Show INCOME RETURNS FLOOD OFFICES I hour Eleventh Checks Deluge Deluge Deluge Del Del- uge Tax Tat Collectors U. U S. S Will ViII Be Lenient I Washington ashington March lurch arch Until l 13 Until late to toI tonight tonight to- to I nI night ht federal revenue collectors' collectors orI of- of j j I f ices flees throughout the country countr were receiving re receiving re- re coI hour eleventh-hour Income tax re returns returns returns re- re turns due toda today at the latest and accepting ac ac- accepting pu payments of the tho 25 5 per cent first Installment Collectors reported tonight t that thc they were submerged be beneath beneath beneath be- be neath a flood of ot documents checks and mone money orders order and that it would tako take I several da days to prepare even a tentative tentative tenta tenta- tive tivo tabulation of receipts Treasury Treasur officials calculated the probable inflow inlow of at tax mane money at somewhere between and Persons who mailed their returns to tonight tonight to- to night or even cven tomorrow will not be beI penalized for tor tardiness it was as said I here Collectors will bo be expected to use useI discretion and to accept returns which may trickle In any time lime next week provided pro pro- I vided bided they do not regard the tardiness as wilful Jo Further urt er He Commissioner Hoper Roper Roper Ro- Ro per has notified collectors to accept Informal in informal informal In- In formal returns such as letters giving an estimate of oC the tax due and accompanied accompanied p. nied b by at least leant l one-fourth one of or the estimated sum This was prompted prompt prompt- ed b by the tho fact that In some districts the rush a af collectors collector's offices In thelast tho the last few days das prevented taxpayers from rom obtaining g copies of ot the regular printed form torm Under these Instructions it probably probably probably ably will be he po possible for tor any citizen who neglected to file filo returns I by the final hour ho tonight ht to write a leu letter r to tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow mox estimating his tax and InclosIng inclosing ing log a check without being penalized |