Small Change. In Alzey, Germany, Friedrich Bauer was sentenced to ten weeks in jail for buffing the fuzz off gooseberries and selling them for grapes.

Tooth & Nail. In Rapid City, S. Dak., John Spalla, who said he had just wanted to save on dentist bills, was charged with assault & battery after he tied his wife's hands behind her, pried open her mouth with a screwdriver, and tried to pull her teeth with a pair of pliers.

Carhop. In Lima, Ohio, when Andrew Moseley got out of his car to inspect the damage after a collision, a stranger slipped in behind the wheel, drove away.

Calling Card. In San Francisco, police had little difficulty picking up William Gene Hoffman for attempted burglary when they found his picture and fingerprint on half of an identification card he had used trying to jimmy open an apartment door.

Reveille. In Memphis, Mrs. Raphe Dumas shook her sound-asleep husband awake to tell him that a wild-running automobile had just knocked their house off its foundations.

Military Gesture. In Albuquerque, Judge Findlay Morrow, dismissing charges against a soldier, ruled that it was not disorderly conduct for him to stick his tongue out at a scolding policeman.

Choice of Weapons. In Columbus, Ohio, the state wildlife division announced the hunting record for 1952: hunters shot 425 bucks; automobiles killed 547 bucks, does and fawns.

Homework. In Oklahoma City, as Detective L. L. Filson took down the description of a fugitive on his home telephone, he glanced out the window and saw the fugitive walking by, stepped out the front door and arrested him.

Small Alarm. In Charlestown, Mass., when a fire trapped Mr. & Mrs. Michael McCarthy in their third-floor bedroom, he pitched an alarm clock through the bunk-room window of a firehouse 40 feet away to arouse firemen.

Pulling Power. In Wampsville, N.Y., attendance at the Presbyterian Church tripled after someone unknown to the church elders placed an ad in the Oneida Dispatch: "Wanted: men, women and children to sit in slightly used pews, Sunday mornings, Wampsville Presbyterian Church."

At First Blush. In Wichita, Kans., officials declared a one-day moratorium on the usual traffic tickets which lead to fines, instead had policemen pass out tickets chiding errant motorists in bold red letters: "Shame on you!"

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