Miscellany, May 22, 1950

College Spirit. In New Haven, Conn., the Homestead Motel proudly announced that it had "a limited supply of fine rooms available to Yalemen for their quests."

To Each His Own. In San Francisco, Superior Court Judge Herbert C. Kaufman awarded Mrs. Chesley L. Woodfield a divorce and $100 a month alimony, also stipulated that she must return her husband's banjo, stamp & coin collections and false teeth.

Retriever. In Memphis, Jessie Ashby, charged with attempting to break into a warehouse, told detectives they had him all wrong: crowbar in hand, he had climbed the iron fence guarding the property only to get...

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