Deductions and itemizing for 1939 income tax tips
Editor notes explain standard deduction versus itemized deductions, for 1939 returns. Key points cover 10 percent default deduction, $1000 cap for joint filers, and $500 for separated individuals, with itemization on forms 1040 or 1040W. It outlines eligible deductions such as union dues, alimony, professional fees, business related club dues, and education or medical expenses, plus exclusions like sick pay and dividend credits, and lists taxes deductible like state income taxes and real estate taxes while noting exemptions and limits.
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Internal Revenue Service
Community Chest
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Cancer and Heart Associations
YMCA
YWCA
YWHA
American Legion
Weather Boards and Toll Dispatch Keep Pike Informed
Maintenance crews work round the clock to clear drifts and icing while toll booths display weather and road conditions on grease pencil boards. Attendants relay updates to headquarters in Wichita, linking with the weather bureau to keep every toll station current.
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Pike
Wichita
Weather Bureau
Construction worker falls, suffers heel injury near Topeka
Charley Craig, a construction gang worker, fell from a truck near Topeka and broke his heel. He was taken to a Marysville hospital. In Wichita, Mrs. Ralph Stade taught in the primary room one while snow and scarce supplies affected classes. Miss Windhett reported on travel and weather along the Kansas Turnpike, noting system improvements aiding toll collectors and motorists.
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Charley Craig
Topeka
Marysville
Ralph Stade
Wichita
Miss Windhett
Way
Kansas Turnpike
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