Monday, Feb. 10, 1941
Teeth. In Chicago. Dental Mechanic Max Finkel built Buster, his bull dog, a new set of store teeth (see cut).
Urge. In Manhattan, Howard Walpin, 17, stood near an elevator in R. H. Macy's department store chewing wads of gum, sticking them in the hair of long-haired children who passed by, laughing joyfully. Said he in court: "I just get the urge."
Memory. In Albany, the New York Bureau of Motor Vehicles got a letter from a lady who wanted a low license number because her memory was bad. She forgot to sign her name.
Lobby. In Little Rock, the Arkansas Senate voted unanimously "to procure three or more seats, six feet high, bearing the inscription 'The Lobby,' and have same placed in a conspicuous place, so that these gentlemen may be easily seen."
Purr. In Winchester, Va., Robert Wilt complained about the whine in his motor. Mechanics took out a kitten.
Sequel. In Montrose, Colo., residents voted to change the President's birthday from Jan. 30 to Saturday, Feb. 1, so that citizens could dance to it on Saturday night.
Flag. In Asheville, N. C., on Robert E. Lee's birthday a woman excitedly reported she had seen a Nazi flag flying over a cemetery. Newsmen found it was the Stars & Bars.
Sign. In Portland, Ore., when pickets appeared outside his restaurant, Paul L. Kertes put up a sign: "Business as usual during alterCation."
(Adv.). In Berlin, Md., morning after burglars rifled a show-windowful of his wares, E. H. Benson put up a sign: Even thieves know good jewelery.
Eleanor. In Peterborough, England, an airman's wife gave birth to a girl in the London & North Eastern Railway station. Her name: (in honor of the L. & N. E. R.) Eleanor.
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