Miscellany, Apr. 3, 1939

Apicide

In Ponce, Puerto Rico, last week Domingo Torres faced three years in jail. His crime: poisoning 1,000,000 bees (125 hives) with sugar-&-arsenic.

Streamlined

In Miami, at a Negro baseball park, was held the sixth annual bathing beauty contest for Miami's Negro girls. Came 3,800 Negroes and whites to ogle ten young ladies in bathing suits who strutted before six white judges. Their selection: Tap Dancer Eloise Curry, 5 ft. 6 in., 115 lbs. Crowed Negro Promoter Duke Slater: "She's plenty streamlined—if you know what I mean." Prize: a silver cup, $25.

Slip

In Manhattan, John Sobeshuk, 47, stepped out of a bathtub, reached...

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