Monday, Oct. 09, 1933

Zenith

In Grand Rapids, Mich. Lorence T. Holtzlander, 63, his son Zenith, 16, and two friends were arrested, charged with stealing a 40-ton locomotive, a steam shovel, railroad tracks.

Kitten

In Providence, R. I. a Persian kitten fell out of an airplane, landed in the backyard of Mary E. Makepeace, lived.

Chickens

In Manhattan, police went to the home of Negro John Mitchell, chicken thief, found him in bed with 40 dead chickens.

Smashup

Near Aurora, Ill. L. W. Talbot, driving a truckload of piglets to the Chicago stockyards, had to stop when the road was blanketed by a cloud of smoke from peat fires. Behind him came another truckload of pigs driven by Ellis Johnson, who drove into the smoke, smashed into the rear of Talbot's truck. Behind Johnson came a string of five automobiles. One by one they disappeared in the smoke cloud, each ramming the car ahead. Eighth in line was Elmer Reiser who, suspecting a holdup, swung into the left lane and sped ahead. He smashed into a truck coming the other way. His truck kept on rolling, smashed into yet another truck. Casualties: ten wrecked vehicles, nine bruised drivers, one injured badly, 100 piglets killed.

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