Miscellany, Sep. 24, 1945

Facsimile Service. In New Orleans, Sally Rand, Woodrow Wilson, Gloria Swanson, Marion Davies, Robert Taylor, Gracie Allen and Anne Morrow Lindbergh were working at various local restaurants.

Open Secret. In Ketchikan, Alaska, the Chamber of Commerce voted to hold an off-the-record meeting — and voted to have it broadcast.

Statistician. In London, Dr. Claude Baker Gabb spent 30 years collecting statistics on nonagenarian deaths, then died at 90.

Memory Lane. In Louisville, Irvin Tucker of Madrid (Ky.), arrested for driving 35 m.p.h. in reverse, explained: "I get lost every time I turn a corner, so...

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