Life — January 11, 1929 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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"VASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 30.— President Coolidge has made no decision as to what line of work he will follow when he retires from the White House, but has expressed a desire to do some- thing in the way of public service. Next to retiring completely we can think of nothing except a Wild West Show. NEW YORK CITY.—Grover Whalen, new police commissioner, declares he will close all speakeasies harboring criminals. What a way to speak of our best people. JACKSONVILLE, Florida—A nita, alias Rita Lafleur, pleads not guilty to a charge of highway robbery. She was ar- rested in Gainesville with bullet wounds in her shoulder and leg. She first claimed a negro had shot her and later explained that she had shot herself. Maybe it was something she ate. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28.—Dealers in school books here attribute an appar- ent increase in interest in geography among the juvenile population to the good-will trip of President-elect Hoover to Central and South America. So it’s done some good anyway. DETROIT, Dec. 24.—Henry Ford ad- vises boys not to save their money but to spend it on self-improvement until they reach the age of forty. All we want to know is: does a Ford come under the head of self-improvement? WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Izzy Ein- stein, former prohibition agent who gained much public notice some years ago through his use of disguises in catching bootleggers, desires to go back to his old trade. You wouldn't know the old busi- ness, lzzy. +2 SS The basis of a damage-suit against the indestructible doll company. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 29.— Salaries at Yale are at least 20% too low, according to a report edited by Professors Henderson and Davis. Which may ac- count for the season's football defeats. DETROIT, Dec. 31—Changing of the feminine mind in regard to bobbed hair has caused 200 Detroit barber shops to close, according to Fred Miller, secretary of the Barber’s Association here. The ladies ave getting hair minded. <a He: Darling, will you marry me? Sue: Not yet, old thing, I'm booked solid for three years. CHICAGO, Dec. 21.—Charging that continual nagging had destroyed his means of earning a livelihood, James Cohen, internationally known clown, has filed suit for divorce against Josephine Murley here. Laugh, Cohen, laugh. LINEVILLE, Ia., Dec. 29.—Gasoline is a sideline with the Rev. J. O. Humphrey, | Southern Methodist minister here. He has |just opened a filling station across the street from his church. With high test gas |in both places. NEW YORK, Dec. 25—Anne Nichols is suing the Universal Motion Picture Corporation for $3,000,000 claiming the movie “The Cohens and the Kellys” was plagiarized from her play “Abic’s Irish Rose.” She has puzzled court officials by calling Homer Croy, whom she calls an “expert humorist,” in her defense. An ex- pert humorist is the very man. would a gui CH famou enthu: Paris chamy turnec comicbooks.com