New Day. In Omaha, Henry Grabois put a plaintive sign in his tavern window: "Please . . . come in and buy a pack of cigarets."

Special Delivery. In Spokane, Wash., a porter stepped off a train to hustle some sandwiches, got left, gave chase in a cab, finally caught up six hours later, delivered the sandwiches, but couldn't quite pay the cab fare: $110.

Stiff Price. In East St. Louis, Ill., Lunchroom Owner Pete Chuluhas was charged with shooting a customer dead for trying to leave without paying for a 15-c- bowl of chile.

Bat Women. In northern Luzon, the 32nd Division's all-male 107th Medical Battalion baseball team played the Bayom-bong Filipino Girls' Club, lost the game 15 to 9.

Rindlander. In Holdrege, Neb., when German P.O.W.s were served their first watermelons, one enthusiast ate his entire piece, rind and all.

Just Pals. In Davenport, Iowa, Pfc. Kenneth J. Schneider and Pfc. Edwin R. Gould, who were inducted together, went overseas on the same ship, were captured at the same time, stayed in the same prison camp, were liberated on the same day, returned to the U.S. on the same ship, arrived home on the same train, finally were discharged at the same time with the same number of points.

Mon Capitaine. In Manhattan, the FBI suggested that the Monte Carlo night club ought to change the garb of its doorman because the French Government had protested that he was always getting salutes from French soldiers.

Correction. In San Francisco, hospital attendants ministered to a badly battered street-fight victim, a Negro named Super Human Williams.

Teetotaler? In Springfield, Ill., a thief broke into Albert Mills's tavern, made off with seven cases of empty beer bottles.

Cache. In Pocatello, Idaho, police investigating a pool-hall theft noticed a suspicious bulge on Cecil Jones's face, forced open his mouth, extracted fourteen $20 bills.

All Work, No Pay. In Denver, a prowler climbed a pole, jumped to a third-floor window, broke through a screen into an elevator shaft, leaped to a cable, swung over and kicked open a door to a corridor, climbed through, tried to cut a hole in the floor, finally tired of it all and left lootless.

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