Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1947 — Page 13

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erst many cates New Year's Day is something else Aut we won't go into

year, And if 1047 isn't- a great' year—so what? ‘there's always “8 and the national elections. Resolutions can be the beginning of the end of a

: problem. Romie Ciororamu, 5116 W. Morris st., usher

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at Keith's that has been bothering him for some: time—sleep. « “In 1047 I'm gaing to get to bed early every night ay. Tuesday is still 1946 and it —doesn’t count,” Mr, Clororamu pledged. He also said | getting to bed early on New Year's Eve is impossible ! because of the midnight show. A legitimate excuse.

' Resolves to Hear Wedding Bells: WILLIAM BEWLEY, 2012 W. Michigan st., bellhop

at the Warren hotel, reflects the trend. in hopeful

, thinking for 1947 as being the year for things to - settle down,

HAT resolve to cut out all kinds of foolishness in 1947

! and settle down. Every evening I'm going to get the

papers and go home and before the year ends I'm : going to make a point of jt to hear wedding bells.” In my quest for resolutions I found an honest man "In Robert Breedlove, 402 8. Parker ave., barber at the

New York barber shop on Kentucky ave. »

“I resolve to give éverybody a good SUpping. * That

shouldn't be too hard to keep.

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, no baby-sitter, to the classroom with her,

While writing a ticket for a motorist who unwittingly parked his car on the Circle and went off somewhere, Traffic Officer Warren Dally, 4644 Stratford ave., resolved “to do my best in 1947 to lower the traffic accident death rate, prevent accidents and improve conditions wherever § find them.” It wouldn't be a bad idea if we all tried to make Officer Daily's job an easy one. Here's a new twist to the “no more cards” resolution. Paul Wagner, 939 N. Pennsylvania ‘ave. bartender at the Circle Tavern, said “Pinochle with my friends has been keeping me without pin money for a long time. I resolve to quit playing pinochle in 1047 and start playing poker.” Poker should do it— it says here in small print,

The Morning After

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1—First you take the juice of two quarts of whisky and . Gather closer, oh ye of tremulous hand, fur- -lined teeth and swelling eyeballs. Take full advafitage of this, the first dispatch of 1947-in the mwhlle seeniey

a scientific symposium garnered from the masters fff

« the art of curing the New Year's eve hangover. Give thanks; friends" with the newlyyploughed tongues, the craniums containing pin-ball games and the throats lined with hot bricks, to the kindly gentlemen of the National Press. club bar. - There is no braggadocio in their contention that they are the

\' . supreme authorities on this vexing problem. Their's

is a simple statement of fact. For hours I have sat, drinking (a word I "ded advisedly) in their wisdom. Here are the prescrip-. tions, sufferers, for what ails you: “Only. sensible thing,” began” the oldest member, “is to-get a bag of concrete befobe takimg the first drink and cement the teeth together.” His fellow scientists chided him for this; they called it preventive medicine, They said stick to the subject, which is the raging hangover with the toronado in its vortex. Two quarts of ice cold milk, suggested one. “Pure poison under the circumstances,” shuddered another,

A Difference of Opinion “THE ONLY cure,” he added, “is ‘straight whisky taken by the teaspoon, if you can hold “the ‘teaspoon. “Not so,” cried a newly’ arrived researcher from " the billiard room. “What you do is tell the waiter to

* bring you two eggs boiled just long enough to be warm,

a pony of brandy, and no comment. Then you pour the brandy in the eggs, stir well, and stare at same.” Nothing else? The horrid sight, itself, will drive the alcohol from

Aviation

I SUPPOSE humans always have, and always will,

‘ look back longingly to the fun they had when they

“didn’t have so much to have it with. I always turn

to my early flying days‘every time I think of the flight regulations of today. Thére were not many persons fiying then, even in the army or the navy, afid we could do pretty much ‘as we pleased. Just think—the whole of the air free and open, as-long as you didn't dive on groundlings or their dwellings. You could fly all day long and

, never see another plane in the air.

Limitations on the number of hours a fellow was

| permitted to fly a week, or month, or year were un-

known and not to be tolerated. I raised hob and asked to see the commanding officer when a flight officer restricted me to 240 hours a month. Flying was adl I lived for. It was all I wanted to do. Sleeping and eating were only interruptions. Evenings after supper were spent with a model airplane, working out new maneuvers.

Lived Life of Riley

AS C. 0. of a training squadron, I lived the life of Riley, teaching others to fly. and using every opening for getting upstairs to polish my own flying. Start ing at 7 a. m. the schedule was student instruction until noon. The beach crew always had two jam sandwiches and a pint of milk waiting for me as we taxied in with the last student until after lunch. By the time. the crew had refueled the ship, the sandwiches and milk had been disposed of, and we—the ship and I-—-were away for about 45 minutes of relaxation flying. We didn't have much to fly in, but it was flying. We were using N-9s and N-10s, modifications of the

famous army trainer, the “Jennie,” equipped with a

re i rating. "Tet York ‘our; Hiloughts' 45 some sober thinking Indianapolis.folks have done for the coming

year, From ‘all indications it's s going to ‘be a great

theater, resolved to take care of an item

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1947 TAKE IT AWAY—Robert Breedlove resolves to" give everybody a good clipping.

‘Hasn't Read ‘Forever Amber’

WITH AN EYE on Huntington, Ind. George Madera, swimming instructor at ¥. M. C. A, resolves that “My boys’ and men's teams will win the state championship swimming meets.” Last year Mr. Madera’s boys’ team won the state championship. The men’s team was beaten by the Huntington “Y.” ¥'m pulling for you, George," Fred Crawford, 226 E. 12th at, rum salesman, has an evil eye square on John Barleycorn. “Whisky must go in 1947. I resolve to get more people rum conscious in 1947. I simply must.” No comment. {Mary Helen Boring, 1109 Oxford ave., ticket agent for the American Airlines, makes a two-for-the-price-of-one resolution. “I resolve in 1947 to find time to read. “Forever Amber” and convince the traveling public that prewar service has not heen forgotten.” - Ambitious ‘is the word for Mary. v Medical scipnce should make great strides in the new year if George Morec, 843 N. Meridian st., Indiana medical student, keeps his resolution. “With final exams only a month away—I resolve for the next one-twelfth of 1947 to quit winking at the redheaded nurses, be on the ball every minute at school and study like mad every night at home. Of course, when the new term starts I may weaken.”

By. Frederick C. Othman

the brain, he said. The first bartender said he wasn't a drinking man, himself, But that he'd heard a little anisette poured in a small glass of warm water did worders. The second bartender said he leaned to the posed..of brandy and creme de menthe, f arising.

Toot Call Your Dentist

A MEMBER just‘returned from the wars said it had been his experience that the oxygen mask, such as used by aviators, was the ideal method of banishing that all-gone, January-one feeling. ~ “Just call your dentist,” he said, “and if the dentist hasn't used it all, himself, he will give you oxygen.” The oxygen mask, countered a fellow practioner,

is'a panty-waist nfethod. He said a fast game of |

tennis the morning after the night before was the better way to get oxygen into the bloodstream. “Spartan treatment,” ‘commented one of, his peers, who added that an excellent medication was cold beer, taken through a flexible rubber tube. “The tube is so you don’t have to try to lift your head from the mattress,” he said. “My own methad, of course, takes careful planning, but is infalliable. Arrange to have the hangover first and the party) afterwards.” The éavarits agreed that butter, olive oil, or other _greasy substances taken ahead of time managed to make a fellow feel a little worse. The final prescription came from an acknowledged authority. Mix a whisky sour in a highball glass, he said, and add rum. If that does not work, there is one alternative and only one. “Quick, man, what is it?” cried his associates. ’ “Death,” he intoned. A happy New Year to you all and let this be a lesson. Next New Year's eve, go to bed.

By Maj. Al Williams

single pontoon. A 150-horsepower Hispano-Suiza was sure hot stuff after a long dose of Curtiss OXs 90 horsepower coffee grinders. The sport of ‘the noon hour was to chase what we called sea edgles, who had about a six-foot wing spread. Chasing them was more fun and excitement -than anything I have ever done in the air. Boy, could they fly; and could they teach us machinewinged people’ things about real flying!

Encouraged to Fly

I GOT THE idea of hunting them as I watched one of them kill two other birds. A fair game! Chasing them, I've seen them pull some fast stuff. They'd drop the right wing to fake the start of a turn to the right then lift that wing and drop the other one for a turn to the left. You had to analyze what they were up to immediately, If you waited until they actually started to turn, it was too late and they'd slide around your wingtip with one foot at their noses (at least that’s what I thought they were doing). I've even seen a -smart bird fake a turn to the left, fake one to the right, and then zoom upward faster than my wing could be lifted —flying in the opposite direction. Then it would be a half-loop, a--half-roll and the chase would begin all over again. The navy encouraged us to fly, and fly we did. We had no other responsibilities beyond doing our flight instruction work, a few routine administration duties, keeping away from other people in the air— plus a general warning against breaking our neck ‘and damaging goveyament property. Those were the days when the air was as free

Swearing-ln

‘Royse, Indianapolis; Harry Crum-

{late today from a Florida vacation.

Ceremonies Conducted

But All's Quiet In the State - House

day in Indiana. But sok in the state capital. - . There were many swearing-in ceremonies ‘today in counties and townships throughout Indiana as newly elected officials assumed their duties. ‘But the state house was closed. Of the 10 state officials elected Nov. 5, only five technically will take office today. Actually, they will begin their new terms tomorrow morning. re Two state officials took office early in December. Inaugurations of the remaining three run into March. : Taking office today will be the four judges re-elected to the appellate court. : Sworn Inte Office

, They were Judges Wilbur A.

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packer, Michigan City; Floyd 8. Draper, Gary, and Donald E. Bowen, Bloomington. The first three named were SWorD,| into office earlier this week in quiet informal ceremonies in their chambers. Judge Bowen. was expected back

His staff today could not say whether he took his oath of office before leaving. Also taking office today will be Thomas C. Williams, Jeffersonville. He was re-elected clerk of the Indiana supreme and appellate courts. He also took his ‘oath early this week.

Election in November

James A. Emmert, Shelbyville, will relinquish the office of attorney general on Jan. 6 when he will be inaugurated as a supreme court judge. Mr. Emmert was the only jurist elected to the high court in November. State Treasurer Frank T. Millis, Campbellsburg, will begin his second ferm Feb, 11. He will- be swornin on that day. Adjutant General Ben H. Watt, Noblesville, will be the last of the 10 new state officials to be inaugurated. He will be sworn in as superintendent of public instruc tion March 15.

Jenner Tusnguration

Thomas E. Bath, South Bend, the new secretary of state, and. State Auditor Alvin V. Burch, Evansville, began their duties Dec. 2.after inauguration ceremonies in the state house. Meanwhile, Republican leaders were completing plans for the ine auguration of William E. Jenner, Bedford, as Indiana's new U. S. senator. Mr. Jenner will be inaugurated Friday in Washington in the presence of more than 130 Hoosiers. A special chartered train, the Jenner special, was scheduled to leave at 3:30 p. m. tomorrow from Union station.

Anderson Firemen Get Radio Service

. Times State Service ANDERSON, Ind. Jan. 1—Radio service has been inaugurated for the Anderson fire department. Six mobile units of the department have been equipped with radios, including the assistant chief's car, which responds to all alarms, and one unit of each of the city’s five fire stations. . The two-way radio service will be maintained in co-operation with the city police radio station and mes|sages to fire department equipment will be dispatched from head-

New Year's day was Inauguration ;

Many Little Tfems™ May Be Deducted

Fifth of x Series -

By 8. BURTON HEATH . NEA Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—Those who. are preparing © Form 1040, either ‘because they must or in hope of saving money, can use the information on taxable and nonstatus, dependents, exemptions; in the first three articles. They will find other useful material there. Only the fourth article will be of no use to them.

have the privilege of deducting from your Compensation for Personal Services (salary, wages, tips, etc.) most ‘of the necessary and customary expenses that you paid out- of your own pocket in

‘The following items may be substracted from your pay even though you intend to use the Tax Table or take the Standard Deduction; provided you spent the money while traveling away from the city in which you work. (a) Automobile expences -including gasoline, oil, grease, towing; repairs, tires, depreciation, insurance, garage or parking lot, bridge or parkway tolls, uninsured loss or damage. Automobile Depreciation License and registration {ees should be taken here if you intend to use the Tax Table ‘or the Standard Deduction. If you use the car partly for business and partly for personal driving, charge only the business portion of such expenses. The simplest way is to divide them according to the number of miles driven for each purpose, as illustrated by the example that accompanies this article. A salesman’s automobile is depreciated 33 per cent a year, ordinarily, If only part of your business driving was done away from the city in which you work—after separating business costs from personal you must then divide business costs (again according to mileage, ordinarily) and charge here only those

quarters of the department.

that were encountered in driving

SILLY NOTIONS

By Palumbo

as it had always been. Pardon me, there is a 1046 air trafic pattern ahead—“NR 1050 calling the x Control Tower for landing instructions, please,” (Ugh!) |

We, the Women

OLD 1046 DIDN'T produce a Woman of the Year— but these women made news: The Chicago housewife who took a pair of dirty curtains to court to support her claim that engines of the New York Central railroad had for 16 years kept her curtains darker than tattle-tale gray. She was

‘awarded $420 by the judge who heard her sad story.

(For once a housewife complained about how quickly er curtains got dirty, where it did some good.) The high school teacher, also of Chicago, who agreed-to help relieve the teaching shortage if she could bring her two toddlers, for whom she could get (Neatest

trick of the year for Sombining motherhood and ‘a career.) i

Wonder Drivers Impress Hushands

THE GROUP OF women who got sick and. tired of hearing men make cracks about women drivers and organized a club modestly called Wonder Wives, which

driven 10,000 miles or ‘more without an accident or

By Ruth Millett

traffic violation. (Membership in that club ought to impress even a husband.)

A Haymaker on the Button

THE CHAMPAIGN, ILL, wife who interrupted her

divorce trial to call her estranged husband to her side in a gentle voice. When he reached her she delivered a sound punch on his unsuspecting person and then said in a calm, even voice: “That's one I've owed you a long time.” (After all the “We're divorced, but we're still good friends” talk that has been going around, that honest reaction was refreshing.)

“The Tulsa, Okla, wornfan who got: even with a traffic, cop. When he blew his Whistle at her she

made a face. He made one back—but a good one, s0 good, in , fact, it threw his jaw out of joint. ever smiled feebly and said “Yes Sir” .meekly to an

out-of-sorts traffic cop in the vain hope of ‘avoiding a ticket has to admire her courage and forthright |

response;

Perhaps no woman in 1046 did anything to make takes into membership only married women, who haw, history. But a lot of women were right ind there tak-

ge care ot ‘themselves,

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taxable income; on man-and-wife| | on interest and dividends, contained |

If you are using Form 1040 youl

order to earn your pay, and did] .Inot collect from your employer.

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1947 Income Tax Primer—

Here Is How a Salesman Using His Car Can Charge Off Business Expenses - .

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the year I did

State tax on gasoline separately.

Gasoline (84 011 (84%) Repairs and tires

Hotel rooms Meals on road

Car Reoglspiution Driver's Licens

Paid by me, net

{Deducted in Item 2, page 1)"

During pleyer away from Sendy Hook, using my om car. The car cost $1550 in 1945. year, at 20%, amounted to $310.

on business and 2,398 miles in pe¥sonal use, so I have allocated 84% of joint costs to business use.

For business use it is included cost of the gasoline charged below, The following expens¥s were for business. Dopresiasin ne auto (84%)

Garage rent on road

7 checking, ete , od A bine and. Telegr ; 4 Insurance on Car (84

Parkway and Bridge tolls

Ff Total Expenditures Reimbursed by employer

* COUSIN MEETS COUSIN—Two Akron; O., brothers became father within three hours recently when Mrs. Olin Lott (left), with daughter. Cynthia Ann, and Mrs. Lester E. Lott, with daughter Karen; gave birth-to their children at an Akron hospital. All, ipcluding the "veteran fathers, were reported in good condition.

some ravellig’ tir uy ene

Depreciation for the drove 12,542 miles

for personal use is charged in the

(84%)

1.50 10.70

1241.63 780.00

$ 461.63

out of town.

item 2, page I. statement.

expenses but must. be charged as

deduction.

ployment. What To Deduct The rest can be deducted under “miscellaneous” on page 3 if you are taking your own deductions. > (b) Baggage charges, including insurance. (c) Expenses of attending business conventions required by your employment, (d) Expenses of displaying samples, etc., if. you are™d salesman. (e) Fares—Bus, plane, railroad, taxicah, etc, including Pullman charges and federal tax on tickets. (f) Lodging and meals, (g) Public stenographer. (h) Telephone and telegraph. (i) Tips, including checking and porters’ fees. Some miscellaneous deductions will be discussed in the ninth article. But here is a place to mention a list of those that actually are business expenses, vet must be taken under ‘the miscellaneous heading, if at all. Miscellaneous Deductions These include the pay of assistants; accident insurance while trav eling; dues and assessments and initiation fees to labor unions, dues and initiation fees -to professional societies or to athletic, fraternal, social and country clubs when your employer requires you to belong or if you can prove that you belong solely for business reasons; and entertainment of customers to promote specific qeals—not Just for good will, Others are 'expenses of seeking a job; fees to employment agencies;

“| gifts for business promotional pur-

poses; stationery, cards, business literature; subscriptions to professional or, technical ‘journals, and

the cost of ‘books, magazines, etc, necesary in your business not of permanent character; orms,

working clothes, costumes required in your work which do not replace ordinary clothing, ; Social Security Number The expenses mentioned earlier,

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home, also are deductible when Tob away from home if.

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HOW TO LIST EXPENSES—John Doe travels for his employer He gets a flat $15-a-week allowance toward expenses. Here he explains, in a schedulé attached to his form 1040 return, “the $461.63, net, of expenses that he is deducting from salary in (He could not deduct this if he filed a withholding If the traveling were in and around Sandy Hook he could not charge these items against salary.) . Doe -also spent $153.25 entertaining customers, $12 for trade magazines, $8.85 for Christmas gifts to customers, and $60 for a year-around garage of which 84%, is deductible. These are business

miscellaneous deductions on page

3—so he loses them if he uses the tax table or the standard

itemize deductions and put them in the miscellaneous group. For Form 1040, list all expenses from (a) through (1° for which your were not reimbursed. The accompanying schedule suggests a

simple method.

Now take your Form 1040. PUI out the heading, remembering to list both husband’s and wife's name if this is a joint return. Don’t forget your social security number. (See exhibit with third article.) For Your Exemptions—Item 1 —on this form you do include your own name, first, and your wife's (or husband's) second.’ Then other exemptions——your dependents as defined jn the second article with additional information in the fourth. List Employers In Item 2 shew each employer separately, with the address where you were employed and the gross amount that he paid you, as shown by your Withholding Stafement. If it is feasible, show which business expenses helped to produce each salary, If that is not practicable, add your total wages, sub-

tract. your . business expenses, and |

enter the remainder in the righthand column opposite the little

black arrow. This is your adjusted] -

gross income, ‘For Item 3 enter the total of

Do not itemize these. totals. NEXT: Rents and Hoyaliies

Clyde E. Hanna Dies

The truater. he i, mtn “the people of the United

“Never before ‘has there such a national intent to use s

fare.” The transfer from Cinpian oo aa, ALE midnight, as the new year began, Truman Signs Order President . Truman signed ti necessary executive order in a cere mony at his office ‘late yesterday. Members of the new comm were present, as were