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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-02-08
Your Federal Income Tax
sURTAX EXEMPTIONS FOR TAXPAYERs
No. I

determining tax you you
benefit of credit known urtax exemption With
holding Receipt you
the benefit the surax exemption allowed automatically through the
of tax table provided by law make longom return
Form O should subtract this exemption from your net income be-
fore applying the surax rates
Before 1914 the law provided for various personal exemptions and cred
married heads of families Beginning
1914 of head family" has abolished for income
purposes so that is no Longer necessary to determine whether person
qualities head Of family computing The system has
been changed substantially the benefits before but
with standard uniformity credits that will hereafter taxpayers
similarly crcumsanced approximately with each other
computing the be entered ongfom return for 1914
you may treat not subject to this tax and you may therefore
from your exemption line Of Form
properly listed Item
combined that she
he has income for the calendar which taxable
begins and not dependent another and c) $500 for each
dependent who has less than $500 for the calendar
which taxable begins and who married does not file joint
return with wife or husband The urtax exemption for dependents is
further explained article No in this which will next
week
husband has gross income and his wife has none Cor less than 5000
they entitled file combined joint which they receive the
benefit total surtax exemption which neither of them
ample the wfe father have furnished the entire of his
daughter.
Formerly husband separate divide
personal exemption 2OO for 4 between them they chose
Now they choose file basis each receive the
benefit only his exemption $500 and neither
of the exemption to which the other is entitled wife
file because ALL husband
claim his return the benefit of the entire $1,000 rtax exemption
($5OO plus $500 wife, provided depend
en of another meaning either @ that she did receive
support taxpayer b) taxpayer
who furnished more than one-haf her support not within Of
the degrees of relationship her specified in the law and therefore,
eligible dependent dependent
taxpayng father and does join in joint return her father and
her entitled exemption
exemption cannot be allowed two different taxpayers the time
with respect to
exemption proraed marriage
entitled full of $500
(b) either of $500
band ALL For this whether married
married for the entire wear IF vor MARRIAGE occurred ON Decbe a.
1914 and wife had income and supported by
you exemption
1914 return Or if divorced December 81 1914 after
having been married for would be treated single
entire 1914 would
wife a
married couple live together recognized
the law Though
apart they entitled for 1914 and later be husband
and wife for income tax
If husband wife dies during the year.
the
deedens last taxable Where instance had
for who dependent of another
taxpayer died during 1914 and his widow did during that
December entitled
claim in her 1914 credit $500 for husband
because he her husband the date his
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-02-08
Clinic Schedule For
February Given

The Washington County Health
Department announces the follow
ing Clinic schedule for February:
Venereal Diseases: Adults, every
Tuesday and Friday evening at 7
o'clock and Thursday mornings at
9 o'clock.
Prenatal: Tuesday, February 10,
at 9 a. m, and Tuesday, February
27, at 9 a. m.
tuberculosis: Wednesday morn
ing, February 81, by appointment.
Ear, Nose and Throat: Saturday,
February 10, by appointment.
Orphopedic: The next orthopedic
clinic will not be held until March
I23.
Child Hygiene: Tuesday morning,
February 20, at $50 o'clock.
All clinics, except child hygiene,
will be held at the Health Depart
ment next to the hospitaD. The
child hygiene clinic will be held at
the Western Enterprise Fire Hall,
625 Washington Square
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-02-08
HagerStOWn. 1897

In 1887, no city could boast of finer
livery stables. Hagerstown was
famous in that regard and it was
said the admirable roads and streets
made driving a popular diversion.
Few cities of like population and
possessed with equal public i'm
provements could show so low a
rate of taxation and so small an in
debtedness. The annual statement
made by the Mayor and Council
on June Is, 1886, said: eve have
the handsome cash surplus of $10,-
04047 to the credit of the town, in
addition to the levy and such other
licenses and market rents as may be
Forthcoming" The annual state
ment of the City Treasurer, made
Dec. 81, 1886, showed a cash balance
on hand of $9,755.75. Rents in the
city ranged from SIS per month up.
Building lots on the outskirts could
be bought from $75 upwards. There
were four newspapers in the town,
two of which, the News and Globe
were dailies. In Hagerstown at that
time were Touring mills, Mentzer's
Bindery and Box Factory, 10 cigar
factories, five brick yards, large
broom factory, the Hagerstown Mat
tress and Upholstering Co., rag car
pet makers, a pottery, bee hive
factory, steam marble works, rope
walks, washing machines, coffee
roasting, shoes, job printing, etc. DR..
D. Fahrney & Sons Laboratory for
the manufacture of patent medicine
was a feature of the manufacturing
business.
In 1887 James r. Mclaughlin was
proprietor of The Baldwin. The
hotel advertised new building, new
and elegant furniture, passenger
elevator, beautiful dining room,
first class table, elegant bar, ex-
perienced and attentive servants,
buses to meet all trains, elegant
billiard and pool rooms, ETC. There
was a private entrance into the
Academy of Music
The Western Maryland Railroad
advertised connecting with Virginia,
Tennessee and Georgia Air Line,
Shenandoah Valley Route, forming
new all-rail passenger line be-
tween Baltimore and the South and
Southwest; magnificent scenery,
first class equipment, steel rails,
stone ballast, a view from the car
windows covering 1000 square
miles of the beautiful Cumberland
and Shenandoah Valleys Pen Mar,
High Rock, Blue Mountain, etc. j.
! M. Hood was the general man ,ge.
and B. H. Griswold, general passen-
ger agent. 1t was also described as
an all-rail freight line between Bal
timore and the Southwest.
There was the Hagerstown Semin-
airy and Musical Conservatory for
young ladies. Rev. c. L. Keedy
A. M, M. D., was the president.
John Cassman was grocer at "a
North Potomac street, formerly
Artz's old grocery stand.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-02-08


The Washington County Historical
Society has in its collection of old
articles, bound volume of paper
which was called "The Trumpet" f,
and published in Smithsburg in 1853,
Exhibited at the recent historical
show of the society, we Switched"
a few items from it. Here they are:
Good business rules: If you want
to buy anything, if you want to sell
anything, if you want to hear any
thing, if you want to tell anything,
if you want to do anything, if you
want anything done, ADVERTISE
The thermometer at Smithsburg on
June 30, 1853 registered 1903 de
grees in the shade. "A Waynesboro
paper said that wheat fields had suf-
fered very materially from ravages
of the fly.-There was wedding be-
tween the man who went to Wash
ington after something and got it
and the man who went there after
something and didn't get it. Both
were apparently in excellent spirits.
John J. little was editor and pro-
pietor of "The Trumpet"
Mrs. A. A. Ankeney, West Wash
ington street, exhibited at the histor-
zeal show an enlarged portrait of
John Brown, known as the Insur-
rectionist. Mrs. Ankeney owns the
old John Brown farm at Samples
Manor. Articles are supposed to have
been buried on the farm by Brown
but have never been found
A collection of pewter lamps ex-
hibited at the show had a lot Of
people guessing. From their con,
struction they could not have been
fat lamps. Well, they were lamps
which burned sperm or whale oil
and were in use before the advent Of
gasoline.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-02-08
HIGHER DRAFT QUOTAS

Draft calls for each of the four
months beginning in March are set
at $4,000, as compared to calls
of 10000 each month in January
and February, according to War
Secretary Stimson. The Secretary
said approximately 100000 service
men are now wounded and sick in
hospitals.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-02-08

che mistake made
the hotel so year.
older than it is,
and we agree with
him. Well, we do
not know upon
whom to place the
blame. 1t may
have been due ~
the type on the
Horse and Buggy
Typewriter that
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-02-08
GROUP PRESENTS PLANE

An $4,000 CAT ambulance air
plane, bought by members of the
Women's International Bowling
Congress, has been presented to the
Army Air Forces for the transporta-
ton of wounded American service
men.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-02-08
OPPORTUNITY

All are anxious for opportunity
but few make ready to accept it.
Train the Columbia Way and you
will be qualified when opportunity
knocks. Information without obi
cation. Write or Phone 224,
COLUMBIA COLLEGE, Hagers-
town, Maryland.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-02-08

caused the operator to touch the key
8 instead of on his linotype ma
chine, or cobwebs in the Old Lamp
lighters brain. Also, proofreaders
are not invaluable, but we are not
lringing them into the controversy
There's enough of that at Washing
ton. And then sometimes writers
are plain dumb, too.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-02-08
RETURN S1OO,OOO,OOO

Nine electric cable firms charged
with defrauding the government
through collusive bidding on con
tracts have returned $100,000,000 to
the federal treasury, U. S. Attorney
F. x. McGohey has announced at
Newark, N. j.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-02-08

The Hotel Hamilton was opened
for business to the public in the year
1887, not 1887 as stated in this column
recently. Charlie Cushwa says that
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-02-08
IVA INCOME INCREASES

For the 1943-44 fiscal year, the
IVA reported net income of $14,-
10000 after paying $2,168,798 in
lieu of taxes.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-02-08
LESS FOOD IN 1945

WASHINGTON = Food supplies
will be smaller in the first three
months of 1945, OPA announces.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-02-08
HORSE AND BUGGY DAYS

BY THE OLD LAMPLIGHTER

claim the incident, about which
probably every school boy and girl
is familiar.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12

Some sample questions 10 rattle thCl
brain of the neophyte anxious to
enter this unique and illustrious circle
OF literary practical jokers are:
Identify young police Inspector
for whose future Holmes had high
hopes, and in whom the master had
several times shown very practical
interest, He called Holmes seven
times and on each occasion his sum.
mons was entirely justified AN.
SWER: Stanley Hopkins, rBlack Pc.
ter, Golden Pince Nez Abbey
Grange etcD"
Identify a dog who lived al No
z on the left, was a long haired. lop-
cared creature, half spaniel, half luT
cher, with very clumsy waddling
gait. Holmes valued his help above
that of the whole detective force Of
London. ANSWER: Toby CSign Of
the FourD."
Any addict, otherwise acceptable.
who comes through this quiz with
credit and his sanity is then given
a drink 10 recover and may join in
the gay pastime OF certifying 10 the
existence of Sherlock Holmes.
The new member also may have
TO help prove this as well as struggle
with the serious problems Of Holmes
approaching physical dissolution.
After all, at 81, the old fellow is get.
ting on and cannot be expected 10
live forever except in the hearts and
minds of his millions Of worshipcrS
throughout the world
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12
Z2I-B Baker St, Where Holmes
Held Forth to the Awe
Struck Doctor.
FLCto by Df. Gray Chandler Briggs FtOr
''42l-E l. EDITED b. Vincent staTrrtt
The Macmillan Co

Not only are the Baker Street H.
regulars in possession of such authen.
TIC and unquestionablek Holmes me.
mentos as his old deerstalker CAP
pipe and Persian slipper in the toe
OF which he kept his tobacco in the
bygone, gaslit nights at 221.B Baker
Street, but also the original plates
upper and lower, that Holmes wore
after he lost his teeth when he began
10 suffer from rheumatism. These
plates were sent 10 the society by DR.
Charles s Wilson, DDS of London.
Holiness lifelong dentist
Occasionally, also, Christopher
Morley, president or "Gasogene" Of
the Society, hears from Chief Inspcc-
tor CRetired) Stanley Hopkins who
reports upon his visits with the re-
tired detective al his cottage outside
EastbouIne where ne tends his gar
dens and bees and, up 10 the time that
petrol became unavailable, TAXED
once a week 10 the Grand Hotel in
EastbCuTne for a Turkish bath.
All this Of course adds up TO some
Of the merriest literary shenanigans
OF modern times an outgrowth of the
annual meeting OF the members of
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12

the Baker Street Irregulars
IN the Murray Hill Hotel, in
New York City, an evening
devoted to study and discus
sion of the Sherlock Holmes
tales, the drinking of toasts
TO The Woman" urene Ad-
ler-"Scandal in Bohemian,
Mrs. Hudson" "Mycroft,"
and "DT. Watson's Second
Wife" and the quizZing Of
one another on quotations
from The Sacred Writings"
losers paying with a drink.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12
The GaSOgene
With Which
Holmes Made
the Soda for His
ScOtCh-and..

Or. Wilson is now also accepted as a
real character by the IrTegulars.
The Baker Street ITregulars, named
after the London gamins who helped
Holmes by carrying messages and
failing suspects, meets each Jan. 6.
the agreed-upon date Of the birth of
Holmes, is limited TO GO members.
the number of Holmes stories. and
consists of writer's, doctors, business
men and other devotees of the
Sacred Writings"
Entrance requirements to the so
ciety includes the passing of a ter
rifying ten-question quiz calling for
a minute knowledge Of every detail
of the Sherlock Holmes collection.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12
BY RA/ GMn0

iNSNSVI enc ShCff S'Crl Wfir6T
~ ECENTLY, during the celebration
Of We day in England, a curious
~ hoeira took place, according 10 a
certain society in New York which
keeps track Of such matters. An
Raj. WalIus of the Coastal Com
mand was detailed 10 pick up a 81
earold bCekeepeT al Eastbourne in
Sussex and fly him up 10 Harwich in
Essex, tC see the lights come on. for
that was where the famous English
detective, Mr.. Sherlock Holmes, now
retired apiarist, last saw the lights
70 off, August 4, 1914
AT that time, Mr.. Holmes IN one of
the last Of his celebrated cases was
instrumental in the unmaskine Of the
German spy, Won Bork According TO
a brief note received recently by Ed.
gar Smith, an executive of General
Motors, from Pilot Officer Leslie
VeTne-Keasley, of the Raj. Coastal
Command, the nonagenarian stood the
Trip well, and seemed in excellent
spirits at its conclusion when he in
vited Pilot Officer Verne Keasley 10
Join him in glass of excellent Mont
rachet, bottle or two of which he
suJl retained for occasions
And should you be among those
Intransigeants who maintain that the
above could not have taken place
since Sherlock Holmes is purely a fic.
tlonal character, the brain child of the
late Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, you will
have a fight on your hands with such
notables as Elmer Davis, Christopher
Morley Ellery Queen, Rex Stout,
Louis Untermeyer, Vincent Starrett,
Edgar Smith, Felix Morley, DR..
Charles s. Goodman and Fletcher
Pratt, all members Of a New York
Sherlock Holmes fan club known as
the "Bakol Street IrTegulaIs."
These distinguished gentlemen,
along with members of similar socie-
lies jn Chicago, San Francisco, Bos-
ton and Chicago, solemnly pretend
They have proof positive that Sherlock
Holmes was and is living character,
that his old friend, DR.. Watson, dc.
ceased, was the real author Of the
stories ICCounting his famous cases,
while Conan Doyle was nothing more
than a literary agent, a grasping
ten peTcCntCr with whom Holmes
did not get on very well.
10 August IL. 1915
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12

Out OF these
meetings the fig
UTe Of the great
detective has
merged as a
living person,
born in Y ork
hire in 1854,
now entering his
ninety. econd
year and kept
alive by what
ever inventions
are found neces-
sary by the fer
tile minds of the
members. Such
an invention is
Holiness dentist,
DR.. Wilson, DDS,
created by Or.
Charles S Good
m an, a ~ G. w
York dentist, de
voted Sherlock
Hnl aIItAs
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03
Wife Helps No.
Divorce Bigdnist

Through cooperation Of his
first wife. Mary Nicieja. is, today
was free from her bieamist-sol-
der husband.
The soldiers first wife, Mrs.
Helen Shelly, the mother OF his
Two young children, testified yes
terday on behalf of the second
wife az her annulmcnt hearing in
circuit court
That policy Of cooperation,
however, VIII be reversed so O n
when HelenS divorce case comes
10 court. Al that time, Mary viii
bc her star witness.
Mary. who lives az 1881 Pu-
laSki. married the soldier. Larry
shelly Oct ;, 1874 Later when
She returned 70 visit the bride
erooms mother, she learned of
Helcn'S marriage and their two
children.
Helen married Shelly Nov g.
1887 She lives al S2i2 (. War
rCn. Shelly Is overseas.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03
Bandit Suspects
Trapped Ruse

-Four Windsor youths suspected
of robbery armed who responded
10 a policeman'S phony invitation
TO a dance here were held for
trial today. ~
The boys allegedly held up Mrs.
Addie Dixon. Sc. Of 1850 Fifth,
at Fifth and Howard Saturday
taking $3.50 in cash and $500 IN
money orders.
Police, SuSpecting that the boys
were the robbers, called them up,
posing as a friend. and invited
them 10 a dance party here.
The police were waiting at this
side Of the tunnel when the boys
came over. They are: James
Howe, II of 1881 Aubin; Frank
Tencer. II, of 259 Parent; Cliff
Pugh. p, of u +. Pitt, and JOS
eph Hines. Is, of the Pitt address.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03
Vet Abuse
Best Tip

Winner Of the weeks first
award Of SIS for the best news
tip telephoncd 20 the city editor
OF The Detroit Times was the
man who called on the reported
abuse of a crippled veteran at
the Seventh Police Precinct sta
tion.
GIS surrounded the station in
protest.
TAe-tip- -eR-6iseepefyL Lef-two
men killed by coal gas in their
home at 4420 FIfty-frSt street
won the $40 second award for
the tipSter
The third So award went 10
the man reporting the cab driver
held up on Horton IN which the
bandit escaped IN the taxi.
Ten additional awards Of 81
each were given other tipSters.
II lis NEWS call the city editor
of the Times, CH $500.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03
Many listed as Dead
Discovered Alive

WASHINGTON. Nov, 2 tUP)-
approximately 1000 Servicemen
have been found in prison camps
or hidden in enemy territory, the
army revealed today.
Search teams have secured Eu-
rope and Japan for personnel listed
as missing. the army said. Their
discoveries add many names to the
death list but remove some others.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03
PreSbylerians
Offer Europe Aid

NEW YORK. Nov. 2 (UP)-
DR.. Hugh Thomas Kerr, chairman
of the Presbyterian Restoration
Fund, said today that one of the
greatest helps American Chris
tianS could contribute 10 Europe
would be TO extend the fellow
ship of the church in America TO
ChurChcS there.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03
Irish Line TO Argentina

BELFAST, Nov. 2 tINS)-T'he
flying boat Argentina. first Of
four civil airlines intended 10 take
British businessmen 10 Buenos
Aires in u hours, had been
launched here today.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-03
Air Raid Wardens
To Keep Helmets
DstrOi, Times Lansing Burssu

LANSING, Nov. 2-The state
Office of Civilian Defense said to-
day that its former air raid war
dens probably could keep their
helmets and other pharaphernalia
because il would cost OCD too
much TO recover them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-01
KESSELRINC NAMED
WEST FRONT CHIEF

WITH THE U. S. NINTH ARMY,
March 28-Delaye6- R Field
Marshal Albert Kesselring became
German commander in chief in
the west after Field Marshal Karl
Won Rundstedt told Hitler further
resistance was hopeless and that
peace should be made at any
price, according to information
now available here.
This account adds:
Hitler decided to place Won
Rundstedt under arrest inmedi-
ately after the commander said
the German armies no longer were
capable of putting up an organized
defense.
The appointment of Kesselring
came as compromise between
Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler.
VINO wanted Field Marshal Walther
Won Model, as commander, and
the army command, which had
refused to consider Won Model.
Kesselring arrived at his new
command with a complete SIS
(Elite Guard staff, but it was not
known whether they were there
to help him or to watch him,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-01
Civil Service Group
Calls For More Nurses

The Civil Service Commission
is launching new drive to obtain
about 1000 nurses for essential war
service in Veterans Administra-
ton hospitals and other Federal
hospitals, it was announced last
night.
1t was pointed out that civilian
nurses also are needed in Army
hospitals to replace Army nurses
who have gone overseas, and in
U. S. Public Health Service hos
pitfalls to care for war casualties
of the Coast Guard, the Merchant
Marine, the Army Engineer Corps,
and the Army Transport Service,
it was emphasized.
1t was explained that the COM
missions new folder describes the
advantages for nurses in the Vet
Grams Administratio hospitals. All
nurses who may be. available have
been asked to write the Civil Serv-
ice Commission, Washington, %,
D. c., for a copy of the folder
''Serve Those Who Served"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-04-01
MRS. ALLIE ]. HAMILTON

Mrs. Allie J Hamilton, 81, died
at a. m. yesterday at her home
at 423 Carolina avenue, Sunset
Park, after long illness. Funeral
services will be held at 2 p. M.
Monday from the late residence
by the Rev. o. K. Ingram, Meth
cdist minister. Burial will be In
the Atkinson cemetery.
Survivors are her husband, L.
D. Hamilton, of Sunset Park; two
sons, M. w. Johnson, of Atkinson,
and George R. Johnson, U. S.
Army, stationed at Camp Wheeler,
Ca; two daughters, Mrs. E. G:
Patterson of the home, and Mrs.
Billie Bowers, also of Sunset Park;
two step-sons, A. J. johnson OF
Magnolia, and Henry Lee Johnson
of Rocky Mount; two sisters, Mrs:
Atwood Johnson, of Rose Hill; and
Mrs. Bertha Mallard, of Atlanta,
five brothers, w. R. Peterson,
Winter Park; E. R. Peterson,
Hampton, Va; Roy T. Peterson,
Washington, N. c.; Marsden c.
Peterson of Arlington, Va, and
M. R. Peterson of Atkinson; and
four grandchildren.