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Show I THE BULLETIN, DINGHAMUTAH Many deductions Allowed by Treasury On Income Tax; Every Worker Can Claim Credits Under the New Levy --i-miums, unless they exceed 5 per cent of your Income. Any expense over S per cent of income, and up to a maximum of $1,250 for a single person or $2,500 for a family, may be deducted. This includes hospital bills, treatment, diagnosis and ev-erything connected with medical and dental care. By ALFRED SINGLER Released by Western Newspaper Urten. Although wartime necessity demands that Uncle Sam collect the highest income taxes in history, there is nothing unpatriotic in taking advantage of legitimate ways to lower your payments, as provided by law. Tax laws are carefully written instruments. In writing them, congress included a list of deductions which taxpayers may claim. These deductions were included for excellent reasons and with the expectation that all taxpayers who could honestly claim them would do so. The big taxpayer usually finds it advantageous to hire an expert who is familiar with each permissible deduction. The smaller taxpayer is not so likely to secure outside assistance. The latter would do well to determine for himself the de-ductions he can make legitimately. Farmer Deductions Wages, Seed, Repairs, Tools, Fertilizer!, Depreciation. For the person who makes not more than $2,000 of taxable income --which means a single man earning not more than $2,500, or a married man or head of a family earning not more than $3,200 every $100 of deductions claimed will mean an $18.40 reduction in income taxes paid. Where larger Incomes are in-volved, savings are proportionately greater. The following are important de-ductions which will aid the average taxpayer. i . In general, a farmer who operates a farm for profit is entitled to de-duct from gross income as neces-sary expenses all amounts actually expended in carrying on the busi-ness of farming. The wages paid for hired labor are deductible. The value of products furnished by the farm and used in the board of hired labor is not a deductible expense, but food purchased and furnished to hired hands is deductible. Farmers may deduct the cost of grain and hay, amounts paid for grinding and processing feed, amount paid for hire of machinery, cost of farm supplies, gasoline for farming, repairs and upkeep of cars. Amounts expended for repairs and maintenance of farm buildings, (ex-cept the dwelling), fences, drains and other farm improvements, and for repairs and maintenance of farm machinery and equipment are de-ductible. Amounts expended for re-placement of, or additions to, farm machinery, farm buildings, or other farm equipment of a permanent na-ture are not deductible as such ex-penditures are regarded as invest-ment of capital which is returned to the owner through depreciation allowances during the useful life of the property. The cost of small tools of short life may be deducted. The cost of com- - which cost the customer 55 cents, represents a 5 cent deduction. Automobile owners are entitleu to deduct state and local license fees, the federal use stamps (which cost $7.09 In 1942), driver's license fee and state gasoline tax. Automobile owners may not deduct the federal gasoline tax because it is consti-tuted as a tax on the manufacturer and not on the consumer, even though it was passed along to him. It is the general rule that the tax-payer gets credit only for those taxes levied directly upon him. For that reason state and federal taxes on cigarettes and liquor are not deducti-ble. They are stamp taxes levied on the manufacturer or dealer. The transportation taxes paid on railroad, airline and other personal transportation last year is deducti-ble. The rate was 5 per cent of the fare for the first 10 months; 10 per cent for the last two months. The tax on transportation of goods, amounting to 3 per cent on all freight and express bills, is deductible. You Can Deduct License Fees, Business Expenses, Contributions, Interest, Taxes. All contributions, for public pur-poses, made to the United States, any state, city or town, are deducti-ble, as are contributions to a do-mestic nonprofit organization operat-- , ed exclusively for religious, charita-ble, literary, educational or scientif-ic purposes or for prevention of cru-elty to children and animals. Church contributions include pew rent, assessments, etc. Organiza-tions such as USO, Army and Navy Relief, Red Cross, community chests, etc., come under the charitable heading. Literary and educational organizations include such institu-tions as nonprofit colleges and schools, the Boy Scouts, voters leagues, and study groups. The sci-entific heading includes all nonpar-tisan scientific societies. It is not permissible to deduct con-tributions made to a bar associa-tion, a medical association, a pro-hibition association, political cam-paign committees, volunteer fire companies, social fraternities, ath-letic clubs or gifts to needy friends or relatives. Generally speaking the taxpayer may deduct any interest paid on bor-rowings, including business, person-al and family debts. Because in-terest paid on behalf of a relative or friend is not a legal obligation on the taxpayer, such interest is not deductible. As a broad general rule, the in-dividual can deduct all taxes he per-sonally pays to the tax collector, ex-cept federal income, estate and gift taxes and state and local benefit, Inheritance, estate, legacy or gift taxes. Federal taxes which are deducti-on include those on admissions, dues, telephone, telegraph, transportation, auto use, safety deposit boxes, etc. Admission taxes collected at the- - aters and other places of amuse-ment during 1942 amounted to 10 i per cent. A 50 cent theater ticket, i Taxes imposed by the federal gov' ernment on jewelry, furs and toilet gpods are not deductible. They are excise taxes levied on the maker or dealer and are not collection taxes levied on the taxpayer. Also deductible are traveling ex-penses required by one's employer when such expenses are not reim-bursed by anything over salary, wages or commissions. When your car is used partly for business and partly for private purposes, deduction is allowed only for the portion used for business, and then only when the driver is not reimbursed. The loss on the sale of a car, used partly for busi-ness and partly for private purposes, is divided similarly, but only when actually sold and not when used as a trade-in- . In addition to deducting the three-cen- t state tax on all gasoline used in your car, you can also deduct the cost of the gasoline and other supplies for business use of the ma-chine. Dues to labor unions, assessments by unions for out of work benefits, but not for sick, accident or death benefits, cost of indemnity of fidelity bonds required by your employment, and cost of tools and patterns neces-sitated by the type of work, are de-ductible, but only if their life is less than one year. If their life is longer than one year the owner can dis-count depreciation only. No deduction is permitted for med-ical and dental expenses, including kecident and health insurance pre- - : mercial fertilizers and lime, the benefit of which is of short dura- - tion, is deductible as an expense, The amount expended in the resto-ration of soil fertility preparatory to actual production of crops and the cost of liming soil to increase pro-ductiveness over a period of years are capital expenditures, and thus are not deductible. Fees paid for advertising farm products; expenditures for stamps, stationery, account books and other office supplies purchased for farm use; expenditures for travel in con-nection with the farm business and other similar miscellaneous expendi-tures are deductible. An allowance for depreciation of buildings, improvements, machin-ery, or other farm equipment of a permanent nature is deductible. The amount claimed on account of de-preciation should not exceed the original cost of the property. Repairs on depreciation on the dwelling occupied by the farmer or on his personal or household equip-ment are not deductible. It is not permissible to claim as a separate item depreciation on livestock or any other property included in the farm-er's inventory, as such depreciation is taken care of in the reduced amount of the inventory at the close of the year. However, depreciation may be claimed on livestock ac-quired for work, breeding or dairy purposes which are not included in the inventory of livestock pur- chased or raised for sale. CLASS PEP A RT. INSTPtt KENT BLUEST; t HHS New York Heartbeat: The Wireless: Eric Severeid, an-alyzing the news the other midnight, got pretty bold. He mentioned that the British were more outspoken than ve are more articulate. He doubted that the articulate Britons would stay .nura if they found as much Fascism creeping into its of-ficial places as goes on over here . . . Wm. Shirer also got tough wanted to know how come that Ed-gar Mowrer, one of our best Fascist-hater- s, couldn't get a passport to North Africa. The Magic Lanterns: "The Siege of Leningrad" is a testimonial to the heroism and courage of the Russians and, better yet, plenty of proof that the Nazis blundered when they tackled the Soviets. Any nation that takes It like that can't be licked with armies. The facts of how the Nazis failed to take the town even with hunger, disease and suffering on their side are familiar. But the facts don't rob this documentary film of its mighty wallop . . . The Rooney kid shows up In another Andy Hardy installment, called "Andy Hardy's Double Life." It's a sprightly enough account of Andy and his lady , friends, cornier than an Iowa farm, but what of it? . . . The West Coast- - , ers are laying bets that "Stand By ( for Action" will ring all the best bells. It's a Navy tale . . . "For-ever and a Day," which has every-body In the world In the cast, is an-oth- er supposed to be heading for hurrahs. The Magaiines: Clifton Fadiman has found a swell title for the war. He has monikered it Germany's First War Against Mankind. It would look good on the memos of the peace arrangers . . . The New Republic's paragrapher figures it out that Hit-- ler Isn't really dead but only wishes he were . . . Just how tough a Job Elmer Davis undertook when he of headed the OWI is described in Harper's by Michael Darrock and Joseph P. Dorn. He has succeeded admirably, they write, In providing what the agency was established for: Information. The Ironical part of it Is, the authors, both employed in Washington, chose to by-lin- e the piece with pseudonyms . . . You have to like C. B. DeMille for his shrug-of- f a of the critics' opinions of his super- - colossals. John Durant quotes De- - Mille in the SEP: "Every time I make a picture, the critics estima-tion of the public drops another ten degrees" . . . Collier's K. Crichton has a good tongue-in-the-chee- k ver- - s ion of H'wood's headaches under rationing. "Apparently movietown is worried that it might have to live normal ordinary lives" . . . Rec-ommended: Jimmy Young's: "Ja- - pan's Fatal Weakness," in Ameri- - can Legion mag . . . Howard Bru- - baker in The New Yorker: "It Is reported that 'Putzl' Hanfstaengl, once Hitler's personal piano player, is giving our State Department help- - ful hints. Mr. Hull would naturally want to know what kind of music it, Adolf cannot face." are Memos of a First-Nighte- r: for too John Barrymore was one of the few actors who had a mind Just as and alert as those of his severest critics . . . Some of his admirers enjoy re-calling the time a famed actress, sit-ting down front, annoyed him throughout his performance . . . Her on i Truth's Fne, The greatest friend f time; her greatest enej-dic- e. Colton. L audible remarks to her companion distracted the audience's complete attention, when she wasn't demon-strating some point by waving her arms . . . Barrymore waited until the play ended to punish her ... In a brief curtain talk he mentioned that a famed actress had honored him by attending the play . . . "Please stand up," he cooed, "and take a bow" . . . Which she did . . . Then he bowed to her and fang'd: "I want to thank you for with me this evening." This one has been pinned on many plump persons, but when Alexander Woollcott was tipping the scales in the 300s he liked telling it on himself . . . Two actors, who had suffered from Woollcott pannings, saw him bathing in the Atlantic City surf . . . "Let's go swimming," said one. "How can we?" asked the other. "Woollcott's using the ocean." Mark Twain was once guest of honor at an opera box-part- y given by a dowager . . . She was talkative throughout the performance, much to Twain's irritation . . . When the opera was almost over she gushed: "I so want you to be with us Friday, Mr. Twain. I'm certain you will like it. The opera will be a great favorite of mine, 'Tosca'l" Twain coldly replied: "I never heard you in THAT! " Quotation Marks-mansh-ip: Ed Mur-row- : Rationing means that every-one has bread before anyone has cake ... O. Henry: Their angry eyes met, each containing an invisi-ble clenched fist . . . Punch: For three-quarte- rs of an hour he lay awake all night . . . Heywood Broun: Trouble had scribbled its autograph all over her face . . . H. Klurfeld: Oh, for the good old days when the only ism we had to worry Bbcut was rheumatism . . . Wm. O'Dcll: He felt as deserted as a ciRarette butt. KAj j&jl 0 jrv Pearson Washington, D. C. THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT In the last few dayg the President t himself has silenced administration critics of Claude Wickard, and de-creed that he remain as secretary of agriculture. The President's stand came at the height of an Increasing storm brew-ing ; round the amiable Indiana corni farmer, whom everyone likes but whose food program is lagging. White House advisers have told the President that Wickard's pro-gram was inadequate, that It must be drastically revised, that there would be shocking deflcipncies of food. Some have urged that Wick-ard be replaced. The President, however, has de-fended his secretary of agriculture. But also he has appointed White House Secretary Lauchlin Currie whose regular field Is Chinese rela-tionsto act as umpire on the farm program. Currie has given Wick-ard a nine-poi- program for re-vamping American agriculture and among other things has pointed out that England increased her food pro-duction 50 per cent with little addi-tional manpower. Why, he asks, cannot the United States do the lame? AGRICULTURE'S PROGRAM Here are Currie's proposals, ad-vanced with the blessing of the White House: 1. The goals of agricultural pro-duction should be higher. 2. A new production program, possibly with a new budget, should be presented to congress. 3. All acreage allotments and other restrictions on production should be removed to encourage the more efficient farmers. 4. The 1,000,000 farm operators second rate efficiency should be brought into full production with the aid of seed, fertilizer, livestock, ma-chinery and even land. 3. Cotton and tobacco acreage should be reduced, corn acreage, al-lotments removed entirely, and more wheat should be fed to live-stock. 8. Profiting by British example, new "land army" should be or-ganized, to use town and city dwell-ers, especially women, for farm work. 7. Truck farmers who produce such luxuries as Iceberg lettuce should be converted to more essen-tial crops. 8. Facilities for processing and drying foods should be increased. 9. Local direction of the farm program should be shifted away from agents, toward agents more responsive to federal direction. WICKARD'S FARM PROGRAM Wickard's response to this sweep-ing proposal was to accept part of reject part. He believes the production goals already high enough that it's late to present a new program 1943, that cotton goals have al-ready been substantially lowered, tobacco reduction would require change of the law. He agrees to removal of acreage restrictions on most crops, but not cotton ana wheat, which still yield embarrassing surpluses. Claude is a little touchy on the question of county agents and com-mitteemen, insisting that federal representation is adequate. FULL PRODUCTION On other points, however, he agrees with the White House pro-posals, declaring some already are in effect. He wants to bring the 1,000,000 less efficient farmers into full production, to increase dehydra-tion of foods, convert truck farmers from iceberg lettuce, etc., and or-ganize a new land army from towns and cities. In fact, he already has a plan well advanced for the "land army." Wickard, who had hardly been heard of before his elevation to Wa-llace's place in the cabinet, has had clear sailing for two years, thanks in part to good weather. Now, however, he is facing just as ugh a job in trying to produce more, as Wallace faced ten years go in trying to produce less. No secretary of agriculture ever faced more opposite and more difficult problems. The average person real-izes the problems confronting the secretary of agriculture. They are exceedingly complex. Wickard knows his position is shaky. But he is on his mettle, fight-ing to meet the established produc-tion goals. WWW CAPITAL CHAFF C Munro Leaf, who wrote Ferdinand the BulL hailed as a children's clas-sic on pacifism, has now got himself a captain's commission in the army, and is more belligerent than any West Pointer. He even believes that it is sacrilegious to criticize anyone in the army, or anything the army does especially the services of sup-ply, to which he is detailed, ft When Postmaster General Frank Walker was shown a recent news photo of himself, he said, "Is that Herbert Hoover or m?" IfhiPhillipr l? THE SriRIT AT GUADALCANAL White crosses in the blazing sun Are scattered through the Jun-gle bell; They mark the graves of lads, each one, Who played the game and played it well! Those markers stiff against the sky Shall through receding years pro-claim How well they all obeyed the cry "Get in there, kid, and win this game!" No home-ground- s were they playing there This was a new one to 'em all; But they could hear the call so clear "We gotta take this onel Plaj ball!" No Sunday exhibition gay No romp when everything was Jake Tliis was the tough one far away The "croocial one we gotta take!" No well-ke- grounds all cut to gala one back where you live;; The hard one played out through a storm When everything you've got you ' givel No set-u- p near the cheering stands-- No bands, no laughter and no drums . . . Yet from afar the old command: "Stay in there, kid and get themi bums!" No minor league one In July This took that "extra special clout," True always to the home-tow- n cry "Keep swinging, kid, and run it out!" This was "the one we had to get" But one that knew no bleachers' roar; Yet each man this old challenge met "Give all ya have! We gotta score!" These kids had learned to play the game Back home on countless, sunny fields And in the war they knew the same Grand fighting heart that never yields. The old sand-lot- s from coast to coast Had given them the stuff it takes; They got "it" where it's given most Where no one "heilsl" and no one quakes. No jungle had these youngsters seen They symbolized the little town But they knew one tradition through, kids, when them chips is down!" A Quickie From Private Dear Purkey Editor: I got a scoop for you. Hitler ain't dead. Not all over I mean. He is only that way from the neck up. I traced that odor It's just the way all Axis leaders smell, even alive. Also I got the inside dope on them Russians. They don't care if Hit-ler is dead or not. They don't even slow up to investigate the rumors. They wood not even stop if Goering was dead. They concentrate on one idea and that is to be sure that Russia ain't dead. Yours truly, Oscar. The Office of War Transportation, with the war and navy departments, has adopted a new type of bus to help solve the motor problem It is a trailer attached to a big sedan. There are "stand-sit- " seats, what- ever those may be, and the whole contraption holds 39 passengers. As badly bruised veterans of bus travel we are a little apprehensive. There are so many buses on the roads now that they just hold one anoth-e- r up. And 39 passengers! Phooey! They crowd that many passengers into the doorway of any city bus right now. Still if you get all banged up in the things, remember you're getting Victory Bruises. . . ; WAR PORTRAIT Vandegrift, and Halsey, MacArthur and Patch'. They are the chiefs that The Japs cannot' match Sluggin' right in with The wallop that jars . Changing that sun to A fine mess of stars. The more you think of the Japs, trained Jungle fighters, be-ing driven out of Guadalcanal by our boys, never closer to a Jun-gle than the swamp around the ol swimmin' hole or the picnic grounds at Gilholley's Grove, the more stirring it seems. Personally, we don't read the so-ri- columns, but the wife does, and .he p eked up an unusual item there he other day. 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The department of agriculture fig- ures that farm income reached 16 billion in 1942. That would repre-sent an li.talr.c of $2,800 for every one of the 6 million farmers. A total of 79 billion dollars was paid out in wages and salaries. At the end of 1942, it was estimated that 58 million people were gainful-- i ly employed. 300 Kin Serve . AuXili"y. 01ivia Eubanks of the WAAC training center has 300 relatives ln service but she is the only WAAC. There are enough members of her family, counting in- laws and third cousins, to make f o companies. Chief among those in service from : SndryTEUHankS' VieWpoint s SKt. Sidney J. t Eubanks. who is overseas in the ' signal corps |