NEWS OF THE WORLD

Evening Star, Issue 20558, 9 August 1930, Page 7

NEWS OF THE WORLD

PROFITABLE NIGHTMARE THE WRECKED AUTOMOBILE Richard M. Wilson, Hammond, Ind., D;S.A.. physical director, collected £2OO for a nightmare recently. A jury decided that when he got out of bed and stuck his feet through a window he whs doing it in the belief that he sought to extricate himself from a wrecked automobile in which he had escaped injured. The jury held that the approximate cause of the nightmare was an accident in which cars driven by Wilson, L. C. de Bruin and Shrank Leltem, were involved. The verdict was against Leitem. : PIPING PEANUT, ROASTER SHATTERS WORKERS’ NERVES : The piping voice of a peanut roaster whistle raised amid the mighty din of Wall Street resulted recently in the arrest of Peter Lecoudia, of Brooklyn. Peter was summoned to Court by Dr. J. H. Hanning, a dentist, who averred he was acting on behalf of many victims of shattered nerves. The Hanning constituency is inured to riveting and traffic rumbling, to the screech of auto horn and babble of stenography, but the ceaseless shrilling of Peter’s peanut whistle was too much for them. Peter was found guilty of violating a city anti-noise ordinance. f TURKISH EMANCIPATION I.V MARCHING WITH THE TIMES •1; ■ The Turkish Government has laid before the Great National Assembly at Angora a new Municipal Bill the outstanding feature of which is the extension to women of the rights possessed by men in municipal elections. Though they have repeatedly given proofs in Turkey- that they are by no means inferior to men, Turkish women have fought but little for their rights. That they have been given rights is due to the Government’s postulate that women should share not only the tasks, but the privileges, of men. There is talk of granting them admission to the People’s Party, the party in power and the only party legally constituted. A Turkish woman, formerly president of the Women’s Association, has already asked for admission. One of the leading Turkish dailies anticipates that by the end of 1832 Turkish women will have participated in State elections. * , SLEEVELESS FROCKS

, OFFEND BUSINESS FIRMS : Another Bath (England) firm has placed a ban on sleeveless frocks, i Following the example of a bookbinding concern, the management of works’has Informed the 150 girl employees that working frocks must have sleeves, or overalls must be worn. Certain girls were asked to change their frocks at the lunch hour recently, but one of the employees said that no resentment was felt because most of the girls preferred to work in overalls. MENDICANT’S LUCK GIVEN VEST CONTAINING £420 Fearing to leave her rings in her Jewel case Mrs Sehring, wife of Mayor George F. Sehring, of Illinois, has been using an old gray vest of her husband's as a repository for some of her diamonds. While Mrs. Sehring was away the Mayor, not knowing of the vest’s dual role, gave it to a man whose name he does not know. When his wife returned he informed her, he had given away the old vest. When Mrs. Sehring recovered her breath it was to inform the Mayor the vest contained two diamond rings, one worth £3OO and the other £l2O. DOG’S BANK ACCOUNT BENEFACTOR OF ORPHANAGE

Yelverstone, a famous Airedale terrier owned by Commander Davenport, of Bedfordshire, died recently. “Yel" collected large sums for charities, including the Bedfordshire County Hospital, and £IOO for the travelling motor dispensaries for sick animals of the poor. He had a bank account in hla own name, and endowed a cot at the R.A.0.8. orphanage. During the war he saw naval service, and was entitled to one or two chevrons. Some years ago he was “presented” to the King, A HAPPY THOUGHT FREE TRIPS FOR COUPLES A few months ago. Signor Lino Domenechini, the president of the Trieste “After-work Association,” had a happy thought. He announced that all the forthcoming brides and bridegrooms of the working classes who chose April 21, the National Festival of Labour and the birthday of Home, for their wedding day, would enjoy a free three-days' trip to Home, at the expense of the association. The invi tation did not fall on deaf ears. Engaged couples in Trieste at once set about making arrangements to be married on April 21, while young men who had hitherto shown no particular Inclination for matrimony became engaged with remarkable rapidity. Seventy couples “on the day” stood before the altar of the cathedral of St. Giusto for the Nuptial Mass. There were carpenters; shoemakers, chauffeurs, post office clerks, factory hands and dock labourers. At six in the evening the “train of happiness” conveyed the 70 couples all to Rome, chaperoned by the indefatigable Signor Domenechini. Before returning to Trieste the newlyweds had an interview with II Duce and an audience with the Pope.

STRANGE ILLUSION LEADS TO ARREST A Hastings, England, police constable, while on night duty, thought he saw his own reflection in a mirror- in a shop doorway. But when he retraced his steps he found that the reflection did not reappear, and thereupon set to work to d.scover the source of his. illusion. He eventually found Inside the shop three men, who were charged with theft, and remanded. DEATH WHIRL A NOVEL SUICIDE. While the midnight express from Scotland was approaching Wembley, Henry Clayton, an Aberdonian, left a third-class compartment, tied a sashcord round his neck, fastened the other end to a window bar, and jumped from the train. His body was whirled for a mile at a speed of 50 miles an hour, until the cord frayed through. A signalman witnessed the occurrence, and, reversing the signals, brought the train to a standstll. The body ‘was mutilated beyond recognition, but personal papers established the Identity. .

“SLIPPERY JOE’* EATS AT RAILWAY'S EXPENSE Breaking) into a truck of a goods train somewhere between Sydney and Queanbeyan recently, a thief had : a hearty meal at the expense of the railway authorities. He placed a candle on an upturned case of tinned pears to light his way, and selected what he fancied from the cases of provisions. Having finished the meal, he pocketed more for supper. He then either dropped off the train while it was ascending a hill, or when it was shunted into a siding. Attached to the case of pears, where he left the candle, was a note saying: "Thanks for the enjoyable tea —it wasn’t half bad, (Signed) Slippery Joe, Sydney.” “NAOMI’’ THE WOMAN MONK “Naomi,” the woman , with the shaven head and wearing the habit of a monk, with knotted rope rounjl her waist, a crucifix on her breast, and bare feet, was charged on remand at a London police court recently with causing an obstruction.

Her age was stated to be 46 and she refused to give any other name than Naomi. She had said that she wanted to found a religious Order and her complaint was that the authorities of All Saints’. London, had refused her admission to the church because of her bare head, her bare feet and her desire to adore the reserved Sacrament during the night. t . She was bound over for a year. ‘ Naomi: May I ask what the wrong is? Magistrate; Acting conspicuously and causing a crowd to assemble. You can bo as religious as you like, but you must not make yourself a nuisance. “H you have no surety you must go to prison for a month," he added. The woman crossed herself and with bowed head left the dock. RAT PSYCHOLOGY

SENSE OF COMING DANGER Have rats the power to sense coming dangers? The question is answered in the affirmative by some authorities in a summing up of the result of a campaign against the rat nuisance in Oslo, Norway. The campaign lasted for a week, and some 15 tons of poison were distributed in bins and cellars. There were approximately 600,000 rats in Oslo, and when the campaign ended not a single rat was seen. Some had been poisoned, but not more than a small fraction. What had happened to the rest? Several people reported that a few days before the poison was laid down regiments of rats were seen wandering out of town, following the main roads. The experts now admit that these stories are not entirely fantastic. When the first report of the “emigration” was reported they inquired into It, and saw the rats leaving. As far as the rats are concerned the campaign has been satisfactory for Oslo itself, though the neighbouring: villages are not so enthusiastic. SHOP OR WIFE? AN UNUSUAL DILEMMA A Budapest ministry is engaged in searching for a means by which Ibrahim Pehlivanovics, a Bosnian Mussulman, may become a Hungarian subject without renouncing one of the two wives which his religion permitted him to marry. Forty years ago Ibrahim, who Is a carpet-maker, came to Budapest and began to save money. As Bosnia formed part of the Dual-Monarchy. Ibrahim served his three years in a Bosnian regiment, and then returned to his home and married two girls. He brought his two wives to Budapest and gradually amassed a comfortable fortune; after which he bought a small estate in Transylvania. At the outbreak of war, with two sons, he joined the army, and earned numerous decorations. After the Rumanian invasion of Hungary, and the confiscation of his estate, Ibrahim—who had become entirely Hungarian and had almost forgotten his mother tongue—brought his wives and children to Budapest and began life from the beginning again. Again his skill as a carpet-maker enabled him to save money. He bought a house in Buda and set up a weaver’s shop, only to discover that to conduct his shop he must become a Hungarian citizen, and renounce one of his two wives. His appeals to-the authorities to allow him to retain the two helpmates who had so faithfully supported him in his trials have been so pathetic that the matter may possibly be arranged.