Americana

MANNERS & MORALS

P:Mayors of three Florida cities indicated their opinion of California weather with a hearty bit of dumb show when they arrived at Los Angeles for a visit last week. As soon as they stepped off the plane, they began struggling into parkas, raincoats, and putting up umbrellas. One donned skis, another skates, and the third a pair of snowshoes. As if in reply, thunder rolled, lightning flashed and hail and torrential rain fell on the city.

P:Hal D. Dickinson of Columbus, Ohio gave up trying to keep the five children from incessant telephoning, ordered a second line run into his home and had its number listed in the directory, beneath his own, as Children's Telephone.

P:Cincinnati learned with amazement that crusty, closemouthed Dr. Sidney Lange, a 72-year-old bachelor and the city's first X-ray specialist, was one of the richest men in town. By investing his money in stocks & bonds at the depth of the depression and riding the bull market, the doctor ran up a stake of $8,000,000. The news got out only because the doctor adopted a simple moneysaving scheme to speed up his financial operation: failing to pay a fortune in income taxes. Last week, turned in by an informer and indicted for tax evasion, the doctor was crustily waiting to see how much Uncle Sam would grab.

P:1951 was the worst year for traffic accidents since the invention of the horseless carriage according to figures released by the Travelers Insurance Co. The dead: 37,100. The injured: 1,962,600. Peak hour for deaths came between 6 and 7 o'clock at night; for injuries, between 4 and 5 in the afternoon. The most dangerous day for driving: Saturday.

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