This Is Your FBI: The Hot Sedan

The Equitable Life Assurance Society presents This is your FBI This is your FBI the official broadcast from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation presented transcribed as a public service by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and the Equitable Society's representatives in your community You have heard people say that money is the root of all evil

But it's a fact that money properly handled can be the source of much good Properly managed, it can protect your wife and children against the future. It can assure your youngsters of a college education.

It can help you own your own home free and clear. It can provide for a comfortable, independent old age. I say, money properly handled. Most of us don't know how to handle it. But there is one man who can show you how.

He's your local representative of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. In about 14 minutes, I want to tell you more about your local Equitable Representative and how he may help you to find security and peace of mind.

Tonight, the subject of our FBI file, Othelpeff. It's title, the Hudson Inn. During the past quarter century, the automobile has become a big business for the factory, the service station, the repairman, and the criminal.

Figures compiled by your FBI from the reports of local law enforcement agencies Show that last year alone nearly 197,000 cars were stolen. More than the total motor vehicle registration of Minneapolis, New Orleans, or Cincinnati.

Last year, auto theft was up 15%, accounted for a high of $190 million worth of stolen property, and was one of America's most profitable criminal activities. To combat this motorized crime wave, Conferences are being held during the fall of 1952, at key points throughout the nation, under the auspices of your FBI.