Show i w OaS W lit it J ij M IIi t fJ f J f L' L Ladles Ladies and girls Warning girls Warning 1 l Wiser you enter any tiny big store J In Utah youre you're o going to be closely watched if you if-you you I f Are w wearing a a big coat especially especially ally In iri weather leas less than frigid Ar Are carrying c a a. big b bag g. g Spend quite a while fingering trinkets The man Is la watching you You cant can't see lee him but he can tee Eee I you If It you think you might get gilt by with a a little little innocent shoplifting g chances are youre you're I wrong A most most- Interesting conversation the p past past- week past s W ek end was with a I security officer r of one of Utah's biggest stores The annual losses I of of d dollars through I thievery are Bre toeing being cut down tremendously tremendously tremendously tre tre- by steps taken to Insure Insure insure in In- sure better s security Often new clerks are shown movies d depicting plc ng methods most often used In Department Depart Depart- Department ment h heads l d are are- schooled by the officer And Ami most important important tant t there e B are way two glare glass mir mir- all over the walls The man jih dh Ii watching wat 91 g you you but Qu tout ut you fOU cant can't cantWe isee ee hl him We call Ball this series of windows the catWalk walk the officer said caid They are ale are strategically set and command a view of the entire store In normal times one or two men handle this job But when we get real busy there may be as many a ae as four The b big tig g floppy coat of course le Is handy for stuffing away stuff The big bag Is la ditto The trinkets disappear into the handbag or pocket while he the clerk is ia engaged But that man manIs manis In In YOU Is II e engaged engaged in gage watching Usual shop lifters captured d are first timers The old pros proa are known and must ibe be very very- lever clever and they still get caught The usual procedure for a first timer first timer Is an opportunity to pay for the merchandise and signature of a statement that the store 13 IJ correct In charging attempted theft Arrests are never made in the store After the thief passes the checkout out station and goes out the thedoor thedoor door the man taken over What la a feeling you gals are in for first firstI I I time you try it tt Will I make it Am I seen Is that man on the I sidewalk a security officer It If Im I'm ImI I caught how shall shan I explain to the I folks Will it get in the paper Clever thieves have all kinds of 1 tricks tricks but but security knows i them all an I Any hollow container such t as for instance a thermos botI bottle bottle bot bot- tle tie is always checked just to tob tobe tobo I b bo be sure it Isn't broken Inside It might contain a lot of small I Items Any piece of f Jewelry in a box boxI I is always lifted out Just to be toe sure the snap is okay oJay and Just to be sure there lint another piece of jewelry under the piece of f cardboard on the bottom When prices are on bottle or container capa caps its it's fairly simple to switch a He cap onto a 49 bottle That's why prices are n never nev- nev ver v- v er tr on caps aps any more Clerks and cashiers come in for their share of scrutiny too Once I in a great while somebody thinks she can knock down on the house Invariably she is is' caught caught- caught caught- and sh she can never neve get a responsible responsible responsible sible Job In Utah again She is blacklisted everywhere and so 60 are shoplifters s after ft r the second attempt How a about b 0 u t kleptomaniacs 1 I These compulsive thieves do not comprise one-hundredth one of the total And they're all known Take me for Instance I steal champagne in the liquor stores But ut my conscience hurts me and andI I give it back Or away Moat 1 thefts are comparatively petty But they count up It is unfortunate but true that high school girls from good families steal on orr a dare dar or just fo fat fot fun tun or to Join a club Sympathy andL and L kind treatment but hut the knowledge know ledge that It will never happen again goes to the poorly dressed dressed dress dress- ed matron found with her bag full of school clothes clothe for for forthe the kiddies It may be c and cute and daring but It isn't worth It Why not drop Into The News office and take while were we're not looking a couple of pencils I J promise we have no cat But My Lady Fair Louise does count the pencils pencils pencils pen pen- every day Mac |