Show Odd News NewsFlashes NewsFlashes NewsFlashes Flashes Flashes- Steady Nerves Nerves No No Question LOS ANGELES Nov 21 J. R-J. O. O Bircks range master at the police pistol pis- pis tol ol target range here often wondered what effect a bullet wound would He have lave on a policeman's nerve found out outA A stray bullet pierced his thigh and j while be lIe was waiting for the ambulance lance ance he tried out his aim making a score of 49 out of a possible 50 Judicial Explanation n SAN FRANCISCO Nov 21 IP- IP Things were a bit vice versa in the superior court where Judge Walter Waller Perry erry Johnson presided It was the I judges judge's turn to say You see it was this his way way way- Everybody was curious about the jurists jurist's black bleck eye and bruised nose He Ic said he got it when the iron doors over ver a sidewalk freight elevator sprang prang open and knocked him down on his way to court Pigeons and People I I PITTSBURGH Nov 21 Peo JP-Peo- pie le began to wonder whet what was becomIng becoming be- be comIng of Pittsburgh's the birds which cat eat the peanuts visitors shell hell out in front of the courthouse So Ray Allegheny Alleghany county count property and supplies director or looked into nto the matter and found that somebody somebody some- some body jody was breaking screens and windows win win- dows in the courthouse tower The pigeons flew in through the windows and were were captured and a and d killed killed killed-bv by the window breaking hunters 1 So has declared a closed season eason on pigeons spending pigeons spending 1200 for or new windows and screens and posting a guard to protect the birds Turkey Trot CHARLESTON W. W Va Vs Nov 21 fl JP Th ThIt's Its It's Its It's a big stern wheel packet and andt it t huffs hulls and puffs pulls up and down the Ohio and the Kanawha rivers but buthe the he trip it makes today co comes under the he head heed of a turkey trot The steamboat Liberty arrives te today today to to- day for its annual cargo of Thanksgiving Thanks Thanks- giving jiving turkeys consigned to Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pitts- Pitts burgh dinner tables Healthy Appetite HARDIN Ill Nov 21 P That W-That That old expression about being Ing eaten out of house and home more than came come true irue at the Henry Droege Sr place near Brussels Termites white while ants not only ate the house but their appetites were ere good enough to consume a barn Both buildings had to be razed Just Like a Club CHICAGO Nov 21 P The P The state penitentiary at Joliet is just like a abig abig big aig club Judge Marcus Kavanagh told the Congregational ministers' ministers con con- ference With food equal to the best and an elaborate program of activity and entertainment two two-th two thirds of the thc prisoners pris are living Jiving better than they would outside he said adding that the single restriction was that the members rs cannot leave its con con- fines Gets a Reward WASHINGTON Nov 21 W- W Charles Swindler rural mall mail carrier of ot Paulding Ohio loves the mail beg bag he has toted for 30 years and because because be be- cause he does Postmaster General Farley Parley is permitting him to keep it H when he retires this month In requesting the bag Swindler I said he had kept it in repair at his own expense since entering the ser ser- vice |