AMERICAN CRIME WAVE
EXTRA DUTY FOR POLICE. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) NEW Y'ORK, November 17. (Received November 17, 5.5 p.m.) Crime conditions are such that the authorities ordered policemen to work seven days a week, and cancelled their lunch hours and vacations. They are to wear their uniforms at all times, and be ready for emergency calls. Detectives are to work sixteen hours daily. Another 50,000 dollar robbery occurred at a fur shop on Friday.
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Southland Times, Issue 19100, 19 November 1923, Page 5
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79AMERICAN CRIME WAVE Southland Times, Issue 19100, 19 November 1923, Page 5
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