Bee, 1950-04-01

              vol one fifth — no 41.0 buffalo evening snooze buffalo 13 n y saturday april 1 1950 don't refuse it vice commissioner as mayor legalizes railroad wreck causes great consternation rail spillage wreaks havoc to tires of passing motorists by zance lavitz fire sweeps suburb area an unmanned handcar yesterday hurtled into a speeding tralnload of six penny nails at the corner of scajaquada and ferry spreading consternation among the motorists of the area a snooze reporter who hastened to the scene was immediately struck by the utter tragedy of the smash-up when he arrived with foui flat tires police chief horace thackleberry dispatched a patrolman late in the evening to investigate the collision an official investigation to determine the cause of the accident is underway led by safety chairmar^laryar^jesbit^mr^jesbi^aid in an inter-m gonna tlitß place you iiuotch me we gonna un sssi we to the th h we gouß oneß the !)(>(>]• laid upon bassetpß to passinifl on a red when i fortunate-b the dog theh thaß lighifß the the crewh later down the track ah eustacah lipp upoiih the realizinfm only when was too stoph both fl the operh the tlnh to secondsß before the terrifying the misharh handcarman lipp waiß the very handcar eveih titusfl only was:m goinsß to up those hole digger nabbed yesterday at 4:10 an alert po liceman caught an unidentified man digging a hole in the inter section of scajacuada and ferry when questioned a police sta tion 410 the man confessed that he had been hired by a local tire dealer to dig holeß in several of the city's streets police are now investigating the possibility of a city-wide plot of tire dealers to ruin all the streets of buffalo index to today's snooze a four alarm fire yesterday at 4:10 p m razed a three block area centered at the intersection of scajaquada and ferry fire man from station 8 and station 13 sped to the scene to combat the blaze but were preceded by fire truck no 2 from nearby clarence which has been utilized during the last six months for egg deliveries in the city the fire raged out of control for three days and completely de stroyed the ramshackle building at 410 scajaquada avenue so in tense was the heat of the blaze it almost melted the snow on the i oofs of adjacent structures the alarm was turned in by a frightened basset hound called richmond who raced into station 8 muttering incoherently scaja quada and ferry richmond was taken immediately to the sunny dale dog hospital where 1 dr thac kery bildescot emminent veterin arian diagnosed his condition as somewhat improved after examining the animal for cancer of the lung dr bildescot noticed a small carbuncle on the dog's left forefoot and peremp torily whisked him into the oper ating room tomorrow at 6:00 p m the re mains of richmond will be in terred at the happy hill cemetery with reverend lawrence millinery conducting the services richmond was the devoted friend of all the children of ps 410 who daily patted the dog on the head as they entered and left the building richmond will be remembered by all who ever saw him for the bald spot on the top of his head deaths don't refuse them page 9 magazine section _ page 9 edigripes — radio raillery — flicker flash backs — fragrant features — pitiful pictures — i so cieties censored scenses — con science disturbers — literary libel snaps wrestler's garter in wild fit of passion anasthasia la marr alert police solve assault police closed in at 4:10 friday to capture an enraged student nurse who had criminally assault a collegiate wrestler at scajaqu ada and ferry streets anesthasia lamarr was booked on molesting and assaulting don beetlemann a heavyweight wrest ler when he refused her advances beetlemann related to reporters that he first noticed lamarr when he was drinking a glass of milk at the notty pine she was clawing at my ankle and snapping my left garter i suspected that someone was following when i noticed hot breath down the calf of my right leg lamarr was placed in the cus tody of patrolman ryan over night ryan did not report to work this morning . cigarette company denies press report the lucky pike cigarette com pany denied reports that some thing fishy is going on at their main plant mr thackary halli but president said that his com pany emphatically denies all re ports that they are using horses inside of their factories the entire situation arose when one of the other cigarette com panies began a does your cigar ette taste different lately adver tizing campaign appointed gamboling dicarlo gets new city post mayor all out to attract gamboling syndicates here by jock meddleoff irc commences change-over by art goldbrick mr wallace j willoughby sup erintendent of maintenance of the international railroad co today announced that since last month's fire destroyed two thirds of all the company's equipment and through the generous contribu tions made by buffalo's thousands of civic minded citizens work will begin today to replace the city's beloved streetcars the streetcar tracks on main street have already been torn up and to serve the people of our fair city until the subway is completed a temporarf elevated railroad sys tem is now in use this was ac complished through the generosity of the alumni of the university ot buffalo the students on the cam pus of the university have assisted to no small degree in ripping up the north main streetcar tracks this was accomplished between classes potato bleach disclosed by arizona professor tempe arizona march 31 u.g a chemistry professor from the university of arizona announced today that he had discovered a bleach to turn blue potatoes white dr jasper j spudnoggon said at 4:10 friday this bleach will save u s farmers many millions of potatoes yearly government authorities were enthused at the possibilities of this compound a new government bureau has been estalished to in vestigate also an advisory board was set up to aid the bureau plans are now being made by the bpw the new committee set up to supervise the program to re purchase the potatoes which the government recently purchased and re-sold to farmers after being dyed blue the board in charge of burlap bags has called a special conclave to formulate plans to meet the in creased demands the board fur ther recommended that a new committee be set up to govern dis posal of the bagß which were used to ship the blue potatoes back to the farmers originally police seek robber buffalo police are seeking a man suspected of stealing garbage can covers he was last seen at 4:10 p m with thirteen covers under his arm sneaking across the quiet intersection of scajaquada and ferry followed by a bald headed basset hound mar 31 — in a surprise move today at 4:10 pm the mayor an nounced the appointment of joe dicarlo as city vice commission er buffalo doesn't have enough vice shouted the mayor to re porters i'm going to make buf falo a wide open city for gambo lers and their ilk the mayor pointed out the splendid record of other cities like las vegas hollywood monte car lo and the like these cities have all kinds of vice are we going to let them show up the great city of buffalo not while i'm mayor his honor banged his fist on his secretary's thigh you put too much feeling into it she chided the mayor continued this city needs less institutions less consti tutions and more prosperity the mayor was interrupted momentarily by a bald headed bas sett hound who was sniffing in tently at his honor's left leg this plan has been hatching in my head for some time he said get ting rid of arthur hahn was the first step do you know that idiot was actually trying to suprbss vice when a man can't do a job i remove him even if he is a dem ocrat from now on slot machines wiu replace parking meters start ing tuesday you can't park until you get two cherries and a peach people with cadillacs will have to hit tthe jackpot the mayor also affixed his signature to a bill allowing pin ball machines to be set up in the grammar schools the bill author ized in addition the providing ot brothels to annex the public high schools it's about time we did something about sex education in the high schools commented the mayor the mayor emphasized the close scrutiny used in the selection of a vice commissioner dicarlo won out over a field of such outstand ing notables as ed jaeckle wal ter mahoney and peter rybka impeachment btarted washington march 31 u.o the democratic senators from mls siouri introduced a bill into a joint meeting of both congressional houses at 4 : 10 friday to start im peachment proceedings against president harry s truman wisk %?<& jtfjsl jj?4jav "&<& jifcek & only 227 § 2 shopping days fi £ until christmas s 6f 0 w tif o w cf w ero w wa v tr.wi complete finagle masquers do play by rocco m didemidicis comrades was adequate fcc closes local station wbny the roy l albert son broadcasting station has been forced to temporarily sus pend operations for complete story see page 9 j doubtful we 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