Support

In Detroit, when two prisoners arraigned in Recorder's Court raised their right hands before Judge Christopher E. Stein, their pants dropped to the floor. By Judge Stein's order, police will henceforth return prisoners' belts or suspenders when they come into court.

Vacation

In Atlantic City, N. J. two years ago Detective Captain Harry Yates wounded himself in the foot when his gun fired accidentally on the first day of his vacation. First day of his 1935 vacation his dentist ordered out all of his teeth. This year Detective Yates went fishing, slipped on a rock, spent the rest of his vacation in a rocking chair.

Will

In Berkeley, Calif., Junior High School Student Eugene Kauffman, 14, spread newspapers neatly over the rugs in his bedroom, pinned a note on the door: "Do not disturb the sleeping beauty. Goodbye, folksies," shot himself. Explained his "first and last" will and testament: "We all have to die some time, and if I had lived I would have been more worry to my family than by dying now. I'll try to land on the newspapers so as not to make too much mess. After the burst of wailing for yours truly, somebody better return the book Asciano to the Public Library or they will charge a fine."

Min

In Culver City, Calif., Mrs. Margaret McNulty, 75, sent her sick cocker spaniel "Min" to a veterinary with the warning: "If the dog dies, I'll die too." Week later the veterinary called up Mrs. McNulty to tell her Min was dead. Mrs. McNulty had died a few minutes before.

Tape

In Brooklyn, despairing of his recovery from heart disease after two months in Peck Memorial Hospital, wealthy Gates Fahnestock, 84, waited until doctors and nurses were not looking, then plastered adhesive tape over his nose and mouth, committed suicide by suffocation.

Washingtons

In St. Francisville, La., Mrs. Martha Washington was sued by George Washington for divorce because "she is a trifling nigger."

Gratitude

In Washington, D. C., while awaiting arraignment on a charge of robbery, Gypsy Adelphia Marks, 28, gave birth to a son in her police court cell, decided to name him Paul. Gratified two weeks later when Judge Edward M. Curren quashed the charge, Mrs. Marks changed her mind, named her son Edward M.

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