Miscellany, May 31, 1943

Liquidation. Valdasar Lopez put a hose in a tugboat tank, turned on a valve, relaxed on deck while the tug took on water. He awoke in Manhattan's North River after the tug went to the bottom.

Love's Labor. Private Marvin Rubin took $7 worth of nickels into a Brooklyn phone booth, started calling his girl friend at 11 a.m., called her every five minutes for eleven hours, won her promise after spending $6.60 and losing 5 Ib.

Machine Age. Thomas Folweiler tried to get a package of ice cream out of a vending machine, grasped the package firmly, pulled, found his hand was...

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