European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Joseph Oppenheimer a jittery merchant sat in a soft chair to St. Louis police Bead quarters giving a description of the Bandit who less than two hours earlier had robbed his store. He was White about 25, medium build and average height that s All i can re member. Except that he had a scar Over his left  than a year ago the officer would have taken the robbery victim to the department s oversized rogue s gallery where photos of 65,000 persons with felony convictions Are on file. If the merchant was an average Case he would Start his inspection with great care then. As hundreds of pictures facing him clouded his mind he would Speed up his study of the Large showcase windows of  Likely after standing for hours to View More than 2,000 pictures the merchant would be assured that the police would do their Best to catch the unknown  the Bandit s Trail grew  the victims of crime in. St. Louis to Day however have the Benefit of a revolutionary new identification  ism electrical sorting machine and thousands of Little three by seven Inch cards Are essentials