Foreign News: Scalawag's Cement

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Scalawag's Cement

Bad cement caused the Chief Inspector of Police of Prague to be run over and killed by a fire engine.

Bad cement made a famed Czechoslovak architect put pistol to his temple and pull the trigger.

Both Houses of Parliament adjourned for half a day on account of the cement.

It rose in a choking dust cloud.

Lumps and chunks of it piled up at the intersection of two streets, in which stand the U. S. Consulate, the Oldsmobile Prague Branch and the Y.M.C.A.

Bigger chunks and huge blocks of cement covered the...

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