Miscellany, Jan. 5, 1948

Cut-Up. In Los Angeles, Aldewin W. Hasler was sued for $3,550 damages by his ex-wife Daisy, who charged that he had broken the heels off her velvet pumps, cut both the sleeves off her fur coat, punched holes in her nylons, thoroughly shredded one evening dress, cut the backs out of her galoshes, and mixed dirt into her face cream.

Toothache. In Durango, Colo., Mrs. W. J. Wellman, an automobile accident victim, went home from the hospital, felt a pain in her hand a few days later, consulted the doctor, who fixed things by extracting one of her missing teeth from her thumb.

Beaut. In Goulburn, New South Wales, Contestant Frederick Newling outglamored eleven girls, managed to reach the finals of a “lovely legs” contest.

Moral Victory. In Los Angeles, Howard R. Taylor charged a real-estate broker with removing buildings from Taylor’s property, sued for $6,963, was awarded $5 for an outhouse.

Memento. In Wenatchee, Wash., Mrs. H. F. Morse asked city garbage-disposal officers to help her retrieve a pink girdle from the city dump, explained that it was an item “of great sentimental value.”

Hippocrates. In Los Angeles, a burglar, climbing into the office of Dr. J. Lewis Bruce, slipped and fell through the transom, cut himself, telephoned the doctor, who came on the run and patched him up, refused to prosecute.

Feet of Clay. In Albuquerque, police arrested the Better Business Bureau’s manager Don Dreessen, charged him with extortion.

Family Ties. In Peiping, China, 1) Wang Leihsiang had her mother arrested as an opium smoker; 2) her sister accused her brother’s wife of adultery; 3) the brother’s wife killed the two sisters with an ax, hanged herself, left a note explaining to her husband that she had planned on killing him, too, but he was out.

Oldtimer. In Franklin County, Ohio, George Washington got a divorce from his wife Martha.

The Chase. In Los Angeles, Rosemary McCarthy, 27, asking for police protection from her suitor, John L. Hall, complained: “He follows me to work . . . tries to take me home . . . chases me . . . whistles at me from behind trees and peers at me from behind pillars . .. leaps out at me on the street . . . scares me witless by jumping at me from doorways.” Protested 74-year-old Hall to police: “This is proper conduct for a man wooing a woman.”