Miscellany, Dec. 2, 1935

Respectability

In Birmingham, when Mrs. Ernestine Meeks refused probation for a liquor law violation and began to serve a 60-day jail term, her husband, sometime subpoena server, crowed: "There has been a lot of talk about us having a drag. I want people to know we serve our time in jail like other respectable people."

Hurry

In Kankakee, Ill., trying to flag an automobile roaring into the path of an oncoming locomotive, Crossing Watchman Sam Piuppo, 59, was struck and killed by the car which cleared the front of the locomotive by inches, roared...

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