Carte Blanche. In Fort Ann, N.Y., Henry Holly mailed back to the U.S. Treasury a signed, blank check, issued to him as disability payment for service in World War I.

Plated Decks. In Cleveland, the Rocky River Museum announced it would rename Oscar, its pet turtle, who had laid an egg.

Personal Notices. In China, the Government discouraged an unusual sort of newspaper advertising. Since a respectable wedding now costs $15,000 (six months' salary for the average Government worker), young couples had been ducking the expense, publishing newspaper notices that "Miss X and Mr. Y are now living together."

Lifted. In San Francisco, thieves took $7,000 in nickels & dimes from the Glenn-Rowe Cigarette Vending Machine Co., removed all 450 Ibs. by way of the skylight.

The Old Man. In Bogota, Colombia, Abjon Jaramillo, 75, father of 43 (30 by his first wife, 13 by his second), was reported father of quadruplets.

Basic Invasion. In Normandy, Canadian Lieut. Charlie Hudson encountered a French boy, said "Bon jour." Replied the French boy: "Got any gum, chum?"

Snap Prophecy. In Los Angeles, a sign in a stationer's window read: "We are now taking orders for rubber bands."

Souvenirs. In Cincinnati, Mrs. Lena Coffin won, along with her divorce, $5,500 in war bonds and the custody of a carnival exhibit--a two-headed baby preserved in alcohol.

Jail Break. In Indianapolis, the police caught Mark Virgin climbing over the wall into the Indiana Women's Prison. He explained that he was the prison engineer, had forgotten his keys.

Something Rotten. In Denmark, German authorities clamped down on a vaudeville hypnotist who made six volunteers believe they were Gestapomen, hostages, and saboteurs respectively, then made the Gestapo arrest the hostages and let the saboteurs escape.

Man's Castle. In Portland, Ore., Zoo Director Arthur Greenhall moved six alligators to a new tank at the Zoo, had his bathtub all to himself for the first time in ten months.

Dear Departed. In Atlanta, a ration board issued a new book of gas coupons to an applicant who said that his aunt had borrowed his everyday suit, buried his Uncle George in it without emptying the pockets.

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