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A loss arising f.om "fires,vstorms, shipwrecks, or other casualty" need not be connected with the taxpayer‘s trade or business. If his home or his automobile is destroyed by fire he A professional man may deduct all necessary expenses in the pursuit of his profession. * Typical business expenses of a merâ€" cantile establishment are amounts paid for advertising, hire of clerks and other employees, rent, light, heat, water, stationery, stamps, telephone, property insurance and delivery exâ€" penses. tha Witson Eold pruolitts your Tabls Some of the items that are deducâ€" tible from gross income to determine net income are listed in this article. Lack of space prevents a full explanaâ€" tion of the various deductions. If in doubt on any item consult the nearest collector of internal revenue, deputy collector or internal revenue agent. This building is now completed and the room is being refitted with game tables, pingâ€"pong tables, shuffleboard and other game "equipment. The room will be open after school for grade school boys and girls, and in the evening for older boys and girls and adults. Facilities of the game room are free to all young people of the community. YOUR INCOME TAX a construction office for building the States army has been using part of the Community Center game room for Tuesday, 9 :30 a. 4:00 p. w9:.’l&-l Calendar Community Center 9:00 a 10 :00 douch of decoration mother gave d io teeio it us * a..!_fi tr endous trilles EACH POUND COSTS LESS whole ham costs pound. ‘:-'-“Eh.l&.:-l ham or bean soup. U.bllg favored fat to add interest and food value to vegetables and --vl:':’hf;dwéy'i; hfi your oven for only the five s to the pound. Thus more meat to serve. 6 must be baked, the more it shrinks. You pay for those wasted pounds. But you can‘t NOW TO PREVENT THIS WASTE Mc.‘md.l.hl'lh-'- Tender Made Ham. It comes ready to serve. Or you For the past three months the United MEAT THRIFT TIPS It is the wellâ€"informed who gots the ment Io my hot 2:00 p. play. 9:00 a. 1:30 p. i , who puts in longer m the homemaker? Wlnâ€"i.unmvihldnfl, contribution to our nation‘s ”t‘huhhafor-ddmnwo- May be new to all the other Workers in this U. S. A. But it‘s old, old stuff to s P img eveey single day A H " H "'J -?;‘_‘Aa” So runs a new jingle. But, WILS ON‘s February 9â€" m. Thrift Sh m. First Aid February10â€" February Highland for Wilson & Co. Aid Class. Airplane Club. : Shop Open House Aid Class. Tennis Terrace Chess Club Grade Park rafts Aid Class Club. Club. Music 0. 6 w¢¢“"‘ Ria Club a n € for for In general, taxes are deductible only by the person upon whom they are imposed. Certain taxes are not deâ€" ductible, such as those assessed against local benefits, and the Federal income tax. The Federal tax of 10% on the retail sale of jewelry, furs, and toilet preparations is not deductible by the purchaser. Other taxes not deductible are those imposed on emâ€" ployees by the Social Security Act, Federal estate and gift taxes and State inheritance, estate, legacy, or succession taxes. ‘The Federal taxes on automobiles, gasoline, cigarettes, and liquor are imposed upon the manufacturer, producer, or importer, and are not deductible by the purâ€" chaser or consumer. Charitable contributions and gifts made by an individual are deductible may claim a deduction for the loss sustained unless compensated for by inâ€" surance or otherwise. Loss of propâ€" erty by theft is an allowable deducâ€" Short ribs of Wileon‘s Geln Seald Boof. It m-: imagination to grasp Cela Seald Boof, Lamb and Veal (which have had all their Jfresh goodness sealed in with a conting of edible gelatine) are superâ€"clean, superâ€"fine and where '&'--h‘"' ming is a perâ€" fect Iil-ldfi ‘m fll this bill exactly. * Simmer sansage links for five minutes in water before brownâ€"« ing them. (Koeps ‘em plump.) Casserole of Wilson‘s Certified Pure Pork kraut, seasoned with caraway Follow my recipe enclosed with Ti es Teiiee, ren e &Ifilhfi;fiddy&l WI-&Lhdu-.r-un the skin. Stick cloves in the fat to make an American flag. Melt e oven to glaze. Some feast, this! BUY DEFENSE ROXDs Bee you next week. G. R. "Under the defense program the NYA makes available practical shop experience to youth between 17 and 24 years of age," the report states. to a report just made public by Aubrey Williams, administrator of the National Youth Administration. CHICAGO â€" (Special) \â€" Every thirty days Illinois NYA supplies 1,800 of the national total of 36,400 shopâ€"trained NYA youth who join the battle of production behind the men behind U. S. guns, according * a ‘ a s igy" @4 , wy Ns p e L e 5 f > Learning a Job 3 â€" 2e M 3 A DOLLAR DINNER TO SERVE Foun Nation‘s Youth Bolster Men Behind U. S. Guns are made of Eightyâ€"word certificates were won by Pat Cole, Pat Ginnelly, and Helen Cassedy as a result of tests recently given in the commercial department. Betty Richardson won her 60â€"word certificate. School to Be Closed On Lincoln‘s Birthday There will be no school on Lincoin‘s birthday a week from tomorrow, Thursday, February 12. > His brother, Don ‘38, joined <the naval service in October, and his station is Navy Pier, Chicagoâ€" 80â€"Word Certificates Won By Three Girls The Internal Revenue Code proâ€" vides for "a reasonable allowance for the exhaustion, wear and tear of propâ€" erty used in the trade or business, inâ€" cluding a reasonable allowance for‘ obsolescense." For convenience such allowance usually is referred to as de-l preciation. 4 Amounts paid or accrued within the taxable year 1941 as interest on inâ€" debtedness are deductible, with cerâ€" tain exceptions, from gross income. within certain limitations, if actually paid within the year. The organizaâ€" tions to which the gift is made, for example a corporation, trust, comâ€" munity chest, fund or foundation must be created in or organized under the law of the United States or any possession of the United States or under the law of any State or Terriâ€" tory, or of the District of Columbia and must be organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purâ€" poses, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, Gifts to an ‘ing dividual are not deductible. lnnm_ ::'Almwjohhpnme industry." The report indicates a complete streamlining of the NYA program "Emphasis is placed on preparation of workers to do the jobs required in ship building, aviation, machine tools and the mechanized branches of the armed forces. â€" Young men are groomed for war production jobs by doing similar jobs on NYA projects,. From February 1, 1941, to December 1, 1941, a total of 17,â€" (On Saturday .. 60¢) Adults‘ Haireuts â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Beginning Monday, Feb. 9, 1942 the following prices and hours will be in effect. At a meeting held by the Master Barâ€" bers of Highland ‘Park and Highwood on January 30th, 1942 a change in barber conditions was unanimously reached and approved Shops to be closed at 7 p. m., except Saturdays NOTICE PRE According to Administrator Wil liams, a grand total of 374,451 youth went from the NYA program to jobs in private industry from Febâ€" ruary to December of this year. Total number of youth at present employed nationally in NYA work experience shops and resident cemâ€" ters is 271,000. throughout the country with emâ€" phasis on quic‘: basic training along lines where a scarcity of defense workers â€"may be expected in the immediate futurt. Due to the national emergency, many new angles pertaining to graduation have arisen. ‘The exercises, for inâ€" stances, may have to be set back sevâ€" cral days, thus enabling students to begin work or enroll in college earlier than usual. Senior Class Board Discusses Graduation Commencement plans were discussed and enlarged upon this*morning when the senior class executive board met in the lunchroomâ€" Tom Cameron ‘3§ has just been promoted to the rank of sergeant in the army. He has been in the army ten months and is stationed at Camp Forrest, Tennesse. Frank Hotchkiss, Ying Jones, and "Pitty" Barnhast are working as coâ€" chairman of the program and publicity committee. Pete Weber is chairman of the committee working on the menu and decorations. Adolph Baracani is chairman of the ticket committee, which consists of all the Boys club representatives. Each one will take care of the selling of the tickets in his session. Would you like to see your more talented pals and their dads perform at a banquet? Well, all you boys will have a chance to see this unique form of entertainment, in addition to having an outstanding speaker, at the annual Father and Son banquet Thursday eveâ€" ning, February 26, which is sponsored by the Boys club. Dr. Clark Kiebler, of Northwestern vniversity, is to be the main speaker of the evening. He is noted as one of the outstanding speakers at the univ Boys Banquet Will Feature Dadâ€"Son Acts | |Boy Scouts . |Celebrate Birthday Our team lul.tlluiltflhnu good chance of winning f more points can be made in the 100â€"7y4. free style We can, count on Pete Florsheim and Tim Sgnhnen.&roq‘h'dfi. their performances, as as the other boys. . Ha beaten them before. that changes to red Ifakfmdhbdlu groping out behind a & Morton‘s teams have never won many suburban meets, but they have uiways given their opponents a close The high school swimmers will travel to Waukegan this Friday, Febâ€" ruary 6, at 4 p.m. e Tanksters Meet Waukegan Friday it was picked to win the Suburban and to be a contender in the State meet ‘Their loss to Evanston has made them vulnerable and they will be out to win the game with us. _ Our basketball team will play a return match with Morton on our court this Friday, February 6. | Morton, which gave our boys a bad beating the last time, have lost their two stars through graduation. Because of this situation and the fact that the game will be played on our court, our boys will have a good chance to obtain revenge. * se Morton has always had a good basketball team every year. This year Return Game With Morton On OurCourt To take a position as a Civil Serâ€" vice Commission examiner, Mr. Daâ€" vitt resigned his position in the deâ€" partment at the end of the first semâ€" ester. He left for Washington, D. C., where he is stationed, a few days laâ€" ter. 3 ent emergency arose, he reâ€"enlisted for duty, and was appointed as commander of the Naval R. O. T. C. at Northâ€" western, one of the twentyâ€"eight major colleges in the U. S. having such training. Dana, Corrough Teacher In Vocational Dept. Mr. Dana Corrough, High1and Park has been secured on a temporâ€" ary basis to take over the classes in mechanical drawing and mathematics in the vocational department in the English clubroom. Commandâ€" er S. D. A. Cobb, professor of naval science at Northwestern University, will talk on "Naval R. O. T. C. as a Training in Defense." After graduating from Annapolis and serving in the navy during the World War, Commander Cobb retired from active service two years ago to enter private business. When the presâ€" Junior and senior boys who intend to go to college and are interested in Comm. Cobb Speaks to Jr.â€"Sr. Boys Friday the R. 0. T. C. of the navy will have an opportunity to learn the requireâ€" ments of m_c.h.a course Friday morning The game should be an exciting one Character and citizenship, the air and purpose of all Scouting activities are the real life blood of this and any boys we see carrying on their Scoutâ€" ing and "good turn" activities are going to take our places some day. They can receive no finer training than Scouting affords them for citiâ€" zenship in a free country. Their course will be trueâ€"their heads highâ€"because they stand by the Scout Oath and Law which reads : "On my honor I will do my bestâ€" To do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the Scout 0: Boy Scout, or a ms Scout. With a total and boys who at Scouts or Scouters the Boy Scouts of to imagine many would n« Scouts America almost « the Uni To help other people at all times. To keep myself physically strong, mentally ~awake and ~morally straight." ierica is a big country. And yet, most every city, town and hamlet e United States you will find a Scout, or a man who was a Boy t. With a total of 10 million men boys who are, or have ‘been many find o The Boy part c birthday hard!) the colyumers who had them troduced by that monicker and corâ€" recting: ‘"Don‘t you mean Mrs. Al exander Korda?" . . . The D. Topâ€" pings (S. Henie) at all the sinfal ‘Theater to see ‘‘The Girl From Lenâ€" is too modest to accept credit for it inquires, objecting to Germany tak» ing the first beating . . . "From the Land of Silent People," a war book by Robert St. John, is getting big handclaps. He was an AP staffâ€" er in Yogoslavia when the wolves came, and it‘s all in the book .‘. . reportingâ€"daysâ€"beguilingly in "GaB squawking. _ China doesn‘t think Japan should be undersold. What The Front Pages: The most cheerâ€" ing war story of the week told about the Chinese victory at Changsha. The Chinese teased the foe into a trap by feigning weakness, then neck than a bowed one." acutely. The critics were stunned to discover that the Pacific battlesâ€" apparently hadn‘t budged his opin~ jons . . . There is a timely article, in Collier‘s called ‘"Don‘t Believe a Word of It." It tells how the gul I lible are needled into disunity tricks* fense . . . LA.R. Wylie spreads a nifty tale across the pages of Lib» erty. It concerns people who believe that "it‘s better to have a broken is going to whip Hitler but his eneâ€" mies, he reminded. Berlin wants us to imagine it is in trouble and unâ€" cover our chins . . . Just the same, it was nice to read in Anne O‘Haré McCormick‘s Times spot that forâ€" eign broadcasts are reaching the ears of stayâ€"athome Heinies . . . Joe Louis at least got a laugh out of licking Buddy Baer. He told Edâ€" die Cantor why he donated his share of the wate to the Navy. ‘"When I go overseas," said Private Joe, "I want a boat under me" . . . ‘‘The Court of Missing Heirs" is hunting for a Tâ€"yearâ€"old man to give him $2,700. ‘‘What fun can a man that old have with $2,7007" queried a lisâ€" tener . . . ‘"What fun can a man that old have?" corrected a blueâ€" penciler . . . Every week radio is full of shows helping this and that worthy cause. The theatrical proâ€" fession should be. proud of its conâ€" tributions. Actors are always first and anxious to help, although they were the first to suffer when the govâ€" played target for the book reviewâ€" penses. Remember? Notes of an Innocent Bystander: The Wireless: Sec. Knox‘s release to the newscasters, ‘ that it was stupid to bank on a crash in Gerâ€" have enlisted in some branch of the service. Giving their energy, time and money to playing benefits, buyâ€" ing tickets for them and entertainâ€" ing Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and the Coast Guard, etc. , must have been a wreath sent by the Army to Caroleâ€"inscribed with the highest compliment the Army can give a woman. To wit;: ‘"She was a Gentleman!" There‘s a Hollywood couple who want to get a divorce, but they can‘t agree on who gets custody of the Carole Lombard, one of the stars the 48 stars will always be proud of, died in active service selling deâ€" dense bonds. Actors and actresses, directors, producers, cameramen, electricians and members from all the allied theatrical professions, And it was only a few months ago when some Senators tried to stain the movie industry by alleging it was unâ€"American! getting a parking ticket?" . . . The other night several scribes were wonâ€" dering about a greenâ€"withâ€"envy colâ€" cream puff exploded in his face." The Big Parade: The Girl From Ensl Batl sn se 1 > . “' 1 (oe New York Heartbeat: Sailiecs in Our Alley: The strict , once of the dailies,