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a,...-.—. — .....- .....Flashes of life «[By tlio Associated Pry as] BELFAST—When Sir Thomas Beo-chftin, famous British orchestra conductor, was hold up ly customs 211011 oil tho Frco State bordor, ho did an Irish Jig—just to show there was no ill feeling.•' Ed route to Belfast ho and Ills orchestra wcro ordcre out of busses near Dundalk, and their music easer searched for arms or valuables. T' prove his party wore only Irmoccn musicians I10 assembled the orcbcstr In tlio stroct and treated the onicer to a plcco of classical music.Then tho orchestra broke into an Irish air and Sir Thomas performedxi jiE.CHICAGO—Police have mentor this and that, but right now (hey say the thing they need is a listening squad.Somebody stole Frank Lihuso's piccolo and right after that a thief took an accordian from a shop window,MILWAUKEE, Wla.—Several hundred Milwaukee bottlers contend they have Ihe world's most aggravating job. They have been filling hundreds ol thousands of bottles with good* boor, and they haven't tasted u drop. Brewers have issued stringent orders 11 gainst pre-tastes of the brew, mid prohibition agents arc watching Ihe thirsty bottlers bottle.OKLAHOMA Ci 11—For 57.60 T, G. Thompson obtained a tract of land In the heart of tho Oklahoma rjity oilfield. Tho tract is 18 inches wideand 150 feet long. Thompson discovered” the properly, which had been “lost” for. 15 years, and lie paid $7.60 for a tax deed to it.CHAMPAIGN, 111.—Could anyone use a nice gallowsV Cleaning up the basement of the court house, Super-vicor Jacob White ran across one on which two men were hanged, White says ho would like to sell it as it is no good in Illinois any-more. Tins stale how electrocutes its slayers.GENEVA, O.—Capt. I. D. Howard, North Geneva traveler, naturalist, horticulturist and raconteur, said:%il was fishing with a pole and line in a marsh down behind my house. I had started to doze when I felt aii awful tug 011 my pole. - I gave a yank. Tlierc 012 my hook was what appeared to be the Old Man of the Sea himself —a fish with a long flowing beard.“In my excitement, I dropped my pole and the fish disappeared in the. marsh. It was about Hire a feet long and Hs beard was about eight indies long,MINNEAPOLIS—No ‘'smart erueks.“That's the new order by Captain John T. Hart In motorcycle police in promising a “new deal to motorisLs.He tabooed shouting at motorists, and directed his men to use their hands and motion the car to the curb.All such “smart cracks as “What’s the hurryV’ and “Where's the fire?” must go.He also told his men not to set “traps and not to hide behind billboards, oil stations and-in stores.
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Lowell Sun
Lowell, Massachusetts, US
Mon, Apr 03, 1933
Page 9
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