Demand & Supply. In Korea, the 2nd Division's 38th Regiment requisitioned a portable generator and two typewriters, later received a candle and two pencils.

Purple Heartbeats. In Scranton, Pa., the Times announced that "Edgar Clarkson and Anna Mae Thomas will be wounded in Lenoxville Methodist Church at 3 p.m."

Stranger In the House. In Norborne, Mo., Alex Stroud, 58, returning home unexpectedly after serving a two-year jail sentence for chicken-stealing, got a rifle bullet in the shoulder from his son, who mistook him for a burglar.

The Night Watch. In Philadelphia, Morgan J. Lewis, 49, perfected a new window gadget to baffle burglars: a trip wire which starts a motor, which dials "Operator" and plays a recording: "Send police at once. The home has been unlawfully entered."

Nothing Up His Sleeve. In Excelsior Springs, Mo., police arrested Edwin Cotteleer, magician-entertainer at the Elms Hotel, charged him with making off from the hotel with silverware, dishes, two ice buckets, a crystal water pitcher, a card table, table mats, bath rugs, tablecloths, napkins, hand and bath towels, wash cloths, blankets, sheets, pillows and pillow slips.

Convert. In Brookhaven, Miss., a thief broke into the Rev. W. Landon Miller's study, stole 710 typewritten sermons and a tape recorder.

Cool & Collected. In Memphis, two hoodlums held up the Southern United Ice & Coal Co. at pistol point and walked out with 12 1/2 lbs. of ice.

Fellow Men. In Quincy, Mass., two drivers collided, exchanged names--Thomas J. O'Brien, 46, of Quincy, and Thomas J. O'Brien, 19, of Dorchester--then exchanged apologies.

Course of Study. In Salisbury, England, Speedster Robert Mount explained to the court: "I had just bought a copy of the highway code, and was preoccupied with reading it as I drove along."

Appointed Rounds. In Burlington, N.C., Mailman Paul Simpson celebrated his 47th birthday on his day off by running 52 miles across country.

Breaking Points. In Chicago, Peter Musick admitted smashing eight plate-glass windows because "it gave me a sense of fulfillment." In New Albany, Ind., when Tenant Frank Collins refused to pay his rent on the ground that it was above the OPA ceiling, Landlord William Deatrick chopped down the stairway entrance to Collins' apartment.

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