Miscellany, Apr. 13, 1942

Tires. In Minneapolis, Allen Daugherty's automobile dragged his wife 60 feet after she jumped from it during an argument. His excuse: "I didn't want to stop fast and wear out my tires." In Spokane, undertakers were relieved to learn that tire-rationing boards had stopped classifying hearses as "pleasure cars."

Dilemma. In Alameda, Calif., the parents of newly-born Linda Johnson wondered whether to register the birth in Alameda or Contra Costa County. The baby was born on the way to the hospital, in a tunnel under the county line.

Inc. In Oklahoma City, W. H....

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