Miscellany, Jul. 21, 1947

Aftermath. In Milwaukee, Rosalyn Wamser asked for a divorce from husband Clifford; he insisted that she salute and address him by his title of major (in the Civil Air Patrol).

Retaliation. In Palermo, Sicily, street cleaners who were denied a wage boost toured the town redistributing the garbage they had collected the day before.

Example. In London, the British Anti-Woman Society (which deplores woman's effect on industry and men's morals) was shaken to its foundations when its 32-year-old firebrand president, Fred Wormull, was discovered meekly doing the dishes; he admitted that he had been married for the last two months.

Request. In Idaho Falls,...

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