Miscellany, Jul. 28, 1947

No Harm in Trying. In Jonesboro, Ark., Jailbreaker Paul Hutsell was promptly put back in the clink when he walked into the police station, applied for a job on the force.

Afterthought. In Plymouth, Mass., someone inserted a classified ad in the Guide to Cape Cod offering to swap a twin baby carriage for twin beds.

Summons. In Seattle, Assistant Police Chief Batson recognized his own auto horn, rushed out to the street, where one very tipsy Frank Ard was sitting in the car, shouting: "Service!" He got it.

Hook. In Texarkana, Ark., Dr. J. A. Little golfed to the shallow part of a...

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