All-Story Detective, October 1949 — page 6: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

LONG ARM A Washington, D: C., man was arrested for setting fire to his house because his wife made him do all the household chores. a A Los Angeles market operator was haled into court for packing big luscious strawberries on top of the box and little teeny ones underneath. *K aK 3K A Turin, Italy, lady was arrested for disrobing in front of her neighbors in order to display her displeasure of a hous- ing commission ruling. > *K aK A Michigan City dentist was taken to jail on the charge that he pulled 12 teeth from a housewife without her permission. * *K * A. Los Angeles man was seized by police for driving a car without a steering wheel, using a pair of pliers instead. 2K * > A San Antonio man was arrested for selling chickens which he had “fattened”’ up by injecting water into them via a hypodermic needle. s +555 A Chillicothe, O., farmer was brought to court for riding a horse on the left side of the road. ee Five Palo Alto, Calif., policemen were suspended from the force for taking a lot of candy from a confectionery store while waiting in ambush in the store. —Harold Helfer. comiclboolks (©