Miscellany, Sep. 5, 1949

Cheers! In La Sierra, Calif., Mrs.

Edith Casebeer was installed a? president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. In Denver, state civil service commissioners refused a job as liquor-law enforcement officer to Applicant Ryland A. Drinkwine.

Babyface. In Nashville, FBI agents traced a holdup to Gangster Earl Bircham after they had learned that the thieves wore Bircham's usual disguise: a mask made from waterproof baby pants.

Curb Service. In Pompano, Fla., Samuel Bachinger, visiting an insurance broker to pay his automobile insurance premium, glanced out the window, saw a sign blow off the company's building and smack his Oldsmobile, promptly filed a claim.

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