Contents of a crocodile's stomach (research conducted by the Royal Zoological Society of London) : Eleven brass arm rings, three coiled wire armlets, one glass bead necklace, 14 arm and leg bones (not all human), three spinal columns, one length bark cord (used by colored porters to carry bundles), 18 stones of assorted sizes, several porcupine quills. (The crocodile lived in Tanganyika Territory, British East Africa.)

In Manhattan Patrick Lally, aged 16, swallowed his toothbrush while brushing his teeth.

The " public domain" of the United States, which 50 years ago was 1,160,700,000 acres, is now 182,800,000 acres. Ten years from now it will have disappeared entirely, says the Department of the Interior.

In the Bronx a patient with radio receivers on his ears laughed at " jokes" while doctors operated on him for hernia.

In Washington a naval expert discovered that bulkheads (used to prevent ships from sinking) were first employed by Marco Polo in 1292.

In Bloomington, Ill., the State's Attorney and Federal agents made 35 arrests as the result of " liquor orgies" among high school pupils of both sexes.

In New Orleans was held the 33d reunion of the United Confederate Veterans.

Hampered by the tide, the Aquitania was so slow in getting out of New York Harbor that 22 belated passengers overtook her (on tugs) and got aboard.

In Manhattan was arrested the " youngest bigamist on record." Mrs. Leonilda Cupolo Cerboto-Chiffo, 14, contracted her marriages within ten days of each other.

Jacquelin Van Til of Brussels, cellmate of Edith Cavell till the time of the latter's execution, lectured in New York.

The Standard Oil Company of California reduced the price of gasoline one cent a gallon.