Miscellany, Dec. 3, 1945

All Clear. In Winnipeg, Steffy Nosil’s adenoids were removed.

Familiar Ring. In Memphis, Tenn., Mrs. Ruby Barber Gresham sued for divorce, asked custody of the family telephone.

Into the Wind. In Cincinnati, Dr. Andrew L. Banyai reported that the human cough attains a muzzle velocity of 245 m.p.h.

Twosomes. In Lawrence, Mass., Mrs. Elphege Dubois gave her six-year-old twin daughters a birthday present: twin sisters. In Los Angeles, Theresa Lewis and Clara Hyland, two sisters with the same birthday who had a double wedding to men they met on a double date, had daughters the same day.

The Vast Unknown. In Champaign, Ill., Gordon L. Griffith ran this ad: “Abomb research physicist . . . needs house. You got the bomb—do we get a house?”

Sweet Dream. In Monessen, Pa., Sergeant Eddie Hughes’s foxhole fantasy became a fact: a banana split consisting of two quarts of ice cream, one quart of fruit salad, ten bananas and proportionate applications of marshmallow, whipped cream, chocolate, pineapple and cherries.

Stitch in Time. In New Orleans, surgeons extracted a needle just before it pierced the heart of Mrs. Lois James, 26, who had sat on it when she was six.

Stripped for Action. In Nora Springs, Iowa, town officials forked over $25 for running a truck with no headlights, no tail lights, no sidelights, no stoplights, no clearance lights, no identification lights, no flares, no red flags, no windshield wiper, no rear-view mirror, no license plates.

Loving Arms. In Cleveland, Jessie Crump, arrested for packing a loaded pistol to the marriage-license bureau, admitted that she “was taking no chances.”

Cutup. In Roscoe, Calif., John Honeycutt hacked his wife to pieces with a butcher knife.

Night Out. In Berkeley, Calif., John R. Culver & bride were forced to spend their wedding night with in-laws when a neighbor’s overzealous watchdog barred them from their honeymoon cottage.

Old-Age Insurance. In Fort Atkinson, Wis.. Mrs. Adelaine Hill reached 107, still “strong and healthy, maybe because I wear two petticoats.”

Smacko! In Chicago, Walter Mack was fined $2 apiece for the five kisses he gave his landlady in lieu of rent.