Thieves

In Dayton, Ohio, police are looking for whoever it might be that stole, piece by piece, six houses.

Operations

In Philadelphia, Claude Alexander drove his friend Charles Lee to the hospital for an appendectomy. As Mr. Alexander was departing, he was doubled up by a sharp pain in his side. Doctors rushed him to an operating room and removed his appendix.

Race

In Omaha, George A. Johnson challenged Cecil Higgenbottom to run a footrace. Mr. Higgenbottom has run 100 yd. in 14.5 sec. There are no time trials on Mr. Johnson. Each of the men has two wooden legs.

Iron

In Union City, N. J., Charles Dempsey climbed onto a train. Just before the train reached Summit. N. J., Mr. Dempsey anxiously confided to the conductor that he could not remember whether he had turned off the electric iron in his apartment. As the train slowed down to pass through Summit, the conductor threw off a note to the stationmaster. The stationmaster telegraphed to the Union City Police Department which broadcast to a radio car. The radio police entered Mr. Dempsey's apartment, found that he had indeed turned off the iron.

Shoes

In St. Louis, police arrested for robbery 267-lb. Joseph Spitale, who explained he had to steal to buy new shoes. Said he: ''My feet were killing me."

Ghost

In Custer County. Idaho, the ghost town of White Knob, once "the premier lead, copper, and silver camp of the West" was offered for sale to make up delinquent taxes. In 1915 it was sold for $440,000. In 1928 it was sold for $150,000. Last week there were no bidders for White Knob.

Marriage

In Oakland, Calif., Cleone Goad, 13, married Leonard Newlun, 30. Miss Goad's mother's husband is a brother of Mr. Newlun. Consequently, Cleone is her mother's sister-in-law, and her stepfather is her brother-in-law.

Bears

In Gaylord, Mich., black bears have been invading the pig pen at a CCC camp. They push the pigs out of the way and greedily eat the food from their trough.

Dolls

In Hollywood, Mrs. Ida Hoag ran a doll hospital, manufactured and repaired dolls, had a collection containing dolls more than 50 years old. While she was curling a doll's wig, it caught fire. Hastily she threw it aside. It landed in a pile of wigs waiting to be curled. They flared up. Mrs. Hoag started rescuing her dolls, screaming, "save my babies!" Hurried to a hospital where she was treated for severe burns. Mrs. Hoag returned to the wreckage of her building, grieved over the charred arms, legs, heads, torsos of dolls. Wailed she: "Oh, my poor, poor babies. And to think I might have saved them all from this."

Exception

In Westfield, Mass., Jasper T. Dunham, 90, was hauled into court on a charge of reckless driving. The judge asked him whether he didn't think he was too old to drive. Indignantly replied Nonagenarian Dunham: ''When I went to school 1 learned there was always a lot of exceptions to every rule, and in this case I'm one of them."

Crow

In Bucyrus, Ohio, Mrs. Nina Klingenberger has a pet crow named Amos. At 4:30 every morning Amos leaves his tree and raps on a window until someone lets him in. His favorite breakfast is bread crumbs, milk, and raw hamburger. His favorite diversion is following Mrs. Klingenberger around while she hangs out the washing.

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