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Your Income
 Tax Returns

The amount to be recovered by depreciation is the cost of the property, if acquired by purchase after February 28, 1913. If acquired by purchase prior to March 1, 1913, the basis is the cost of the property, less depreciation sus- tained prior to March 1, 1913, or the fair market value on March 1, 1913, whichever is greater.
 The proper allowance for depre- ciation is that amount which should be set aside for the taxable year in accordance with a reason ably consistent plan Cnot necessar- fly uniform rate) whereby the ag- gregate amount so set aside, plus the salvage value, will at the end of the useful life of the property equal the cost or other basis of the property.
 The depreciation rate of build- ing is not based upon the num- Der of years it will stand before being condemned and razed but on the number of years it will re- main habitable or serviceable, for the purpose for which construcfed
 If the taxpayer builds new building, the period over which de- preciation may be claimed beo1Ql
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New Threats in the Pacific
Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
 Any lingering hopes that Joseph Staln might block further NaN penetration of the Balkans is gone with the Bulgar-Turk treaty.
 The Stalin- Hitler pact opened the way for the invasion of Poland and the outbreak of World War II.
 Russian pressure on Turkey now makes it pos ble for Hitler to rescue Mussolin in Albania, muscle Greece out of its victory and obtain new vantage points for offensive against Britain in the Western Mediterranean. And an economic accord between the Soviets and Japan, now in the making might result in virtual partition of China and the United States facing greatly augmented military threats to he Philippines and Alaska.
 It is the last development, imminent Likelihood, that holds the gravest possibilities for this country.
 The unsettled issues relating to Alaska salmon fisheries, the refusal of Japan to accede to interna tona agreements restricting whaling and the recent announcement that the agreement prohibiting pe- agic sealing will be discarded among the signs that the Nipponese expect not merely to rule East Asia but to keep their flag dominant throughout the Pacific Friction between Tokyo and Moscow previously has restrained both powers in carrying out their ambitions. The settlement of Mongolian border SSueS however, followed in January by an agree ment on fishery rights If the general economic treaty, now in the course of completion at Moscow is anywhere near as sweeping as reports indicate, its consummation may prove the signal for world shaking Pacific developments. It is easy to understand, with this background, why the United States is moving to strengthen such outposts Guam and Samoa
 Even more important, in view of the likelihood of greater Japanese Soviet collaboration in the Pa cific is the continued strengthening of Alaska which achieves importance as the dominant outpost of this hemisphere, and the further marshaling of air and naval forces in the Pacific Northwest It was Theodore Roosevelt who said many years ago:
 "The Mediterranean era died with the discovery of America the Atlantic has reached the height of it's development; the Pacific destined to be the greatest is just at the dawn
 And events now unfolding on both sides of the Pacific demonstrate the verity of that analy- sis
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JESSE JONES OF HOUSTON

One of the oldest events in this eventful town is the spectacle of Jesse Jones, of Houston, Texas, sending a man to Houston, Texas, to look the town over and bring back a report.
 Hearing that Jesse is going to build tin smelter for imported ore, 45 of the AS States have sent pro- motors to Washington to persuade the Secretary of Commerce that their State provides the ideal loca- tion.
 Jesse has made up his mind that the Wset Coast and New England are not suitable, but that leaves a wide field still open, with Philadel- phia and Baltimore two of the most persuasive contenders.
 Before he will give an answer to anybody, Jesse sends an engineer named G. Temple Bridgeman to Houston, where Jesse owns pretty nearly half the town, where every body knows him and he knows ev- erybody. Furthermore, he knows all
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about the port facilities, the. power facilities, the labor supply, and ev- erything else that could be a factor But Jesse must send MT. Bridge man of San Francisco to Houston to tell him what Houston is like After that, Jesse will decide whether to locate the smelter in Baltimore Philadelphia-or Houston.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Latest issue of the magazine "Na- tional Republican," blithely ignores Wendell Willkie, but heaps four col umns of praise on ex-Ambassador Joe Kennedy for his fight against the lease-lend bill. The magazine even has a few kind words for Nor man Thomas, the Socialist candi- date, who also opposes the bill. The FBI is advising all plants do- ing defensive work not to sell theil waste paper but to destroy it. Henry Wallace presides over the Senate from the opening at 12 unti 1:30, then retires to the Vice-Presi- ient's private office behind the Sen ate chambers to lunch on orange juice and a cheese sandwich. :. 4 local photographer makes a gooe business of selling cabinet-size pho. tographs of Mrs. Roosevelt at $! each. The picture shows her in long train evening gown, standing in { recessed window of the White Hous, -. The new Japanese Ambassador Admiral Nomura, made hit at hi! first press conference.
 Copyright, 194l, by United Featur, Syndicate, Incl
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PEACE-HEALER FLYNN

Suave Ed Flynn, Democratic Ma tional Chairman, is doing his best to unite warning factions of the Demo- cratic Party, which in some States threaten to wreck it.
 On his western trip Flynn told party chiefs: we've all got to pitch in and build up the party organiza- tion. I'm willing to go to bat for Federal patronage for you fellows but I'm not going to deal with fac tions."
 In southern California. where the party is split in wide schisms, he proposed that each faction be rep resented on strategy board.
 Flynn is also trying to work out a joint committee of Democrats and Farmer-Laborites in Minnesota, and in Wisconsin of Democrats and Pro- gressives. Fly in the Wisconsin oint- ment is uncooperative Phil LaFol- lette, rabit isolationist and ex-Gov- ernor.
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of Senator Scott Lucas of Illinois during the debate on H.R. 1776. Call ing themselves members of the Mothers Crusade" against that bill, they demanded an immediate inter- view.
 Senator Lucas agreed to see them but asked that the leaders be shown in first so he could learn the details of what they wanted. But Mrs. Elizabeth Dilling, spokesman for the group, scorned the suggestion.
 T don't trust him. We'll all go in at once!" she fairly shouted.
 Senator Lucas finally emerged and offered to shake hands with each caller. However. when he came to Mrs. Dilling, author of the book which implies that the President and Mrs. Roosevelt are tools of Moscow, she spurned his hand and shouted accusations that inflamed the women. They hurled impreca- tions at Lucas in deafening up- roar. One shouted: You dirty dog!" Another: Were laying for you and we'll get you when you come back to Illinois"
 After several minutes of confusion Senator Lucas finally threw up his hands in desperation and returned to his inner office.
 NOTE: The Mothers Crusade was supposed to be an impromptu march upon Washington, but an editorial urging the march appear ed in Father Coughlin's magazine Social Justice; and the names and addresses of the march organizers in Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis and Milwaukee also were printed.
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HOROSCOPE "The stdrs incline
 but do mot compel"
THURSDAY, MARCH 6

THURSDAY, MARCH 6
 Adverse planetary aspects are active today which nevertheless should be conducive to initiative and expansion among mercantile organizations. There is an ill omen which may affect government of ficials, bankers and heads of big business.
 Heart and Home: Under this con- figuration mothers will be of great est help if they concentrate upon an optimistic point of view which stimulates and encourages the sons and daughters of the nation. As their world of gayety and pleasure vanishes, young folk are to learn lessons of great future value to the nation, the seers foretell. Need for self-sacrifice and public serv- ice will be recognized widely through this historic springtime. Business Affairs: AS prosperity extends from cities to villages pri- vate industry will find difficulties because of the shortage of trained workers. Government wages will be generous enough to lure away em- ployees of long standing Small business will turn to girls and women for needed help and will discover that efficiency distin- guishes most of the substitutes. Prosperity will assume new forms as it encourages experiments in novel lines of activity. Chemists and inventors are to contribute much to synthetic manufactures.
 National Issues: Foreign policies will be severely criticized in Wash ington by those who cannot see beyond the boundaries of the Unit ed States, but there should be real progress in the effort to coordin- ate capital, labor and industry. Foreign trends will conflict with American points of view, but na- tional unity will be attained when an incident of great potential danger illustrates our perils. Nep- tune is in an aspect presaging trouble over oil concessions or transportation.
 International Affairs: Dearth of many important natural resources will be felt in Europe where con- centration of supplies will be for tunate for Germany and danger ous for the peoples who have had to surrender whatever the Nazis coveted. Discomfort among the con- quered will increase and spread, as silent defiance continues to baf- file Hitler's officers who are en- gagged in subduing the spirit as well as the body.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of many unusual advantages and gen. eral prosperity. Employees may have differences with their super iors.
 Children born on this day prob- ably will be inventive, resourceful and original. Ambitious and tal- ented, they should reach success especially in the arts. Copyright, 194D
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Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

MSUSED: not School takes nine BEGINS o'clock CLOSES a
 OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED adjectve); pronounce the I'll as WEALTH. the I'll SMOOTH
 OFTEN MISSPEIIED: game uker
 SYNONYMS Manage direct conduct handle engineer, superintend , times Let Today practicable feasible gratiy ambitions. -Beaconsfed
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Most Smart Boys
 Put Off Weddings,
 Investigator Learns

INDIANAPOLIS, March 5.-John A. Mueller, director of special youth services of the city schools, decid- ed to investigate" 1,201 students who were graduated in 1880. He found: CD Only 37 percent of boys who made "A" grades had married while 75 percent of those with "C" grades had wives; (2) Sixty-seven percent of girls with "A" aver ages and 84 percent of those with 70" grades had married.
 Mueller explained that boys who made high grades went in for higher training and hadn't got lrOund to marrying.
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20 YEARS AGO fyfn faE EMPIRE

MARCH 5, 1921
  Boston Department again E Coury. propetors, another year Lodge Loyal election the previous night Rnda painter paperhang moved from the Brunswick location and Seward H Malcolm, the the Surplus U S. Army and Navy agency Kehikan making headquarters of Seattle which Anchorage visited the port
 Weather Highest 37
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at the time the building is com pleted and capable of being used Buildings under construction are not subject to depreciation al- loWance
 If it is clearly shown that, be- cause of economic or other condi- tions, property must be abandoned at a date prior to the end-of its normal useful life, so that depre- citation deductions alone are inSuf- ficient to return the cost. or other basis, a reasonable deduction for obsolescence is permitted because in the opinion of the taxpayer the property may become obsolete at some future date.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE
 District Land Office

Anchorage, Alaska
 Novmeber 16, 1o40
 Notice is hereby given that Jack son Howell has made application for homesite, under the act of May 26, 1884 (48 Stat. 809) Anchorage serial No. 09641, for tract of land described as Lot J of the Triangle Group of Homesites situated on the Glacier Highway approximately 12 miles northwest of Juneau, Plat of U. s. Survey No. 2391, containing 4.08 acres, and it is now in the files of the U. s. Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above mentioned land should file their adverse claim in the district land office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statutes.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Ns Registrar. First publication, Jan. S20, lo4l. { Last publication. March - 1s4l.
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LOOK and LEARN Asy c. GORDON

organization of Federal Certainty, Security Celerity"? long great swallowed Who the Quaker Poet? 4 What amour propre'? called spelled alike meanings?
 ANSWERS:
 l. Office Department. 9 Three days and three nights John Greenleaf Whittier 0807-92). 1. Sef-esteem. Monographs
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FODLKN LIluULIIL ROBERTA LEE

deliberately breaks with girl without
  A. Decline the invitation. When compliments you hat wearing what should say? A. Thank you" sufficient Hello? A. Yes; that the accepted
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MOTHERS, CRUSADE

A loud and pushing mob of about 50 females stormed into the office
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ATTENTION CARPENTERS
 Important meeting of Carpenters Local 2247 Thursday, March 2, 8 pm. adv
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Washington Merry
 Go-Round

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-04
DEATH OF DR.. BANTING

The full extent of the loss suffered by
the British Empire when Sir Frederick
Banting was killed in an airplane crash in
New Foundland few days ago may never
be fully known. He is said to have been
flying to England to develop his newly dis
covered method of combating poison gas
attacks when he lost his life.
Details of his discovery are closely
guarded military secrets, and while it is as
sumed that his scientific associates know of
them, the practical use of his method may
be DELAYED or made less effective beiause of
knowledge or ideas which persisted with
him.
Dr. Banting was one of the greatest
scientists of his generation, and the colds
coverer of insulin, now universally used in
the control of diabetes, first announced III
1922 For this achievement the Nobel
prize for medicine was awarded jointly to
him and DR.. J. r. Macleod in 1928. DR..
Banting was knighted by King George V
in 1924.
In order that he might pursue his re-
searches with freedom from interruption,
the Canadian government granted him 81
500 annually, and he made number of
other notable contributions to medical
science Among these were discoveries i'll
connection with the problem of cancer, the
storage of blood for TRANSMISSION purposes.
and others.
It was understood in Canadian govern
ment circles in Ottawa that Sir Frederick
had found a way to virtually nullify the use
of poison gas dropped from airplanes and
that he was speeding to England in the hope
of putting his method into effect before the
expected German attempt at invasion this
spring.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-04
MADE SUPREME SACRIFICE

1t is long time since the echoes of the
first World War rolled away, but in the
voluminous records of the War Department
stories of gallantry and self-sacrifice are
still being revealed. In such cases some APP
propriate recognition is made, even though
more than a score cf years have passed..
More than twenty-five years ago U. S.
Marines were holding tenaciously to the
gains they had made in Belleau Wood,
France An intense enemy bOmbardment
of high-explosive ard gas shells wounded
or killed many members of the COM
pany.
One badly wounded marine had his
gas mask shot away, yet disregarding his
own safety and knowing full we'll that the
effects of the gas would be'fatal to him,
Gunnery Sergeant Fred w. Stockham in
sisted upon giving his mask to the wounded
man.
Then, with undaunted courage and
valor, Stockham continued to direct and as
sist in the evacuation of the wounded in an
a1ea saturated with gas and swept with
artillery fire, until he collapsed from the
el1ecIS OF tHe HOAIouS luIleo. Ills oAPoouI0
to the gas caused his death a few days
later -
When a review of the War Depart
ment records several months ago revealed
the heroism Of Stockham, he was post
humously awarded the Congressional
Medal of Honor by direction of President
Roosevelt. Rarely have the records brought
to light story more replete with nobility
of character, human interest and self
sacrifice.
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By WHEN GREY

1t swept him, as he remembered
the fall before hurricane swept
the apple orchard clean of every
thing that had been there but the
fundamentals, the gnarled old
I ees lifting their branches sky
ward. All of the apples that had
been blossoms that spring lay
rolled in a bruised useless mass
down the hill. He felt like that
orchard. Swept clean of every
thing that had gone before.
He smiled at Lovely.
Did you like it? I'm so glad!"
He had tried to include all of
them but his words made their
way to Lovely alone.
Like it?" from Katie. Say
does blonde like sugar daddy?
Does steno like her boss"
Roger laughed and Bill said:
"All l can say is she'd better"
They all laughed then and
Roger made note of the fact that
he must have been wrong before.
There was no ring on the third
finger of Lovely's hand. He was
aware of sudden lift. No engage
ment ring!
"Cigarette?" Lovely's hand
moved straight up into the air.
CoSgrave was standing almost di-
rectly above her. He looked down
smiling. The rest of the party
seemed shut out. Just the two Of
them there together.
Thanks" he said, his tone a
little different as his hand touched
hers. 1t was just a fleeing shadow
of something sweet and tender
that lay over the moment and
then was gone. I've got a tea
date. Time push along. Some
other time!" 1t was almost like
asking for a definite date so in
tent were his eyes.
Are you always in such a hur-
ry?" Lovely asked, an audacious
note in her voice.
mot always"
You'll have to prove that to
"I'd like to-" quickly.
well you didn't have to get
fresh" Joe said to Lovely as Roger
made his way back to the house.
"And you coulc of set up.
Wouldn't hurt you none to act as
if you were a lady"
Lovely laughed blithely.
''Why should / pretend, tall
dark and daring? Anyhow I'll bet
he's bored to tears having girls
always act like ladies. The guy
probably could do with little
variety"
We'll, let some other dame take
care of that. You don't have to-
you wouldn't be telling me
what to do, would you, big boy?"
Lovely sat up, the smile wiped
from her face.
Katie's quick eyes moved from
one to the other.
Il didn't mean anything, hon.
ey" Joe apologized.
Then don't say things thai
don't mean anything" Lovely
snapped.
"All right; I've apologized
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haven't 1? What more can l do?"
Get down on your knees and
knock your head on the ground"
Lovely was on her feet. Her voice
was imperiouS even though there
was a suspicion of laughter in it.
Joe did what she ordered with
promptness that was ludicrous.
They all laughed then and the
threatened storm passed with no
apparent harm done.
But Lovely was quiet on the
way home that evening.
At last Joe turned to her and
said:
Whats matter, honey, cat got
your tongue?" Lovely was dis
tinctly annoyed but she answered
quietly as, riding head thrown
back, she looked up at the star
shot velvet of the sky:
ITS just too lovely to talk
the stars and sky and the sweet
smells and ALL" Her voice was
dream swept
There was honeysuckle bloom
ing along the parkway and
weighing the night air with its
fragrance. There was sweetness
of drying grass. Joe thought:
she's swell in that mood. Wait till
we get home. He was content to
give all his attention to the wheel
from then on. Anticipation was a
marvellous thing.
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MRS. ARMOUR

Continued from Page One)
disappeared without seeing any
thing.
During the morning, Mrs. Ar
mour said she hired two boats
with cupboard motors to scour
the islands in the area, but moth
ing of the missing boat was re-
ported.
At 7 o'clock Saturday night,
Mrs. Armour said a friend called
Commander Hiiton's home and
he informed her the search had
been called off and there would
be no further point in looking
for the skiff.
Mrs. Armour said she and 9TH
er residents of the camp watched
constantly for the appearance of
a search boat from the coast
guard and she has learned def
initely that no boat ever went
out from the local base.
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ANNOUNCE CIVIL
SERVICE EXAM

The United States Civil Serv-
ice Commission announces an
open competitive examination for
the position OF junior property
and supply clerk for filling va
cancics in the various branches
of the government service
throughout the Fifth United
States Civil Service District,
which comprises the states of
Alabama, Florida. Georgia. Mis-