Miscellany, Apr. 9, 1951

No Vacancy. In Barbados, British West Indies, a housing conference called to discuss the problem of a million and a half homeless West Indians was indefinitely postponed, due to lack of housing accommodations for the delegates.

Memo to the Boss. In Tokyo, Railway Employee Yusuke Shikauchi sneaked off to a baseball game on company time, wound up on the front pages of the newspapers next day for winning the automobile raffled off at the game.

The Hasty Heart. In Seattle, angered by a trolley motorman who forgot to call out her stop, a woman...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!