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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-05-12
Social Meeting for
Fisk Club al YWcA

The regular meeting Of the Day.
ton Fisk Club will take place
Thursday, May IL at the West
Side YWCA. Instead of the usual
business, however, an especial &C
tivity is planned. The meeting
will be a social one with Reverend
M. Bartlett Cochran, a new Fisk
tie in the area as the honored
guest. Reverend Cochran is the
new vicar of St. Margaret Epis-
copal church. On the roster Of
Fiskites in Dayton looking for
ward to welcoming Reverend
Cochran are the following: Mrs.
Katherine Fulton Bell; Mr.. E. B.
Caldwell, Miss Eddie Mae Caldwell
Mrs. Iva Green Coleman; Mrs.n
Kathryn H. Duncan, Mrs. Matte
H. Estell, DR.. Cecil S. Giscombe,
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Green, Mr..
Robert L. Harvey, Miss Paulyne
S. Hathcock, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Jones, Mrs. Ruby Lorritts, Mrs.
George Lucas, MI. c. J. McLin,
Mr.. Harold Neighbors, Mrs.
Kathryn Mealey, Mrs. Johnnie Pet
tress, MI. CORTLAND Prince, Miss
Lillian Rice, Mr.. Douglas Starks,
Miss Geneva Shearer, Mrs. Lucie
P. Taylor, Miss Ruth Taylor, Mrs.
Margaret Hathcock White, Mrs.
Dorothy Whiteside, DR.. and Mrs.
William D. Patton, Jr., Middle
town, Ohio; DR.. Thornton G..
Grimes, Mrs. Ernestine L. Lucas,
Mrs. Lola Smith Moorehead and
Mr.. Eugene ]. Smith, Springfield.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-05-12
DAYTON Area Asked for
$4,000 Ib. Material for
Overseas Relief; July

Dayton and surrounding vicin-
ity has been asked by the Church
World Service to supply $4,000
pounds of material for overseas
relief before July 1.
The Church World Service or
ganized this contributed supplies
program of Protestant and Ortho-
dox churches. The Service is the
relief agency of these churches.
They have set as their goal for
1949, 8 million pounds of contri-
buted supplies.
Says the church agency: "There
is still a need for Christian help.
Reports coming from church rep
resentatives, both in Europe and
the Far East, emphasizes the need
for continued aid. This is no
time for Christians to cease their
efforts in sending material aid
abroad"
Readers of this newspaper are
urged to cooperate with the World
Services in helping in this noble
task. Let it not be said that we
are not doing our share in helping
others. Materials should be de-
livered to Church World Service
at the old Center site, 1874 North
Patterson Boulevard, or 80 East
First Street.
The cost of sorting, repacking
and shipping over inland rail is
burdensome. Then there is insur-
ance, warehouse expenses plus the
considerable cost of getting the
materials overseas to be consider
ed. To meet this cost, those con-
tributing materials will be asked
to add 8 cents per pound. While
this is wholly voluntary it is hoped
that most people will respond.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-05-12
Commission Candidate
To be Announced Soon

Inc campaign OF the Daily EA-
PRESS to stimulate community
wide interest in the coming city
commission race will meet it's acid
test within the next week. 1t is
expected that within the next sew
en- days the candidate will be
known. When he is, it will be
seen whether citizens have re-
sponded to our efforts to display
active interest in the campaign to
get Negro representation on the
Dayton city commission.
The July 9 deadline for petition
filing is not as far away as many
think. Particularly when one
considers that a political campaign
must be organized from the
ground up. Workers must be re-
cruited, money must be raised and
work must be done. We are
happy to say that several of those
who sent in our ballots volunteered
to do some of the signature-get-
ting. They shall be called on as
soon as the machinery rolls into
action.
In order to get a Negro elected
to the commission there must be
as high a registration as possible.
This means getting out to the
wards and precincts to impress on
voters the Importance of register
ing and voting.
Negro candidates are running
for municipal commissions and
councils in many southern cities.
In Macon, Georgia, the Negro
candidate has been threatened by
violence, yet he insists on running
for the office. AS far south as
Dallas, Texas, there are Negroes
in the race for a voice in the city
government. Richmond, Va, and
Winston-Salem, North Carolina,
already have Negroes on their
highest city bodies.
Dayton must not be outdone by
the south. It is up to the voters
to start now toward the goal of
electing a Negro to the Dayton
city commission.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-05-12
$1100 Sought in Car
Purchase

tel mortgage on the Studebaker
held by the Peoples Bank of Day
ton as the mortgage leaving a
balance of $1100 owing to the
Auto Brokers for a 1916 Ford
convertible. This $11OO was to
include insurance, Ohio State
Tax and all charges of interest
for the financing. Also on the
blank paper, according to the pc
tition filed, Boswell was to pay
the $11OO in 10 monthly payments
at $61.11 per month. Further the
Plaintiff (Boswell) charges the de-
PENDANT auto Brokers) with de-
handing the return of the Ford
on statement of the IDEAL hadn't
gone through. The General FL
nance Corporation purchased the
contract on January Is, 1919 from
the Auto Brokers and charged
Boswell $1429 with only Is month
to pay at the rate of $96.26 per
month. Boswell charges that the
1916 Ford has not been of service
to him since making the deal and
that he has suffered undue trouble
since being in possession Of the
car and the Auto Brokers have
failed to make good the expense
of the car despite the pleading for
recovery of the amount spent in
repairs. Attorney Carter has
asked for the recovery of the ST.
100 and the value of the Stude-
baker said to have been converted
to the use of the Auto Brokers.
And that all defendants be re-
strained from attempting to col
lect, transfer, assigning or selling
any instrument in the possession
alleged to have been sibgned and
executed by Boswell. And that
the Auto Brokers be restrained
from executing on any instrument
now in their possession alleged to
have been signed and executed by
Boswell until this cause in ter
minated by this Court and for
such other and further relief to
which Boswell in entitle in law or
in equity.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-05-12
NAACP Membership
Drive To Close Sunday
For The Dayton Branch

Rev. Walter P. Offutt Jr.,
Church secretary of the National
Association for the Advancement
Of Colored People, will be the
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-05-12
Needs o. Blood

Reverend H. Laurence Mcneil,
minister Of the Zion Baptist
Church on Sprague st. is critically
i'll in the Good Samaritan Hospi-
tai. He has had many blood trans
fusions and may need more. Do
nors Of type 80" blood will be
very much appreciated.
His multitude of friends have
expressed a fervent hope for his
recovery. The Church Federation
of Dayton and Montgomery Coun-
ty requested everyone to "please
remember him in your prayers.
principle speaker at the closing
drive of the Dayton Branch
Continued on page -
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-01-06
RiCIlw00d News

| as Mrs. Watts had fallen and
broken her hip and one wrist. She
is in a hospital there, Dr.. and
Mrs. Weber stayed in Hillsboro
over the weekend.
| CHEERIO CIRCLE MEETS
The Cheerio Circle of the Kings
Daughters met on Monday evening
at the home of Mrs. Chester Par
rot.
Mrs. Perry Allen had charge Of
the devotional period, The pro-
gram was a discussion Of the
Race Problem" which was led
by Mrs. Tim Ycarsley who read
paper introducing the subject.
One new member, Miss Laura
Rae, was welcomed. Mrs. Robert
Turner was a guest.
Following the program, the
members and guests enjoyed an
auction Of articles on a talent
table with Mrs. Robert Mather
acting as auCtioneer. Delicious
refreshments were served by the
hostess assisted by Mrs.H. r.
Fisher and Mrs Richard Fetter
MUSIC CLUB
Mrs. Aron Durnell entertained
the members of the Redwood
Music Club at her home on S.
Eranklin St on Tuesday evening.
The business session was in charge
Of the president Mrs Charles
Cheney and at that time it was
voted to have a talent table auc-
ton at the March meeting of the
club in order to raise money.
The program for the evening
was introduced by the program
chairman, Mrs. Jack Weller. Mrs.
r. j. Langstaff gave a talk on
"Musicatherapy' telling of the
work being done for the veterans
in the hospitals in which music
is employed to hasten cures both
of body and mind. AT the CON
clusion of the talk, Mrs. Charles
Oman played several selections
on the violin illustrating how
music can set the mood of an in
dividual.
Mre. Charles Oman gave a very
interesting talk on how music is
written for the movies. Mr.. Aaron
Durnell, accompanied by Mrs.
Durnell at the piano, sang sew
eral selections which were greatly
enjoyed by the group.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-01-06
. Blues Creek
BY MRS. GUY vANATTA

In honor of Carl Norris, son of
Mr. and Mrs Robert Norris, who
is home for two weeks from
Camp, his grandparents, Mrs. and
Mrs. John CleVenger were hosts
to a family dinner Sunday. The
following were present: Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Norris and family,
Mr.. James Cevenger and family,
Mr.. Willard Clevenger and fam
lily, Mr. Delmas Clevenger and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Blain
Clevenger, Mr.. and Mrs. Luther
Clevenger and Mr.. Warren Clev-
enger. All enjoyed the day visit
ing.
Miss Ila Ruth Mclaughlin, of
Cedarville, was the guest of her
brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Mclaughlin and
family, and her sisters, Mary, Est
her and Carolyn, and brother,
Jack.
Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Tatman
and daughter, Margaret, were
New Years dinner guests of their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Moore and boys of
Magnetic Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Bader
and daughter, Bonnie, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Hill and Mrs. Laura
Eastman were supper guests, Sun
day evening, of Mr.. and Mrs.
Blaine Clevnger Mr. and Mrs.
Guy VanAtta were evening call
erS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Junis Bumgarner
and family and Mrs. Blanche
Bumgarner, of Sugar Creek, and
Mrs. Jim McFadden, of Irondale,
were supper guests Thursday
evening of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Disbennett and son, Ted. The
Bumgarners stayed over the New
Year.
We wish to extend our SYM
pathy to Mr.. and Mrs. Meredith
Hall and family in their loss by
fire of their home on New Years
day. At present they are living
with the formers parents, Mr..
ana Mrs. Howard Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Van Alta and
daughter, Mrs. jim McFadden,
spent Friday afternoon with the
formers sister, Mrs. Lee Bohen,
of Columbus. Mrs. McFadden re-
turned by train from Columbus
to her home in Irondale. She had
spent the holidays with her par
entS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Norris, of
Marysville, were Sunday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Clevenger
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Robinson en-
tertained the newly organized
Sunday School class of the Young
Married people, of Pharisburg
church, Monday evening. There
were Is present and several child
rem. Officers are: president, Rus
sci Parrot; secretary, Mrs. Max
Robinson; and teacher of the
class, Mr.. GWynn Sanders.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-01-06
Friends Churches


Guy and Miriam Jeffers, pastors
MaFysviTle-
Sunday SchoOl---9:30 a. m. Mrs.
eva Spain, superintendent.
Morning worship-10:30 a. m.
Christian Endeavor-6:30 p. m.
Shirley Spain, leader.
Evening service-7:30 p. IN. Guest
speaker, Rev. Sylvia NJ. Pipkin,
Zanesfield, Ohio.
Missionary prayer meeting-7:30
p. m. Anna Hyland, leader.
Peoria
Morning worship-9:30 a. m.
Sunday School-10:30 a. m. George
Hamilton, superintendent
Prayer meeting-7:30 p. m. We'd
nesday.
Monthly business meetings p. m.
Wednesday.
Missionary meeting-1:15 p. m
Thursday. Ines Smalwood, hostess.
Somersville-
Sunday School-10 a. m. Mrs
Lizzie Potts, superintendent.
Morning worship-ll a. IN.
81. Paurs Lutheran Church
ChGckery, Junction Rts. 3S and I8l
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-01-06
First Presbyterian Church

Worship seFvice--10;30 a. m.
Mems Forum and Church School
9:30 a. m. ID. Carl Spain, superinten-
dent.
Westminster ellowship-Junior
High--5:30 p. m. Senior Hight p.
IN. at the church.
WOmen's Association Group meet
ings-W Wednesday afternoon and eve-
ming. Group One at 2:30 a. m. with
Mrs. Clarence Hopes, 429 w. Fifth
st. Group Two at 2:30 with Mrs.
Fred Wilcox, 225 ~ Court st. Group
Three 5 u. m. with Mrs. Robert Cro-
theirs at her mothers home, 225 n.
Court ST.
Sessions p. m. Wednesday in the
Manse.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-01-06
Eirst CnngregatIonaI

George s. snyder, pastor
Church School-9:30 a. m.
Morning woFship-l0:3O a. m.
Pilgrim Pathfinders--6 p. nm.
Missionary Society," p. m. We'd
nesday at he home of Mrs. Charles
Green, one r. Fourth St
Missionary Guilds p. m. We'd
nesday with Mrs. Ward Smith, on
the Columbus rd.
Choir rehearsal--l p. m. Saturday.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-01-06
Mest MnnsfIeId-York
EvaneelIcel Y. p. Parish l, ; ;.

Francis j. McCracken. pastor
York
Sunday School--10 a. M James
sherman. superintendent.
Youth meeting-7:3O y. m
Evening worship--S d. m.
Prayer meetings p. m. Tuesday.
West Mansfield
sunday School--l0 a. m.George
Dogue, superintendent.
Morning worship-ll a. IN.
PRAYER meetings p. m. Thursday
I'm the home of Mr.. and Mrs. o. X,
Stanley.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-01-06
Raymond Christian UniOn

n. c. HInkIe, pastor
Sunday School-l0 a. m
Morning worship--ll a. m.
Young peoples meeting-7:3O 2. M
Missionary services p. m. Rev
Melvin Truck, Marion, speaker.
services--S p. IN. Jan. TO
%. Rev. J. II. Lanier, evangelist.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-01-06
FIrst EnglIsh Lntheran

George w. Dittmar, pastor
Church School-l0 a. m. George
III. Graf, superintendent.
Morning Worship---11 a. m.
Martin Luther BrotherhoOd-S y.
IN. Monday, at the home of Charles
Myers, 2l4 s. Court st.
II. l.. c. Clubs p. IN, Wednesday
at the home of Mrs. Franklin I.ach-
enmaier, 5I1 r.. Fourth st.
Fellowship dinner and annual
meeting-G;30 p. m.
Thursday.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-01-06
Carl u. Zehner. nastol

Carl T.. Zehner, pastor,
German service-9 a. m.
English service--l0:30 a. m.
Sunday School and Bible Glass
10 a. IN.
Sunday School Teachers meeting
p. mn. Tuesday.
Adult Membership Glass meeting
5 y. m. Wednesday,
Choir rehearsal d. m. Saturday.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-01-06
Trinity Lutheran

TFlhiI9 I4utueFub
H.. j. Goedeking, pastor
Sunday School--930 a. m. Frank
Rupprecht, superintendent.
Morning worship-lO:S0 a. m. The
sermon, BE Ye Seperate"
Christian Education Association
8 d. m. Jan. IL, in the Parish House.
Mr.. Frank Greeneisen, speaker.
day.
Cateehetical instruction Saturday.
Juniors--9:30 a. M; Seniors-l0:30
a. IN.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-01-06
Magnetic SprInRs-PhariSburR
Methodist Churches

HlFlm =. I1OIUTIUBtt UdSIUT
Magnetic Springs
Morning worship--l0 a. m.
Church school-lO a. m Donald
PARROT, superintendent.
Pharisburg-
Church School--l0 q. m. Meredith
Hall, superintendent.
Morning worship-l1 a. nm.
Youth fellowship-7;3 80 y. IN. Don
aid Robinson, president.
Sermon title: Power for a Task.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-01-06

vices on Jan. 2 and 16
Prayer meeting and Bible study
u. m. Wednesday.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-01-06
nybnIia Friends Church

Kenneth A. Carey, pastor
Morning worship-9:45 a. m.
Sunday School-lO:3O a. m
c. E.-7 p. m.
Evening Worship-7:3O p. m.
Prayer meeting-7:S0 p. m. We'd
nesdaY.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-15
Thars Gold in the
Hills of GAINESVILLE

GAINESVILLE, March 15.-The
storied romance of treasure hunt
ing leaped from the pages of his
tory to the hills of Logan county,
Ohio, as a quartet of w~esterners
searched the GAINESVILLE area for
$1,500,000 in gold booty believed
cached near there by Jesse James.
The westerners, claiming kin
ship and friendship with the noted
desperate of the 1905 began dig
cling four miles northwest of
GAINESVILLE on the strength of a
ragged map nearly 70 years old,
which they claim Jesse James drew
from memory after hiding the loot
from a stage coach holdup.
One Of the crew, Lee Howk of
Van Mugs, Calf, who says he is
a private investigator for the
James family, claims Jesse James
still lives in Oklahoma under the
name of J. Frank Dalton.
Howk also says James lived in
the GAINESVILLE area in the early
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-15

SOS under the name of Howard,
and that he once sold subscriptions
for a GAINESVILLE newspaper.
Equipped with a mine detector,
the map and a description of the
markings on trees, the crew un-
earthed a metal chest from aban-
doned Black Log cemetery.
Legend said there was a million
and a half dollars inside, but the
box was empty.
Undeterred in their first fail
ure to recover the loot, the party
is checking other nearby territory
in search of the legendary gold.
In addition to Howk, other prin-
cipals in the drama include Roscoe
James of Buffalo, Col, who says
he is a nephew of Jess; Ex-Slave
"Uncle OHM" Trammel, who says
he is 100 years old and that he
rode with Jesse; and James Coop
er, who says he is an authority
on Jesse James.
"Uncle John" Trammel says he
brought the treasure to GAINESVILLE
with Jesse James in the middle
1906.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-15

A little ove a week ago mem
bers of the Dayton Council for a
permanent Fair Employment Prac-
tees commission met with mem
bers of the Ohio legislature in the
Democratic headquarters on South
Ludlow street. A c~ross-section of
Daytonians, Negro and white,
Christian and Jew, reiterated their
vociferous stand in favor of the
legislation. The legisltors were
outwardly, at least, impressed by
the case made for the bill by it's
local proponents.
However, though the bill was
reported out of the House Labor
committee favorably, it has been
bottled up in the Rules commit
tee. The Rules committee deter
mines when and if legislative bills
reach the floor of the body. This
makes the Rules committee a
powerful group. Much like the
Rules committee of the national
House of Representatives which
was recently stripped of some of
it's power.
Under the pretense of waiting
for Governor Lausche's attitude
on the amended FEPC bill, which
was approved by the House La
Dor committee, the Rules commit
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-15

The lavish revue coming to the
Palace theater for a three days
stint Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day, March II, Is, and 10 is
billed the Hollywood Revue of
1949. But this department has
seen many of the performers in
the revue a multitude of times in
various New York clubs. However,
this is all the more reason for
urging you al Ito go see the show,
for we speak from experience
when we say the show should be
much better than average.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-15
Can Dunbar Win
Without Jackson?

Those who wish to follow the
fortunes of the Dunbar Wolver-
ines in their move toward the
class A regional basketball cham
pionship may do so now-but they
will have to hurry, for tickets will
probably go fast.
A. P. Richardson, acting princi-
pie of Dunbar, announced that
1000 tickets were placed on sale
this noon at the school. If any re-
main, they will probably be sold
tomorrow noon. The tickets are
for the Dunbar-Lancaster game in
the Xavier field house in Cincin-
natl. Game time is $3.50 p. m. this
Thursday night.
At press time H. M. Emswiler,
state high school athletic commits
sioner, still had not responded to
the request of Lancaster coach,
A. G. Francis, who has protested
the eligibility of John Jackson,
Dunbar's star player. Jackson was
ok'd by local officials after the
roosevelt high protest last Friday.
Francis wants Emswiler to make
an official ruling.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-15
Palace Theater Books
Another Stage Show

For example: Jimmie Mordecai
has been and is one of New York'S
best known MICS. He sings and
taps along with his introducing
Of the stars. He held the NC spot
at Small's Paradise for many
years.
The star of the show is the hill
arious "debutante' Kitty Murray.
She had a mad act with Willie
Bryant at one time and with
Rochester. She has appeared in
the movies and over the radio.
She is a commedienne.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-15
Lausche's Attitude Weak


tee is evidently responding to the
pressure Of the Chamber of Com
merce lobby in Columbus and try
ing to let the bill languish away.
What will happen is this: the
FEPC bill will be by-passed by
other bills until shortly before the
close of this session of the legis-
lature. Then, in the last minute
rush of bills, the claim will raise
from source that ALL the bills
simply cannot be acted upon.
Other bills, of course, will be con-
sidered more important and, con
sequently, will be given preced-
ence over the FEPC bill. Or it
can conceiveably reach the floor
and be debated to death.
"A source flSnt In the mouse IN
forms us that the legislators as a
whole are by no means crusaders.
The will act on a Controversial"
issue only when the citizens of the
state demand it. What better rea-
son can be had for increasing sup
port by the public Of such organ
izations as the Dayton Council for
an FEPC, the NAACP, the Urban
league and others which are lead
ing in the struggle to bring equal
employment rights to the minori-
ties of Ohio?
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-15
Tuesday Deadline Day
For Income Tax

Many a worried husband, add
ing up long columns of figures
this weekend, probably wonders
Just how this income tax started.
The nations first income tax
was levied during the Civil War.
1t didn't last long and it wasn't
until 1913 that the modern in
come tax came into being-dur-
ing the administration of Wood
row Wilson. A previous income
tax bill was passed by congress
in 1894, but the supreme court
declared it unconstitutional.
1t was the famed stateman Cor
dell Hull-then a congressman
who drew up the 1913 tax meas
ure. A constitutional amendment
paved its legal way-an amend
ment fought bitterly by many
groups. The tax bill itself was
caleld Unamerican, Undemocratic,
socialistic, dictatorial and finan-
cially unsound.
Compared to present tax rates,
the 1913 tax levy was sugar and
cream. For example: in 1913 a
married man making $4,000 a year
paid no tax. Same for a single
person with an annual income of
$4,000. There were no allowance
for dependents. The normal tax
was only n per cent On the tax
able amount of income. The sur
tax was one to six per cent On in
comes between $4,000 and
100000.
This might be compared to the
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-03-15

present minimum combined nor
NAL and surtax-about II per
cent.
The income tax grew up in
1917. To meet the cost Of war,
the exemption was cut to $4,000
for a married person and $1,000
for a single person. with 5000 al
lowances were made for depen-
dents.
There was another slight in
crease in 1918. But there were
cuts in 1921, 1924, and 1926. The
1926 exemption for a married
man was $500. For a single per-
son $1,000. Allowances for de-
pendents were raised to $500.
The Withholding system is really
a throwback to that income tax
of the COS. At that time, the tax
was deducted from government
workers pay-theye were the only
ones affected because it was be-
lieved the tax couldn't be collected
elsewhere. Withholding provisions
were included in the 1913 income
tax bill, but weren't used. Govern
ment experts didn't believe this
collection system was practical.
The New Deal brought the
greatest jump in income taxes
since the original 1913 measure
became law. And World War III
raised our tax rates to the high
est level in history, which brings
to mind that often-quoted and
very accurate saying:
"The only tow sure things in
life are Death-and Taxes"