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Show Proud of His "Profession." "Burglars who served in the army are going back to their old trade," said a London police official the other day. "These men deliberately elect to live by stealing because they find it adventurous. adven-turous. It was with the. same spirit that they joined the army. At least one convicted burglar won the Victoria cross." Confirmation of this characteristic charac-teristic is provided by a captain in a famous fighting regiment, who declares that one of the bravest men in his company, a corporal with a D.C.M. and other honors, declared himself a professional pro-fessional thief. "His one regret," remarked re-marked the officer, "was that the recruiting re-cruiting authorities would not let him describe his occupation on his attestation attesta-tion papers as 'burglar.' " |