Blazes. In Tacoma, an electrical bed-shaking apparatus rigged up by Emmanuel Schrader to wake him at the right time started shaking at the wrong time, went on shaking till it short-circuited, burned the house down. In Dandridge, Tenn., lightning struck Hugh Hunter's cow barn, set it afire, traveled along a pipe to a water tank on a nearby hill, ripped the tank open, let out a stream of water that ran down the hill and put out the fire.

Within the Law. In Tulsa, a man who was bothered by drunks under his bedroom window got in touch with police, conscientiously inquired about his rights, won official support of his plan, thereupon took a bucket of water to the window and poured it out.

The Insect World. In Cincinnati, George Frank, a gypsy, was charged with trying to evade the draft by buying a wife and three children for $500. In Ithaca, N.Y., a local draft board sympathetically postponed the induction of a young man who had swallowed a hornet.

Nomenclature. In Tampa, a worker registering with a clerk finally persuaded her that his last name was really First, his first name Last. He worked on ships; his middle name was Gale.

A Coke Is a Coke Is a Coke. In Baltimore, a Boy Scout helping out in an OPA office put a nickel in an automatic coke dispenser. Out popped the cup, down poured the drink. He picked it up. Out popped another cup, down poured a drink. He picked it up. Out popped a cup, down poured a drink. He yelled for help. A line formed. The machine automatically dispensed one hundred and forty-seven drinks.

Tympani. In Denver, burglars who stole 20 phonograph records from Dr. Neal Bishop's car may or may not have been happy about the swag--all were recordings of the peculiar beats of diseased hearts.

Animal Kingdom. In Estes Park, Colo., residents whose food had been gobbled by wandering bears demanded that the State Game & Fish Department get them some new points.

Crime & Combustion. In Newark,N.J., county prisoners finally left all that behind them--the rock pile was abandoned because of a continual lack of gas to run the stone-crusher. In Topeka, the county rationing board granted William Jake Wortham's application for emergency gas coupons--he had to travel to Bisbee, Ariz., to face a murder charge.

Duplicators. In Cleveland, twins were born to the Frank Dittoes.

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