Judge — September 1938 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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any part of a proposition like that?” And he waved his paw to indicate the cities and towns of Sumeria. Then he ambled away. They caught the hedgehog and he was executed publicly as being possessed of a devil. we The law forbids Hungarian officials to shave off their mustaches. wy MR. MARIUS VAN DE WEGHE works in the labora- tories of the Holman Soap Co. in Chicago. What interests us, however, is the fact that Mr. Van de Weghe is an Ouis- sam Alaouite Cheri- fien. He is an O.A.C, because the Sultan of Morocco made him one, when he was serving with the French Army in Africa. The Sultan did this because, dur- ing a local unpleas- antness, Mr. Van de Weghe went two miles under heavy fire to retrieve the body of his commanding officer. When asked how he felt at the time he says, “I don't remember, but if I felt the way I have ever since I wouldn't have done at. The only other thing Mr. Van de Weghe remembers about a soldier's life in Morocco is that no matter how tired you get you never can sit down; the rocks and sand in the desert are hot enough to fry eggs; they are even hot “Isn't it about time we gave this thing up?” enough to fry an Onissam Alaouite Cherifien. w Item: on the Spring Creek mesa in Colorado, one Lee Gullett stole his neighbor's calf. The Sheriff buckled on his cannon and tracked down Gullett. The Judge slapped Gullett in the State cooler at Canyon City, to do a three- year stretch. Item: three citizens of Colorado Springs, Colo., went fishing out of sea- son and received 52-day sentences in the Cripple Creek cala- boose. The bemused jailer of Cripple Creek let them out after 22 days. Then a posse laid them by the heels and returned them to finish their sentences. ‘Tis a privilege to live in Colorado. wy EDWARD McGAR: tah, of Homestead, Fla., watched — divers trying to enter the cab of a truck, submerged in a drainage canal. “I sure hope they get my truck out,” he said. “Your truck?” yelled a cop. “They're not after your truck. They're hunting for your body!” WE ARE A BACHELOR. WE ARE going to remain a bachelor for some time. We have just made a study of the connubial bliss situation, unearthing the following data: 1, Mrs. Mildred Plunkett, of Chica- 80, Ill., sued for separate maintenance on the ground that her husband, Hal. dane, kept a flock of chickens and eight dogs in the bedroom. “I seemed to hear dogs snarling and chickens cackling even when there weren't any around,” said Mrs. Plunkett. 2. Mrs. Mary Bloom of Baltimore, Md., sued for divorce, charging that her husband tried to push her through a window, and then, when she stuck, raised and lowered the window on her head. w Hitch-hikers in California are carry- ing this sign: “If you don't pick me up, T'll vote for Him again!” FOR SEPTEMBER comicbooks.com