Facsimile Service. In New Orleans, Sally Rand, Woodrow Wilson, Gloria Swanson, Marion Davies, Robert Taylor, Gracie Allen and Anne Morrow Lindbergh were working at various local restaurants.

Open Secret. In Ketchikan, Alaska, the Chamber of Commerce voted to hold an off-the-record meeting -- and voted to have it broadcast.

Statistician. In London, Dr. Claude Baker Gabb spent 30 years collecting statistics on nonagenarian deaths, then died at 90.

Memory Lane. In Louisville, Irvin Tucker of Madrid (Ky.), arrested for driving 35 m.p.h. in reverse, explained: "I get lost every time I turn a corner, so I decided to back out the way I came in."

Alcoholic Content. In Beloit, Wis., Fisherman Louis Mclntyre took a 21 3/4-lb. muskellunge to a taxidermist, who looked inside, found a full 12-oz. bottle of beer.

Watch the Fords Go By. In Birmingham, Daniel Ford's stolen Ford was recovered by State Highway Patrolman Grady Ford.

Napoleonic End. In Portland, Ore., two prisoners escaped from the county jail but got only as far as Waterloo.

Feather Weather. In Schenectady, N.Y., Weatherman Morris H. Cohn finally discovered why the city's official temperature was always higher than the U.S. weather bureau -- a nestful of sparrows was keeping the recording tube warmed up.

Temperamental Difference. In Long Beach, Calif., Lorenzo T. Foster, 84, explained to police why he killed his old friend, William T. Judd, 74 -- "Judd was too young and skittish for me to associate with."

Motorist's Paradise. In Columbus, Ind., William Cash was arrested after allegedly stealing a car in order to shuttle between his two wives.

Heavy Duty. In Manhattan, it took six men two and a half hours to get 350-lb. Mary Donohue to a hospital after she fell off a chair and broke her leg.

Going His Way. In Salt Lake City, Motorist Keith Perry's suitcase was stolen but he set out for Ogden anyway, picked up two hitchhikers, drove them -- and his suitcase -- to the Ogden police station.

Postscript. In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, James F. Williams, 61, reported to police that Bride No. 15 (TIME, Aug. 20) and $920 were missing.

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