In Manhattan, off for the weekend in their sedan, Louis Kuntzman & family could not have been more surprised when a policeman stopped them at the entrance to Holland Tunnel and news photographers came crowding around. The Kuntzman's car, explained the policeman reassuringly, was the 50 millionth to enter the westbound tube since it opened Nov. 17, 1927.
$1.12
In Frederick, Md., at a sheriff's sale to satisfy a rent judgment against her, Mrs. Thomas Hargrave bid 5¢ for each lot of her household possessions and her automobile. For her carpet she bid 2¢. Neighbors refrained from bidding. The sheriff realized $1.12.
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