OCTOBER CRIME WAVE
MURDERS, THEFTS, AND HOLD-UPS SCOTLAND YARD'S HEAVY MONTH (Rec. 10.25 a.m.) LONDON, Nov, 6. October was the worst month for crime in Britain for many years, reports the ' Evening News.' Scotland. Yard was called in for six murder cases during the month," of which four .were in. the (provinces. Scotland Yard was also called on to deal with gangs of burglars, armed hold-ups, thefts of food-laden lorries, and ration books, and jewel thieves, who in the last few d&ys of a house-breaking and safebreaking epidemic brought off hauls totalling £21,000-. - >
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Evening Star, Issue 25634, 7 November 1945, Page 5
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93OCTOBER CRIME WAVE Evening Star, Issue 25634, 7 November 1945, Page 5
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