Miscellany, Jul. 4, 1932

Continent

In Rome, Professor Ugo Mondello Italian geologist, predicted: "We can expect another continent to rise up out of the earth in the South Atlantic Ocean as ; sequel to the recent volcanic disturbance in South America."

Fables

Cartoonist Robert L. Ripley's nationa "Believe It or Not" contest was won by Brooklyn's Clinton W. Blume with a proved story of losing an initialed scrubbing brush in 1918 near the coast of France, finding it a year later in the surf at Manhattan Beach where he was a life guard.

Second place went to E. L. Blystone of...

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