Miscellany, Apr. 3, 1944

Biting Comment. In Indianapolis, Ho tel Clerk Dewey F. Campbell filed a suit for $50,000 against Roger Ferguson and the Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., charged that Ferguson, an agent of the oil com pany, on being informed that there were no rooms available, had bitten the end of Dewey Campbell's nose.

Nom de Guerre. In Brooklyn, Selective Service Local Board 156 was chided for giving only the initial of Lieuieuss-zzuieusszesszes Hurrizzisstizzi's middle name : Willikiminzzissleizzii.

One in a Thousand. In Rochester, N.Y., Mrs. Rachael Whitehead's purse containing $3,003 in cash was snatched. A detective found the bag later. Its contents: $3,000.

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