Peers. In Oklahoma City, a jury in a civil case reported to the judge that it was deadlocked 6-to-6. He suggested a recess for lunch. The jury retired to consider a recess, returned to report it was deadlocked on the issue of a recess, 6-to-6. Disposition: jury discharged.

Lesson. In Seattle, Al Collins took his wife to a golf course, took his stance to show her the correct form for driving from a tee, forthwith shot a hole-in-one.

Backstroke. In Williams Field, Ariz., hospital attendants applied an eight-inch-square bandage to the posterior of Private John Fain, who had killed a fly with a razor while he was shaving in the nude.

Repeat. In Hartford, Conn., firemen carried Mrs. M. J. Knowles down a ladder from her bedroom. Later she returned to bed. The fire rekindled, the firemen returned, carried her down the ladder again.

Recipe. In Chicago, Mrs. Catherine Copulos, 100, attributed her good health to the fact she had smoked a hookah for 50 years.

Life & Death. In Redkey, Ind., the Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. paid a death claim on the life of a late policyholder, Mr. Lincoln Life.

Recruit. At Fort Dix, N.J., John Merighi, who had undergone 40 operations, been blind in one eye, deaf in one ear, half paralyzed, and had a headache for ten years, was found physically fit at last, admitted to the Army.

Lost. In Jamestown, N.Y., a young woman wrote to ask a bus company to return her wrap-around skirt which had come off without her noticing it while she was riding home.

Come-On. In Los Angeles, eleven-year-old Charles Gallenkamp taught his dachshund to lick war stamps, sold several hundred dollars' worth to fascinated spectators.

Busy Man. In Chicago, after 22 years of purchasing books for the Newberry Library, Librarian George B. Utley announced that he was going to retire and read some of them.

Fade. In Maurertown, Va., the town decided its test blackout had been a success after an inter-city bus overlooked it in the dark, carried a passenger five miles beyond his destination.

Capture. In Troy, N.Y., a few hours after somebody stole Dr. Vincent L. Boldt's car, a stranger gave him a lift. Presently the doctor recognized the car he was riding in, directed the driver to the police station.

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