European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 09, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse The Stab and St mks Thunder May 9, 1963 precaution Best Way to outwit thieves by Herb Scott staff writer Heidelberg Sas thieves have stolen cart and personal be longings valued at almost $800,000 from is. Forces members Dur ing the past year Brig Gen Carlo. Turner revealed Here burglars car clout is and Trong pm robbers Are exacting heavy toll of private property mid Turner Usarek Provost s an established fact that organized rings of professional thieves Are making a big Busi Ness of robbing automobiles an Hornet in us. Military communities. The crimes also in creased nine per cent Back Home in 1962." he said Public apathy toward the theft of Persona property and a general attitude that this Type of crime and criminal la unimportant actually encourages we Are certain that hundreds of Small tosses through pilferage ate never reported by the Vic Tims to military or German police authorities the Provost marshal mid. Petty Thieve know Turner Aid that car prowling is per haps the easiest kind of stealing. It takes Only a few moments to ransack a parked car a said and the articles that can be stolen often have As much value u those taken in Burg arising Ahouse organized rings of burglars and car Clouter Are taking a heavy loll of properly most of Hosp but on Larcen Reallie that stolen merchandise is difficult to identify and a car thief is hard to apprehend unless caught in the act Turner pointed of positive identification by the victim always lessens the thief risk of conviction even if picked the Public however has on tremendous advantage in combat ing the thief and protecting Pri vate property Turner said. This is in the very nature of the Crim Inal most Case he is an of he cannot like Holdup Man or a shoplifter plan his crime or usually return later. He first must find some thing to steal then be Given an Opportunity to take it the pro Vost marshal explained. But very important he said people must remember that thief will steal anything because everything has some value. Aslo How you can deny a thief the re Nncy to steal from you an protect your valuables Turner has these suggestions at Home or in the Barracks keep anything of value locked up or us Safe Deposit boxes and uni storage facilities. When travelling put your valuables and Money in overnight Safe keeping of the hotel. Never leave clothing baggage cameras or portable radios in your car a night either on the Street or in a garage. Always maintain a record of serial numbers and a Complete description of such items As watches cameras travellers checks Bonds and stocks. Valuable jewelry clothing Antiques etc., should be photographed or marked for Rendy identification. Ask a neighbor or the police to Check your quarters when you Are away for an extended and or report obvious strangers in your billets or housing area. Remembering that a thief must look for what he steals never Flash your bankroll in pub Lic or make ostentatious show of your valuables in strange places. During a single year in the United states victims lost $159million in More than 700,000 theft from automobiles alone. Many warnings have been sounded about when you leave things of value in your car put them out of sight said Turner. While this helps to discourage thievery he continued the com plete absence of any articles Inan automobile particularly one with a foreign License suggests that there May be things in the Glove compartment or tucked under the seats. Brig on Carl c. Turner am a thief needs As an invitation to see for himself is a partially open window or unlocked Side vent to afford yourself reasonable Protection close window tightly lock Side vents and doors and leave nothing in your car in or out of sight never put articles of any con so quince in the Glove Compart ment locked or not. If you must store things in your automobile lock them in the trunk. And when parking your car at night on a trip leave it under a Street Light. If possible Turner cautioned. Khrushchev s son in Law and red carnations by Wixel Rome a a student to the University of Rente looked up from i Book and said sure 1 voted communist. What because the soul Allitif have been playing Footsie with Antul end i Don t to Lor that i think thai country need a real move to the left not thai Euphony Hall measures. That s a housewife in Florence put Down her Broom and explained or it Tibuni i a communist. He pm a food Catholic but frankly i Don t like the priests. 1tjsstd to vote for the Sochi 11 we Frau i would i voted vat rope John said the com Malata my w terrible. So i voted for then into time Juat like my Kos Abov in Milan a Youni construction worker Laid i voted for the tint time thai election and i voted for Thech Rutlin Democrat. I am Cath Olic and i believe in cod. A factory worker in Turin old he led to vote Christian demo crat Addlin but now. If the government trend la toward the left i figured if better to do it prop Erly. I voted socialist i Don t know anything about politic said an italian Coal Miner who travelled from his Job la Belgium to vote but i think poor people should vote comm Venice a pretty set year old shop Girt looked at the questioner with wide eyes and told him Why the communists Are a menace. I Don t want them to take Over Italy. I voted for the Christian just half a dozen people. Jus Stac votes out of the 30 million out in the weekend parliamentary elections. But their differing views symbolise the confusions and conflicting Cross currents that turned the election into an in political upheaval Why did 7.7 million in booming Catholic nation vote for reds handing the Christian democrats their worst defeat Ever an boosting communist strength with a million new votes. The answers of the average italian Point up exactly what the political specialist know that there is no easy answer to Why in a roman Catholic country enjoying it biggest economic booming history 7.7 million people25 per cent of the electorate voted communist there Are Many factors some explainable some sheer whimsy communists have increased their vote in every major election since the italian Republic was founded in 1946.it May seem incredible that this should happen even u Italy putted out of the economic ruins of the War and pushed ahead to 1u present soaring Prosperity. But Many beneficiaries of the Boom including technicians and articulate White Collar workers Don t turn away from communism because of consider that the communist party with its heavy strength in the labor unions audits stat by pressure o. Manage ment has in fact b in responsible for helping workers get Ashare if the wealth. Communist ranks have also been increased by peasants from the South who left their poor villages for lobs in the Industrial left behind their close Conducta with Village priests who work to keep their parishioners behind the Christian democrats. In tub Bio cities of the North migrant workers found Welt organised Oomen not Union Gfrer Taku a la band and Ratut their support look talk a southerner. I met re tar in Sicily. I Kent to Church regularly and 1 Lute to the pro via Wpm they told a to support the Christian democrats. Well that s All right. But the Christian democrats never got me a Job. 1 Cam up Here and the communists found work forme. I m doing Alt right now and x voted of the reds. They helped me i helped them. Don t got me wrong though. I m still for other catholics the big Factor was undoubtedly the new atmosphere of friendlier relations Between the Vatican and the Kremlin. Throughout the Campaign the communists cited Pope John s Audi enc for Alexel adz Hubel i son in Law. They praised the Pope s peace encyclical and used the word peace in their slogans. The Church itself urged vote Oslo Back the Christian Democrat. But the new easier atmosphere clearly influenced some catholics like that housewife h is also the Large traditional protest vote the voter who freely admit they would be horrified at any real Prospect of a communist government but who vote for the reds to show they Don t like the Way thing Are going. I m not k explained the son of a prosperous Sii no doctor and i Hope to god they never take Over. But the fact that we have Large communist party Here makes me feel easier. Without them As a counterbalance the conservatives and right Winger would Clamp Down on Italy like Vise. The communists Haven brought reforms but they be scared the others into there Are other factors a among various wings of the Christian Democrat who went into the election practically campaigning against each other undoubtedly caused some voter to turn away in confusion or Dis gust. And some voters like voters everywhere voted the Way they did for reason that defy Analy Sis. A Nune who always vot4 Chris urn Democrat told of the party worker coming around Toher Hospital passing out Cam Polyn envelopes. Each contained a Christian Democrat pamphlet and 80 cents. Then a communist worker. In me around with pamphlets and a red preferred the Flower to i Money she said. So i voted for Luspian edition cart Iid Qway p. Smith us " to Mun luus o. A Ukia fact t. In twin oct crore or my sue pvt Oisman cml at Aulvil Nihim a. a. To till. A we Ici 7umi do. To 741, Rex the a. A 493ui. Fri fam a 41mj.7, t.1 043.721 my 7f" cd 7m10 Nolano a. A. ?. Tianci Satin my p. w. 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