Miscellany, Nov. 8, 1948

Job Security. In Philadelphia. Car Thief Arthur R. Schauer finally persuaded Judge George A. Welsh to double his six-month jail sentence so that he could qualify for a prison job and help support his family.

Guest Privileges. In Santa Rosa, Calif., ailing Dr. Robert S. Quinn consulted the doctors he had asked in to dinner, who concluded that he was in critical shape, rushed him to the hospital where they performed an appendectomy.

Best Friend. In London, Wally Farey, fined $4 for keeping a horse in his boardinghouse room, sadly explained: "I was lonely."

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