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Evening star., 1942-02-18
Your Income Tax
No. 45-Items Not DeductibIe

Personal, living or family ex-
penses and capital expenditures are
not deductible items in the COM
putation of the statutory net in
come, whereas all the ordinary and
necessary expenses of carrying on
any trade or business are deductible.
In the event taxpayer is engaged
in an occupation which requires the
use Of equipment, as in the cases
of Army officers, ball players, fire.
men, aviatorS, nurses and surgeons,
the cost of such is deductible only
to the extent Cd that it is specifl-
cally required and ca that it does
not take the place of ordinary
clothing. Thus, expenditures for the
purchase and cleaning of Jockeys
uniforms and baseball uniforms Of
professional baseball players and the
cost of raincoats, boots and he'll
NETS of city flremen and policemen
are allowable deductions, while the
cost of uniforms of Army and Navy
officers, nurses, railway trainmen,
BARRIERS and surgeons IS a personal
expense and not deductible.
Among other nom -deductible items
of expense paid or incurred by tax
payers during the taxable year
there may be mentioned premiums
on life insurance policies, insurance
paid on dwelling owned and oc-
cupied by taxpayer, amounts ex-
Evening star., 1942-02-18
Emergency Medical
Services Reviewed
By Trade Board Unit
Col. BoIles, DR.. Reed
Speak at Meeting Of
Health Committee

The organization of emergency
medical services in the District was
reviewed at a meeting of the Pub
lie Health Committee of the Board
of Trade at the Lee Sheraton Hotel
yesterday.
DR.. Roy Lyman Sexton presided
and introduced the speakers. Among
those who talked was Col. Lemuel
Bolles, executive officer of the local
Defense Council.
Col. Bolles stressed the necessity
for people to realize that we are
engaged in war and to drop their
complacency.
DIR. Reed Speaks.
DR.. John A. Reed chief medical
officer of the emergency medical
services of the Defense Council, said
the services here had developed
their plans with a twofold purpose
in mind-to give immediate first
aid in case of an emergency and to
evacuate victims.
He stressed the necessity for Or
ganization of a service to remove
AFRAID victims. He said that all
hospitals had established medical
field units which could be sent out
at a given signal to field stations.
Health Test Project.
His group has organized 1000
stretcher bearers, who can be assem-
bled for duty quickly to bring disas-
ter victims to the field stations for
treatment by the hospital units.
He also said that the Committee
on Public Health of the District
Medical Society is entering upon
project which looks toward the es-
tablishment of a periodic system of
health examinations for all resi-
dents of the District.
Edward R. SJearn, iaison repre-
sentative of the American Red Cross,
and Robert H. Duncan, co-ordinator
of instruction of the D. C.. Red
Gross, also spoke.
Evening star., 1942-02-18

dIy IU.
Graduated from Fishburne Mill
tary School last June as valedic-
torian of his class and ranking cadet
officer of the corps, 1t. De Young at
tended Georgia Tech for one semes-
ter and then was employed up to the
time of his entrance into the Army
in the editorial room of The Star.
Before enrolling at Fishburne, he
was pupil at Wilson Normal School
and at Avondale Country School,
also attaining the honor of ranking
cadet officer at the latter institution.
1t. De Young, who lives with his
mother, Mrs. Helen K. De Young,
now is awaiting assignment to
duty.
Evening star., 1942-02-18

pended In seeking position or in
travelling to the place of a new
position, commuters fares, the cost
of postgraduate Courses, bar ex-
animation fees, expenditures for the
maintenance and operation of an
automobile used for personal con-
venience and not by reason of neces-
sity in connection with a business,
sums paid out as alimony and as
an allowance under q separation
Evening star., 1942-02-18

agreement, penalty payments with
respect to Federal taxes-whether
on account of negligence, delin-
quency or fraud-amounts paid by
a parent to unemancipated minor
children for services rendered by
such minoE children and amounts
deducted and withheld from the
basic salary, pay or compensation
Of employees in the civil service Of
the United States for the retire.
ment fund or from the wages or
salary Of other employees as Federal
old-age benefit tax.
Evening star., 1942-02-18
University of the South
Alumni Plan Dinner

Alumni of the University of the
South, Sewanee, Tenn, will hold a
dinner at the Broadmoor Hotel at
7 o'clock tonight. DR.. Alexander
Guerry, vice chancellor of the uni
versity, will be the speaker and the
Rev Charles w. Sheerin, rector of
Epiphany Church, will give the
benediction. A technicolor film de-
picting scenes at the school will
be shown.
Election of new officers of the
alumni association will be held.
Evening star., 1942-02-18
Army Engineer to Speak

Maj. Paul w. Thompson will dis
cuss THE Engineer in Modern
War" at the monthly meeting of
the Washington Society of Engineers
tonight at the Cosmos Club. Maj.
Thompson, author of a recently
published book entitled Modern
Battle" will illustrate his lecture
with lantern slides of military ac-
ton abroad.
Evening star., 1942-02-18

Jlle llTSG W US Is
sued a commits
sion under the
Army regulation
of January % re-
ducing the mini
m u m a g e for
CO m m i ssioned
officers to 18, it
was learned a t
the War Depart
ment today.
He W a S COM
m i S S lone d a
second lieuten-
ant in the In
fantry Reserve
o n F e b r u
Evening star., 1942-02-18
Lieutenant's Commission
Won by Capital YOUTH 18

1t. Daniel De Young, jr., of 1929
Columbia road NV, who passed his
18th birthday last May, was one of
Evening star., 1942-02-18

Don't be ashamed to carry home .
box that isn't wrapped in precious
paper. Be ashamed to waste.
Evening star., 1942-02-18

Be WISE ..AT THE FIRST SIGN OF COLD SEE YOUR DOCTOR
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
Questions and Answers
On Job Freezing Order

The Detroit Times has prepared
"a Sctios Of questions and answers
20 hclp readers understand the new
War Nanpovcr Commission labor
management agreement whic b
",tabilizcs' more than $4,000
essential war workers here, into
their Jobs
Question; Can a man quit his
ioh2
answer; Yes. However. under
the plan if he did quit and
sought other employment he
would have Ia show certificate
of release from hi, former en-
ploNer.
@ Can a man ho fired?
Ayes. The plan states that
normal employment practices
should prevail. However, If fired
his employer would have Ia give
him certificate of release.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
Enploye MoUeS

Q II a man quits his iob car
ne go into another area and eei
n job without a certificate Of lc-
lease?
A-NcS. Ru, il i expected
that ahnr- Atahili4atiaH- plans all
he i'm effect nationwide before
long.
(Alreadv more than 10 indus
trial areas, including Los Ange-
les. Baltimore. san Francisco,
Portland. ore. and Mobile, Ala,
have such plans in operations
G What happens Nc a man cunts
his iob and ,aj~rIc> h> records 'r
got another lob
\-This il impossible because
OF the wartime regulations that
require positive proof of identity
birth certificate, social security
records
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
his three team wants to be { cut on

in less time than any other
three man team in Detroit or
the metropolitan area. Wen
meet any other three-man crew
that thinks il can Guido us any
time, any place. To prove we are
putting more ialopieS into actual
scrap than any other torch and
chi>el squad. Were open 10 all
corners
Arch and Johnny and sam are
literally blasting jalopic> apart a
the Holhrook -laLd. (which -AIcL-s
.athcr Morris Schneider. owns.
If YOU haven't done so. report
your iaIopy AZ once. The coupon
herewith is for Your convenience.
The scrap yards viii pay stipulated
DPA prices for any wrecked or
worn out vehicle.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13

bought four 500 bonds The cheer.
SAYS Murphy Was so loud that
several customers came up and
bought another Sis worth W~' 90
make sure jn case of recount.
handsome as Jean Fitzgerald is
T7rTTrI- # TTCTaTI : TIOTTNgr ul
Blackstone avenue who's been
nominated for Annapolis by Con-
gresham George pondcro He
was lieutenant colonel m The
ROTC AZ Redi0rj High and now
is absorbing his learning at Mich
IEan State,
Harry Flanagan. recording Scc-
rotary az The Jaw local ~ Con
'incntal Motors. calls to say me
union has raised enough money
20 send each OF It's no members
n the services Sl0GS for Christ
mas Flanagan says also that tho
company has added Sc so % each
check
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
Untax Soldier Travellers

WASHINGTON. Dec - ms
Members Of the armed >nNICe-
travelling on furlouch would ho
revived Of all federal 'ran~por'a-
ton taxes under a bill introduced
today by Senator Hiram Johnson
California Republican
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
rs Finished in Hour

From the instant q iajopl is rc-
leased from lbc tow truck tho
Observation-Disclosures CROW
can reduce @4'1n AN hour 10 a
noat pile of -yffp cur IN specified
lengths potential bullets and tank
arwor plate
--T7TTT IITC0 TaNo brcn cut
ting mp an average of eight can, "a
day. oghf-hour shift. since ihc
Times went am out U The ialopy
roundup rt9PttEtt- -re--ftr-i- tttf4
with the WAYNE County Salvage
Committee The Detroit Nutomo-
bllc Dealers Association. The Dc
trolt DISTRICTS Association of the
American Legion - po>l,l and
tho Detroit Give Pride A~soCia-
iiOr
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
ceptable reasons for demanding
a change in employment.
Other Possibilities

They are.
When the distance between
the workers residence and the
places OF employment il un-
reasonably great, considering re-
StriCtion> on the use of gasoline
and tires and the load on trans
pOrtation facilities.
When the worker l. employed
AZ wages or under working con-
diti0nS substantially less favor
able than those prevailing in the
community for the kind Of work
on which he il employed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
Personal Reason

q IT "a man cannot GOT a'on-
with h,> boss. can nc demand Z
change .n employment %
A-PerhapS. The plan SAYS he
can change IL he has n COM
pelling personal reason. In
compatibility might hc con-
Sidcrcd reason enough but the
ease would have 10 be reviewed
by the appeal agency.
There are two other CirCum-
stances that are considered aC-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13

I'm making '- 'orchnC cham
por-hp challenge through The
Times I9l,py Roundup Depart
mont Arch Schneider sand
we can cut mp more ialopieS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
FBl Probes Powder Blast

KINGS MILLS, O.. Dec. - QNS>."
Army officers and FBI agents /;
today were investigating an eXplo2
sion of approximately 5000 pounds
of gunpowdcr at the Kings Powder
Company which killed two men
and injured three others.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
Can Train Self

Q Can q man train himself 10
n better and hghcr-paylrg ieb
N-lc>. I ndcr the plan a man
nuSt be upgradcd by his en-
pIoNer 10 his highest skill. If his
employer cannot upgrade him.
then he must bc released Ia seek
employment in his higher skill.
90 G How does q man go 1bou
BONG upgr1det % his hllhc
-ull9
Ale asks his boss or union
steward normal labor practice
However If this appeal fails. he
can take his case 10 the nitcd
States Employment service re-
view board. s0nn 10 he sci M
II this fails. he can 20 higher
10 the final appeal hoard which
il the War NaEpoWcr Commits
sion lahor-management commit
tee that drew mp the plan This
committee i the final appeal
board in all cases.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
yyaitrrt Il Whtic.-

JCWoTrN NJOrcN Showed Inc FICN-
est gains. though only I'M isolated
where % large stock was
available In one such INSTANCE p
store showed a - per cent Noycm-
Der gain.
Hardest hlt DorWOrth said We're
the miscellaneous stores, including
hardware. radio furniture and
such, which could not reach tbo
volume due 10 depleted stocks and
the inability 10 renew their lines
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
They Rush to Buy

"The gain i'm the Womcn'S ap-
parcl stores would have been
even greater except that last
summer the excise tax was pub
licizcd and many people bought
iurS who ordinarily might have
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13

Order The Detroit TimesS
mailed 10 your boy in the army
or navy It's like "A letter from
home every day.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
More Fiattering"

This iS the more flattering.'
DorWorth said. because of the
tremendous War Savings Bond
sales the stores have made along
with merchandise sales. Last
Monday alone. they sold more
stamps and bonds than they dp
in good week"
The figures Vary in the smaller
speciality stores.
For instance" pOrW orr N
points out, the Women'S Spc-
cialty shops are SO per cent over
last November, and 22.9 per cent
over the first | months.
The greater gain shown here
than I'm the department stores il
because the figures are based on
volume sales and the depart
ment stores suffer because part
az their volume il necessarily in
the hard goods lines, such as
vacuum cleaners. refrigcratOrS,
stoves and the like. The speciality
shops deal mostly in unrestricted
goods.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
Christmas
Season Brings
Sales Records
War Bonds, Depleted
Stocks Fail TO Hold
Down Detroit Buying

Tho first real wartime Christ
mas season In - years has been
a boom for Detroit department
stores, despite. priorltIeS and
restrictions ON goods, Board OF
Commerce figures showed today
The doll3r-Volumc during no
Ncmbcr was - per cent higher
thanLn- AnAemher last year, -ae-
Cordlng 20 o l.. DorWorth a~-
SlStant secretary of the Retail
Merchants Association, who jig
giles the statistics
I'm addition, he reports The total
dollar-value sales for the FIRST ! !
months This year Is up is. per
cent over a like period last year
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-13
Keeps Seniority

@ II n man j., transferred from
~owo less essential ion into ono
more essential 10 The war effort
does hc lose his seniority
N--No. The plan provides that
he maintains his seniority status
with his former employer. How
ever. worker does not accum-
ulate seniority with his former
employer while on leave.
@ II worker D., employee
only r4r'tlmo ON his job. can u'
demand 4l4------i--4t t-7----1---,-
time employment
N-Ncs. II j. understood in the
plan that worker has An ac-
ccptable reason for asking
change in his job il hc +, en-
ploNcd tor a substantial period
at less than full time,
Evening star., 1942-02-08

made from Indian rubber Shpyards building naval
ses Aluminium plants working at top speed. Our
OIL hides and jute help keep democracs industrial
mechanism going We raise million tons of wheat, and
that with maize me and help feed the soldiers
and civilians of the united nations.
These cogs for the wheels of being produced right
door the combat They need be shipped halfway
around the world Thus tonnage saved for
other essential war shipping
You from the above map why Indas geographical
position vitally important in the Pacific conflict India
the threshold Of the Burma Road he gateway Chna
the lanes from the west to Singapore neghbor of the
Netherlands East Indies occupies location of immeasur
able strategic value.
1t is the seat of the Eastern Supply Council, which, from
Delhi coordnates all British Empire supplies for the Middle
East and the Far East providing only for the armies of
India but also for the fighting forces of Australia New
Zealand and South Africa.
So much for power and What of our
morale?
1t is true that country large and complex and in the
political field there much debate to ndas future status
Nearly all groups feel that India entitled to order her
affairs both internal and external Some visualize India
Dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations
Others like Mahatma Gandh and his adherents COM
plete independence. and want it
Give India her independence, demand Gandhis followers
Evening star., 1942-02-08

Italians. When the Japanese attacked Hong Kong last
December, Indian soldiers manned the plboxe along the
waterfront and stood off onslaught after onslaught Nppon
best shock troops
In the two that the has ragged in Europe Indas
army has only been expanded has been modenzed Its
soldiers equipped with the latest tools of mechanzed
and trained to them We only wish had more. and
yet MORE of these tools.
But perhaps more important than lndias modern
army its for producing the materials of modern
Though lanes from America and England have grown
long and peous India still stands mighty arsenal for
the democracies on the Far Eastern 'front.'
Temples and Steel Mills
HIS statement find, a surprise to many Amer
leans They think of India land of great temples of maes
tic mountains and diverse picturesque peoples Few realize
that it also of the eight leading industrial countries of
the world. 1t has huge deposits of iron among the
richest Asia 1t has the greatest single steel works the
entire British Commonwealth and the Indian steel industry
than 100000 tons of finished steel year.
Its factories converting this Steel the spot into at
ey machine guns rifles shells and accessories for aoed
tanks and arplanes
The story true in other fields From its cotton
India producing of the cloth for the uniforms of the
British Tropical Army Indian factories turning tires
Evening star., 1942-02-08


But this is Indias family argument Whatever shades
of opinion there may be this debate nowhere there
feeling that India stands gain anything by playing Japans
We have what happened in Korea in Fomosa in
Manchuria in China and in the Philippines We know
that under victorious Japan people would lose all hope
of freedom and become the slaves of brutal and arrogant
tyrants.
The Japs Woe Ind3a
0Y RADIO broads by every other type propaganda the
Japanese have tried to rally the Indians their Asia for the
Asatics campaign against the white They have sought
to lure into their greater East Asia prosperity sphere
But for some time the great majority of the Indian
people have srused the Pssans of the East When the
Japanese invaded China in 1887, Indians outraged
The Indian National Congress declared boycott against
Japanese goods and this boycott has continued down
day Even then knew that Japan would have be
stopped and ready to do part to stop her.
We ready From the battlefeld of Lbya to the
beach heads in the South China Sea, Indas warriors
the forefront of the struggle to defeat the Axis The Sikh
suicide defenders of Hong Kong stirred the world with their
sautation: Sat Sh Akal Truth Is Eterna This remem-
ber is the wachword of old people and an old country
that are young today For India this aou fight
Her three hundred and ninety millions the duration
The End
Evening star., 1942-04-16

Gulf Of Mexico, DR.. George Bsehr,
chief medical officer of o. c, D.,
said today that hospitals which do
not have plasma banks will be Sc
lected. and that money for the pur-
pose has been made available
through the United States Public
Health Service.
DR.. Baehr emphasized that the
civilian program does not interfere
with the collection Of blood for the
armed services, but provides an ad-
ditional reserve for military as we'll
as civilian casualties.
Each hospital selected for the new
collection program will be urged to
Evening star., 1942-04-16

press to be fsctusl, to adjourn per-
sonalties. pet hatreds and even poll
tics as their contribution 10 the
war effort He urged the editors
70 give attention to postwar prob
lens and decried a 'let's-win- the
war-firSt policy. which he said he
hoped would not be adopted.
The winning of the peace is as
important as winning the war" he
said. and many of the mistakes
after the lsst war. costly ones. could
have been avoided"
He suggested that all overtime pay
be made in post Treasury GER
tificates in equal monthly INSTALL
ments payable after the war. He
Evening star., 1942-04-16
Coastal Hospitals TO Get
Dried PIasma Supply

Distribution OF $4,000 pints Of
dried plasma to selected hospitals
to be named next week will be car
ried out by the medical division of
the Once of Civilian Defense as an
emergency blood bank pool for use
Of any stricken community in the
coastal target areas
Designating these areas as all
communities within 300 miles of the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the
Evening star., 1942-04-16
Domoqe Suit Writ Gronted

RICHMOND. Va. April is dP.-
The Virginia Supreme Court of Ap-
peals yesterday granted a writ of
error to Jack Harris and Bobbetta
Louise Harris from a decree Of the
Augusta County Circuit Court which
awarded 5000 damages to Florence
NJ. Harrington in an automobile ac-
cident suit.
Evening star., 1942-04-16

Of Congress, ii was disclosed yeSter-
day with the fling of her will,
The Whitman collection was said
TO be one of the most important
OF its kind. containing many rare
Evening star., 1942-04-16

accumulate within three months a
reserve stock of both liquid and
frozen plasma amounting to at least
one pint per bed This will be in
addition TO the dried plaSna stored
at scattered depots.
Evening star., 1942-04-16

also suggested that the editors give
their attention TO the immediate
problem of unemployment resulting
from the conversion of industry to
war production.
Evening star., 1942-04-16
Congress Librory Gets
Whitmon Collection

EA tft ASSoClAteo Press,
NEW YORK. April l6.-Carolyn
Wells. author. who died March 26
bequeathed her extensive Walt
Whitman collection to the Library
Evening star., 1942-04-16

volumes 1t is valued at about s25,-
600.
Evening star., 1942-04-16

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Evening star., 1942-04-16
Supreme Test" Seen.

Dwight Marvin, editor of the
Troy IN. " Record. president of
the society told the editors our
profession faces the supreme test ="
He urged that the press be GER
tain the news We print be the un-
vanished, unbiased truth and that
editorials and comment be unpur-
chased and unpurchasable
Mayor La Guardia called on the
Evening star., 1942-04-16

HELP Conserve Rubber
BY taking purchases with YOU
whenever possible
Evening star., 1942-04-16


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