Rut. Near Mojave, Calif., highwaymen successfully held up the same mail stage at the same spot for the second time in a month.

The Homey Touch. In Albuquerque, N. Mex., a tavern-owner reported that a prowler broke into his place three times in three weeks, took nothing, simply rearranged the furniture.

Ration Note. At the Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital, the specialists who remove foreign objects from digestive tracts reported a wartime boom in chicken-and fish-bones.

Mush! In Baltimore, a Snow Shoe (Pa.) boy married a Drifting (Pa.) girl.

The Hungry. In Seattle, short-tempered Host Edward Abraham was accused of baring his teeth before dinner, impulsively chewing both of his dinner guests' ears. In St. Louis, Joe Williams took offense at the restaurant food set before him, hurled the glassware and china at the waiter, bit a cop.

No Starch. In Manhattan, a 24-year-old Negro confessed to holding up the laundry of Hyman Ostrow seven times since 1939, explained, "He was a soft touch." Happy Landings. In Cleveland, Restaurateur Joseph Sinjur tossed out a drunk, discovered too late that helpful customers had innocently thrust on the drunk a fallen wallet containing $200 -- all Sinjur's.

Well Done! In London, "Potato Pete," the poster model who has long urged Britons to eat more potatoes, was lauded and then fired by his boss, the Ministry of Food. His persuasiveness had created a shortage of spuds.

Pigeons, Alas. In Milwaukee, ill-mannered pigeons plagued the courthouse until starlings arrived and drove them away; when the hard-pressed courthouse custodian drove away the ill-mannered starlings, the pigeons promptly came back.

In Spokane, the county's specially in stalled pigeon-frightening whistle pleased the pigeons, scared the daylights out of all the local dogs.

Woolgatheress. In Huntington, W.Va., a woman flipped a letter into the street, mailed a lighted cigaret.

The Breaking Point. In Chicago, Mrs.

Catherine Kelly, suing for divorce, testified that her husband had come home drunk 600 times in the last four years, given her 600 beatings because she refused to climb out of bed to make him a late snack.

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