Absentee. In Gadsden, Ala., city fathers decided not to issue a liquor license for the Royal Palm Cafe, a Negro eating place, whose owner gave his address as Federal Penitentiary, Atlanta, Ga.

In Memoriam. In Waterloo, Neb., Editor Frank B. Cox advertised in his Douglas County Gazette: "I have for sale a very fine, large and varied assortment of Willkie buttons. Or will trade for a kidney stew or English bull dog. Only one of this collection to be reserved--lest we forget."

Unfriendly. In England, R. A. F. headquarters received a radio report from a British bomber flying amid heavy anti-aircraft fire in Germany: OVER HANOVER. NATIVES UNFRIENDLY.

Cheer. In Germany, natives were startled by the fiendish whistles made by empty beer bottles tossed overboard by celebrating R. A. F. bomber crews returning home.

Cause. In Hastings, N. Y., Hamilton Cochrane mailed a Revolutionary cannon ball back to the British to be made into "a modern projectile or bomb and fired again in a better cause."

Separation. In Flushing, L. L, Mrs. William Feltman, 77, who locked her husband out of the house after 54 years' married life because he would not permit her to see the New York World's Fair, sought a separation and $40-a-week alimony.

Case. In New York City, the U. S. Government charged two bustards, two brolgas, two pittas, eleven carpet snakes, two scrub wallabies, two blue-faced honey-eaters, 241 other creatures with illegal entry from Australia in 1938.

Warrior. In Hot Springs, S. Dak., a summons to a year's military service was dispatched to Tribesman Hobert Shot-to-Pieces, of Wounded Knee.

Selected Service. In Des Moines, a young man asked the draft authorities if he could do his year's training by correspondence. He was, he explained, "allergic to beans and prunes."

Fine. In Seattle, calculating that "the fine probably would be higher than the value of the car," a man surrendered his 1921 sedan rather than pay his fine for overparking. The fine: $1.

Crash. In Butte, Mont., Theodore Cerise's car plummeted 250 feet down an embankment. Out stepped Theodore, happily clutching an unbroken bottle of milk.

Judgment. In Masaya, Nicaragua, a man was appointed judge who had been dead four years.

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