Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-03-31
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MUSKEGON, Mich.-"The Mich
igan reformatory baseball team
needs me-" explained Cecil Thomp-
son, who during the former incar-
cerations scintillated at second
base for the convicts. you'd bet
ter try for the team at the state
prison this time" said Judge Van
derwerp, sentencing Thompson to
Jackson for seven and a half years
for larceny.
BALTIMORE-Joseph Der Guar
dis commended that the state was in
pretty small business indeed to ar
rest aim for selling books on Sum
day. "If you want to sell the book,
sell it on week days, not Sunday"
the court told him. The book was
the bible.
SCHENECTADY-State troop
ers clattered up to Mrs. Mite
Benedict's home just at supper
time with II prisoners they had
taken in a raid on a gambling
house. Mrs. Benedict, a justice of
the peace, fined each prisoner ac-
cording to what she deemed prop
err and then, when they had paid,
shooed them all away. Another
minute and the potatoes would have
burned to a crisp" she said.
Adds ~ABABA-Nothing is too
good for a skiing of kings" so
Emperor Halle Selassie of Abys-
sinia has his special occasion meals
served on a dinner set of solid gold.
Lesser occasions bring out the solid
silver service, while "raw meat"
dinners served the braves utilize no
dishes at all.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa. - Swim
ming between sunup and shutdown
without benefit of clothing has
been prescribed here. The council
held that men and boys who went
swimming in status quo were
Shameless" Someone just found
out about the ordinance which was
passed July 81, 1920.
GRANVILLE, O.-What's this?
A dogs to be queen of the May,
mother? Insurgent male students
at Denison university, not salts
fled with any of the seven femi-
nine candidates for the throne,
announce they will write in on their
ballots the name of Woogs, the
mascot of Beta Theta Pi fraternity
unless the queen committee grants
them a wider choice of young lady
candidates.
DETROIT - Judge SkilIman
wanted to do the right thing by
the four men before him for rob-
berry armed. 'Tll place you on
probation" he said, provided
you go to work, keep regular
hours, avoid bad company, and re-
port regularly to the probation
department"
"That's no kind of life for
we'uns," said the -four. "Send us
to the Hoosegow."
He did.
WINDSOR, Ont.-Frank Winters
is II years old.
He visited the city clerks office
yesterday to transact two matters
of business.
First, he registered the birth of
a nine pound boy, his fourth child.
Second, he etitioned for an old
age pension.
DETROIT-If you were Pete,
the aquarium turtle, you might
have real reason to complain about
'hard times" Pete is to be con-
verified into soup merely because
the city can't afford to have the
sea water which is necessary to his
existence brought from Boston any
more.
MOBILE, Ala.-Rezo Brooks ex-
poets any judge who hears his case
to know his etiquette. Testifying
as q defendant in a divorce action,
Rezo noticed the judge had tilted
his chair backward toward him.
"Will you please turn around?" he
demanded. sim not accustomed tol
addressing any ones back" The
judge refused to hear the case fur
ther.
MERRICK, N. Policeman
John Kreutzieger, slightly dam
aged, returned to his station house
in a police car, also slightly dam
aged He had a set-to with Sally,
a cow. while officer was trying
to lasso cow, she butted same con-
tinuous," he wrote in his report.
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ALBANY, NJ. Y.-James Reilly
picked the wrong bit of the ouldI
sod. On the carpet before Justice
Edward Rogan for panhandling, he
said he was a 'sbroth av a bhoyl
from Corey, county Wexford
rLau Ln u~oaaadod "a darnrshal