Farewell to Alarms. In Hobbs, N. Mex., Fire Chief Archie Conner shut down his department for two days, posted a warning: "Positively no fires allowed."
Squeeze. In Hartford, Conn., Mrs. Anna Katzman got two notices from the city: 1) the tax assessment on her tenement house was raised 20%, 2) the building was declared unfit for occupancy.
Candidate for Honors. In Seattle, a driver explained to Police Captain R.W. Zottman why he had been driving at 60 m.p.h. on a slippery city street: "I was listening to a traffic safety radio program, and when the announcer asked, 'Will you be America's millionth traffic...