| Show RADIO FANS ON CRIME CIRCUITS CIRCUITS K N Y 1 Police Alarms to toBe toBe Be Bc Broadcast Over O Over By nT B CHARLES cn Special of ot The Tho copyright 1326 1226 by Consolidated Press Association NEW YORK Feb 27 r 7 7 e knell of ot the clean get away for New York motor bandits wu was sounded tod today y when a delivery truck backed up to pollen police head head- headquarters quarters quarters and disgorged a hundred 11 new wooden packing packing- cases The boxes contained the long heralded Ions radio equipment with which police officials plan to reach out And nab the tha fleeing crook Installation ot of the he sets lets wa was a be bo gun sun Immediately and ond It was wa an- an an announced flounced that within a few w eks headquarters expects to tobe be be able t to flash an alarm to every ovey police pre pre- pru cinet station and every police booth In the tho city which would put every member of ot the te th force on the tha alert for or fleeing bandis bandla Within a few lew snore moro weeks week w eks every every bridge bridee ferry and main thoroughfare will have havo haveIt Its It radio alarm station BANDITS D UNAFRAID u The Th radio alarm Is one on bt ot the tho innovations sponsored by former Police Enright to tobe tob tobe be b adopted by the tho new stoner George McLaughlin The commissioner has found In his hi t o brief th months tho on-tho job that New York bandits are ar no more afraid ot of hI hi they were or of his predecessor city ha has hall had about Its it usual quota of ot robberies and murders under the th new ad- ad administration ad administration ministration But nut C Commissioner McLaUghlin hopes the th radio system ys tem tern will help him Instill a little fear into the th hearts of the th under underworld world Incidentally radio radio fans fan who tune tuna In on stoll station on NYC the munIer- munIer municipal pal broadcasting station will be to red hot police news new bul- bul bulletins bul bulletins once the new ew system gets going for all tails calls to the police will be b broadcast through that station on Its usual wave war lengths Regular programs will be Inter Inter- Interrupted Interrupted for the tho police flashes aa 81 when S SOS 0 S calls are ar sounded SPOT CRIME NEWS But nut Instead of ot h hearing only cab cab- cabalistic cab cabalistic dots and dashes dashe which only Q a telegrapher can Interpret W tans fans will wiil get set ter terse e details detail of the latest up hold murder or r just as they are given riven to the po- po police police po police lice Objections Objection of some om critics who ho contend that the th sets In police sta- sta stations stations sta stations o 0 nfl rin police booths would tempt the th coppers to ke their beats to listen In on Jazz concerts lave have been ben met ia n several everal different ways wa In the th first place the tho police re- re re sets wll wil not be equipped with the th loud speakers They will have only ear pieces on which only one on man can listen In ONE OXE STATION TION ONLY OXLY In the th second place the th receivIng reedy reedy- Ine lag Ing sets wl will l bo ho locked so o that no station except can be tun tun- tuned tun- tun tuned tuned ed In In Iii the tho third place the the sets seti Are ot of 8 such nich ch construction that they register r only the th spoken words with with anything like fidelity Music doesn't come through Radio Engineer Rochester of ot the munIcipal department of ot plants and structures who worked out the plan for tor the system told the writ writ- writer writer writer er today that he h hoped to even ven Install at least sets In strategic locations throughout the city Besides Beside those set up In pre pre- precinct pre precinct stations there will be bo 36 It In InSpectors and deputy Inspectors s and about In traffic towers pOlk police booths booth and call boxes HAS S SELECTIVITY One On of the th most Interesting features of these hese special set sets Mr is selective Rochester said the call caU facilities One Ono man operating from can talk to every sto- sto sta station Hon tion In the system to the th stations any any In nay one ono borough or even to ono one Individual station That means meas that no matter how great treat or how small the emergency the th right richt po- po policeman po policeman hiceman In inthe the tight light places can ue no sent Into action Instantly fans tans already have hae had II a ta taste rte of ot police news new In the th regular broadcasting of or lists and descriptions descriptions descriptions of ot missing persons persons- and more than one missing person has been b found as a result of these broad broad- broadcasts broad broadcasts casts Under the new system radIo Il listeners can become almost full full- full fledged policeman Therell There'll be nothing to punIsh them for tor rush rush- rushIng rushing rush rush-ine Ing out and joining in the hunt for bandits reported In t tf t vicinity vicinity- that Is except a a sense ot 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