Miscellany, Nov. 6, 1950

Full House. In Hagerstown, Md., Walter E. Roberts, informed that his wife had just given birth to their 19th child, commented: "This will make things rather crowded."

Rake's Progress. In Eastbourne, England, Albert Storey told police that, after 17 years as the keeper of a hotel's liquor cellar without snitching a single drink, he had during the last five years—under the influence and with the assistance of a woman friend—stolen and consumed some 4,337 bottles of beer, 75 bottles of whisky, 49 bottles of gin, 11 bottles of sherry.

Still, Small Voice. In Jonesboro, Ark., Theater Manager Earl Young got an anonymous letter:...

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