Miscellany, Aug. 14, 1944

Protocol. At the Utah State Prison. Warden J. H. Harris warned his charges not to use the colloquialism, "We wuz robbed!" during baseball games. Both umpires, he explained, were doing time for robbery.

Patriot's Problem. In Rochester, N.Y., a ration board informed a young woman that she no longer need share-the-ride with a passenger who had a habit of changing to his work pants in the back seat.

Solid Food. In Big Sandy, Mont., A. H. Olson appeared with a dead rattle snake and a story. The snake, he explained, swallowed a mouse. Then the mouse killed the snake by biting a hole...

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