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nie, a fcil,‘diAfed a baby rob lit, ehfc
& found that the grounded prey had j
plenty of “air cover.”
* Mrs. Eva Hague, Minnie’s own- i
er, said that four robins dived out!
of a tree and “buzzed” Minnie so
tenaciously that the angora was
glad to ta’.<e shelter under the
front porch.
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Grade School Boy !
Becomes Gunman
BOSTON, (/P) — A pint-sized j
grade school boy was held yester-1
day on two charges of assault with
intention to kill after allegedly j
emptying his pistol at two patrol- (
men and dragging another youth
at gunpoint from a school yard to
serve as a human shield.
Police captain John H. Cloran'
that that Edward Bancroft, 15,1
five feet one inch tall and weigh
ing only 98 pounds, held off a
large force of riot reserves Mon
day and slightly wounded one pa
trolman before an officer crept
up behind him and clubbed him
into submission.
Patrolman James Bray, whose
right forearm was grazed by a,
bullet, said the seventh grade stu
dent unexpectedly pulled a gun,
and fired five shots as he and an-;
other officer sought to question
him concerning a bundle he had j
under his arm.
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ANCIENT ROMANS NEVER
sentenced criminals to prison
terms, according to the Encyclo
paedia Britannica. In those days
prisons were not used except for
detaining accused persons until'
they could be tried or executed.
The only recognized punishments
were death and the infliction of^
bodily pain.
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AMERICAN INDIANS BE- i
lieved that if a father, near the
time of the birth of his child, was
careless in his meat diet, the child
would suffer and inherit the phys
ical faults and perculiarities of the
animals eaten, according to the
Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Flashes of Life
SECOND CHILDHOOD
KANSAS CITY, {IP) — Adults
have about as much fun as the
kias riding a miniature train in
Swope Park. ,
The city council learned last
night that 100,041 tickets for chil
dren had been sold in 1946.
The report showed there were
79,182 tickets for adults.
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BOILING POINT
PHILADELPHIA, {IP) — Magis
trate Nathan A. Beifel fined Adam
Stankalavichus $100 and costs for
refusing three times to let a state
inspector check the hot-water
boiler at his tailor shop.
Then an inspector examined the
boiler and found it in tip-top shape
fully eligible for a $3 annual cer
tificate.
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PLATYPUSES PAMPERED
NEW YORK, —The three pla
typuses at the Bronx Zoo certain
ly can’t complain about the treat
ment they have received since
their arrival from Australia 48
days ago.
To soothe the jumpy playpus
nerves, zoo officials have changed
keepers’ uniforms from white to
dark and barred spectators—most
ly women—with bright clothes and
umbrellas.
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PEACEFUL MISSION
ALBANY, N. Y. (A*)—Detectives
guarded the rent control office af
ter a report that a man with a
shotgun had arrived there after
closing time Monday.
When he returned yesterday,
minus the gun, he explained that
he wanted to find out what he
could do if his new landlord tried
to evict him from his farm.
The gun? That was in case he
sighted woodchucks on the way.
APPROPRIATE CHRISTENING
SEATTLE, (#>)—The city has a
new addition to its fleet, the “Cul
icide.” The craft will be used for
spraying mosquito areas in Seat
tle’s navigable waters.
Mrs. William F. Devin, the ma
yor’s wife, christened the boat by
smacking it over the prow with a
bottle of DDT.
SLOW TAKE
QUINCY, Mass., (A*) — When
Henry Nieland, Jr., lost his wal
let more than three years ago, the
finder was well-intentioned, but
forgetful.
Nieland got the wallet back this
week with an anonymous note ex
plaining the oversight. The wal
let contained nothing but papers.
CHRISTENING
NEW YORK, iff) — A small
mammal officially opened the
small mammal house at the Bronx
zoo yesterday.
A kinkajou named Jimmy,
chewed a chocolate cookie to
which were tied ends of a white
ribbon stretching across the en
trance. The ribbon fell to the
ground, the newly modernized
building was open.
CLEAN BURGLAR
HOUSTON, Te*. (/P)—Houston
police are looking for a burglar
who mixes larceny with his laur£
dry.
The man, police reported, broke
into a telephone road laundry,
stole a few dollars and a clean
shirt and left a dirty shirt.
A few nights later he dropped
into a laundry on Almeda street,
left the telephone road shirt, and
walked out with a clean one.
Alaska Railroad
Buys Machinery
DENVER, (A*)—The forge build
ing at the Denver federal center,
built at a cost of $803,330 for the
former Denver ordnance plant,
has been sold to the Alaska Rail
road, the war assets administra
tion announced today.
The structure, to be dismantled
and shipped to Anchorage, will be
used as a machine shop and
roundhouse by the railroad which
is operated by the department of
interior.
The WAA also announced sale
to the railroad of government
power plant equipment at the in
ternatoinal mineral and chemicals
corporation, Carlsbad, N. M., the
equipment originally cost $592,
000. Other surplus items located
in the Denver region also were
sold to the railroad by WAA.
Materials from both installa
tions will be shipped in 60 rail
road cars to Seattle and will be
sent from there by boat.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (/P)—They’re
still arguing over whether the
. great structure across the Colora
| do river shall be called Hoover
! dam or Boulder dam, with one
1 faction proposing that it be desig
i nated “Boover” dam as a compro
: mise.
The Las Vegas road maps will
designate it “Boulder Dam (Hoo
j ver).”
; France Hikes Tax;
Labor Strikes
PARIS, (JP)—Premier Pai*l Ra
madier’s drastic tax bill—which
will raise prices of such items as
bread, milk and cigarettes—was
i adopted yesterday by the French
i national assembly.
The vote was 302 to 241, fifty
nine members abstained.
The measure, which includes
administration economies and the
suppression of state subsidies, is
designed to raise 136,000,000,000
francs ($1,142,000,000).
A series of strikes protesting
the measure broke out in scattered
parts of France. About 150,000
coal miners walked out in the na
i tionalized northern coal fields. At
j Marseille the labor federation or
dered a two-hour demonstration
strike which threatened to tie up
the nation’s largest port.
I FRENCH DRESSING WITH
CITRUS FRUIT JUICE
2 tablespoons grapefruit juice
1 tablespoon orange juice
4 tablespoons salad oil
x/z teaspoon salt
I Va teaspoon paprika
! Combine all ingredients and
shake thoroughly before pouring
over sections of orange and grape
fruit in lettuce nests.
Losses by fire including those
caused by lightning, amounted to
$380,000,000 in the United States
in 1943.
‘Study to shew thyself approved unto
God, a workman that needeth not be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of
truth.” II Tim. 2:15.
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