Miscellany, May 28, 1945

Cold Cut. In Denver, a thief raided Lloyd Sherman's icebox, decided not to dally over the food, scrammed with $1,350 that Sherman was preserving in an ice tray.

Within Limits. In Halifax, the Herald ran an advertisement: "Room wanted at reasonable rate, within business section or limits. Respectable lady until end June." Cornered. In St. Helena, Calif., living at the corner of Church and Pope Streets was one Ernest Christian.

Passing Fancy. In Spokane, Wash., Bernice G. Peters, suing for divorce, explained that her husband refused to build a bathroom in their house...

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