Miscellany, Apr. 20, 1942

Lost & Found. Over Troy, Kans., Pilot H. K. Speed dropped his eyeglasses from a bomber; 6,000 feet below Mrs. Myral Wilmett picked them up in her yard, unbroken.

Clean Sweep. In Shutesbury, Mass., the Army at one swoop drafted the chairman of the Selectmen, the chairman of the Board of Public Welfare, the principal of the Center School, the chairman of the Board of Health, the director of old-age assistance, the chairman of the Civilian Defense Committee, the president of the Teachers Association, a trustee of the library, the library's janitor, the school department's janitor, the town identification officer, and a...

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