In the Light of History. In Washington, the transients' capital, the Budget Bureau decreed that henceforth all Government stationery would be printed with out officials' names, "thus reducing obsolescence and ultimate waste."

Sunrise Strings. In Denver, Professor Wayne C. Hedges came out against the Army's classic reveille, declared: "Psychologically, the bugle is all wrong," recommended something in waltz time, on the violin.

$47 Question. In Phoenix, Ariz., Walter H. Tuchsen got into an argument with some men about the ease with which a pocket could be picked, shortly found that his wallet and $47 were missing.

Barging In. In Yonkers, N.Y., when a barge broke away from its moorings and began drifting down the Hudson, police hopped into a car and dashed to a dock downstream, hoping they could figure out a way to catch it. At the dock they found the barge neatly self-berthed.

Life with the Berigans. In Omaha, when the F. A. Berigans' dog, Bozo, got his foot and tail caught in a hay mower, Frank Berigan jumped over a fence to help him, cut himself on one knee, hit himself in the eye with the other; sister Pat ran out of the house, slipped, sprained her wrist; Mrs. Berigan, startled as she was canning, sprained her finger; and Champ, another Berigan dog, jumped over the barn door and broke his foot.

Opportunist. In Cambridge, Mass., a pretty blonde walked into a shorthanded restaurant at rush hour, asked for a job, got an immediate trial as cashier, made an immediate disappearance with $21.

Explanations. In Atlantic City, N.J., six-year-old George Patrick McLaughlin of Philadelphia was discovered hiding in a locomotive tender, promptly demanded spinach, explained he was en route to join the Marines and fight the Japs. In Jefferson County, Mo., twelve-year-old Vina Marler Nash, newly married, commented, "It's pretty nice. ... I guess I won't have to go back to school this fall." In Junction City, Kans., Marguerite See, a bus driver, drove with one foot bare, explained, "I can do a smoother job on the clutch."

Mystic Maize. In The Bronx, N.Y., Charles P. Cobb had his name changed to Howard DeP. Indiancorn.

Door Jam. In Rock Springs, Wyo., the judge who fined Cecil Jones for intoxication had to stand outside Jones's cell to do it: Jones had mistaken the lock on the door for a slot machine, jammed it full of nickels.

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