Miscellany, Dec. 8, 1952

Spoil Sport. In Allentown, N.J., John Getz Sr. went out for a day of hunting, red a single blast into a covey of quail, bagged the daily limit of seven.

The Long Voyage Home. In Masterton, N.Z., Pigeon Fancier Robert Stewart looked in his loft, announced that his entry in the 1947 pigeon race from Christchurch to Masterton (300 miles) had finally made it.

Source Material. In Chicago, after the Commerce Department put on a public exhibit of new inventions and industrial techniques, Regional Director George C. Payne reported that someone had stolen a book...

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