Illinois News Index

Highland Park Press, 3 Apr 1930, p. 21

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Now police cars cruising the streets of 14 cities, with receiving sets tuned to the signals of stations out of the reach of the ordinary listener, wait only a flash from "headquarters," beâ€" fore they are off to the scene of murâ€" der, burglary or petty theft. Quick Work There have been instances of arâ€" rests within 30 seconds of the time this signal was given. On the averâ€" age only one minute is necessary for the police car to reach the scene of crime. & So successful have been early exâ€" periments that the Radio Commission has been asked to broaden its presâ€" ent policy. The three frequencies now in use already are "overcrowdâ€" ed," the commission is informed, and additional assignments in time will be necessary. Lieut. Kenneth Cox, of the Chicago Police department, which holds conâ€" struction permits for three police It is no longer quite safe to be proâ€" fessionally criminal, even in the more crimeâ€"hardened districts of New York and Chicago, since radio has entered the field of crime detection. The < Federal Radio Commission some time ago set aside three shortâ€" wave frequencies exclusively for poâ€" lice operations. This Method Used in Police Cars ~â€" in 14 Cities and Wider Use RADIO AIDING IN CRIME DETECTION Thursday, April 3, 1930 VOTE for CHARLES E. JACK "It is the duty of every citizen to exercise his right of franchise on April Eighth." A Successful Lawyer Practising at Lake County Bar for 13 Years Capable and Well Qualified Is Predicted Woman Hurt in Auto â€"Accident Files Suit According to Lieut. E. K. Jett, the commission‘s short‘ wave engineer, there are only 25 frequencies in the "mobile band," available for police service, and of those, three already are in use. The entire twentyâ€"five would not be enough should the exâ€" pansion ianticipated by Lieut. Cox come to pass according to Jett. New _ York, Baltimore," Seattle, Wash., Harrisburg, Pa.; Butler, Pa.; Reading, Pa.; Highland Park, Mich.; Belle Isle, Mich.; Farmingham, Mass.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Dallas,â€"Tex., and Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Emma Cook of Chicago, who was injured in an auto accident by a car driven by Viola Fisher of Highâ€" land Park, between Libertyville and The following fourteen cities now are operating a ‘police radio service under license of the commission: Cox told the commission that in cutting down the "escape period," crime‘s <latest scientific adversary deals with the most vital phase of the police problem. s 9 Predicts Spread © | In a few years every city of over 20,000 population will establish a radio police force, says Cox. As there are 550 cities of this size in the United States, the situation demands that the commission form a definite and more liberal policy, he argues. | radio stations and is planning to esâ€" tablish a fourth has made repeated representations to the commission on this score. Republican Candidate COUNTY JUDGE County Lake for of T HE P RESS Mundelein last spring, has filed suit for $10,000 damages in the circuit clerk‘s ~office, says the Waukegan | News. There is also a $10,000 damage suit pending for the same â€" accident, You will distinguish them by the smart fabrics â€"the fine finishâ€"the "madeâ€"for youâ€"in theâ€"firstâ€" place" look of wellâ€"dressed attractiveness. Plenty of time for yours if you hurry! This season, more than ever, the Easter parade of North Shore folks will have its full quota of clothes tailored to order by A special line of fine fabrics un to $65 Others at $35, $40 and $45 oUR FEATURE sUIT sUNDAY, APRIL 290 319 West Van Buren Street City Sales â€"Fourth Floor Cut, fitted and tailored to your individual order Caster s50 brought by the woman‘s husband, a Chicago school teacher, who is seekâ€" ing to recover damages for the wreck of his car and the loss of his wife‘s services 17

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