Near New Berlin, the Illinois Conservation Department bombing crew set off their 13th rookery blast of the season. In a crow rookery a quarter-mile long, 180 specially designed dynamite bombs were exploded, killing an estimated 25,000 to 30,000 crows. Approximate number of crows killed this winter in Illinois' crow war: 150,500.
Umbrella
In Taranto, Italy, 28-year-old Battista Rocca walked out to take the air on the town's main street. Promenader Rocca had a furled umbrella crooked over his arm, and not a stitch besides. To the horrified policemen who arrested him, he explained with dignity: "I'm Mr. Chamberlain."
Rescue
In Dearborn, Mich., Mrs. Stella Maude Kronberg spied a dog struggling among the ice floes in River Rouge. She got out her boat, spent two hours smashing her way through the ice, pulled back to shore with the dog in her arms. Once there, it bit her cheek and scampered off. She died of rabies.
Moose
In Concord, N. C., a lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose announced its officers for 1939: Past Dictator, J. O. Moose Sr.; Dictator, Dewey W. Moose; Vice-Dictator, John D. Moose; Prelate, Frank H. Moose; Secretary, Thomas L. Moose; Treasurer, J. O. Moose Jr.; Outer Guard, Harry B. Moose; Inner Guard, Lester C. Moose; Trustees, Wyatt Moose and Frank R. Moose.
Range
While Tenor Ivan Kozlovsky and Basso V. Y. Droviannikov sang their lines in Rigoletto at Moscow's famed Bolshoi Theatre, Tenor Kozlovsky, noted for his freakishly large range, suddenly began to sing bass. Surprised, annoyed, but not to be outdone, Droviannikov lifted himself into a strangled tenor. Backstage, later, the two singers had to be separated by stagehands. The Soviet All-Union Committee on Art branded the ruckus as inexcusable "naughtiness," warned all singers to stay in their own range.
Vacation
In Waterloo, N. Y., as he has each winter for more than 30 years, Umbrella Mender Harry May appeared before a magistrate, reported no funds, no business in sight, pleaded guilty to vagrancy, was sentenced to six months in jail.
Vote
In a Lagrange, Ohio local option election, voters approved all liquor containing 6% or more alcohol, voted down 3.2 beer.