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The story deals with. the mmgnge that blossoms between Miss R055 and MliLaiid when the latter is as_ signed to trick her off the air by Forest, an orchestra lender, and the studio manager. She dis_ iouis the deception and breaks with. Aiillimd. Gracie Allen, sponsgy- of a program. teams her with Flor- ‘est and they become popular. An aii wcddiitg is planned for the two but when the moment arrives Miss Rots flees. She is found after u llvrtc chase and rushed to the studio to go through with the wed. duvt as per schedule. She does ._ and finds herself miirrierl to M11- land. All of this is done to excellent, illllliling and splendid music both "hv-‘llli-l" and sweet."

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‘fwomen In Distress” Jammed With Action, Comedy and Romance

Filled wth an abundance of com- edy. romance and suspense. Col- umbia's production of "Woman In Distress." a fast-moving story of lieuspzipur life. opened an cilgage- ment of three days at the Capitol Theatre yiesteitduy:

The story is replete wltli iuiusual twists. telling a tale of the profes- sional rivalry between a handsome. yyoimx star reporter and a beautiful sob sister on an opposition daily. The rivalry, however. is confined only in business and throughout the storv there is always an undercur- rent oi‘ delightful romance. When t.h-~ (To attempt to aid an eccentric fllti lurlv -n solving the mysterious ihefl or her va‘unblc painting. coin- llilCillifills arise that speed the story to n thrilling climax.

.\inv Rchsmn has never been seen in better ndvnnlnue in her role of the grand old lnrlv and the mmim- tic interest is brilliantly handled by Irene Hcrvcv. as the sob sister. and Il.'lI',("nlllP Dcnn Jatyzcr as the star l'('l‘,t‘l‘i(‘l‘.

Other members of the flne cast include Douglas Dumbrllle, Gene Itlowian. (‘tr-overs McKay. Arthur Loft. Charles Vlfllson. Paul Fix and Russell Hicks.

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Mr. Frank Stewart was Chairman at Rotary Luncheon yesterday Rt. "Dair Archibald addressed the members on the subject of “Income Tax". Two guess, Mr. H. S. Wana- maker and Mr. T. Gcrclcnspencer were present. On motion, Rotarian Hon.’ B. W. LePage, who ls going to England to represent the Gov- ernmeuit at the Coronation, was also appointed Rotary delegate to the International convention to be held at Nice, France in June. Mr. Archibald spoke as follows:

"The term ‘Income Tax ls so broad as to require definition, or perhaps I should say limitation, be- fore starting to give a talk. Unless I do that, I might easily wind up my discussion by comparing the British Income Tax legislation, cumbersome as it is, with that of the United States, where the dis- tinction between actual income, us we understand it, and what are termed "Capital Profits" i\ not made. Or I might go into the Pro- vincial field and compare the

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role “'35 well acted, and the Dial’- 91's are receiving many coiifllYll/“IP tions on the success 0f the“ Pm" The best of‘ order was REP‘ and the attention of the audience was. held. from start to finish. The specialities were OIIIOYW b!’ “Fry one present This interesting ILRY centers in an old Southsm Aristocrate home. and tells t 0W love conquered pride. vIt con ains both clouds and sunshine. bill» a happy ending. A much married “Negro Mammy," who 1S a faith- ful friend of the family, proves I181‘ “torth in bringing happiness at the may, 'I‘lie players are receiving m" vltations to present their play i" as roads

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Girls‘ WOTK Secretaiy of the Mtiritiine Religi- ous Education Council. has been ‘on the Island this week 00115611‘ “g uilth leaders in Sills’ wmk» and making nuns for the com-in: 511m; mers annual c G I. T. cam? i Canoe Cove. The type 0‘ ca-mp suggested for this I've!‘ is some- what different to what has been followed heretofore. ‘Th6 Pwiram will include a leadership training eourse, along with the Teflllla? C- G_ L T, pump program. and the leaders attending [will have the

benefit of watching demonstra-

effieiency of the Income and Per- sonal Property Taxation Act with that of the other Provincial taxes. For that reason, I want to say right. at the rtart that I ain going to con- fine my remarks to The Income War Tax Act, Dominion. of 1017. I might. further say that I am go- ing to touch only a sinnll portion of what might be said in connection with that Act. To cover the whole of the subject in the time provided at a Rotary luncheon, would be to achieve the impossible. 'l‘hnt. I understand. is a. feat which no lllRll

has yet succeeded in tioiiie. and fur ,

be it from nie to attempt it to-iiay.

"In the first place. I think ii is best to go back to the year 1917, when this Act fir~t saw the light of day. In that year, the War iviis in full sway, and tlicrc was little iii- dlcation us to when it would be over. The Cnnatliau Gt)\'t‘l‘lllllt‘llli Wm finding the question of making both ends meet just ii trifle awk- ward, and, as Governments will, it began to look for new sources of taxation. As you all know. under the British North America Act. the principle was laid down that all Provincial taxation \\'li.s to be of the type that is known as ‘Direct’ . Applying John Stuart Mill's defin- ition of a direct tax, this means that a Province must levy ‘its taxes so that the burden will not be shifted to person: other than those on whom the tax is imposed. This,

tions of model group presto!“ by a staff of experts in teen-age work under the directorship of MYS- Lawrence herself. The Cami) dill-iii are July 19th to 29, and _MIB- Lawrence plans to come 88M" W the Island during the early sum- mer, when in company with local workers. she will Visit the 19 C. G, I. T groups in various centres from Souris to O'I..eui'y anion! interested workers attending the meeting of organization held Tues- day evening at the home of Mrs. F. M. Stewart, Rochford St., were; Mrs. J A McMillan, Mrs G. C» Webster. ‘ars. A M. Douglas, Mrs. W. M. Rowe, Mrs. F. A. A. Miitch, Miss Wilson, Mrs. R. H. Rogers, Mrs J. M. McPadyen; Misses Emily, Platis, Alice Part- ridge, Irene McDonald and Marg- aret. Webster, the Misses Platts and Partridge and Mrs. McPhee, being named a special camp com- mittee While in the city, Mrs. Lawrence, is the guest of Mrs R. H. Rogers, Kent St.

WEDDING BELLS -— A very pretty wedding took pliwe at St. James Church, Arlington Heights, Mass. when Edward A Walsh, of Summcrside P. E I took Irene G. Walsh of Eiliotvale, P. E, I. for his bride. The pastor Rev. Maurice OiCoimor, preformed the ceremony, after which a. nuptial hlgli mass was sting, The church was prettily (lecoratcd with Easter llllies, snap dragons‘. and. tulips, The bride was dressed in a Roosevelt blue ensemble with blue and white accessories, and wore a corsugc of Gardenias, and llllies 0f the valley. Miss Marie Donahue, a niece of the bride groom. acted as bridesmaid, she ivas dresséd in rlpcord beige ensemble. with brown accessories and wore a corsage of tea roses and babys‘ breath. Mr. Eduard A. Walsh, n nephew 0f the bridegroom acted as best mim. , After the ceremony a wedding‘- brenkfflst was served at the home‘ of Mr William Shea, a sister of the bride groom, to the immediate family Later in the clay a reception was held at Mr. Peter Walsh's home another brother 0f the, bride groom “there guests were present from Arlington. Melrose and Cambridge, Muss, New York and Rhorle Island. Late that evening shmvercd with confetti and fire the newly weds‘ left on the S, S Yarmouth Boston Bout for Canada. Mr. Edward

Donahue of Rnsencath, P. E. I. n nephew of the bride groom, come to Boston for a visit and attended the wedding.

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incidentally, still holds, and ‘if any- body wants to have some very ex- pensive entertainment some day, it might be an idea to try to save eight cents on the price of a gallon of gas by challenging the constitut- ionality of the tax. There might be some doubt as to the outcome, but I am convinced that such a cusc would go to a very high court for a final decision. and that the decis- ion, when it would be finally hand- ed down. would take cnrful note of the provuions of the British North America Act.

closer to our subject, the general understanding prior to ~1917 ivas that the Dominion would confine its taxing activity to the field of iii- direct taxation. By an indirect tax, of course, was meant a tax which would be leveled on one Cass of persons with the intention that it be shifted and diffused through- out the whole structure of the pop- ulation of the country. Thi: in- cludes such things as the Customs dutle", Sales Tax. and so forth. Consequently, it came as somewhat of a surprise and a shock when the Dominion deliberately invaded the field formerly thought to be the sacred property of the Provinces, and imposed the Income War Tax Act, 1917.

"This Act followed the British practice of taxing income only. and leaving ‘intact the capital which produced that income, even though that capital should increase in value. This is contrary‘ to the practice in the United States. where increases in the value of capital are taxed as income. and where lo "ses- of capital are regarded as deductions from income, All this boils down to the proposition, under our luw, that i1‘ a man buys n house which he rents to another person, hi; income for purposes of taxation is the nel amount of rent he recei- ves. utter first deducting necessary operating expenses. If. a year or so later, he sells the house at a handsome profit. the attitude of the law is that his original capital with which he has earned his in-

“However, to get back a little'

come, has simply been tumed into cash, and there ls no tax on the difference between what lie paid for the house and what he received for it. It would take the some attitude I if he had sold the house at u sub- stantial loss, and would not allow , him to deduct the amount of the loss from income.

"Don‘t think from that, though, . that you can go into the real estate i biriness and buy and sell houses without paying any tax on your in- come. .

"The first tax imposed tinder this Act was 4% on all income over $1,500.00 of unmarried persons, \\'IdOWs_OX‘ wldowers without de- pendent children, and the same tax on all income over $3,000.00 in the ("use of other persons. Such other persons, of course, were married persons, widows or widowers with l dependent children, and, strange as l ll may rcein. corporations. In add- ] ition to all this, a super tax was iin—

pnSEd on all income over $6,000.00.

except in the case of corporations.

No pr0Vi~i0n ivas, made at this flme

for exemption from taxation be-

cause of dependent. children. It

all worked out so that a

married mail with an income of

$10.000.00 paid a norinul tax of $280.00. to-getlier with a super tax of $80.00, making a total payment of $360 00. Corporations having the smile income. paid only the $280.00. In addition, a discount of 20% was allowed on all taxes. t "SIIICC that time, the rates have ‘\'lll‘ll‘fl considerably, both upwards i and downwards. and have become con iIIIPYllbIy more difficult to cal- icitlate, The general trend, however, has been upward, with the greatest linrrciis-ivs coining between 1930 and ‘the present time. In that year, a lIllll'l'll‘(I man enjoyed an exempt- lon of $3,000.00 plus $500.00 for each ill-pendent. child ivhlle corporations l>=11d only 8'1’. on all income in ex- ecs: of $2000.00. For the yxiar 1936. however. the picture was vastly changed. The married man's exemption was re- ydueed $2,000. plus $400.00 for , each dependent child. and, in addit- . ion. he had to struggle with a new f super tax. In that year. cur friend iwith the income of $10,000.00 who Epaid a tax of $380.00 in I917. y $232.00 in 1930. would pay a total of ‘ $651.00, assuming in all cases that ; he has no dependent children, and I that half of hi: income is from in- fvestmenis. The corporation that l paid $280.00 in 1917, $640.00 in 1930, i Dald no less than $1,600.00 for the 1 year ended December 31, 1936. l "I don't intend to take up your itime by a detailed description of ‘the changes through which this Act has passed. The Prince Ed- i ward Island Trust Company print t the Act in this little book which I have in my hand. 1n addition to the Act itself, they include an ad- mirable siunmary of the history and development of the Act. 1 be- lieve that the purchase price is one dollar, but I can assure you that it is money well spent. "As it stands now, the Income War Tax Act is relatively com- pluX. and is administered by a large and efficient staff. Information as to the incomes of persons liable to tax is obtained from eight spe- ciifc sources. In the first p'ace, whenever any cf us cash a coupon from a bearer bond. we are requir- ed to make out what is known as nu ownership certificate. 'I'his, as you know, sets out principally, the name of the person cashing the coupons, the name of the bond i5- sue, and the value of the coupons i‘l‘l.*Il(‘(i. These certificates are made out more or less continuous- ly throughout the yen-r. and reach the zipproprinte office of the De- partment usually within about B. ivcck at. the most after they are cashed. There they are carefully placed in files for individual tax- payers, and later compared with the returns of the persons who have cashed the coupons in order to see that they have declared all the in- come they have received from this SOHFCC, If anybody, either through carelessness or in an attempt to evade taxation, has omitted to de- ciare all the introiuc so received, the Department, on rfsooverlng the omission. has the power to double the amount of the income so omit- tetl for taxation purposes. What usually happens is that, if the in- conic so omitted is $100.00 or less, the individual is assessed on the exact amount only; it‘ the income is between $100.00 and $300.00, the

question of whether or not it is t0 be doubled is left to the officials of the local cit-ice. who are not likely to double it if they are 00H- vuwed that the omission was a. bone tide error, and not an at- tempt. to evade taxation; if. how- ever, such income is over $300.00. it must be doubled except in the most extenuating circumstance». which are very rare indeed.

“The next source of Information as to income are the three s0- called "information ' returns". which provide ‘u-‘ormation with re- gard to the calendar your ended the previous December, and which must be filed on the last day of February in each year. These re- turns are those designated T-t, T-5, and 609. The T-4 must be completed by all persons, whether individuals or corporations, who have other persons in their employ- fn it must be set out all payments of salaries or wages in excess of $1,000.00, together with the names of the recipients. The balance of the payroll, paid to persons receiv- ing lea than $1,000.00, is stated in a lump sum. In the case of coni- missions, fees. bonuses, and retain- ers paid to pmfessonal men, all a- mounts of $100.00 or over must. be set out in detail, together with the names of the recipients. Any em- ployer not filing this return on or before the last day of February in each year is liaible to a penalty of $2.00 for each day of default. or a maximum of $50.00 In actual practice, however, an employer who has no employees subject to tax is rarely bothered by the De- partment ‘if he fails to file this re- turn.

“The T-5 applies to corporations only, and sets out the amounts paid out to individuals during the prc- ceding year in the form of divi- dends. Likc the T-4, all corpora- tions are required by the Act to til»: such a return, but. 1f a small local corporation is kpown to be making continuous losses and paying no dividends, its omission to file tlfs return is sometimes excused.