Manners. In San Francisco, a harried bus driver, cracking under the wartime rush of trade, refused to let his passengers off till they said, "Please." Inflated with success, he then tried to make them say, "Pretty please." They called a policeman.

Grocers & Grousing. In Elwood, Ind., Grocer Harrison Holmes listened to a customer complain for an hour about rationing, got a gun and shot him dead. In Hartford, Conn., Grocer Salvatore Viola announced that he was tired of his job. Said he: "I will quit and go pick dandelions."

Gratitude. In Cedar Grove, N. J., Private Dominic Donadio gave his newborn son a middle name: Furlough.

Unturned Stone. In Texas' legislature a bill was introduced prohibiting the blind from driving automobiles.

Comer, Goner. In Chicago, E. J. Comer, author of a book warning the public against deceitful salesmen, was indicted for using the mails to defraud.

They Slept There. In Fredericksburg, Va., boyhood home of George Washington, police arrested on various charges Clarence Wills Washington, Robert Thomas Washington, and William Washington, the last from Washington, Va.

Hint. At Fort Bliss, Tex., Private Harry Hammond, who had made excuses to a girl friend for not writing or telephoning more frequently, got a present from her: a homing pigeon.

Tempting Goods. In Bronxville, N.Y., a knitting shop proprietor, asked by a customer for the wherewithal to make a seducer, furnished her with wool for a fascinator.

Come-On. In Stockton, Calif., Mrs. Basilia Godina ignored posters warning the weakhearted not to attend a local wrestling match, attended, suffered a heart attack, died.

Eager. In Charlotte, N.C., a draft board got a letter: "I have wrote the board two are three time for my paper and I have not heard them yet. I would love to know what in the hell is the meadow. I wish you would hurry and send for me to stand my examination for my hand is burnin to shuit a gun. Have you lost my wrecked are what I want, my class card, please. I am looking to hear it soon. . . ."

Dreamer. In Ann Arbor, Mich., hospital attendants did what they could for Private Patrick Pisula, who had imitated "the man in the circus" at a bar, taken a couple of bites out of a glass, tried hard to swallow a knife.

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