Miscellany, Aug. 21, 1950

No Hard Feelings. In Little Rock, Ark., Dorothy Tillman admitted shooting Fred Friedburger in the leg with a shotgun but said she couldn't remember why.

Call to Arms. In Chicago, Hobo Ben Benson, after announcing that the Hobo Fellowship Union of America was urging all members to "help America once more to fight aggressors," explained: "You can't be a hobo in Russia."

The Needle. In Atlanta, the State Labor Department ruled that the girls who quit their jobs in a Tifton, Ga. 5-&-10ยข store were entitled to unemployment compensation: "While an employer may prescribe reasonable rules and regulations, a threat to sew up...

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