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New Recreation Site
. Obtained For State
1.000 Acres in Lake Zoar Region Part of New Paugus
sett State Forest; Historical Background
Half a m LI lion people living in
southwestern Connecticut will have
a new 1,000 acre outdoor recreation
urea for their convenient use when
the new Pauguaaett State Forest on
Lake Zoar in Newtown is opener1
next spring.
The newast acquisition of tin
State Park and Forest Commission,
the Paugussett park is Intended
primarily for public use although
ita woodlands will become part of
the state's forestry program. The
location Is one of the most Ideal
ever acquired by the state for tt l»
almost dead center In an ares
bounded by Bridgeport, Danbury,
Waterbury and New Haven, and it
is thereby convenient to onc-thlrd
of the state's entire population.
With a frontage of almost three
miles on picturesque Lake Zoar. it
has every natural facility for both
land and water activities.
Boundary Lines
Within It miles of Bridgeport, 35
miles of New Haven, 30 miles of
Waterbury and ten miles of Dan
bury, It is located entirely in New
town. Its southern boundary is
about a mile r.bove the Stevenson
J«SS«
ADLER
Looks at
the NEWS
Sign In a Times Square Cigar Store:
"Whatever Your Favorite Cigarette
—We Haven't Got It. We Haven't
Ev»n Got the Brands You Don't
Like!"
Sign In another Shop: "Cigarette
Prioe War — Carton 75c" and in
smaller letters, "that's what we'd
like to aay if we had any!”
Mrs. Roosevelt was complaining
that Assistant Vice President Byrnes
didn't give the White House enough
coal to heat her bedroom. Maybe
that's because Byrnes figured she
wasn’t there long enough to know
the difference . . .
Headline: "F. D. R.’a Fala On A
Holneymoon." Smart pup, before
having any children he wanted to
malm sure he had a home for the
next four years!
F. D. R. incidentally had Frank
Sinatra as a dinner guest and asked
the Voice what he had that the
president didn't have to make Elea
nor awoon. Sinatra told him—and
'he president almost swooned.
I got such a howl , out of the
scene in “Laughing Room Only”
where a dwarf became a giant via
Elevator Shoes, that I offered the
midget a pair of the shoes for free.
The offer was turned down, the lit
tle guy was afraid If he wore the
shoes he’d be too tall for his Job.
Prices In New York restaurants
are so high, (celling or no celling)
it's getting so that even the proprie
tors have to eat elsewhere.
Dispatch from Captain Hy Gard
ner at Lake Placid, where the favor,
ite sport (aside from skiing) is dog
sledding, says that a couple hopped
onto a dog sled, the driver yelled
"mush” the boy yelled "mush”, the
girl yelled “mush” and while they
were mushing somebody stole the
sled!
Tommy Dorsey's description of a
Soldier: “Civilian with Cigarettes!”
A new edict from the Government
insists that bath towels be made
shorter. Dry humor?
An electric lawn mower in Ohio
picked up a spoon and flung it so
forcefully towards the road the
spoon imbedded Itself In a soldier's
leg and he had to go to the hospital
to have it removed. Probably'll get
the Purple Heart with two Silver
Ladles.
IS yqears ago a Los Angeles man
reported he lost a valued wrist
watch. Last week it turned up, on a
prisoner in the local hoosegow. The
owner will sue for back-time-and-a
half.
A Navy plane zoomed through the
bedroom of a S-year-old child In
Groton, Conn., and pulled the
blanket oil her bed without injuring
her. Mistaken Identity—he thought
it was Betty arable!
Talking about cigarettes did yon
know that they contain Saltpetre?
That’s to keep them burning. No
gag. Just to make this column oc
casionally Intelligent.
One town that’s not worried about
whether baseball continues or not
is Brooklyn. They claim the Dod
gers haven't played ball for two
years anyway.
Goebbel's reason for the Breaking
of the Bulge will probably be the
shortage of girdles.
Mayor LaGuardia will probably
run for'a 4th Term — probably on
a moving platform—the platform of
a Are engine.
PAPER COLLECTIONS
TO BE MADE MONTHLY
Canvassing of the city once a
month for the collection of waste
paper will be undertaken It was de
cided yesterday at a meeting of the
War Service Board.
No definite collection dates have
been scheduled as yet but the fact
that the collections will be held def
initely has been ruled and canvass
ing dates will appear In this paper
in the future.
Also announced at yesterday’s
meeting was the plan to resume the
war gardens program for this com
ing planting season. Allotment of
plots of city held land will soon be
announced.
Production of vegetables In
greenhouses heated by water from
hot springs Is helping relieve Ice
land’s food shortage.
Dam and its northernmost border
about two miles below the Sandy
Hook bridge on Route 302. Direct
ly across from it is the Kettletown
section of Oxford, and adjoining it
on either side are the Ivy Brook
and Cedarhurst sections of New
town.
Most of it was acquired by pur
chase from Harold C. Kimball, of
Yonkers, N. Y„ and S. T. Georges
of New York City, but the tract
Includes 55 acres which were a gift
to the State by Mr. and Mrs
Oeorge C. Waldo, of Fairfield. Mr
Waldo is chairman of the State
Park and Forest Commission.
That sportsmen are keenly inter
ested in the Paugussett tract is in
dicated by a gift of tl.600 towards
the purchase by the Fairfield Coun
ty League of Sportsmen's Clubs.
The presentation was made recent
ly to the Commission by Stuart
Hopkins, of Norwalk, president of
the Sportsmen's group.
Dense growths of hardwood hem
lock and chestnut oak border the
lake, but back from the shores the
forests are broken by rolling hills
and open fields. The tract has been
untouched for over a quarter of a
century, although several years age
an unsuccessful attempt was made
to acquire it for a national Boy
Scout camp. Pryddeti Brook and
Ivy Brook flow through it, and
from end to end it Is traversed by
an old wagon trail that parallels
the shore line.
The State Forest is a picturesque
spot of natural beauty that com
bines practically every land and
water advantage. The lake is heav
ily stocked with trout and crappio.
Large carp is so plentiful that it
Is caught in commercial quantities.
It has facilities for canoes, sail
boats and motor boats and in win
ter is frozen solid from shore to
shore for skating and ice-boating. It
has a small beach for bathing that
can be extended and two lively
streams for fishing. Its woods and
fields are Ideal for practically any
sort of outdoor activity.
Old Coe Brass Co.
Years ago, the land was owned
by the old Coe Brass Company, of
Naugatuck, which built a spur track
into It from Stevenson and from
1894 to 1911 harvested thousands of
cords of wood annually. Scattered
about the tract today are the re
mains of charcoal pits that were
used to convert the wood into char
coal for the Coe foundries In Nau
gatuck. Waterbury and Torrlngton.
In 1912, title to It was transferred to
the American Brass Co., of Water
bury, and It has been unused since
that time.
The area bounds in Indian lore
that dates back long before the
Paugussetts when it was part of the
old trail that tribes of the Alon
qulns from Massachusetts and Mo
hicans from upper New York State
traversed to reach the "great srH
sea” around Stratford and Milford.
THE BLACK MARKET
— And —
The War Worker
By J. M. SWEENEY
The very word "black" connotes
ominous doings-for Instance, black
eye, Black Friday in the Wall street
days of Jay Gould and his gang,
black magic and voodoolsm, black
mail, etc. Black market is more or
less a new word to Americans of
the present generation, although it
has always existed especially In time
of war or shortly thereafter. And
this present war is no exception. The
black market finds a more or less
ready-made happy hunting ground
among war workers. They are easy
bait for black markets; many work
ers not only listen to the overtures
of the black market purveyors, but
they seek them out. That is a bad
situation, but human nature seems
to be running true to form just
as In the days of the bootlegger
in the twenties. Naturally the un
derworld controls the black market
and that often includes the silk
stocking element in society. The
big five in the black market are
gasoline, liquor, meat, raw mate
rials and nylon, and lately of course
sugar and cigarettes.
In war work today there are
many new workers who have never
been wage earners before, especially
women; many of them householders
who do all the buying for their
families. Most of the new workers
are working for patriotic motives In
war plants; they buy bonds regu
larly; they probably have a hus
band. a brother or a son or a daugh
ter or some one near and dear to
them fighting with the colors. All
the more pity when these folks fall
for the black market. With all this
new money at hand, and the re
strictions and rationing that exist on
many products they formerly had
access to at any time in exchange
for the dollar, many feel that they
are being regimented too much by
their government and so—for a price
—they go shopping for gas, meat,
etc., in the black market. What
does this do to the country at home,
and especially on the fighting front?
It brings nearer the day of possible
Inflation. If you, and I do mean
you, want to see the U. S, go through
inflation such a* Oermany experi
enced after World War I. then just
keep on buying over the celling
price, boot leg gasoline coupons, etc.,
and you may some day experience
the pangs of conscience such as did
Benedict Arnold nil his life after he
did his best to sell his country down
the liver: as did Nolan, the Man
without a Country; as has arover
Cleveland Bergdoll recently released
from Jail for draft dodging in 1918.
Ladles, here’s a typical case of
black market for your study and
thought: "A man and a girl walked
Into a New Jersey tavern the other
night. They sat In a dimly lit booth,
had several drinks and listened to
the Juke box. The waiter appraised
them with crafty eyes. Taking the
next* order, he leaned over conn
dentlaUy, 'How about a pair of
nylons for the lady?' Inquiry quick
ly revealed that the tavern had
all the nylon stockings anyone would
want at $5 a pair- Yet there were
none on the counters of the best
stores. Where does the nylon come
from? In some cases we traced It
to thefts by employes of the hosiery
manufacturer. Some came from
•hijacked trucks.’ Sometimes com
pany officials put it into the black
market via wholly legitimate sales to
black market operators in the retail
or wholesale field. Suspicion ranges
all the way from pinning 'lost or
stolen Inventories’ on resigned em
ployes to excess wastages, slipping
out' by one means or another of
plants entrusted with the making of
parachutes for the armed services."
The above quote is from Hard
ware Age magazine. Jan. 6. 1£M4.
So, ladies, when you buy nylons
from any but a legitimate retailer
you encourage the black market,
incipient Inflation with all its evils,
victory for the Axis and ruin for
us. After all, legs are legs and
nylons can neither add to or de
tract from them in war time with
all Its privations. If you have been
or are buying in the black market.
DON'T TELL THAT TO THE MA
RINES.
COMMITTEE REJECT
APPEALS OF ‘4-FS’
Appeals by "4-Fs" who have bepn
referred from less essential to .es
sential Jobs in Waterbary are in
creasing. but a large portion of the
appeals heard already have been
turned down, it was disclosed today.
Area WMC Director Mary M.
Dewey reported 28 appeals by men
classified 4-F by their draft boards
were turned down this week fol
lowing hearings by the WMC labor
management committee.
The WMC official said 811 open
ings exist at the present time in
high urgency priority Jobs, and
strict adherence to the referral
system is necessary.
SALVATION ARMY IN
CANDLELIGHT SERVICE
A candlelight Remembrance serv
ice was conducted last night by the
Sulvation Army at the Citudel on
Cherry street, for the boys whuse
names are on the armed forces'
honor roll. The services were open
by John Van Qould, and Lt. E.
L. Humbert led llie group in prayer.
Two former members of the Sul
vation Army, now home on leaves,
were present: T-figt. Charles Duien,
Arm) Air force, who lias been in tiie
South Puclflc for 18 months, and ills
brother Carl Duren, C-3c, a member
of Fie Merchant Marines, home
from Mediterranean.
Tackle Walter Merrill, tailback
Joel McCoy and end Hmold New
man of the Randolph Field, Texas
Ramblers are all former stars ol
the University of Alabuuia.
"The May 1st," one of the larg
est mines in the Krlvol $og Iron ore
baaln of Russia. Is now producing
over 1,000 tons of Iron ore dally.
New State Outdoor Recreation Area
Map of the new 1000 acre Paufussett State Forest on Lake Zoar in Newtown, which has been acquired by
the State ark and Forrest Commission as an outdoor recreation area for Southwestern Connecticut
APPEAL NOTICE
FILED IN COURT
Raymond Harmon Denies
Claims Set Up By U. S.
Employment Service
Raymond C. Harmon today filed
an appeal in superior court from a
decision of Unemployment, compen
sation Commissioner William H.
Connelly, who acted for Commis
sioner Margaret Verdon of the Fifth
Congressional District office. The
petitioner seeks a review of his
claims made for unemployment
compensation, and of the decision
of the commissioner who denied him
benefits.
The applicant states lie did not
shut himself of! from a considerable
field of suitable employment, as
claimed by the state office, and was
available for work. He dentes that
he did not register according to
rules or that he refused referrals or
would not permit an interview.
The applicant, who worked for the
Manville Machine Company until
tlie firm closed, was later employed
by the Farrel-Birmingham Com
pany in Ansonla and still later at
the Scovlll Manufacturing Com
pany.
Should you want to take a bath in
Kunming, China, the water must be
carried to the bathroom in buckets,
and the charge for the service Is $8.
Inauguration Of 1941
Proved Colorful Event
Eye-Witness of Ceremonies, Attendant at Scenes,
Pens Contrast of Events With Solemn Program
of Today — Nation’s Lack of Pre
paredness Realized Then.
The brevity of the inaugural to
day of President Franklin D. Ro06e
vcit and Vice-President elect Henry
S. Truman stands out in striking
contrast to the peacetime cere
monies four years ago when thous
ands of visitors, including many
Waterburians, Jammed the National
Capital to see F. D. R. and Henry
A. Wallace take over the reins of
office in a lengthy and elaborate
ceremony which included a two
hour parade.
Thousands stormed Capitol Hill as
early as 7 o’clock to make certain
cf a good view of the ceremonies on
the balcony of the gold-dome struc
ure. Bundled in furs, woolen, and
galoshes, as protection against a
penetrating cold, and burden, with
lawn chairs, boxes and blankets,
most were securely and comfortably
established two hours before the
President arrived at noon. Others
were perked high in the trees across
from the building.
The reserve section directly in
front of the balcony was also
jammed by those who were fortu
nate enough to obtain tickets.
John Nance Gamer
It was not the usual carefree
crowd of Americans who listened in
tently to the President that sunny
day in 1940. About the happles in
dividual in the entire congregation
was Vice-President John Nance
Gamer, who refused to wear a top
hat. and waved the inevitable cigar
as he turned his office over to his
successor, in order to retire to his
pleasant Texas ranch after more
than thirty years of office in Wash
ington.
The President spoke solemnly of
the ruthless Nazi hordes that had
overrun Europe and asked the con
gregation to thank God that ‘ our
skies arc still free of bombers and
the war mongers.'’
The crowd was tense and uneasy.
Intuitively everyone felt war was in
the air.
Service Secret Men flanking the
President on all sides and milling
unceasingly through the congrega
tion added to the feeling of impend
ing danger. Just as the President
was about to leave the balcony, a
crash, similar to that of a discharg
ed bullet, resounded through the re
served section. Though the President
heard the crash, he continued to
speak as FBI men pressed in and
admonished everyone to remain
quiet. It was discovered shortly a
clumsy photographer had dropped
hie flash bulb.
Antique Equipment
The sidewalks along Pennsylvania
avenue were crowded with spectators
as the Inaugural parade proceeded
toward the White House. It is re
called that a bystander, observing
the antiquated tanks, trucks, and
war equipment, remarked America
wouldn’t have a chance if Hitler at
tacked our shores. Not one person in
Washington that day mentioned
Japan as a potential enemy, though
the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred
less than 11 months later.
Sgt. Joseph Donahue, then secre
tary to Congressman J. Joseph
Smith, and his gracious wife tool;
visiting Waterburians on a tour ot
inspection of the Capital following
the ceremonies. He is now combat
correspondent in the South Pacific.
On the midnight coach bound for
New Haven, weary travellers pro
tested vigorously against the noise
making of young men and women
whe whooped it up until five in the
morning.
Longs For Peace Times
It would seem, however, that three
years of warfare have changed the
minds of Americans concerning the
importance of such things as loss of
sleep. One of the Waterburians who
scolded the revellers loudest and
most frequently recently remarked
he'd give his year's income to view
a revival of that i>eacettme scene
when the boys were home and en
joying themselves.
Police Blotter
An 11-year old girl was referred
to Juvenile authorities last night
by Detective Lieut. John Galvin
and Detectives James Stack and
Paul Moynihan who investigated
the theft of a small amount of
money from the homes uf Mrs.
Francis bherwlll. 903 West Main
street and Mrs. Joseph Cousins,
HOI West Main afreet. The sum
of $7.53 was recovered by the de
tectives of $16 reported taken.
An attempted break Into a gro
cery store operated by Joseph Hc
aiewles, 327 Walnut street, was re
ported last night by Lieut. Galvin
A1 Gainer, 31, former light
heavyweight boxer, was arrested
last night on a charge of carrying
a concealed weapon, a.33 caliber
automatic, an East Main sireel,
by Detective Mgt. Joseph McCar
thy and Detectives Paul Moyni
hen and James black.
Male and local poller conlinurd
today their hunt for Joseph Del
(MM. alias Bake MotolU, ML
Washington avenur, who escaped
Wednesday from Wethersfield
state prleon where he was serving
a • to I year term far robbery
NURSES RESPOND
TO URGENT CALL
Three Applications Made
Follownig Appeals of
Consultant, Chairman
Following an urgent appeal for
nurses to sen e in the military forc
es yesterday by Miss Mary Donnel
ly, nurse consultant for the state,
and Mrs. Albert W. Hummel, chair
man of the Nurses recruitment
committee, three nurses made ap
plication up to press time today, it
has been learned. The response
was termed "most encouraging" by
Mrs. Hummel, and she stated it was
hoped bv the committee that it
would continue until Waterbury
had reached its present quota.
At a Joint meeting ot The Red
Cross Recruitment committee and
the Nursing Council of War service,
held at St. Mary's Nursing home
yesterday afternoon, Miss Donnelly
asserted that the response of elig
ible nurses here was disappointing,
pointing to the fact that fewer Wa
terbury nurses have applied for
military service than in any city in
Connecticut.
In her appeal last night to all
eligible nurses throughout the dis
trict to apply for service, Mrs.
Hummel stated that volunteer* are
commissioned officers and are en
titled to full privileges now set forth
in the GI Bill of rights, including
free medical care, unemployment
insurance, and discharge pay.
Mrs. Hummel further stated that
volunteers in the past have come
from the essential group, and those
who are doing private duty have
not offered their services. She par
ticularly appealed to those who are
so classified.
NEW HAVEN WOMAN
SUING FOR $5,000
The City of Waterbury has been
mimed defendant in a $5,000 civil
action filed In the New Haven su
perior court by Jessie Hickson of
New Haven as the result of a side
walk fall In this city The plaintiff
claims she was injured Jan. 8 when
she fell on an icy sidewalk at 50
Hawkins street.
Naugatuck Rubber
Accepts War Order
Boston, Jan. 30—(UP)—The Bos
ton quartermaster depot today
awarded the following army con
tracts:
Rubber hip boots, U. 8. Rubber
Co., Naungutuck, Conn., 10,116
pairs: Goodyear Rubber Co., Mid
dletown, Conn., 6100 pairs; com
but service buckles, Rail Fastener j
Co., Providence, R. I., 1,000 each;
shoe service nylon laces. Ansonla
O. Sc C. Co., Ansonla, Conn., 12,
240 pairs; nylon laces, Pawtucket
Standard 3ra»d Co., Pawtucket. R.
I„ 290,600 pairs; shoe pacs, U. 8
Rubber Co., 200 pairs; and arctic
overshoes, Goodyear Rubber Co.
Providence, R. I.. 40,000 pairs.
S MINUTES FROM ETERNITV
Galveston. Tex. — (U P > — Tur
ret gunner Asa Lee Crow Is glad to
be back In Galveston — very glad.
He almost didn't get here, because
once in the South Pacific, his plane
"was suposed to land on * certain
cnrrler, but we landed on another
instead—in time to see the first
| carrier blown up about five minutes
Inter "
Nearly .000,000 leaflets have been
dropped from aircraft on Japanese
| troops in Burma in three months.
t
WEEKLY REPORT
ON STAMP SALES
Sprague School Students
Invest $205.10; Casper
Post Melts Monday
WATERVILLE
Correspondent'! Phone—3-6511
Waterville, Jan. 20 — Stamp sales
at Sprague school on Thursday,
January 18th amounted to (205.10.
Rooms with one-hundred per cent
sales were Miss Gladys Monroe's
and Miss Rose Bannon's eighth
grades. Rooms having the greatest
sales were: Miss Rose Robin's sec
ond and third grades (35.35; Miss
Rose Bannon's eighth grades (31.60;
Miss Mary Shanahan's seventh
grade (20.00; Miss Sadie Bannon's
first grade, (19.70; and Miss Gladys
Monroe's eighth grade (19.25.
The Casper S. Davis Post, Amer
ican Legion will meet Monday even
ing at 8 o'clock in their rooms in
the rear of the post-office. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
Private Donald Dubay has arrived
home to spend a 21-day furlough
with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Dubay of 55 Downes street.
Mrs. Prank Ilnicki and son Frank
Jr., spent the day with her parents
yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. William
Dubay. Leonard Ilnicki has just re
covered from pneumonia.
Following are the church services
for tomorrow:
St. Paul’s Episcopal church: Mr.
Drwart will be at St. Paul's for the
service of Mornmg Prayer and Ser
mon at 11 o’clock. Church school
will meet at 9:30 a. m.
Tills Sunday is Theological Edu
cation Sunday and the offering will
be taken lor the support of the Vir
ginia Theological Seminary in Alex
andria, Va. By contributing to this
offering you help in the training
of young men for the Christian
ministry.
The second Confirmation Class
for young people will be held on
January 22nd at 4:30 p. m. All can
didates are urged to attend these
first meetings.
The annual parish meeting will
be held on Monday night, January
January 29th at 8 p. m. The wo
men of St. Paul's invite all members
of the parish to a supper before the
meeting.
Waterville Union Church: Rev.
Milton S. Nilson, minister. Morn
ing worship service at 10 a. m.
Sunday school at 11 o’clock. Even
ing Evangelistic service at 7.30 p.
m.
Gospel Hall: Breaking of Bread at
10:30 a. m.; Sunday school at 6:15
p. m.; Evening Gospel meeting at
I 7:30.
Hospital
Bulletins
Mrs. Mary O’Rourke, 3 Church
street, Beacon Falls, was admit
ted to Waterbury hospital last
night for treatment of a fractured
ankle sustained in a fall at her
home.
Anthony Leonard, 4, 222 Oak
street, was treated at St. Mary’s
hospital for a laceration of the
forehead yesterday afternoon
after the sled on which he was
riding crashed into an automobile
I driven by John Kelly, 12 Vermont
I street.
Jocelyn Gwizd. 3, 28 Wilson
street, who was admitted to Wa
terbury hospital in serious condi
tion Sunday after swallowing
some medicine while playing, was
discharged last night from the
hospital.
PLAN COURSE ON
LABOR RELATIONS
Former Stale Labor Com*
missioner Joseph l one
Speaks Here
Joseph Tone ol the Federal De
partment of Labor tutted study of
labor laws last nitiht In an address
to members of the Central Labor
Union, A. F. L., at the regular
inonthb meeting of the organiza
tion. Delegates from 32 locals af
filiated with the union, attended
tlie session.
The guest speaker, who is a for
mer state labor commission, de
clared the labor movement plays an
important part in maintaining de
mocracy in this country, and advo
cated expansion of educational pro
grams to teach workers of their la
bor rights and limitations.
Thomas F. Brennan, counsel
president, announced plans will be
completed shortly lot a special
course on labor relations. The
course will be given under the
guidance of an educator from the
I tabor Department, and members
from all locals will be enrolled.
(LOP. CLUB HOLDS
INDUCTION TONIGHT
Installation ceremonies for officers
of the Young Colored Hepubllcun
dub will be held tonight at » p. m.
at Wilson post hull, American Le
gion on Bishop street. A sociul hour
with refresh menu will follow the
formal ceremonies
Officers to be Installed tonight
mv: President Ernest M Bush; first
vice-president, Hampton Bit-ward;
second vice-president, Mrs. Hamit
Sims, treasurer, Lacey Muimes;
secretary, Mrs Arlese Harvey; as
sistant secretary, Mrs. Esther Lacey;
corresponding secretary, Mrs Dor
othy Antrim
1st Li Charles "Chargin’ Charlie'
Churchill Of tile Keesler Field, Miss..
air Held learned his football while
with the Bust Texas State Teachers
college vanity
Mexico will soon eomplel# It*
highway extending t.io full length
of the country down to Oualemala.
*
Scout Council Shows
Gain In Membership
J. Milton Burrall, Jr., Re-elected President at Annual
Meeting; Chairmen File Reports
An increase of 600 in member
ship in Mattatuck council was an
nounced last night by David F.
Babson Scout executive at the an
nual meeting held at the Elton.
J. Milton Burrall, Jr., was re
elected president of the Mattatuck
councils
Other officers elected were Fred
S. Smith, Louis A. Walsh, Paul B.
Barton. New Milford, and John W.
Hayes, Naugatuck. All but Mr. Bar
ton were relected. Edward S. Wot
kyns, treasurer; Walter H. Deacon,
commissioner; Mr. Burrall and
Walter H. Deacon, national council
representatives.
The executive board members
are James J. Hennessy, Kenneth E.
Johnson, Dr. L. H. Jordan. Murray
Grossman, D. T. Farrington, Jr;
Frank Kenney, Earle Munson,
Woodbury; H. C. Clow. Terryville
and Dr. Wilbur Denting. Washing
ton. The four new members of the
executive board are Mr. Kenney,
Mr. Munson. Mr. Clow and Dr.
Deming.
District chairman on the execu
tive board as nominated by the
district are William C. Cleveland,
Watertown, for Pomperaug: Mr.
Marton, New Milford, for Wean
tinogue; and Arthur Fager. Nauga
tuck, for Naugatuck district. All
these officers were reelected dis
trict chairmen.
Twenty-six new cub and scout
troops have been origanized and
the council now is composed of 81
troops. A total membership of 2633
scouts, cut*, and leader* was re«
ported up to Dec. 31, 1944.
Mr. Babson expressed the appre
ciation of the council for the leader
ship of the 600 volunteers and com
mittee men who had made this In
crease possible.
Reporting on the war service per
formed by Scouts during the year,
Mr. Babson revealed the distribu
tion of over 20,000 posters under
the dispatch bearer program and
the salvaging of more than 280 tons
of paper.
Napoleon Charbonneau. chairman
of the camping commi.ttee, an
nounced a successful season at
Camp Mattatuck with a total of
682 camper weeks. A total of 1,137
scouts participated in troop and dis
trict camps during the year, ho
stated.
Edward S. Wotkyns. treasurer, re
ported subscription receipts of $21,
048 during the past year of which
$16,056 was allocated by the Water
bury Community Chest and $500
from the Wtaertown Community
Chest the balance being raised in
the 12 non-chest communities of tha
council. Net expenditures during
the year were $19,944.15.
Harold Manning, chairman of tha
advancement committee, reported a
total of 1,156 promotions and awards
during the past year, almost double
the preceding year.
A moment of silence was observed
in respect to the more than 100
former scouts of the council who
have made the supreme sacrifice in
this war.
THE SERVICEMAN’S
INCOME TAX—NO. 3
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Wife Entitled to $500 Exemption
By S. BURTON HF.ATU
NEA Staff Writer
The working wife of a service men
may be able to get the benefit of
a $500 exemption for him. to reduce
her own income tax. It works like
this:
G. I. Joseph, as an enlisted man,
receives less than $1,500 in service
pay, which is all tax exempt. He
has no other income, so he docs not
have to file any return or pay any
tax.
Mrs. Joseph, left at home with a
child, gets an allotment from Joe,
to which Uncle Sam adds some
thing monthly. Neither of these is
taxable.| She has taken a job with
Joe's old boss at $30 a week, or
$1,500 a year. Because this exceeds
$1,200. she must file now on her in
come instead of waiting until Joe
comes home.
Filing on her $1,500 Mrs. Joseph
claims three exemptions—herself,
young Joe, and her service husband.
Using the table, her tax is $27. If
she did not claim her husband as
an exemption her tax would be $108.
The saving is $81.
The same result could have been
obtained through a joint return filed
now or after Joe is demobilized.
But she cannot file a joint return
now unless Joe left her a power of
attorney for the purpose (Treasury
Form 936 > and very few sen-ice hus
bands have thought to do that.
If she waits until Joe is demob
ilized and then files a joint return,
she still must file her own tenta
tive return now, paw $108 with it,
and then wait until Joe's return to
substitute a Joint return, put In a
claim for the $81 refund and wait
months, a year or more, to get Iter
money back.
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
There are eight community prop
erty states—Arizona, California,
Idaho. Louisiana. Nevada, New
Mexico, Texas and Washington, In
these the wife is responsible for
half her husband's salary in excess
of the $1,500 exemption. She must
consider this liability in determin
ing whether to file and how much
income to report.
Oklahoma and Oregon have elec
tive community property laws. The
legal tax status of service wives in
these still is undermined. They
should follow the general rule for
doubtful cases—claim the status
most favorable to them, state the
facts, and let the Bureau of Internal
Revenue, and the courts, decide.
WIFE’S INCOME
The wife of a service man is
not required to file at this time
unless her own Income (including
her share of community income in
the eight states mentioned above'
is as much as $1200, Thils differs
from the civilian rule that any per
son with as much as $500 income
must file.'
If the wife has as much as $1,200
income she must file by March 15,
but that return will be considered
tentative. When her husband re
turns, if it developes that a joint
return would have saved them
money, they can substitute such
a joint return for the individual
form the wife files now .
ESTIMATES
Service men who expect their in
come* to be as much as $500 above
their service exemption ure required
to file quarterly esimates, as civilians
WATERBURY NAACP
TO MEET MONDAY
Dr. James M Lee president of
the local chapter of the National
Association for Advancement of
Colored People will preside at Mon
day night's meeting when Homer
Platt, chairman of the labor com
mittee of tile NAACP will be the
principal speaker. The meeting is
athedu'ed for 8:30 p in at the
Pearl Street, Neighborhood House
The local branch announces that
Mrs Ethel Petteway of Cooke
street has been mentioned in tile N
A. A. C. P. bulletin forherefTorts
in behalf ot the organization in this
section. Site is the mother oi Pvt
Thomas Peteway. who recently re
turned here on e furuough after
three years in the Pacific.
TWIN* WOUNDED KAMI- DAY
Kurt Wayne, Jnd. — (U.P.i — In
war as well us civilian life, the twin
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Myers
seem bound together. While Corp
orals Lawrence E. and Clarence M.
Myers were on the battlefield in
Belgium, November 29, built re
celved aevere arm wounds and were
sent to the same hospital.
do, and with the estimates to pay
quarterly instalments on the tax
they expect to owe.
If, however, a service men is
abroad on any estimate date, his ob
ligation is postponed on the same
basis as his obligation to file a re
turn, as outlined in the first of thesa
articles.
PAY NOW—OR WAIT!
If a service man is entitled to
defer payment of income tax dur
ing his absence from the country,
it is to his advantage to do so for
at least one very practical reason.
If the service man files and pays,
and then dies in service, the tax will
be lost to his family. But if he
dies in active service, leaving the
tax unpaid, his obligation is can
celled automatically.
In case of such death the service
man's estate owes no tax on income
for the year in which he died. Any
back taxes, interest, penalties or
assessments that may have hung
over his head are written off. And
if by chance the man's family ha*
paid any such obligation on hi*
behalf, since the date of his death,
they can obtain refund of what they
paid.
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