By JOSEPH
W. LaBINE
Jim was a
and cigarettes.
possible but Jim found
steal) a ch
lage meat dealer.
Jim began having the
him an old car and
community’s younger c
eventually Jim was taking (not
his mother’s supply began dimin
from nearby farmers.
rowd
Even dally
arrested. At seventeen,
a few luxuries was sent to the
ens.
this boy
More pertinent still,
blame.
his deplorable delinquency.
circumstance,
what similar
battling the menace of young?
“thrill thieves,” boys and girls
who steal automobiles for
break-neck midnight rides in a
mad, heedless and puzzling
search for thrills. The cars are
not stolen to sell but are usual-
ly found abandoned or wrecked
when the joy riders have fin-
ished with them. What causes
this peculiar mental “kink” in
modern adolescents?
But the most fascinating
and probably, fundamental—
phase of juvenile delinquency
is the boy ‘‘gang,” a group of
neighborhood youngsters who
join forces for well-meant compan-
ionship and often end up behind
prison bars. More than one child |
psychiatrist, seeking the basic
cause of child crime, has placed his
finger on the old wooden shack
which sits unnoticed on a vacant
lot, a ‘hangout’ for boys who have
no other source of recreation.
Kept Diary of Loot.
One psychiatrist, living in an east-
ern city, purposely frequented an
area where gangs flourished. His
story makes interesting reading
“First of I had to gain the
boys’ confidence by taking part in
their every-day activities. After that
it was merely a matter of observa-
tion.
“There were two ‘smart’
this particular gang who obtained |
their start from stealing. They went
into a store and while Joe attracted
the manager's attention, Tom ‘lift-
ed’ a green record book. This was
their diary, after a fashion, in which
was kept a complete record of the
gang's criminal activities.
“A few months later I succeeded
in getting possession of that diary
by telling Tom about a survey I
intended to make. An interview
was arranged at a downtown ho-
tel, where the boy was made to
feel his importance by the gift of
a cigar. He handed over the diary.
I can tell you, it was rich with
criminal escapades!”
That's juvenile delinquency.
But in the mind of J. Edgar Hoo-
ver, director of the federal bureau
of investigation, there's another an-
swer. Hoover, who may some day
have to cope with adult criminals
who are today child criminals, calls
it public delinquency!
His analysis is not without logic.
What's the Cause?
“Our youthful criminals of to-
day,” says Mr. Hoover, “come from
homes broken by death or divorce—
from homes where discipline was
often an unknown factor — from
homes where there was little or no |
opportunity to see anything but the |
drab side of life—or from homes |
where parents, by their own lazi-
ness, lack of common sense, disre-
spect for law, or bad example, care-
all,
boys in
candy
luxuries im-
take (not
to the vil-
Occasionally he'd
selling it
desired. His dad bought
became a hero among
luxury led to another and
stealing) more chickens. When
to take chickens
es he
tiv
iy
the
who wanted nothing more than
chick-
is the question of who is to
on a some-
lessly tossed their chil
maw of crime."
The experience
who approas
from an intelligent viewpoint,
Mr. Hoover out. Chicago, whi
from a crime-free city, has
boys to ‘go straight’ by
proper attention.
Chicago park p
rate organization
c
:
iren into the
cities
crime
bears
le far
aide d
of several
have hed child
them
lice are a sepa-
from the regular
ty police artment and are
to
on
dep:
encourage juvenil
city - sponsored pl
““A soft ball instead
is their Boys caught
stealing or destroying park property
are not arrested but are turned ov
to the park recreation director for
i
i
Fained
ac-
ivities
motto
mn
The Parents’ Responsibility.
So much
how
for the public's part. But
about the parents from whom
every child must get his fundamen-
tal background? Psychiatrists point
out that many a youngster has been
forced into a life of crime because
at home and had
to look elsewhere for recreation.
| What many parents forget, say the
specialists, is that the physical fact
of fatherhood or motherhood does
not endow a man or woman with su-
pernatural qualities. The art of par-
enth ood, has to be learned the same
as thing else.
n to Dr
elor
he was misused
anyt
Paul Popenoe, noted
relations who
feels proper parental treatment will
dissuade poténtial child criminals:
“The first thin )r a parent to
do is to keep the emotions of anger
and severity on cold storage A
Liste
COUnNnse on family
surgeon 't give away his
he has a
car emo
tions when
tion to perform,
go blind with fee
prot to deal
his children.
‘Parents need
ing with
can't treat their children
thing to be kicked about or locked
up in the cl They are human
beings. When they misbehave, their
action must be co as a
symptom, as a fever or an
ache, and not a ¢ If parents
go into causes, they very likely will
find themselves to blame."
serious opera-
parent car n't
he has a
and a
ling wi
with In
en
lem relation to
inal
deal-
They
as some-
tience in
pa
their youngsters
set
nsidered
the same
ause
Will Delinquency Decrease?
The problem of juvenile delin-
quency is especially pertinent right
now because n thousands of
school children will be released for
the al vacati many of them
ft their o ingenuity to find
3
ies
summer recreation. But each year
on
* wr
0 wn
because communities are in-
stituting comprehensive playground
of ages
busy
ivities encourage
clear heads and--at
eyes that welcome
more
children all
Designed to keep
all
healthy
sters
day, these acti
bodi es,
sleep
Today's "teen age generation is a
problem because public responsibil-
ity for juvenile delinquency was not
recognized until a few years ago
Who can tell but that tomorrow's
youngsters, aided by the healthy
recreation their communities now
sponsor, will foresake crime for a
It's possible, so long as we re.
member the trouble isn’t juvenile
but public delin-
quency!
© Western Newspaper Union,
New York
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chosen diet.
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health
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joying the abundant
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The Perfect Diet May
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vegetables
your kitchen,
that meats,
BToK
responsi-
and
the
eries
Causes of Food Spoilage
ravages of a vast army of micro-
organisms which cause it to sour,
decay or putrefy, depending upon
the nature of the food.
There are
micro-organisms which develop in
food—bacteria, molds and yeasts
All three are notable for their mi-
nute size, rapid grow
distribution. Yeasts and DR
can only be seen with the aid of
a microscope
Not all micro-organi
enemies of man;
in the preparation
as cheese,
These need not cond
maker
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There are two important factors
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Appearance of Food
May Be Deceptive
The great danger of food that is
improperly stored is that it may
become spoiled without advertis-
ing that fact. Appearance is sel
dom a reliable guide and unless
your refrigerator is efficient, food
become unfit for consump-
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The rapic i
teria curs in "other
having a protein
cluding me meat
gelatin, custards, creamed
peas and beans. It in port
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milk, be kept in the coldest par
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grees in ature make a
great deal of difference in pre-
venting spoilage
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may endanger
will not make spoil
consumption.
How to Prevent Mold
also
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broths
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foods.
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particularly likely to occur on acid
foods, as lemons, oranges, toma.
toes and berries: on neutral foods,
as bread and meat: on
notably jellies and pre-
serves, and on salty foods, includ-
ing ham or bacon.
Molds may develop quickly or
depending upon the tem-
on stance,
such
main invisible to the naked eye
for as long as 36 hours. All molds |
are white at first, but as they ma- |
ture they change color, becoming
blue, red, or assuming various
To the bacteriologist, these col-
ors have different meanings. To
the homemaker, they all tell the |
same story—that through im-
proper storage food has lost its |
appetite appeal and palatability.
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