Miscellany, Oct. 2, 1939

Alibi

In Tulsa, Okla., two Negro youths contested police testimony that they had been swimming nude in a park. Their argument: it was nine-thirty of a moonless night, and besides they wore black trunks.

Law

In Trenton, N. J., Emil Law was arrested for fighting with his employer, tried to get his brother to bail him out. At the same time Rufus Law, also arrested for fighting with his employer, was trying to get his brother Emil to bail him out.

Drunk

Protesting a 30-day sentence for drunkenness in a San Francisco, Calif, court, Frank Owen waved a blueprint, shouted: "Look, judge, I've invented a...

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