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Editoria is
fhi
Club Notffi
Rorci«»r, T«mi
Suckers Or Salt
41 m.
It's o build up gentlemen.
The Ruml proposal to fornive" ell
taxes is going over with a bang, just
1942 income
as certain as
Mother Nature makes little apples.
Riqht at the start, congress shies ot the plan.
Someone soys: "well moybe it's olr.ght it we oltcr is
just o little here, put o little politicol solve over •»
thcre"—and someone else suddenly discovers,
think what it means to the little man.
The poor "little man!" Where's the politician who
doesn't think ot him—always—especially just before
election!
Little Fellow Breathless
And the whole thing does look good to the I'ftic
m°Who wouldn't like to have his taxes forgiven for a
whole year, especially when he has never before been
included under the income fox law, like so many mu
lions are for the first time in 1942? ,
So the little man, gulps, draws o deep sigh one?
prays that nobody is looking while he shares in the
politicial pie along with the big fellows.
He doesn't stop to realixe that whatever it may be
called, he—"the little man"—is going to pay just as
much as can be squeezed out of him. If his 1942 in-
come tax is cancelled, he will pay that much more
during 1943 on 1943 income tax—and the big fel-
lows who earned millions in net profits on fot wer
c >nlraets during 1942 will ao urAaxcd.
Too Much Unsaid
Pditor Ben Hibbs in his Saturday Evenino Post edi-
o.;o! dated February 6th. makes a aood case far
-n < ft'« ar,var,e's fliers who!) under the title1
'Tumi Steals The Treasury Hour."
Reading this article you get the idea that everyone
is for fhe Ruml plan—except a certain few thof can't
see the light including the U. S. Treasury Department
______a*vd you aet this idea without any clear reoson
that any merit exists in the plan other than the fact
cAweone will aet out of paving 1942 taxes.
In fact Editor Hibbs makes a very pathetic case for
reen who earned $4000 during 1942. You ore in-
just what it would mean to the soldier's wife
- *n *hc widow in case this man dies, and his $400
■'042 income taxes are forgiven.
What the editorial leoves unsaid is vastly more im-
portant than what it says. The article might well have
x *oHed—which seems to be lacking—what would
to the billions of dollars net prof:t made by
industry and by war contractors during 1942 on huge
■"cvernment spending.
Let us take the case of, sovs, one certain fat wor
--nnfract on which a profit of $25,000,000 was made
1942. The party making this fat profit during
1942, and others making similar profit, may pay all
nf their lesser earninas in future years to the govern-
ment—but what do they care just so long as they
-01 keen all of their 1942 millions—especially when
m-aav industries and contractors made more profit
‘••rino 1942. than they would ordinarily have made
in a whole lifetime?
Forgive Little Man's
Now—if these gentlemen who bock the Ruml plan
wan* to really help the "little fellow" (suckers or tlm
backbone of the country, accordina to the noint of
vnw when "little fellows" arc being discussed by their
financial and political superiors)—let them pay their
taxes in full for 1942 and lead a movement
to eliminate income taxes on those incomes of $4000
and less.
They know, better than anyone, that the man
whose income is steady, year in and year out, will
pay to his full ability to pay during 1943 and here-
after, regardless of what is done about his 1942 taxes
It is just a question of what title you give his 1943
cash payments.
In other words, you can only get so much blood
out of a turnip, as any smart aleck con tell you—and,
brorher, that turnip, chump, sucker, the salt of the
earth—or what have you, is going to be squeezed
durina 1943 for all of the income tax juice it contains
call it 1942 or 1943.
War Free For One Year
And the load on the "little fellow" is goinq to be
that much greater if all of the big tomatoes get rot-
ten fine with the wor profits mode during 1942. It
only tokes simple, grade school arithmetic to figure
it out.
But—oh, it's so tempting! We all like to feel that
we are getting something for nothing. And o
of us have—and if we can have o whole veer of
the bigrest war in history, at high salaries and with
bin profits, for absolutely nothino, what a windfoR-
Of course American Marines killed by Japs durfn<~
1942 and the sailors who died in Pacific naval bat-
tles during 1942 didn't do so well—but after all we
cari't all stay home at fat salaries and big profits dur-
ing a war.
Listen, Little Man," your goose is cooking. If the
THE BQRGER DAILY HERALD
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Company, Inc. — Publishers.
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M i -i Bowden prepared
t and Mrs Tate baked i«
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ei arid least were a-r\
. d ; fh a balanced meal
Miss M' SC! plans to give a gar-
ii ii (iemi'fisitautiu soon. She win
prepare .1 seed box and plant some
seeds, also treat some seeds for
planting.
l he date and place "I this de-
monstration will be given at a
later date. Tiie public is invited
to attend the meeting.
Society
Oubs Churches Parties
Mrs. Goodson
Parly
u*norce
ilUJ
The Home Kc club of Phillips
High school enjoyed a bullet sup-
per recently. A game of volley
ball preceded the meal, at which
20 girls were in attendance to-
gether with their sponsor, Miss
lone Bender.
war-mode millionaires get by without paying their
1942 income taxes, when the boys who arc fighting
this war come home they ore going to be plenty mad
at someone. In the meantime the war is going tn
cost the "iittie man" the same either way it goes.
And the first thing you know—(the papers don't
say so now)—all 1942 income taxes will be forgiven
by a generous congress if you don't watch out.
Reviewing
The War
Mrs. Myron (Tillman entertain-
ed the Blue Bonnet club Tuesday
in honor id her mother, Mrs. W.
M. Marlow’s, 79th birthday.
The herv ree received a num-
ber of beautiful gifts. The club
presented hei a hassock.
The Valentine motif was carried
out both in decorations and ser-
vice. Favors were individual Val-
entines.
A covered dish luncheon was
served to Mesdames S. L. Baker,
A E. Robison, C B. Davis, I. M.
Rogers, M. H James, W. W. Wed-
dington, H. W. Forrester, O. W.
Gardner, the honoree and hostess.
Club meets next week with Mrs.
Baker.
YOUR FEDERAL
’"COME TAX...
(Editor's Note: This is one of
a series of 53 short articles
based on the Internal Revenue
Code. The articles contain in-
formation of vital interest and
importance to all readers. Fed-
eral income tax returns must
be filed not later than March
15 1943.)
INCOME FROM RENTS
AND ROYALTIES
Many taxpayers derive income
from rents and royalties. Such in-
come is shown in item ti of the
return Form 1040. Only the net
income—or loss—is shown in
item tl; that is, the difference
between the total amount receiv-
ed in revenue from the property
lose the total amount of the ordi-
nary and necessary expenses in-
curred. An explanation of in-
come, chargeable expenses, and
the kind of property, must be
shown in Schedule B of the re-
turn.
The “kind of property” might
be indicated as a farm, dwelling,
store building, or the like. The
chargeable expenses are shown
under three headings, ns <a> de-
preciation allowable. <b* repairs,
and <c*> othei expenses. Where
depreciation is claimed, a further
explanation is required in Sched-
ule J 'Explanation of Deduction
for Depreciation Claims*. Repairs
and other i xpenses must also be
explained and itemized.
A distinction rnusl be made be-
tween expenditures for mainten-
ance and repairs and expendi-
tures for replacements, improve-
ments, and alterations. Replace-
ment expense, to the extent that
the replacements arrest deterior-
ation and appreciably prolong the
life of the property, is not charge-
able against rental income lor
I the year, but is chargeable to
,•■,1,0 0 the dcprcciafion re-
serve. Only the cost of incidental
repairs which neither materially
add to the value of the property
nor appreciably prolong its life,
but serve to keep it in an ordi-
nary efficient operating condition,
may be deducted as repair ex-
pense in Schedule B.
The distinction between what
is an improvement and an altern-
• lion, and what is a repair, is not
i always clear, and has been the ,
■ subject of many rulings and de- ■
j visions. The cost of painting the '
; outside of a house used for busi-
[ ness purposes (rental* and the
| cot of painting and papering the
I inside, for instance, are regarded
j as repairs, deductible as expense
m Schedule IV The replacement
| of a roof or a change in the heat-
ing plant, plumbing system, or
other major alteration, is regard-
ed as in the mature ot a capital
expenditure and it not deductible
i as repair expense in Schedule B.
Among “other expenses" deduc-
tible m Schedule B are such
items as the cost of janitor serv-
ice. fuel, fin insurance, and the
like, as well as taxes and inter-
: cst expense. If taxes and inter-
est are deducted as “other ex-
penses.'’ they may not be deduct-
ed under the separate items of
taxes and interest in the return.
Where a dwelling is partly
rented and partly occupied by the
taxpayer, only dhose expenses
chargeable to the rented portion
are deductible. In the case of a
two-family dwelling, for instance,
one-half of which is occupied by
the owner, ordinarily one-half of
the depreciation allowable, re-
pairs and other expenses, would
be deductible from the rent re-
ceived.
Royalties are, in general, the
earnings from copyrights, patents,
good will, trade marks, formulas,
and the like, as well as from min-
eral properties. In the case of
royalties from mineral properties
tlic st: tuto pi ov le for certain
allowable depletion expense, de-
pending upon the nature of the
property and other factors, and
the amounts, deducted may not
exceed the statutory limitations.
AMENDMENT ALLOWS
TIRE SWITCHING
FORT WORTH. Feb. 4—i>F)—
Texas OPA Director Mark McGee
announced y'-sterday that switch
ing of tires among passenger cars
operated by a state, local, federal
or foreign government agency is
permitted by an amendment to
tire rationing regulations.
J. C. Phillips
Editoi and Manager
One Year
Six Months
Three Months
Weekly
*• New under-arm
Cream Deodorant
safely
Stops 9r rspirct'^n
1. Docs n. ( mi - i ■ .urn's
shifts. D< ■ i i rit.iti skin.
2. No wa iii i i i! • , v !
oglu attci sl.i’.in
3. Instamlv st. ; '.•.!■• t**i
1 to 3 days, m .cup, omit.
4. A J 'll I C , V\ ' , • • , i; ' .
stainless vanishing cream
5. AwarJc.l App I hi-al nf
American lriititu:. of LaunJrr.
ing iur being luruil.-'
fabric.
TEXAS MAN DECORATED
With The American Air Force
in China, Feb. 4 -t/Pj—Sgt. Pat-
rick Boudreaux oi Port Arthur,
Texas, was among two officers
and four enlisted men who were
•> "rated with purple hearts Feb.
2 by Brig. Gen, Claire L. Chen-
ault at Airbase hospital.
Set Boudreaux was wounded in
the U s,s by shrapnel during the
i mbing ol Japanese-held Men-
mn< . China, Dec. 27, but remain-
‘d at in- gunner station until his
plane got safely back.
By GLENN BABB
For the rest ol this week the
German nation will be in mourn-
ing for its sixth army, sacrificed
at Stalingrad to Hitler’s pride.
Doctor Goebbel’s evidently is out
to squeeze the full measure of
tragedy from the Sixth Army’s
fate in the hope of putting new
iorn into the German soul. Mean-
while the Red Army promises to
present him with another disas-
ter, should he need it for prop-
aganda purposes, almost before
the current period of mourning
is over.
Moscow announces today the
capture of several highly import-
ant towns, but perhaps the most
significant is Kushchevka, 43
miles south of Rostov. Its fall
means that tin German forces re-
maining in the Caucasus, num-
bering perhaps a quarter million
men, have lost control of the last
railway by which they might have
escaped overland through Rostov.
At several points the Russians
have gained the line from which
Hitler began last summer's of-
fensive, running almost due
north from the coast west of
Rostov through Kursk. It
should be only a matter of days
before they have wiped out
nearly all the territorial gains of
1942 which must have cost the
fuehrer a million men perman-
ently out of combat, dead, cap-
tured or maimed.
What is left of the 1942 con-
quests lulls into three areas, the
Caucasus trap in m which the
Garmans are fleeing as rapidly as
tlie> may, the circle around Ros-
tov which doubtless will be de-
fended bitterly and a wide loop
east of the Moscow-Rostov which
probably will be filled in quickly
. other Russian forces swing
westward lo come abreast of the
sp*. ;u'heads which already have
cut the railway above Kursk and
below Kharkov.
The German command probably
had hoped to use this winter for
another "constructive pause” such
as that they gave their armies last
winter and to out fresh armies
with new equipment in the field
in the spring for a third attempt
to destroy Russian resistance.
i he extent to which the Gcr-
may eomand has dipped into its
reserves this winter remains a
question; the comparative weak-
ness of the one effort made to re-
scue Paulus1 army by that Dec-
ember thrust from the southwest
suggests at least that it decided
that l was better t< let the Sixth
Army go than to spend too much
on relief efforts. In any case it is
it t un that Rio Germy Army
Mil! possesses a terrible strength
and that llitlei and Goebbels hope
it will fight in 1943, with a new,
desperate resolve born of the con-
viction that the German nation is
lighting for its life.
Mind Your Manners
For Mrs. Barrett Goodson, who
w ill return ti her home in Spear
man, when her husband reports
for duty as an Ensign in the Navy
a trio ot hostesses entertained
Tuesduv m the home ot Mrs. Otho
Allen, 3485 Dimmitt street, Phil-
lips.
Ensign Goodson will report ;
about Feb. II* or 15.
Cc - hostesses were Mrs. Doyle
Kelly and Mrs Jimmie Byers.
Games of bridge were played in
which high scoring honors went
to Mrs. A. L. Rebrig, while Mrs.
Glen Uemy won the traveling
prize.
Other guests included Mesdam-
es Ben Romine. Bern Briggs, Gail
Jackson, Charles Boyd, L. L.
Bearden, Celia Wnltam, the hon-
oree and hostesses.
Unable to attend but sending a
gift were Mrs. A. L. Pettigrove
and Mrs. K. A. Anderson.
Dorcas Class Ai
Sanford Given Parly
In Friich Home
Mrs. (). E. Bickers and Mrs. L.
A. Whiteside entertained the Bap-
tist Dorcas Sunday school class at
the Bickers home Tuesday after-
noon, at Friteh.
Names were drawn for Sunshine
pals for tiie next three months,
j Mrs. W. M. Hall directed in-
* ti.M ting games and refreshments
^ were served to:
i Mesdames Denver Mitchel, W.
M. Hall. J. C. Wilkinson. L. A.
Whiteside. R. B. Wright, O. E.
Bickers, S. M. Jordon, Gunkel, S.
C. Lyons, Boling, John Turner,
Lee Perry, Clyde Page and T. C.
Wigley.
Test your knowledge of correct
social usage by answering the fol-
lowing questions, then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
1. If you keep your house at 65
and a woman guest with short
sleeves looks cold, should you
offer her a sweater or jacket?
2 Should guests complain that
the> are cold when visiting their
triends who have oil heat and
keep their houses at 65?
3. When one’s house is kept at
65 is it a good idea to have a fire
burning in the fireplace when j
there are guests for an evening? )
4. Should you say to a hostess
who serves vou coffee, “How in
’in , . rid i.jn you manage to give
coffee to your guests “
5. If you have a cold should you
call cn a woman who has just
brought a new baby home from
the hospital.
What would you do if—
You are the mother of a new
baby and several acquaintances
come to call on you. You would
rather net take them into the
baby’s room, for fear he might get
a cold from one of them—
ib* Feel that it would be rude
of you not to let them see the
baby?
(b> Feel that you have a right
to do anything to safeguard the
health of a tiny baby?
• We, The Women
By RUTH MILLETT
Manufacturers are doing their
part to make the unsettled life of
today’s bride easy. They are offer-
ing hei specially -designed Knock-
down furniture that can be folded
up for shipping whenever her hus-
band is called into service, is or-
dered to a new post, or goes acros*
country to take a job in a war
plant.
That will help her, certainly.
But with even sale of knock-
duwn furniture should go a pamp-
hlet of friendly advice. It might
read something like this;
“We’ve simplified the actual
moving problem for you. But that
is just one of the problems that
confronts the gul who marries,
not to settle down but to follow
her husband from post to post
or job to job.
“It will be up to you to meet
these challenges:
“The problem of making a real
home out of w hat you know may
be temporary quarters. The way
to do that is to put the thought
rf the next move out of your
mind, and settle down to living as
calmly as though you were going
to live m the same place the rest
of your life.
Friich News
Donovan Clark, who formerly
lived here has been sent to Ft.
Logan, Denver, to take a 39-day
course tor administrative inspect-
ors. He will return, at the end of
this period, to his base at Coft’ey-
ville Army Air Field, Coffeyville,
Kans. T-S Cark enlisted in Feb-
ruary, 1940. Mrs. Clark and dau-
ghter are visiting his parents at
Amarillo and her parents at Clov-
N. M.
John Byrne made a business
trip to ins ranch near Las Vegas,
N. M., the first of the week.
Mrs. Maurice Lanagan and
Thomas John came home from the
hospital Tuesday.
Miss Myra Nell Myers has re-
signed as school teacher, effective
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale German and
children visited over the week-
end with Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Davis
at Amarillo.
* Lest You Forge!
The All-Church Youth Council
will meet tonight at 8 o'clock, in
the Phillips Methodist church.
The Burger Baptist young peo-
ple will have charge of the pro-
gram.
Some tv pcs wi modern airplanes
can flv faster than a revolver bul-
let.
Answers
1. Yes.
2. No.
3. Yes—if it is possible.
4. No.
5. No!
Better “What Would You Do”
solution—<b>.
News From
Servicemen...
KEARNS, Utah — Calvin C.
Crow, son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Crow of Borger, is now stationed
here undergoing ba.-Jc training in
the U. S. Army Air Forces.
Men at. ILL nnsi are trained
under the rigorous program of
the Air Forces Technical Training
Command.
DREAMS WILL COME
"The problem of making the
best of poor living conditions.
Find the most suitable place you
can to live, and then make the
best of it. Don't keep complaining
over the inconveniences or its
drabness. Just take it in your
stride. There will be plenty of
time in later years for getting the
house of your dreams.
“The oroblem of making fri-
ends, Don’t thTnk you can be as
reserved and as slow to make
friends as vou were back home.
Be friendly, gay and uncritical.
The people you meet might not
measure up to all the standards
you used to judge people by—
but don't let that worry you. Ac-
cept them for what they are, and
enjm them. Don't feel you have j
to judge them.
“The problem of giving some j
stability to home life. Learn to be ‘
a competent housekeeper. You’ll
need to be. Become a good cook.
Buy a few things that you and
your husband mean to keep all
i your lives, like silver or a lovely
j painting.”
That is the sort of advice a here
I today-semewhere-else- tomorrow
I bride needs just as much as she
i iiimls tin moving problem simp-
lified for her.
Give your skin that
youthful bloom with
CLrlc«c|tl<
Eevenescence
CREAM
for skin loveliness
NICBT and DAY
more
Othef
Si***
\5.00
Lt. Howard Lee Wagnon, osn
uf Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Wagnon,
has completed his training at
Officer Candidate school, which
he entered Oct. 31. 1942. Lt. Wag-
non entered school as a sergeant.
sk-
it. C. STORE
CUSMETICS
Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Ennis have
■ n died to Breckenridge be-
s 'US'■ o( tiie death ot her uncle,
J. M. Womack.
ENGINEER STUDIES
AL.CHOL SITES
FORT RILEY, Kan.,—John R.
Yows, 211 N. Main St. who is now
home cn furlough, has been com-
missioned a second lieutenant in
the U. S. Cavalry, having success-
fully completed a three-months
course (if training in the Cavalry
Officer Candidate school here.
BUY WAR BONDS TODAY!
"BEAUTY AND EFFICIENCY"
Like every other phase of your wartime
life, your beauty must function at peak ef-
ficiency. Good grooming is recognised as
essential in maintaining morale. Time is
precious. Don’t waste it trying to coax un-
shaped, straight hair to “stay put." Call
Nora Mae for an easy to-manage perman-
ent wave. You'll be more beautiful and ef-
ficient than ever.
$10 machine or machinless C Af)
PERMANENT WAVE U.UU
NORA MAE'S PERMANENT WAVE SALON
"BORGER'S ONLY ONE"
313 North Hedgecoke Phono 787
VAN TINE SHEET METAL
WORKS & CONTRACTORS
Have "L's", "T's", rain caps,
"A" caps, stope pipe, reducers
and dust pans.
Phone 95, Aubrey King, Mgr.
Fnfered as second-class matter November 23 '0?e nt
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delegated bv the war production
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alchohol plants in the synthetic !
rubber program, arrived here last
night.
Ostrander conferred with D. A.
Bandeen, manager, and Max Bent-
ley of the West Texas Chamber of
Commerce headquarters staff.
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