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Show 'CURSE OF AMERICA' IS PISTOL CARRYING NEW . YORK. SepC 13 Chief M igistrate William McAdOo, speaking I. fore the International police con-ference con-ference Tuesday, called the carrying of pistols "the curse of America." "There nr- more persons who carry pistols In New York and Chicago than In the whole of Europe." he said, "and It Is ln dealing with the free sale and use of flrearrtis that the police po-lice llnd their greatest pfoblem." He declared there' was no more crime prevalent In this country than 1 ln Europe, but that Americans Ih Ing In a young country, acted on young impulses, to which pistols made an unfortunate adjunct. |