Miscellany, Aug. 21, 1944

MISCELLANY

High Tea. In Detroit, Charles Willoughby and Jasper Manier got 90 days in jail for selling to Mrs. William Young, for $10, two whiskey bottles full of cold tea.

Safe & Sound. In Council Bluffs, Iowa, Jimmy Larsen, 12, popped a small whistle into his mouth to keep it from covetous playmates, startled the neighborhood by tooting with each breath until the whistle was extracted from his larynx.

Manna. In Oklahoma City, police spent a day counting a haul of seized whiskey, broke 158 pints, which leaked through the floor to eager collectors...

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