Miscellany, Apr. 16, 1951

The Inner Man. In St. Louis, caught in the act of robbing a delicatessen, 35-year-old Jack Macy explained what had led him to it: in the Army he had developed a taste for baked beans.

Be It Ever So Humble ... In Sacramento, Mr. & Mrs. L. B. Willsey read an advertisement describing the kind of house they wanted to buy, called the agent, learned the house was their own, which they had told him to put on the market a month before.

By Any Other Name. In Alkmaar, The Netherlands, a man wanted by the cops was finally found when he registered...

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