2A THE OGDEN STANDARD-EXAMINER OGDEN, UTAH, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1957 Crimes Set Record, FBI Director Says WASHINGTON (UP)—FBI Director J, Edgar Hoover reported today that more major crimes were committed in the United States last year than ever before. For the first time, he said, the nation's crime total topped the 2,500,000 mark. It reached 2,563,150, 13 per cent greater than the 1955 total. Hoover said the crime increase could not be principally attributed to the growth in the nation's population. He noted that since 1950 the crime rate has risen almost four times as fast as the population rate. He said that a major crime was committed every 12.3 seconds last year. Every 4.1 minutes there was an act of murdei manslaughter, rape or assault to kill. The report said major crimes committed by teen-agers—youths under 18—continued to increase and accounted for 46 per cent of the major crime arrests in cities. Juveniles were blamed for 66 per cent of the nation's auto thefts. JUVENILE CRIME UP Juvenile crime was up 17.3 per cent in urban areas but increased only 3 per cent in the nation as a whole. Hoover's figures were compiled by the FBI on the basis of police statistics. The FBI said more than 98 per cent of the people living in urban areas and 93 per cent of the nation's rural residents are covered in the so-called "uniform crime reports." The figures also showed there was one major crime committed for each 65 persons in the general population of the country last year. Crimes against people were up 4 per cent over 1955 with a reported 12,620 persons slain, 20,300 women raped and 96,430 persons wounded or maimed by deadly weapons or acid. J. EDGAR HOOVER Top 2 ½ Million Mark EIGHT CRIME CATEGORIES Among the eight major crime categories, the biggest increase was recorded for larceny, nearly 17 per cent. The only decrease noted was in the robbery category, a drop of 1.3 per cent. Eight times as many men as women were arrested for major crimes last year. Hoover said the Pacific states i led the crime wave with a 19 per cent increase. New England i was second high with an 18.5 per cent upsurge, while the Middle Atlantic states showed the lowest rate of increase, 7 per cent. i He also noted that crime in U. S. BLAMES 1 (Continued from page 1) J is "operating" in the Middle Eastern area in the sense that Ambassador James P. Richard is exIplaining it to certain Middle East ] countries. Then he reminded J newsmen that the doctrine provides help only when, such help is requested. Asked whether Jordan had requested aid of U. S. forces, White said, "not to my knowledge." White refused to tie the return „ of the Sixth Fleet to Eastern Mediterranean waters with the Jordanian problem. But he left no doubt this was the purpose of the sudden fleet movement. "The movement of the Sixth Fleet represents a return of the fleet to where it has customarily ? been stationed in the last six months," he said. FIRST INTO ACTION The fleet, which only recently the Eastern Mediterranean, has been split up in various French and Italian ports for the past 10 days. It would be the first to be or- dered into action should American forces be called upon to intervene in Jordan under the Eisenhower doctrine. g creased at a faster rate in farn areas last year than in the bi| r cities. Rural crimes rose 15.5 pei r cent, while urban crimes in creased 12.7 per cent. JUVENILE ARRESTS UP ; The rise in the number of juve- 3 nile arrests was also higher for t small towns than in big cities, ; Arrests of teen-agers in cities - with less than 25,000 inhabitants rose nearly 21 per cent while > juvenile arrests in bigger cities • went up 17.3 per cent. Hoover also made the follow- s ing points in the crime picture: 1.—Each day during 1956, an 1 average of 34 persons were slain ' and 263 other felonious assaults ! were committed; 55 rapes oc- ; curred; 4,338 larcenies were committed; 721 cars were stolen; 155 robberies were committed; and 1,436 burglaries were perpetrated. 2.—Crimes against property jumped 13.8 per cent. There was a loss of 440 million dolors in robberies, burglaries, auto thefts and other larcenies. 3.—Auto thefts led the city crime increase with a boost of 18 per cent. More than 263,720 cars were stolen during 1956, a 36,570 increase over 1955. But more than 93 per cent of those stolen were recovered. 4.—There were an estimated 56,770 robberies in which the loot was valued at 12 million dollars. 5.—Burglaries increased to 525,720 or 6.7 per cent over 1955. Property loss was estimated at about 90 million dollars. 6.—Police in 419 cities recovered 56.9 per cent of the property stolen. 7.—Larcenies increased 16.7 per cent with about 108 million dollars in property stolen in 1,- 587,590 incidents of this type. 8.—Records from 1,551 cities show there were 2,070,794 arrests. Of this number, 234,474 were youths under 18 yekrs of age. 9.—Youths under 18 were arrested for nearly 25 per cent of the reported robberies; nearly 54 per cent of the burglaries and 50.4 per cent of the larcenies.