole a three-room three house A close second was the light fin but strong backed thief who stole a country schoolhouse nel nei British Columbia There may have been a reason for stealing living accommodations but but no one can figure out what even a thief wanted with a a road grader complete with foot 12 blade However when one was left unguarded unguarded un un- un guarded a few weeks near Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver Van Van- couver Wash it disappeared Demonstrate Efficiency Not only the outside jobs proved big however In Boston a thief thiet carefully rigged up a block and tackle to steal a piano from a third I floor apartment The piano probably w was was s out of tune police recover recovered d it later in a pawnshop I Efficiency is the thc keynote in the burglary realm it An enterprising enterprising enter enter- second story man out in San Bernardino Calif rigged up a la laborsaving laborsaving la la- saving bor-saving electric hoist to steal a ton quarter-ton safe A couple of holdup artists in Washington D D. D C. C got off with the right foot It paid dividends too for the foot Coot contained 1692 These boys held up a one-legged one man and grabbed his artificial leg which he had been using as a private bank Bandits in Newark N. N J. J are a nervy lot Witness the case where two operators robbed a man of ot all his cash A few minutes later after it started to rain they returned and demanded an umbrella The clothing shortage probably was as acute in iii some localities as the housing shortage That may have prompted a Nashville Tenn thief to steal a mackinaw two pairs I of boys boy's overalls and nd a dozen or so diapers from a parked car O Only ly one one piece of loot proved too hot to handle In Chattanooga Chattanooga Chattanooga Chat Chat- Chat Chat- Tenn a thief grabbed a package from a parked car dropped it and ran The package package package pack pack- age he discovered upon inspection inspection tion contained a Bible Some thieves still have a sense of decency although one in Pottsville Pottsville Potts- Potts ville yule Pa had a warped sense of proportion He stole an autom automobile bile but left the owner a bicycle in its ib place I |