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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-02-21
Phony Tax Men On
ProwI In Ohio

Phony tax agents with a high
velocity gift of CAB are on the
prowl through Ohio and may be
on the way to Cincinnati, Norman
B. Eshleman, Cincinnati's Region
al Commissioner, Internal Reve-
nue. Service, said recently.
Reports had come in from To-
ledo, Springfield, Columbus and
Dayton, Mr.. Eshleman stated. In
most of the cases the impersona-
tor goes to a small businessman,
demands to see his books, and
then tells him he owes so much
in taxes. He then seeks to get
the money, in cash, without CIV
ing a receipt, Mr.. Eshleman said,
adding that in these cases a re-
ceipt would have limited value
anyway.
AS unlikely as it seems, Mr..
Eshleman said. people have given
these impersonators money with
out getting any kind of receipts.
Fortunately, they eventually do
become suspicious, and that's how
Internal Revenue got its first re-
ports.
Not everyone was gulled SO
easily, however, the Regional
Commissioner said. A Columbus
woman was so willing to argue
about the matter, and SO loudly,
that the phony backed down and
said he would re-examine her
books. This he did. He quickly
announced he was wrong and the
government owed her $24.50
Then he ducked.
The inpersonators have carried
official-looking brief cases and
have had various tax forms, all
available to the public. Thus far
they have not produced any cre-
dentials for their victims, Mr.
Eshleman said.
A genuine government Tax
Agent will show, as Identification
a black leather folder with the
Treasury seal on the outside and
his picture and signature inside
Mr.. Eshleman asked that the In
ternal Revenue Service or the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
be notified if any suspicious tax
collectors come around.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-02-21

for religious purposes by Con-
gress.
Funds derived from the minis
terial and school lands constitute
one of the oldest sources of state
revenue.
The current checks are for
semi-annual interest on $500, ,050
in invested funds realized from
the sale of land since 1917, plus
coal, gas and oil leases and roy
alties.
Money from similar sales or
leases prior to 1917 totals $4,268,-
1884 and is part of Ohio's ''ir-
reducible debt" The state pays
SO interest on this out of legis-
lative appropriations.
Out of some 100000 acres, all
but about $1,000 acres have been
sold. The law assigns the state
auditor as supervisor of school
and ministerial lands"
Payments made include school
funds of $7,104.83 divided among
the 26 counties, while eight of
them share in $908.32 in church
funds.
Largest amount went to Hook
ing County with $2,604.96 for
schools and S54o.56 for churches,
a total of $3,145.52. Lowest was
for 81 for schools in Bloom Town
ship, Fairfield County.
Other county amounts were
Athens, $386.62; Belmont, $52.25
Carroll. $1,349.43; Columbiana,
$282.64; Franklin, $3.50; Gala,
$34.63; Greene, $244.74: Guernsey,
S125.44: Hamilton. $354.90; Har-
din, $23.18; Harrison. $1.30; Law
renee, $175.78; Lucas, $4.27;
Meigs, $4O401; Monroe, $280.93;
Montgomery, 1925 .25; Morga IN,
$68.O8; kingum, S162.85;
Noble, $1356; Perry, $37.11; Pick
away, $77.35; Tuscarawas, $254.-
10; Vinton, $3.50; and Washing
ton, $49.63.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-02-21
their monopoly of East Indian

SpA1Cos
Charts of the voyage of Colum-
bus and Magellan, kept hidden in
the archives of Seville, were SO
coveted that through bribery and
theft most of them m ysteriously
vanished.
Most modern maps are inaccur-
ate, Donald Culross Peattie says
in the current Readers Digest. Be-
cause the earth is round, the only
really accurate map is a globe.
But globes are either too small
to show details or too big to be
practicable; therefore map makers
have to spread out flat what is
really round. The result is COM
promise called projection. Mer-
GATORS projection, familiar to
schoolroom and office, produces a
distortion that increases as it gets
farther from the equator On Mer-
Gators projection, Greenland ap-
pears larger than South America,
which is actually eight times as
big.
An international map of the
world drawn to scale with a sin
gle set of symbols, was proposed
in 1891 by the viennese geograph-
er, Albdecht Penck. AS planned,
the sheets composing the map
would be put together to cover a
globe about 36 feet in diameter, or
nearly one-millionth the size of
the earth. The two World Wars
temporarily halted production
Since the peace, this giant among
maps has been in charge of the
United States.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-02-21
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AP NeWsfeatures
Hips are an age-old problem.
Even slim types must work to keep
hips and thighs from spreading.
Many young girls who've been
wearing petticoats and full skirts
that concealed this area nicely
are shocked that they look bux-
om in new styles. Slim skirts are
popular now for school wear, and
trim hip-hugging shorts are going
to be with us again this spring,
although the crinoline Silhouette
still goes to parties.
Alas and alack for the girl who
must cope with a good glimpse of
hips that have been buried in tent
like skirts now that this slim line
is upon us. Becky, 16-year-old
Louisville girl faced UP to it re-
Gently she writes.
II have a nice figure except that
my hips and legs are too big for
the. new fashions, and / don't know
what to do about it. Could you
tell me how to handle this prob
lem?"
Poor Becky-but not for long,
If she's willing to work at it, she
can put herself in the glamor girl
bracket in a jiffy.
Becky must camouflage as much
as she can to keep her in good
frame of mind while she attempts
her slim Jill program.
If she's been wearing flat shoes
that make legs look heavier than
they really are, a shoe with mod
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-02-21
School And Church
Land Revenue Is
Sent To Counties

Checks adding up to S8,013.15
were on their way from State
Auditor James A. Rhodes to 26
Ohio counties as revenue for
schools and churches under a uni
que Federal land grant law dat
ing back to 1887.
While Ohio was still a part of
the Northwest Territory, certain
lands were set aside for the ben
eft of schools and churches.
Ohio is the only state in the
nation with such lands set aside
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-02-21
All Maps Were
Once Top Secret

Though maps are gwen away to-
day, maps were once closely
guarded secrets and men who re-
vealed them might be put to tor
ture or death, states Donald Gull
ross Peattie in the current Read
er's Digest
The mariners of Tyre had their
Mediterranean trade routes to
hide; the Arab sailors their sour
ces of ginger, camphor. lacquer
and silk; the Spanish their plumb
cred New World gold; the Dutch
crate heel will help make her legs
look simmer. High heels are not
for day wear of course, although
20-belowers are row wearing them
at date time.
She could wear a girdle, not the
cage-in type, but cne of the stretch
kind that lends support to young
figure without causing discomfort.
A properly fitted bra can give a
nice long line from shoulder TO
waist.
If Becky is small, full skirts are
not for her anyway, especially now
when she might be lulled into CIV
ing up her reducing project.
Exercise and/or massage are the
best methods Of reducing hips.
Walking is invaluable in shaking
of hips and thighs, and if you are
the seein is -believin' type, try it
and see for yourself.
If you have a place to go each
day - school, work. library, etc.
- that is within walking distance,
say mile or half-mile of your
home, ii would make am ideal daily
sprint for you. Walk briskly twice
a day and you'll be amazed that
your hips will start to melt.
Supplementary exercises might
include these:
Lie down on the floor, raise your
right leg up as far as you can
swing it over your left hip with
out moving your shoulders. Alter
nate with left leg. Do this ten
times at first. Increase as you &c
along.
The "rock-a-bye" is another pop
ular exercise for slenderizing
youthful hips. Sit on the floor, pull
your legs up to your chest, keep.
ing the soles of your feet on the
floor. Wrap hands around your
legs and rock over to one side
then the other. Another good ex
ercise for the buttocks is the
scooter. Sit in the same position
! as with the rock-a-bye and prope
yourself across the room on your
launches.
You can't go on an eating bingt
just because you are exercising
Give up those extras for awhil'
- candy, cake, pastry, gravy, sun
daes, soda. Or better still tak'
half-portions of everything, th'
best plan for losing weight. b
sure that you're getting enough t
eat, though, and that your die
each day includes an egg, slice o
wholewheat bread, pat of butter
green vegetables, meat or fish o
cheese, one potato or same guam
tity of noodles or spaghetti, on
glass of milk, and fruit.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-02-21

San Diego, Calf. (FHTNC) =
Edward Mullins, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Milburn Mullins of London,
completed recruit training Febru-
ary 13 at the Marine Corps Re-
cruit Depot, San Diego, Calf.
The ten-week course included in
struction in all basic military sub
jects and the firing of all basic
infantry weapons.
Upon completion of training, the
new Marines were assigned to
Camp Pendleton, Calf, for further
infantry training, or to one of the
Marine Corps schools.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-02-21

NOTICE. OF APPOINTMENT
Estate of Ella NJ. Edwards Deceas-
ed. Notice is hereby given that Earl
Galway of r. 2, Grove City. Ohio.
has been duly appointed and quali-
fled as Executor of the Estate of
Ella NJ. Edwards, deceased, late of
Fairfield Township, Madison Coun-
ty, Ohio. Case No. 1851.
Dated this 7th day of Feb. 1856.
Joseph $. King
Probate Judge OF said County
Feb. 13 20 27
Kodiak mirror., 1956-06-09

al on Kodiak must search for evil dence of that awesome time. The ash that fell has enriched the soil and deep rooted. dense vegitation has obscured the surface signs of that great eruption.
 Through the years since that fateful day numerous expeditions of the National Geographic Socie- ty and other groups have establish ed the authenticity of the original assumption that the center of the disturbance was Mt Katmai. Until this year no one has disputed the title of Mt. Katmai as the focal point of the greatest single erup- tion ever witnessed by man. There are now two CalifornianS who claim it was not Nit. Katmai that spread pail of ash across thous- andS of square miles of land and sea but that the source was in real ity Mt. Novarupta which lies in the shadow of Mt. Katmai.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-06-09
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Kodiak lies close to the center of the largest number of active and inactive volcanoes in the world. From the lofty peaks of the Wrangeli Range east of Anchorage. out along the Alaska Peninsula and on out the length of the Aleu- tian Islands are situated many vol canoes which are active in great CT or lesser degree. At Anchorage, in July, 1853, the ash fall from Mt Spur caused the snowy peaks of the Chugach Mountains to turn black from a coating of volcanic dust. Out along the Chair" there may be seen mildly active vol canoes spreading a mantle of black over their snow white shoulders and Shrouding their peaks in clouds of steam. Other volcanoes at present are showing a wiSp of steam at their vents to give evi- dence of the violent forces lying
 Continued on Page 14)
Kodiak mirror., 1956-06-09
Mt. katmai Eruption An Event To Remember

Many inches of volcanic ash had fallen. Around mid-morning the air began to clear and the people believed the violent storm" had ceased. All the domestic water was fouled but the U. S. Revenue Ser vice cutter Manning, the schooner Metha Nelson and other vessels in the harbor provided water for the inhabitants.
 At noon on the 7th ash again be- gan to fall and by 2 o'clock the day had turned to pitch darkness. More than 800 people sought shelter in a warehouse on the wharf and aboard the vessels at anchor in the harbor. Officers of the ships gave up their quarters to the women and children.
 As the ash fall continued una bated the people were all invited aboard the ships. More than 500 people took refuge aboard the Manning and the remainder went aboard the Metha Nelson, the barge St. James and the tug Print CT. Most of these vessels moved to the vicinity of Woody Island so
Kodiak mirror., 1956-06-09
KODIAK MIRROR
By Forrest A. Norton

Thursday, June 6, 1912, dawned clear and bright over the Island of Kodiak and the busy fishing vil- lage or it's eastern shore. The people of Kodiak went about their daily activities, children played in happy groups or fished in the near by lakes, with no thought that this was never-to-be-forgotten day in their lives. '
 About mid-afternoon an awe some cloud appeared and by five o'clock the air was filled with breath choking dust. As the eve hing heightened the dust became thicker and breathing more diff sult. Earth shocks, heavy rumb- lings, noxious gases and the ever present dust created night of terror for all the people of Kodiak and vicinity.
 The morning of the 7th of June vas so dark that electric lights and lanterns were ineffective and protective cloths across the face only partially blocked the choking dust from the nose and mouth.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-06-09

that a dash to the open sea could be made in safety if 1t became necessary.
 June 8th began as dark and fear some as the day before. but by mid-afternoon the fall of ash be- gan to decrease and the sky emerged with a reddish cast. Ob- jects began to appear in the murk but nothing seemed familiar. Everything was covered and coat ed with volcanic ash. The earth continued to rumble and there was great fear that the worst was yet to come.
 Sometime during the night of the 7th, at the heighth of the ash fall, a large building had burned to the ground and the glare of the fire had not revealed itself .o people in the near vicinity. It was also discovered the buildings at the wireless station on Woody IS- land had been destroyed by fire.
 Electrical disturbances were so intense that wireless communica- tion was useless and it was not until the 18th of June that the Manning established contact with an expedition then in Shelikof Strait and learned that Mt. Katmai had been the source of the disturb ance.
 It has since been determined that almost seven cubic miles of volcanic material had been blown into the sky in the greatest single volcanic eruption ever known. Only a short time ago our nuclear scientists created man-made dis turbance that completely obliterat- ed a small island in the Pacific but even that could not compare to the eruption of Mt. Katmai.
 A few deaths were indirectly connected with the eruption but many were the fearful experiences of the people of Kodiak. The in- domitable spirit of the people would not let them give up and the inhabitants returned to their aSh-filled and damaged homes. They moved vast quantities of ash from the houses and repaired the damages. They shoveled uncounted tons of breath choking dust to re- habilitate their places of business and again life began to resume normal routine.
 Now, A years later, the disaster that struck on that bright June day in 1912 has faded to an almost forgotten memory The new arriv-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-01

IRENE dry waves or thaws.
It also covers damage to your
home or grounds caused by hur-
Iricane or tornado. lightning OF
floods, heavy rains or freezing
fall the casualties due to a sud-
den act Of nature. -
Question: sold my house al
Ia loss last year. Can I deduct
that loss on my income tax re-
turn?
Answer-No. You cannot de-
duct this loss. If you sell prop
erty devoted to your personal
use at q loss. you do not have
a tax deduction.
Question-My wife's fur coats
and my suits and our carpets
were ruined by moths last sum-
mer. Can I deduct for this?
Answer-No. Moth damage is
not a deductible casualty loss.
Question: loaned a friend
$4,000 in 1854. He went COM
pletely bankrupt in 1855. Can
deduct the $4,000?
Answer-Yes-but not all this
year. The debt is what is known
as q non-business debt and is
therefore treated as q short term
capital loss. You could Offset
the entire $4,000 against capital
gain-such as your profit from
sale of stock. Any part of a bad
debt not used up as a deduction
against capital gain can be de-
Quoted from ordinary income up
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however. Is there anything ]
can do?
Answer-Yes, Get an APP
Ipraiser to help you AK the value
Iof your property Immediately
before and after the fire. Then.
subtract from the loss the
amount of insurance you re-
lceived. The difference-which
in this case, you claim Is $1,000
lis the amount you deduct on
your income tax return.
Question-Our record player.
several records and typewriter
were gone when we returned
from a night at the theater. We
ARE sure they were stolen all
though we don't know who did
1T. Do we get any deduction?
Answer-Yes. You get a de-
duction for articles that are
stolen but you must prove that
the property actually was stolen.
You aren't allowed deduction
merely because the articles are
missing. To help prove theft,
you should have a police record
lof the robbery or statements
from witnesses.
Question-In our case, 1t was
a severe winter blizzard that
caused loss, for 1t destroyed our
trees. What should we do?
Answer-Damage to your trees
or shrubs or tropical plants as
Ia result Of this unusual act OF
nature is q deductible loss. This
lalso applies to damage to your
trees as q result Of drought, ex-
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YOUR
MONEYS WORTH
How to Sove on Your Income Tox-vIII
~ SYLVIA PORTER

lin collaboration with the Re.
search Institute Of American
While the hurricanes and
foods of 1855 made the head
Lines. millions who didn't suffer
in these disasters were hit by
other catastrophes -thefts, fires
accidents. Countless other fam
lilies lost money on the sale OF
property or other assets.
The following points will be
guides to tax savings.
Question: was in a serious
automobile collision last year
and my car was demolished. Do
y get any deductions?
Answer-Yes--and most people
forget this loss at tax-reporting
time. Damage to your car be-
cause Of an accident is q loss you
can deduct unless the damage
was the result Of your willful
negligence Drunken driving, fol-
Iinstance).
This covers only your property
damage. You cannot take a de-
suction for money you may have
paid for damages to another,
property because of your neeli-
gence. II you were hurt in the
accident, you well may have ar
important medical deduction.
Question-Our home was badly
damaged by fire last year. We
were insured and the IRE insur-
Iance company awarded us Sc. 900
I calculate our loss at $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-01

to 81 1000 a year. Assuming you
had no offsetting capital gains.
you can deduct $1,000 this year
and 81 900 next year.
Question II started a small
corporation. ! invested 5000
for stock and loaned the conn
lpany $1,000. The venture folded
in 1855. Can deduct the $4,000
II lost?
Answer-If you had no capital
gains in 1855, all you can de-
duct is $1,000. The remaining
5000 can be deducted at the
rate of $1,000 a year for the next
five years.
Tomorrow: II you own your
home.
(Copyright, 1855, The Hall
Syndicate Inc
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cHICAGOLIVEsTOcK

CHICAGO. Feb. ! On UsDAl .--Salablt
sales butchers mostly % lower, latei
Eeissts butchers $3.50 lower, closing d
full decline; sows around IS lower: mos
us. No ] to 3s 10000 ID butchers
| l3.75-14. so: q deck at II 30 and around
/ 1875 head mostly No Is 19O-2l0 - q
| Is. 90: No 3 and IS 240-270 70 1900
i13.75; 2S0-350 ID 12.00-13. 90: larger
lots 100000 ID soWs l0.00-l .25; weight:
around $40 Id and lishter auotahle "a
saiabie cattle 10000: salabie calves
800 steers average choice and better
fairly active early. steady to strong
spots IS higher. market now slow on al
Grades and all wefghts steers, steady 70
weak; heifers irregular. averaging steady
to weak cows and bulls active. steady tc
IS higher; yealers and stockers and
feeders steady: load high prime l.225
ID steers 1925: few loads prime steers
"a, 50-24.75: bulk choice and prime
good and choice g00-1. $50 10 1880
60, 90; good to low choice steers 1850;
1880: . load Of prime 1,1aa ID mixed
steers and heifers 1850: most good and
choice heiferS $4,000 90; utility and
commercial cows l0.75-la. 90: q few
commercial cows Up to 1880; bulk can.
ners and cutters N2b-11 90: utility and
commercial bulls 1400-i 90: good and
choice yeaiers .600-30 90; Gull to com
mercial vealtrs l2 il0-28 90: a few good
and choice feeding steers 16.50-ls.00.
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tends it wants now only to re-
negotiate wage rates under an
existing two-year Westinghouse
contract which still has q year
to- run.
Also at issue is whether the
Tue should participate in q
company time study" aimed at
determining whether individual
workers are as efficient as they
should be.
Mr.. Finnegan declined to COM
ment on the status of the negotia-
lions, saying that this is what he
mainly wants to find out. He
said the Federal Mediation Serv-
ice has participated In 10 formal
conferences between the parties
in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
plus ''innumerable separate
meetings with one side or the
other"
Both the Tue and the UE
asked wage increases Of Is cents
an hour. The company said 1t
offered a total Of % cents over
a f1ve-year period. Workers
averaged $2.10 an hour before
the strike.
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Directors Of Purchasing
Institute to Meet Here

Directors of the National In
stitute of Governmental Pur-
chasing will hold their midwinter
meeting at the Shoreham Hotel
here Friday and Saturday.
The institute is an educational
and technical society composed
Of surplus purchasing agencies
Of State and local governments.
1t is dedicated to improving pub
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-01
District Traffic Rises
6 Per Cent Above Year Ago

District traffic in December
averaged 6 per cent above the
same 1854 month. 1t was dis
closed by 24-hour week day
counts at % key stations. Counts
available at Is stations also
showed traffic n per cent ahead
Of December in prewar 1871.
Traffic over five Anacostia
River bridges, including the new
East Capitol Street Bridge. was
SO per cent above the load Of
four bridges which existed a
year ago and 1895 per cent
greater than traffic over three
bridges which existed in Deem
Der, 1941. the District Highway
Department reported.
Traffic over four Potomac
River bridges was 5 per cent
above 1854 and 8l,7 per cent
ahead of the same 1941 month.
Counts at various stations for
the 24-hour week day periods in
December are compared below
with a year ago and with 1941
where figures are available.
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! ~ W Will
Mr.. Finnegan said he planned
Ito review the whole situation
at a talk with Robert D. Blasier,
Westinghouse vice president. and
James B. Carey, president Of the
International Union Of Electrical
Workers tIUE).
The strike, idling about 5000
workers, is one of the longest
labor walkouts since the end Of
World War II.
Among those on strike are
some 10000 members of the In
dependent United Electrical
Workers Union CUE). They
walked out, in a similar contract
dispute. nine days after the Tue
strike began.
Issues IN the strike have been
cloudy. Westinghouse has Of
fered a five-year contract, claim
ing 1t equals one agreed to last
summer by the Tue and West
inghouse's principal rival, Gen.
eral Electric.
However. the Tue contends
the Westinghouse offer is in
ferior to the agreement with
General Electric. Tue also con-