Miscellany, Mar. 12, 1951

Flaming Youth. In Portland, Ore., brought into court, the father of three-year-old Betty Quetulio agreed to try to break her habit of smoking cheroots.

Boy Meets Girl. In Montreal, Rose Frishling withdrew the assault charge she had filed against Ronald Cohen, explained that she and the accused had just been married.

Something for Everyone. In Milwaukee, the city council, to aid in snow removal, passed an ordinance prohibiting parking for more than 24 hours, then decided to wait until the worst of the winter is over before putting the law into effect, because “during the winter a lot of people can’t start their cars.”

Them As Has. In North Kansas City, Mo., at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon, the National Bank’s Vice President R. H. Wooldridge won as a door prize a savings account with a $5 starting deposit at the State Bank, National’s only local competitor.

Small World. In New York City, Samuel Grove, 26, discovered to his chagrin that the Harlem poolroom operator to whom he tried to sell two suitcasefuls of clothing was the tenant of the Bronx apartment from which he had stolen the clothing several hours before.

Volume Control. In The Hague, when an upstairs tenant refused to turn down his radio, a downstairs tenant chopped a hole through the ceiling, reached through and tried to club the man above with a stilt.

Appetite. In Long Beach, Calif., doctors reported that two-year-old Janice Murphy was doing nicely, considering that she had breakfasted on: 1) a half-bottle of aspirin tablets, 2) a box of laxative gum,

3) a quarter-bottle of mercurochrome,

4) a half-pint of honey and almond cream.

Best Friends. In Jacksonville, Fla., city commissioners approved Hinton Z. Miller’s resignation from his job as electric meter reader, on his showing that “since Oct. 18, he has suffered four dog bites, and does not believe he can stand the mental hazard of his occupation.”

Nose to the Grindstone. In Edmonton, Alberta, Tony Solar, 18, answered 21 charges of car-stealing and shop-breaking: “I didn’t want to steal cars, but I didn’t have no transportation to get out in the country and rob stores at night, so I had to steal cars fo get to my jobs.” In Elwin, 111., a gang of men in three automobiles and a truck pulled up to an appliance store, spent two hours looting the place, politely told the manager’s wife before making off with her jewelry and $3,500 in cash and assorted appliances: “We have to do this. This is our business.”