Keyholer

In Manhattan, Sam Brawermann. 32, retired buttonhole maker, advertised Science & Invention, amused Union Square crowds by squeezing through the model of a keyhole, 6 1/2 in. wide, 12 1/2 in. long. Nimble Mr. Brawermann then tore the strings out of a tennis racquet, climbed through the frame. Next he took off his shirt, lay on a bed of 1,200 spikes, permitted people to walk over him. When he got up his skin was unbroken. Five feet five inches tall, weighing 150 lb., Mr. Brawermann said that he had never been on the stage, had just picked up his tricks by practicing 15 min. a day. Explained he: "It gives me a good appetite."

Scream

In Lynn, Mass., Mrs. Cecile H. Dane listened -to a broadcast mystery play. When one of the characters screamed shrilly, Mrs. Dane suffered paralytic shock, died.

Welch

In Kansas City, Mo., William Welch went home, found his wife listening to Rudy Vallee singing over the radio. Said William Welch: "Why don't you get some- thing worth listening to?" Sullenly Mrs. William Welch went out, borrowed a pistol, returned and shot her husband, wounding him critically.

Blood

In London, England, a soldier descended from a railway train carrying a suitcase from which dribbled gouts of blood. A railway detective pursued, apprehended the soldier. Court-martialed, he was convicted of stealing 6 lb. of fresh meat.

Hitch

In Wichita, Kan., Don Preston appeared in court, arraigned for the second time on a liquor charge. Penniless, he had hitchhiked over 1,100 miles from San Diesro, Calif.

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