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Show News Notes IN REVERSE OAKLEY. IDAHO The old familiar saying about never looking look-ing a gift horse in the mouth worked in reverse for Jesse Bedke. Bedkc, trying to sell a hojrse, got too close to the other end and received a kick in the face. TREE FALLS, KILLS GROOM TAHOE CITY, CAL. While honeymoon-bound in their coupe, Mr. and Mrs. William Albert McCuen, were hit by a big pine, 100 feet high and 5 feet thick, which crashed across the highway. high-way. McCuen. 21, of Napa, Cal., was crushed to death and his bride of a day was seriously injured, in-jured, ! CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT I MISSOULA, MONT. A motorist mo-torist returned to the filling sta- tion, which he had shortly before Heft, and complained about the gasoline sold him. The attendant, I who investigated, found that hoses had been switched and a 400-gallon underground gasoline storage tank had been filled with water. 15-WORD WILL LOS ANGELES The will of Arthur Rich, while containing only fifteen words jotted down on a piece of paper, 2x4 inches, disposed of an estate of around $2,000. Rich, who died on May 18, left a will which read: "I of sound mind, do will all my possessions to my wife, Bessie May Rich." - UNUSUAL RECORD BLUEFIELD, W. VA. The Chamber of Commerce of this self-styled "air-conditioned city," agreed that pretty girls in shorts-will shorts-will ladle out ice-cold lemonade to all comers when the temper ature goes above 90 degrees. They have had to pay off only three times since the offer was Imade thirteen years ago. I USES GLOVES FOR BANK i NEW YORK Mrs. Sarah 'Tenner has found an even safer I place for her money than the top of her stocking. She stuffed I $1,410 in bills into the fingers of her black gloves and carried them in her handbag. When three boys snatched the bag. they apparently threw it away after a superficial search. The bag, containing the gloves and the money, was found by police in a park. THREE AT A TIME PITTSBURG, PA. Evidently all tiring of bachelorhood at one tim," three brothers. Vincent, Samuel and Michael Scuro took I unto themselves brides in a 'triple wedding ceremony recently" HOME-MADE LAMP KILLS MAN LEESBURG. VA. George Apostopolos, 24-year-old restaurant restau-rant operator, was electrocuted when he touched the wire in a portable home-made lamp he was using while repairs were being made at his restaurant Artificial respiration, administered adminis-tered for an hour, proved futile. |