Dummy

In Wellesley, Mass.. Carl F. Anderson dressed a dummy in his best clothes, placed it in his front yard to scare off thieves while he went out for the evening. Nothing but the dummy was stolen.

Appendicitis

At Blacksburg. S. C., lay Mrs. Cliff Ross and three young sons simultaneously recovering from appendectomies.

Voice

In Cincinnati, police hooked up an amplifier on one of their cars, cruised the streets looking for traffic violators. Rattled motorists jammed brakes, jaywalkers scuttled like rabbits as a Voice roared at them from nowhere. Said the police chief: "If we drive this car around the city for a few days it will do wonders."

Sleeper

In Kansas City William F. Corliss spread a blanket on a wagonload of potatoes, lay down on the blanket to sleep. As he snored, Farmer Corliss sank lower & lower in his wagon. When he woke, he lifted his head from the wagon's bottom. All his potatoes had been niched from under the snoring nose of William F. Corliss.

Bees

In Philadelphia Apiarist Joseph Rexer was arraigned in court, charged with keeping "vicious" bees. The plaintiff exhibited 1,000 dead snapdragons. Ruled the judge: "The courts are not prepared to hold that bees are generally vicious. ... It will be necessary for the plaintiff to show that particular bees were generally vicious."

Fly

In Raleigh, N. C., a high fly floated toward Convict Dallas Brown, playing outfield in the prison nine. Convict Brown sighted the fly, ran back, back, back, and away from prison.

Prayers

Near Fouke, Ark., at a Pentecostal meeting, a farmer boy slashed an artery in his companion's arm. Worshippers formed a circle around the wounded youth, prayed fervently for an hour, watched his blood flow unchecked until he was dead.

Worms

In Queens, L. I., Mrs. Billy Rose crammed a gallon jar full of worms, boarded a subway to take them to her New York pet shop. A clumsy passenger squeezed by Mrs. Rose, knocked the jar to the floor. Out swarmed a brown tide of worms. Over ankles, up legs, through fingers, down necks of shrieking passengers they slimily inched. Calmly Mrs. Rose popped back into her gallon jar as many worms as she could find. She warned all passengers to wipe the slime from their clothes because in it were breeding more worms.

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