Miscellany, Dec. 11, 1933

Roosevelt

In Nashville, Tenn., a magistrate levied a $2 fine for reckless driving against Franklin D. Roosevelt, Negro.

Teeth

In Chicago, drunken Lee Ingram, 58, was jailed when his 81-year-old mother told a judge he had stolen her false teeth to buy liquor.

Strike

In Montevideo, Uruguay, 500 tuberculous hospital patients declared that their food was unfit to eat, went on a hunger strike. Doctors & nurses insisted the food was good, induced them to break the strike after two days. Few hours after their first meal most of the patients, all the doctors & nurses were stricken with ptomaine poisoning.

Trial

In Chicago, Edward Weiss, on trial for complicity in torturing Theodore Zutaut to death, begged his attorney to change his plea to guilty in exchange for a sentence of 14 years in prison, was interrupted by the return of the jury with a verdict of acquittal.

Husband

In Trenton, N. J., Florence Denman, 53, sued Aaron Denman, 67, for separate maintenance, charged that he had bought her an automobile, then chained it to a beam in a barn so she could never use it, that he had not spoken to her since 1927, that he smeared grease on the kitchen floor after it had been scrubbed, that he refused to buy coal in winter, sat on the porch while she chopped firewood, took the bulbs out of the radio, gave away the family vegetables, hid the food in the garage.

Wrestler

In Indianapolis, Ind., "Chief Chewchki," Indian heavyweight wrestler, was disqualified during a match when the referee stripped off Chief Chewchki's tights, found that he had tucked two sheets of sandpaper studded with carpet tacks inside.

Earmuffs

In Chicago, Francisco Zepeda, Eskimo, was arrested when, during a cold snap, he stole two fountain pens, tried to trade them for a pair of earmuffs.

Windmill

In Madison, Neb., Joseph Weinberger, farmer, reported that thieves stole his 50-ft. windmill.

Radio-Hater

In Pittsburgh, Carl Negley, screaming "I don't care if I get ten years, I can't stand it any longer," fired his shotgun through the ceiling, into the squalling radio of the family upstairs.