Miscellany, Aug. 22, 1949

Trade. In London, Mahmud Ali, arrested for assaulting Abdul Matlie, explained to police: "We had a quarrel over a girl and he bit my thumb. So I bit off his nose."

Sitting Room Only. In Blauvelt, N.Y., Summer Theater Operator Harry Rosen, plagued with a surplus of actors, began hiring them out to customers at 50ยข an hour as baby sitters.

Family Affair. In Lexington, Ky., Hubert Atchley and James Dawson hired the same lawyer to separate them from their wife, bigamous Beulah Atchley-Dawson.

Movers & Shakers. In Rock Falls, Ill., Douglas Unger woke up...

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