Teeth

In Milwaukee, Wis., toothless L. M. Crouch stuffed wax in his gums; hardened the wax by holding cold water in his mouth; from this mold made a base of litharge, plaster of Paris and mercurochrome; stuck into it pieces of a porcelain dinner plate; filed the pieces smooth with emery paper and had a serviceable set of false teeth, with which to attend a Boy Scout dinner. Last week, he announced that the china teeth, in service since February, would be presented to a museum when he gets the set he has ordered from a dentist.

Dentist's Son

In Missoula, Mont, last week William Gene La Porte, week-old son of a dentist and a registered nurse, developed two perfect lower teeth.

Alive

In Baltimore, Roy Hall, 21, who was washed overboard last November when a North Atlantic gale hit the S. S. Cold Harbor, walked into the U. S. Shipping Commissioner's office to contradict the official report of his death. He had somehow been spotted by the crew of the British freighter Maidenhead after swimming out the gale for two days.

New

In Manhattan, police investigated a new swindlers' dodge: selling the information booth in Grand Central Station as a fruit stand concession. Best price paid so far:

$2,000.

Mosque

In Willow Springs, III, Mrs. Ralph Hoover divorced her husband and at the same time got free advertising for a mineral spring she owns by testifying that her husband lost interest in her when, by drinking her own spring water she reduced her weight from 218 to 129 Ib. Said she: "He wanted me to get back my mosque proportions."

Eggs

At Puerto Carreno, Colombia, the chief of a hostile Indian tribe sent his braves prowling under the fuselage of a giant trimotored Ford transport plane to steal the "big bird's eggs," so that the chief could hatch planes of his own to fight the white

Bandmaster

In Northumberland, Pa., following the last wishes of Bandmaster W. H. Calhoun, 77, three brass bands followed Calhoun's coffin to the grave, Calhoun's Band, the Calhoun Boys' Band and the 103rd Cavalry Band, all playing good lively march music.

Suit

In Newark, N. J., for having been hit by an automobile when the traffic lights changed as she was crossing a street, Mrs. Michael May sued the City of Newark for . $5,000 for operating traffic lights "in a reckless, haphazard and improper manner."

Lost

In Evanston, ILL., Motorcycle Policeman Robert Borland rode "lost" Bobby Walshaw, 3, around town for an hour on the handlebars of his machine, looking for a house Bobby could recognize as home. When the policeman noticed his passenger waving slyly at a little girl on the sidewalk, he stopped. The girl was Bobby's sister, the house was Bobby's house, and the spot was where Policeman Borland had found Bobby.

Election

In Dolliver, Iowa (pop. 158) last week an election ordered by the town was under way when someone remembered that the officials had served only one year of their two-year terms, that no election was due until 1936.

Stubborn

In London, called upon to say "I do" at his own wedding, stubborn Leslie Kitching balked, stubbornly shook his head at all the urging of the parson, the bride, the bride's mother, the best man and the bridesmaids.

Jail

In Crane, Mo., a thief broke into the jail, robbed a prisoner of $17, went out leaving the jail door open. Out into the street the prisoner ran, shouting for a policeman.

Term

In the Western Penitentiary at Pittsburgh, Pa., officials considering a possible parole for Leon McClure, discovered that McClure had been sentenced in 1917 to a five-year term, had apparently served 13 extra years.

Theory

In Toronto, somebody threw the body of a middle-aged woman in through a window in the reading room of the University of Toronto library. Newspapers reported: "Police are working on a murder theory."

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