Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-05
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Tax Files
By Harry Macarthur


Television is nothing If not
thorough. If it is going to edu-
cate, us in crime, it is going to
educate us in as many phases of
the work as possible. No graduate
of the TV course, for example,
need ever be 11abbed the way Al
Capone was when they couldn't
nail him any other wagon an
income tax rap. Capone just
wasn't smart, as this conversation
just reported from New York
demonstrates.
A man named Bruce Minnox,
according to this report, went
around to the Manhattan Office
of the Bureau of Internal Revenue
the other day, seeking informa-
ton in connection with his work.
If I killed a man for $50,000,"
he asked one of the tax collectors,
could I deduct in my income tax
return $4,000 for expenses-Such
as hideout. getaway car and
cement block for disposing of my
victim?" There was a hasty con-
ference and then the answer:
Eyes, you could"
Would you turn such informa-
ton over to the police?" Minnox
wanted to know. There was an
other conference and another Off
cial opinion:
"All information given in in
come tax forms is confidential.
We could not reveal it to the
police"
THANK you very much" said
Minnox and rose to depart. There
was bit of CONSERVATION around
the place, as you might imagine,
until he identified himself. He is
associate producer of CBS-TV's
Danger" (WTOP-TV-Saturday
$50 p.m) and was just checking
the plausibility of an upcoming
script titled Night of March u.s."
*& ~
Stark Reality, 1t Says Here:
Opening sentence from a publicity
blurb about a network radio
drama: "a vacationing couple ran
into stark reality when they en-
countered a pessimistic scientist
atop a Peruvian mountain await
ing the end of the world"
X X X
Well, Let's Try This: Broad
way Open House" (WNBW-
Monday through Friday. II PM
has been having Monday-Wednes-
day night troubles ever since
Morey Amsterdam left it, though
this at the time did not seem
to be a serious blow. NBC has
tried every one but Jerry Strong
in the spot and it didn't try him
because he would be sure to be
sleep-Walking if vertical after IL
pm.
The latest to come and go was
Lenny Kent and with his depar-
ture comes a changed formal for
the Monday-Wednesday segments
of the show. Whether because no
replacement for him could be
found or because he made NBC
shy away from all masters Of
ceremonies isn't made clear, but
the emphasis is being reversed
on these two nights. Instead of
on comedy it will be on music,
with comedy spots.
The cast will include Dell and
Abbott, described as a comedy
team; Richard Hayes, singer; Es-
telle Sloane, dancer; Earl Barton,
another dancer: Maureen Can
non, singer, and the Kirby Stone
Quintet. Broadway Open House"
also has had it's troubles lately
on its other nights, incidentally.
with some sad shows from Jerry
Lester and company. Unrest
around there somewhere?
X X
The Hush Family Grows: Ralph
Edwards, who has a lot to an
swer for-namely all those give
away shows-for his "Mr. Hush"
idea of 1916, will launch a new
contest tomorrow. The new mys-
terry voice on Truth or Conse-
quences" (WTOP-9:3O pm.)
will be that of Grandma Hush
and the contest this year is be-
ing used to raise funds for the
Arthritis and Rheumatism Foun-
dalton.
Programs and People: DR.. G.
Arthur Cooper and DR.. David
Dunkle Of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition and DR.. David M. DeLo,
executive director of the Ameri-
can Geological Institute, will be
on Johns Hopkins Science Re-
view" tomorrow night (WTTG-
$500 They'll demonstrate how
Fossils Tell the Story" of the
earth's past Judith Anderson
will make another television ap-
pearance tomorrow night in "The
Curtain Never Falls" on "The
Billy Rose Show" (WMAL-TV-
9p.mD "Malachi's Cove" to-
morrow nights teledrama on
"Fireside Theater" (WNBW- 6
PM was filmed on the English
coast . "Television Theater'
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