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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.-John 14:18—Great souls by instinct to each other turn, de-
mond alliance, and in friendship burn.--Addison.
The Future Without Fear
“The public,” says Evans Clark, executive
director of the Twentieth Century Fund "is
too much afraid of the post-war period. That
is because we haven’t faced the issues and
seen the challenge they make to courageous
and imaginative effort to create a better life
for everyone."
The central fact revealed by five different
surveys of post-war possibilities made dur-
ing the past year is this: the stimulus of war
has enabled the United States to do what
it could not bring itself to do in time of peace
—that is, use its full productive facilities,
and even increase them. The steps which
we haltingly took in mortal fear of bank-
ruptcy have been dwarfed already by the
war effort. Stuart Chase points out that we
have already appropriated twice as much
for war purposes as the whole governmental
effort at rehabilitation cost in the previous
eight years. Yet during those eight years
everybody feared bankruptcy, and now only
a comparative few fear it. Not because it is
any the less possible, but because a prospect
so much worse has been shown us that we
know that the chance must be taken.
All authorities agree that the situation
that will go with “demobilizing” war indus- |
tries at a time when millions of young men
are returning from armed service will be
scarcely less critical We may then be in a
mood to take chances with orthodox eco-
nomics that we were loath to take before,
since the alternative of social disintegration
mav then loom up before us, just as the
possibility of losing the war and becoming
a vassal state looms up today.
In other words, if we fight our post-war
difficulties with as great determination as
we now fight the war, we have just as good
a chance to win. It would be just as fatal
to approach that battle without advance
plans or preparations as it would be to fight
the present war unprepared.
Charles W Eliot. Director of the National
Resources Planning Board, pointed the way
when he said We are not going back to any-
thing." We are going forward, and only the
general direction can be known. That direc-
tion looks toward recognition of the fact
that the real wealth of the country lies in
its productive facilities, its farms, its skills,
its character, and its people, and that these
must be used to the fullest possible capacity,
even if in doing so some of the old rules are
violated or totally disregarded. New tech-
niques and methods will be found, but the
aim of making life better for all is the an-
cient American aim.
It is only by looking forward to such a fu-
ture that we can make fighting the war
worth while. By planning for it now,
we insure against a "Peace-Time Pearl Har-
bor” when the war shall be over.
Three Good Rules
Think first, then write, advises the direc-
tor of communications and control in Ha-
waii. letters from which place are necessar-
ily censored. -
Here are three questions which this of-
fice suggests should be asked by every per-
son who takes pen in hand, and while they
are aimed at people living in Hawaii, it
wouldn’t do any harm for all the rest of us
to give them a thought:
1. Do I know what I am writing? Is it a
fact or is it something picked up on the
street?
2. Does the person to whom I am writing
have anv business knowing this?
3. Would the Japanese emperor. Hitler or
Mussolini give their right arm to have this
information?.
Think it over before you write, even be-
fore vou talk. Even if it’s true, it mav be bet-
ter left unsaid. If it isn’t, vou mav be relay-
ing a vicious rumor actually planted by ene-
my agents. *_______________1
Britain Replies
The old propaganda story, used during the
World war. used again to divide the French
from the British during this war, about how
the British will "fight to the last French-
man” or “to the last colonial,” is going the
rounds again In some cases there is reason
to believe that it is being deliberately plant-
ed to divide the allies once again, the old.
from England, Scotland, Wales, and North-
ern Ireland.
Unless and until those official figures are
disproved, they are surely more worthy of
belief than idle chatter and biased supposi-
tions.
Twilight of the Gods
It isn’t funny any more, but merely a little
sickening, to read of Berlin radio broadcasts
beamed for East Asia telling how Wotan,
the German pagan god, is one with the Jap-
anese god of the sun and the winds as fel-
low-symbols of pure Aryanism, linking Ger-
many and Japan in a supernatural bond.
The appalling thing about all this twaddle
is not merely that it is irrational, silly, and
impudently faked. It is that millions of peo-
ple have been induced to act on the orders
of the kind of mind that produced it
That, too, is what we are fighting.
Other Viewpoints
The Home-Fixed Lunch Comes
Back
From the Wichita Falls Times:
One effect of the war, according to an As-
sociated Press writer, is that more men are
taking their lunches with them to work.
Drug stores are selling unprecedented quan-
tities of the metal lunch boxes with the
built-in vacuum jugs. Those who formerly
went home to lunch are saving that much
wear and tear on tires by eating downtown.
In many cities, eating places are so crowded
that to fail to get a seat promptly at noon
is to experience annoying delay. For one
reason and another the home-prepared
lunch-is coming back into favor.
It imposes an extra task on the missus, at
a time of day when she must prepare break-
fast and get the youngsters off to school,
but that should weigh lightly against the
greater satisfaction the lunch-eater finds in
what is put up for him. To most males, the
sketchiest and simplest home - prepared
snack is better than anything they can find
within their price-range downtown. They
are spared the effects of the restaurant
cook’s belief that high seasoning suits all
palates and that grease is an indispensable
ingredient of all dishes. The demand for
home-fixed lunches may be the early rum-
blings of revolution, on the part of those
who must eat lunch away from home. And
the thought of that is not displeasing at all.
Cranium Crackers
LONG DIVISION
Some famous divisions and partitions clut.
ter up history and modern times, but it will
take more than mathematics to figure out
these puzzlers.
1. How did the lion in Aesop’s fable di-
vide the game he and three other animals
THE THRILL THAT COMES ONCE IN A LIFETIME
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1 THE ADVENTURES
1 OF TOM SAWYER.
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By WEBSTER
Saturday Evening, February 14, 1942
DANGEROUS
BY
ELEANOR
ATTERBURY
taddad______
Sharon halt laughed—half sobbed.
“My—my ankle I—jumped ”
"Gee, I’m sorry. I should have
helped you down." Kneeling, he
felt the injured foot with almost
professional gentleness “Those
damned high heels. Nothing bro-
Chapter 15
THE TRAP
Frightened at the enormity of her
discovery, Sharon stepped into the
musty cabin and collared the noisy
little dog. She climbed out through
the window again and closed It
carefully, wedging it shut with a
piece of bark.
Just as she did, she heard Tom’s
shout. Fearful lest he see the cabin,
she ran toward him, calling an an-
ken. though I think. Can you
stand on it?"
THE LIMP WAS REAL
swer as she did. She met him at
the turn just below the cabin.
“You all right?" he demanded, turned it.”
Lifting her bodily, he slipped his
arm around her, held her firmly as
she tested her weight.
She nodded. “It’s all right. Just
Saturday Evenir
BLONDIE
BRR
AFTER LOOKING THROUGH YOUR
. AUNT’s BookcASE CONTAINING
Such ITEMS AS LITTLE woMe,
CHILD WIFE, FRIENDSHIPS OFFERING
AND SAMANTHA AT SARATOGA
You SUDDENLY STRIKE PAY DIRT
ks
BUY DEFENSE SAVINGS STAMPS AND BONDS
War or No War, It's Fishing Time
By DAVE CHEAVENS
Associated Press Staff
The same burdened news wires
faith and belief in the survival of couple of weeks, and fools the big
a form of government.
Project yourself 30 years ahead
that relentlessly chattered the hotinto history and you'll find your-
and cold tidings of war success or self in February. 1972.
. .. No prophet nor the son of a
failure by the United Nations last prophet could say definitely what
week also nad room for a two-line
item from Austin, Texas, that
probably outweighed all the other
stories lumped together.
To the mind of this fisherman,
at least, the routine news brief un-
consciously but accurately bespoke
the world will be like in February,
1972 but the directors of the Me-
Kinney organization believe their
Crappie into thinking spring is
here During extended periods of
warm weather in February, they
run up into the shallow sloughs
and creeks, and are usually found
around willow trees, or in the
tangle of roots at eroding cut
banks
striding toward her.
"Of course. Did you find your
natives?"
“No. but I thought you must
have. What took you so long?"
"Oh, I couldn’t walk fast to
these shoes." She thrust out ont,
now grimy white slipper Then,
stooping to fondle the little dog's
head while she hid her own nerv-
ousness. she said, "And we didn't
fid any treasure, did we?”
Though what they did find would
be treasure indeed to Mr Good-
win she thought joyously
"Looks like a 'rail here." Tom
observed, looking back toward
where the little cabin lay con-
cealed. “Let's follow it."
"Oh, I did," she tried to dis-
courage him. “There's nothing
there. Just a cow path, I think.
Let's go on back to the beach."
"Cow trail," he scoffed. "How
could a cow get down here, silly?"
"Well, anyway. I can't do any
more exploring today. My feet
hurt Besides I’ll ruin my shoes."
"They did take quite a beating,
at that.” Tom said, really con-
cerned "Let's see if I can clean
them up a little.”
And swinging her up onto a
tree stump, he drew off her shoes,
scraped the mud off with a sharp
stick. "That's not much better
They certainly don't look up to
much more tramping. They aren't
even big enough " and grinning,
slipped them back onto her tired
feet "Suppose you just sit here
in the sun for a minute and the
pup and I will just have a look
up that trail. It intrigues me.”
Frantic. Sharon tried to dis-
tract him "I‘m not tired. Why
don't we investigate that old dock
instead.”
"But we did.” Tom objected.
"There's nothing to see down
there. We won t be gone long
You aren't afraid, are you?"
"No—I guess not."
"Okay We'll be right back '
Her heart sinking, she watched
him start up that trail. She had
to stop him. She had to But how!
Jumping down off the stump
she got the Idea Not a brilliant
trick, nor even original. But it
would have to dc And. with a
wry smile, thank fortune she had
"A turn can be worse than a
break sometimes. Sure you're all
right?"
“Sure. Thanks. I'm sorry to
have been so stupid." But inside,
her apologies changed to congrat-
ulations. He hadn’t discovered the
shack. His face assured her of
that. And he hadn't seen through
her trick
Not bad. Doyle. Not bad! she
exulted Inwardly.
"We'd better get back to the car
before you break your neck.” Tern
said, teasing now.
"I'm afraid so. Next time I go
for a nice Sunday ride with you.
I'll wear my hiking boots!"
Her ankle really hurt a little
so that her slight limp as they
went along the beach was abso-
lutely authentic. She needn't, she
thought, wincing, have made it
quite so realistic. But at least it
had convinced Torn and that made
it bearable.
He insisted on carrying her up
the bank to the car.
"Please, I can make it all right,"
she protested.
But he simply scooped her into
his arms as if she were two years
instead of twenty and strode up
the trail.
And with her own arm curved
around his neck to help balance
her weight, her face so close to
his she could have touched her
lips to his cheek. Sharon felt the
old temptation to forget what she
knew was true about him. If the
world hadn’t gone mad with war
and intrigue, she and Tom might
even now be friends.
Because they certainly weren't
designed to be enemies. He liked
her, really. Under all his mas-
querading of that much she was
sure The very gentleness with
which he had carried her up the
bank just now, the concern in his
dark eyes a few moments before
when hed thought her hurt told
her that.
And she liked him, too. Much
more than she wanted to.
“What serious thoughts those
must be," Tom said slanting a
smile at her."
Uncannily. Sharon had the feel-
ing he’d read the anguish in her
mind. She wrinkled her nose at
“Serious
worn high heels! But she couldn't him. “Serious maybe, r
fake the whole thing. So. scram- about you.” she fibbed and hoped
bling back up on the stump, she he’d believe her.
Jumped again — this time eyes .... _______
shut tight and hands clenched, as be dumped her unceremonious.
ly into the car seat. “You weigh
straight into a clumn of brush. Her
scream was not entirely manufac-
maybe.
but not
"They should have been, then,’
HERE
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SCORCHY SMI'
THERE WE ARE!
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, BUILT FOK THUE
F WHAT’S 1
WAROVG. 1
SCCCHY?)
killed? the fundamental and usually un-
2 What natural boundary divides France expected faith and hope of the peo-
from Spain’ ’ | ple of the United States.
3. What barrier was erected between the The newspapers that printed it
hero and the heroine of the novel and movie. | all also carried on their front pages
“It Happened One Night,” in their famous the wirephoto pictures of the
n shattered, smoking hulk of
tourist camp scene?
4 What three countries partitioned Po-
land among themselves years before Hitler?
5. How did William Tell divide the apple
the
shamefully sunken battleship Ath
aoru in Pearl Harbor.
placed on his son’s head?
Answers on Back Page
They headlined stories about
new advance by axis forces
Libya, and about a terrific
The Abilene Reporter-32.1
A TEXAS 2.14, NEWSPAPER .
old tactic of sowing dissension and distrust.
The British have an answer, and so gen-
eral has the story become, that they have
felt called on to make it publicly It is sim-
ply that 71.3 percent of the total casualties _
of the British Commonwealth of Nations in «
the war thus far, have been among soldiers -
and sailors of the United Kingdom, that is.
Published
hunting and fishing club will be
operating at the same old stand
on that date. Their new charter
says so in unstudied words more
forceful than all the propaganda
you could scrape up for either
side in the world conflict. Whether
They go up the creek when they
are informed by nature, falsely or
otherwise, that spawning season is
at hand. The crappie at his wisest di esse
is probably the stupidest fish that
swims, but in the mating season
his mentality sinks to new lows. He
or she will bite any bait flung at
they realize it or not, they also be- him, especially at night.
lieve McKinney will still be
prosperous democratic.
community in
growing
cratic. growing nation
prosperous, demo-
cured Her ankle turned treach-
erously and she whacked against a
tree trunk
"Tom! Tom!” she called and
sprang to her eyes as
she rubbed her bruised leg.
But it was worth the pain, she
decided as she saw him racing to-
ward her. He couldn't have had
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REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR!
a ton."
"I do not”
“Half a ton, then," he compro-
mised. “And you just loved being
in my arms and you know it.”
"Conceited" Sharon flushed
hated herself for rising to the ball
of his teasing "Whatever did I ds
before you came into my life?”
STUCK
"I know You thought Goodwin
was God's gift to women,” he re-
plied instantly. "Now you think
I am."
"Well, really" she gasped, not 1
because Torn had dared say it, but 1
—because it was true.
"And you’re quite right, oi
course," he went on enjoying hei
embarrassment wickidly. "Good-
wins very good—in his way. But
if you'll just listen to me—”
"Yes, I know," Sharon inter-
rupted "We’ve been all over that
See SERIAL, Pg. g
time to discover that cabin. That’s
all that really mattered
"What happened?" he shouted.
Her lip caught between her teeth.
The crappie's stupidity has ab-
solutely no effect on how good it
tastes when fried to a crisp brown
in corn meal and hot bacon grease.
A good antidote to war, for anyone
who has the opportunity, is a day
spent catching crappie and a couple
of hours eating them.
Bass also go on striking sprees
in springlike February weather but
they'll bite on the cold days. too.
If you can give them a whirl Just
before a norther strikes your
chances of catching a nice string
are good—provided you’re fishing
in water where there are any bass.
Rising barometers, good bait—arti-
And the chances are, they hope
the fishing will be better 30 years
from now than it is today, no mat-
, ter how good their fishing is in
air 1942
a
in
raid over Singapore. There were the
usual reiterations of disaster ex-
That launches your fishing cor-
pected there, of more advances by respondent on the first outdoors
of column of a New Year.
the Japanese in the direction
the Burma Road "
To most Americans, even Pearl The uninitiated may think
Harbor seems pretty far distant, bleak February is no time to be
Libya is not reality. Ringapore and talking about fish, but the fact is
the Burma Road are mysterious it frequently turns out to be the
map points. But the item
CRAPPIE WEATHER
that
angle.
At the moment, the NAA is pri-
manly Interested in coordinating
this silhouette model building pro-
gram with its own aeromodel clubs,
elementary and high school man-
uel training classes directed by the
United States Office of Education,
and the thousands of unaffiliated
model building fans.
Austin, Texas, said this:
"Austin, Tex., Feb 2.—PP>—Char-
ter Amendments: McKinney Club
Lake Co., McKinney: extending
charter for period of 30 years from
Jan 29. 1942."
OKAY, WELL BITE—WHAT?
■ --------------— - - — ficial or real—and the best equip-
from best month of the year for anglers I merit, luck and preserverance will
in Texas This is especially true not reward the angler who fishes
if the weather turns warm for a in sterile waters.
Model Planes Needed
Your Federal Income Tax
You are let down. You don’t see
what it adds up to.
The directors of the McKinney
Club Lake Company who read this
may wonder what the excitement
is all about, why they are coming
in for the publicity. What has
their more or less routine applica-
tion for extension of charter and
the grantin* thereof by the secre-
tary of State for Texas got to do
with Pearl Harbor. Singapore Libya
or the Burma Road’ What’s it
got to do with what Americans
think end how they feel about the
outcome of the war?
By JACK STINETT
WASHINGTON-This story might
be called "And a little child shall
lead them, etc ” Because if the
United States is ever subjected to
air raids, some of the defense may
well be attributed to the nation's
2,000,000 or so model airplane build-
ers.
A plan is afoot now sponsored
by the National Aeronautics As-
sociation and the Navy, and ap-
proved by the Army Air Corps to
turn these youngsters with a
hobby into building of model ene-
my aircraft From these models,
the Navy and Civilian Air Defense
It boils itself down to a simple
and unpremeditated expression of Corps (the Army has its own pro-
On the Record: The Firing of the Normandie Sabotage, She Says
By DOROTHY THOMPSON
From 1933 to 1939, three
French liners caught fire in
their various docks and har-
bors All these catastrophies
were suspected as sabotage
Now the Normandie as I
write these lines, is burning,
and this Is almost certainly
sabotage however much the au-
thorities choose to play it down
Victims in the Roosevelt his-
pital are convinced it was. They
said fires broke out all over
the place at one time They
also testify that inspection has
been casual— that no one on the
ship had been searched for that ,
which he might have been
bringing on board in his pock-
ets and that numerous work-
men of German and Italian ori-
gin have been employed. Fur-
thermore, this will be one of
many acts to come, unless I
greatly misunderstand the situ-
ation in this country
The whole world i honey-
combed with a gigantic con-
spiracy which ia an integral
part of the axis war This con-
spiracy is unlike anything that
was organized in the last war
It does not consist merely of
the usual spies and agents, but
of organized revolutionary fa.
cist groups. The centers of these
groups are not to be found
amongst refugee enemy' aliens,
but amongst naturalized Ger-
man* and Italians who are
members of such organizations
as the bund and such pro-fa-
cist societies as Don Alighieli.
the after-school and after clubs
'the Dopo Lavoro idea). The
Pascio Filippo Corridoni in
Cleveland, the Fascio in Potts-
burg the fascist league of
North America the Association
of Industrial and Operal Italo-
Americani. the Italian War
veterans, the club Mario Mor-
gantini—to name a few
These axis Instruments were
allowed openly to organize to
this country under a fatuous
conception of the rights of free
speech which prevented any
adequate statutes being devis-
ed to prevent their activities I
remenber that when I once
made a slight demonstration of
disapproval in a bund meeting
in New York, which was oc-
cupied and guarded by uniform-
ed storm troopers. I was taken
to task as trying to interfere
with civil liberties—the civil
liberties of traitors bent on de-
stroying the United States in
the Interests of Hitlers ger-
many. ‘
These bodies have now been
“dissolved,” but their mem- ‘
bership and leadership have
simply been spilled into so-
ciety Organizations such as
these cannot be “dissolved.”
Hatched in a conspiratorial at
mosphere they are organized
through numerous leaders and
sub-leaders. and the only way
putting these leaders and the
members Itself under lock and
key
Both have made a business
of permeating every social and
occupational organization they
can reach, Including the trade
unions Since they are organiz-
ed. along racial and ideological,
not national lines, most of them
will be found to be American
citizens.
I do not know whether the
F B I. has managed, by coun-
ter-espionage, to acquire mem-
bership list* and the names of
sub-leaders and officers, but if
it has not It has been seriously
negligent I certainly do not
like to entertain the thought
that anv of the gray-uniformed
plug-uglies that were acting as
bouncers for the bund meet-
, ings a few months ago are now
y workin* in American munitions
works or shipyards. But unless
they can be dealt with la by
they are in jail, they probably
are Hitler is their fuehrer—or
Mussolini—and the president is
Mr Roosevelt whom they
strongly favor removing from
socletv altogether.
The department of justice is
headed by an enlightened and
humane man, Mr Francis Bid-
dle, who certainly wishes to
* avoid witch-hunting and hys-
terical persecutions. In this we
are all to be congratulated
for hysterical persecution will
get us nowhere end will, in-
deel, spoil our cause We do
not wish to turn nazi to order
to defeat the axis. But we have
a specific problem on our
hands. There are specific groups
who are not quite as trust-
worthy as rattlesnakes, and
loving kindness will not con-
. vert them.
DESERVE NO PITY
Those who joined these so-
cieties knew exactly what they
were doing They were organiz-
ing in this country in the in-
See ON THE RECORD, Fg. 1
(ject) may learn everything there is
to know about spotting.
* * *
The project belongs primarily to
the National Aeronautic Association
which recently consolidated with
the Air Youth of America This
brought under direct control of the
NAA more than 700 affiliated model
clubs with a quarter of a million
members, and more than 12000 li-
censed model builders
From among model builders
have come such men as the late
Capt. Colin P. Kelly, Jr., the
Wright Brothers, Glenn L. Mar-
tin. Donald W. Douglas, Igor
Sikorski, and William B. Stout.
Civilian Air Defense, the Army
and Navy are suddenly faced with
the problem of teaching thousands
to recognize the silhouettes of our
own and enemy planes as far as
distant as powerful field glasses can
pick them up Just how the Army
is handling this is its secret but
how the Navy and Civilian Defense
plan to handle it is a bow and a
scrape to what a few years ago
was considered merely a childish
hobby.
One of the largest model air-
plane companies has placed its
staff at the disposal of the gov-
ernment and these draughtsmen
and model engineers working on
a 24-hour-a-day schedule are turn-
ing out designs and master models
of every known plane
These will not be designs for
flying models. They will be
specifications and matter
models of “silhouettes,” which
will be rushed out to the hun-
dreds of model clubs and mil-
lions of model builders for Im-
mediate reproduction. These lit-
tle silhouette planes will be
turned over to civilian defense
and the navy, so that every
plane spotter can acquaint him-
self with thaw from, every
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ried persons living with husband or wife,
who have an aggregate gross income of
$1,500 or more.
WHEN MUST RETURNS BE FILED?
For the calendar year 1941 on or before
March 10 1942 For the fiscal year on
or before the 15th day of the third month
following the close of the fiscal year
WHERE AND WITH WHOM MUST
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person lives or has his chief place of bust,
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detailed instructions given ns the income
tax blanks Form 1040 and Form 10404
(optional simplified form)
WHAT IS THE TAX RATES A normal
ten or 4 percent on the Amount of the net
income in excess nt the allowables credits
for the benefit of other activities of
the church are deductible if ths
church is created or organized as
stated above Pew rents, assess-
ments. and dues paid to a church
are regarded as contributions.
-Gifts to an individual are not
deductible
Contributions made to the United
States, any State, Territory, or
political subdivision thereof, such as
a city or town, or the District of
Columbia, or any possession of the
United States, for exclusively pub-
lic purposes are deductible: for
examole a gift of real estate to a
city to be used perpetually as a
public park is deductible. Also
are contributions to the special
fund for vocational rehabilitation
to posts or organizations of war
veterans and their auxiliaries or-
against net income (personal exemption,
credits for dependents, interest on obliga-
tions of the United States and earner in
come credit) in the computation of the
normal tax Mt income; and a graduated — —_____----- v.
surtax on the amount of net income in any of its possessions and
excess of the allowable credits (personas r , possessions and , to
exemption and credits for dependents • domestic fraternal societies, orders
against net income in the computation of or associations operating under the
........net income lodge system, ir used exclusively for
No. 36 religious, scientific, educational, lit-
erary, or charitable purposes,
for the prevention of cruelty
children or animals.
DEDUCTIONS FOR
CONTRIBUTIONS
Charitable contributions and gifts
made by an individual are deduct-
ible within certain limitations Only
contributions or gifts paid within
the taxable year are deductible The
organization to which the gift is
made must meet several tests. The
corporation trust community chest
fund, or foundation must be crest-
ed or organized in the united
States or in any possession thereof
or under the law of the United
or of any possession of the United
States and must be organized and
operated exclusively for religious,
charitable, scientific, literary, or
educational purposes, or for the pre-
vention of cruelty to children or
animals. If a substantial part of its
activities is carrying on propa-
ganda or otherwise attempting to
influence legislation, it fails to meet
the tests. No part of the organisa-
tion’s income may inure to the ben-
efit of any private shareholder or
Contributions made to a mission-
ary fund, church-building fund, or
ganized In the United States
or
or
to
HORIZONTAL
1 Pictured type
of greeting
used today, T
9 Runner.
10 Inclination. |
12 Made with |
pickets.
IS Flower.
15 Antic.
16 Weight of [
India (pl.). |
18 Coin of [
Thailand.
19 Exclamation
used to startle .
20 Ignited.
21 Music note. 3
22 Portscript 4
(abbr.). 1
23 Unit of energy 4
25District *
attorney
(abbr.). 4
26 To exist.
27 They are
symbols —- 4
love and
friendship.
28 Either. S
30 Like.
32 Greek letter. !
34 Two (Roman).
in general, the deduction is lim-
ited In the cases of individuals to
15 percent of the net income, ex-
clusive of the contributions
Corporate contributions actually
paid within the taxable year are
deductible when made to or for the
use of a corporation, trust, or
community chest, fund or founda-
tion. created or organized in the
United States or in any possession
thereof or under the law of the
United States, or of any State or
Territory, or of the District of Col-
umbia, or of any possession of the
United States, which meets the
same tests as those made for re-
cipients of individual contributions,
but in the case of contributions or
gifts to a trust, chest, fund, or
foundation, only if the contribu-
tions or gifts are to be used within
the United States or any of its
possessions. Deduction of corporate
contributions is limited to 5 per-
cent of the net income, exclusive of
the contributions.
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 239, Ed. 2 Saturday, February 14, 1942, newspaper, February 14, 1942; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1635278/m1/4/?q=%22~1~1~1~1%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.