Monday, Sep. 23, 1929
Shock
In Eddyville, Ky., Carl Hord, 27, murderer of a grocer, sat in an electric chair. When the switch was thrown, 2,000 volts went through his body. Murderer Hord slumped, then straightened up. "Boys," he remarked, "I'm not dead."
Record
In Earlyville, N. Y., John Parsons claimed a new record--swore that an electric bulb in his dark hall had been burning steadily for 15 years.
Bat
In Bellmore, L. I., potent station WEAF of the National Broadcasting Co. was silent for eight hours. Reason: a bat flew between some condenser plates, died there.
Vinegar
In Greene, Me., a fire occurred on the farm of John Sawyer. Firemen failed to save three buildings, used up all their water. Then they filled their pump with barrels of Farmer Sawyer's vinegar, squirted it at a fourth building, saved it.
Legs
In Copenhagen, Professor Morkeberg of Copenhagen Agricultural University amputated the gangrenous foreleg of a cow, attached a wooden leg.
Cachet
In Cambridge, Mass., federal narcotic agents searched an apartment. Finding nothing, they started to leave. Suddenly one of them stopped, stooped, pulled some drugs out of a dog's mouth.
Klucks
In Brooklyn, Raymond Songen, 17, showed his pet pigeons to his friend Frank Leonard, 16. Frank, who also kept pigeons, called Raymond's birds "a flock of klucks." Raymond hit Frank on the jaw. Frank fell dead.
Dead Letter
In the postoffice of Lockport, N. Y., a letter was received addressed: "God Almighty, Lockport, N. Y."
Letter
In Washington, U. S. Representative Andrew L. Somers of New York received the following letter from two of his Brooklyn constituents: "I would like to know if you could pass a bill providing for half pennys. The reason is that around our way they sell cakes 2 for five cents, (5-c-), one costs three cents. So if we could have half pennys we would only have to pay 2 and 1/2 cents. Thanking you in advance. Answer please. MORRIS RAPPAPORT. MILTON WINSTON."