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| Inside Indianapolis

- By Ed Sovola

FIRE CHIEF Roscoe always ‘ba. “Chief"”) paintel a word picture that

was so realistic the .other day, I want to apply for ‘pension money, too. 3

Sadness was in my heart when T climbed the

stairs of headquarters. to wish the Chief all ‘the.

luck in the world #s-a private citizen. . Chief McKintey wasn't too happy. As a frustrated’ fireman looked at a “go-in man? ‘of 38 years service, nostaalgia, coming out of a 3-inch nozzle; hit him. :

“How do you feel about leaving the service, ~

Chief?” “It brgaks my ‘heart: : 1 “Remember the Crystal "Flash Petroleum Co,

fire we were on last summeér—summer before last? Darn,-the years sure fly.”

The Chief remembered and shuddered and said :

we were lucky on that one. “Burned my hand that day,” he said. - f ’ “Got my shoes wet,” I said. oe oo 0 IT WASN'T long hefore we were silting with our feet propped up hating the minutes as they slipped by. ! : “T sure hate to see the first of the year come,” sighed the Chief. “My only consolation is that Joe (Joseph F. Hancock) will be the chief. He's a fireman's fireman.” .

My eyes roamed the wall where all the Chief's. J

badges he ever wore were hanging in a frame behind glass. From substitute fireman to the top job. - He's been called Chief since 1922. From my memory book I recalled the night I spent at Station 13 and went out on the only fire, It. was a Chic Sale blaze on the Southwest Side. "The razzing the “rookie” took ts still clear in his ears.

pr It was the Chief's turn to remember. He talked

about being blown out of buildings, almost checking in his rubber boots twice, always making sure never to send in men where he wouldn't go in himself. .

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WHEN HE told about the time he was blown out of a passageway in a factory fire, the smoke and flame were in my nostrils. I could see my Chief lying on the floor. Voices could be heard above the noise of the conflagration. Then one brave man appeared and picked the limp body up and started walking to safety. All of a subden there was no floor. The fireman hag walked into the pit of an elevator shaft. “That was something,” laughed. the Chief “There I was, unconscious and choking from smoke one minute and. drowning the next. But we got out and whipped: the fire.” : Another time the Chief (this is as clear-as if I heard it yesterday instead of ‘day before) Chief McKinney was knocked heels over belt buckle and then brought to the station ‘and put. to bed. His mind was in a fog. Neither the Chief nor the men. at the station know how he got out of bed. Anyway, they found him back at the fire as if he'd never left. “A man who loves this job can’t miss being a good fireman,” mused the Chief. How true.

It Happened Last Night

By Earl Wilson

NEW YORK, Jan. 2--Gregory Ratoff, the famous Russian director, who says, “My awnlee claim to fame ees I wote four times for Roosevelt,” is now an Eisenhower man. “As an ex-Rawshun, I say, for peace for 8 vears, we should jalact Mr. Eisemhower,” he told me the other night at Gogl'd Larue. “The Raw-

shuns respect power. 1 sav, eef we alact Mr. Eisenhower, day weel be a very seeck people.” Ratoff probably won't bet on Ike, “I'm the awnlawckiest gambler in the world,” he said. “When 1 wote for Roosewelt, I bet on Dewey. So now when I wote for Eisenhower, I bet on Taft!” : wb

~ OUR ITEM abbut Billy Rose being seen with 6-foot-5 actress Dorothy Ford while “holidaving in Hollywood” was evidently misinterpreted to ‘Billy by whoever wired or phoned him about it, for he has telegraphed us: “Dear Earl: I came out here to visit with my sister and her husband and take care of some business. I am not holidayng with Dorothy Ford, Henry Ford or any other Ford and would appreciate your saying so. Regards.” Dear Billy: Inasmuch as I never did say you were holidaying with Dorothy Ford, I am pre‘ectly willing not to say it again. Season's greetngs. (Everybody happy?) ;

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HENNY YOUNGMAN told of the customer in Lindy's who. put six spaons of sugar in his coffee. Finally Lindy démanded: “Why. don't you stir that?” “Because,” g=aid the customer, “I don't like it tweet.” ’ 7

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JOE FRISCO, the comedian, said to us in »Joots Shor’s: “Did you read in the paper about me passing’ away?” “No!” “You m-must have shouted stuttering Joe. ‘Y-y-you ain't been writin’ about me.” » od IN GOSSIP-COLUMNING which Irving Hoff-. man called‘‘carpet-sweeping in the Hall of Fame,” * the first’ guy there often gets the dirt or the wisecrack. Indeed, when I chanced to overhear a witticism because I'd got up at 10 a. m. one day Seldon Bennett said to me, “You're living proof ‘hat it’s the early schmo who get the mot.”

BIG-TIME ATTY. Arnold Grant, counsel to many famous people, was still in his bathrobe Christmas morning when a man at the door of his home in Rye said, ‘Your car is here, sir.” “T didn’t call for any car,” replied Grant. “Your name is. Arnold Grant?” “Yes.” The man handed him a Christmas card from his law partner, Greg Bautzer of Hollywood, and thowed him his Christmas present from Bautzer -a new Jaguar automobile.

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NICKY HILTON’S new romantic interest is shapely Piper Laurie (whom a dialect guy recently called “Peter Lorre”) ... Geo: Jessel and Joan Lyle Do Something to Each Other... Wouldn't be surprised if they got married . .. Jessel says 1e has made{hore pictures than Wald & Krasna

talks are shown arriving at" : up. te now, but

A. McKinney he'll

though.

In early April water it thoroughly and bring

SAPITALIST—Communist delegates to the Korean , the switch in vehicles

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THROUGH SMOKE AND YEARS—Chief Roscoe A. McKinney spun some .yarns while "Chief Inside" directed the fire-fighting on a 4-alarm. :

Ever since I was knee-high toa fire extinguisher I loved the service. “Remember, Chief, - the time you put shade polish on the harness for the big Fire Prevention Week parade?’ Brother, I was gone then. ONCE AGAIN the scene of Driver McKinney putting black shoe. polish all over the harness came back. Chinch and Jackie were going to be in the best-looking, shiniest harness in the parade, Spectators’ eyes would pop when McKinney went by ‘with Chinch and Jackie. s Well, it: was steaming hot that day, Chinch and Jackie perspired like all good horses do and by the time the parade started, the shoe. polish was running with the foam. They could have been called “Fudge” and “Ripple” the way Chinch and Jackie looked. Ah, it was good to laugh at the old days. . . Chief McKinney gave his blue dress coat to Chief Hancock. He'll have enough blue trousers to go to fires in and the Chief intends to-go. He wished the_city had kept some. of the old pieces of fire apparatus for sentimental reasons. Other cities have. The Chief recalled the day Joseph F. Hancock reported to him for duty as a

rookie. Lt. McKinney liked the new man. He'n make a good fireman. Goodbyes are tough. The Chief was right

when he said, “It breaks my heart to leave.” A lot of guys know what you feel, Chief.

* “Vote For Ike’ Ratoff Advises

have announced . . . The Jimmy Durante-Margie Little weddin’ rumors are on again . Our World” gives Josephine Baker the cover on its February issue . . . Rita Hayworth’s atty. Bartley Crum says the rumors of Rita going back to Aly are sillv. The real reason Rita spurned that movie was that she was supposed to portray a gal who would seduce: her husband's brother while her husband lay dead in the next room.

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"THE MIDNIGHT EARL . .. Geene Courtney's taken possession of Phil Silvers, who is the catch of the semester , . , Jerry Pickman, named veep and member of the board of Paramount Film Distributing Co., is the youngest to hold such a job . . . Louis Nizer, atty. for Eleanor Holm, is Florida-vacationing. Maybe after’ some of his recent big cases, he can buy Florida. “Jennifer Jones is considering trying the B'way stage ... Welfare Com. McCarthy will try to eradicate the phony charity street collector evil after the first of the year .. . Enoch Light, new director 6f Prom Records, was all but given up for dead after an auto crash a few years ago . . . The Duke & Duchess of Windsor were guests of Samuel H. Vallance at an after-theater party which all but took possession of El Morocco's Champagne Room . .. B'way's Johnny Stewart's

the new wonder child after his first movie, “Boots

Malone”

Rosemarie - Ridgewell is a Latin Quarter cutie.

EARL'S PEARLS . Many a man would get married if his family didn’t object—specifically (says Paulette Goddard) his wife and children. : COMMIE dialog allegedly overhefard by Tester Lanin: “How do you feel, comrade?” . Wonderful” . . . “Good, must be something vou hate.” . . . That's Earl, brother. >

Dishing the Dirt By Marguerite Smith

QT received a poinsettia for Christmas and would like to know how to.care for it and how to keep it when it stops blooming. Mrs. G. L. Chapman, Bloomingdale. .A—Keep your plant growing on as long as possible with’ plenty of sun (artificial light at night will help), water enough to keep moist but not soggy wet, and warmth but no drafts. Your poinsettia will likely drop its leaves anywhere

Read Marguerite Smith's Garden Column in The Sunday Times

from early January up to late March depending on how it likes your treatment. Then store it away for a rest in a cool not too light spot. From here on various treatments are successfull, Try this one. Water the plant scantily once a week.

it by gradual stages to a warm sunny window. After it begins to grow cut it back to within 3 or 4 inches of the pot. Try your hand at slipping

the trimmings. (These make good young plants.) After mid-May put it outdoors. Give it fertilizer solution regularly during summer, doors in fall before Sept. 1st. chills.

Bring it inPoinsettias hate

an American-made sedan, They've been riding * started when the freezing weather set in.

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ANNUAL GUIDE—

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‘Here Are Two Important Changes That Affect Your Dependents

By RICHARD A. MULLENS

Times Special Writer ; TWO important changes in the new income tax law

will affect your exemptions First, your dependents

come and still be. claimed ss-an exemption.

amount was $500, Second, those of you claiming dependents other than wife or * child have to fill out a new schedule, added to this year's returns, which gives the Bureau

more information about the relatives vou show as exemptions.

In other respects, exemptions are the game as last year. But, it's: even more important this Vear-to-show- your correct exemptions because the Bureau is going to ex. amine them more carefully than ever before, : In a recent test audit the Bureau discovered that the most common error made by taxpayers with income less than $5000 was on exemptions. So if you want to stav out of trouble, read this article.of the primer carefully. 2 5 aE n Exemptions can. be divided into three classes: for-vourself and wife, for your children, and for other relatives. Turn to. page 4 6f the official instructions and .read figgt the section on “Exemptions for Yon and Wife.” You will have no trouble if you remember two things: FIRST-—you were 65 or over in 1951 if :your 65th birthday was on. or before Jan. 1, 1952. SECOND—unlike other de-

AREN'T THEY BEAUTIFUL . | $600 EXEMPTIONS ,

this year. . . can now have up to $600 inLast year the

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the third of 13 authoritative, ~ easy-to - follow articles in NEA's 11th annual Income Tax Primer — expert advice for the average taxpayer on handling‘ every item of, his return ‘with the least effort, greatest accurracy and minimum payment., The author, Richard A. Mullens, is A ranking Washington tax authority and a graduate oh the same training course given Federal agents who scan .your own return.

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pendents, you cannot claim your wife as an exemption if she files a separate return to get back thé tax withheld on her earnings of less than $600. If your wife has income of less than $600 you should file a joint return. Her income has to he included with yours, but you get a $600 exemption for her (more

if she's 65 or blind) =o cheaper than filing separate returns.

Each child and each dependent relative who meets all the tests set out on page 4 of the official instructions can be claimed as an. exemption. The exemption tests are short but not entirely clear. To help you with this important step, the Primer lists the tests and then adds explanations. ONE Did . you have $600 or more gross incdme in 1950. EXPLANATION: Remember that gifts or non-taxable -income such as dividends on GI insurance, disability payments and insurance proceeds are not included in gross income. Nonbusiness deductions for eontributions, interest, taxes, ete. cannot be used to reduce income below $600. For example, suppose vour son earned $600 in 1951 and gave $5 to the community chest, His gross income

Our Lady of the Lighthouse—

Monks Carry

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MONUMENT—Lighthouse-shaped memorial to Our Lady of

the Lighthouse.

By SFC. AL KAFF, U. 8. Army Times Special Writer ¢ HAKODATE; Japan, Jan. 2 At 2.o'clock in the morning, there is not much activity in the tiny fishing village of Oshimatobetsu. But far up the hill overlooking the village, the day

“has already begun in. the. brick

monastery of Our Lady of the Lighthouse. The monastery is home to 53 Trappist monks, who begin their day of work and devotion a.m. r Lady of the Lighthouse is one of two Trappist monasteries in Japan; the other is in southern Japan. This one is on the rugged, cold, remote north island, Hokkaido, only 250 miles east of Siberia. Like Trappists § in Europe, Africa and the U. 8, the Japa:nese monks keep a strict regime., At 2 a. m., they arise to sing in Latin the ancient chants of devotion of Roman Catholicism. In the unheated church in one wing of the building, they begin their long day by chanting the Matin, first of the seven canonical hours. ’ 2 #..0 8 . OUTSIDE, ‘lights twinkle from fishing ‘boats in Tsugari Strait, which connects the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of

Japan, dnd the boats bob in the - fresh, chill wind.

Inside, the cold night air doesn’t disturp

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the worshiping Oriental faces Latin books.

After the Matin, they spend two hours in silent meditation, with a single candle shedding a feeble light, At 4 a. m., the first mass is said. At 5:30 a. m., their first devotions - complete, the monks padisoftly in bare feet to. the dining hall,

At long board tables and wooden benches, they silently eat breakfast. All they have is milk at breakfast and supper, with a noon dinner of soup, bread, vegetables and milk. More devotions and high mass follow breakfast. Five hours of manual labor daily is the only deviation from their life of silence and worship. : : CRE

THE JAPANESE TRAPPISTS carry on the European tradition of excellence in farming and dairying. From their land ahd 45 head of Holstein cattle come all the food they can eat and food for the big meals they serve guests who come to the monastery for retreats, Besides, they make and market butter, cookies and ice eream throughout Japan., : > The monks are entirely self-. sufficient..- “They patch their robes and. carve.stheir heavy wooden shoes. They even mend their own books of devotion.

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our Income Tax Primer—No. 3

Medical Care .....:.. Education... Entertainment ....

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return. ...... By dependent -.... By others ee By: Government .....

.. Total Contributed

This: Worksheet Will Help You Determine Whether You Contributed Over Half Of Dependent’s Support

Enter the entire cost during 1951 of dependent’s support

for: ~ Board (Estimate as closely as possible). . Clothing (" me) : Lodging ¢ ”

Other costs of supporting dependent...

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One-half of Total Costs .......+.

¢Include in above figures all amounts spent for -such items whether contributed or provided by you or somedne else, If your son was inducted into the armed forces in 1951, include in the above figures the value of his board, lodging and clothing while

Enter the amounts provided to support dependent: By you and your wife if filing "a joint

(Unless debts have been incurred. in pendent, the amounts shown as Total Gosts and Total Contributed should just about equal each other.)

UNLESS THE AMOUNT PROVIDED BY YOU AND YOUR WIFE IF FILING JOINTLY IS GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN AS ‘ONE-HALF "OF TOTAL COSTS, YOU CANNOT CLAIM AN EXEMPTION FOR THIS DEPENDENT.

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EL 1 Rar, > is. still $600 and. ydu "cann claim him as an exemption. TWO —Réceived more than one-half of his or her support from you or: your wife, if filing a joint return. : EXPLANATION: Fill in the form printed with this article. It will show you how to figure whether you contributed over one-half of the support. THREE--1Is ~not claimed as an exemption on the return of her husband or his wife. EXPLANATION: For example, suppose your daughter was married on Dec. 31, 1951. Even though you were her sole support during 1951, you can't claim her if she files a joint return with her husband or is claimed as an exemption on her husband's separate return. FOUR -Was either a, citizen of the United States or a resident of the United States, Canada or Mexico. &

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A a IS pny Ey ANATION: This means you cannot get an exemption for parents or othér relatives living in Europe who are not citizens of the U. S. However, a child of a member of the U., 8S. Armed Forces can be claimed by the parent regardless of where the child was born or is living.

FIVE-—~Must be your son, or daughter, or legally adopted child, or related to you in one of the ways specified in test five on ‘page 4 of the official instructions.

EXPLANATION: Even though your relative died in 1951, you can still claim an” exemption. A still-born child cannot he claimed but a child who died shortly after birth in 1951 can be claimed.

The new schedule to be filled out this year by any taxpayer claiming an exemption for a

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relative other than wife op! child “is Schedule A of Form 1040A and Schedule J on Form 1040. The .only part of this schedule which may bother you is Column 4, asking for the amount you contributed towards the support and the - amount contributed hy others. The Hox printed with. this article will help you answer these questions, Tomorrow the Primer will take up the next step in filling out your return—how to ree port your “Income,

Tax Primer Q. & A.

Q-—My wife, who died Aug,

15, 1951, would have been 65 on

Sept, 1, 1951. Do I get an “over 65" exemption for her? A—No. - You would, though, if she had reached 65 before she died. a’ Wy : Q—My brother and I split the cost of supporting our parents. Who can claim them as dependents? ‘ A-~Neither you nor your brother can claim your mother and father as a dependent if you both contribute exactly half to the support of each. One of vou should contribute over half of one parent's support and the other over "half of the--other parent's support. Then you each get _one exemption for vour parents vow Q—My- wife earned $300 in 1951. Can I show her as an. exemption? A-—Only if-you file a joint re= turn and then her $300 income ‘must be added to yours. Q—I supported my mnather until she passed away on Jan, 2, 1951. May I claim her as an

A-—You may if she had han $600 income in 1951.

DAD 1 EARNED $600.02 THIS SUMMER, AREN'T YOU |

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YEA, AND IF YOU'D L{||EARNED 3¢ LESS, IT. WOULDN'T COST ME A $000 EXEMPTION.

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DEVOTION=—Choir monks at office in Japan's Trappist. Monastery read from ancient Latin books,

Beyond their food, clothing and

religious books, they have no earthly needs. The monastery was founded

in 1896 by seven: monks from France. Two years later, they were joined by the first Japanese Trappist monks. By 1940, there ~ were 50 monks, Then came the war, which broke through the cloistered walls. > » ~ ” » . FOURTEEN MONKS were forced into military service, and four killed. The Japanese army used the monastery as a billet. When the war ended, there were only 35 members. Today, it is back to 53, including a monk from France and one from Germany. ’

The Japanese monks are a young group, mostly between 21 and the 40s. Father Thomas Takashima, the monastery’s father superior, is 43. Many were born into Buddhism and Shintoism, the religions that embrace most of Japan's 80;000,000 people. In the six vears slrice the war, 15 candidates have entered the monastery. . There are three: students studying there now.

“In - Japan,” said -Father

Takashima, “we are few, hut

tha conditions since the war are

. better for our growth. We think

the war was providential.”