Rope

In Tokyo, where wartime substitute materials are widely used, A. Tanaka, would-be suicide, wrote to a rope manufacturer: "I had been hanging only a few seconds. Everything was swirling madly. I repented and then the rope broke--your rope. Many thanks."

Gold

In Detroit, Mrs. Thomas J. Middleton, Negro, hired a steam shovel to dig holes in her back yard. A dream had revealed to her that gold was buried there. Neighbors were annoyed by the dust, smoke and noise. Said Mrs. Middleton: "They needn't be so uppity. I catch them digging in my back yard themselves at night since I had my visions."

Diary

In Newark, N. J., Mrs. Frances MacFarquhar, suing for divorce, submitted her diary in evidence. Excerpts: "January 28--Blackened my eye because I bought a fifteen-cent cake and did not turn over the change; March 13--He tripped me and tried to kick me through a window; March 26--He knocked me into the bathtub; June 12--He chased me with a hammer. . . ." Plaintiff MacFarquhar got the divorce.

Fish

In Sydney, Australia, a court decided that Charles Sutton, a workman, should be awarded compensation because a fish bit him.

Relief

In Valparaiso, Ind., a relief investigator turned in his reports on applicants: Excerpts: 1) Man with ulster on his stomach. 2) Couple breaking up home, friends helping. 3) Man has diabetes and is insulated twice a day. 4) Man recently had operation, but is able to hold any position he assumes. 5) Man hit by automobile--speaks broken English.

Inspiration

In Shanghai, Japanese Inventor Akishige Matsumoto, in a patriotic fervor because of Japan's war shortage of gasoline, announced he had invented a "vegetarian auto which . . . grazes on fruits and vegetables."

Housewife

In Manhattan, Housewife Anna Abdou invaded a classroom in Public School 78, an ax in one hand, two iron stove legs in the other, screamed: "I hate kids. I'm going to kill you all." While the teacher tried to calm her, then tried to ignore her, Mrs. Abdou smashed doors, desks, radiators. Arrested, she explained that the school children persistently threw stones through her windows.

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