In Brooklyn, Seaman Paul W. Worshau stretched himself out between the rails in a subway station, went peacefully to sleep while train after train thundered over him. Discovered, roused, examined, he was found strangely uninjured, more strangely, sober.

Inventor

In Chicago, goat-whiskered little William Ten Eyck Ensign, who two years ago had persuaded Chicago architects that he had vast financial backing, had inveigled them into drawing up preliminary plans for a $50,000,000 skyscraper, announced that he had invented: 1) a death ray, 2) a new bearing metal called "Oman" that requires no greasing, 3) a wingless, propellerless airplane that uses water for fuel, can fly 1,300 miles an hour. Inventor Ensign said he would complete his first plane next fall, fly around the world in a day. He then plans to make a more leisurely trip, dropping in on all the dictators to show them what they are up against.

Wanted

In San Remo, Italy, Maria Piombo, 39, stalked up and down swank Empress Boulevard wearing a sandwich board which read: "I want a husband, even a used one." Arrested, she admitted that she only wanted to embarrass a man who had jilted her.

Check

In Baraboo, Wis., Otto Bach, arrested on a charge of forging checks, was released, placed on three-year probation when he explained: "I manufacture check protectors to prevent forgeries. Business is slack and I ran out of funds."

Customs

In Calais, France, a U. S. tourist, miffed when French customs agents warned her that the tax-free time limit on her $6,669 Cadillac had nearly expired and that she would have to take it out of the country or pay a heavy duty, embarked with it for England. At Dover customs officials barred the car's entry. Deeply miffed, she abandoned her Cadillac, had it dumped into the sea.

Masks

In London, England, the British Government ordered 1,400,000 babies' gas masks, designed to allow thumbsucking.

Drakes

In St. Petersburg, Fla., two ladies protested to the city manager because the drakes on Mirror Lake outnumbered the ducks, 5 to 1. Reported Public Works Head Frank Lee, to whom the complaint was referred: "I doubt whether we will be able to reason with the drakes and induce them to move elsewhere. As far as I have been able to determine, we have received no complaints from the female ducks."

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