
1 minute read
fulV 6]@uorilf, Sharl .
BV l@ch Sntaa
Age not guaranteed---Some I have told lor 20 years---Some Less
Color Conscious
A generation ago we printed a story in this department about a chameleon type of. lizard that turned the color of anything he touched, red, white, blue, green, etc. One day someone put him on a piece of Scotch plaid, and he busted himself wide open trying to make good.
Heard a similar story the other day about a hen. Two farmers were busy swapping lies, and one of them told
Airline Prolits Increcrse
One line of business that is showing an increase rather than a decline this year' is that of the big airlines. Twelve leading lines reported for the second quarter of this year a net profit of $10,800,000 as contrasted with a loss of about $19 million in the second quarter of last year. Higher mail pay, better service, and fewer accidents is the answer, together with increased advertising.
about the wonderful hen he had that would lay an egg the color of any cloth shown her. Show her a red cloth, she laid a red egg; show her a blue cloth, she laid a blue egg, etc.
"Played her a dirty trick the other day," the liar continued; "Held an American flag in front of her eyes."
The other farmer asked: "What happened?"
The first one said: "She stripped her gears."
Supreme Court On Income Tcrx
The U. S. Supreme Court recently agreed to review a. lower court decision that a taxpayer who underpays his corporate income tax and is assessed a deficiency plus interest need not pay the interest when the deficiency is ofiset by a net operating loss in a later year. The Government is appealing the .case, and claims that the issue "presents a question of large and continuing administrative importance in the functioning of the tax laws."
.