A House Divided. In Montgomery, Ala., Henry and Bertha Williams separated as they had agreed to: he tore down his half of the house and carted it away.

Grounds. In Miami, Stephen Contos sued his Greek-born wife for divorce because she refused to adopt the U.S. swim suit. In London, Stanley George Edwards won a divorce when he complained that his wife not only hit him with a poker, threw a bread knife at him and sprinkled tacks on the bedroom floor, but put brilliantine in his sugar.

Family Pull. In St. Paul, Maxine Emerson dipped into 45,000 names in a lottery for a new car, drew out her father's.

Baptism. In Oklahoma City, Lawrence T. Surginger was fined $6 for reckless driving while taking his driver's test.

Hay. In Philadelphia, Plainclothesmen Frank Wolf and Stephen Chambers spent four months betting on the numbers and horses in order to nab gamblers, made 50 arrests, $200.

Bed of Pain. In Los Angeles, hospital attendants ministered to Leonard Eaton, who got his nose caught in a folding bed.

Any More Questions? In London, ten-year-old Roy Scott asked his mother: "What's a thunderbolt?", got the answer as one hit the roof with a blinding flash. In Montrose, Colo., lightning knocked down Austin Baca, who arose just before a second bolt knocked him down again.

See What I Mean? In Fort Wayne, Traffic Expert Fred Berghoff emerged from a conference with Mayor Henry E. Branning on the overtime-parking problem, found a ticket on his car for overtime parking.

Oops. In Syracuse, N.Y., Chester D. Marcus held hands with Mary Stone at the movies, drew her arm a little closer, broke it.

Father's Day. In Dudley, Worcesteshire, when the minister intoned "speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace," George Thomas' son spoke. He didn't want his father to become a bigamist.

Double Take. In Portsmouth, Ohio. Samuel Keaton was unable to produce for police all the loot he had stolen: some of it had been stolen.

Connoisseur. In Nice, France, a judge couldn't quite stick Dr. Caillet's will, declared it invalid, since it set up an annual prize for the local citizen who had the straightest nose, smallest wrists, and largest hands--provided his hair was red and his eyebrows black.

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