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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-12

the wilful act or negligence on
your part.
Line Is of form 1040 permits
deductions for bad debts. If, for
example, you loaned to an in
dividual and during 1912 it de-
veloped that he was unable to
repay your loan, the amount of
the loan is deductible.
Line II concerns other de-
auctions authorized by law.
Among these are alimony or
separate maintenance paid by a
man to a woman from whom he
is living separately - but only
if the separation is by divorce
or other court decree.
Money spent in connection
with the production of income
is deductible. For instance if
you own a safe deposit box to
protect stock which you hold
for income from dividends, you
may deduct its cost. Likewise
you may deduct costs of invest
ment advice.
The new law entities you to
deduct the cost of medical care
in excess of per cent of your
net income computed b e f o G
taking the deduction. Maximum
deductions allowed, however, are
$4,000 for husband and wife who
file q joint return, and $3.50
for an individual. Head of fam
lily Explained in later article)
is allowed $500.
Medical care" in c ! u d S
amounts paid for health and &C
cident insurance, doctors, den
fist, nurse, hospital bills, cost Of
drugs, laboratory expenses, etc.
Remember, however, that if
your medical care expenses do
not exceed 5 per cent of your
net income, you may not deduct
anything at all for them. You
may not include as expenses
any sums for which you were re-
paid by hospital, accident or 9TH
er insurance.
Now total your deductions,
and subtract them from your
income on line IL. This gives
you your net income Cline 19).
(MONDAY: Other exemp-
tions).
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-12
Alfred LietZ
Sets Swift
Army Pace

From buck private to squad
ron first sergeant in nine months
is the pace set in the Army Air
Forces by Sgt. Alfred w. Lietz,
81, of 81 Hubbard Avenue,
Mount Clemens, Mich.
His appointment as top kick
of Headquarters and Headquar-
tiers Squadron, which post he has
held Professionally for nearly a
month, has just been announced
by First District Headquarters,
Army Air Forces Technical
Training Command, Greensboro,
N. c., where he has been sta
toned since September.
Sergeant Lietz, graduate Of
the Mount Clemens High School,
attended the Business Institute
and Wayne University in Detroi.
An accountant, he was formerly
employed by the John Priehs
Mercantile Company in Mount
Clemens.
He enlisted in the Army Air
Forces on April 6, 1912, and re-
ceived his basic training at JEFF
ferson Barracks, ST. Louis, Mo
He was transferred with the
cadre that activated the Atlantic
City station on July 8, and while
there was promoted to corporal
He was transferred to First
District Headquarters in Sep.
TENDER and until his appoint
ment as First sergeant was as
signed to the personnel depart
mont
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-12
Safety Methods Protect Ford Rouge Plant Worker
5e|fridge Officer
Now lieui-CoIoneI
Moior Milton Muller
is Base Quorter-Moster

Selfridge Field authorities to-
day requested contribution of
old radios and radio parts for in
structional use in communica-
tons classes at the air base.
1--WE can use almost any old
radios and parts" spokesman
said.
Sergt. Hansen. who voiced the
appeal, said that all calls con-
corning available equipment
should be addressed to Lieut..
John Thompson. of the End
Communications Squadron at
Selfridge Field. He said soldiers
would be glad TO pick up the old
radios and parts at the homes of
donors.
Telephone calls should be
made to Mount Clemens $500;
Extension No. 6.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-12
Houdini's Wife
Suttumbs al So
Had Announced Faith
in Supernatural

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11-(P)
Mrs. Beatrice Houdini, 50. wi
dow of Harry Houdini, famous
stage magician, died tonight at
Needles, Calf, on train en-
route to her New York home.
Word of her death was receiv-
ed here by u. L. DiGhilini, a
friend. Mrs. Houdini, who had
been critically i'll for several
weeks in a rest home here, was
placed aboard the Santa Fe
Chief here today.
Too weak to walk, the IT.
pound woman was carried from
a stretcher and put in berth in
her compartment, where an oxy-
gen mask was applied. She had
insisted on being returned to her
home in the east, and was ac-
companied by her sister, Mrs.
Marie Hinson of New York.
Married to Houdini when she
was II, she tried for 10 years
after his death in 1925 to effect
communication with his spirit.
Last week she told reporters
during a bedside interview that
she had renowned her faith in
communication after death, and
was skeptical about any form Of
life hereafter.
If have the power to come
back, / will not come" she said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-12
Salute 18th Bomb GROUP
As Greatest Air Fighters
Heroic Actions in Poetic
Skies Win Signal Honors

manding general of the second
air force, Spokane, Wash, will
do the honors in behalf of the
nation, presenting the 10th with
four battle steamers which ever
afer will decorate the units
after will decorate the units
faced veterans OF hair-raising
back-to -the-wall sky fig h I S
Ground one started Dec. 8, l94D
get their unique blue bars. These
are bordered in gold laurel leaf
and set with two oak leaf cluS-
terS. No other serviceman will
ever get like citation.
The citation said the group
"deployed on inadequate air.
fields at most places without
anti-aircraft protection and only
partially equipped with modern
airplanes, il (the l9th) was at
acked on Dec. 8, 1941, by an
overwhelming force of the
enemy; displaying magnificent
courage and devotion to duty it
engaged the enemy and fought
its limited equipment to destruc-
ton.
Despite heavy losses air and
ground echelons continued to
function at maximum effective
ness and extracted toll from the
enemy far out of proportion to
the meager means"
Every one of the 19th's group
and squadron commanders have
been Texans.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-12
BY JAMES MARROW
AND GEORGE ZIELKE

RIVER ROUGE, Feb. PIP,
Two painters on scaffold.
The loose ends of the scaffold
ropes dangle into barrels on the
ground. Beside the barrels are
signs pointing upward with this
warning: Men working,
There's nothing exciting about
that. II isn't meant to be. It's
intended to prevent accidents
and the kind of excitement that
follows accidents.
It's one item in the safety pro-
gram worked out at the Ford
River Rouge plant, one of the
greatest concentrations of indus
try and workers in the world
1t goes hand in hand with the
hospital and medical set-up here
It's a sample of what safety
engineering means.
When the rope ends are in the
barrels, they don't lie loose in
the street where they might get
tangled around the wheels OF
passing automobiles.
That happens in some places
When it does. the scaffold is
yanked loose. the men thrown
to death or injury on the ground
AS a check against a scaffold
breaking because of age or
weakness, Ford painters work
with extra ropes hooked into
their belts and hanging from the
roof-ropes separate from those
holding up the scaffold.
The Ford safety department,
under the direction of William
F. Smith, has developed l,40C
safety devices in the River
Rouge plant which, employing
more than $4,000 workers, ha:
% locomotives running around
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-12
Road Building
10 Continue
Reid SCOTS at
Planes Aseendoncy

ANN ARBOR. Mich, Feb. IL
Up State Highway Commits
sioner Lloyd B. Reid assured
Michigan road engineers last
night there was no need for
worry that automotive Transport
tation would sink to place of
minor Importance beside post
war aviation.
Air transportation never will
rival motor transportation field,
he told the Goth annual Michi-
gan Highway Conference.
Remember that over 80 per
cent of all truck and passenger
car travel always has been less
than 20 miles per trip" he said,
"only two per cent of all high
ways trips were over 200 miles.
Air traffic will cause adjust
ments in the highway planning
The highway must serve the air
plane - but it also must con-
tinue to serve the motor car, and
serve it better than before"
Reid said that his engineers
already laid preliminary plans
for two important post war
highway projects, one costing
200 million dollars and the 9TH
or 100 millions. The first calls
for making certain important
routes divided highways, with
separated grades at important
intersections, and the second is
five year construction program
covering 2,100 miles of main
trunklines. which means more
divided highways, more grade
separations, fewer traffic lights"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-12
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS

heritance, legacy or gift taxes.
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
You may not deduct special
assessments which confer a di-
rect benefit upon the property
against which the assessment is
made. For instance, If a special
assessment is made against your
property for paving the street in
front Of it, you cannot deduct
this tax, since the value Of your
property has been increased.
You may deduct such things
as federal amusement tax, fed
eral tax you paid on your car,
state car license plate costs,
state gasoline taxes, federal tax
on phone calls. You may deduct
taxes on real estate, school tax,
etc.
You may not deduct social Sc
curity taxes. You may not de-
duct taxes on liquor except To-
cal or state sales taxes.
Line Is of form 1040 calls for
certain specific losses which are
deductible In general losses you
incur are deductible only under
certain limited circumstances.
To be deductible, you must not
have been compensated for the
loss by insurance or otherwise.
In general you may NOT de-
duct losses incurred on trans
actions which you did NOT en-
ter into for profit. Loss on the
sale of the house you bought for
q residence may not be deduct
ed, because purchase of house
TO live in is not considered to
be transaction entered into for
profit.
This rule does not hold, how
ever, if losses arise through fire,
storm, shipwreck, other casual
ty or theft. Although you could
not deduct any loss you take
on the sale of your own home,
YOU could deduct the loss il your
house burned down and you
were unable to recover any in
surance. You may deduct losses
incurred in an auto accident If
the accident did not result from
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-12
IT,
63zEz
INCOME

This is No. 10 of a series Of
IA articles prepared by tax
expert to aid readers Of this
newspaper in preparing Fed
eral income tax returns. Clip
and save the articles for a
com plete reference when
making out your tax form.
BY NEA Service
In this day of many taxes,
most Americans are entitled to
many deductions under taxes
on line Ia of the U. S. Indivi-
dual Income Tax Return form
1040.
To be deductble, however, the
tax must be one levied on you,
the taxpayer. You may not de-
duct tax which is levied on
the manufacture of an article,
even though you ultimately pay
this tax through an increase in
the price of the article at re-
tail.
Retail sales taxes, however,
are deductible in full.
For instance: Take cigarettes.
You may not deduct the vari-
Gus taxes levied on the manu-
facture of the cigarettes, but il
there is a state or municipal
sales tax added in your COM
munity, you may deduct this
tax.
You may not deduct federal
income tax which you paid in
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-12
DoIIos Needs Food
But the Law Stonds

DALLAS, Tex, Feb. II Up
- This is the year to raise your
own food, city officials concede,
but
It's illegal to allow chickens
TO run at large, and crow i n &
roosters are grounds for court
complaints. Assistant City At
torney A. j. Thuss reported.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-12

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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-12

Worlds smallest independent
state, Vatican City, is about the
size of an 18-hole golf course.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-12-04
Progressive Club
Reflects Gibbons

For the fourth successive year,
S. c. Gibbons was elected presi-
dent OF the Youth Progressive club
at the annual election Of officers
held at Twelve Horsemen's club
Sunday. Other officers elected
were: Mrs. Daisy Nelson, secretary;
Burnell Hart. treasurer; Mrs. Ray
mond Harris. corresponding secre-
tsry.
Having participated in the recent
war bond drive in which II sold
over $1,000 in bonds and purchased
q $1,000 bond in the name Of the
organization, the club is now pack.
ing ADD mailing Christmas gifts 10
servicemen. Presents for service
men already at the battle fronts
were mailed by the organization
in October. Nine members OF the
club are now In the service and .
tenth member, William Ellis. will
be indicted this week The orgsni.
xstion has also aided several sgen.
eies working with juvenile delin-
ousnta
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-12-04
Housewives Are
Lauded By OPA
For War Effort

WASHINGTON. - Thirty Negro
housewives in Muscogee County,
Ga. have been lauded by the At
lanta district office OF the OPA for
voluntarily assuming their respon-
sibility to the total war effort" and
have been cited az a model for price
panel assistants to local War Price
and Rstioning boards throughout
the country.
The activities Of the Negro wom-
en-, under the leadership OF a ply
kcian's wife in Columbus. Ga. were
covered in a report in the Atlanta
district Office Price News" which
declared: Their courage and in
telligent cooperation should be
challenge to all OF US 70 go and do
likewise"
According TO the report, the
housewives, with Columbus edu-
Gator as adviser. accepted perma-
nent assignments as price panel as
siStants to the local War Price and
Rstioning Board. In this capacity.
they undertook the job of interpret
ing OPA price regulations to their
neighbors and TO the storekeepers
IN their various small communities
The group did not stop there.
however. On their own initiative.
that included more than routine
work. Serving as 'oluntary as
sistsns to the grocers. they helped
post price ceilings in the stores. re-
arranged goods on shelves. printed
signs, notified grocers Of changes N
points and prices, and gave blue
ribbons for good arrangement OF
merchandise, honesty. courtesy and
cooperation.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-12-04
Cavaliers Party
Was Big Success

The Cavaliers. a group OF prom
inent young men. gave their hrst
social affair on Sunday. q dance, at
Mirror Ballroom at which time their
many friends spent an enjoyable
evening.
Mathew Rucker and his band
furnished the music for the occa-
sion.
Members OF the club are Willie
Williams, Henry Green. better
known as Satin Black; Leslie Dav-
export, Thomas Glover, Ferdinand
Walker, Ted Lockhard and Albert
Jones.
A few Of those present at the
affair were Ross L. Hall. Helen
Thomas. Dolores Booker, Sam Bal
lard. William Scott. Richard Will
liams, William Howard. Dorothy
Tate. Bernice Robinson. w. X.
Streeter. Drucilla Williams and
Bertha Appling
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-12-04
SOLDIER VOTE.
MEASURE inks.
LEGISLATORS

WASHINGTON. 6ANP) - Infer
ring that the next presidential cleo
lions might easily be set ASIDE n
Congress relies upon the war pow
ers bill to pass the soldier-voie
oil. debate on which opened in. the
senate last week, opponents OF the
poll tax waiver undertook a subtle
attempt TO get that portion Of the
Green-Lucas measure eliminated.
Few doubted. however. that the
measure would fsl Of passage since
the chsirmen OF the national COM
mi;tees Of both political parties have
endorsed the bill under considera-
ton.
senator Robert Taft CR> Of Ohio
inquired what authority would the
senate have 10 waive or suspend
the poll tax in eight southern states,
was tod that the VAT powers bill
authorizes the action. and then de-
clared:
Il believe that would be a very
dangerous thing. do not believe
We can. because Of the war, warp
or stretch the constitution or change
its express provisions without a
constitutional amendment"
Senator James O. Easiland CD
OF Mississippi followed him and
said that "the measure II unconsti-
tu;ionsl and lis enactment will GER
tsinly cast grave doubt on the va
ldity OF the next presidential cleo
ton, and upon the election OF SEN
stors and representatives"
II was Senator Mllard Tydings
Cd OF Maryland who raised the
poll tax question. He took occasion
10 say, however. that he was not
opposed TO permitting soldiers 10
vote but that he was in some douot
rs TO the constiiutionality Of the
measure. He favored a constitution
al amendment 70 end poll taxes.
Debate brought out also that Sen
Warren r. Austin tR) OF Vermont.
who as a member Of the senate
judiciary committee opposed the
anti-poll tax measure before his
committee on grounds that il was
unconstitutional. saw no reason for
clubbing over the proposed soldier
vote bill for sinila- reasons. The
difference. as he saw 1t, was one
Of defending this country.
When Senator Moore twitted him !
on the subject, Austin did not feel
bound TO justify" his position on
the pending measure, which he con-
sidered TO be necessary or impor-
tant for the preservation OF the lib
critics OF the people"
Senators may argue the consti-
tuition to me all they please but
shall never allow a debate over
constitutional question 10 palsy my
arm In the defense Of my country"
he retorted. -and in the backing of
my son and the sons Of my COL
leagues. anc all the people OF this
great country. In the gallant fight
and great sacrifice they are max
Ing ms importance OF the pending |
msssure.- 10 addsd. ''overshad ows
the debats on the other (HR-O
question" x"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-12-04
Jubal Choral Group
Elects New Officers

The Jubal Choral Society. under
the direction OF Mr.. Talmadge
Turner. met Saturday. November
90 for their election of officers
and to make plans for the enlarge
ment OF their program for the com.
ing year.
The following persons were
elected: Charles A. West, president:
Edward Hardison. vice-president;
William Pierce. treasurer: Mrs. Ada
Evans, recording secretary: Miss
Mavis Bonney, corresponding Sec
rotary; Mrs. Helen Carney. custo-
dian; and Joseph L. Galloway. chap
lain.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-12-04
ROSA SPEARS TO GUINEA

SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA
tANP)-Miss Rosa Spears. we'll
known worker In the American
Red Cross, has just arrived in New
Guinea where she will report for
duty TO a new club being activstcd
here. Miss Spears Is from Los An
geles and sailed recently to the
Southwest.
Evening star., 1943-06-22
GIVE
Your Blood TOduu

70 help save a soldiers life.
Thousands Of blood donors ore
needed eoeh week. Coll the
Red Cross Blood Donor Service
TELEPHONE REPuBL1c $500,
EXTENSION 2l2
Evening star., 1943-06-22
WANTED
Your Old HOSieru

Of the silk and nyIon voriety.
They hove a job to do in helping
win the war. Bring them in today
TO the speeioI eontoiner on our
MAIN AISLE, FIRST FLOOR.
Evening star., 1943-06-22

nent severence with the X. c. r..
which most consider her place OF
birth. Artistically, anyway.
Mary La Mar, another singer who
likes, this city, having sung in most
of its better places. will supply dur
ing the vacation interim. Bob
Brewer, a personable sort of guy,
remains on the piano stool.
The members of Jack Corry's S. S
Potomac Band" CT says here) are
having busy days of it. They play
as they cruise in the moonlight
along the rivers languid bends from
$3.50 pm. until 3 am. But do they
sleep all the following day as the
public mockingly thinks of most
nocturnal entertainers? Be informed
the boys are anything but slug
a-beds. Each morning they arise
early and f1ex their sinews on be-
half of war industry at the Navy
Yard and on the railroads.
A nod to Hawley Garren, trumpet; :;
Karl Davey, bass; Clinton Hobbs,
vocalist.
Evening star., 1943-06-22
Indian and Chinese
Are Friends in Khaki
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CAMP POLK, La. - Among the
most curious khaki kinships"
around here is that of full-blooded
American Indian and a native Chi
neSe.
Corpl. Fred Drapeau, South Da-
kota Sioux, and Pvt. HON Gin, born
in Hong Kong, are steady buddies,
members of the same eight-man
team on mobile artillery piece and
live In the same barracks.
Drapeau. whose home was in
Greenwood. S. Dak.. was formerly a
Evening star., 1943-06-22
Sooners Move Around

NORMAN. Okla. (R-If you're
having trouble keeping the addresses
of friends, consider the plight of
the University of Oklahoma alumni
Office. More than 10000 changes
have been made in the past year
Evening star., 1943-06-22

ranch hand. His pal was a New
Orleans laundryman, but now cleans
nothing more fragile than cannon
barrels.
Evening star., 1943-06-22

songstress will be away longer than
usual inasmuch as several New York
offers are in the hopper. To date,
however. Miss Knight remains
steadfast in her refusal to accept
any offer that necessitates perma-
Evening star., 1943-06-22

There are more than 10 conven-
lent branch offices for Star want
Ads" located throughout the city.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-15
YOUTH PROGRAM
PLAN DISCUSSED

Plans for a youth program were
discussed, aad reports from commit
tee chairmen were given at We'd
nesday evenings meeting OF the
League OF Catholic Women OF ST
John Church. in the recreation room
Of the rectory Ms. George Ennen
conducted the meeting in the alb
sence Of the president, Mrs. Eliza
beth Haskell and vice president,
Mrs T. II. McDermott.
Rev. Fl. John DraG.ey net With
the league and discussed plans for
starting a youth movement. Mrs.
o. J. Cleary reported on Girl Scout
activities. one Of the projects with
which the league assists. Mrs.
Jeanne L'Amoreaux reported that
number OF women have been work
ing on Red Cross surgical dress,
ings. 1t was reported that II lap
obes for conyalescent soldiers have
been made.
At the close OF the meeting a spir-
itual bouquet was started for Rev.
FIR. E. A. Leiebvre, who underwent
an operation at St. Joseph Hos
pital, Ann Arbor, recently.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-15
GROUP
ANN ARBOR GUESTS

Wesleyan Service Guild OF the
First Methodist Church, Ypsilanti
were the guests of the Guild a.
Westside Methodist Church. Ann
Arbor, at the district meeting We'd
nesday evening at o'clock.
The meeting was opened by a
Guild Worship service. followed by
an address by Marion Leila Norris,
national executive secretary OF the
Wesleyan Service Guild. Her sub
jet was The Background OF the
Wesleyan Service Guild She out
lined field work and home and for.
eign mission work.
Following her talk the members
were free TO ask questions and give
suggestions.
The main question from all mem
bers was. how can We contact the
Wesleyan Guild members who
have moved into our community,
as well as interested business girls
who are not familiar with this
group.
The groups gave several good
suggestions which will be used in
this community soon.
Tea was served by the Westside
Guild at the close OF the meeting,
at which time the members decided
10 plan a Mothers Day Tea for
the district mothers. Business girls
in this community may attend.