Wind-Blown Straw. In Los Angeles, the Board of Public Works took official notice of a new trend, asked the City Council to make it unlawful for autoists to drive on their rims.

The Crime Ineffable. In Albuquerque, a wartime burglar broke into Mrs. Betty Reid's home, brewed himself a pot of coffee, went away satisfied.

Book-of-the-Munch. In Manhattan, a Vegetarian Book-of-the-Month club sprouted.

Time for All Things. In Topeka, R. C. Leinbach, who said he had been engaged to the late Anna Belle Sage since 1914, sued her estate for the return of the engagement ring he said he had finally given her in 1922.

The Undependables. In Fort Scott, Kans., Farmer John Hall, who had heard that music made cows generous, installed a radio in his barn--to make his womenfolk want to help with the milking. The experiment failed.

Law of Compensation. In Miami, Asa Sebits arrived from Detroit with a new ambulance for delivery to the Red Cross, explained how he had got gasoline en route without a ration book. Two celebrating soldiers he had picked up had passed out, and Sebits told a gas station operator they were dead. The operator took a look, believed him, filled the tank. Donor of the ambulance: the W.C.T.U.

Shucks. In Okmulgee, Okla., a fire alarm roused the fire chief, who forgot the matches in his pocket, leaped to the brass pole and slid down, setting his shirt afire.

Junk. In Middletown, Ind., when Carl Clinger's handsome new auto stalled on a railroad track, he got his old car, used it to push the new one off the track, got stuck halfway across, jumped just in time to watch a train smack both of them into smithereens. In Los Angeles, when the Homer Cliffords' auto stalled on a railroad track, confident Mrs. Clifford kept her seat while her husband tried to push the car off the track before a train arrived. She survived the impact.

"Just a Line to Let You Know . . ."

In Guilford, Ind., Carl Buchanan took out his old Army uniform, found a letter in it he was supposed to have mailed for a friend in 1917. Now, as Postmaster of Guilford, he mailed it.

Millennium. In Topeka, the Community Christmas Tree Committee decided not to erect the annual tree for the city's underprivileged children because there were practically no underprivileged children.

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