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Show CDDPEflATIVE DRIVt TO SUPPRESS I SHOPLIFTING BEGUN: ILL NAMES I OF THOSE CAUGHT TO BE PUBLIC t Rough sailing looms ahead for'shop-llfters for'shop-llfters lri gdcn. professional and amateur am-ateur alike, with tho inauguration lo V day of an Intensive pro-holiday cam-polgn cam-polgn by tho rjti n 'hamber of L'om-niorco. L'om-niorco. throuph the orodlt rntlnir bureau bu-reau of which Miss M. Stewart is head. Special policewomen, appointed by the Ogden police department, civilian' watchors, wido publicity and ijjoroii prosecution xv 1 1 1 form the chief stumbling stumbl-ing blocks for those who lift" from the store counters dining the coming holiday season- according lo tho pi. ins. The coming of the holiday crowds each ear, tho merchants say. bring with lheni the piota of professional md amateur shoplifters. Tin- prltnls to pick up something from the store counter and walk away with it il valent in all periods of the yo.ir. but with the coming of the pro-holiday rush, tho disease becomes more intense in-tense and results in the loss of tho IS-ands IS-ands of dollars won h of merchandise they say. The time has arrived in Ogden where a halt must eom- in this illlcli 1 I III 111! I i practice " Miss Stewart said. "The me, -'chants and the police have decided it must end and we believe th solution will be found In the campaign which is to open today. ! .1 Hay Word, 'commissioner -if ,ml-Me ,ml-Me safety, declared this morning that the police department Will co-operate with the moreh.-nt and every Officer Offi-cer will do all in lus power to not only discover the thieves, but to prosecute ' them to the full extent of t'.v: law. fol- 1 lowing their a ri I Commissioner Ward saiil he would appoint policewomen wi'h fuU powei and these women will nor only take I an active part in policing the stores and aid in picking up the mmv ones. I but they will also play n Invportint part m tin' rigid prosecution which I w ill follow In court j The true name of every person j booked on the police blotter v ho is Caught in the act of shoplifting, will be , mad.- public Commissioner Ward said. I and every effort will be made to as-i as-i sure that th" true name of the guilty guil-ty one may be determined, "It Is part mcr.. j M SIMM rsi .!-' wtt 1 ' "7 , i of p"r system. Comin ss'o.ier .;.r i isaiu, lo demand that the person ar- res ed i' bookod under his or her r proper name, and this will be deter-j 'mined, even if it is nece-.-aiy to send lan officer to Investigate' I'IGOROl - -m i ri' Tlio keynote of the campttfgn, a- out-llncd, out-llncd, will be Jn the vigorous p'roseou-Itlon p'roseou-Itlon which will follow arrests. Lrni-i i ncy viiK be thrust aside end tlfc mna-jieur mna-jieur as well as the professional will be I compelled to faie the court :nd pay , the penalty pro ld d by law. It '.s net I tlio thought of ;he merchants io steii In and ask dismissal of th s.' tor the reason that tlio guilty pirv has, made rooii the loss, acoo: im.. lo the j plans out lined. The ncwspaperji are a-.'c I to play J ia part in the campaign by publishing Jthe name, address and other detail about the perSC n arrested foi shoplifting. shop-lifting. The press to b- given complete facts In each case where at rests .n c Made and are requested lo follow the I ca?e until Us final disposition by the court. Close watching In the stores will mark the first step in the campaign ;accordiriK to the plans, and the po-, po-, I Women are lo be limned i i ' ai-pointed ai-pointed for this purpose. QtltQj lops it- t i be lakin which will not !.- made public as a means ol brliiKinp tho guilty guil-ty persons to justice Those In charge of the campalcn declared de-clared today thut the drive in Ogden Is going to be directed along stern lines and those who are caught in the net cannot expect that leniency In the slightest degree can be given oo The city of Glasgaw will hold an en glhecriog, shipbuilding and electrical exposition fn November and December. Decem-ber. Ttw III III WWtMMMsQgsWfaaWWsMnCWlMWssBi |
