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Show I FLASHES Of Life 8CRANTON, Pa.. Jan. t W Mayor Vnt J. Hueater hope to make Scranton the "safest city In Amsrlca" through "embarrassing" reckless driver by painting circlet on the rear o( City Will Mark their can. Car at Ha frty A first offenea Law Violator a-aint traffic law would rat a yellow ring, a second offena red and a third blue. The circle will ety on 30 days if the city legal oepartment decide tbe pun lahment I lawful. The mayor reasoned a marked car would get a wide berth. PRETTY GOOD SHOW PHILADELPHIA. Jan. I W It' an honest world, after all, a suburban theater manager ha decided. de-cided. H advertised that admission for an evening show would be payable pay-able on the way out only by tha who thought It wa worth the money. Lea than half a doien failed to pay, he ald. a VKLi'ckr DF.S MOINES. Iowa, Jan. I UP Frank Cas decided to discontinue th robbery Insurance on his drug store. Two wseks after he dropped it an armed bandit held up Case, hi wife and three customer and caned with 140. a CHICAGO, Jan. 3 (Chicago had a brighter outlook last year than In 11137. The city smoke Inspector said hundred of Chicago Leea ton of dust fell Grimy Than In the city hut During MS7 the amount waa 18.75 per cent lower than In 1937. He said the average monthly dust fall last year waa 68.1 tons per square mile. The city brushed off 83.1 tons of dust a month In 1S37. a a TAKING NO CHANCE PHILADELPHIA, Jan. S Wl George McClearnand, director of yesterday's "mummer' parade" Philadelphia's strictly all-male New Year festival didn't take any chance on women getting Into th ranks. Before th parade started, he gav vole tests to all female Impersonators. a a a HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Jan. 3 UP Several days before Christmas Christ-mas 190 colored electric light bulb were taken from tree on th lawn of th Thief Return H. N. Hopstet-Stolrn Hopstet-Stolrn Bulb ter horn. A Bit Too Lata Yesterday Mr. Hopstetter found a bag on a roar porch containing 27 bulbs and this note: "I am sorry I took your Christmas Christ-mas bulbs. Here la all I took." a CAVT FOOL THE!-- MANILA, Jan. 3 lA?t It take two sets of workers to obtain a census count in the Philippine Island. And th actual head-counters th enumeratorsform enu-meratorsform the less Important group. Their task would be impossible impos-sible were it not for the educators who visit the natives first and assure as-sure tnem the enumerator really re census takers, not tax assessors-collectors. |