Eschewed

In Streator, Ill., a traffic violator accepted from Police Magistrate F. P. Goebel a lyday jail term rather than a $5 fine, at suppertime paid the fine rather than accept coffee, bread and bologna which he said he abhors.

Paint

In Toledo, patrolmen answered a midnight alarm at the Buckeye Paint & Varnish Co., nabbed Harry Lang, 43, church deacon, carrying off five gallons of paint. Booked for burglary, militant Lang explained. His church needed painting.

Assured

In Hollywood, when E. Bruce Kinney protested he would smother if locked in the trunk compartment of his car, bandits drove him up the road to another car, unlocked Frank L. Argull, another victim similarly boxed, who assured Kinney he would not suffocate. After Kinney complied and the robbers fled, both victims kicked themselves free, reported a loss of a watch and $8 each.

Volunteers

In Coldwater, Mich., eleven-year-old Allen Rafkin and twelve-year-old Francis Denham, both of Chicago, were picked up on the highway, equipped with trench helmets, knapsacks, a canteenful of milk. Destination: Canada and World War II.

Policeman

In Chicago, Thaddeus Cullinane, renegade policeman who took to drink and then to robbery, was cornered in an alley by police. Unable to forget his 19 years on the force, he refused to shoot it out, shot Criminal Thaddeus Cullinane instead.

FDR

In Connecticut, where safe motorists may have their initials instead of serial numbers on their license plates, Willkie-Man Frank D. Ross of Hartford explained: "Don't let the F D R fool you."

Overnight

In Indianapolis, at police headquarters, William Mueller, 35, told Captain Roy Pope his name, explained he had just attempted suicide, begged to be locked up overnight to prevent a repetition. Captain Pope had already been given an arrest warrant for Mueller, signed by his wife, charging assault & battery. A few minutes later, locked up for that, Suicide Mueller was found hanging by his belt.

Complications

In Chicago, after boasting to friends that he could still put his big toe in his mouth, Oscar Dahlkamp, 55, did, broke two bones in his leg, died of injuries and complications.

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