Miscellany, Aug. 31, 1936

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Meditation

In Jacksonville, Fla., Judge I. Muncy Anderson sentenced two speeders to sit for one hour in the wreck of a car that killed four, there meditate upon the consequences of reckless driving.

Tired

In Jefferson City, Mo., tired of arresting 12-year-old Negro Jimmy Childs for bicycle-stealing, police appealed for money to buy him one, got it.

Candidate

Ignorantly into Utah wandered Virgil Goodwin, campaigning for the Democratic nomination for Secretary of State in Idaho. After spending half a day making speeches, passing out cards, Candidate Goodwin discovered he was in the wrong State, went back to Idaho, was defeated.

Hawaii

From Honolulu Acme News Pictures Inc. dispatched a photograph of a native mother and babe, captioned: "All right everybody, hold your seats. Here we go.

The above photo shows: Kananinohoa- okimhonoopiiiikainanaalohilohinokeaweaw-aulanakaokalani Judd, with his mother Mrs. Raymond Murray Judd. The baby's first name means: 'The-beautiful-aroma-of-my-home-at-sparkling-diamond-hill-is- carried-to-the-eyes-of-Heaven.' "

India

From India the United Press dispatched stories relating that:

¶ In Purnea, Bihar, poisonous snakes pursued three perjurers emerging from a murder trial, bit them to death.

¶Near Hyderabad, a palm tree followed Hindu prayer ritual, bowed to the ground every day at noon & sunset.