Miscellany, Jun. 20, 1949

Keepsake. In Weatherford, Tex., Bank President Fred Smith explained how two Arkansas bank robbers happened to have a crowbar inscribed "Citizens National Bank, Weatherford, Tex.": the crowbars were distributed as souvenirs three years ago "but we never thought they would be put to such use . . ."

In the Family. In Tucson, Ariz., when August Holish complained that local police were too inefficient in tracking down hit & run drivers, Police Captain Frank Keefe went to work and nabbed the motorist who had left the scene of an accident the month before: Mrs. August Holish.

Test Case. In Renton, Wash., explaining that...

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