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Your
Income Tax
Deductions Allowable for
Professional Expenses
Discussed.
XII.

A professional man may deduct all
necessary expenses incurred In the
pursuit Of his profession. These in
clude the cost OF supplies used In his
practice. Office rent, cost Of light,
water, fuel and telephone In his Office,
the hire Of office assistants, and ex-
penses paid In the operation and re-
pair OF an automobile, based upon the
proportion Of time 1t Is used in making
professional calls or for other pro-
tessional purposes.
Many physicians use their residences
both as their Offices and their homes
In such instance the physician may
deduct as a business expense the rental
value Of the rooms occupied for office
purposes II he actually pays rent, and
also the cost OF light and heat fur
nished these rooms. Also, he may de-
duct portion Of the wages paid do
mestic servants whose time is partly
occupied in caring for these rooms.
Membership dues In professional So
cieties are deductible Physicians and
dentists who keep in their waiting
rooms current magazines and news
papers for the benefit of their patients
may deduct this item rs business
expense. The cost of professional Jour-
mails for the taxpayers own use is
also a deductible item
The cost of technical books is not q
oeductible item, being capital ex-
penditure, but a proportionate amount
for each years depreciation of the
books may be deducted. Depreciation
may also be taken on office furniture
and equipment. Insurance premiums
on office or other professional equip
ment and liability insurance may be
deducted. A premium paid for auto
mobile liability insurance should be
apportioned and that part OF the pre-
MUM attributable to business may be
ceoucted as q businesSaexpenSe.
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Hanfstaengl
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knew nothing about either this
process" or about Hanfstaengl.
Yet the fact that "Putzi" himself did
not go to Spain with the idea of never
returning is indicated by special de-
livery letter he sent back on February
20 to dozen guests whom he had in
Tted to Washington's birthday
luncheon in honor of United States
Ambassador William E Dodd.
The letter postponed the luncheon
and said he would reinvite the same
guests very sson that the luncheon
must not be considered Cancelled
During the recent Leipzig Fair Hanf-
staengls name figured in the list of
prominent persons in attendance. But
his secretary said today that was all
mistake; that he hasn't been in Ger
many for more than month.
On February 10 Hanfstaengls an
nounced he was leaving Berlin for his
mothers home in the Bavarian Alps to
celebrate his 50th birthday, Febru-
airy IL.
TeIephoned Office.
Many friends wired him in care OF
his mothers address, but on February
II he telephoned his office from Leip-
zig, saying he was on secret mission
Even his mother, apparently, didn't
know about this, for she telegraphed
the same evening to Berlin, asking why
her son had not showed up for his
birthday celebration.
For weeks, then. nothing was heard
from 'Putzi." His intimates began to
worry. Finally. his Office was advised
through London attorney who has
handled some of his affairs that he
was hale and hearty.
Delegates to the Nazi convention at
Nurnberg last September noticed that
DR. Hanfstaengl was not wearing a
Nazi uniform. When asked If he had
been dropped from his foreign press
post, he lifted shaggy eyebrow and
replied mot that 1 know anything
about"
However, he said he would hold no
press conferences following the con-
vention. For more than year it had
been an open secret that he had lost
face with Der Fuehrer.
Hanfstaengl created the most stir in
the United States by offering 81 900
scholarship to his alma mater, Har-
ward Harvard from which "Putzi"
graduated in '09, turned it down in
1884, but, through error, sent him an
invitation to contribute TO the ami
versary fund last year. Hanfstaengl
in biting terms, Immediately reoffered
the scholarship. Dr. James B. Conant
informed him his name was included
in the anniversary invitation list "by
oversight"
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NINE BOD|ESST|LL
BURIED IN SHAFT
Rescue Workers Dig YEARLY
tn ocmove Tons of Slate
in Mine.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
LOGAN, w. Va, March l3-Res-
cue workers dug YEARLY today into
tons of slate blocking the way to nine
bodies in the blast-torn Macbeth
Mine.
Nine of the eighteen who lost their
lives in the terrific explosion at the
Hutchinson Coal Co, shaft were above
ground-lying in funeral establish
ments or at their homes in the
bleak Macbeth community.
The ninth was brought out late yes
terday. Through the night, rescuers
swung picks into the mass Of debris
where the nine other bodies had been
located
They worked in crews of II. STUN
bling and crawling into the depths
of the shattered mine to small entry
where the l8 were blown to death
Thursday in West Virginias worst
mine explosion in a decade.
Seven May Be Buried.
Leaders of the crews expressed fear
that seven of the nine left in the mine
might be buried under the shamples.
They said two others-both machine
men-were trapped behind the almost
impenetrable mass
One member of the crew said
1T may be days before We get to
them
1t was the second time in half
year that sorrow gripped the little
village. Last September, 10 were
killed in an explosion at the mine
less than 1000 feet from Thursdays
blast.
The bodies brought to the surface
were badly burned and broken. Their
charred clothing was in shreds.
The task Of carrying them from the
wrecked mine had worn the rescue
crews so badly they could scarcely
speak.
ITS terribly hard work" one grimy
worker said I'VE have to crawl three
quarters Of mile over slate with the
stretcher"
Funerals Tomorrow.
Funeral services for thosI ALREADY
out Of the mine will be held tomorrow
The men were.
Joe Fry, %, motorman; Troy Nc
Coy, 25, brakeman: Floyd Field, 80,
section boss, Mike Gimo. A. loader:
Leonard Forbes, 80, loader; r. B Kim
ball, "a, trackman: Tuphon Podlask,
AZ, loader; Fred McCorskey 80, COL
ored, loader, and Gael Vaakovitch,
38. loader.
A mine inspector said these bodies
had been located: August Tusek, Il,
loader; Jack Tusek, Al, his twin
brother, loader; Hubert Fleming, 81,
motorman; George Mccormick, 81,
brakeman; Sam French, colored. load
er; Roland Karns, 80, loader; Tom
Brodocko, 48. loader.
He said the bodies of Earl Gear
hart, %, and James Wiley, 80. ma
chine men, lay beyond the wall OF
slate.
Evening star., 1937-03-13

Continued From First Page.)
ance pact was believed in authoritative
quarters to be the stumbling block
cited by the two replies. both Germany
and Italy refusing to enter a general
European agreement until France
turns her back on her Russian ally.
Won Ribbentrops call was expected
to be followed early next week by a
foreign Office visit from Dino Grandi.
the Italian Ambassador, for further
talks about the Locarno situation.
Though the German and Italian
replies, answering note Great Britain
sent last November also to Belgium
and France, were framed and delivered
in concert, it was learned the two
notes were not exactly Identical
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler's new
policy toward Belgium-seeking an
agreement with France and Britain
guaranteeing Belgian neutrality, was
said to have made some divergence in
their answers.
informed sources in Rome declared
1taly's note contended the Franco
Soviet pact destroyed the balance of
power achieved under the old Locarno
treaty and that Belgium wants some
thing for nothing-security guaran-
tees without responsibility.
The question of Germany's pre-war
colonies, demanded by the Reich to
relieve Germany's economic and popu-
lation pressure, and her return to the
League of Nations loomed large be-
hind the discussions that seemed to
be nearing another stalemate.
Britain repeatedly has asserted the
colonial question will not be considered
until the Reich is once again within
the League and Western Europe
security pact has been negotiated.
On the other hand, Germany and
Italy seemed equally determined to
keep Russia outside the fold of Eu-
ropean alliances with an adamant
stand against the Franco-R Russian
pact.
cEr nm xxrrurv,
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FRANCO DRIVEN BACK,
a92 Bombs Dropped to Help Recap
ture Trijueque.


MADRID. March 13 tAp).-Govern-
ment troops, supported by planes
which dropped 1872 bombs on insureent
positions, drove enemy concentrations
from strategic Trijueque, IL miles
north OF Guadalajara, the Madrid de-
tense junta reported today.
One complete artillery battery was
seized in the government counter
attack, commanders asserted.
The onslaught interrupted consoli-
dating activities by the insurgents two
hours after the advance guard
Of Generalissimo Francisco Franco
marched into the town, the govern
ment reports said.
The militiamen rained 200 900
machine gun and rifle bullets on in
surgent concentrations to achieve
what Gen. Jose Miaja, junta COM
mander, declared was Slowing up"
OF the massed threat against Madrid s
northeastern defenses.
Twenty-three insurgent tanks were
reported destroyed by squads of gov
ernment bomb throwers.
The government commander ex-
pressed the belief the insureent Of
fensive north Of Guadalaja definitely
had been checked after four DAYS OF
severe fighting.
Evening star., 1937-03-13

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 13.-The war
ships Of four great powers-Great
Britain, France, Italy and Germany
today began taking over beats" to po-
lice the coasts of war-scarred Spain
and put teeth in the 27-nation neu-
trality agreement.
Further vital steps, supplementing
the naval Gordon, remained to be
taken. however, before the hands of
Spain" lines could be drawn tightly
about the civil war.
Three newly appointed supervisors
OF the international blockade, chosen
as the Neutrality Committee ended
months of pickering over details and
principles, planned to meet in Lon
don Monday to complete plans.
They must provide for recruiting of
frontier agents to be stationed on
the French and Portuguese borders of
Spain, task committee members be-
heVed would require at least a week.
Each OF the 27 participating nations
also must pass legislation or promul-
gate DEGREES requiring it's ships to COM
ply with orders of the international
naval patrol. Then, the committee
hoped, the flow of munitions and vol
unteers to Spain would be halted.
The Nom Intervention Committee
chose Admiral M. H. van Dulm, for
mer commander of the Dutch East In
dies fleet, to direct the neutrality
program, and put Admiral j. s. c.
Oliver, former Dutch squadron COM
mander, in charge of the naval patrol
and Col. Christian Lunn of Denmark
in charge Of the frontier guard.
Since the committee meeting ap-
parently was harmonious, observers
believed the negotiators did not con-
slider the Valencia governments
charges that thousands of Italian VOL
unteers have reached ilsurgent terri
tory since the committee ban NOM
inally became effective February 20.
To spur the vigilance of the naval
patrol, the committee assigned italy
and Germany to guard the coast of
government territory and France and
Great Britain to watch the Fascist
shoreline.
The patrol beats were:
Great Britain-The Biscay coast
from the French frontier to Cape
Busto, west Of Gijon; the southern
coast from the Portuguese frontier to
Cape de Gata, near Almeria.
French Patrol Morocco.
FTance-The northwest coast from
Cape Busto to the Portuguese border;
the coast of Spanish Morocco and
the Balearic Islands Of Majorca and
Iviza.
Germany-The Mediterranean coast
from Cape de Gata to Cape oropesa.
north of Valencia.
Italy-The Mediterranean coast
from Cape Oropes- to the French
border and the Balearic Island of
Minorca.
Committee regulations set up a sys-
tenn OF control ports where shipping
bound for Spain will be required to
halt for inspection. Committe, agents
either will certify that no arms or
'olunteers are aboard or will accom-
pany the vessels to Spain.
Ports designated by the committee
were Gibraltar, Lisbon, Oran, Algeria
Leve.don, Cette. Cherbourg, Brest.
Marseille and Bordeaux France: Pal
ermo, Italy, anG an anchorage off
Southeast England.
To guard against incidents" the
committee forbade patrol ships to
search suspected vessels or to oper-
ate outside their specified zones.
PROTEST tn ruNYUr.
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fCOntlnued From F1rSt Page.)
arms conference, were each Of $4,000
tons displacement. BY treaty the dis
placement has since been limited to
$4,000 tons.
Each of the new battleships will
have a speed of 26 or 27 knots; have
either nine 16-inch guns or twelve
l%-inch guns, and be equipped with
all the latest devices to ward of sub
marine and aircraft attacks.
In January Secretary Swanson had
expected TO open bids on March Is
and to award contracts in from 80 to
so days. Construction was planned to
commence about the first Of June,
when the keels were laid down. This
program has now been junked. in view
OF later developments.
Private shipbuilders will be asked to
submit estimates for the job. The
computation Of these figures alone is a
tremendous job naval officials pointed
out tOdAy
Evening star., 1937-03-13
SEE PACT WITH FRANCO.
Paris Predicts Hitler Ready to Deal
With Insurgent Leader.

PARIS, March 13 (P.-French off,
cial sources predicted today that Adolf
Hitler was preparing to sign a treaty
of assistance with Gen. Francisco
Franco if the insurgent dictator wins
the Spanish War.
They drew that conclusion from .
study Of the German Locarno note,
transmitted to London today.
Evening star., 1937-03-13
STATE DEPARTMENT SILENT
Declines to Say Whether Dood Got
German Reply.

ueTnAn heply.
BY the Associated Press
The State Department withheld to-
day further comment on the repre-
sentations made to the German for
eign minister by American Ambassador
William E. Dodd over what it said
were German press attacks on Ameri-
can women and institutions.
The department declined to say
whether Dodd had been given a reply
by the German foreign office, assert
Ing merely that the American envoy
had carried out his instructions to
make emphatic comment" on the
newspapers bitter criticisms.
There were indications that no fur
ther action was contemplated by this
Government.
Evening star., 1937-03-13
DOtltl
Continued From First PAGE \

character and was staggering and
shocking to all decent minds: that
there was no provocation which would
Justify it."
Dood remarked after his audience:
we accompanied the delivery of
our instructions with a verbal EXPOSE
OF what the attacks mean in the way
OF beclouding German American rela-
tlons. but left 1t to the German al-
thorities to draw their own conclu-
sions"
Mayor La Guardia set of the cur
rent incident in speech March 3
wherein he suggested the New York
World Fair in 1899 should place a
ngure OF that brown -shirted fanatic
VINO is menacing the peace of the
world in Chamber OF Horrors"
STATE DEPARTMENT SILENT
Evening star., 1937-03-13
Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.

order" and had "usurped power" from
the legislative and executive branches
Of Government.
More than 1000 persons, jammed
into Memorial Auditorium for North
Cardinals second Statewide Demo-
cratic victory dinner" heard the ad-
dress. which was broadcast over a ma
tional radio hook-up.
Interrupted frequently by rebel
yells and prolonged applause, the
public works administrator was forced
to skip portions Of his prepared ad-
dress and even then did not conclude
his remarks within his allotted half
hour on the air.
In an outspoken barrage against
critics Of President Roosevelt's Judi
ciary reorganization plan, Ickes said
the people 'are wondering whether
perhaps there is not in the Supreme
Court as now constituted a judicial
Dictatorship"
He was introduced by Gov Clyde r.
HOey.
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preciate a bit Of conformity around
the homestead. After a careful poll
quoth Cornelia, she had found that
all the other children at school had
mothers and fathers with the same
last name, and would the Littles
kindly 60 and do Xkewise2
Evening star., 1937-03-13
Social and Dance Tonight.

The Kappa Phi Sorority and Sigma
Nu Delta Legal Fraternity of South
eastern University will hold a social
and dance at the La Fayette Hotel
tonight at $50. DR.. George w. Offutt,
dean Of the law school, is among the
guests expected.
Evening star., 1937-03-13
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
SQUELCH.

otROCLCH.
4 MIDST a great screeching Of
~ brakes, grinding of tenders
~ and unprintable remarks from
motorists, a lady driver at
tempted left turn of Connecticut
avenue into Woodley road the other
afternoon while she was still about
half a block from the corner.
Evening star., 1937-03-13
REED TERMS PLAN TYRANNY"

KANSAS CITY, March 13 R.-
James A. Reed, former Democratic
Senator from Missouri, who cam
paigned last year against President
Roosevelt, called the Presidents Su-
preme Court revision proposal tyr
amy" in civic club speech yesterday.
The only reason. the President
wishes to pack the court" Reed said,
is not because of his devotion to prin-
ciple, or to obtain mer who are learned
in the law, but to have six men on the
bench who would decide on questions
the way Mr.. Roosevelt desired them
decided
L say that is revolutionary, that is
TYRANNY"
Evening star., 1937-03-13
URGENT.

CNJLNl i.
A LADY operative up on Argonne
- place reports watching this per-
formance; Young girl. attired in a
neglige, goes to the window, pokes
her head out, looks up at the sky
Returns to the room In state OF
indecision, ponders a moment. then
calls the Weather Bureau and asks
for the weather report.
Blackout line: "Oh, but you don't
understand, l must know now.
can't call you back at $50. l want
to find out whether or not I should
today"
LECTURE.
(ORRY TO be SO full of good advice
today. but let this be a lesson to
parents who struggle through life try
ing to live up to principles OF which
you want your children some day TO
be proud-and then
Ruby Black, equally famed as q
newspaper woman and as Lucy
Stoner, has stuck to her maiden name
even unto the point OF persuading the
State Department to issue passport
under that guise, although she was
and Is happily married to Herbert
Little.
The pay-o1 on this firm resolution
came the other day when Cornelia
Jane Little, daughter OF Ruby and
Herbert, came home from school and,
looking her mother sternly in the
eye, announced tha1 she would ap-
Evening star., 1937-03-13
PROTEST TO GENEVA.
Madrid Hits Germany and Italy,
Charging Troop PARTICIPATION,

GENEVA, March 13 LPl.-The span-
lsn government, declaring regular
units OF the Italian Army were fight
ing against it, charged today in a
scatchlng note to the League OF Ma
tions that Italian and German war
ships In the new European neutrality
patrol will attack Barcelona and
valencia under pretext of guarding
the coast"
Ihe Spanish governments protest
charged also that regular German
troops were supporting the insureent
attack on Madrid and accused both
nations OF waging war on Spain.
Evening star., 1937-03-13
ICKES ASSAILS COURT.

RALEIGH, N. c., March l3 (P).-
Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes
asserted last night the Supreme Court
was "pached with nominees OF the old
Evening star., 1937-03-13

BY the Associated Press.
OAKLAND, Calf, March 13-
Amelia Earhart is going on a round
the-Equator flight because she wants
to"
George Palmer Putnam answered for
his wife in an interview here the Oft
repeated question Of the flights pur-
pose.
Because she wants to-" said he.
After all, isn't that a perfectly
good resson?" added Miss Earhart,
with laugh.
The nonchalant young woman
showed not vestige of nervousness
as she discussed the big adventure"
of the 27,000-mile flight in which she
will blaze trail as sole pilot of her
-motored, 8-ton land plane Gock-
heed Electra). She plans to start
Sunday or Monday
Value Of Flight Uncertain.
She sat curled up on the divan in
her room at the Airport Inn, after a
daytime nap, wearing sky-blue fan
mel lounge robe which made her eyes
even bluer than usual. Suddenly
they grew serious.
It's going to be interesting, really"
e she said You see, it's hard to get
any accurate value on flight of this
kind. But we do know that CONNER
cial airlines never are established
until several such experimental flights
: have been made. Each one adds its
little contribution of knowledge about
weather and flying conditions, and
those pieces of knowledge fit together
to make the total which must be had
before air routes are safe"
. The big, silvery plane, with its S.
: foot wing spread, is equipped with
e every modern device for direction
> finding, navigation, speed and en-
: durance.
. Rubber Raft for Emergency.
: Miss Earhart recognizes-but does
mot talk about-the possibility that
II something untoward catapulted the
land plane into the Pacific, she and
; her navigator, Capt. Harry Manning,
!. would be two helpless human beings
af1oat on rubber raft, with only
bright orange kite to fly as a distress
signal
Putnam explained laconically that
the reasons for not taking an am
phibian plane were weight and
speed" Pontoons are heavy. With
out them, the big plane will fly from
$50 to 200 miles an hour.
Miss Earhart said people often ask
how her husband feels about her
dangerous flights.
We'll, he knew what was when he
married me-" she said with her ready
grin. IAN the same, I know I'm lucky
to have him, for I never could do it
without his help. He takes care OF
everything"
Husband Gets Leave.
Putnam got a months leave Of ab-
sence as executive Of New York mo-
tion picture concern to take charge of
arrangements.
Clothes are the least OF her worries.
On her world-girdling fight, she will
wear:
Twill slacks, brown, of medium
weight.
A sport shirt, open at the throat.
A leather windbreaker.
A warm scarf
A flying suit, coverall style.
Low shoes.
No hat.
She will take an extra pair of
slacks, clean linen and underthings,
barest necessities and a pair Of high
walking boots which she hopes she
will not have occasion to use.
She has declined all invitations to
receptions or social functions along
the route-and doesn't expect to wear
= dress again until she gets home.
Evening star., 1937-03-13
ASSIGNED
SPANISH PATROLS
Warships Begin to Police
Coast and Put Teeth in
Neutrality Pact.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Spurred BY fears Spanish ciDil
'Ddr ,oould spread to other parts OF
Europe, a committee OF q nations
has taken steps to choke of foreign
supplies and volunteers seeking to
enter Spain. First steps were
abortipe because the Darrinq fac
tions refused to permit neutral
foreign observers uit'lin their ter
ritories.
The present blockade plan based
on q neutrality agreement has no
parallel in international co-opera-
tion to halt ndr.
Evening star., 1937-03-13
Wine Fountains for Fair.

Fountains flowing with wine instead
OF water are promised by Paris during
this years International Exposition.
Evening star., 1937-03-13

GENEVA, March l3 LP.-Receipt
OF protest from the Valencia Spanish
government against the presence of
Italian troops in the armies Of the
insurgent Gen. Francisco Franco was
announced today by League OF Nations
oficials.
Evening star., 1937-03-13
AMELIA AWAITING
TAKE-0FF CALMLY
Unable to Place Accurate
Value on FIight-May
Start Tomorrow.
BACKGROUND

ACKGROUND-
Amelia Earhart has prepared in
recent months for round d-the-World
flight OF $4,000 miles to tolloU
equator as nearly as possible. Pur-
pose OF flight to test human en-
durance and repeal effect OF fatigue
on human body in long flights.
Much OF trip win be ouer un.
chdrted air routes and she ,piH
cross equator four times Starting
from California, flight ,Dill take her
oUer HoWland Island in Pacific,
Australia, Philippine Islands, India,
Africa, South America and Merico.