| Show Amazing Ways to Do Amazing Things Shown in Record of 1942 Accidents In the topsy year of 1942 one bit of Americana remained remained re re- unchanged Unusual accidents kept on happening as usual A roundup by the National Safety Council Chicago Ill of dizzy mishaps mishaps mishaps mis mis- haps for the year reveals that war or no war a lot of people found time timeto to do amazing things in amazing ways For instance Saleslady Bessie Swank of Bridgeton N. N J. J tried valiantly to fit a small girdle on a plump customer She tugged so hard she was taken to the hospital with a severe back injury The customer took the girdle Eugene B. B Grabbe of Denver has never been a circus trapeze performer per per-i former but he could be Washing windows on the seventh floor of the U. U S. S National Bank building he started to fall as the buckle on his safety belt gave way Grabbe hurled himself backward with such force that he floated through the air with the greatest of ease cleared a 16 18 foot space and landed on his feet atop an adjacent story four-story building He broke both legs but considered himself himself himself him him- self lucky Joe Konecny of Great Bend Kan had stored his car in a garage at Little Rock Hock Ark to make an auto trip with Vim a friend As he and his friend were driving along near Mountain Home Ark their car collided collided collided col col- on head-on with another machine Both cars were wrecked When Konecny Konecny Ko Ko- Konecny crawled from the wreckage and looked at the other car he saw that it was his own It had been stolen from the Little Rock garage Joe got legal revenge Wrong Girl Wallace D. D Smith of Louisville Louisville Louis Louis- ville yule Ky was flying an airplane airplane airplane air air- plane at a low altitude when he be besaw saw a girl he thought he knew lie He waved at her She waved back Pleased but distracted Pilot Smith flew his plane Into a tree top lop an electric light wire and another tree top where he ended his trip lie He shinnied down hurried to the girl to assure assure as as- sure her he be wasn't hurt She wasn't the girl he had thought she was but a total stranger He De was distracted again I f I 1 1 |
