Arrest

In New Orleans, police arrested for vagrancy a white-bearded Finn, sentenced him to jail for ten days. Asked his name, he answered: "Maillilaigeyeayaegyaye Edeyueayearyilo Anlilyllayio."

Special Delivery

Returning from the races James ("Squibs") Thomas stumbled in the gloom of London's big, depressing Liverpool St. station, plunged headfirst into a 90-ft. mail bag post chute. Mrs. Thomas screamed, fainted. Husband James slithered downward in darkness, suddenly appeared on a moving belt in an underground post office. Three feet ahead on the wide belt danced his unharmed bowler hat. Mr. Thomas, likewise unharmed, was quickly sorted from the mail by postal employes, returned to his wife who cried, "Oh, Squibs!"

Passenger

Aboard S. S. Virginia bound for Panama, traveling alone in a $125 first-class stateroom, under special diet, was Prince Rahula, a Siamese cat.

Relief

In Wausau, Wis., Mrs. Clara Kohl, 50, applied to her local relief bureau for funds to divorce her husband in order that she might remarry. She was finally refused after the district attorney ruled that divorce fees did not constitute "relief" within the legal meaning of the word.

Thief

In Belgrade, Jugoslavia, Sherifa Achmetashevitch's pearls vanished overnight from the table on which she had left them. Weeks later, a servant spied a pearl in a mousehole, scrabbled about until all were recovered. The mouse that stole them had eaten the catgut string.

Strike

In the Ohio Penitentiary, Columbus, Inmate James Mason climbed the prison's 150-ft. water tower, remained on its catwalk 17 hours in a "sit-up" strike for parole. His reward: psychoanalysis.

Coincidence

In Johnson County, Mo., Ben Yocum, 23, went to work on Mr. & Mrs. Ben Williams' farm, confided that his real name was Ipock, got permission to take their daughter Mary Lee Williams, 21, to visit his foster parents, the Yocums. Month later when Ben and Mary returned, Mrs. Williams announced she had a surprise for them: Mary Lee was only an adopted daughter, her real name was Mary Lee Ipock and she was Ben Ipock's sister. Brother & Sister Ipock had a greater surprise for Mrs. Williams: not suspecting their relationship, they had been married a month.

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