Income Tax on Rental Profit for 1945 Common Case Details
A wartime tax primer explains that net rental profit from any property in 1945 is taxable, while losses are deductible. It details Schedule B for rents and Schedule G for expenses, depreciation on owned buildings via Schedule F, and how to allocate expenses if part of a property is rented or used by the owners. It covers partial-year rentals, subletting, and deriving deductions from proportionate shares of total home expenses.
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S. Burton Heath
York
Sara
Can You Store 10 000 Items In Your House
A housekeeping piece argues storage space limits many households face with 9 000 to 10 000 items. It recommends built in storage in walls halls stairs and under stairs, camouflaged panels, and dedicated zones for wraps toys cleaning gear and seasonal items to keep the home orderly.
Protect Gladiolus Bulbs From Thrips
Ames horticulturists advise immediate treatment for thrips in gladiolus bulbs. Place bulbs in paper sacks and add 4 level teaspoonfuls of naphthalene flakes per 100 bulbs, seal sacks airtight, and allow bulbs to process.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Include Hobby Work Space in Bedroom Plan
An 8 percent share of American families want a hobby room in new homes, with 113 hobbies among 14 000 surveyed. To fit budgets, bedrooms are doubling as hobby rooms, aided by furnishing advice like a spring and mattress on legs to save space and serve as a daytime lounge.
Hobby Room Layout Balances Space and Privacy
The article describes fitting hobby areas into a compact room with wall space used for displays and storage. A desk, work table, cabinets, and shelves organize materials while the bed and furniture share walls to free a central area. It notes some enjoy a combined hobby room for privacy from family activity.
Q and A on Painting Radiators and Home Alterations
The article answers radiator paint cracking by removing old paint, cleaning, priming with metal primer, and finishing with enamel. It notes light tinted finishes may darken with heat. It also covers removing nonbearing walls with caution and consulting an engineer for bearing partitions. It advises grading soil in 12 inch layers, tamping, and sloping away from the structure.
Southwestern ranch house design for postwar homes
Oklahoma City designer W. H. Schumacher presents a six room suburban ranch plan focused on single floor spaciousness with three bedrooms and two baths. Features include an asphalt shingle roof, solid chimney, a combined living dining area 38 by 14 feet, built in breakfast nook, a long basement recreation room, screened porch, and flagstone patio. The 80 foot house suits a site of at least 100 feet and faces west or east.
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Lkely
W. H. Schumacher
Oklahoma City
Mayor's Emergency Housing Committee Notice
Name Address Mail to Secretary, Mayor's Emergency Housing Committee, Memorial Building basement. Cedar Rapids.
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Mayor's Emergency Housing Committee
Memorial Building
Cedar Rapids
Drainage Tile Installation Guidelines for Foundations
Ground moisture prompts laying drain tile with joints open and tar paper or burlap, beside footings and sloped to a dry well or sewer. Tile covered by at least 12 inches of broken stone or gravel. remove debris from trench. finish grade must be eight inches above any wood construction.
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Iassets
Kied
Artocrat Oe
Ebsion
Lt Oy
Second Ave. SE
Hawkeye Lumber & Coal CO
Iowa
Illinois
Messinger & Sons
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Dial
Reynolds-Stoecker Paint Contractors
First Avenue E
Heinze Electric Company
First Ave
U.S
Frank Friedl
Third Avenue SE
Paramount Theater
Haegg Roofing & Insulation CO
Ninth Street
J. Elliott Davis
General Insurance Agency
Broadston Furnace Company
4Th Ave. SE
Hatch-Brookman Lumber and Coal Company
Eighth Ave. SE
Insulation Board
Snac
Red Cross Nutrition Committee
Glow Room
Miss Pitz
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric
THE
Cedar Rapids Paint Supply CO
Patek
3Rd Ave
the Gazette
Winscross Hs
Burpee
Allee B Co
Burpee Building
Clinton
Jaws
Atlee Burpee CO
Burpee Balding
Howe
Peoples Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
the Bank
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