Miscellany, Jan. 19, 1948

Foul! In Cambridge, Mass., a would-be policeman flunked his physical when examiners found that he had raised his height to the required 5 ft. 6 in. by plastering his long hair back over half a coconut shell.

Show-Offs. In Indianapolis, Herman Barry and Leo DeHaven were arrested carrying off a red-hot stove.

News. In Freehold, N.J., valiant humans fought their way through snowdrifts to the rescue of a stranded Saint Bernard.

Faith. In Paris, a divorce was granted to a woman who testified that her 39-year-old husband who had had a "sheltered childhood," never gave her any Christmas presents because he believed that Santa...

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