Miscellany, Dec. 8, 1947

Higher Education. In Oakley, Idaho, a schoolteacher took her pupils on a field trip to demonstrate the pitfalls of gambling, put a dime in a slot machine, hit the jackpot.

R.S.V.P. In New Orleans, Duck-Calling Champion Clement Estain took his gun and his quack out hunting on the second day of the season, quacked, and got shot.

Shocker. In Austin, Tex., Physicist O. S. Hughes turned off his new seismograph for a while, remarked wistfully that a good earthquake had not obliged him yet, discovered next day that one had rocked Peru while the machine was off.

Shop News. In West Allis, Wis., John...

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