Friendship. In Tokyo, Yasukichi Hashimoto learned that his house had been robbed while he was in jail for burglary, declared, "The only rat who would do such a thing is my friend Kikuchi"; investigation proved him right.

Tough All Over. In San Diego, plans were being made to patch up the grading and paving on Easy Street.

The Proper Spirit. In Battle Creek, Mich., Robert F. Ort, who admitted setting twelve fires in the Moose Lodge clubhouse, told police that putting them out helped develop "comradeship" among the members.

The Criminal Mind. In Oklahoma City, Clyde Merrill reported that the thief who stole his clothes had mailed him the pawn tickets.

Holiday Mood. In London, when the Daily Herald sent a couple of reporters and three homing pigeons to cover a cross-Channel swim, the reporters came home, but the pigeons headed, respectively, for Paris, Marseille and the Riviera.

Prescription. In Los Angeles, Mrs. Bertha Burton Adams assured the superior court that she felt her life of "drudgery and trouble" would take a turn for the better if she were allowed to change her name to Gentle Dove.

Financier. In San Diego, police charged that Thomas Saffold had 1) bought a parakeet with a bum $16 check, and 2) used his new pet as collateral to raise $26 by representing it as the lead in a recent all-bird motion picture.

The Pinch. In New York, City Statistician Harold Hoffman glumly admitted that the cost of figuring out the cost of living was skyrocketing.

Self-Sufficient. In London, Ark., police were looking for the burglars who broke into the local garage to get tools to break into the village post office.

Not His Day. In Four Falls, N.B., when his car ran off the road, crashed through three posts and plunged down an embankment, Fred Murray escaped injury; when he went to telephone for help, he fell into a newly dug cellar and broke his arm.

Runaway. In Gainesville, Fla., police who arrested Maebell Jackson for ramming into an oil tank reported that she had tried to stop her car by yelling "Whoa! Whoa!"

The Purge. In Tokyo, the Communist newspaper Red Flag accused city officials of luring prospective members from the party by offering them free baths.

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