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UNCOMMON KNOWLEDGE-George W. Stimpson-Bobbs-Merrill ($2). An interesting compendium of little-known facts by a Washington newspaper correspondent who has gathered odd items of information all his life. It tells why a patrol wagon is called a Black Maria (there used to be a husky Negro woman bouncer in a Boston boarding house with that name); what U. S. President was a citizen of France (Washington); what is the lion's share (all). A handy book for people who like to win arguments...
...Chicago, Tommy Cushman, 4, marched into a tavern, declared he was lost, had the bartender notify the police, waited until Policeman Thomas Mahoney drove by and took him home in the patrol wagon. Chuckled Policeman Mahoney: "He's a smart boy. Tommy's been after me for a week for a ride in the wagon, but I couldn't do it on account of regulations...
...road is a striking engineering achievement, marked by easy grades and wide curves, which seemingly tempt the average driver to "hit it up," for speeds of 60 m.p.h. and better were common until Highway Patrol Chief Ray Cato started to police the stretch...
...horse took a few skittish steps, then straightened out. The King never flinched. Equerry Sir John dropped back. A shiny revolver lay on the pavement. Over the heads of an excited crowd appeared the rumpled features of George Andrew McMahon, being hustled away by four policemen towards a patrol van. Special Constable Dick had looked up just in time to see the revolver wavering in the herbalist's hand. Instinctively he lashed out, knocking it into the street. Dazed Herbalist McMahon cried, "Good heavens, don't strangle me!'' as the police rushed him away...
From Los Angeles to Bakersfield, Calif, stretches the Ridge Route, a treacherous ribbon of curves and grades famed both for its scenery and its danger. After 51 motorists had been killed on Ridge Route in 15 months, Chief E. Raymond Cato of the California Highway Patrol decided on an ingenious method to cancel the carnage, put it into effect last week on a 62½-mile section of the Ridge Route from Castaic Junction to Arvin Road...