Miscellany, Apr. 19, 1943

Vanishing American. In Deer Lodge, Mont., state prison guards hunted for an Indian convict, James Comes at Night, who went at night.

275 Days to Christmas. In Saskatoon, Sask., Scottish-born William Kinnear got his 1943 Christmas cards in the mail just ahead of the penny boost in postal rates.

Direct Action. In Brockton, Mass., a bartender who had refused to serve a drunk noticed at length that business was falling off, presently discovered that the customer, offended, had gone off to a hardware store, had come back and padlocked the cafe's door.

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