Miscellany, Apr. 16, 1945

By George! In Washington, Mrs. Martha Johnson, whose husband George is serving in the Navy, named their twin sons Iwo and Jima.

One Whirl. In Chicago, headquarters of Rotary International announced the readmission to membership of the Rotary Club of Guam.

P-u-rade. Near Albany, motorists rolled up their windows, shot into reverse when a congregation of some 300 skunks ambled slowly across the state highway.

Tokens of Affection. In Milwaukee, a woman clerk at a local ration board was found to have handed out to her friends, since Christmas, 50,000 blue points, 50,000 red points, coupons for 3,500 lbs. of sugar and an undetermined number of shoe coupons.

Unwedding Announcement. In Bloomington, Ind., County Clerk Earl Baxter grew tired of $300 alimony gathering dust in his safe, advertised for the divorcee to come and pick it up. She came promptly, explained, “I didn’t know I’d been divorced.”

Women’s Home Companion. In Lon don, a physician wrote a letter to the Eugenics Review, complained that the reason there were now fewer babies in English homes was because of the “antisocial effects of genuine companionship between husband and wife.”

Wrong Type. In Ann Arbor, Mich., a Mrs. Hunt and a Mrs. Peck applied for jobs at the University of Michigan Personnel Office, were both turned down flat because they had flunked the preliminary typing test.

Panned. In Milwaukee, a little boy on a bus tugged at the scarf wrapped around his head, finally uncovered a shiny aluminum pan clamped fast to his head.

His embarrassed mother explained to the other passengers, “Well, all right. It’s stuck, and we’re going to a doctor to have it removed.” Kiss Proof. In China, a Chinese Medical Corps officer cautioned the Army about difficulties attendant on the induction of women, said that while his daughter was in the service she had learned to manufacture lipstick out of mercurochrome and vaseline.

Appomantics. In Orlando, Fla.. one Robert E. Lee appeared at the Orange County Courthouse to present his honorable-discharge papers from the U.S. Army. At the same window a few days later, to register a property deed, appeared one U.S. Grant.