Show HEFTY HAULS crooks specialize in big jobs even houses thieves operated in a big way during the past year the crop of crooks finding few jobs too hazardous to handle in the line of big jobs the san fernando femando calif valley thief probably rates the years laurels undoubtedly cognizant of cl the housing shortage that enterprising thief stole a three room house A close second was the light fin but strong backed thief who stole a country schoolhouse at quesnel british columbia there may have been a reason tor for stealing living accommodations but no one can figure out what even a thief wanted with a road grader complete with 12 foot blade however when one was left unguarded a few weeks near vancouver wash it disappeared demonstrate efficiency not only the outside jobs proved big however in boston bosto n a thief carefully rigged up a block and tackle to steal a piano from a third floor apartment the piano probably ay was out of tune police recovered it later in a pawnshop efficiency is the keynote in the burglary realm it beems an enterprising second story man out in san bernardino calif rigged up a la ia bor saving electric hoist to steal a quarter ton sate safe A couple of holdup artists la in washington D C got ott off with the right foot it paid dividends too for the foot contained 1692 these boys held up a one legged man and grabbed his artificial leg which he be had been using as a private bank bandits in newark N J are a nervy lot witness the case where two operators robbed a man of 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 some localities as the housing shortage that may have prompted a nashville tenn thief to steal a mackinaw two pairs of boys overalls and a dozen or so diapers from a parked car only one piece of loot proved too hot to handle in chattanooga tano oga tenn a thief grabbed a package from a parked car dropped it and ran the package he be discovered upon inspection contained a bible some thieves still have a sense of decency although one in potts ville pa had a warped sense of proportion he stole an automobile but left the owner a bicycle in its place |