Miscellany, Nov. 20, 1950

New Market. In Portland, reported the Oregon Journal, a local dress shop put a placard in its window: "Maternity Fashions for the Modern Miss."

Turn of the Screw. In Tulsa, a vengeful thug stole a police car from headquarters, used its two-way radio to taunt the cops in the station, got clean away.

High Flavor. In Dumont, N.J., Mrs. Thomas Dolan decided to cook Sunday dinner at home, roasted not only the beef but also $600 her husband had stored in the oven.

Disenchanted. In St. Louis, Magistrate Anton Sestric awarded $500 damages to four-year-old Gary Lee Roberts, another $500 to his parents, for...

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