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Evening star., 1940-02-12
Your D. G. Income Tax
No. 30LWorthless Stocks

To clarity certain provisions local relating
to gains losses In connection with stocks and bonds the
ration counsel has made several rulings which should be helpful
determining the deductions your return
In ruling stated that losses resulting from fact
that stock OF corporation became worthless deducbe under
the local for the taxable
less provided satisfactory showing made Of its wohesness
No deduction taken partially worthless stock
stock shown to have become wholly worthless Its other
basis Is deduce by the for the taxable which
stock became valueless.
The corporation counser ruling emphasized
.deducthe only for the taxable which the stock
worthless taxpayer not claim the loss in most
advantageous to him. but must deduct in the all
nrst point to its worhenes regardless the
not income for the which the becomes worthless
against which to apply such loss.
IA other words identihable place
the In which It to deduction eeneral
losses for which may deducted evidenced ~
closed and completed nxed BY dentiah events
For example, you deduct gross
claimed loss merely account shnkage in
through nucuaon Of the allowable
Evening star., 1940-02-12
Sonia Henie Encounters
Mud in Brief Stop Here

A brisk wind kept airliners away
from Washington Airport yesterday,
forcing Screen Star Sonia Henie,
among others. to walk through mud
Of Boiling Field.
Without benefit OF the ice skates
that won her fame, the blond star
stepped gingerly through the thaw-
ing ground to. the post exchange
during her brief stop here en- route
to New York and Boston. *
For her .10-minute Washington
appearance Miss Henie wore gray
Persian lamb coat over q tailored
gray suit. Her feet were shod In
red slippers and = gay kerchief
was tied about her head.
She told reporters slae weS on her
WY from Indianapolis for = per-l
Torrance Ia Boston.
The strong wind prevented planes
from using the single runway ct the
Warrington Airport until late In the
afta1uooa
Evening star., 1940-02-12

Medical Education" On the after
noon of February 16 a symposium
on recent problems in obstetrics and
gynecology will be held, presided
over by Forbes H. Burgess, president
of the A. F. A. King Obstetrical
Society of the medical school.
Among those participating in the
symposium will be DR.. Alfred c.
Beck, professor of obstetrics and
gynecology, Long Island College of
Medicine; DR.. Willard Richardson
Cooke. professor Of obstetrics and
gynecology, University Of Texas, and
DR.. John Cooke Hirst, assistant
professor of obstetrics, University of
Pennsylvania.
At another meeting, DR.. Leland w
Parr, professor of bacteriology, will
suggest that tuberculosis is becom-
ing an occupational hazard in the
study and practice of medicine. He
is to speak on Recent Advances in
Bacteriology and Immunology With
Special Reference to tuberculosis
Among Medical Students. "
Col. Vedder to Discuss Sprue.
Sprue. a digestive disease occur
ring chiefly in the tropics, but also
in the United States occasionally, is
to be discussed by Col Edward B
Vedder, professor of experimental
medicine and formerly an officer OF
the Army Medical Corps.
Vitamin c, lack Of which Is the
cause Of scurvy, and methods fol
making laboratory diagnosis to re-
veal this lack, will be discussed BY
DR.. Joseph H. Roe, professor o1
biochemistry, and DR.. Robert J
Kassan, fellow in medicine, IN .
paper entitled Laboratory dag.
nosis Of Subvitaminosis c."
Evening star., 1940-02-12
Bond Concerts

BY the United States Navy Band
Symphony Orchestra this evening
at Sis O'Clock in the Marine Corps
auditorium. It. Charles Benter.
conductor; Charles Brendler, as
sistant conductor.
Program.
"Wotan's Farewell and Magic
Flame" from "The Valkyrie,
Richard Wagner
ID Major Concerto for Violoncello."
a-Allegro.
b-Adagio.
ALLEGRO.
Musician Jean Kayalof.
Joseph Haydn
Don JUAN" . Tone Poem,
Richard Strauss
Ma Mere L,Oye" (Mother Goosey.
a-'Laideronette."
b"The Fairy Garden"
Maurice Ravel
"valse Celebre,"
Moritz Moszkowski
"Antar." Suite Symphonique,
Second Symphony. Op. o,
Nicolas Rimsky -Korsakov
"The Star Spangled Banner"
BY the United States Army Band
tomorrow at 2:30 pm. in the Army
Band Auditorium. Capt. Thomas
r. Darcy. Leader; Karl Hubner, as
ststant leader.
Pr01ram.
Overture to "RienM" Wagner
Rhythm classic. Counterpart
/ . la Mode" Singer d Carr
Cornet trio, IA Rosita" Dupont
Messrs. John Kahler, Charles
Barnes and Victor Christensen,
+ soloistS.
Selections from The Bat" Strauss
Characteristic, "Cinderella's Bridal
Procession" Decker
March. Ihn outlook" .joVeu
Evening star., 1940-02-12
IS Friends Schools
Plun Sessions Here

The first student government con-
ference Of Friends schools will be
held Friday and Saturday at the
Sidwell Friends School, 1901 Wis
consin avenue NV. With IS schools
from Maryland, Delaware. New Jer-
sey, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island
invited, the conference win be de-
voted to Democracy and Student
Government" The schools will be
represented by two students and q
faculty adviser.
Effective Democracy" will be dis
cussed ct the Saturday morning ses-
sion by Dean Ernest 8. Grinth Of
the American University Graduate
School. On Friday there will be q
joint organization meeting for the
advisers and students and the fol-
lowing day separate conferences will
meet.
Evening star., 1940-02-12
Ickes Will Address
6. ". Medical Society
Banquet Saturday
-.
Dinner Will Close
Eighth Annual
POSTGRADUATE Clinic

Secretary of Interior Ickes will
speak before the annual banquet
Of the George Washington Medical
Society at the Mayflower Hotel,
Saturday. 1t was announced today.
The banquet will be held at the
close of the eighth annual post
graduate clinic of the George WASH
ington University medical school.
The clinic, to discuss medical de-
velopments, will be held next Fri
day and Saturday.
The topic to be discussed by Sec
retary Ickes has not been annouced,
but 1t was believed that he would
talk on Government activity in re-
lation to health problems. DR.. Arm
old McNitt, president of the society
will preside at the banquet, which
a thousand people are expected to
attend.
ssg Sympse1um to BE Hst1.
The clinicssMill open with an I'd
dress Of welc0ne by DR.. ClovA H0ck
Marvin, president Of the university
DR.. Walter "A. Bloedorn wiliespeal
then on ~Present-Day Trends Tir
Evening star., 1940-02-12

Miss Elsa Maxwell, who has made
. profession out of having / good
time, breezed into Washington's s
Town Hall last night to give a lec-
ture She found the struggle too
much, however, and gave = party
instead.
She got the audience in the spirit
Of the thing by discussing her age,
her friends. her looks and matri-
monial prospects. and before the
evening was too far along she had
every one joining In the sport of
making monkeys of themselves.
That, she explained sagely, is the
basis of q good party.
Miss Maxwell was billed for a
lecture on the Science of Laugh
ter" subject on which she has
been considered an authority since
she taught cafe society how to have
fun even though sober.
She explained that laughter had
many aspects, but that much Of it
was a little cruel. People liked to
laugh at their fellows, she said, and
If you wanted to avoid being made
unhappy, you should learn to laugh
at yourself first.
Adopt q mental banana peel and
slip on it every once in a while, -
she advised.
I. Demonstration.
To demonstrate the principle, she
launched a parlor game for the
more than 800 who packed the lee
ture room at the Shoreham Hotel.
The first game required partici-
pants to name the animal they
would most like to be and explain
why. The winner said:
"A skunk-society would respect
me, I would have q means of de-
fense If necessary and I'd be useful
after DEATH"
Things began to warm up when
Miss Maxwell asked the women in
the audience to name the woman
in history they would want most to
be-and tell why. There were those
who rose to tell why they wished
they had been the Duchess of Wind
sor, Queen Isabella of Spain and
Eve. The last won.
Then the sanctum of intellectual
activity turned to considering what
event Of the past it would most
like to have seen.
Hitler putting paper on the WALL"
suggested one.
I'D like to have seen Noah on the
ark" Arthur Godfrey suggested, so
could have gotten that first pair
Of mosquitoes"
IT'D like to have seen Eve giving
Adam the apple" said the winner.
Evening star., 1940-02-12
Mclean Creditors
Lose Fight 70 Reduce
Payments 10 Wife
She Still Is Allowed
$500 Monthly If
Estate Produces Il

Creditors of Edward B. Mclean,
former Washington publisher, today
were denied permission to intervene
In a maintenance proceeding to force
q reduction in the $500 monthly
payments to Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Nc
Lean, allowed her and the couple s
three children by District Court in
October, 1886.
Justice F. Dickinson Let's, who is
presiding In Motions Court, denied
leave to intervene to attorneys for
julius l.. Peyer, who told the court
he represented himself and all other
creditors of Mr.. Mclean, now con-
fined in an institution for the men
tally i'll at Towson, Md. The court was
told that judgments and claims ex-
ceeding $3.50 900 are pending against
Mr.. Mclean and that the only pos
sible sources from which these debts
can be wiped out is from the income
of the trust estate to which he is en-
titled.
Attorneys for Mr.. Peyser argued
that now since Mrs. McLean's three
children have become Of age. the
large amount Of maintenance is no
longer necessary, as she has an in
dependent income and Is the owner
Of a large jewelry collection, as well
as being a writer. Mrs. McLean's
maintenance payments come out of
the trust fund Of her husband, the
court was advised. She had sued
her husband for maintenance for
herself and her children some years
ago.
Representing Mrs. Mclean in re-
sisting the move Of the creditors
were Attorneys Howard Boyd and
Nelson T. Harrison Of. the law firm
of Hogan and Harrison. Likewise
appearing in opposition were Attor-
ney Neil Burkinsl1aw, representing
himself as committee for Mr.. Nc
Lean; and the law firm of McKen-
ney, Flannery and Craighill, repre-
senting the American Security &
Trust CO., trustee of the funds set
up under the will of the late John
r.. Mclean, Mr.. McLean's father
Counsel for the trust company told
the court that Mrs. Mclean had not
been getting $500 monthly allowed
by the court. for the, payments had
fallen far short of that In recent
years.
Evening star., 1940-02-12
Broithwoite to Speok

w. =. Braithwaite, assistant chief
business specialist Of the Bureau Of
Standards. w.ll be the speaker at .
luncheon meeting Of the Advertising
Club Wednesday ct 1880 pm, at the
Raleigh Hotel. His topic will be
The Bureau Of Standards ana Ad-
veettsing.n
Evening star., 1940-02-12
Meeting Cancelled

The meeting of the George Bald
win Mccoy Unit of the American
Women's Legion, scheduled to be
held Friday at the Hospice, 1925
Sixteenth street NV, has been cam
celed because Of the death OF a
member.
Evening star., 1940-10-10
UNCLE RAYS CORNER Possible Reasons for Cave Pictures

Hundreds of paintings and en-
cravings have been found in caves
of Europe and the question comes,
"Why did Stone Age artists make
those pictures?"
The answer is not certainly known.
People of the Stone Age had no
alphabet to use in writing down
facts about their work.
The best we can do Is to try to
figure out possible reasons. The pic
lures are there and we can make
an effort to explain them.
1t is possible that some OF the
rrtists worked just for the pleasure
Of doing so. In long winter eve
nings they may have found it anus
Ing to see how we'll they could make
Images of animals they had seen.
That is only one of several possible
reasons why artists spent hours or
days on outlines of bison, reindeer
and other animals. 1t is likely that
some artists had different reasons,
connected with hunting or religion.
Here and there in cave we find
marks on the walls which probably
were made by stone-pointed spears.
Often the marks are inside the out
lines of game animals.
We may suppose that Stone Age
hunters practiced throwing spears
at images of beasts. BY this prac-
tice they may have hoped to improve
Evening star., 1940-10-10
SUBSTITUTE
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UAllahS

b - HdSS dSS ooo
West led the jack of clubs, South
winning with the ace. Declarer,
noting that he had to bring in three
diamonds tricks, led the ace Of
trumps, followed by low trump to
dummy's ten. Then he started the
diamonds from the dummy. But
which diamond was it correct for
him to lead from the dummy? De-
eide for yourself before reading on.
The right card was the low dia-
mond-not the nine or the eight.
East played a low diamond, South
flnessed the ten and West won with
the queen. West returned the ten
of clubs and South ruffed and drew
two more rounds of trumps. Next
he laid down the king and ace OF
hearts, to check up on a possible
lucky doubleton. And at this point
he could lead the nine of diamonds
from the dummy.
AS you will see, East could gain
nothing by covering, and South
could now play the three, allowing
dummy to retain the lead for an
other diamond flnesse. If the first
diamond lead from the dummy had
been the nine, South would have
been obliged to win the second
diamond trick, and then there would
be no way of getting to the dummy
for a third finesse. And if South
led the nine from the dummy and
played the ten from his own hand
on the first diamond trick, East
would later cover the eight Of dia-
monds with the king, thus establish
ing his seven of diamonds for the
setting trick.
X \ X
Yesterday you were Oswald ia
eobys partner and, with neither side
vulnerable, you held:
0K103
KJ64
Xxx @ 10
The bidding:
Jacoby Maier You Schenken
IA Pass CD
AnsWer-Bid two diamonds. Not
quite strong enough for the jump
response. Best policy is to make a
simple bid now, and show the full
strength later.
Score 100 per cent for two dia-
monds, 60 per cent for three dia-
monds, so per cent for three no.
trump, 40 per cent for two no-trump.
Question No. 574.
Today you are Merwin D. Maier's
partner and, with neither side vul-
nerable, you hold
Ak @ 1895
Y A Is
q 104
i AT
The bidding:
You Jacoby Maier Schenken
IA Pass 20 Pass
Evening star., 1940-10-10
Don't Take
My Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
ella Monster
A large lizard found only in
Southwestern United States.

Gila is an important word in
Arizona and New Mexico, where it
appears frequently as the name of
a river, valley, a county, a town,
a mountain range, an Indian reser-
vation, a group of cliff dwellings, etc.
The gila monster. the only ven-
omous lizard in the world, is found
chiefly in the valley of the Gila
River in Arizona and New Mexico.
The creature is about 2 feet in
length. It's color is purplish black
with large blotches of pink or yel-
low.
Though sluggish by nature, the
Evening star., 1940-10-10
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morrow
(Released by the Bell Syndicate. Inc.)

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Evening star., 1940-10-10

monster when angered is capable Of
rapid and vicious movement. It's
bite often proves fatal to man. It's
grip is so powerful that the jaws
must be pried open with an instru-
ment.
Gila should not be pronounced
"JILL-uh. JYE-luh. JEE-luh, GILL
uh" or "GUY-luh." The "g" must
have the sound of Oh: the "i' has
the long "e' sound as in machine
Correct pronunciation: HEE-luh.
Capitals indicate syllables to be
accented)
Test your pronouncing l. @.
For free pronouncing test, send
stamped (3c), Self-addressed en-
velope to Frank Colby, care The
Evening Star.
Evening star., 1940-10-10

their skill for the next time they
went hunting.
Quite number of the pictures are
life size or nearly so. They may
have been used in contests to show
how well different members of the
tribe could hurl spears from q dis
The weekly echo., 1940-01-12

Rev. E. F. Young, AMI dey had pirty
fine neetin' ovsr out lere, cause dey
had lois to at; 'cahse dat is what
makes a good meetin', aint it Mr.. Ed?
Now, dey had good 81 gin, AMI good
p ayin' too. Now dat preach r what
breaches ovsr out down up at de
Good Hope Chur h called his self
preachin' de sunon fo' Zone meet
ing. Now, Mr.. Ed, if yo' W
preacher and was gwina preach yo'
wouldn't p earh sem thi 1g dat would
condemn yo' rig der4 TO- de folks
would yo', MIR. Ed? Now, he prea-
ched bout catchin' fishes by de lawd's
plans and bout followin' d lawd's
side if yo' wanta be successful in
fshin' in de church, de Zone, a n d
de missionary societies yo' have to
use de lawd's plans. Now, when dey
called fo' his report to de quarterly
conference de p ople saw dat he
must not used de lawd's plans, cause
he sho weren't su cessful was he, Mr.
Ed?
The weekly echo., 1940-01-12
TIE SAYING
OF Mr. Gre eM
By Rev. z. b. Brett

Well, Mr.. Ed, de Xmas is dun
coined and gone, and de New Year
is dun coined. It sho coined in while
de weather was pi .ty and fair, didn't
it, Mr.. Ed? Now, it coined in ON a
Sunday night. I was tagin in some
money when it coined in, but it sho
wasn't none O mine. Now, dat mean !
dat l is gwina be a takin in some
money all the year don't it Mr.. Ed a
Well, it sho will be fo' SOM: body else,
cause I amt heard nobody say dat
dey was a takin' in any money TO
me dat night a tall, is yo' Mr.. Ed?
Now, was at de- Zoe meet dat Sun
day in d. day il de Day time, what
was a. Zion Hill church where dot
preacher pastors at what is named
The weekly echo., 1940-01-12

# doesn't meet on the circuit but
once until it shall have gone around
A. Be it further resolved that Thea
nrograms rendered he limited to a
minutes and not over 50 minutes and
that the opening hour be 1000 AIM
Collection taken from the public,
$500. church collection, $2725, total;
S3425.
Mrs. Maud Jones, President,
Mrs Funchess, Treasurer,
Mrs. L. C. Lackey, Secretary.
The weekly echo., 1940-01-12

bal owner of the Memphis Red Sox
flor years, is expected to bring sorely
needed business methods into Negr9
baseball affairs. A stickler for tail
lay, opposed to rowdyism and w,
|ueveing that colored baseball players
are the most colorful in the game, his
administration is expected to prove
stimulating to better playing and
greater profits in organized baseball.
CAMP
The weekly echo., 1940-01-12
DIR. J. B. MARTIN

of Memphis, Tenn, new president @
the Negro American League Baseball
Association. Dr.. Martin is rated a
one of the best business men in the
country. He is the proprietor of wha
is reputed to be the largest drus
business in the south; operator of q
thriving undertaking business anc
owner of half hundred pa GELS Of
Memphis property.
DR.. Martin who has been the princi
The weekly echo., 1940-01-12
Magee, Miss.

Continue from page One)
fails to report the Zone shall not
meet at said church until they pay
up. -.--.---.------ -.--.----
3. Be it resolved that the Zone ro-
tate from charge to charge, provided
Evening star., 1940-07-03

and has convenient pocket. 1t
ties snugly round the waist and 1t
will not slip off at the shoulders.
Besides, it's pretty to look at, be-
ing gathered onto square yoke.
with fullness over the bosom, and
cut with princess panels that di-
minish your waistline. Make your
self half dozen, so that you'll
always have a fresh one. You can
finish the pattern in just a few
hours.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1888
is designed for sizes "a, SO, SO, 40, A.
A, 46 and 48. Size SO requires ga
yards of 35-inch material without
nap; yard of trimming. i.
Send Is cents for Barbara Bells
Fashion Book! It's a brilliant pat-
tern parade of the best styles, in
designs that you can easily, thrifty
make at home! Everything you
want-home frocks. dressy clothes
sports outfits, lingerie, adorable chill
deru'S clothes.
Evening star., 1940-07-03
Manners
Of the
Mo m ent

The "Oh, look!" habit which
some people who ride in cars have
should be curbed. It Is dangerous
when it begins to play upon the
driver.
He may be speeding around a
dangerous curve, or trying to figure
out whether or not he can get by
that next car, just as his playmate
shouts in his ear. "Oh, look!" And
he simply isn't human if he doesn't
want very badly to look.
I needn't tell you what the results
could be if he looked at the wrong
moment. You can just figure that
out for yourself.
The person who sits beside the
driver simply has to remember that
the driver isn't out on sightseeing
trip. He can't be- And though you
hate to have him miss the scenery,
you're better off if you accept the
fact that he probably will be forced
to miss it. You could compen-
safe, if you wanted to, by, very
quietly and calmly telling him about
each interesting. tree in bloom or
every unusual house you pass, after
you have passed it. If you use calm
and measured tones, he'll probably
stick to the road, and still get quite
a good idea of what he's passing.
At least it's worth a try.
JEAN
Evening star., 1940-07-03
Dorothy Dix Says
Separate Vacations Are Best
For Husbands and Wives

pretty frocks, and where she can
have breakfast In bed and not have
to eat her own cooking.
So, such being the case. why isn't
it just plain, good, hard. horse sense
for each to do what he or she wishes
to do and leave the other free to en-
joy himself or herself in his or her
own way?
Why should woman martyrize
herself to go camping with her
husband when it is burden to him
to drag her along, and she spends
all of her time whining and COM
planning and spoils the fun?
And why should any woman
coerce her husband into going to
summer resort that he loathes
and where the end of his vacation
leaves him half dead with boredom?
Many wives cling to the foolish
belief that if they let their hus-
bands go away from them for a
fortnight's fishing they will be alb
Quoted by a mermaid or something,
and that if they take their eyes OF
the poor creatures, even for a min
ute, they will lose them.
Never was there a more mis-
taken belief, for never was the old
adage that absence makes the heart
grow fonder so true as in the case
OF husbands and wives.
And II there could be compulsory
separate vacations for Mr.. and Mrs.
1t would do more than any other
thing to stop family quarrels and
prevent divorce.
DOROTHY DIX
Evening star., 1940-07-03

A correspondent wants to know
whether husbands and wives should
take their vacations together or not.
Inasmuch as vacation is designed
to give people rest, relaxation and
change, as well as pleasure. these
ends are best accomplished by each
one doing what he or she wants to
do instead of compromising on what
the wife desires to do. Unless, Of
course, they are the dumb couple
envisaged by the poet as two souls
with but a single thought and not
an original idea between them; or a
couple of turtle doves who can't be
happy unless they are billing and
cooling, which they might as well do
in one place as another; or they are
starting on a long journey which
would be lonesome without their
true and tried companions along on
whom they could blame the weather
and the kind of cooking you get
away from home. But, generally
speaking, what's a mans meat in q
vacation Is woman's poison, and
vice versa. For no matter how much
husband and wife love, admire
and esteem each other, they seldom
have the same taste in amusements
or want to enjoy themselves in the
same way.
When man, for instance, thinks
Of the kind of vacation he would
like to take he pictures himself as
getting away from the turmoil Of the
city and the responsibilities Of domes-
ITCHY and going to some wild and
secluded spot in the country where
he can wear his oldest clothes and
not shave; or else he wants to put in
his two weeks reveling in his hobby,
without having his wife continu-
ally reminding him how much it
costs and that she doesn't see any
sense in it anyway.
A woman's idea of a perfect va
cation, on the other hand, is to
60 to "a swanky hotel where she
can spend most of her time chang
ing her clothes and displaying her