Miscellany, Jun. 30, 1947

Critic. In Santa Clara, Cuba, Maria Barbara Perez wearied of her common-law husband’s bathtub vocalizing, beat him to death with an automobile spring.

G.W.T.W. Near Sterling, Colo., Farmer Marvin Felzein & family drove 120 miles to look over some tornado damage, got back home to find that another big blow had meanwhile blown their house away.

Lap Dog. In Akron, Ohio, Bernice L. Wise sued a cafe proprietor for damages, complained that while in the café she had been bitten by one of two Pomeranians in their cups.

Rescue. In Coos Bay, Ore., the Coast Guard cutter Bonham raced 250 miles out to sea, 250 miles back again with a very ill ship’s cook believed stricken with appendicitis. Doctor’s diagnosis: seasickness.

Scrapers. In San Jose, Calif., Mrs. Arthur Harmon won her divorce by testifying that Mr. Harmon insisted on washing his false teeth in the dishwater.

Cure. In Lynchburg, Va., Lawrence Tweedy sued his doctor for $20,000, charged him with administering treatment that removed Tweedy’s case of athlete’s foot—and his big toe with it.

Heavy Weather. In Belle Isle, Mich., Motorist Kenneth Blue concluded that the rain was getting much too heavy when his wiper failed to keep water off the windshield, stepped out to investigate, had to swim ashore from the 10 ft. deep lagoon into which he had driven.

Boots, No Saddle. In Platteville, Colo., while Rodeo Star Verne Elliott was pulling on his high-heeled boots, he fell off his bed, was taken to the hospital with a banged-up hip.

Hit & Miss. In Pittsburgh, a thief got into a house-under-repair through a new window, took the window away with him when he left. In Los Angeles, a burglar was frightened out of Bernard B. Cohen’s house by the aggressive family cat.

Pattern. In London, early in the war, Flight Lieut. Ray Amherst Scott was granted a divorce. Grounds: his wife had committed adultery with one Arthur Williams. Scott remarried her in 1943, was just granted another divorce. Grounds: adultery again with the same Arthur Williams.

National Spirit. In Bangkok, Siam, the director general of the government distillery indignantly scoffed at reports that his product had poisoned several tipplers, explained : “We never allow whiskey to leave our distillery until it has aged at least 28 hours.”