Engineeis Battle
Against Sound
Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP)? Rich
ard N. Hammf. research physicist,
heads a staff of acoustical and
electronics engineers whoee aim is
to trap sound and to some extent
destroy it. They are working to
lessen sound on Naval ships to
avoid detection by enemies and in
aricraft to help eliminate pilot
fatigue.
One of the weapons in the battle i
against sound is a large room !
built on its own foundation, com !
pletely independent of the build
ing that surrounds it. It has 12
inch concrete walls, especially
hardened on the inside to keep i
sound in.
There is a giant paddle, 8 by
16 feet. Hamme explains that
sound bounces around in different
wave lengths. The paddle mixes it
up to make it as equal as pos
sible all over the room.
The staff will determine how
long it takes sound to die in the
room when it is empty; then with
varying objects in the room It
then can figure what objects or
materials absorb it most readily.
Hamme says there is a much
easier way of ridding the world
of noises: "Just pull the switch. I
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Answers to 10 Questions
That Bother Taxpayers Most
(Nteth of a Series)
By FRANK O'BRIEN
Associated Press
Every year as taxpaying time ;
comes around the Revenue Service
is bombarded with questions from
millions of taxpayers puzzled by
the ins and outs of the income tax
law as applied to their particular
income.
The Revenue Service has been !
keeping track of the questions, to j
find out what are the most fre
quent queries. In this and the fol
lowing article are answers which !
apparently bother the ordinary in
come taxpayer the most.
You can find more comprehen
sive answers to these questions in
the instructions that come with j
your tax forms, under the general j
headings where these questions'
would fit.
For instance, the subject of the
first question, having to do with
income in some form other than
money, is discussed in the instruc
tions for Form 1040, the basic tax
form, on page 5, under the head
ing "What Income is Taxed."
Additionally, you can obtain
from any Revenue Service office I
for 25 cents, the Service's own '
authoritative survey of income tax I
matters, a small book entitled
"Your Federal Income Tax."
This contains fairly simply writ-|
ten discussions (with examples, in!
many cases) of most problems the ;
individual income taxpayer, even ?
the one with a complex income, j
would come up against.
And this year, the Revenue Ser
vice is distributing, free, through
its offices and Agricultural Ex
tension Service offices and agents,
a special and comprehensive work
on the farmer's particular tax
problems, called "The Farmers'
Tax Guide."
Here are questions having to do
with 10 subjects apparently most
troubling to taxpayers. The ans
wers were supplied, like the ques
tions, by the Revenue Service I
1. Income in some form other
?a I
1 HAVg . >
QUESTION
than money) I helped my boss (or
someone else) build his summer
cottage, and he gave me a beach
lot for my work. Is that taxable
income?
Yes, because it was given to you
for services you rendered, and is
therefore not a gift. You report
as income the fair market value
of the lot.
2. (Moving expenses) My em
ployer transferred me from one
town to another, and paid all my
moving expenses to the transfer
company. Is that expense money
part of my salary my taxable in
come?
It is if you requested the trans
fer. It is not if the transfer was
at your employer's order.
3. (Sale of a home) I sold my
residence, at a profit of $3,000
last June. I used the $15,000 I got
for my residence, including my
$3,000 profit, to buy a new resi
dence in December. Is the $3,000
profit on my sale taxable?
Not in your case. In the sale and
purchase of a residence, both being
the taxpayer's own homfe, any
profit made on the sale is not tax
able if the profit is reinvested in
another home within a year (18
months in case you build the new
home, instead of buying one al
ready built). But if the transaction
results in a loss, the loss is not
deductible.
4. (Exclusion of dividend in
come) My wife and I received
$300 in dividends on stock we
own during 1955. Is some part of
this excludable from our income
subject to tax?
Yes, but the amount excludable
depends on just how you got the
dividends. Each of you may ex
clude up to $50 dividend income,
but only if each of you had at
least that much dividends from
qualified corporations.
For instance, if the husband had
dividends of $270 and the wife $30,
the husband can exclude $50 and
the wife only $30. a total of $80.
5. (Dividends from a savings
and loan association) Can I claim
a tax credit (or exclusion) for
dividends I received from a build
ing and loan association.
No. Quite the contrary, such div
idends are considered interest,
and as such they are fully taxable.
6. (Board and lodging from an
employer) Must I include in my in
come the value of room and meals
furnished to me by my employer?
It depends entirely on where
and why you got the meals and
room, and it is different for meals
and room. You need not report the
value of the meals if they were
furnished on the business prem
ises, and for the convenience of
the employer.
The value of your room can be
excluded if it meets those s^me
j tests, and in addition you were re
quired to live on the business pre
mises as a condition of your job.
! 7. (Gifts from an employer)
Must I include in my income a
$300 Christmas gift from my em
ployer?
j Yes, because gifts from em
ployers are considered a return
for services rendered. So are tips,
bonuses, and the like.
8. (The "self-employment tax")
Am I required to pay self employ
ment (social security) tax on the
net profit from my grocery store?
Yes, if the net profit is over
$400. The social security tax is 3
per cent of net profits up to $4,200
for the self employed. (But if in
addition to self employment in
come you had wages from which
social security taxes were with
held, you pay the 3 per cent tax
only on the difference between
your wages and any amount of self
employment income up to $4,200.)
9. (When to file a return, if you
are self employed) The net profits
from my grocery store in 1955 ?
were $500. Must I file an income
tax return?
Yes, for two reasons. First any
one with gross income of $600 and
over (almost certainly the case
here) is required to file a return,
even if they have no tax to pay.
Secondly, a net profit of $500
would require you to pay the social
security tax of the self employed.
10. (When is income received)
My bank entered a credit of $50,
for interest, in my passbook on
Jan. 2, 1956. But I find the amount
was credited to my account in fhe
bank on Dec. 28, 1955. In which
year's income do I include this in
terest?
In your income for 1955, because
it was credited to your account in
1955, and you could have drawn
upon it then. The deciding factor
is_when did the money become
yours? It becomes yours when
credited to your account. When it
got entered in your passbook does
not matter.
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March 6 ? Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Honeycutt and son, Gary, and
daughter, Brenda, spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. Willie Bar
bee at Sophia, N. C.
A] Hubcrd, Baltimore, Mfl., is vis
iting Mr. and Mrs. Emmitt Piper.
Mrs. Henry Chadwick and daugh
ter, Hilma, spent Saturday at Kin
ston.
Miss Sarah Meadows and Mr. and
Mrs. Alexander Meadows spent the
weekend with their pa rants, Mr.
and Mrs. Wade Meadows.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry MacFarlane
and Mr. and Mrs. Emmitt Piper re
turned from Charlotte Tuesday
night where they attended a hard
ware convention.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nelson and
children, of Beaufort, and Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Mearea called on Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Pigott Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. Margarrt Moore, the Star
Route mall carrier for Smyrna.
Marshallberg and Gloucester, en
tered Morehead City Hospital Mon
day for treatment.
Stacy Nelson, of Aulander, spent
the weekend with his sister, Mrs.
Catherine Kruez.
Bobby Chadwick, who has been
stationed at Stuttgart, Germany,
and recently returned to his home
at Smyrna, visited his aunts here
Tuesday, Mrs. Bert Meares, Miss
Maggie Pigott and Mrs. Henry
Chadwick
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hender
son. Chicago, 111., are visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Henry D. MacFarlane.
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March ?- R K. Montague was
a business visitor in Raleigh Tues
day
Mr?. Lilt Garner has returned
from Texas and is now in Green- i
vilie with her son and his family. I
Mrs. Letha Henderson has re- ;
turned from Washington, D. C.,
where she spent two weeks with j
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Miller The |
Millers brought her home and re- 1
mained for the weekend with Mrs
Miller'* parents, Mr. and Mrs. V.
M. Rhue.
The Rev. C. T. Rogers of Tar
boro was here Wednesday.
Mrs. Manly Mason, Mrs. R. E. ,
Parrish and Miss Willilou Mason |
were in Kinston Saturday.
Mrs. Sammy Barnes went to
Durham Saturday to visit her hus
band who recently had an opera
tion there.
Mr. and Mrs. James M Rogers
of Elizabeth City returned to their
home Monday after the weekend
with Mrs. Roger's mother, Mrs.
Sadie Garner.
T. R. Garner and son, David,
spent Sunday in Rocky Mount.
Mrs. J. O. Webb has returned
from Florida, where she spent
some time with her husband.
Mr. and Mrs Clyde Garner and
children of Raleigh spent the
weekend with Mrs. Leona Garner.
D. I. Garner was a business vis
itor in New jBern Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mizelle at
tended the funeral of an aunt,
Mrs. Spruill, in Plymouth on Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. John, Hatfield of
Norfolk, Va.. recently spent the
weekend with Mrs. Hatfield's mo
ther. Mrs. Claude Garner.
Mrs. rioy Garner, Home Dem
onstration Agent, was in Golda
boro Friday to attend a meeting
for women who participate in
curb market activities.
Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Mizelle are
spending some time in Santa Ana.
Calif , with their daughter and her
husband. Maj. and Mrs. Nelson E.
Brown. The Browns are the proud
parents of a little girl, who ar
rived March 3.
Some of those attending the ball
game in Kenansvitle Monday night
were Mr and Mrs. Charles Hill,
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Garner, Dr
Manly Mason, R. K. Montague,
Harvey Garner and Edwin Garner.
Mr Sollie Garner of Bridgeton
visited Mr. Henry Garner recently.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Heath had
as weekend guests Mr. and Mrs
Eb Heath and Mrs. Blanche Haw
kins of Cove City, Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Heath and little daugh
ter, Emily, of Rocky Mount.
Mrs. Parker Guthrie spent Sun
day in Durham with her husband
who is a patient in the Veterans
Hospital.
David Heath is spending some
time in Rocky Mount with Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Heath.
Bridge Party
Mrs. C. H. Lockey was hostess
to the bridge club Friday evening.
Special guests were E. B. Comer,
Durwood Hill and Dick Lockey.
E. B. Comer was high scorer
and Mrs. Comer won bingo. Mrs.
Durwood Hill was low and Mr.
Hill won slam prize.
Mrs. Lockey served sandwiches,
potato chips, pickles, .brownies
and colas.
About 45 of every 100 American
men over 65 years old still have
jobs.
Tomato, Pepper, Eggplant
Seeds Can be Started Now
By ROBERT SCHMIDT
If you haven't already done so, it
is time to sow tonmt", pepp*r and
eggplant seed in hotbeds, cold
frames or flats in the kitchen win
dow. Although it is much easier
to buy plants for the garden, we
like to grow our own tomato
plants. Then we know what we are
getting.
The seed sowing date will de
pend on how soon the weather
will permit setting in the field. It
usually takes from five to eight
weeks t<\ produce tomato plants
large enough to set, depending on
the temperature of the plant bed.
Pepper and eggplant are a little
slower in developing.
By figuring back from the last
probable frost date we can deter
mine when to sow the seeds. By
sowing the seed thinly, it may not
be necessary to transplant, but
usually transplanting to two inches
apart about a week after the
plants come up will give much
stronger and stockier plants.
There is no advantage in grow
ing plants to blooming sire before
setting in the field. The young
plants will stand the shock of
transplanting better than the older
ones.
Where no fusarium wilt is pres
ent, good early varieties are Val
iant and Queens. Earliana, of
course, is an old standby. For the
main crop Rutgers and Marglobe
are popular. Of the hybrids, Bur
pee's Big Boy has done very well
for us.
If the garden soil is infected
with fusarium wilt, it is advisable
to use only such varieties as Home
stead and Jefferson which are
highly resistant to fusarium wilt.
These are not early varietiea but
will survive the wilt.
The best variety of pepper is
probably California Wonder. It is
a good grower and has heavy
meaty fruits.
Eggplant is not a common veg
etable in North Carolina gardens
but should be grown more. The
Florida Highbush and Ft. Myers
Market are good varieties. As soon
as eggplants are set in the field
the plants should be covered with
a DDT dust or spray to prevent
flea beetles and potato beetles
from destroying them.
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March 5? Mr. and Mrs. Elmo
Gilgo, Oriental, were visitors with
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Willis Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. George Adams and
daughter spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Vivian Chadwick.
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Chadwick
and son, who have recently re
turned from Germany, are spend
ing several days with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chadwick.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Simpson.
Beaufort, spent Sunday afternoon
with Mrs. Mamie Wade.
Mr. and Mrs. Blakely Wade and
Mrs. Nina Wade were visitors here
Sunday.
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