Californians

In Manhattan, one hot evening last week, Joe Charlton, 31, and his wife Claire, of San Marcos, Calif., boarded the Comet, night boat to Providence, R. I. Going through Hell Gate Channel in the East River, the purser told them there were no more staterooms. Mr. Charlton demanded the captain turn back. Captain Pendelton demurred. Mr. Charlton took off his hat. coat and shoes. "Come on, Claire," he shouted, jumped overboard, struck out for shore through treacherous currents where many a man has drowned. Impressed, Captain Pendelton ordered the Comet pulled up at North Brother Island, let Mrs. Charlton off, telephoned for a police launch to take her back. Meanwhile, her determined husband was picked up by a passing motor boat.

Thesis

At Western Reserve University summer school in Cleveland, Isaac S. Metcalf Jr., writing a thesis on the subject of what minnows eat, discovered that the best way to get minnows for experiments was out of the stomachs of fresh fish, spent the summer fishing.

Slug

In a Manhattan court, Judge Charles C. Nott Jr. was about to deliver his charge to the jury in an assault case, when he noticed that Juror No. 7 was missing. After a whispered colloquy with a court clerk he announced. "Juror No. 7 is absent under rather peculiar circumstances." Juror No. 7, a Miss Vivian Morrison, 52, was being convicted in another Manhattan court of using a slug instead of a nickel in a subway turnstile. Judge Nott declared a mistrial. Approximate cost to the State of the subway slug: $2,100.

Bear

In Paris, Joseph Pacreau, 34, was visiting the polar bears in the Vincennes Zoo. Because there are no bars in the Zoo, only way to see the polar bears is to peer into their pool from a steep rock bank high enough so no bear can stand on its hind legs and claw the customers. While Joseph Pacreau peered, one bear heaved itself awkwardly on to the back of another bear, got hold of Joseph Pacreau's arm, hung on till a keeper arrived and rapped it smartly on the nose.

John Scott

In Manhattan, John Scott, Negro, was arraigned on a charge of first-degree murder. John Scott was surprised. Said he: "Judge, I didn't even know that man I stabbed died." Said Judge William Allen: "This man was shot.'' Said John Scott: "No, judge, I stabbed him." Judge Allen checked up. The man wanted for the shooting was another Harlem Negro, also in the Tombs, also named John Scott. First John Scott was then arraigned for second-degree assault. Both John Scotts pleaded not guilty.

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