All Out. In Butler, Ky., when a customer asked him for a package of cigarets, Clerk Thomas Blades Jr. stooped, pulled a gun from under the counter, shot and killed himself.

Double Crosstic. In England, Nazi V-bombs scattered crossword puzzles (On which the black squares formed the design "V-1." Sample definition: "He wants all you've got." The word: "Roosevelt."

Man About Town. In Portland, Ore., Charles Haney stepped off a bus from Los Angeles, managed to find a hotel room several blocks away, went out to eat, wandered around for five days trying to find the hotel again.

Auto Erotic. In Halifax, N.S., police brushed up on their Morse code, prepared to crack down on persons unknown who are using automobile horns to signal "vile and filthy language" into the night.

Grand Dad. In Los Angeles, William Wallace, who had told the judge that he cut down a Christmas tree in a public park to please his "kiddies," had his case reviewed, paid $47.50 in fines when investigators discovered his children were employed at the Lockheed airplane plant.

What's In a Name? In Newark, Judge Thomas Meany sentenced a gang of bootleggers nicknamed "Jimmie the Weasel," "Coca-Cola Harry," "Gold Tooth Pete," and "Jimmie the Greenhorn," suspended sentence of a year and a day in prison (because he was "in bad company") on one Robin F. Hood.

A Winter's Tale. In San Francisco, ladies of the League for Service Men who had sent sun lamps to the boys in Alaska were personally thanked by Army Lieut. Jack Frost, fresh from the Aleutians.

Hush Money. In Forsyth, Ga., author ities discovered beside a railroad right-of-way the dead body of a man who had fallen or been pushed from a train. His mouth was crammed with $360 in bills.

New Boy. In St. Louis, the Comfort Printing & Stationery Co. hired a draft-exempt office boy, James B. New, 82.

Monkey Business. In Manhattan, a onetime Office of Surplus Disposal executive revealed that among things which the Government has recently had for disposal was a group of slightly laboratory-worn baboons.

Turnabout. In Medford, Mass., Tenant William Kelliher took pity on his roomless landlord, Angelo Franze, rented him a room, found him disturbing to domestic tranquillity, petitioned a court to evict him.

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