Miscellany, Jul. 14, 1941

Sport. In Birmingham, England, police arrested a drunk. He was at the bottom of a crater, wrestling with a time bomb.

Frinstance. In Southport, N.C., a minister preached on "Ashes." Shortly the church caught on fire. Two hundred and fifty miles away in Greenville, S.C., a minister was preaching on the tumbling walls of Jericho when a car crashed into the church vestibule, showered the congregation with falling plaster.

Metropolis. In Manhattan, a woman drew a suspended sentence for riding a bicycle the wrong way on a one-way street.

False Colors. In San Diego, Calif., fire battalion chiefs wearied of getting salutes from green...

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