Vanishing American. In Deer Lodge, Mont., state prison guards hunted for an Indian convict, James Comes at Night, who went at night.

275 Days to Christmas. In Saskatoon, Sask., Scottish-born William Kinnear got his 1943 Christmas cards in the mail just ahead of the penny boost in postal rates.

Direct Action. In Brockton, Mass., a bartender who had refused to serve a drunk noticed at length that business was falling off, presently discovered that the customer, offended, had gone off to a hardware store, had come back and padlocked the cafe's door.

The Main Issue. In Brooklyn, FBI charged Louis Brander with evading the draft for fear he would have to give up treatments for his falling hair.

Spring. In Newark, a couple of schoolboys fighting for the smiles of a pretty 12-year-old gradually attracted partisans, who attracted more. Twelve policemen ultimately broke up a free-for-all whose population had reached 300.

Over the Hump. Near Missoula, Mont., southbound Motorist Aubrey Knowles found the highway blocked by a landslide, peeked over, found a thwarted northbound motorist; the two traded cars, went happily on.

For the Record. In Seattle, Chief Petty Officer T. Kelly, home at last from the South Pacific, leaned a ladder against a monument to the war dead, climbed to his own name, with a paint brush set the record straight (see cut).

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