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Show I ODDITIES INT I THE NEWS (By United Press) CHICAGO UU!) Catherine the Great, mascot cat of gardeners at the Garfield Park conservatory, purred proudly today as photographers photog-raphers snapped pictures of her and her 237th, 238th. 239th and 240th kittens. Catherine is twenty-one years old, her owners said. ATLANTA, Ga. i'.i!)-An Atlanta At-lanta woman was not quite sure how she could get police to stop a disturbance in her home. She was confident her brother-in-law, Lee W. Canyon, in Frederick, Okla., would know. She telephoned tele-phoned Canyon. He telephoned the Atlanta police department. Police arrested Mike D. La Far re, 42, for disorderly conduct, and telephoned Canoyn the report-collect. LOS ANGELES (U.R) - Right symapthetic, and well he might be, was Patrolman L. E. Ruppers when the woman rniled up to report re-port a burglary. "The burglars'" she said, "broke in last night, stole about $300 worth of things four suits of clothes belonging to my husband, three diamond rings worth $150, four of niy purses, and the baby's bank containing $4." "That's tough," sympathized Rupperts, "what's the name and address, please ?" "This is Mrs. L. B. Rupperts of 609 Vendome avenue." "My wife," gasped the policeman. |