Mairzy Doats. In Hollywood, unmarried, 28-year-old Edward M. Sheridan was indicted for having listed his horse Mary Ann Sheridan as a dependent on his draft registration. Indignantly pointing out that he had honestly given her full name, sex and date of birth, he further protested: "I didn't tell any lies. I didn't list her as my daughter ... of course she's a dependent. The oats she eats keep me broke."
Railway Ties. In Manhattan, the Pennsylvania R.R.'s 26-year-old brake-woman Jocelyn Wagner backed up her argument for seniority equal to men's: "I love the work. It's the nearest thing to being a...