MISCELLANY

Reconversion. In Los Angeles, discharged Machine-Gunner Alvin D. Bloom patented a postwar peashooter with adjustable sights.

Well Bedded. In San Francisco, Esco Brown, 50, won a divorce after complaining that his wife took 27 cats to bed with her.

Just Friends. In Denver, the embarrassed Post announced that Michael Hawkins and Barrel J. Suer had not been married after all, as the Post had "previously reported, but had merely joined the police force together.

In the Swim. In Topeka, Kans., Gage Park swimming pool reopened with a request to bathers to hang onto their bathing suits this year, because the last time the pool was drained employes found ten suits.

Male Quail. In Gloucester, N.J., police investigated women drivers' complaints about wolfish whistles at a certain intersection, flushed a nearby covey of quail.

Cleanup Campaign. In Chicago, William F. Wells changed the name on his draft card to Laundry Age, thereafter tried to cash checks that were payable to a magazine of that name.

Habit. In Chicago, Mrs. Isabelle Sutoria fainted while walking near her home, lost her purse and $1,468. When police found and returned it to her, she fainted again.

Familiar Talk. In Los Angeles, Deaf Mute John M. Yenscho was able to identify Deaf Mute Ignacio Amezue as the masked man who had held him up: "I recognized him by the way he wiggled his fingers."

Shortages. In Omaha, Michael Urkovich, 18, wound up in police court when auto inspectors found he lacked: a windshield, a muffler, proper lights, workable steering apparatus, sufficient brakes, and a driver's license; besides, the right front door fell off when it was opened.

Reassurance. In New Orleans, order was finally restored in a Vieux Carre bar after patrons were persuaded that a real alligator had indeed just walked in.

Busman's Holiday. In Moscow, Idaho, Mayor W. L. Anderson suspended two policemen for letting delegates to a police officers' convention speed through town at 2:30 a.m. with sirens shrieking.

Smash Hit. In Los Angeles, the Burbank Burlesque Theater advertised "atom-bomb dancers."

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