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Show SHOPLIFTERS' TRICKS STUDIED Special Policewomen Will Be1 Given Instruction in Detecting De-tecting Thievery One l the most unusual schools or lasses, cvor inaugurated In Ogden, j -.nee spi . to I policewomen anil men .nd u OT detectives will be the students, stu-dents, and the studies will be of tricks and methods used in shoplifters in plying their Illicit trade In stores, le to l.e a part of the cjimpalgn of the Ogdeii hamher of commerce through; .,. credit rating department, which is tow being conducted by merchants in n endeavor to wipe out shoplifting In the city. New and old tricks, inan of them t lever and original with the thieves, will be the subjei is of the classes and is persons are caught in the cam-j paign their methods of "getting away, With the goods Will bo explained to ihe Studt QtS In order that they may be up-to-date and may balk the clever professional as well as the amateur 11 their work i; .,kets with false bottoms, muffs i special d.s.;rii and coats with pock-. s 10 receive t ie stolen goods, win be litOWn and explained in the classes vcUnns of the pe-.sons In rifting- MS goods will be studied closely unl also viieir actions uiter walking .i irom the counters from which they have stolen The mere bants have announced lot tiny have entered the campaign With but one thought In mind, thut to eliminate entirsh the activities ol store thieves in ogden. They have all agreed that thej will prosecute the guilty cons to the limit of the law. regardless ol whether ihe culprit is an amateur making the Initial theft or a professional who has stolen for yeurs and bOS made It a permanent trade. Miss M. Stewart. director of the redit rating bureau of the chamber of commerce. Is supervising the work of the campaign and Is being aided by cooperation of the police department, depart-ment, through Its head, .1 Raj Ward, commissioner of publli safety, and lo-" lo-" soph B, Bates, county attorney. Com-' Com-' ihisslbner Ward has offered the services serv-ices of the police department in run-Inlng run-Inlng down the thieves and In obtaining obtain-ing the true names of the persons I 'caught. He will make each name public, together with the details of ithe arrest County Attorney Bates llhas promised to prosecute the offend -i ers to the limit prescribed by law |