Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 January 1946 — Page 15

Inside Indianapolis

CHAPLAIN (MAJ) FRANCIS J. EARLY this week . - brought home first-hand news from his sister, a nun * In a convent in Madrid, Spain. He was at Casablanca last month when Frank Widner, Times editorial staffer, heard him saying mass and recognized him. Chaplain Early, brother of Maurice and Bob Early of the Star, was an assistant at St. Philip Neri Catholic church here for 10 years. And Frank had attended St. Philip Neri’s before he entered service, After leaving Casablanca Chaplain Early told Frank he was going to visit his sister in Madrid, He hasn't seen her for 30 years. Chaplain Early, who is now home visiting his mother at 2531 Brookside pkwy., South dr. was stationed at Camp Huckstép in Cairo for more than three years. . .. The G. Ls are letting their folks back in Indianapolis know how they feel about not getting home. They have adopted a slogan

to print on the envelopes for their letters, It’s “No boats—No votes.”

No Time to Retire

FRANK BRUBECK and L. P, DeVelling, employees of the office of internal revenue, have been retiring : -for years. But they just can't seem to get out of the

L. P. DeVelling (left) and Frank Brubeck . , . they always come back.

business, . Mr. Brubeck, who lives on & farm east of

Cumberland, has gone through more of the various

stages of work in the revenue office than any other person there. And he’s one of the oldest employees in this state. He'll be 78 his next birthday, while

: Taxing Business

SECOND SECTION

* FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1946

Mr, DeVelling is just five years his junior. , . . White haired Mr. Brubeck resigned from the revenue office June 1, 1924. He came back in 1933 and retired for the first time in August, 1938, He was just 70 then. In 1942 he was reinstated under the wartime emergency act and once again took his place in the revenue office. Mr. DeVelling also had been retired in 1943 and was reinstated during the war, Then last month the two old-timers tried it . Office employees had a testimonial dinner for them and it was generally understood they were to retire Dec. 31, 1945. The dinner was on Dec. 20, Just one week later a telegram came from Washington saying that all those who were to retire on Dec. 31 were to continue at their work until April 30, 1946, Right now Mr. DeVelling and Mr. Brubeck are not too sure that they'll actually get to retire then. ... Mr. DeVelling, who lives at 5302 Central ave. has been office audit- supervisor since 1941. He doesn’t knoW: exactly what he's Wing Pe x te if he does retire. As for Mr. Brubeck he either to go to Washington, D. C.,, to visit his two daughters. or to Denver, Colo. Or maybe he'll stay right out near Cumberland on his farm. . . . Before they got into the tax business they were both newspapermen. Mr, DeVelling was admitted to the bar when he was 21 but he said he never has wanted to practice law, As for Mr, Brubeck, he has done a little bit of &verything. Besides his revenue work and newspapering, he taught school, was superintendent of public parks in Terre Haute and had his fingers’ in Hoosier politics. He also worked as statistician for Holcomb & Hoke and was at Mallory's for about a year. Also on his records are a few years of employment as deputy controller in charge of the city sinking fund at city hall and auditor of the school board.

Names In the News

G. W. CARR is in the right business. He's an automobile dealer. And Charles Bacon has been appointed to the smoke board. . , . Capt. James Glover; formerly of Indianapolis, didn’t let the telephone communications tie-up stop him from seeing his brother, Ebner, this. week: Stationed in Chicago with the army, he had been sent to New York city on a twoday business trip. But he didn’t know his brother's address in New York, Neither could he reach him by telephone. So he called the William FP, Milners at 5535 Guilford ave. here. Mr. and Mrs, Milner’s son, Bill Jr, is one of Ebner’s best friends and. lives within walking distance of his home. Capt. Glover got Bill's address from Mr. Milner, contacted him in New York and then located his brother.

Propaganda Fuel By Edward P. Morgan

FRANKFURT, Germany, Jan. ll.—Rumors that the American army has “mutinied” can be expected to spread around the reich ‘as the German reaction to soldier mass meetings protesting the stall in redeployment, News of the Franfurt G. I. demonstration is being partially withheld from the German public due to apparent confusion of U. 8. information control officials over how to handle such an explosive story. Admittedly, however, no censorship could prevent the German grapevine (one of the world’s fastest) from picking up the news and, while the reactions it produces may be varied, all of them are expected to be bad from the American standpoint. In any case, ‘this is the sort of situation which Nazi elements will rejoice in. Evidence of discontent among the occupying forces is what they are looking for. This should make them bolder in spreading underground propaganda. Significance Misunderstood ANTI-NAZI elements both inside and outside Germany ifievitably will view the G. I. complaints with deepening” distress. They cannot see it simply as a result of a couple of thousand homesick soldiers airing their bitterness over congressional and war department double-talk about getting them home. They interpret it as another proof that the Americans are going to “pull out” of Germany as fast as they possibly can.

Aviation

MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 11.—I hitch-hiked across Florida

in a light plane—and if you want to really see the ,

sountry that should be your dish. You get a real look into the other fellow’s back-

yard—and I mean backyard. And you can go places without stop lights bothering you, —-gtit-across-hills-and-swamps;-check up on the next crop of celery as . it sprouts beneath you, and really make time. These personal plane fliers have a technique all their own. And each one is different. Lee H. Smith, 230 pounds on the. hoof, and -sales manager for personal aircraft of the Fairchild Aircraft Division, Dallas, Tex., was one of the 2500 light plane pilots who hopped from airport to airport about the country with the All-American Air Maneuvers here as their objective. There were about 1110 pounds of flesh, luggage, gas and oll in that little plane when we took off from a fairly rough Sarasota air field, Mario Lucci, Barasota ‘Fairchild manager, also was aboard.

Cub in the Road THE RUNWAY was 4000 feet long and we were

headed downwind. = Despite this—and the. load— Smith gunned the engine. “We'll try taking off

My Day

LONDON, Thursday. —In Grosvenor Square where the American delegates to the United Nations Organization have offices, I saw quite a queue of. young women at the entrance of a building on the opposite

side of the square, over which flies the American flag. The young women are our soldiers’ British wives, and now after much confusion the army finally is able to consider their problem. Gradually they are making arrangements for them to join their husbands in the United States. Since my arrival I have had several letters about them and I imagine their position has been none too easy. No one has been able before to give them any definite answers to their questions. In some cases their husbands ! would get home and be demobilized and the government allotments would automatically stop. The man instead of realizing that now he was resuming full responsibility as a civilian for his dependents would sometimes write the embassy and ~inquire why his wife was not receiving support. However, I think the end of the confusion is in ht. :

Transportation, which has been the great difficulty, is improving. It is possible to allocate ships to bring the wives and children of our servicemen home without curtailing the facilities for returning our own soldiers to the United States. - - President Truman ‘on Dec. 28, signed - legislation which. makes visas unnecessary for wives of United States citizens serving in or havihg an honor-

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G. Ls, of course, could not be expected to think about those ramifications. ‘ It all goes back to the fact, which is raising its ugly head so persistently in Germany now, that the U. S. government has failed tragically and miserably to orient American soldiers. : DS: The nation produced a superb fighting machine with incredible speed. But, in the absence of any real, honest and clear indoctrination as to the responsibilities that victory carried with it, the army cares about absolutely nothing now but going home.

Kept Idle for Months

EXAMPLES OF a disgracefully inefficient and inconsistent redeployment organization are legion. Driving here Sunday from Paris, we happened to stop at an air force mess in Compiegne for lunch. Among the officers were some from the 10th and 14th air forces, who months ago had started home from Asia. They had to ferry some A-26s to the European theater en route and when they arrived, their redeployment orders were cancelled. They had been doing nothing, they said, for months and they could not understand why they were still stuck there. To observers here it is clear that the soldiers have

«richly justifiable beefs: But, to Europeans, the whole

picture is just as bewildering and “far more frighten~ ing than it is to the G. Ls. Even though soldier demonstrations may be clas-

sified as one of the valuable refinements of democracy, the point is that Europeans in general, and Germans in particular, will not understand them.

The prestige of the American army will suffer. And doubts about the duration of American participation in the occupation of the reich will grow with apprehension.

hicago Daily News, Inc,

By Max B. Cook

downwind,” he said, “and if we don’t make it, we'll be right up at the other end of the field where we can try again—into the wind.” We bumped along for 2000 feet, rose gracefully into the air and set 4 compass course over the Everglades. The highlight of the flight—but old stuff to Smith —came as the tower told us to land on the grass at the left of the runway. Fifteen feet from the

ground, the tower man excitedly shouted: “Hey Fair-

child, better get away from there; there's a little Cub with no radio phone coming in right under you.” Safe, Quick Transportation

A SPLIT second and we would have been rolling

" along right on top of the ‘Cub. Smith kicked the plane

to the right and circled again. The Cub proudly landed and waggled its tail in a laugh. The personal plane, as a means of fine, safe and quick transportation, is no longer a question mark. Some 4500 persons who could not have obtained other transportation, came into Miami from all parts of the country, west of the Rockies. And when they were ready to leave, they left. They reported airport service good everywhere. Ice, snow, storm and fog hold many up for hours—some a couple of days— but most of them came through, and in time. At this writing no ships were reported lost and no one was injured. Chalk up against that record the scores killed and injured over the holidays in traffic accidents, ’ :

By Eleanor Roosevelt

able discharge from the armed forces of the United States during the second world war. The American embassy and the American Red Cross have co-operated in doing all they possibly could for them even before the army policy was announced. The first priority goes to about 400 wives whose husbands are in hospitals in the United States. They are scheduled to sail on the U. 8. 8. Argentina toward the end of January.

Staging areas are being set-up so the families can. be cared for during the three or four days prior to

sailing. 3 The transportation is free from their homes here to their future homes fh the United States and reception areas are being prepared for them on landing

until their transportation in the United States is]

ready. ~~ The initial application must be made to army headquarters and the following documents must be produced: 1. Marriage certificates in all cases. 2. Proof of husband's citizenship (birth certificate or letter from his commanding officer certifying citizenship or copy of discharge certificate). 3. Husband's affidavit of support (if husband is not. already in -the United States). 4. Cable or postmarked letter from husband (if husband is in the United States) requesting her to Join him, 5. Birth certificate for each child. Some of the young women over here from the United States are trying to meet these young wives

"and tell them something about the country which

soon will be their home. One hopes that the adjustment to their new surro in the United States will not be too difficult. .

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Spencer Tracy . . . he packed the house despite a weak play.

By JEAN GEORGE NEA Staff Writer

I : On Broadway this season Spencer Tracy is tops. Elliott Nugent, Frank Fay and Gertrude Lawrence run him a sporting second, third and fourth. Charles Butterworth and Walter Abel are high on the stardom priority list, and Betty Field is claiming rave notices. PE THESE are the stars on Broadway despite a season of bad plays and- flop reviews. : Tracy is not only the highest paid star in the theater this season —about $3000 a week—but he has kept the seats and aisles packed despite the weakness of Robert Sherwood’s “latest play, “The Rugged Path.” ; : » » » TRACY said that he was Happy to be back on Broadway, although the joy was somewhat diminished

by the quality of the play. However, he would like to come

EW YORK, Jan. 11—'

Gertrude Lawrence . . . plans to revive modern classics. back again in another Sherwood play as he believes “the man is great and can do fine things." Tracy will return to Hollywood sometime in February. # ” . ELLIOTT NUGENT, who had played the soldier lead in the “Voice of the Turtle,” earned about $3000 a week. Nugent plans to leave shortly for Hollywood. His place has been filled by filmland’s John Beal, who has taken over on a salary basis. The play, now in its second year, is still one of the real hits of the theater. » ~ » FRANK FAY, the Elwood P. Dowd of the Pulitzer Prize play “Harvey,” earns between $2500 and $3000 weekly for talking to his invisible friend Harvey, a white rab-

"bit 6 feet 1% inches tall.

Fay, who has had a long career in vaudeville and musical comedies

TRACY, NUGENT, FAY AND LAWRENCE LED BROADWAY PARADE—

They're the Tops—On the Stage

Frank Fay . .. $3000 a week for talking to invisible “Harvey.” 7

likes this play better than anything he has ever done, and is planning to stick with it for years. ” » » GERTRUDE LAWRENCE; one of the few real theater people on Broadway now, has returned to the stage in “Pygmalion,” a revival of Bernard Shaw’s immortal comedy Just back from a tour in Europe and the Pacific entertaining servicemen, Miss Lawrence has received renewed acclaim in this Broadway top show. , Although the English-born actress is making less in this show than in the majority of her appearances, she is particularly thrilled with her first role in a modern classic. She and Raymond Massey are starting 8 new “venture, Theater Inc, for old and new plays of renown to be played by siar casts. ” - ® BACK AFTER nine years, Walter Abel in “The Mermaids Singing” is making around $2000 a week in the

Elliott Nugent . . . played soldier lead in “Voice of the Turtle,”

amusing and touching comedy by John van Druten, Betty Field has been spiraling to stardom with her recent performance in the “Voice of the Turtle” and now in Elmer Rice's new comedy, “Dream Girl” There are very few stars on Broadway who are not trotted off to Hollywood. For this reason producers are putting the emphasis on good productions that can be recast and still carry on. Stars are not the important factor today. ¥ . » SHOWS like “On the Town,” “Up in Central Park,” “Oklahoma,” and “The Day Before Spring,” need no stars. They weren't written for top names. : Their popularity and attraction rest of the orchestrations, sets, costumes and seripts. Talented young people are brought into them, but the casts can be

out harm to the finished product. “Oklahoma,” which is the best example of this type of show, has changed its entire cast two or three times, and it is still doing top busi-

| ness on Broadway.

By S. BURTON HEATH NEA Staff Writer

NJEW YORK, Jan. 1l1.— There is a space on page 8 of Form 1040 in which you can deduct any net losses that you sustained during 1945 from fire, storm, flood, shipwreck; theft, burglary or accident.

In computing such losses, you must subtract whatever reimbursement you have received from insurance or otherwise. 3 You must be prepared to prove both the fact and the extent of the loss, if you are asked to do so. When you claim such a loss, tell brigfly what happened, when was lost and how you decided its value. E » FJ

THE PROVISION for a medical expense deduction is designed to cover only unusually large expenditures. The law presumes that it is normal for a family to spend up to five per cent of its gross income for medical and dental services. It is only if you exceed that amount that you can deduct anything for income tax purposes. To determine whether you have a deduction, take a sheet of paper and list your actual expenditures during the year, fof your family and dependents, for hospital, health, surgical and accident insurance premiums; to doctors, surgeons, dentists, nurses, hospitals, laboratories, clinics; for X-ray, anaesthesia; medicines, dressings, ambulance use, false teeth, artificial limbs, hearing aids, spectacles; for boarding nurses; for travel that was essential to obtaining medical or

surgical eare. y ~ » Ld

ADD THESE together. Subtract any reimbursement that you received from insurance. Now, take five per cent of Item 5 on page 1. ‘ If your medical expenses, as totalled above, exceed that five per

>» HANNAH

1946 INCOME TAX PRIMER (10th of a Series)

Computing Deductions for Losses in 1945

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Be not Mtomine deductions if—(1) You determine your tax from the tax table on page 4, or (1) Your total Income ie 55,000 or more and you claim the S500 standard deduction. Logether wt and of year fle separate returns and one Remizes deductions, the sther st Se ie or tour return on Form 1040, and must sles itemine deductions.

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Describe deductions sod state to whom paid. If more space is needed, list deductions oa separste sheet of paper snd sttach to this return.

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Total Miscellaneous Deductions.

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TOTAL DEDUCTIONS

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; PERSONS NOT AX TAR

Here the Does list the deductions against their taxable income. The last three of the miscellaneous items are business expenses that used to be charged against salary, but under the arbitrary provisions of the current law they must be taken here, if at all

cent of Item 5, you have a deduction. In that event, enter your expenses in the blank on page 3 of the return. If there are too many items for the space provided, attach a separate schedule and, in the blank show the total spent. On the next line enter five per cent of Item 5. Subtract the 5 per cent figure from your net expenditure total. The remainder goes in the right hand column. It is your allowable deduction, up to a minimum of $1250 if you have only one personal exemption, or $2500 otherwise. If your net expenditures were less than five per cent of Item 5, forget them, they won't help you.

. tJ » THE MORE common items for the miscellaneous deduction space on page 3 include alimony; separation allowances; safe deposit box rental; your share of mortgage interest and real estate tax on a cooperative residence; the speeial $500 extra exemption for a blind person.

. This also is the place to claim losses on uncollectable loans or credits. These must be explained in a separate Schedule D, to be obtained from your collector of internal revenue. Such “bad debt” losses must be taker in ‘the year which the collector rules that they occurred. If you pass them then, they are lost forever, So start claiming such a loss as soon as you believe you have suffered it; if it is disallowed, repeat the claim each year until it is allowed or your creditor pays up. " - » NOW ADD together all the deductions listed on page 3. Enter their sum both on the line for “total deductions” and on line 2 of the tax computation schedule at the foot of page 3. : From that point, the computation is identical with the method described in the eighth article, with your actual deductions substituting for the $500 standard deduction discussed in that article.

HAVING figured your deductions, you have the right to discard and forget them, if they prove to be smaller than the standard $500 deduction (on incomes of $5000 ang up) or if, by using them, your-tax would be bigger than by using the table. If your income is as much as $5000 and your deductions total under $500, take $500. If your income is under $5000,

ductions, Then, in the table, get the tax on your‘income (Item 5, page 1), making allowance for the discount of three per gent of your wife's income up to a maximum discount of $15. . Choose whichever tax is the smaller.

» ~ ” NOTE: A special series of articles for the benefit of those still in the

armed forces, or recently demobilized, follows soon. It will be

useful only in_ connection with the

~ Jap Suicide Pilots Had Hara-Kiri Swords

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (U, P.) ~~ Pllots of Japan “suicide” torpedoes were given short swords with which to commit hara-kiri if they missed their ship targets, it was learned to-

y. . The human torpedoes, known as “Kaitens,” also were equipped with special exploding devices that detonated the -three-ton weapons i the attacks. were unsuccessful,

, commander of the Japanese submarine which sank the 10,000-

pe: These details were. learned in an|anese when théy

interview with Cmdr, Iko Hashi-not compete

with

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search. ‘The torpedoes were over 50

feet long, had a speed of 36 knots|

and carried an explosive charge of

figure the tax using your own de-|.

Family Needs To Feel Secure Toward Future

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