Writer. In Columbus, Ohio, a visitor to a telegraph office wrote a message, threw it away, wrote another, threw it away, wrote a third, handed it to a clerk. The third: "All your cash and be quiet." The first and second, found after the stickup: "Be calm. This is a stickup"; "Holdup, All your cash."

Finds. Near Moneta, Wyo., a hunter found an unopened letter in a clump of sagebrush. It was addressed to his mother-in-law, postmarked May 12, 1939. In Hobart, Mich., Ray Loomis found a set of false teeth in his potato patch, returned them to a neighbor who had lost them in 1906.

Crime Kids. In Salt Lake City, police hunting the burglar of a machine shop found footprints--six-year-old size. In Boston, police arrested a twelve-year-old boy for an attempted holdup, relieved him of five automatics, one revolver, six packages of shells.

Sleeper's Slip. In Memphis, a sleeping fireman woke to an alarm, jumped to the slide-pole, dropped like a plummet, broke his legs. Both his arms had gone to sleep.

Grab Bag. Near Oklahoma City a flock of startled ducks flew into a duck hunter, who grabbed with one hand, bagged a mallard drake alive.

Repeat. In Duncannon, Pa., a woman who lived on a curve prepared to restore her auto-wrecked front porch for the fifth time since July 4.

Trend. In Spokane appeared a patriotic slot machine: when a player hits the jackpot with a quarter the machine plays The Stars & Stripes Forever, an attendant hands him a $25 defense bond.

Dilemma. In Yonkers, N.Y., a raid-nervous mother phoned the State Conservation Department, summoned a game warden, asked him what games her children ought to play during air raids.

Stopper. In Boston, Dr. Richard H. Norton offered a solution (tested on his granddaughter) for the problem of thumb sucking by girls aged three and up: appeal to their vanity, paint their nails red.

Spot. In Little Ferry, N.J., Barber Frank Circkirillo shaved off the whiskers of a new customer, recognized him as the man who stole his boat five years ago. Plying his razor, he drew a confession of guilt, then released him when the customer showed his Navy enlistment blank.

Bulge. In Rochester, N.Y., when a woman complained she had been robbed, a policeman thought he saw her money bulging her stocking, told her so. She explained: "Them's my teeth."

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