Miscellany, Mar. 13, 1939

Cuckoo

In Frindsbury, England, 20-year-old Postman Harry Cuckoo was arrested, put on probation for two years for throwing away Christmas cards and letters, instead of delivering them. Harry Cuckoo's defense: "I found it hard to find my way about . . . there was thick snow on the ground."

Twins

In Detroit, Agnes and Mary Bonahoom, twins who two years ago married twins, Alfred J. and Emil Bonahoom, in a twin marriage ceremony, and who lived in twin apartments, filed twin petitions for separate maintenance. Both were "unhappy."

Leaks

In a Paris apartment house, police...

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