Joker. In Brooklyn, N. Y., Stanley Koprowski asked for a divorce because his wife insisted on telling him jokes in bed.

War Aim. In Canada, where villages like Swastika, Ont. have been taking patriotic names like Winston (for Churchill), the citizens of New Germany, Nova Scotia, declined to change. Said they: "That's just what there should be--a new Germany."

Object. In Fort Lupton, Colo., a round, 50-lb. object with which farm children had played daily for more than six years was discovered to be an unexploded aerial bomb in first-class working order.

Body. In Denver, though police twice chalked a car for overparking, they paid no attention to it "because we had a bigger job on hand--the solving of [Dewitt] Chandler's murder." Four days later, after repeated calls from neighboring businessmen, they investigated, found it was Chandler's car. Inside, undisturbed for four days, was Chandler's body.

Hitler. In London, a house painter was bombed out. Next morning he put a sign on the windowless front: PROFESSIONAL JEALOUSY.

Freedom. The last of 14 prisoners who escaped from the Ohio State Reformatory was caught in Freedom, Pa.

Twins. In Little Edisto, S. C., a Negro mother named her twins Esso and Essolene.

Aplomb. In St. Louis, caught speeding on his motorcycle for the seventh time, Bernard Miller explained that he had to go at least 35 miles an hour to keep his cycle upright.

Class IV. In Jemez Pueblo, N. Mex., Indian medicine freshmen claimed exemption from the draft as theological students.

Tight. In Glamorgan, Wales, Constable Tight joined Messrs. Beer, Bright and Merry on the police force.

Invasion. In the Aegean Sea, an Italian submarine came up off a Greek island, turned its machine gun on a lone policeman sitting on the shore. Failing to hit him, the sub dived, fled.

Shofer. In Alexandria, La., Daily Town Talk carried this advertisement: "Duse u want a good shofer? Ise honest, ise a good shofer. Ise can buttle, ise a good yard man. CANNONBALL. (Theyse call me Cannonball case ise so swift.)"

Burglar. In Pleasantville, N. Y., a police lieutenant snooping for a grocery store burglar discovered a policeman making off with a 12-lb. ham.

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