Zwack! In Albany, N. Y., Andrew Zwack's hen laid an egg bearing a likeness of Japan's Rising Sun. Said Zwack: "It made me so mad we killed and ate her."

Home Delivery. In Halifax, where taxis are next to impossible to get, and cops are almost as scarce, Police Chief Judson Conrod asked expectant mothers to stop calling police radio cars to take them to the hospital.

Stop Payment. In Detroit, Police Department Employe Roland J. Lauzon, who gets his pay for installing traffic stop signs, paid back $25 to the city after failing to recognize his own handiwork.

Long Division. In Manhattan, Jean A. Brunner asked his niece what she did in her Washington war job, was told: "I work in the data-analysis group of the aptitude-test subunit of the worker-analysis section of the division of occupational analysis and manning tables of the bureau of labor utilization of the War Manpower Commission."

Bobby-socked. In Muskegon, Mich., John Benham, 22, escaped from Jackson Prison, masqueraded so successfully as a bobby-soxer that he had to summon the police to repulse the advances of a truck driver, landed back in jail.

Just As You Say. In Kansas City, a local schoolteacher, home from vacation, dreamed of the dainties she had enjoyed at her Manhattan hotel, wrote for the recipes, concluded, "Naturally, I am willing to pay for them." By return mail, she received the recipes, and a bill for $100.

The Payoff. In Hartford, Conn., the Aetna Life Insurance Co. announced that it had settled satisfactorily with a businessman whose glass eye exploded, a girl who sprained her wrist while wriggling into a girdle.

Dog Tired. In Nashville, Tenn., Street Sweeper James McMurray, 81, applied for retirement after 43 years, complained he was "just played out. Trouble with my feet."'

Last Stand. In Detroit, Mrs. Margaret Laing had the last word in a divorce hearing when she claimed that her husband's lady friend had "the most unshapely legs in all southern Michigan."

Male Order. In Harlan, Ky., Miss loma Creech read that the Army had taken over Montgomery Ward & Co., promptly mailed her order for a "staff sergeant of 5 feet, 9 inches height, dark hair with brown eyes." Said Miss Creech: "I had never noticed 'them in the catalogue."

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