Sin and Whistles

P: At the start of what was hopefully called Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Week, a detective-sergeant was shot and killed in Montreal, a 17-year-old and a 15-year-old were arrested and charged with the murder. In the roundup of suspects, police grabbed 150 other youths, obtained confessions to 50 other crimes.

P: To keep youngsters under 15 off the streets, Quebec City imposed a 9 p.m. curfew, signalled with one long toot on airraid sirens (actual raids will be announced by higher-pitched wails).

The St. John, N.B. Women's Institute solemnly advised women abroad after dark to carry: 1) a hatpin, 2) pepper, 3) a whistle.

This file is automatically generated by a robot program, so reader's discretion is required.