Miscellany, Jun. 21, 1948

A House Divided. In Montgomery, Ala., Henry and Bertha Williams separated as they had agreed to: he tore down his half of the house and carted it away.

Grounds. In Miami, Stephen Contos sued his Greek-born wife for divorce because she refused to adopt the U.S. swim suit. In London, Stanley George Edwards won a divorce when he complained that his wife not only hit him with a poker, threw a bread knife at him and sprinkled tacks on the bedroom floor, but put brilliantine in his sugar.

Family Pull. In St. Paul, Maxine Emerson...

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