"Up to Fifty"

"Up to Fifty"

In Juiz de Fora, Brazil, one Vicente Henrique Ferreira, aged 118, "father of 42 boys and six girls," announced his marriage to Georgiana da Silva, aged 23, "had hopes of bringing his immediate offspring up to 50." Black, he served three masters before the abolishment of slavery, has outlived four wives.

Patient Simon

In Detroit, one Simon Newton of the U. S. Engineer Office, tabulated the first names of the officers listed in the Army Register. Among 13,751 were:

920 Johns 306 Thomases

907 Williams 284 Franks

633 Charles 275 Henrys

550 James 268 Josephs

540 Georges 259 Edwards

374 Roberts

A Yell

A month ago, one A. M. Snook, of the Aurora (Ill.) Beacon-News, journeyed to Manhattan to the annual meeting of the Associated Press, heard President Coolidge make a speech (TIME, April 28). Last week it became known that back in Aurora, Mrs. Snook had listened in by radio, had heard above the applause which greeted the President, a "wild and enthusiastic yell." Forewarned, she recognized Mr. Snook's "holler," "knew that he was all right."