Miscellaneous Mention

Vic Donabey, Methodist father of ten, Governor of Ohio, who shared with Governor Smith of New York the distinction of having weathered the Republican gale of 1924 (TIME, Nov. 17), last week vetoed a bill which would have compelled all public school teachers to read ten verses of Scripture to the pupils every school day, and all pupils above the fourth grade to memorize the Ten Commandments. The veto message referred to "the founders of our country."

Following Delaware's enthusiastic retention of her whipping posts (TIME, Apr. 6) a bill was introduced into the Michigan Legislature authorizing ten lashes a year for five years on all males convicted of murder and robbery while armed. Last week, it passed the Senate.

Through diplomatic channels, Pasquale Lucarilli of Italy made claim for 3,000 lire to cover funeral expenses of his brother, Julius, late of the A. E. F. Comptroller General McCarl notified the Italian Embassy, last week, that he would allow only 120 lire (about $5.00), the cost of the gravedigger. The balance for religious services--is not, he said, "reimbursable."