12,000 HOMICIDES IN AMERICA EVERY YEAR
Enormous Crime Bill
FIFTY TIMES AS MANY MURDERS AS ENGLAND
RATE TREBLES IN 30 YEARS United Press Association —By Electri* Telegraph—Copyright. Received Tuesday 7.30 p.m. WASHINGTON, June 24. The American Bar Association’s crime commisison states that the murder toll in the United States averages 12,000 persons annually, or about 50 times the number in England, France, Italy, Germany or Japan. The murder rate has increased 350 per cent since 1900. The cost of crime in the United States averages annually 13,000,000 dollars. -
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6945, 26 June 1929, Page 6
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8812,000 HOMICIDES IN AMERICA EVERY YEAR Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6945, 26 June 1929, Page 6
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