Master's Voice. In Newark, Ark., a span of mules heard the opening bars of Mule Train over a nearby jukebox, broke into high gallop at the first "Hiyah," scattered and splattered their load of plows all across town.
Seersucker Squad. In Rome, sleuths of the Gendarmeria took to dressing themselves as American tourists, had no trouble at all rounding up the Via Veneto's streetwalkers.
Trippingly on the Tongue. In London, arbitrating a knotty pronunciation dispute over the town of Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire, Wales, His Majesty's Court of Appeal ruled against "Fellee," "Poo-Hellee," and "Poosh-Hellee,"...