Miscellany, Feb. 17, 1947

Pound Foolish. In Manhattan, Arthur Crayton tried to pick the pocket of a fat man asleep in a subway station, got his hand caught firmly when the sleeper shifted, was finally extricated by two cops.

On the Llam. In Delaware, N.J., a woman telephoned police, reported "dinosaurs or something" on her lawn. Police finally rounded up four llamas, escaped from a local animal farm.

This Is the Army. In Munich, an American officer's wife arrived from the U.S., deposited her two children in her husband's house, promptly departed after remarking: "Now you take care of them for a few years."

Family Affair. In Tulsa,...

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