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.Sex Criminals on Loose; Laws Fail, Says Coronet Last year, in the U. S., the shocking total of -10,000 sex levies were committed; and this represents only the kno .n. 'number of cases reported. How many went unreported, be cause of a foolish desire on the part of the victims or t?r -r ifamilies to avoid unpleasant publicity, there is unfortunately no way oi determining; Dut autnor jities timidly estimate the figure as running into the hundreds of thou sands. It is with good reason, therefore, that the sex criminal is being alarmingly regarded, more and as the greatest internal men ace facing this country. But, what is criminal in itself, is that the laws and the nation’s lawmakers have -■not adequately kept pace with the rampant spreading out of the sex offender. This is the tragic offense against the American people: the lack of a “tough” program—indeed, the lack of any program — to combat the ever-increasing boldness and vi ci^gpness of the sexual pervert. As one police official in Boston recent ly decried: “The laws are obsolete; the methods of correction futile.” This police official’s sense of help lessness is commonly echoed ithroughout the country. Recently, Coronet Magazine made a national survey on the sex problem, held interviews in 30 cities with police and other public officials; and their findings reveal that the handling of sexjpffenders follows a fairly con sistent— and futile — pattern, in general, says the magazine, minor offenders are fined, or jailed and released as quickly as possible. Coronet Magazine, in its August issue, discards all wraps and comes up with a constructive, hard-hit ting, eight-point program on how to combat this terrifying menace which lurks in every street in ev ery community in the country. TJe program contains the fol low”*: eight points: 1— Vice squads should operate jonstantly in every community, ;irelessly tracking down every in stance of perversion. 2— Every city — every county— svery village — should maintain a ! complete file of all persons picked ' up on suspicion of a sex offense, and copies of these records shou-d be sent to the FBI in Washing.on for establishment of a master [ » there. 3— Every citizen should appoint himself a committee of one to re port any apparent case of sexual perversion to the proper authori ties. 4— There should be a law requir ing a psychiatric examination of any person accused ol a sex oherv 5— All states should provide in stitutions and adequate psychiatric staffs to handle the indeterminate commitment of sex criminals found to be mentally ill. (Only four staves —California, Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota — have laws providing for such confinement and treat ment. ) 6— The practise of “bargain'1 sentences for sex offenders should be outlawed immediately. A “bar gain” sentence means whereby the prisoner agrees to plead guilty to a lesser offense and accept a lesser sentence rather than put the state to the trouble and expense of proving the original chatge. 7— Money should be provided for the establishment of a national or ganization to conduct studies into the cause and cure of sex crimes. 8— Parents and schools must face the problem of sex crimes realisti cally, by properiy informing aud guiding their children in sex edu cation. The article concludes on this note: “It is up to all of us to en large and implement this program and give it real meaning. We must get angry—and stay angry—until action is assuied. For once the evil of the sex criminal strikes in your home, it will be too late for you to do anvthing.” I Nectar a Notch Above Last Year The sugar shortage and con tincos favorable honey prices re sulted in another national increase in colonies of bees this year, ac cording to the Federal-State Crop Reporting Service, which released the current honey report of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. There were 377,000 colonies of bees in North Carolina as of July 3, said the agency ,the same number as last year. Colonies lost during the winter was 18 per cent, but new spring colonies brought the total number back to last year’s figure. Condition of present bee colonies is 82 per cent of normal, two per cent above that of last year at this time. Condition of nectar plants as of July 1 is decidedly better than last year, being 75 per cent of normal as against but 61 per cent of normal in 1945. Causes of losses in bee colonies the past winter, according to the agency, were qoeeniessness, foul breed, insects and spray poisoning from treated plants, but starva tion the principal cause. The states in the southeast which lead in number of bee col onics are Georgia with 230,000; Florida with 191,000; and North Carol'na with 177,000 colonies. In the United States as a whole there were 5,737,000 colonies of bees as of July 1, 1946. Taylor - Dickerson Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Dickerson of this city announce the marriage of their daughter, Dorothy Mac, to Roy D. Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy D. Taylor also of this city. The wedding took place on July 6 at the home of Rev. Marshall Whitehurst who officiat ed. The couple will make their home in Roanoke Rapids. Mrs. Annie A. Crawford and daughter, Helena Crawford spent last week in Western North Caro lina and Tennessee. Veiling Down 3m Used Cars Ceiling prices for all used cars e row eight per cent less than ey were at the end of 1945, OPA strict Director Theodore S. , ihnson today reminded prospec rc purchasers in North Carolina. This is the result of two sep ate reductions of four per cent eh, which are made automatical- j eary six months because of pr iffation in value, Johnson d. One reduction took effect t January 1 and the second, ginally scheduled for July 1, :omatica!ly became effective ;h renewal of the Price Control t, he explained. ill deliveries of new and used cars made after July 25 must foe at or below OP A ceilings,. John son said, even though an agree ment to buy at a higher price may have been made and a depos it paid during the interim when no price controls were in effect. — * PHONE R-451-1 for a Ewhteway TAXI or a JOHNSON ■ CAB Hour Service . ft** "Winder how much, friend Foxhound?” "Fd my a hundred bucks apiece, charming lady!” "Flatterer! Why, when my grandpa was a pup, he brought only $25. That was 20 years ago, of course, but he became a Champion!” "My good woman, don't you realize how much prices have gone up since then? Look at hamburger, for instance . . .” "Oh. Mister, how Fd love to look at hamburger!” "Stop it—please! My point is that the price of nearly everything has gone way up in the last 20 years. Except electricity. And us dogs don't sse electricity. That’s unfair. Fm going to raise a howl about it!” "But we Jo use electricity in lots of ways. It cooks our food and warms our baths and whisks our spare hairs off the furniture.” Look! Flowers! Where? k Weldon, N. C. You can now-get flowers for all occasions. —See— MRS. N. K. DUNN, FLORIST | West First Street y f PHONE W-410-6 "Hm-m—guess you’re right, gorgeous gal. . . . And it'll please you to know that the average family gets twice as much electricity for its money today as it did 20 years ago!” "Twenty years ago—when Grandpa was a pup —and hamburger was... how much did you say hamburger was?” Tl! have to scratch up the exact figure for you. But now I must run along and pick up a scent. Electricity and I—forgive roe—do a great deal of work for a cent. Yip, yip! Good day, Mrs. Spaniel.” Though this story’s all fun, its facts are all true. Many things are scarce and expensive these days, but electricity is plentiful and cheap. One reason tii*a so cheap is because of your wider use — but another big reason is because your business-managed electric company constantly seeks and! finds new ways to keep it so. A>/oy **tH6 SUMMER ELECTRIC HOUR" with Anne Jamison, Bob Shanley, The Sp«!>m*. '*nd Robert Armbruster's Orchestra. Every Sunday afternoon; 3:30 EST; CBS network. 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