Miscellany, Mar. 30, 1942

Double Check. In Newport News, William Greer paid some bills, found he was $4 short, asked two stores to check their receipts for a $4 error. Both stores informed him: "Our cash balance is $4 over. We are mailing you a check."

Home. In Queens, L.I., a man charged with burglary was freed from jail under bond, went home, shortly came back to report that he had so much domestic trouble he preferred jail. He was readmitted. In Brooklyn, N.Y., Anthony Tesco went free after serving a jail term for assaulting his brother-in-law,...

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