Judge — January 23, 1932 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE lined mittens in the carburetor the last time he had had his automobile serviced, When the electric lights suddenly began to flicker in Mays Landing last Thursday night the people thought it was only temporary. Everyone's ra- dio emitted a sort of burned toast scent when the dials were turned. When the power failed to come on the following night the company was ap pealed to by the entire populace. The dynamos at the power plant) were functioning properly, and competent electricians were at a loss to account for the apparent. break. — Linemen were sent out to trace the trouble. Finally it was learned that the line leading from a high voltage trans- former on High Street was dead. On opening up the transformer it) was found that some careless lineman had attached the main power wires to his lunch box and had placed a half-eaten ham sandwich and a picce of apple pie inside a 110-volt condenser. The trouble was soon rectified. Housewives in Larchmont recently noticed that the milk they were buy- ing had suddenly become tainted, and yet there had been no thunderstorms for several months back. State in- spectors interrogated the farmers, who stated that they were using the (Page 24, please) “Here's the check for the boat, now where can I buy some fish hooks?” AWW—FORGET IT! By Jack Cluett “Ata certain house in a sub- urban town the gas suddenly be- gan to behave in a very eccentric fashion. Workinen were called in to see what was wrong, but they were unable to. solve the problem. Finally the owner or- dered the gas main examined, and there the cause of the trouble was discovered. An umbrella, left by a workman, was found in the gas main,” ws item, M rn, Eowarp Wittis, while driving * his Ford roadster along the main thoroughfare of his home town, sud- denly stalled. For two hours he worked over the motor of his car with- out result. There wa odor of burning upholstery about the machine, but no fire could be discov- ered, At length a tow car hauled him garage, where it was learned, on amination, that some thoughtless mechanic had left a pair of sheep- “Baby’s First Tooth.” comicbooks.com