Leashing Children, A Disturbing Trend

Over the last year or two, I have noticed more parents who have their children tethered to a leash. I find this trend of treating children like pet animals to be very disturbing.

Is it just me?

Well the other day, I witnessed a very disturbing incident. A woman had a child 0n a leash and she also had a dog on a leash. Both the toddler and dog were following behind her. The child began to slow a bit and the woman kept pulling both leashes. The child fell and the woman, apparently thinking it was the dog that was not cooperating, continued to pull the leash while her toddler son’s bare knees dragged across the pavement.  By the time the child began screaming in pain, she had dragged this child about two feet. When she turned and realized what had happened, she picked him up. His knees appeared to be a bit bloody.

I know this woman did not mean to harm her child and I am certain she felt terrible once she realized her mistake and the pain she inflicted upon this child. But nonetheless, this child, because of neglect, was injured.

I hope any of you parents out there who may read this do not opt for a leash for your child. Your child is not a pet. He/She is not an ordinary animal. If you cannot control your child with proper discipline and training, then seek help to do so. Do not rely on something as barbaric as a leash for a human being.

Is it just me?

~RubberArm

You’d Think People Would Learn

Batwoman never offered any proof.

Forgiven has the right questions. And so does Poof.

What they did to RubberBand’s post is proof enough of the abuse of power that occurs there.

For those who know the level to which Batwoman will go to manipulate information to members, what has happened to Angel will be of no surprise.

Why don’t the other mod’s come forward? Why don’t the others who know the facts about Angel’s plight come forward?

Why do those who know that Batwoman plays these dirty, childish games as though she is some kind of god, continue to post there?

Are they afraid? Do they desire the website so much that they cannot dare stand up to Batwoman for the sake of truth and justice?

I guess that is the new American way.

I guess I have to accept that.

It used to be bravery. Now it is cowardice.

Oh well.

Send questions or comments to:
Stick_pin_hole@msn.com

Thank you for reading my rant.

RubberArm

13Aug37: Poison Bottle Links Woman To Deaths

DETROIT EVENING TIMES

Dateline: Friday, August 13, 1937

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Poison Bottle Links Woman To Deaths

International News Service Wire

CINCINNATI, Aug. 13.–The mysterious death of a fifth elderly man acquainted with blond Mrs. Anna Marie Hahn, 31, former German school teacher, complicated police investigation today of her activities shortly after a bottle of poison was taken from a locker of her husband in a downtown telegraph office.

Officers received a report from August Schultz that George Gsellman, 67, a former neighbor, was seen in Mrs. Hahn’s company shortly before his death July 6. Gsellman’s death was the fifth reported.

Held on a larceny charge, Mrs. Hahn, said to be the widow of a Viennese physician, denied any connection with the five deaths under inquiry, including that of Ernest Kohler, an elderly team-

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ster, who died several years ago, willing her his home.

GETS LARGE FUND

Lieut. George Schattle declared investigation has shown that Mrs. Hahn had received from $50,000 to $70,000 in the past eight years from elderly friends.

The poison, taken from the locker of Mrs. Hahn’s second husband, Philip, a telegraph operator, was said to induce a violent dysentery. Hahn was not held, explaining he had held the half-bottle with the intention of turning it over to the authorities.

His refusal to return it to his wife, he told police, resulted in a domestic quarrel which led him to leave their home for a week.

Schultz, on reporting the most recent unsolved death, was confronted by Mrs. Hahn at police head quarters. When he saw her he exclaimed:
“That’s the woman.”

ACCUSED OF THEFT

Inquiry began when Mrs. Hahn was accused of stealing a $300 ring in Colorado Springs, Colo., where she traveled by train with George Obendoerfer, 67, a cobbler, who died shortly after their arrival there. Mrs. Hahn declared her son found the ring.

A larceny charge was placed against her by George Heis. He said he became ill after drinking beer and eating food she served him.

City Chemist Otto B. Behrer conducted autopsies on the body of Gsellman and those of Joseph Wagner, 78, and Albert Palmer,, 72, who died here in June and March, respectively. Mrs. Hahn was acquainted with both, papers in her home disclosed.

Mrs. Hahn continued her indignant repudiation of any connection with the deaths. Detective Pat Hayes quoted her as telling him:
“You can keep me here five months and I won’t tell you I did things I didn’t do.”

13Aug37: Admits Killing Son With Poisoned Meat

DETROIT EVENING TIMES

Dateline: Friday, August 13, 1937

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Admits Killing Son With Poisoned Meat

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 13–(INS)–Pretty, blonde Mrs. Lenora King, 27, of St. Clair, Mo., today admitted, police said, that she fatally poisoned her 6-year-old son, Jack Jr., by feeding him a hamburger sandwich treated with rat poison.

She planned also to kill her 5-year-old daughter, Jeannine, and herself in the same manner, but changed her mind, she confessed. The attractive woman blamed two blasted romances for her act.

13Aug37: Black Approved By Senators

DETROIT EVENING TIMES

Dateline: Friday, August 13, 1937

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Black Approved By Senators

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International News Service Wire
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.–(INS)–The nomination of Senator Hugo Black (D) of Alabama to be a member of the Supreme Court, was approved by a Senate Judiciary subcommittee today and reported favorably to the full committee.

The vote was five to one.

Senator Austin ( R) of Vermont was the only member of the committee that voted against President Roosevelt’s selection announced yesterday.

13Aug37: Jake Wade To Oppose Browns

DETROIT EVENING TIMES

Dateline: Friday, August 13, 1937

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Jake Wade To Oppose Browns

By Leo Macdonell

Jake Wade, left-hander, will pitch today for the Tigers in the opening game of the series with the St. Louis Browns. Either Oral Hilderbrand of Jim Walkup will be on the mound for the visitors. To date Wade has won six games and lost six.

Jim Bottomley, who succeeded Rogers Hornsby, is making his first visit to Detroit as manager of the Browns.

The probable lineups:

DETROIT
Walker, lf
Fox, rf
Gehringer, 2b
Greenberg, 1b
York, c
Laabs, cf
Owen, 3b
Rogell, ss
Wade, p

ST. LOUIS
Knick’bcker (sic), ss
West, cf
Vosmik, lf
Clift, 3b
Bell, rf
Hemsley, c
Davis, 1b
Carey, 2b
Hildebrand or Walkup, p

13Aug37: 2d Dairy Reports Bottle Breaking

DETROIT EVENING TIMES

Dateline: Friday, August 13, 1937

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2d Dairy Reports Bottle Breaking

The breaking of milk bottles,, (sic) which started with those of the Ira Wilson Dairy last week, following a strike, has spread to the Clover Farms Dairy, 11616 Cloverdale avenue, Inspector George Hertel said today.

Inspector Hertel said he understands there is labor trouble at the Clover Farms Dairy. But the United Dairy Workers’ Union, a CIO affiliate which is directing the strike against the Wilson Dairy, declined to say whether a strike had been called at the Clover Farms Dairy. An employe (sic) of the dairy said there was no trouble.

From 500 to 1,000 Wilson bottlers are being punctured daily, Hertel said. About 250 Clover Farms bottles were broken today. Hertel said holes are made in the bottles by placing a 50-cent piece in them, when empty, and shaking vigorously.

The coin either cracks the bottle or makes a small hole.

The bottles of all dairies are picked up by drivers and then sent to the milk bottle exchange where they are sorted and returned to their proper owners. The bottles are handled with great speed and damage is seldom noticed until the bottles are being filled at the dairies, Hertel said.

Ira Wilson, president of the Wilson Dairy, said his dairy is being picketed every morning, when the milk trucks are sent out, although only six of his 300 employes (sic) are on strike. He said there were about 500 pickets this morning.

13Aug37: Hunt 3 Aboard Boat Lost on Fishing Trip

DETROIT EVENING TIMES

Dateline: Friday, August 13, 1937

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Hunt 3 Aboard Boat Lost on Fishing Trip

MUSKEGON, Aug. 13.–Coast guardsmen on the Chicago, 75-foot patrol cutter, searched Lake Michigan today for a missing fishing boat and its crew of three, John and Edward Sloan and Jack Ghezzi, all of Muskegon. They were missed in a storm Wednesday night.

13Aug37: Man Who Threw Gun AT Edward Released

DETROIT EVENING TIMES

Dateline: Friday, August 13, 1937

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Man Who Threw Gun AT Edward Released

LONDON, Aug. 13.–(INS)–George Andrew McMahon, who scared the wits out of England last year when he tossed a loaded revolver toward King Edward VIII, had Friday the 13th–and good behavior–to thank today for his early release from Wadsworth jail.

Time off for good behavior made today the date for the ex-clerk’s release. But on his plea of superstition, he was freed last night.

13Aug37: 1-Gal. Buyers Mob Oil Stations

DETROIT EVENING TIMES

Dateline: Friday, August 13, 1937

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1-Gal. Buyers Mob Oil Stations

Use $20 Bills, Demand Air And Water

A swarm of customers–each demanding a gallon of gasoline and paying for it with at $20 bill–today descended on stations accused of cutting prices in violation of state fair trade law.

It was Detroit’s first taste of what has come to be know in other cities as a “worry war.”

Sponsored by the Michigan Gas Dealers Union, Local No. 1, the caravan of about 40 cars moved from station to station. Police were called, but could find no law being violated.

STICK TO ROUTINE

Each driver, under the established routine of the “worry war”:
1–Purchased a gallon of gasoline
2–Demanded that his tires, oil and water be checked, his battery refilled and his windshield and windows be polished.
3–Demanded a 3-cent discount on the one gallon purchase and offered a $20 bill in payment.

The two attendants on duty ran themselves into a state bordering on hysteria and then called police. A scout car crew stood by as the customers kept on coming.

With the aid of a nearby grocer who supplied change for the beleaguered station, the 40 cars were serviced and moved on to a station at 4200 Third Street.

Here three attendants ran out of change in a few minutes and announced the station was closed. When the doors were closed and the electrical pumps shut off, the caravan was ordered to move on by police. It circled the block several times, then moved on to another station.