Ghost Story. Radio Tokyo announced that the population of Medan, Sumatra, had dropped 23,000 in the last year, noted that 8,000 had been sent overseas, guessed that the rest "just disappeared, like a ghost population."

Loco Motive. Near Bath, England, a train engineer went crazy, flashed past seven miles of danger signals on the line to Salisbury before he was overpowered.

The Origin of Specie. In Bath, Me., in 1857, Sailor Samuel Francis deposited $150 in a bank. Last week his heirs received the original sum plus interest: $6,245.

Sealed. In Miami, Fla., Patrolman D.K. Lee reported on a Negro admitted to the hospital, concluded: "Doctor sewed up lip. Further questioning impossible."

Hrach. In Hollywood, Violinist Hrach Yacoubian filed a $20,250 suit against a restaurant, charged that one of its steaks was so tough that it lacerated his larynx.

Tough Grind. In Hollywood, Stripteaser Betty Rowland bumped one of her swivel-hips against a wall, landed in the hospital suffering partial paralysis.

Time for Overtime. In Mineola, L.I., Judge Serenbetz got a surprise when Mrs. Baumwart, confronted with a $2 fine or a day in jail for overtime parking, at her husband's request chose the latter. Said Mr. Baumwart: "It's a matter of principle."

Inferno. In Kansas City, Mo., Dr. S. S. Hill heard strange noises under the front porch of his new house, called firemen to investigate. From a 20-ft. dry cistern were lifted (all alive) a chow, a Boston bulldog, a white Angora cat, a red hen.

Hobby Horses. In Portland, Ore., Mayor Earl Riley got a letter from a woman in Canton, Ohio: "I have a hobby collecting horses and try to get one from each state as a souvenir. . . . Would you please oblige and send me one, any kind, as I have all kinds. Send C.O.D." Witness. In Bayonne, N.J., the late Dr. John Jay Hunt named "God Almighty" as witness to his will, bequeathed his patients' unpaid bills to the Salvation Army or the Red Cross, requested that his ashes be cast into the sea. The will was declared invalid because the signature of the witness was lacking.

Opposing Battery. In New Britain, Japanese troops charged American lines shouting "To hell with Babe Ruth!"

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