Rationale. In Elberton, Ga., Judge C. B. Thornton asked a groom what bride's name he should write on the marriage license. Said the groom: "Leave that blank. . . . I heard that licenses were going to be rationed. . . . I'm courting two women and I don't know which one I'll get."

Trust-Brainers. In Washington, D.C., mice tried just as hard to get at the Department of Agriculture's dehydrated cheese as they did at the real thing.

Polo-Ebbetsian? In Washington, D.C., Private First Class John Larson had a blood transfusion, lived, almost immediately asked: "What if I have inside me the blood of a Giant fan and a Dodger rooter?"

Purifier. In the South Pacific, 2nd Lieut. Allan L. Weckel crash-landed his plane on the ocean at night. Four sharks circled close until he poured hypochlorite water purifier into the Pacific, raised a gas attack through which he managed to paddle ashore.

Life With Father. In Oakland, Calif., the Rev. Dr. Cecil Johnson announced that as a Father's Day special, he would preach on "Ten Virgins in a Crisis" and "I Am The Only Man-- So What?"

Harvard Logic. In Harvard, Neb., Robert Pinckney, 16, bought four lots at a tax sale, demanded from the city fathers $20 back rent and a $40 sales price for the town jail thereon. They turned right around and fired his father, town physician.

Needs. In North Africa, U.S. Army Nurse May Steinberg asked a wounded Negro soldier what he needed. Said he: "Ma'm, I needs everything. All I possesses is bullet holes and shining morale."

Cruelty. In Holland, a collector of potato peels named his ass Benno -- the Dutch for Benito. A Nazi paper demanded action by the S.P.C.A.

Pointer. In Natick, Mass., Sumner D. Hersey's family ate no meat for three weeks, saved the points for a birthday roast-beef dinner. Just before the 7-lb. roast was carved, Sumner Hersey's setter ate it.

Card. In Berkshire, England, a farmer who wanted a permit to buy wire sent the War Agricultural Committee a card, asked it to cross out inappropriate statements, send it back. The card read: "1) To hell with you and your wire; 2) There is no wire; 3) What is wire? 4) Don't you know there's a war on? 5) You can have a permit next month, next year, in 1945; 6) Permit herewith."

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