Round Trip. In Carson City, Nev., Sheriff Ray Root finally won a nine-year battle for a law giving him 6% of the license fees he collected, then found he had been entitled to the cut all along.

Hi-Ho. In London, the House of Commons learned with mixed emotions that one Lieut. Colonel Gates had ordered that whenever one of his officers met a squad of soldiers he should shout, "Hi-de-hi," and the men respond, "Ho-de-ho!"

Two-Bits, Two-Time. In Medford, Ore., Two-Bits, a terrier who survived a dive down an 800-foot cliff into a snow bank, did it all over again on a snowless day, recovered, got sent to a farm to have a little sense trained into him.

Question & Answer. In Columbus, Ohio, William Oliver told the judge why he had sabotaged a juke box; every time he tried to get I Wonder What's Become of Sally he got an answer: Somebody Else Is Taking My Place.

No News. In the Kansas City Star appeared a help-wanted ad: "Girl, lazy; only requirement that she love our baby; no Sundays, no cooking, no laundry, no nothin'." On a closed cafe in Bucyrus, Ohio appeared an explanatory sign: "No coffee, no sugar, no help, no oil, no heat and no profit."

Slogan Slugged. In St. Paul, state senators voted to hurry the repeal of a law requiring that all state letterheads carry the slogan "Eat More Butter."

Why Boys Leave Home. In Montville, N.J., state troopers finally (1 a.m.) found seven-year-old Eugene Rodwell, who had run away from home in his underwear and slippers. Reason: he was faced with a bath.

Punctilio. In Denver, L. Ward Bannister wrote the War Department to learn if he could cable his son, Lieut. Wayne A. Bannister, ultimately got a reply from Africa: "Dear Sir: I regret to inform you that the only circumstances under which you may send a cable to your son are in the event of family emergency. In such case a cable may be forwarded to him by the American Red Cross. Wayne A. Bannister."

Shortages. In the Spartanburg, S.C. Herald, George Withers Jr. offered a can of sliced pineapple for the return of his lost dog got him back right away. In Salem, N.J., Mrs. Adaline E. Stephenson bequeathed to her son her auto tires.

Transfer. In Summerberry, Sask., a freight train frightened a horse, which bolted into the train, threw his rider, James Hollingshead, safely on to a passing flatcar, backed away, fell dead.

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