Familiar Ring. In Manhattan, the WPB uncovered a black market in bathtubs.

The Insurmountable. In Montreal, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police flatly rejected an applicant for a constable's job in the Fiji Islands because of his height: 9 ft. 10 in.

Nestling. In Tracy, Calif., a carpenter named Hardy Sparrow was injured when he fell out of a tree.

Missourian. In Hollywood, Jim Moran, who has spent 82 hours looking for a needle in a haystack and once sold an ice box to an Eskimo, laid plans to swap horses in midstream.

Wholesome. In Washington, the Department of Agriculture set up standards for domestic Swiss cheese, ruled that the bigger the holes, the better the grade.

Among My Souvenirs. In Detroit, Mrs. Donna Willett, suing for divorce, recalled that her husband gave her 48 black eyes between December 1931and October 1933.

Fifth Column. In Vancouver, a land lady accepted a $5 deposit from a supposedly "single" man. Next morning he moved in with a wife and baby, followed on the third day by two daughters, on the fourth by another child, on the fifth by a grown son with his dog and the dog's puppy. The landlady claimed that her tenant had borrowed back the $5 deposit, had paid no rent at all to date.

Clean Getaway. In Cincinnati, a burglar bathed in Archbishop John T. McNicholas' tub, left his underwear behind, walked out with a clean set of the Arch bishop's underclothes and two shirts.

The First 100 Years. In Argentina, the War Department finally caught up with Ramon Cordoba when he failed to register for military service. The courts charged him with desertion as a veteran of the revolutions of '90 and '93, threatened punishment of an extra year of service in the Argentine ranks. Ramon is 101.

Touch System. In upstate New York, volunteer typists from Manhattan made a fine showing as snap-bean pickers.

Town & Gown. In Bethlehem, Pa., a local laundry which owed the Lehigh University football squad a truckload of towels delivered instead a load of diapers.

Ready. In Great Falls, Mont.. Mrs. Frank Rodgers called out that dinner was on the table, saw her husband (who had been insulating the attic) drop through the ceiling into the dining room.

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