Miscellany, Apr. 6, 1942

Signal. In Opelika, Ala., all the townspeople turned out their lights for a test blackout when the wardens signaled with their whistles. Then a train tore through town, whistled, and all the lights went on again.

Trend. In Manhattan, George L. Degener Jr. left for Reno in place of his wife, because she was too busy and he was not. She is an ambulance-corps volunteer, he a Wall Street broker.

Numbers. In Columbia, S.C., Glenn Sigmon, who dreaded the number 13 so much that he had his street number changed from 1313 to 1315, got his...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!