Nagged

In Minneapolis, Frank Leschisin, 67, who said when arrested by police for murdering his nagging wife, "Yes I shot her--I should have done it 15 years ago," was set free because a grand jury refused to indict him. Reason: his son, his wife's sister, all the witnesses called (and 50 neighbors who wanted to testify) all said he was justified.

Cookery

In Chicago, Mrs. Marie Muhne Budge was granted an uncontested divorce from Howard Budge, English chef. Grounds: he didn't like her German cooking.

Baptized

In Dallas, Tex. county jail, Walter Redden, booked for assault, was baptized in a bathtub by a convicted murderer-- Preacher Isaac D. Mangum--assisted by Sheriff Smoot Schmid, and the Rev. T. L. Rape looked on.

Average

In London, Arthur Sinker, rector of poverty-stricken Bermondsey, died leaving mankind a statistic: an average married woman with a family of six in the course of 20 years has to:

Kiss the family 45,000 times (one kiss per head per day).

Peel 87.600 potatoes.

Darn 10.400 socks and stockings.

Make 29,200 beds.

Butter 175,200 slices of bread.

Uncle

In Chicago, Steelworker Edward J. Collins paced the corridors of Lying-in Hospital shouting "I've got to see her, I've just got to see her." Arrested for disorderly conduct, he told the judge: "It's the first one. I'm uncle for the first time."

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