Show REPORTER GOT WRONG f story written undoubtedly was waa te it good one but the facts fact bear it out some years ago carl crow author of japan and america was the cuba cub reporter on a fi texas newspaper one of his duties being to cover the police station one day just beford press time he made his usual trip t ta see the desk sergeant have a great story for you said the sergeant we arrested a parrot out on front street awhile ago on a charge of using abusive language I 1 the neighbors complained so much we had to go 90 out and lock the olal bird up after getting afew a few more details deta ilg crow rushed back to the office and wrote a funny story about the arrest of the bird he was congratulating himself on landing a story on the first brat page an hour or so after the paper tell cot at on the streets when the telephone bell rang and he had to listen to a torrent of abuse from an irate lady at the other end of the line it developed that she was vas mrs parrot she ehe had been arrested for using abusive language but slie alle bitterly re dented men ted being written up ila as a bird after she had exhausted her vocabulary and was preparing for a liew start she asked what Is 19 your name A crow cro said the 1 reporter ibok what did yo you U say rr 1 I said my name was crow croo you think you are blamed smart dont your said the freshly insulted In suited mrs P prat parrot rat asahe aa hung up the re criter celver |