Jumbleland. In Washington, the Department of Commerce announced that "the use of automobiles in all of Mexico is now restricted to six days each week, Saturdays and Sundays excepted."

The Animal Kingdom. In San Francisco, Lief Croch tried to rid his apartment of mice by setting out crackers, spreading poison on every third one. The mice ate all the unpoisoned crackers, left all the others. Lief gathered them up despondently, fell to munching, soon went to the hospital. In New Britain, Conn., Eleanor Borg went up a tree after a stranded kitten, which presently scurried down by itself. It required firemen with ladders to get Eleanor down.

Flying Start. In Meadville, Pa., precocious Michael Edward Flynn acquired seven teeth in the first seven days of his life.

Room Service. In Sacramento, jail authorities finally discovered how Mrs. Dale Thrapp had got high without leaving her cell: a visitor had funneled drinks into Mrs. Thrapp through a small hole in the door.

Speedsters. In Seattle, Traffic Officer W. W. Crow caught up with a speeder, quizzed him, presently discovered the car had been stolen from his brother. In Westchester County, N.Y., OPA Inspector William Bennett, arrested for speeding, said he had been determining whether the law was being enforced, promptly learned that it was, paid a $15 fine.

All In the Family. In South Bend, Ind., widower Dick Hoslinger paved his way toward the armed forces by having his mother adopt his daughter, who became her dependent and his sister.

Rolled Roast. In Great Falls, Mont., the Andrew Cowans prepared to enjoy a 47-ration-point pot roast that Cowan had helped prepare, presently found that even the gravy was tough, at length discovered he had innocently rolled it in plaster of Paris.

What's Yours Is Mine. At Fort Devens, Mass., Lieut. Charles F. DeBarger and WAC First Officer Mary Steinman DeBarger returned from their honeymoon, found they had both been made captains.

Native Land. In Balboa, C.Z., homesick Technical Sergeant David Green got his greatest wish granted through the mails--a handful of dirt from The Bronx.

There! In Washington, a Post Office Department ruling forbade the mailing of false teeth unless the package was plainly lettered: "MAILING NOT PROHIBITED by Sec. 607 1/2, P.L.&R. 1940."

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