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Show New Antitheft Device Is Invented by German A new antitheft device providing for setting the license plates of a car In a horizontal position when the car is parked and locked has been Invented Invent-ed by a German automotive engineer, according to a bulletin Issued by the Chicago Motor club. The Department of Commerce has Issued a paper explaining the device, which is operated by a key in conjunction con-junction with a spring controlling the vertical and horizontal positions of tile plates. The theory Is that if a thief should succeed in driving the car, the horizontal position of the plates would Indicate to police and others that the car was being stolen |