Today in History revisits the Sunday, October 20, 1940 edition of the Grand Forks Herald and highlights a story on Grand Forks police solving a 10-day "fire bug" mystery, arresting a 16-year-old boy who confessed to setting 11 rubbish fires since October 11, 1940. The youth, on parole from the state training school, also admitted to a recent theft. He is being returned to the state institution. Damage from the fires was minor.

Grand Forks' 10-day old "fire bug" mystery was solved Saturday, police said, when a 16-year- old boy of this city admitted he had set 11 rubbish fires since October 11.

Police said the boy was on parole from the state training school at Mandan and because of his confession he will be re- turned there. He was held in the county jail Saturday pending re- moval to the

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