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Qualification. In Spokane. Wash., a husband denied, during divorce proceedings, that he beat his wife over the head seven times with a broiler; it was only three times, he averred, and with a lunch bucket...
...afternoon of the fifth day, when two power-company linemen found him, he simply lay still and said, "Hello." They lifted the car off his mangled hand, wrapped him in their coats, dipped a canvas bucket into the creek and put its rough, wet edge to his lips. At the hospital in Oakland a doctor said he believed that the hand would not have to be amputated-just some fingers...
...been severely hampered by the choppy water and cold air, but Bolles ran a time trial Tuesday and has since been practicing starts and sprints. "We couldn't tell anything from the trials," complained Bolles, who explained that "you can't expect optimum performance when an oarsman gets a bucket of cold water across his back on each stroke...
...thirty-five thousand dollars now being spent on remodelling is a mere drop in the bucket compared to the yearly earnings, but Cocoris feels leery about making too many alterations. The interior of Jake Wirth's next door has hardly been changed since the turn of the century, nor has anyone ever thought seriously of ripping off the Gay Nineties brass button and black leather effects at Locke Ober's several blocks away. Some of the waiters, who have themselves been part of the scenery for twenty years or more, are disappointed that he is not planning to take...
...Orleans Jazz (Kid Ory and his Creole Jazz Band; Columbia, 8 sides). Strictly for New Orleans fans, this album includes barrelhouse (Bucket Got a Hole in It), stomp, blues and a shouting version of Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho. Trombonist Ory sings two numbers in Creole French. The ensemble includes Barney Bigard on the clarinet. Performance: good...