Miscellany, Aug. 30, 1948

Lights Out. In Los Angeles, Mrs. Bernice Claxton won a divorce when she charged that her husband made her unscrew the light bulbs to save wear & tear on the switches.

Dividends. In Boyne City, Mich., Mrs. Hudson Robinson cut open a fish, found the earring she had lost two years ago at a fish hatchery. In Lancaster, Pa., Fisherman Cyrus Dietrich pulled in his line, found a five-dollar bill on his hook.

Scoop. In Topeka, Kans., the State Journal headlined a story on the city's new hook-&-ladder truck, NOW BRING ON YOUR TEN-FLOOR FIRE,...

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