Monday, Aug. 02, 1948
Bedridden. In Philadelphia, police rescued Mrs. Katherine Plumer, who had been trapped for three days after her bed tipped over.
Enough's Enough. In Milwaukee, police asked James Beard to explain how he came to be stalking down the street with a telephone cord and receiver hanging around his neck, learned that Beard had been given one wrong number too many.
Travel Season. In St. Joseph, Mo., Mrs. Gus Parigoff arrived from California to surprise her father, Lloyd Richardson, who meanwhile journeyed to San Gabriel, Calif, to surprise her.
Splash. In Weston, W.Va., a tobacco-spitting contest was won by Mrs. Garnet Pudder.
Round Robin. In Paris, Patrolman Jean Hennerie was fined $4 for careless driving while chasing down a motorist for careless driving.
Mugwumps. In Democrat, Ky., the postmistress totted up, announced that Republicans outnumbered Democrats, 50 to 10.
Public Eye. In Atlanta, police, who had been looking for Al G. Moriarty for two years, found and arrested him when he announced his candidacy for Georgia's General Assembly.
The Jest. Near Bursa, Turkey, two passengers jumped from a speeding bus when a prankster, riding along in a coffin, raised the lid.
Lug Labor Lost. In Chicago, Benjamin Karns lugged a door into court to prove that he had not broken it down 'to beat his exwife, was jailed when the judge discovered a loose panel.
The People's Choice. In Battle Creek, William Casey turned the tide in his campaign to get Sylvia Shore to marry him: he presented her with a petition signed by 250 fellow citizens.
The Rub. In Irondale, Mo., Scout Executive Hugh Lake, confident that he was immune to poison ivy, blithely scrubbed his face with it, awoke next day scratching his legs.
... Gratia Artis? In Wuppertal, Germany, after critics praised his exhibition of abstract paintings, Paul Fontaine found six of them hung upside down.
Ringer. In Washington, William McClaine complained to hospital nurses that he had tripped and chipped his front teeth, conceded, after coughing up a .38-caliber bullet, that there had been an argument over a game of horseshoes.
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