Conservationist

In Manhattan, arrested while hacking at a fire hydrant with an ax. James Boyle explained in court: "I found the ax on my way home from a tavern and just couldn't resist the impulse to chop something down. I used to be in the Civilian Conservation Corps."

Knockout

In Neenah, Wis., several stitches were required to close Thomas Henry's scalp after his 18-month-old son Donald had knocked him out with a meat hammer.

Murder

In Lyons, France, police arrested 15 moppets, all less than 10 years old. who had stoned Paul Gignoux, 8. to death because they disliked his long hair.

Petition

In Norwalk. Ohio, Ripley Township trustees petitioned to change the name of No God Road.

Name

In Corvallis. Ore., newshawks discovered an Oregon State Agricultural College junior named June May March.

Work

In Cleveland, the estate of Henry C. Wakeman, Detroit lingerie salesman who was fatally injured when he slipped on a cake of soap in a Cleveland hotel bathtub, lost a suit to collect industrial compensation for his death when Judge George P. Baer ruled that a traveling salesman's work does not include taking a bath.

Capture

In Lancaster, Ohio, Robert Schaefer, 8, and Jack Hauser. 7, organized a "G-man" squad with toy guns and disguises supplied by their parents, set up "headquarters" in a shack. Last week Agent Schaefer strolled into headquarters, encountered a stranger who, when questioned, gave him a dollar and told him to keep his mouth shut. Stealing out to the street, Agent Schaefer signaled a policeman, exclaimed: "I've just captured a criminal." In the shack the policeman arrested Owen Bickel, 17, a convict who had just escaped from two Federal officers.

Alarm

In Kalamazoo. Mich., Anne Wilson boarded an express train for Chicago, remembered almost an hour later that she had forgotten to turn off an electric curling iron at home. Hastily scribbling a note, she tossed it out a window as the train stopped at Niles. The station agent picked it up. telegraphed the Kalamazoo fire department which arrived just in time to put out the fire.

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