Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1931-12-03
Flashes of Life
From the
News of the Week
(By Associated Press)

dstoiilshIieht OF the Judges, VINO
promptly awarded here her wings.
NEW YORK-Smoking corn
cob pipe is all right for women, in
the opinion of Queen Louise, dow
ager of band of gypsies. In fact
she smokes one herself. But when
Princess Ruby, her daughter-in-
law took $3.50 to buy modern
clothes to go traipsing about to
night clubs, Queen Louise had her
arrested.
WORCHESTER, Mass A new
sort of invitation is ready for the
etiquette books. Homer Marsoli
was So embarrassed when police
called at his place of business un-
expectedly but without warrant
that he sent the chief a written
invitation to make a raid. The
cops came back and carried off
some liquor Homer's fine was cut
in half for his politeness
NEW YORK = M ay be you
wouldn't suspect it, but Eddie
Cantor is interested in the fish
business. But it's only one of sew
eral sources of revenue. In addi-
tion he gets 81 for every word he
writes.
MIDDLETON, R. I.-Society
turned out recently to watch two
creased pigs dodge horde of ruff
and-tumble. boys, but the porkers
refused to bulge. The idea was to
aid the unemployed. The pigs
were Immediately buried under two
piles of humanity, and were
awarded to their captors.
BERLIN, Germany-So many
folks attended the Berlin debut of
Ruth Slenczynski of Sacramento,
Calf, siN-year-old prodigy plan
ist, that some of them had to sit
on the stage.
WASHINGTON" Snake" King
of Brownsville, Texas, who sells
snakes for a living, has a plan to
make things better in this coun-
try. He proposes that congress-
men learn to catch snakes before
qualifying for office and there
should be law to require per-
sons to prove they had seen Am
erica first before they could have
passports for Europe.
LOUISVILLE-At least one tur-
key escaped the axe. Roy L. Miller
said he put 1t in the bathtub to
await execution, but tl.at during
the night the bird, in struggling
to get free, turned on the faucet
handle and was drowned.
ST. ,CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio-The
old woman who lived in the shoe
had nothing to worry about COM
pared with Belmont county court
officials. Nineteen abandoned chill
Cdren were placed in their hands in
one day.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Bootleg
gers who bring their children into
court to arouse sympathy are out
of luck. Federal Judge Fred L.
Wham said that f they do this he
would try to add 80 days to their
sentences.
CALAIS, France-The first car
ferry across the English channel
has been started between here and
Harwich. 1t makes possible thru
rail shipment from continental to
English cities. Work on the pro-
ject was begun during the war.
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MADRID-aSpain, which had 110
legal holidays under the monarchy,
has reduced the list of national
fiestas to Christmas, the anniver-
sary of the republic on May 1 and
Columbus day on October IL.
HAVANA-Thomas Alva Edi-
sons name is to be perpetuated |
here by the Institute Edison" a
new school in which English is
required from kindergarten classes
up thru secondary grades, and ev-
cry possible electrical contrivance
is used.
EDMOND, Okla.-Dry weather
almost ruined three acres of toma-
toes on her farm, but Mrs. Edward
Lee found way to profit from
the small, unmarketable yegeta-
bles. She extracted the juice, bot
tied it and contracted to supply !
several Oklahoma City eating
houses.
LYONS, Ga. Farm e RS of
Toombs county are utilizing their
tobacco barns this winter for cur
ing sweet potatoes. County Agent
G. L. Vaughan has reported that