Monday, Aug. 25, 1947

Nature Lesson. In Los Angeles, Harold Bellis told a divorce court that when he accused wife Sonya of promiscuity, she retorted:. "The birds and bees do it, and I'm going to do it, too."

Slow Burn. In Helsinge, Denmark, Jens Joergensen told the court that he was affronted 25 years ago, had been bolstering up his nerve ever since, finally went out and slapped his enemy, hefty Blacksmith Peter Svanum.

Grounded. In Liverpool, England, legless Ian Scot Hawke Dennis was fined $100 for drunken driving and warned by the court that for one year he must keep off his motorized wheelchair.

Withdrawal. In Addison+- Mich., a man entered the Addison State Savings Bank, patiently waited more than half an hour for his turn, finally got to the teller, pulled a gun, got away with $3,000.

No Bang. Near La Specia, Italy, despondent Adele Coppola decided to end it all, hopped up & down in an uncleared German minefield for 30 minutes without results, finally changed her mind and decided to go home and live.

Immigrant. In Houston, an apologetic culprit brought into the police station on a minor offense explained with winning sincerity that he hadn't been in the U.S. very long: his home was in Louisiana.

Habit. In Doncaster, England, nine-year-old George Cole, discharged from a hospital after treatment for a broken arm, plunged happily into a cricket match, landed back in the hospital a few hours later with a fractured skull.

Sucked In. In Lodi, Calif., saddened by the plight of the fellows inside the local jail, outsider Jacob Hohnstein tried to spread a little cheer by siphoning in slugs of booze, got caught at it, became an insider himself.

False Impressions. In Kansas City, Mo., Gladys Wedding laughed at a movie with such hearty abandon that she had to hustled to a hospital to get her tongue disentangled from her upper plate. Near harlevoix, Mich., Walter Springer, caught in an auto collision while his teeth were Darked in his shirt pocket, was treated for a nasty bite on the chest.

The First Year. In Lisbon. Newlywed Francisco Carvalho fled to the airport, crawled into the landing gear housing of a

onstellation, hung on for dear life until

ic got to Brazil. In Chicago, Newlywed

Joseph Charles Henry was arrested for

leaving his Indian bride Minnie out of a

hird-floor window.

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