Senate Moves to Curb Hobby Loss Tax Deductions
The Senate approved a tax bill amendment to limit deductions for hobby losses. The measure would recompute net income when business deductions exceed gross income, capping deductions at 20,000 plus gross income and removing net operating loss allowances. The debate cited Joseph B. Widener and Marshall Field as examples.
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Washington
Senate
Bennett C. Clark
Marshall Field
Widener
John A. Danaher
Conn
Joseph B. Widener
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Clark
Field
Barkley
PT Crews Know Tokyo Is Wrong In Naval Combat
Delayed dispatch from New Guinea reports PT boats fought off Japanese dive bombers over the south coast of New Britain. The PTs fired back as 40 minutes of combat ended with four enemy planes shot down and the PTs returning safely despite Tokyo claiming their destruction.
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New Guinea
Tokyo
Pts
New Britain
Fifth Airforce
Evacuation Reported in Tromso Amid Invasion Fears
The Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau said reports from Oslo indicated about 4000 residents had been evacuated from Tromso on January 15 due to fears of an Allied invasion in the region.
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Stockholm
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Oslo
Tromso
Bragg’s Son Promoted Corperal at Kingman AAB Arizona
Notices from Lubbock area report Corpral George Brace promotion at Kingman Army Air Base Arizona after transfer from San Bernardino California and discharge from hospital for a heart ailment. Also updates on wives visiting relatives in Vancouver Washington and defense work. Civil service seeks 500 internal revenue positions with salaries from 2433 to 3163 plus guards at 1824. Lt Jimmie Linn missing in North Africa as Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster awarded. Sgt Glenn Jones held in Japanese prison camp in Burma. Lubbock ISD trustees set Jan 25 meeting. Methodist and Meadow churches to host services by Dr Liscomb.
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George B. Bragg
Thirtieth Street
George B. Braise
Kingman Army Air Base
Arizona
San Bernardino
Cal
Cpl
Brace
Dee Linn
Main Street
War Department
Jimmie Linn
North Africa
Linn
U.S. Army Air Forces
Registration Starts At Tech Wednesday
Texas Tech announces spring registration with formal sessions next Wednesday and Thursday in the library under Registrar W P Clement. Preliminary housing approvals fee payments and permits occur Monday and Tuesday with time slots assigned then. New students must present a vaccination certificate. Former students not enrolled for fall should obtain grade books before registering. Classes begin at 8 AM next Friday and January 26 is final enrollment day.
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Texas Technological College
W. P. Clement
Texas Tech
Quake damages dam near Filipstad sweden
A German broadcast reported an earthquake burst a dam at a lake near Filipstad in southwestern Sweden. No casualties were mentioned.
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London
Associated Press
Filipstad
Sweden
Nation Responds To Calls As Billy Gets Plasma
Baylor University Hospital in Dallas provided four year old Billy Meers with blood plasma for emergencies and thanked nationwide volunteers. Eighteen pints arrived from Boston and Amarillo air crews prepared to donate. Chanute Field will supply 209 men to fly plasma to Dallas. Dr. Charles Shuey praised Baylor's cooperation and noted the nephritis case could be temporarily aided by plasma.
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William C. Barnard
Associated Press
Dallas
Baylor University Hospital
Billy Meers
Baylor
Washington Post
Lawrence Payne
Meers
Baylor Hospital
Boston
Boston Herald
Amarillo
Tex
Chanute Field
Charles B. Shuey
Charles Meers
Billy
Shuey
Galveston Garbage Workers Strike After Pay Demands
Galveston Jan 15 Mayor Fraser urged residents to burn garbage to ease the strike by city health and street workers who quit after demands for retroactive pay, union maintenance, vacations and medical care were rejected.
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Galveston
George W. Fraser
Citlacus
Pioneer Texan Dies At Morton Friday
L. J. Barrett aged 89 of Pampa died suddenly at his son’s home in Morton. A Leon county born cowpuncher who moved to Goodnight 63 years ago, he leaves three sons L W Barrett Morton E O Barrett Dallas and J H Barrett Canyon. Funeral in Morton First Baptist Sunday at 4 with Rev. Lovelace. body moved to Pampa for service Tuesday morning. burial in Pampa Cemetery. Singleton Funeral Home Morton in charge.
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Morton
L. J. Barrett
Pampa
L. W. Barrett
Barrett
Leon County
Goodnight
Australian destroyer Bataan christened for Philippine defenders
Mrs. Douglas MacArthur christened the Australian built destroyer Bataan at a New South Wales dockyard. Army Minister F. M. Forde announced the launch and naming honors as the ship entered service in tribute to General MacArthur and Philippine defenders.
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Sydney
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Philippines
New South Wales
F. M. Forde
Petersburg Fortress Gunner Missing in Action
Special-Sgt. James K. Donley of Petersburg route one was reported missing in action in Europe as of Dec. 19. An aerial gunner on a Flying Fortress he had been stationed in North Africa and earned the Air Medal before leaving North Africa. Donley was a 1943 Ida Jou High School senior who received his gunner’s wings at Hondo on June 5, 1943 and has been in combat since August.
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Petersburg
James K. Donley
W. H. Donley
War Department
Donley
Germany
North Africa
Young Donley
Ida- Jou High School
Hondo
Australia U S Unite In Pacific Battle Cooperation
A public statement highlights growing cooperation between Australian and American forces in the Pacific and the strong friendship between the two nations. The speaker notes Australia alone could not have repelled a Japanese invasion without timely U S assistance.
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Ing
Pacific
Australia
United States
Salt Altars and Shrines Carved in Wieliczka Mines
In Cracow Poland the Wieliczka salt mines boast altars shrines and statues carved from salt.
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Wieliczka
Cracow
Poland
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Broadway
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