Show oJ J I J I I I I I rIll I I I It t. t H I t tH H I I I Lf ii The Column Boys J WINTER SOLSTICE is the floor of ot my room the ON IRE ERE turning point of ot the sun of ot the rug not far Iaz the edge Beyond C nd the book from of ot earth and sun in the movements no Tilo vastness of ot space here where the window w Are Jre Are looking south the universe marks upon my Observing floor In Tn this ft of yellow light the march of the th seasons oaken plank with the lozenge loz- loz lozenge lozenge narrow arrow The IM enge of oblong grain of ot the solstice There tho the T the place Is sun stands still stUl for tor or several days at and soon noon and there It turns slowly back again to the To 10 now flOW 50 so window On Its way ay to the waiting corners of the garden Roland English Hartley 00 SUPPOSE IT WERE YOUR CHILD SUPPOSE IT were your child your child your girl eirl or boy bOy happy happy protected cherished cherished dreams of ot growing g up to become a movie star sr or r pilot I what could happen to her her or or to him I laughing and playing In the sun under your watchful eyes The chances are nothing put to thousands of such carefree loved protected youngsters something did happen last year Dreaded sneak- sneak attacking polio struck at them childish laughter was stifled There were days of pain pain pain-ot of excruciating anxiety for anxiety for some a prospect of ot lifelong handicap I Suppose one of 01 them had been your I girl or boy I 4 1 January Is March of Dimes Dunes month and aner during this time all of ot us have a chance to act as If It our own children were among the unfortunate We can strike 1 back at this cruel disease by contributing ing lug generously to the March of Dimes to help them I The Job of ot getting kids back on their feet feet n Jn a literal sense sens sense cannot annot con con- continue continue unless you and I and all the rest of or us put up more dollars and dimes dimes' than ever before There have been cases In four tour years triple what used to be a normal number i When you see the faced smiling-faced lad ladon ladon ladon on the March of Dimes posters or in inthe Inthe I Ithe the newspapers think of or the good that can be accomplished for him hm and others like him through the March of or 1 Dimes Suppose there were no March of i Dimes suppose it were your child and no help at aLhand Fortunately there is a a. March of Dimes You created it and you can give It the extra backing it needs this year because there are so many children children- and adults too too dependent dependent upon it V V V THE DAY definitely t y Is past when I Ian an individual can hope to grow wealthy from Irom savings out of ot wages or salary I says a feature article In a recent issue of ot U. U S. S News World Report Old I ideas about what constitutes a high I Income are having to be revised along with old Ideas about the size of a fortune needed to support rt a family when a man retires This Is the result of two potent forces which In combination have reduced the purchasing power of the dollar on one hand and have made it Impossible for even people with wither very er large gross in incomes In- In Incomes Incomes comes to save substantial sums on the theother other Force one Is inflation Today's dollar going by the government figures is worth only a little more than half as asS S much as the prewar dollar Force two is taxation which now bites deeply into tho the Incomes ot of people of ot moderate means and takes Lakes most of the earnings of people people-fn the upper brackets US U.S. News reviews some of ot the tre tre- tremendous tremendous tre- tre changes that have occurred since nce 1939 Taking into consideration the most recent tax Increase the th man nn who earned a year then then must must I receive a little better than now I if he Is to live as well and Well and relatively few people have bettered their Incomes I Ito to so great an extent The man who earned must take in more than if it Ee ne is to take care of taxes and the results of ot inflation and have havethe havethe havethe the same living standard as before bet ore And as you go up the income ladder the situation 1 becomes b comes almost fantastic It takes an income of better than 1 a year to maintain living standards that could be bought for I in 1939 1930 It Itu 1 u 18 obvious that nm n none one man in hun- hun of ot thousands has teen een een able to in increase In- In Increase crease cre his gross BO so greatly A As a matter of ot fact raises of ot salary even though thou they may be large cannot I solve the problem problem for for the simple rea rca reason I son that the tax collector is going to take a a. large part of ot the raise and at high nigh levels most of it According to the US U.S. News computation if It a married nan man with a taxable Income of gets Bets a 1000 raise taxes will absorb nearly iC 7 a third ot of r It it 11 If I a married 0 a year man gets a boost of ot off I Government will take more than f two thirds of ot lt it 11 leaving him nun 2300 5 And the single man of course gets Bets ge hit hi It much harder NJ as the Ule e magazine points out the sal- sal salaried ariee aried white collar groups have been hit lilt h hardest so 60 s far Wage earners have fared much nuch better the better tho article says Inna Inflation tiO tion has their pay far more than has It has h raised their cost of living and taxes are low where levied at all The Them average m VA 8 manufacturing worker conse conse- consequently consequently consequently has had an increase in real resi wages of or some 30 per cent since 1939 However er future tax Increases if 1 they COme will WUl of necessity cut deeper and deeper into lower-Income lower groups so this situation on may not be permanent I in any event taxation and inflation I are the biggest problem millions of ot I class Americans now face And Ands that's s why Congress is 18 getting more and andre more nore re restive over the Administrations Administration's Spending Pending plans pl 0 S AS OLD AS CIVILIZATION rAP MAP MAKING is as old as civilization The no whole history of ot the world from the meat pearly 1 early eary explorations to the develop- develop of our great modern cities has been heavily influenced by the work of ot part cartographers Today maps affect In one way or an- an Continued on oa Page Four The Boys Column Continued from loom Page aGe One other almost every activity of mankind And the science of ot map making has made vast progress In recent years due to aerial photography One of ot the most Interesting development Is metry which Is defined as the science or art of obtaining reliable measurements by means of photography This concept Is la not new new new-a. a Frenchman experienced with It a 0 century ago and 50 years ago agoa a Canadian did the first work of ot practical practical practical importance Now has been brought to a high state of perfection Complex machines arc are used to plot the aerial photographs These machines work on the principle of the old fashioned parlor stereopticon but with the precision of military range finders A number of ot en en- engineering en- en engineering engineering firms are in business today Their work consists of determining the I bas best t locations for highways railroads and transmission lines resources sur sur- surveying surveying surveying I of soil forests dam sites and minerals city planning plant location and assisting the government In ex- ex expediting expediting r tho the huge job of ot accurately i mapping mopping tho the nation The cost is often remarkably low low low low-as as little as an acre for complete and highly accurate I map studies j The Ibe story of the map will never end Thero are always new chapters to bej be written I 1 aaa 00 00 00 TilE THE LOW DOWN FROM FRO r I HICKORY OK E ME GETTING OETTING YOURSELF perturbed and upset is not the best way to keep In I fettle Stomach ulcers you can get same for yourself from too much fretting i but there is relief for such BO so the paper I says What is it says Henry quick It I in a quart of cabbage juice a 0 day I can i believe that too but Id I'd say a n quart of ot of JI J I sauerkraut would would also maybe turn the trick and maybe be more delectable And If 1 you choose to know Pasteur says i that cabbage Is the worlds world's greatest vegetable Well says Henry If 1 you can I cure ulcers so easy why not let every person get themselves some so as to have fun eating sauerkraut You might have something there I says But stomach ulcers are small potatoes compared to nervous breakdowns heart murmurs etc which are next on the agenda after ulcers Now being per per- perturbed perturbed perturbed about how the UsA U.S.A. is s rushing Into bankruptcy via borrowed money Is enough reason but Just or or over the back fence to your I neighbor Is donatin dona tin your time J JAnd And here Is my remedy remedy so so harken I Your congressman Is now home until I January J nuary Lay down the law to the gent tent tell tell him to go on back there to the next session and act like a congress congress- congressman congressman man Is supposed to act If It you cant can't find the guy guy if If he Is elsewhere I then write him Dont Don't just be perturbed and get ulcers ulcers ulcers-do do something I Yours with the low down JO SERRA I |