The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-26
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Philadelphia-Yoeman sc Earle
C. Lenhsrt told police, as a foot
pad dashed away with his wallet.
second man approached but disap-
peared when the fleeing thief yell
ed back: Don't bother him. l
already got his money"
Charlotte. n. ca farm maya
zines advertisement for volunteer
farm workers brought this reply:
Dear Sir-We volunteer to work
on the farm where so much help IS
needed. See II you can get US
out OF here"
II came from Stuttgart. Germany.
signed by two Army Medical Corps
men.
Cleveland-Police turned head
hunters" today.
Corp. Warren Whitney, van
triloQuist, said the heads OF his
two dummies. winnie" and Burn
well", who helped him entertain
wounded servicemen in England.
were stolen from his parked auto
mobile
New York-A shoe repairing firm
on the 18th floor OF a trike-bound
building without elevator service
went 10 great lengths to serve its
customers. A 200-foot length OF
rope was used to lower baskets OF
shoes to the street when customers
telephoned that they were below.
Chicago-Margaret Noone want
ed three passports to her native
Ireland but she settled for one.
She had planned to take along
Truman de Valera. her pet dog. and
Smicki Smack. her cat. but she
baked upon learnin they would
have to be inoculated.
They wouldn't like that, tits
sure" she said. They'll be better
of at home"
Duluth. Minn.-Shooting bears In
this section OF northern Minnesota
is becoming too common, the ST.
Louis County Board of CommiS
sioners has decided.
The board Is getting out OF the
bear bounty business, and has with
drawn its offer TO pay 500 bounties
for each adult bear and $40 for each
cub killed.
A fund OF $1,000 set up in jury
wasn't enough and the board has ~
pay 1910 accumulated claims.
Toledo, O.-AP-Aecustomed 10
applying to the OPA for gasoline
rations during the war years. the
Commissioner Nine administering
Toledo's peace-time gasoline ration.
ing program found today they were
In the drivers seat for a change.
Consideration OF an application
by H. g. Bogart, Toledo district
OPA director, that priorities on
gasoline be allowed the OPA for
use in the official closing OF GER
tain ration boards, resulted in hum
orous bantering that the applicant
should be required to all out half
dozen lengthy forms and show
cause in many ways why the OPA
should have gasoline.
But the request was granted.
Detroit - Recorders Judge Jo-
seph A. ellis. once a football play
er at the University OF Detroit,
demonstrated a long.idle talent
Tuesday.
The Judge left MS bench 10
bring down, with a tackle, a defend
ant in an assault and battery case
who was hurriedly leaving the
court room.
The man said he was only leav-
ing TO look for a bondsman," but
Judge ellis said It didn't look tina.
way to him.
st. Iouis-Twenty cases OF whis-
ky didn't seem like too much to
Druggist Thomas Levin. Especial
ly when the customer told him
the whole town was invited for the
affair.
However, Judge George H. Moore
threw the romantic angle out the
court room window and ruled that
there is limit on the amount OF
whisky to be sold in one retail
lot The ruling was made after
finding Levin guilty OF selling
whisky wholesale without license.
His sentence was 40 days in jail
and a 5000 fine.
Provo, Utah-The members OF
the Central Utah Peace Offlcers
Association are taking no chances
on an ammunition shortage.
Added to the usual pistol and
rifle target shooting matches, to he
held October z, will be a bow and
arrow match.
Salt Lake City-Stealing her
portable radio wasn't the only rea-
son burglars reused the ire OF Mrs.
Grace Irvine.
She reported to police that the
burglars also left her bathroom in
a deplorable condition. They not
only misplaced bottle OF cologne
but they left a ring in the bath
tub.