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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1939
Page
5
A reader’s puzzle describes stairs that move against a man as he climbs. He makes five strides to reach a higher landing before the stairs push him back. For every three strides up he is carried back, how many strides to reach the top. The page also notes a weighing puzzle with weights 4½ lb, 1½ lb, 4½ lb, and 1¾ lb and an example arrangement.
A 13-year-old London boy charged with murder was acquitted at the Old Bailey. He had confessed to strangling a 4-year-old girl, but his counsel argued there was no evidence to rebut the presumption that a boy under 14 is incapable of such evil intent.
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