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HCI forth back and forth untrl the days strnt of pretures has been made The complete map of the country wrll re qurre about 333000 prctures and thus the lust portrart of a natron ever accomplrshed yyrll cost somethrng l1ke S12 O00 000 and you IIIHV reckon another S3 000000 for duplrcate pr111ts retakes and other rncrdental costs As each neyy area 15 belllg photographed the Hnrslred prrnts are sent to Washrngton to the S011 Conseryfrtrorr Servrce the Forest Seryrce and the AAA The AAA s punts go out almost rmmedrate ly to the held To a Vrrgrnrfr tobacco county for example Early rn the year AAA figures out hoyy many acres of tobacco should be planted thrs season and each state s farr pro portron Vrrgrnra headquarters rn Rrchmond 'rpportrons that states quota among the tobacco countres Each county assocratron '1 voluntary organrzatron of farmers who pay '111 1tS expenses then apportlons the county s cxuota among the rndrvrdual farms The first step naturally rs to frnd out the exact acreage of each farm and each held Thrs can be done qurekly from the arr maps a 1n1nute or so for a farm on whrch a surveyor would have to spend a day Inspectors carry tre maps out to the farms and check up on the detarls of the farmers plan From these reports the county assocratron allots the acreage the farmer may plant rn tobacco 1f he wrshes to comply wrth the AAA plan and partrcrpate rn the oenefrts-cash at the end of the season for stayrng wrthrn hrs lrmrt and ClO1llg certam thrngs to rmprove the so1l The ll maps are used by the rnspectors who de termrne whether the farmer 1S fulillrng hrs greement People who dont l1ke the AAA call the flyrng cameraman Sky snoops but llotrng acreage and admrnrsterrng crop con trol laws would be qurte rmpossrble wrthout all maps I wonder at all thrs rnformatron that I haye here on paper I would l1ke to see lroyy my house looks rn IIS relatron to Amerrca I d l1ke to prck out Harry Thomp ons home rn New Hayen I would l1ke to gaze for a moment on that trout stream I lnow so deep rn the hrlls It can never happen of course They wrll never put all the parts together mto one great prece because ll yyould be so rrdrculously large Strll tlrrs rs Amerrca and to look '1tArner1ca Ill ont large rnrgrrrflccrrt prcturc would be yy or th vsartrng for It surely would be a Won SCROLL derful srght and Id l1ke to see rt DID I DREAM IT OR Untrl last summer I had rreyer belreyed lll ghosts but Oll the nrght of July 13 1939 'rn rncrdent occurred vyhreh horrrbly and 1111 denrably establrshed 1ny farth Ill spnrts neyer vyas really superstrtrous but Frrday the thrrteenth had alyyays seemed to be 1ny un lucky day I started from home efrrly that ey enrng to attend a masquerade ball to be gryen 'rt 1 new open an dance hall located three nrrles from my home by hrghyy ay but only about 2 mlles by a spec1al short cut I rode my brke and was attrred rn a prrates costume whrch vyas complete even to a really sharp syvord and a loaded horse prstol I carrred some extra balls and powder for I rntended to mcrke norse The nrght yyas dark for the moon vyas a mere rrbbon of pale l1ght Dark clouds scudded across the sky before a brrsk yyrnd whrch moaned and yyhrstled a sad tune through the fantastrcally shaped trees The short cut led through a dense woods yyhrch yyas dusky even rn broad daylrght but noyy rt was utterly black Far off 1n the d1s tance a wolf howled nearer at hand an ovyl was hootrng and the squeakrng of 1ny brcvcle as I peddled syyrftlv along only added to the eerrene s of the scene I had no thought of danger but berng rmpressed by the comnrn atron of crrcumstances I hummed a lrttle tune to keep up my courage Although I dldllt belreve rn ghosts I yyas Just a lrttle thankful for the companronshrp of my syyord and horse prstol for I was absolutely alone or at least I thought I was As I rounded a bend rn the road I suddenly changed my m1nd about be1ng alone for there rn the mrddle of the road was a somethrng that made my blood freeze I slammed on the brakes to avord 1unn1ng rnto lt for I yyanted no connectrons yyhatsoeyer yyrth '1 monster such as novy confronted me It was only about four feet tall but rt vyas practr cally as yyrde as 1t vyas hrgh Instead of one head rt had three and each one had huge mouth that looked hungry It had tyyo sets of arms one set yyas long and slender and vyas frtted yyrth almost human hands at the ends yyhrle the other set yyas sl1o1t and stubby 'rrrd Iltted yyrllr tlryys s111t rblc lor t.Cd.1lllg apart gl lllllll lll body Its body yy rs of lumrnous green and 1ts eyes shone l1ke ruby 1 , V. y Q M l V . 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HCI wels It had a tarl colled over rts back rth a purple lrght glowrng at the end I as horrrfred I couldnt move or speak rough I could haye yelled my hefrd off and 1 would haye clone no good for I was the cnly human wrthrn a rrrrle As rt started to y ard me I suddenly regarned my locomotrye rowers and rmmedrately aoandonrng my y heel I set off on a run hayrng more farth rn rry feet than rn my br ycle Before I had gor e two yards the thrrrg reached out one of 1 s long 'trms and I suppose he grabbed me fur I felt myself ben g slowly drawn toward tre creature although I could feel no pres sure as of '1 hand grasprng me I reached fo my prstol but I found to my amazement that rt was mrs mg My sword lrkewrse had van rshed rnto nothrngness I was so frrffhtened I hardly knew what I was dorng but as I was pulled relentlessly toward the vawnrng cayern of a mouth whrch was located rn the mrddle head I struck out wrth a terrrnc rrght l ok strarght for that gaprng Jaw I never knew whether or not I hrt rt because I felt rothrra, but the horrrble thrng drsappeared and I was alone agarn I found my wheel by groprng around rn the darkness and promptly rrounted rt and headed for home I wanted 1 othrrrg more to do wrth any masquerade ball When I arrryed home I trred to tell my par erts the story but I was srlenced by then loud laughs I thought of mv mrssrng prstol and sword and thought that the fact that trey were mrssrrrg would L good proof but ern you rmagrne my surprrse upon findrng tlrem rn then ac ustonred places? If thrs had lappened to anyone but me I wouldnt haye l: lreved rt but what can I do when I ac tually saw the thrng and was almost eaten up by rto Perhaps I only dreamed rt 'but why would I be sleeprng on the way to a danceo To the one who can sfrtrsfactorrly explarn thrs rncrdent goes rrry hefrrtrest thanks Donald W Bean 40 W KR A .,rtrt prrt of the world rs now engaged rn war The goal of all thrs turbulence hes deep wrthrn the selfish nrrnds of the leaders We do not know the arm of the war We do ot kr ow the truth of the present srtuatron We do not know what yy rll be the outcome of tlns brrbarous struggle Nerther do the rn noctnt rrtrzrns of tht w rrrrng nrtrons know tht truths of the turnult Propsgrnda rs SCROLL spread effeetrvely throughout the world untrl no ore knows the actual facts On the con trary blameless people are rnfluenced by decert to belreye and trust rn therr fraudulent leaders Lrke cruel savages the youths of the world are fightrng and krlhng each other Incrted by therr ancestral rightrng desrre men slaughter each other when they should be unrted by the unbreakable bonds of peace The world has supposedly reached a hrgh standard of cryrlrzatron but rt IS unstable for the rcar of a gun or one drop of blood reverts the world to the bar'oarrc ages The great cause for whrch mrllrons gave therr lrves rn the World War was to make the world safe for Democracy What has been the result'J At the present Democracy rs berng threatened more than ever before The forces of Communrsm Athersm Fascrsm and Naznsm are pressrng strongly on every srde And the world was to be SAFE for Democracy In every war mrllrons of hves are lost rn yarn hostrhtres are rncreased there rs rmmeasurable devastatron and ex tensrve sorrow and where lres the bene ht? No one profits rn war The Unrted States rs as yet neutral How long thrs condrtron wrll last rs a mystery Why should we condemn our youths to such a cruel death when the country needs them'P Why should we try to make the world safe for Democracy srnce our last attempt was rn yarn'P Why should we myrte rum and destructron to our own frurtful natrong Why should we help European natrons when we have troubles enough of our own The Unrted States wrll be wrse to turn a deaf ear to Europes pleas and let her frght her own battles NONSI-NSE Nonsense has been defined as an elephant hangrng oy er a precrprce wrth hrs tarl wrapped around a darsy But rather than a defimtron rt mrght be corrsrdered as an excellent ex ample of or truly rrdrculous performance A moderate amount of nonsense rs good for us It eases the tensron of work and worrres and srnce rt rs somethrng out of the ordrnary rt relreyes us from the dull and depressrng thrngs rn lrfe Our exrstence would be monotonous rf rt drd not haye touches of the rrdrculous to add jest to rt Perhaps some would scorn nonsense 'rs be re ' 1 ' ' ' . 7 ' ' VV' ' V' V - xi. . .' 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