Popular science monthly . Note the face, eyes and ears of these cars and how they differ from one another An escaping machine can beidentified by the position ofthe tail-lights The nose of an auto-mobile is a good index toits lineage Preparedness Against Bank Burglars. The militaryforce of a peace-f ul Chicagobank waiting forthe lone burglarto appear. Thesemen were putthrough a courseof target-shoot-ing to be pre-pared for holdupmen who hadbeen molestingthe bank and itsneighborhoodfor many weeks PREPAREDNESS for war was notnearly so important and timelya subject with the bankers ofChicago rece
Popular science monthly . Note the face, eyes and ears of these cars and how they differ from one another An escaping machine can beidentified by the position ofthe tail-lights The nose of an auto-mobile is a good index toits lineage Preparedness Against Bank Burglars. The militaryforce of a peace-f ul Chicagobank waiting forthe lone burglarto appear. Thesemen were putthrough a courseof target-shoot-ing to be pre-pared for holdupmen who hadbeen molestingthe bank and itsneighborhoodfor many weeks PREPAREDNESS for war was notnearly so important and timelya subject with the bankers ofChicago recently as was preparedness forgunmen. For weeks there was ant[)idemic of holdups in the city. In theiieighl)()rho(jd of one bank, the LincolnSlate Hank, masked bandits ijwarmcd atall hours of the da\, \ictimizing no lessllian fifteen patrons of the bank in asingle week. With the police seeminglyliclpless to cope with the situation, thebank took steps to protect itself and itsdepositors. The entire clerical force was mobilizedin the basement of the building onemorning and the hrst lesson in a courseon how U> shoot bandits (jn sight wasgiven. Each man was supplied with a revolver, a pistol range was erected, andtarget-practice was held. After the menwere told to
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