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Evening star., 1941-02-20
Your u. S.
Income Tax
Prepared by Bureau OF
Internal ReDenue,
Treasury Dept.
DEDUCTION FOR DEPRE-
CATION.

The Internal Revenue Code pro-
vides for "a reasonable allowance for
the exhaustion, wear and tear OF
property used in the trade or bust
ness including a reasonable allow
ance for obsolescence." For convent
ence, such allowance usually is re-
ferred to as depreciation.
In claiming a deduction for depre-
citation several fundamental prin-
ciples must be observed. The deduc-
ton must be confined to property
actually used in trade, business, OF
profession. and to improvements on
real property, other than property
used by the taxpayer as his personal
residence. In general, it applies to
the taxpayers capital assets-build-
ingS, machinery, etc.-the cost OF
which cannot be deducted as busi-
ness expense.
A lawyer, doctor, or other profess
Sional man may not charge of as a
current expense the cost of library
used wholly in his profession, this
being a capital expenditure and the
library a capital asset; but he may
deduct an allowance for depreciation
based upon the useful life of the
library.
II part of a professional mans
residence is used by him for office
purposes, proportionate amount of
the depreciation sustained may be
deducted, based generally on the
ratio of the number of rooms used
for such purposes to the total num-
Der of rooms in the building. The
same principle applies if taxpayer
rents to others a portion of his resi-
dence. Under such conditions, how
ever, the taxpayer must include IN
his gross income the rentals re-
ceived.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Attack on Cufro Oasis
Beaten Off, italy Says

ROME, Feb. 20 pa quick
counter attack by Italian forces was
reported today by the italian high
command to have beaten of with
considerable losses" an enemy"
assault on the oasis Of Cufra in the
Libyan desert.
The communique did not
identify the attackers, but free
French" forces operating from
the Chad territory previously
have been reported active in the
Cufra area)
The daily war bulletin said mo-
torized units had participated in
the attack, The Cufra region is
roughly 500 miles from the Mediter-
ranean coast and about $50 miles
west of the Egyptian frontier.
Heavy fighting also was reported
on the Somaliland front, where the
Italians said the British had made
repeated violent attacks in an at
tempt to cross the Juba River.
Both British and italian planes
were reported active In Erltrea, but
there was no mention in the COM
munique of ground operations on
this front.
German warplanes. the bulletin
said, co-operated with Italian air
craft in attacking British bases and
troop concentrations in Libya. Nazi
planes also were credited with dive
bombing attacks on enemy" steam
erS in the Mediterranean, during
which two 8,000-ton steamers and
Others of smaller tonnage" were
reported damaged.
The British were said to have lost
five fighter planes in operations over
Libya and two bombers in East
Africa
Evening star., 1941-02-20

manded the complete economic CO.
operation of the two countries in
Japan's projected Greater East
Asia" He was said to have informed
the delegates that both their coun-
tries were part of the new Asia
which Japan was determined to
build and that they had no choice
but to cooperate.
Informants here said it was these
demands which had paralyzed the
conference. Japan already has
gained a series of military conces-
sions from French Indo-China since
the fall Of FranceO
Warships in Siam Gulf.
Hong Kong and Bangkok reports
said that Is units of the Japanese
fleet were known to be operating in
the Gulf of Siam, north of Singa-
pore. These advices coincided with
previous reports from Saigon that
two Japanese squadrons were in
those waters.
Within Indo-C China the japanese
asserted that "pro-British" senti-
ment of the French colony was in
creasingly evident and that efforts
we're being made to instigate a boy
colt of Japanese commercial inter-
ests to Illustrate possible Japanese
economic thrust"
The Japanese said Indo-China was
establishing import control,
to the detriment of Japan, and also
attempting to monopolize the rubber
trade at Japan's expense.
British and Dutch Leave.
On the military side, the Japanese
accused the French of attempting
to obtain 200 British military planes
to be used in part by 100 Free
French" aviatorS, who the japanese
said had arrived in Indo-China, in
throwing Indo-China into the
British camp.
From Bangkok, Thailand's capital,
came word that both British and
Dutch we're departing at the urging
of their respective governments.
The reported japanese troop move
ments recalled recent reports that
japanese forces in Formosa and
Hainan now total 10000. More
over, Japan has large forces on the
South China coast in the Canton
region.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Newspaper Advertising
Continues 10 Gain
special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO. Feb. 20.-For the fifth
successive week retail advertising
voIume IN the newspapers of 81
major cities has shown an increase
over the corresponding week of 1910,
according to an analysis issued to-
day by Advertising Age covering the
seven-day period ended February 8
For that period retail advertising
lineage in newspapers totalled IT,
989,283 lines, the advertising pub
lication says, compared with H.
459,198 lines during the correspond
ing week of last year, an increase of
3 per cent.
For the six weeks since the be-
ginning of the year, newspapers in
the 81 reporting cities have carried
a total of 101 ,645 1913 lines of retail
display advertising, gain of
per cent over the corresponding per-
iod Of last year, when 99,637 SOL
lines were carried.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
FOREIGN Exchange

NEW YORK Feb 20 P,.-The Cana
dian dollar was a shade lower in terms OF
the United States dollar in today's for
eign exchange dealings with transactions
SWISS francs. also Hong Kong dollars
were slightly backward. too.
The Argentine free" peso was up q
little,
lars, others in centS):
Canada.
OficiaI Canadian Control Board rates
tor United States dollars: Buying. 10 per
premium: equivalent to discounts on Cana
dian dollares in New York Of buying, 99l
per cent; selling, 900 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York open mar.
keL, 1912 per cent discount, or "a 90
United states cents
Great Britain official Bankers Foreign
Exchange Committee rates., buying, 4.u2;
selling, 4.04 omen market cables. = o3;
Germany 40.05n: (benevolent): &c. 50;
l977n: Italy sos: Portugal, 401;
Sweden 23S5 Switzerland '23.231z;
Yugoslavia. 2.35n.
Latin America.
Argentine oficial 29.77; free, 23.70;
Brazil, official. 6.05n: free, soon; Mexico
20. ION.
Far East.
Japan, 23.4s; Hong Kong, 2460; shans-
RATES in spot cables unless otherwise
indicated)
Nominal For commercial transac-
tions.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Districts March Quota
For Army Advanced
To Total 1,25O Men
Contingent Of ITO
In February Group
Leaves for Baltimore

Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, selective
service executive for the District,
announced today he had received
official notice that Washington's
March quota of men for military
training has been advanced from
l,10O to 1850.
Selective service headquarters an
nounced, meanwhile, the quotas each
local draft board will be required
to furnish from the original require
ment of 1,100 men. One hundred
white men each will be furnished by
boards 2, 4, S, 20 and "a, to take top
position.
The original March quota called
for 1,100 white men, all Of whom
eventually will be assigned to train
ing with the 260th Coast Artillery
Regiment now stationed at Fort
Bliss, Tex. Under the quota ad-
vance announced today by Gen Cox,
an additional SO white men and 81
colored men will be required from
the District.
Induction Dates.
Induction dates for the March
quota call for 158 men on March 3
and 157 men each on March 4, 5
6. 7, and 10. Today's new quota
will be inducted as follows: 48 white
and 81 colored on March 18 and 4e
white on March 20.
A contingent of ITO men in thu
February quota left the Nationa
Guard Armory in three chartered
buses about m. today for Undue.
ton at the 5th Regiment Armory
in Baltimore.
Two of the forty colored men II
the group missed the bus, selectivt
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Australian Envoy Visits
Japanese Foreiqn office

TOXIC, Feb. 20 (P.-Australian
Minister Sir John Greig Latham
called on Vice Foreign Minister
Chuichi Ohashi at the Foreign Of
flee today and the two talked for an
hour.
Domei, Japanese news agency, said
Ohashi informed Sir John the re-
ports of a Far Eastern crisis" were
groundless.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
japanese
Continued From First Page. }

the name of the imperial govern
ment," told Thai and Indo-C China
representatives that Japan wanted
unlimited military facilities in both
countries ''in the event of neces-
sity," the nature of which was not
stipulated.
Matsuoka then specified, accord
ing to these reports, that Japan de-
manded the right to use Thai and
Indo-C China railways and highways
to transport troops and supplies, the
use of naval facilities including
Cam-Ranh, the use of airport facil-
tiles in both countries and the eX-
tension of Japanese air lines in both
countries.
He also was reported 20 have de-
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Cubon-Americun Suqur
Declares Dividends
By the Associated Press.

FS tht Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Cuban-
American Sugar Co. announced divi-
dends of $3.50 on the per cent
preferred and SITS on the 51a per
cent preferred stock, covering the
period from July l to December 81,
1910. Both dividends are payable
March 8 to holders of record March
8. The payments are initial divi-
dends since recapitalization last
December ~.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
|. T. & T. DiscIoses
Gain in Telephones
By tie Associated Press

By II ASSoClaIed PTtSS.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Interna-
tional Telephone & Telegraph Corp.
announced yesterday its operating
subsidiaries in nine foreign coun-
tries had an aggregate net gain Of
5,882 telephones in January. This
compared with a gain of $3.50 in
January, 1910. At the end of Janu-
ary the system had 1,l27,4l0 tele-
phones.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Burma Declared Part
OF British Defense

RANGOON, Burma, Feb. 20 (P,.-
Gov. Sir Archibald Cochrane as
sured both houses of Burma's Legis-
lature yesterday that "if danger
comes. Burma will not be alone"
He said Burma was now an in
tegral and active part of the British
Empires Far Eastern defense or
ganization under the high command
OF Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert
Brooke-Popham, Britain's COM
mander in chief in the Far East
with headquarters in Singapore.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
New York Produce

NEW YORK. Feb. 20 dP-Eggs. 17,194:
steady to firm Mixed colors: Fancy to
extra fancy. 1s-19H: extras. 17s4;. graded
firsts, II: current receipts. 16l2-% sec
onds, 16-16h: mediums, 15s4: dirties, No.
ator. best. 15-15a: poorer, 14H-A
Whites: Resales of premium marks,
MUM mark eS3 49, ST.; H an specials. 1SN;
standards, 1914 (resales Of exchange TO
fancy heavier mediums, 1S12-21: me-
dunn, 1S
Browns: Nearby and Midwestern, fancy
to extra fancy. 19-2O13: specials, 1871:
standards, 17&-1S; mediums, 17h
Duck eggs, 31-32.
Butter, 1,11S,604; steady. Creamery:
Higher than 81 score and premium marks,
31-3194: 90 score (cash market. 3014
ss-91 score 29A-30h; s4-s7 score, 2634-
2Sa.
Cheese, 6o.5s1: irregular State. whole
milk flats: Held. 1889, 25-25s4: held.
1910, 22-23: current makes, 16A-17h.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Abbott Laboratories
Votes 10-Cent Extra
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-Abbott Lab
oratories today declared an extra
dividend of 10 cents share on
common stock in addition to the
regular quarterly dividend Of 40
cents a share, both payable March
81 to stock of record March II. A
similar extra dividend was paid a
year ago.
Regular quarterly dividend of
$l.12l2 a share on AZ per cent
cumulative preferred stock. payable
April Is to stock of record April !,
was also declared.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Tin Quotation
Rises Sharply
| At London
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Feb. 20.-Mounting ten
sion in the Far East was believed
responsible for another rush of buy
ing in the tin market today. Metal
for spot delivery was bid up Ct los
(about 500 to f27s (about s1,l25) a
ton. Future delivery was up f5 l5s
at f275.
The new price brought the aggre
gate gain since the advance began
about a week ago to around Ell a
ton approximately $84), and to the
highest level since last June, just
before France asked Germany for
peace terms.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Boston Wool Market

BOSTON, Feb 20 (P-The Boston wool
market continued fairly active today. Sales
OF graded French combing fine territory
woods were reported at ST to 81 .05, secured
basis Graded half-blood combing terri
tory wools brought 9S cents to S1.02,
secured basis. A few lots Of three -eighths
blood combing territory wool moved at SO
to SO cents, secured basis Demand for
the finer grades of foreign woods continued
good at steady prices.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
British Urge Families
To Leave ThoiIond

BANGKOK, Thailand, Feb. 20 up.
British residents of Thailand have
been advised officially that the re-
moval of women and children is
desirable as a precautionary meas
ure, it was disclosed today.
The advice presumably by the
British Legation) was circulated last
night, it was said.
The United States Legation, how
ever, made it known that no such
advice has been given its nationals
in Thailand
Thailand's relations with Britain
have become somewhat tense owing
to concentrations of strong British
and Australian Army and air force
units in Northern Malaga, at her
borders. A japanese Army spokes-
man declared yesterday that the
arrival Of several thousand Aus
tralian troops at Singapore was a
"belligerent action" toward Thailand,
which is cooperating with Japan
in bringing new order into Eastern
Asia"
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Metal Market

NEW YORK, Feb 90 P.-Copper
steady; electrolytic spot. Connecticut VAL
ley, 100: export, f.as. New York, 10.37ia-
1900 Tin strong spot and nearby
New York. 5.65-70: East st. Louis, 5. so.
Zinc. steady; East st. Louis spot and for
ward, 7.25. Pig iron, aluminium, anti
mony, quicksilver, platinum Chinese wolf
ramte and domestic scheelite unchanged
Japan has prohibited students
from taking part in politics.
Evening star., 1941-02-20

Quotations furnished by National Asso-
cia ton of Securities Dealers. Inc which
states they do not necessa rily reflect actual
transactions or firm bids or offers, but
SHOULD indicate approximate prices and
unless otherwise indicated, are as quoted
by the sponsors or issuers.
.ASterlsk indicates, Not quoted by spon-
sorS or isSuerS."
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Rail Loadings Rise
1876 Per Cent Above
Levels Of Year Ago
72l,l76-Cor Volume
is Per Cent Ahead
Of Previous Week
By the Associated Press

by tne ASSOcihIeQ fIeSS.
The Association of American Rail-
roads reported during today 72l It's
cars of revenue freight were loaded
during the week ended last Satur-
day
This was an increase of 10,980
cars, or Is per cent, compared with
the preceding week, an increase OF
112,959, or 1876 per cent, compared
with a year ago, and an increase of
144,531. or 25.1 per cent, compared
with 1899.
The report classified the loadings
aS fOlIous'
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Army Contract to D. c. Firm

The Army today awarded $l6,-
424 contract for lighting fixtures
to the General Electric Supply Co.
of Washington. 1t was one Of a
batch of contracts totaling $685.
567 for miscellaneous supplies.
Evening star., 1941-02-20

MISCELLANEOUS freight and coal
shipments led the increase which
boosted total loadings to the highest
level for the week since 1880. The
increase was slightly larger than
seasonal.
The Associated Press seasonally
adjusted index of loadings, based on
1929-30 as 100. advanced to 1878, COM
pared with $40 the previous week
and 69.5 a year ago.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Investing Companies

NEW YORK Feb 90 lP.-National As
sociation Securities Dealers. Inc.
CLOSING nlnt finnsA
Evening star., 1941-02-20

Boy Scouts of India sent $3.50 to
the Red Cross as a first installment.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Washington Exchange

SALES.
Washington Gas Light pfd.-l0 at
1861.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
a Also extra or extras.
g paid laSt wear

ePald last year.
Quotations furnished by National hsSo-
cistion Of Securities Dealers, Inc, which
states thew do not nece rily reflect actual
transa ctions or nrm bids or offers. but
should indicate approximate prices.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Federal Lund Bunks
Reported by Smith

NEW YORK. Feb. 20 R,.-Federal Land
Rank bonds
Evening star., 1941-02-20
Insurance Stocks

NEW YORK. Feb 20 tPj.-Natlonal AS
sociation Securities Dealers. Inc.
Evening star., 1941-02-20
BONDS

PUBLIC UTILITY
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-16
More American
Output Pledged

LONDON, Sept. l6. CUP)-Ameri-
can war material is reaching the
Soviet Union in increasing volume
and the whole problem of produc-
ton will look very different as
soon as America is fully geared, w.
Averell Hartman, head of the Unit
ed States delegation to Moscow,
and Lord Halifax, British ambas
sador to Washington, said today.
Although Hartman reported
definite let-down" among the AM
erican people since the war started
in Russia, he said the United States
government still was doing its ut
most to win the battle of produc-
ton.
Lord Halifax, in similar press
interview, said that President
Roosevelt's orders TO the navy to
shoot first at Atlantic defense wa
ters was in keeping with American
security policy since the days of
the earliest settlers.
Hartman contrasted the vital
concern of the British people over
the reported German break through
on the Ukraine font in Russia with
the let down among Americans,
but he agreed with Lord Halifax
that "self-criticism going on in
the United States is the forerun-
ner of greater effort.
The British ambassador said that
the whole problem of British Amer
ican war production would look
different as soon as the American
potential is fully geared.
AS I see it, we have been up
to now in the constant position of
having to scale down our needs to
fit our capacity" Lord Halifax said.
What we must get is to position
scaling up capacity production to
meet our need
He said that Russia's grave posi-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-16
Navy Inaugurates
Escort Service
For War Cargoes

continued from Page One)
the Gulf of Persia through which
part of the allied Near Eastern
forces probably will be supplied,
Malay states, Burma, Straits settle
ments, Hongkong, North Borneo.
British holdings in the western
hemisphere largely were exempted
in part from neutrality act restric-
tionS at the outset
Prior to Biddles new ruling the
phrase United Kingdom had been
interpreted to embrace all empire
areas except those specifically ex-
empted. On that Interpretation
American merchant vessels could
trade with any British area which
actually lay outside a combat zone
but were prohibited from carrying
passengers or guns, ammunition,
tanks, airplanes and such munitions.
lhey now may carry arms and am
munltlon to non-combat areas.
This expansion of munitions trade
in American ships may lead event.
ually to an escort or convoy Sys-
tenn far beyond the limited north
Atlantic area where it is believed
to have begun today.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-16

Continued from Page One
and Russia continued to arouse
bitter comment in Berlin and Rome.
Virginia Gayda. Fascist editor,
said that the speech Of Secretary
OF Navy Frank Knox made the
United States an unequiyocal bellig
erent and that grave risks were
assumed b. the American navy,
while the Nazi spokesman said that
Knox had gone further than Presi-
dent Roosevelt dared to go in lead
ing the United States toward war =
The Axis forces made no new
threats of retaliation, although Ger
many's intensified drive into the
Ukraine as reported by the Berlin
communique indicated an all out
effort to crack the Red army front
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-16
Knox War Maker,
Germans Declare

that Mr.. Roosevelt himself purpose
" left in the dark
Authorized sources. commenting
on the granting of permission for
United States ships TO visit some
British empire ports previously for
hidden under the neutrality law,
said
This constitutes a constitutional
change Of type previously un-
known.
1t IS interesting as an example
of functioning democracy-to make
law and then set about breaking
it.
1t is Just ike sending United
States ships to the Red sea. This is
merely another case of deliberately
running after incidents"
The German radio. recalling that
President Roosevelt referred 10
"rattlesnakesn in his speech. said
there We're no rattlesnakeS on the
high seas but the British are sharks,
destroying the freedom of the seas.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-16

BERLIN. Sept. 16. GUP)-United
States Secretary of Navy Frank
Knox speech 10 the American Le-
gion went lust a bit nearer than
President Roosevelt himself dared
go toward getting the United States
into war German authorized soure-
es said today.
IN his speech at Milwaukee. Knox
said that President RooseYelt's or
ders TO the navy 70 shoot first in
Atlantic defense - ers 60 into
effect today and taa al ships car
rying supplies to Britain would be
protected in zone extending to
Iceland.
Like Senator Pepper and others
on the Roosevelt staff. he tKnox)
was told to go just a little further
in these unofficial pronouncementS,'
the spokesman said.
The purpose is to reveal things
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-16
Shah AbdiCdfes as
British, Russians
Draw Near Tehrdn

TEHRAN, Iran, Sept. 16 (UP)--
Premier Ali Furughi announced the
abdication of Shah Ria Khan Pah-
levi to parliament today as Brit
ish and Russian troops moved closer
to the capital
(The United Press listening post.
in New Yorl; heard the British ra-
dio say that Russian troops were
within 80 minutes march of Tehran
where they have a rendezvous
with the British forces.9
The shah, who will be succeeded
by his son. Crown Prince Moham-
med Ria Pahlevi, 81, has proceeded
to Isfahan, 210 miles south of Teh-
ran, The shah said illness was the
reason for his abdication. Omitted
Fress Moscow dispatches reported
Russian denunciation of the shah
on the grounds that he had dealt
dishonesty with the Russians and
British and had caused "intoler-
able delay in ousting German and
italian agents from the countryo
AS the premier told special
session of parliament of the shah's
abdication, Russian occupation fore
es advanced to Karaj % miles from
the center of Tehran, and British
armored forces were advancing
from the south towards the out
skirts of the capital.
Gondon dispatches said that
news of the shah's abdication caus-
ed great satisfaction in authorita-
tive British circles. The British
said that dissatisfaction with the
shah's regime had been growing in
Iran. The British were represented
as sharing popular Iranian desires
for constitutional reforms, which
were described as overdueD
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-16
One-Man Squadron
Goes A.W.0.L.

PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. 16. (UP)
The entire enlisted personnel of
the 549th squadron stationed at the
U. S. Army Luke field advanced
air training base was A.W.OL. to-
day
A normal squadron enlistment
consists of 200 men but the newly
organized 459th had one man, Pvt.
John B. Houston, 81, Bulan, Kt. He
disappeared three days ago after
telling his buddies he wanted to
go to Canada to join the Royal
air force.
1t. w. H. Rethke, squadron COM
mander, and 1t. A. M Conredi,
squadron adjutant, were officers
without an army.