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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL
Salem, Oregon, Thursday, March 21, 1957
INTERNAL REVENUE HEARS MANY STORIES
Attempt to List Dead Mother-in-Law
As Tax Deduction Thwarted by Agent
By FRED ZIMMERMAN
Capital Journal Writer
You can't claim as a (ax ex
emption a mothcr-in-law who has
been dead three years. But that
doesn't mean that it hasn't been
tried.
This Is just one of the unusual
and quite often amusing incidents
that occur almost daily in the lo
cal United States Revenue offices
located on the second floor of the
post office building. All tend to
keep the half dozen employes from
brooding too much over the many
and varied problems that arc
presented during tho course of a
lax-paying year.
That mother-in law incident
really happened, loo.
Dependency Questioned
The would-be taxpayer, after
propounding several questions con-
worth a few hundred dollars in the
right column of the income report
asked if his wife's mother could
be declared a dependent.
"Yes. If you pay more than half
of her support, was the hearten
ing reply. "How old is she
"Oh, she's been dead three
years.
It developed the fellow Ihouaht
he could take into account some
of the money he expended on the
lady during the few years she re
sided with them.
Another angle that kept Ihc
agents in the office chuckling for
several days was the man who
presented a report that did not con
tain much gross income. He had
no withholding and it developed he
owed Uncle bam nothing at all.
Doctor fill! Refund Sought
Somewhere in the fine print he
had read something about taking
Into account medical and hospital
corning dependents who might be I expenses. It turned out that he
Five Salem Residents Attend
OSC Appraisal Short Course
OREGON STATE COU-EGE , under the joint sponsorship of the
(Special) Julia H. Cate, Harold college and the state tax enmmis.
rrimus, Gerald 11. Kubin, Roy sion, is designed to improve prop- stitulc legitimate deductions. Sonjo
had expended $100 In connection
with an illness, ile insisted that
the government owed him that
much and felt right bad about it
when he was convinced that the
regulations aid noi cover sucn re
funds. Then there Is the person who
"shops around."
One good example of this type
of scheming took place recently.
This man came in with his form
made out. He conferred with an
agent who figured the tax a fig
ure that disturbed the taxpayer to
some extent. It was more than he
thought he owed.
So he took his tax form and de
parted. He returned the following
day with a new set of figures and
approached a different agent. Mir
aculously enough it was deter
mined that he owed nothing.
Subsequently ihe two agents
compared notes. They had no
way of knowing which set of fig
ures was correct. So there was
nothing they could do about it.
Nevertheless, it is more than prob
able that a collection agent will
wait on the man in due course
when he will be asked to explain
the situation.
There is considerable confusion
concerning Ihe items that con-
Itabcncnw and It. V. Cooley, all
of Salem, arc enrolled at Oregon
Stale College this week for a spec'
ial five-day appraisal short course.
The course, started a year ago
6 Willamette
Students Plan
For Workshop
Six Willamette University stu
dents, representing the campus
YWCA and YMCA organizations,
will attend the Y-sponsorcd Pacific
Northwest Workshop on world
affairs Friday at . the Mcnuchn
conference grounds near Multno
mah Falls.
Principal resource leaders and
speakers at the workshop arc Dr.
Theodore Shay, assistant professor
of political science at Willamette:
)r. Frank Munk, professor of
political science at need College;
and William Hanson, projects sec
retary of the American Friends
Service Committee in Seattle.
Willamette students attending the
conference arc Bob Taylor and
Mary Swanson, Portland: Dick
White, Solcm; Linda Berry, Bur
llngamc, Cal.; Sherry Rutledge,
Boise, Idaho; and Mary Lou
Krause, Seattle, Wash.
2 From Salem
Initiated to WU
Forcnsics Unit
Two Salem students at Willam
ette University were recently in
itiated into Tau Knppa Alpha, na
tional forcnsics honorary frater
nity. They arc Kay Rubcrg. sopho
more, daughter of C. K. Rubcrg.
and Pat Farley, son of Mrs. Anna
V. I.nrgenl. Both arc members
of Ihe debate squad. A third de
bater, Lewis llricht of Medford,
was initiated with the Salem stu
dents. Membership In Tall Kappa Alpha
Is based on scholarship and re
ceiving honors in various forensic
events for two years.
crty appraisals throughout the I persons believe that social security
state and to help bring greater I payments may be taken into ac
uniformity in valuation of real count, although the instructions
property.
Both introductory and second-
year courses arc being offered this
year, me introductory course
covers the basic principles of ap
praisal and the second-year course
covers special appraisal problems,
including three field trips for prac
tice apraisals of farm, urban resi
dential, urban commercial prop
erties. Miss Cate and Primus arc taking
the first-year training and Kubin,
Rabeneaw and Cooley arc takinc
the second-year course.
The average housewife will, In
her lifetime, wash enough cooking
and eating utensils to make about
70 stacks as high as the Empire
State Building (102 stories high)
in New York.
ore very plain in this connection.
Excise taxes prove troublesome,
too. It takes a lot of explaining at
times to convince the taxpayer
mat taxes paid on luxury items as
fur coats, jewelry and cosmetics
are not dcducible.
Deductions For Pets Sought
(Hen there are those persons
i usually women) who claim house
hold pets, such as cats as ex
emptions.
One individual couldn't" sec whv
her pet cat couldn't properly be
claimed as an exemption. "He
costs as much to keep as one of
the children," she protested.
Broken homes quite frequently
get into more difficulties when tax
paying time comes than were en
countered trying to settle their
marital troubles. Each side claims
the offspring as an exemption.
Naturally the federal agent who is
trying to reach an equable settle
ment in such cases asks for the
figures.
In one such instance the amount
of money spent on such dependents
totaled more than the combined
incomes of the former husband
and wife. When this was pointed
outfaces grew red.
Try to Help
All in all, the federal agents who
make a real effort to lead the be
fuddled citizens through Ihe in-,
tricacics of an income tax form.
say the vast majority of their
clients arc cooperative and un
derstand the business of making a
return to a greater extent than
was the case of a few years ago.
The first three months of the
calendar year arc divided into
three categories insofar as tax-
papers are concerned. In January
come those folks who feel sure
they have a refund due and they
arc prompt in making application.
February is known as farmers'
month when the agriculturists have
tneir innings.
Then in March, oersons who
know they have a tax appear.
Many of them are grim faced, de
termined to make the best of a
situation that is not to their liking.
Usually they are no hannier when
they depart than when they have
arnvca.
UN Chapter
Sets Election,
TalkforMeet
Election of new officers and a
talk by Mrs. Jenele Moorhenrl
will feature the meeting of the
Salem chapter of the Oregon
united nations Assn., which is to
ne neia at the YMCA at 8 p.m
Friday.
Mrs. Moorhcad, a former Salem
resident, is a member of the UiS.
Commission of UNESCO and will
show pictures which she took on
a world tour.
She is presently on the faculty
at the University of Oregon and is
a past president of the Oregon
Parent-Teacher Congress.
The public is invited tn attend
the session. There will be a social
nour following Mrs. Moorhead
talk.
Starting Date
Revealed for
Water Line
Contractors will start building
the new water supply line from
Stayton Island to Salem some time
in June, according to John Gcrcn,
manager of the Salem Water De
partment. Manufacture of the
pipe is to begin about June 1,
Gercn has been informed.
Completion of the first section
of the project, from Stayton Island
to John H. Franzen Reservoir at
Turner, will be about July 1, 1958,
and the remainder will be com
pleted the following year.
Library Unit
Sponsors UW
O 1 1 ' 1
dciioiarsiiip
me Marcia M. Hill scholarship
to assist a candidate for the degree
of Master of Librarianship at the
university o( Washington School
of Librarianship will again be
awarded mis spring by the Ore
gon Library Assn.
Application forms may be ob
tained from the chairman of the
committee on scholarship and re
cruitment, Dr. Jean P. Black. Li
brarian, Portland State College,
and are to be sent to Miss Eleanor
Stephens, State Librarian, Salem,
not later than (April 15.
The amount of the award this
year is $200. The successful ap
plicant must have completed four
years of college and be accepted
by Ihe School of Librarianship as
a candidate for the Master's degree.
The recipient has to indicate his
intention both to complete the work
unaortaKen and to accept a library
position in Oregon for one year
after receiving his degree.
The horseshoe crab is the only
known creature that chews 'with
its legs, says the National Geo
graphic Society. Its legs grind the
tood into a pulp before it is swallowed.
To Travel
Mrs. Mabel Sumptcr,
above, will attend a school
meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio,
next week.
Mrs. Sumpter
Set for Trip
To Cincinnati
Mrs. Mabel Sumptcr, principal
of Hoover School, will be attending
the National Elementary School
Principals Convention in Cincin
nati, Ohio, next week, thanks to
the school's Parent-Teacher Assn.
Officials of the Hoover PTA be
lieve that it is the first such group
in the state to provide funds to
send a school principal to such
a meeting.
Money to enable Mrs. Sumpter
to make the trip was raised
through a carnival held at the
school last fall.
Also present will be Miss Ma
thilda Gilles, Richmond School
principal, who is national prcsi
Advance Seen
Chief Problem
Of Automation
The principal issue at stake in
the case of automation is not
whether it is good or bad, but
will it advance fast enough to
keep pace with the industrial and
economic development of t h e
country.
This was the expressed belief
of Graham Covington, electronic
data processing representative,
Portland, of a manufacturer of
calculating machines while ad
dressing the Salem Rotary club
Wednesday noon at the Marion.
More Jobs Furnished
While automation will reduce the
number of "pick and shovel'
workers in the offices of many of
the large industrial concerns, nev
crthclesS the machine will provide
more jobs for the skilled, said
Covington. There will be a general
upgrading all along the personnel
line, the speaker asserted.
Covington produced statistics
showing that there has been a 79
per cent increase in the number
of telephone operators during re
cent years in spite of many ex
changes being converted to dial
systems.
Few Metal Jobs Change
It is estimated that but 16 per
cent of all metal working opera
tions can be converted to automa
tion, Covington said.
The speaker was introduced by
Del Milne.
Ellis Von Eschen Introduced
Willard Marshall, proprietor of
beverage firm as the newest Ro-tarian.
New Option Given
Young man in the 17 to 18
year old age bracket may partici
pate in ready reserve training for
only three years after completing
six months active duty training
with Army.
Previously the requirement was
a total of five years of active duty
In Army Reserves
and ready reserve training. The
new option also allows high school
men a one year deferment after
enlistment before taking the six
month active duty training.
There are 2,150,000 members of
the 4-If Club in the United States.
dent of the Elementary School Di
vision of the National Education
Assn., and Mrs. Alice Yoshikai,
also of Richmond School.
A century ago 400 vessels with
13,000 men sailed from Newfound
land to hunt seals. This season
only three Newfoundland seal ves
sels sailed.
Bids Sought for
River Bank Work
Bids were asked Thursday by
the Portland District, Corps of En
gineers for spraying woody
growth on bank protection works
at various locations along the Wil
lamette, McKenzie, Santiam, Cal
apooya, Clackamas and Molalla
Rivers.
Bids will be opened April 4 at 2
p.m. at the office of the Portland
district engineer. AH of the work
must be completed in 40 calendar
days.
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partial listing
ere's a
Gcrcn Talks at
Walcr Works
Short School
.lohn (iercn, manager of the
Salem Water Department, as n
speaker on "Meter Selection"
Wednesday at a water works oper
ators short school at Oregon Slate
College.
The annual course is sponsored
ly the Stale Hoard of llcillli
lii'rrn is a member of Ihe mi usury
committee to trie ttcanl.
Three other men from the li
water department attended tho
three-day course. They wvvv
James II. (inrdnvr, superintend.
enl; J. X. Wilson. criKinecr; and
Howard Hire, serviceman.
Science Fair
Conincliliou
Attracts 1,000
Competition in the ann1i.1l Sulrm
School Srienre Fair, scheduled Inr
March 25-28 at North Salem Ilich.
lias attracted some l.ooo pupils in
21 schools.
The lield will be narrowed to
about 400 entrants, based on tier
ieclion and acceptability as science
exhibits. Displays arc currently in
place in the various buildings
where the judging will take place.
The exhibits, which pass Ihe
elimination tests, will go on dis
play at North Salem High March
S3. Approximately 50 or more of
those deemed to he outstanding will
be sent to Cnrfallls for display
ii Ihc Northwest Science Kxposl
t.'i.i. April 13-20.
"lie North Salem llish display
V il be opened or public Inspoc-
I "i from f to II p m. Wednesday
of next week. Clisses will view
the exhibition from fta.m. In nn
and from 1 in 5 p.m. Tlnr.-Wkr
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