Life — March 1, 1929 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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Program of Prohibition Enforcement BOSTON—Offficials of the Barten- ders’ Union yesterday reported an in- crease in membership. Massachusetts plans to send a big delegation to the Bartenders’ International League con- vention in Kansas City in August. iL PORTSMOUTH, Va.—The trial of A. J. McLean, charged with manufac- turing liquor, came to an abrupt end in Circuit Court here yesterday when one of the jurors, J. E. Wood, was cited for contempt of court on a charge of intoxication. The judge sentenced Wood to 10 days in jail. L GALENA, Mo.—The City Council has passed an ordinance banning danc- ing and a bill forbidding boys and girls under 18 years of age to leave their homes after 8 P. M. unless with their parents. iL PINCKNEY, Mich.—An investiga- tion has been launched to determine the identity of the person who, last week, attempted to remove the corner- stone of the township hall erected 50 years ago, which according to old resi- dent, contains a quart of “old Scotch,” a silver dollar and a copy of The De- troit Free Press of that day. LOS ANGELES—A small herd of dairy cows was reported destroyed near Whittier by the Health department when it was discovered they were suf- fering from the third recent outbreak of hoof and mouth disease. Spreading, no doubt, from the in- fected movie studios. L WASHINGTON—Mrs. Minnie V. Stahl got into an argument with her husband and killed him. A jury ac- quitted her. As Stahl was a Spanish War veteran she will now receive a pension of $30 a month as his widow. aL VISALIA, Cal——Mount Whitney was 14,509 fect high in 1905. A sur- vey just completed by the government gives its height as 14,459 feet. An- other proof of the degeneracy of our time. L NEW YORK—Lewis Morgan, bar- ber for 46 years, is retiring with a for- tune estimated at $500,000. “T never forced conversation on a customer,” said he. LL MIAMI—When Thomas A. Edison was asked for the formula for a happy life, he replied, “I am not acquainted with any one who is happy.” What— are all his friends married? BALTIMORE—Elevated runways out into the audience have been re. moved from local burlesque theaters on order of Commissioner Gaither, Which is tough on the Eye Special. ists. iL BERKELEY—Dr. Behneman an- nounces he cures diseases by rais- ing the temperature of patients to 110 degrees. Excessive heat kills the germs, he claims. And he probably raises their temperature by showing them their bill in advance. L PITTSBURGH—Fred Wagner _ is said to be the only professor of glass blowing in America. At the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh Prof. Wagner blows glass for the instruction of chemistry students. Wonder if he whistles at his work. a's NEW ORLEANS—The __ honor student has a greater longevity than his college mates, according to_ the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com- pany. Well, learn and live. L COLUMBIA CITY, Ind.—Harold Redman of this city is the gum chew- ing champion of the world. He re cently broke his own record by chew- ing 130 sticks at once, 7 more than his previous total. Mr. Red: aL ALBANY—Joseph A. McGinnies, speaker of the assembly, has been chosen by Dr. Arthur MacDonald to undergo an anthropalo- gical measurement test. “Morons and_ delin- quents have been psycho- analyzed at great length,” Dr. MacDonald says, de- claring “it is high time to investigate ability.” The Inauguration Before —and— After man, on the advice of physicians, is now rest ing. LL WASHINGTON—The Johnson Bill has been ap proved by a committee, the bill requiring deportation of all aliens found guilty of violating the opium, the Mann, or the immigration laws. And, had they added the Eighteenth amend- ment, we would have lit tle left but the Indians. comicbooks.com