Misqueue. In Portland, Ore., standees in a cigaret queue complained that the line was moving slower & slower, discovered after two hours they had queued up in front of the income-tax office.

Nominal Sum. In Hartford, Conn., a $5 gambling fine was paid by a gamester named Cheatham Highley.

The Size of It. In Harrisburg, Pa., a newspaper ran an advertisement: "Wanted. A quilted high chair that can be made into a play table, pottie chair, rocking horse, ice-refrigerator, spring coat, size 18, with fur collar."

Cooler Sweaters. In Pittsburgh, a matron sent sweaters for the native girls living on the Pacific island where her husband was stationed, was horrified to hear that the girls had made them cooler by cutting two big holes in the front.

Snow Bother. In Churchville, N.Y., Mrs. W. James Ehrmentraut, a 26-year-old farmer's wife, opened her house and heart to 108 snow-stranded strangers whose cars could not make the hill outside, put them up for the night.

Old Grey Mare. In Groton, N.Y., a farmer walked into a newspaper office, asked for a bottle of printer's ink to tint the eyebrows of his old horse.

Undergroundling. In Vancouver, B.C., John Kusek, whose alleged corpse had been identified by his wife and buried, turned up alive, explained that he had gone to the coroner's office when he heard rumors of his death, was kept waiting too long, had to get back underground to his job in the copper mines.

Bare Fact. In Los Angeles, assorted employes at the Follies Theater, charged with contributing to juvenile delinquency by acting in an allegedly nude show, asked dismissal of charges on the ground that a woman is not naked so long as she has her shoes on.

Hill & Daler. In India, Aboo Nagha, 60, whose daily diet consists of one meal, three cups of tea, no alcohol, 25 cigarets, was honored at the Bombay Olympic Games for finishing a 26-mile marathon, deserted by his wife, who considered him "unsatisfying."

Overtime. In South Fallsburg, N.Y., Oilman John Lanahan, working overtime, found he was short of pipe fittings, went to the plumber's to get some, heard the plumber had gone to the movies, followed him there. He arrived in time to hear his own name called for the $200 bank-night prize, quickly claimed the cash for which he had registered the last time he went to the movies, four years ago.

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