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DETECTIVES SEEK THIEF OF BRIGGS & BRIGGS UKULELE

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Amateur detectives were at a loss today to determine the probable mentality of the thieves who robbed the Briggs & Briggs Music Store. Discarding one by one a vast selection of valuable ukuleles as unsuited to their needs, the burglars finally hit upon a tarapatch, an instrument half way between a ukulele and a tipple.

In the selection of radios, they showed better sense. A.C. D.C. sets were favored for their all-round usefulness. In this group, short wave sets were most popular.

The robbers also took a large number of postage stamps, with an eye to the day when they might learn how to write.

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