"Youngest"

At Briggs Corner, N. B., Woodie Knox, 20, and Freda Myer, 11, were refused by several ministers before they found the Rev. R. Crandall, Baptist, who married them, making Freda "the youngest white bride on record."

In Detroit

In Detroit, one Edward Cochran, 23, hotel manager, married his employer, Mrs. Mary A. Mayginnis, 69, making "a record age discrepancy for the Detroit marriage license bureau."

Casualty

Throughout the world, the Roman Catholic Church is conducting an anti-immodesty drive (TIME, July 28, Aug. 4, RELIGION). First casualty: a Spanish priest.

At Gerona, in Catalonia, a priest who chid a girl for her "indecent" dress was set upon by the girl's mother, was haled before a Judge. The Judge recognized the girl as his daughter, persuaded the Governor of the Province to fine the priest 500 pesetas ($65).

Picnics, Pleasure

In Manhattan, a Methodist-Epis- copal bishop of Parkersburg, W. Va., landed after touring England, France, Holland, Belgium. Said he: "They are a godless people for the most part, particularly in France, which has always been the heart of infidelism. Instead of being in church on Sunday, they are out on picnics or riding in automobiles seeking pleasure."

A Test

In New York City, one William Whittle advertised for a stenographer, put his arm about the waist of an applicant, held her hand, was arrested at her mother's request. Said he to the magistrate: "Before I hire a girl I always test her morals by putting my arms around her and patting her arms. If she don't resent it, I know she is used to it and not the kind of girl I want in my office 1"

Nose-Dive

At Bourglarine, France, one Mme. Rapin stood with 500 others outside her house, watched her son, Sergeant Rapin, fly his airplane, do stunts, go into a nosedive, crash down into the crowd, kill nine persons, including himself and her.