Inventions

In Rochester, N. Y., Patent Attorney Gerhard A. Ellestad exhibited the following patented devices:

P: A rat trap which ties a tiny bell around the neck of a trapped rat. Allowed to escape, the rat scares away other rats by his tinkling.

P: A "pedal calorificator" consisting of a set of tubes stretching from head to foot, into which the owner blows in order to warm the soles of his feet.

P: A mechanism for boring holes in bald scalps and inserting therein any desired length of hair.

P: A set of electromagnets affixed to the side of a battleship and designed to attract any enemy submarine lurking in the vicinity. When the submarine is sucked to the battleship's side, the occupants are automatically electrocuted.

Dog

In Burnt River, Ont., a white dog was grazed by a bolt of lightning, had its fur scorched a dark brown.

Husband

In Blue Springs, Mo., upon discovering that his wife was in love with Farmer Jim Phelps, Jay Fleener, married 20 years, arranged a divorce, bought Mrs. Fleener and Suitor Phelps a wedding license, paid for the wedding, gave them $500 for their honeymoon, provided Mr. & Mrs. Phelps work and lodging at his tourist camp when they came back.

Solomon

In Beaver, Pa., after Mrs. John Fields had testified in a non-support suit that her husband "hadn't taken a bath in 15 years," Judge Henry Wilson announced he would nevertheless give custody of the two children to the father. "Maybe he'll take a bath," explained Judge Wilson. "Solomon has to take a long shot once in a while.''

Tunneler

In Jefferson City, Mo., after tunneling 140 ft. under the penitentiary walls for 64 days while two fellow convicts smuggled food and water to him, Prisoner Fred Turner, 22, broke through the wall into the arms of a guard who had been waiting there for him a fortnight.

Szabo

In Budapest, surgeons operated on Printer's Apprentice Gyoergyi Szabo, 17, who, brooding over the loss of a sweetheart, had set up her name in type, swallowed the type.

Balancer

In Huntington, W. Va., Bricklayer A. D. ("Joker") White set out to beat the record of Cleveland's Dr. Thomas H. B. Staggers who had balanced 4,200 matches on the mouth of a beer bottle. "Joker" White successfully stacked up a record 5,400, announced modestly: "I just built 'em up like I'd put up a brick wall."

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