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By DR. PERRY P. BURNSTINE
By A. VICTOR BIZER
SATURDAY, FEB. 22 is the
date for the fourth annual patri-
otic military ball of the Jewish
War Veterans of the United States
in the large ballroom of the Ma-
sonic Temple which has been ac-
claimed by religious, civic and
veterans organizations and per-
sonalities.
Two fine orchestras will play
continuous dance music beginning
at 9 p. m. Flags of all the United
Nations will decorate the ball.
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DEDUCTIONS (Continued)
CONTRIBUTIONS: Contributions may be deduct-
ed provided they have been paid during the year.
They must have been paid to certain American
Mr. Bizer
charitable, religious, scientific or educational cor-
porations, funds or veterans' organizations.
No part of the net earnings of these organizations may Inure
to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. and its funds
must be used for public, religious, charitable, scientific, literary or
educational purposes. Total contributions may not exceed 15 percent
of taxpayer's adjusted gross income (Form 1040, page 1, item 6).
If the contribution Is made In property rather than cash, the fair
market value of the property at the time of the contribution and
not taxpayer's cost is deductible. Thus, if you have any property,
such as corporate stocks, bonds or any other real or personal property
which has increased in value since you purchased it, you may save
paying Income tag on the gain. This is done by giving the property
to a proper charitable organization rather than cash equal to the
value of the property at the time of the contribution.
Contributions made to any of the organizations listed below arc ,
deductible. Please note, however, that the list is not all inclusive
but is presented • only as a guide:
Synagogue, church, Red Cross, Jewish Welfare Board, war prison.
ers aid, Polish war relief, United Nations relief, Salvation Army,
C;oodfellows, Community Chest, associated Jewish philanthropies.
social service groups, homes for aged or needy, USO, infantile para.-
Insis fund, Russian war relief, Palestine Fundation, colleges and
schools( non-profit), Boy Scouts of America, Birth Control Federation,
YMCA, YWCA, American Legion, Navy Relief Society.
MOM.
DAVID GUTMAN
Bnai Brith Lodges
Present Jones
Marshall and Brandeis
Also to Hear Gutman
Alan Jones, star of stage, screen
and radio, will answer the curtain
call when the Louis Marshall and
Louis D. Brandeis lodges of Bnai
Brith present their concert at 8:30
p. m. Sunday in the Scottish Rite
Cathedral of Masonic Temple.
Preceding Jones on the program
will be David Gutman, romantic
baritone, and the Halevy Singing
Society under the direction of
Dan Frohman.
Jones is well known to Detroit
theater-goers. He recently appeared
in the Civic Light Opera's "The
Firefly." Gutman, who recently
returned from service, performed
on USO tours and is a high-rank-
ing night club entertainer.
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Proceeds will be used for phil-
INTEREST: You may deduct interest paid on personal debts, anthropies.
leans, land contract or mortgage on our home, notes, or installment
contracts. Do not deduct other charges such as financial fees, insur-
ance, etc. often included in installment contracts.
You may not deduct interest paid on notes made by others un-
less you are legally liable to make payment, nor may you deduct
Interest on loans obtained to buy tax exempt securities or a single
The annual quiz, sponsored
premium life insurance or endowment contract.
joi4tly by the Bnai David Men's
In itemizing your interest deductions on the tax form it is enough Club and Sisterhood, will take
to simply indicate to whom paid and/or what the payment applied place Monday evening in the
to, such as loan, mortgage, etc., and the amount.
synagogue.
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A card party will be held
TAXES: You may deduct all taxes paid by you provided (1) the Thursday by the Men's Club, and
tax was imposed on you and you paid it or you had an interest in on March 6 the club will hold a
nronerty and failure to pay the tax would cause the property to be Purim festival, proceeds of which
lost. and (2) the payment is legally a tax and not a tee, inspection or will be used to purnase wheel-
reeistration and (3) it is not a Federal income, excise, stamp, estate. chairs for disabled veterans at
Inheritance. legacy. succession or gift tax, or taxes assessed against Percy Jones Hospital.
local benefits which increase the value of the property assessed.
"Extremism in Palestine" will
In Michigan your taxes most commonly deductible are:
be the topic of Rabbi Joshua S.
Retail sales tax, Michigan gasoline tax, automobile licenses, in- Sperka's talk at the Friday night
tangibles tax. use tax, property taxes (city and county) alcoholic gathering Feb. 28. This program
beverares purchased from state stores, drivers and chauffers licenses. will conclude the Friday sessions.
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Risha Cohen, daughter of Mr.
LOSSES FROM CASUALTY OR THEFT:Net losses from fire, and Mrs. David J. Cohen, will re-
storm, shipment or other casualty, or theft incurred in connection view the week's events. An Oneg
%eith personal property may be deducted.
Shabbat will follow.
Your deduction is based on the value of the property just before
the loss. This deduction is reduced by the salvage value of the prop-
PIH ALPHA FRATERNITY
erty. if any, and by any reimbursement by insurance.
Phi Alpha Fraternity of Wayne
If cash or property has been stolen, you must prove it was University held its rush party for
actually taken and not just mislaid or lost. You may deduct a loss new members Sunday at the W-
resultinct. from damage to ymir car provided such damage was not ier Hotel.
the result of your negligence. The deduction may be made only in
the year in which it was sustained.
KOVLER VOLYNER SOCIETY
Door prizes donated by Ned's
Auto Supply will be presented at
a party of the Kovler Volyner
Progressive Society at 8:30 p. m.
Wednesday in Workmen's Circle.
Proceeds will go to the Chrld
For the next three weeks, the
A banquet to help the Jewish Rescue Fund. The public is in-
Young Israel adult series will prisoners of the British in Pal- vited.
sponsor two classes each on Fri- estine and their families will be
day evenings Feb. 21, 28 and snonsored by the United Zionists-
March 7, Dr. Hugo Mandelbaum, Revisionist Wednesday, March 19
chairman of adult education, an- at the Wilshire. H. Lubiskl, Pal-
nounced this week.
estine barrister, and Eliczer Shos-
These classes will meet at Ye- talc, Revisionist leader, will be the
shivath Beth Yehudah, Dexter and speakers.
Cortland avenues, and will begin
At a meeting Wednesday, the
at 8:30.
Revisionists installed the fallow.
A class In Bible and Rashi will ing new officers: Dr. Noah E.
be conducted by Rabbi Henry N. Arenstam, honorary president; M.
Carlebach, a graduate of the Mir Manuel Merzon, president; Jacob
and Telz Yeshivos in Europe and Bohr, vice-president; Joseph Gross-
of Ner Israel Yeshivah in Bal- man, secretary; and Sol B. Edel-
timore.
man, treasurer. In addition to the
A class on Jewish codes will be foregoing, the board of directors
conducted by Rabbi Harry Man- will consist of Aaron M. Weis.
delcorn, former principal of the brot. chairman, Harry Gonte,
Washington, D. C. Hebrew School. Louis Famish, Bela B. Mayor,
Seattle, Wash. Talmud Torah and Charles Anchill, Baruch Rosen-
now associated with Yeshivath berg and Aaron Teitelbaum.
. Service et Consoling
Beth Yehudah.
This course is open to those who
Zig' nag
have had little or no formal Jew-
ish education or who have a spe-
cial interest in the meaning and
significance of Jewish laws and
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customs.
of Edison
ZEDAKAII CLUB
DETROIT 6, MICH.
Gertrude Oberstein will pre-
sent a book review at a meeting
TYLER 7-4520
of the Zedakah Club at 1 p. en.
Monday in the home of, Mrs. Mey-
er Waterstone, 3816 Fullerton
avenue.
Quiz, Card Party
Set at Bnai David
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Adult Classes Set
at Young Israel
Spurs Brotherhood
Broadcast
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SHALL DISCUSS the itemized deductions which may be taken on
page 3 of Form 1040. These may be deducted, provided you prefer
c or must compute your tax on the same page rather than use the
01 X table on page 4 or claim the $500 standard deduction as outlined
'ast week if your total income is $5,000 or more.
Another condition which must be fulfilled before you may use
itemized deductions arises when husband and wife
living together file separate returns. In such cas ,,
both spouses must use itemized deductions or
neither may use them. Please note, however, that
any deductions for interest, taxes, casualty or theft
losses or bad debts which are Incurred in connec-
tion with business, professional, or rental Income
must be deducted on page 2 in either Schedule C
or Schedule B, whichever is appropriate.
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Concert Soloist
TIMELY TALKS
ON TAXES
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Friday, February 21, 1947
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
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Five thousand guests are ex-
pected. Among them will be Gov .
Sigler, Mayor Jeffries, Mayor
Crego of Lansing and Mayor
Brohl of Wyandotte, Milton Rich-
man, national commander of the
JWF, members of the state and
federal judiciary and members of
the common council and the De-
troit rabbinate.
Delegations from Lansing. Flint,
Wyandotte and Grand Rapids will
be present. A 125-page booklet will
be distributed as a souvenir,
Tickets may be purchased at
the door.
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EDWIN LEWINSON, who has
been blind since birth 16 years
ago, will speak at an open meet-
ing of the Rayinond Block Post
at 8:30 p. m. Tuesday at Bnai Da-
vid, 14th and Elmhurst avenues.
His topic will be "Patriotism."
Chairmen are Jack Rouman,
Joel Rubinoff and Sid Garelick.
The public is invited.
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LOUBA LUPILOFF, department
auxiliary president, Hilda Gold-
berg and Rose Cantor attended
the National Ladles Auxiliary
constitutional convention in Wash-
ington. A pilgrimage of represent-
atives of 31 veteran groups to
the tomb of the Unknown Soldier
preceded a banquet for the 21st
women's patriotic conference on
national defense,
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LANSING POST 559 was in-
stituted and officers installed Feb.
2. The officers are Marston H.
Busch, commander ; Philip
Schwartz, senior vice-commander,
Alex Marion, junior vice-com-
mander; Efriam Schetzer, judge
advocate; Henry' Fine, surgeon;
Jack Shanker, adjutant; William
Karns, quartermaster; Rabbi Ab-
ba Feinberg, chaplain; Irving Lie-
berman, patriotic instructor; and
Robert Fine, officer of the day.
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HAIFA CHAPTER
Rabbi Leon Pram will discuss
"Great Britain Is at War With
the Jews" before the Zionist Hai-
fa Chapter Monday. A Purim par-
ty is planned for March 10. On
March 24, Dr. I. Walter Silver,
Irving Sniderman, Samuel W.
Barr and Dr. Louis L. Kazdan will
Participate in a debate on "Shall
the Jews Accept a Partitioning
of Palestine.
HEBREW LADIES AID.
A meeting of the Hebrew La-
dies Aid Society will be held at
1 p. m. Wednesday in the Bnai
Moshe library, Mrs. Helen Rosen-
thal, president, will preside.
ALLEN MENDLOVITS is chair-
man of the Brotherhood Week
program sponsored by Gamma
Kappa Chi fraternity at Wayne
University. Activities will be cli-
maxed at 2 p.m. Wednesday
when • Dr. David Henry, Wayne
president, and two nationally-
known entertainers appear on a
program in the school. The
Frank Sinatra movie, "The
House We Live In" will be
shown. Posters and a show case
display stressing racial tolerance
have been set up at Wayne by
the fraternity. Publicity is being
handled by Leonard Bellinson,
Sol Sachs and Larry Koltonow.
Jewish Folk Chorus
in Brotherhood Concert
The Detroit Round Table of
Catholics, Jews and Protestants
will present its fifth annual broth-
erhood concert at 8 p. m. Monday
in the Racicham Bldg.
The program will feature the
Detroit Fiddlers' Band under the
baton of Tares Hubicki; the Jew-
ish Folk Chorus under the direc-
tion of Henri Goldberg; St. Da-
vid's Catholic Church Choir of 20
male voices directed by Franklyn
W. McAfee; St. Peter's and Paul's
Russian Cathedral Choir led by
Nicholas Sanin; and the Detroit
Lutheran A Capella Choir directed
by Kenneth .Jewell.
"Palestinian Nights" by Chajes
and Low will be presented by the
Jewish Folk Chorus.
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