Monday, Nov. 26, 1945
Miss-nomers. In Ottawa, an application for government "baby bonuses" was received from an Eskimo with four daughters, all named Sammy.
Pilgrim's Progress. In Miami, Temper ance Christian was charged with drunkenness.
Home Is the Hunter. In Eddington, Me., the menfolk returned empty-handed from a day's hunting to find that Mrs. Willard K. Hillier, 70, had bagged a bear in her backyard.
Bingo. In Los Angeles, Policemen B. G. Smith and A. J. Wycoff were not un pleasantly surprised when a motorist who had just hit a pedestrian turned out to be their old top sergeant.
Gamey. In Cambridge, Mass., the chief of police got complaints that his men were slow in responding to calls, promptly is sued a departmental order: no more dominoes.
Heart Trouble. In San Francisco, Elizabeth Hutchison was reported en route to Perth, western Australia, to marry Robert Littleton, 73, who first proposed 40 years ago. In Camden, N.J., Hugh Watson, 63, sued for divorce after one month of marriage, 43 years of separation.
Animal Crashers. In Lexington, Mass., a deer charged through the front door of a music shop, charged out the rear. In Orange, Va., a footloose bull entered a department store, was captured before he found the china department.
Bright New World. In Ramsgate, England, a new fraternal organization, the Ancient Order of Tie Chewers, was born.
Sole qualification for membership: a pub customer must allow the end of his tie to be chewed off.
Dyet. In London, K. M. Rudall and Alexander Haddon fed white rats an al-loxazine derivative, transmogrified them into orange or blue and white striped furriers' frights.
Late Return. In East Paterson, N.J., Robert Brett was re-elected to the City Council, three weeks after his death.
Grounds. In Birmingham, Ala., Jacob Wooden, 65-year-old Negro, was charged with murdering a visitor who persisted in eating peanuts and throwing the shells on the floor.
Money Mad. In Philadelphia, John Santini pleaded guilty to killing a woman with a file, explained that she was continually trying to borrow money, and that this annoyed him.
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