People, Feb. 10, 1936

Names make news." Last week these made this news:

In Beverly Hills, Calif., one chilly night, police picked up an unsteady partygoer who managed to identify himself as Captain James Allan Mollison, famed British aviator and husband of famed British Aviatrix Amy Johnson Mollison. Sobered, fined $10, Captain Mollison explained in court next morning: "When I consumed three or four cocktails, more or less, it rather topped me. Not at all blotto, you understand, but just jingled, so to speak. I felt top hole but when a couple of your bobbies drove up alongside...

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