Awful Truth. In Manhattan, New York Post Columnist Leonard Lyons reported that in California a psychiatric patient was asked if he were Napoleon. He craftily said "No." A lie detector showed he was lying.

Deep In the Heart. In Dallas, William S. Hensen, chairman of the Venereal Disease Educational Committee, announced that all the city's faiths would close their week-long participation in his work with the observance of V. D. Sunday.

Dog Story. In New Britain, Conn., Ralph Prims met a man with a dog, claimed the dog was his own. "Prove it," said the stranger. Holding a match in front of the dog's mouth, Prims said: "Blow it out." The dog did.

Welcome. In Pensacola, Fla., R. L. Kendrick campaigned for sheriff, advertised: "The front door of the jail will always be wide open."

Wrong Night. In Bryn Mawr, Pa., George Baird, returning from a party at 5 a.m., banged at the back door, was greeted with gunfire. Hospitalized, he learned that he had returned to the wrong house in the wrong town.

Inside View. In Ontario's Kingston penitentiary, a "lifer" known only as Sally announced that she would buy her fourth war bond. Said she: "In here a person gets sort of a frustrated feeling. . . . I want to see the war won just as much and as quickly as you do."

Controlled Inflation. In Rio de Janeiro, President Getulio Vargas granted a 60% increase in the price of luncheon in the government-sponsored workers' restaurant. The new price of the luncheon: 8-c-.

Small Habit. In Chicago, Mrs. Kate Poshwinchuk, well satisfied with the police work following her emergency phone call of a year ago, phoned again, was delivered of another baby boy.

Shank of the Evening. In Kankakee, Ill., Police Chief Nelson put Sergeant Bert Luckey on regular duty so that he positively could not attend the annual policeman's ball. Last year the Sergeant's wooden leg broke under the pressure, spilled ball bearings and dancers all over the floor.

Footnote. In Pocatello, Idaho, postal authorities mulled over the weight ceiling which forbade mailing his new size 15 brogans to Marine Pfc. Lawrence I. Hanson, somewhere in the Pacific (TIME, April 24). Wrote an impatient woman: "Did you ever think of sending each shoe in a separate parcel?"

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