Miscellany, Feb. 24, 1941

Campaign. In Hornell, N. Y., Thomas F. Curry, onetime Coughlinite county chairman, ran his own campaign against H.R. 1776, slapped his own slogan on his billiards-parlor wall (see cut).

Snowdrop. In Winter, Wis., Dr. H. A.

Smith rushed a semiconscious woman to the hospital before she should give birth to a baby. On the way he skidded into the ditch, wrecked his car. He hailed another car and took her to the hospital in it. At the hospital, it was discovered that the baby had already been born. Meanwhile, Farmer Joseph Siefert. on his way to town, saw something in the snow near the doctor’s abandoned car. It was the newborn baby. He wrapped it in a blanket and rushed it to town. “We must have dropped him in the snow,” announced the incredulous Dr. Smith. “The baby hasn’t even developed a sniffle.”

Scientific Experiment. In Long Beach, Calif., a 33-year-old chiropractor named Wilfred C. Blair locked himself in a closet with a 25-lb. cake of dry ice. Aim: a “scientific experiment” with carbon dioxide. As the ice melted, it gave off C02 fumes. In 20 minutes, the chiropractor was dead. Next to his body police found a notebook containing his pulse, temperature and respiration record.

Claim. In Lowell, Mass., a young man claimed draft deferment on the grounds that he was supporting “my two landladies.”

Revolt. In Rochester, N. Y., Anthony J. Musolino asked to have his name changed to Anthony J. Mason. Said he: “It was sort of funny at first.”

Rules. In Olympia, Wash., when the State Senate decreed that visitors must remove their hats, the House of Representatives resolved that Senators entering the House chamber must take off their shoes.

Sting. In San Jose, Calif., a scorpion stung a schoolteacher, and died.