Blitz. Near Elbow Lake, Minn., a bolt of lightning tore through the roof of a schoolhouse, sent a splinter through a globe of the world. The splinter neatly removed Japan, left the rest of the globe intact.

Courts. In White Plains, N.Y., a divorce court judge declared a mistrial after learning that the foreman of the jury had dated the woman defendant the night before. In Queens, L.I., a woman member of a jury that had just convicted a man & wife of petty larceny gave the couple $5 as a present. In Southport, N.C., among the names drawn for possible jury duty in the murder trial of Dorsey Cox was one pronounced ineligible: Dorsey Cox.

Keystone Kops. In Shreveport, La., officers of the law finally got straightened out after a complicated chase. Two patrolmen in a private car chased a speeder; a State trooper in a private car chased the patrolmen; two more patrolmen chased the State trooper. The leader of the parade was fined $25.

Complaint. In Seattle, Sheriff William B. Severyns studied the most thoroughgoing complaint he had ever read. It was typewritten, covered six pages, and charged that a dog had growled at a man.

Bored. In Albuquerque, Wilbur Soocay, caught trying to dig his way out of jail, explained that he had nothing else to do.

Stems. In Washington, Mrs. Bruce Baird, wife of a banker, got the better of the silk shortage. Whenever a stocking went to pieces she embroidered a flower on the hole, a stem down the run.

Brawl. In Prestonsburg, Ky., four men were jailed for fighting. One was blind, one on crutches, two had one leg each.

Sleeper. In Ogdensburg, N.Y., a power-line worker spied a companion in a peculiar attitude atop a 60-ft. pole, quietly climbed to him, gently awoke him from a sound sleep.

Suitor. In St. Albans, Vt., 80-year-old Nelson Coons got a suspended jail sentence for setting fire to a shed which he thought contained his sweetheart and a 75-year-old rival.

Bond Backers. In Rouses Point, N.Y., the village government decided not to levy any taxes, urged the villagers to buy war bonds instead. In St. Louis, Dr. Ladislaus M. Ottofy urged his patients to do the same thing, canceled more than $10,000 in debts owing him, retired.

As You Were. In Coney Island, Peter Wishnitz won a $10 bet by plunging fully clothed into the ocean. He was arrested for disorderly conduct, fined $10.

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