Miscellany, Aug. 7, 1944

Sanctuary. In Cheshire, Conn., a 22-year-old parole violator voluntarily returned to the Cheshire Reformatory, said he had stolen two automobiles in order to do so, added: "I was tired of the outside world."

Sea Dogs. In Manhattan. Lieutenant Charles Brantingham, podiatrist-chiropodist of the U.S. Naval Training School at Hunter College, said that of 2,000 WAVES examined, only 15% had normal feet.

When In Rome . . . In Chicago, police held Hillbilly Braden French for carrying a revolver in his belt. He explained that the folks back in Tennessee had told him Chicago was tough.

Sunday Special. In the Atlanta, Ga. Sunday Journal, a...

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