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Local Scouting Has Kept
Pace With Mattatuck Council
Troops Organized at St. Mary’s Union City, Hillside
Congregational Church; Beacon Valley Grange,
7 Troops and Packs in Borough
NAUGATUCK
Correspondent, Larry Sheplej—Phone Nanfatnck S94»
Naugatuck, Feb. 15 — Mattatucl
Council, Boy Scouts of America ha:
Completed the biggest year In It
ilstory. During 1944 the Councl
Organized 24 new Scout Troops an<
Dub Packs reaching an all tinn
nigh of 81 units. This means ai
*dded membership of over 500 mori
boys, a gain of better than 30 pe:
cent. Naugatuck Scouting has kep
pace with the rest of the Council
During the past two years Troop
were organized at Saint Mary’
0 thurch in Union City, Hillside Con
h gregatlonal church, the Beacon Val
!<< ley Grange and in Cotton Hollow
ie This makes the total number of '
lr Proops, and Packs in Naugatuck.
>e C. Arthur Pager, Chairman of thi
0 Naugatuck Boy Scout District i
n very enthusiastic over this gain
ic “We are going to keep up thl
n growth for 1945”, .said Mr. Fager. "i
new "Droop is being organized li
Beacon Falls and we should have a
1 least two more here In town by th
^ end of the year. This fine work fo
11 our youth has always been splend
| Idly supported by Naugatuck folks
lt This year we must raise $2500.00 t
“ carry on what we have started am
to reach more boys with this char
I; acter building program. There 1
w a definite need of Senior Scou
units for our boys 15 years of ag
ri and older, and we should have sev
c eral additional Cub Scout Packs t
s serve the 9 to 11 year old young
it eters.”
m E. Philip Walker has accepted th
It Chairmanship of the Annual Bo;
i| Scout Appeal this year. On hi
Executive Committee are: Williar
Chittenden, C. Arthur Fager, Con
1 rad Ham, William H. Moody, Jame
S' Farren, Phil Boblnson, John W
A Hayes, Sr., Harold G. Kaaanjiar
Rudolph M. Hennlck, William W
1 Davison, Francis A. Clark am
® Glenn F. Noble.
1 Mr. Walker stated: “We are cele
brating the 35th aniversary of th
inception of the Boy Scout Move
ment this week. Any one who ha
, been reading the papers or lislenin
to radio programs has heard wha
the biggest people in our countr
think about the unusual servic
these young boys have rendered t
Unde Sam in these trying times.
, •' Since Pearl Harbor the govern
i ment has made some 80 requests fc
service from the Boy Scouts c
I, America. Millions of Scouts an
Cubs have worked and sweated an
■( gives countless hours to put t hes
-1 Jobe through to a successful con
elusion. Yes, sir, they came throug
100 per cent on every project.
“That is why I am proud to hea
up a Committee to back up thes
a "wonderful boys with dollars, I ap
v peal to every Naugatuck citizen 1
1 give as generously as he can so th:
r more and more boys will be inflt
•j enced toward unselfish servic
j, through learlng and living the idea
n of scouting. Whether or not yo
J are personally solicitlted. send c
t| bring us your contribution. Th
i Naugatuck News has generous!
i Volunteered the use of their facill
ties as the collection center for th
Isbell Camp Elections
Comdr. Theodore S. Hinckley an
officers of Isbell camp, Sons c
>’ Union Veterans of the Civil Wa
t, were reelected at the annual meet
ii lng last evening at the home c
H Crusader post, Veterans of Forelg
H Wars. Robert I. Kelsey, past com
.4 mander, Installed the new officers,
il Fireman John T. Weaving wa
initiated as a member of the or
t . ganization.
i Officers elected were: Comd
li Theodore S. Hlnkley; senior vice
i; commander, Fred Archer; junlc
a vice-commander. Robert I. Kelsej
t patriotic instructor, Theodore Ale
l rich; chaplain, Dennis Fltzgeralc
i . secretary and treasurer, Amos 1
i Hotchkiss; guide. Harold Hallistei
, ,. color bearer, Henry Bagley; insid
"guide, Frank Waterhouse; outsid
i guard, Wilfred Davis; camp cour
sel, Robert I. Kelsey, Fred Arche
J ‘and Harold Hallister, and prei
- chairman. Fred Archer.
Flashes vs. Eagles
The play-ofT between the Eagl<
I and the V Aces will be played pr<
liminary to the US Rubber an
the Hartford Atlantics. These U
teams have been battling througl
I out the season and each team hi
won about an even number (
(tames. This Friday will see Ju:
what Is what when they square of
< 'I he Eagles have Joe Tamse
, Charles Aquavia, Bob Markov!
Junior Roland and Sutnrna Aorc
kian. The Flashes have Jen
I.abrlola, Edward Sokoloski. Bl
Stinson. George Schuster, and Ec
mondson
The Hartford Atlantics have
strong team and haven’t met defe;
this year. All seats will be r<
served and can be purchased froi
Henry Cleslewski, Harry Ingram ar
Fritz Klambt.
The Flashes won the first game :
to 20 and the Eagles won the se<
ond 25 to 17.
Lending Globe
The Howard Whlttemore Menu
rial library Is lending to the Wor
Day of Prayer pommitte the larf
world globe and flags of many nt
tlonist to be used at the service i
the Methodist church Friday, Fe
| 16 at 8 p. m. The globe is a
emblem of the world Interest take
in thl service which will be offere
In 57 different countries In 194
In war camps In Germany, Franc
China and the Philippines, prisoi
■rs will be uniting with free me
Tree women, and unharmed chi
liren In the United States in wo
Piping God on this day. Shu
,ns in every nation are using tl
service "The Church Universa
millions of copies of which ha'
seen mailed to every quarter of tl
globe. It is believed that a lari
congregation will Join with repr
sentatlves from six churches of tl
borough In this service on the evi
| • ning of the flrst Friday In Lent.
The ilrst service of the day w
’ be held In the FIJI Islands ar
the final services at the tip
; Alaska. The contrast in costum
* Worn by people In these countri
; in forgotten in the unity of feelit
which prevails as prayers of pen
tence, Intercession, thanksgiving ai
praise are offered in succession
5?- th earth revolves on that day, Fe
16. 1646.
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Cpl. Donahue Broadcasts
; Mrs. Theresa Donahue of Cherry
; street, wife of Cpl. Joseph Donahue
l of the Marine Corps, described a
1 broadcast Wednesday from the south
: Pacific In which Cpl. Donahue was
i one of the group of Marines to send
: Valentine greetings to wives or
■ mothers by saying "It was a wonder
; ful Valentine, the best I could get."
Mrs. Danohue made a record of
i the broadcast and said it will al
i ways rank high among her mem
. entoes.
Reception was good and she said
. she had no difficulty in recognizing
f her husband's voice. "We cried a
little,” she confessed.
Clarence L. Carter Dies
s Clarence L. Carter, 95, father of
Harry L. Carter, factory manager
i of the U. S. Rubber Co. footwear
L plant here, died Wednesday at the
i Pine Crest Convalescent home,
; Platts Mills.
> Mr. Carter had lived in Nauga
• tuck and Kingston, N. Y., in recent
. years but previously had resided in
. Southington for many years.
) He leaves two sons, Harry, of
l Naugatuck, and R. Charles D. Car
. ter of Kingston, and a sister, Mrs.
5 George W. Davies of New Haven,
t The funeral will be held at the
; Gould funeral home, Southington
. Friday at 2 p. m. with burial in Oak
> Hill cemetery, Southington.
Snow Removal Costs
Snow removal here this winter is
5 likely to cost double that of last year
' and will probably set a record for
5 more than a decade, Warden Leo J.
1 Brophy said today.
Exact figures as to the cost to
3 date of sonw removal here are not
• yet available, Mr. Brophy said.
• Monthly reports of Superintendent
• of Streets Harold Murtha have
1 shown the payroll epense for this
work but this does not Include rent
- al of a tractor, hiring of a bulldozer,
b repairs to plows, and other equip
- ment expense, the warden pointed
s out.
i A total of 49 inches of snow has
t hallcn here this winter and this is
y only two inches less than the 51
e inch total which fell in the winter
a of 1939-40. This later was a record
for 10 years.
Tire costs to the town are con
r siderably higher than a decade ago.
f Mr. Brophy eplalned, because 10
i years ago workers on such govern
5 ment agencies as the Civiyl Works
e Administration or the Works Pro
- gress Administration were available
> for such labor. ,
Borough Funerals
j. Funeral services for Mrs. Almira
_ L. Dutcher, 44, of 256 North Main
” stre et, wife of Charles R. Dutcher,
. who died Tuesday morning at her
x home after a brief illness were held
" this afternoon at 2 p. m. from the
® Fitzgerald Funeral Home, 320 North
• Main street. Rev. T. B^dley Long
staff, pastor of the Methodist church
p officiated. Burial was in Grove
cemetery.
e Funeral services for Mrs. Rose
Wolfe, 62, widow of Joseph Wolfe,
who died late Tuesday night after
j a short illness at her home 85 Scott
j street, will be held Friday fnorning
r at 8:30 o’clock from her residence
. to St. Francis’ church where a
j solemn requiem Mass will be cele
-j brated at 9 o'clock. Burial will be in
. St. James’ cemetery.
Friends may call at the residence
s this evening after 7.
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Unit
Private Ralph Perkins, of 29 Pern
street, Naugatuck, Is reported a
member of the medical units of
Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers’
6th Army Group, the 116th Evacu
ation Hospital in France. This hos
pital is meeting new difficulties of
operation in the field and is match
ing the records of some of the U. S.
7th Army most veteran hospital
units. Activated In February, 1944,
the 116th ''Evac” landed in Southern
France in November and began
functioning on November 30. It
adapted itself quickly to field pro
cedures and received a near capacity
total of 3,900 patients in its first 44
days.
• The hospital staff works with the
most modern equipment and sup
plies includes specialists in surgery
and medicine, as well as highly
qualified nurses and enlisted techni
cians.
Military Mass For Private
Kirdizk
A military Mass will be celebrated
on Saturday, February 24. at 8
o'clock for the late Private Joseph
Kirdizk, at St. Hedwig's church.
The soldier was reported killed in
action in France within recent
weeks, after having been reported
missing in action twice on the bat
tle lines.
Private Kirdzik was a brother of
Mrs. Tessie Gouty, of 51 South Main
street, and was well-known here.
Military details for the Mass are
In charge of Commander Gaston
Adams of Crusader Post, Veterans
of Foreign Wars and Commander of
Foreign Wars, and Commander
George Lewis of Post 17, American
Legion and other military units in
cluding the Naugatuck Rangers and
the auxiliaries arc expected to take
part in the ceremonies.
Cpl. Noble Home
Cpl. Charles J. Noble, 20, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Noble of
Aetna street, who was with the
First Army when the Germans start
ed their counter-offensive against it
December 16, surprised ills parents
Tuesday night by returning home.
Cpl. Noble, who had been overseas
14 months, got the furlough strictly
through the assistance of Lady Luck,
his mother said.
From a large group of men in his
unit all of whom had about equal
length of service overseas, the name
of one was to be picked for a home
furlough and the chaplain of the
company, who comes from Putnam,
Conn., drew Cpl. Noble’s name.
The furlough will last 30 flays and
Cpl. Noble will then return to Ger
many to rejoin his unit.
Although he participated in the
Invasion of France June 6. 1944, and
saw action in three major engage
ments, he escaped without Injury.
His mother received a letter from
How War's Climax Squeezes Germany
MANPOWER
GERMAN ARMIES
SArbeHer fiir Deutschland
rbefder voor Duitschland
ivrier pour I'Allemagne
M ENEMIES IN THEIR MIDST
Above is graphically portrayed some ol the things the German High Command is up against as
the tune of Allied attack approaches the final crescendo Manpower available now comes from
“the bottom of the barrel" Too many of the Wehrmacht's best soldiers are dead oi wounded
Their replacements are too young or too old or loo green On the home front, dwellings, factories,
whole cities have been bombed out Transportation, too. has broken down under Allied bombing
and the Red Army’s approach to Berlin has driven thousands of refugees on to roads In the dead
of winter Germany's armies are splil up <see mapi an'd spread thin over the face of Europe And
’right in the Germans' midst, at home are 12.000.000 foreigners, mostly captive slave laboi venge
“ fully awaiting the chance to rise against their oppressors .•
Condition Of School
Buildings Reported
Time Lost Due to Storms Discussed But No Decision
Made at Meeting of Education Board
WATERTOWN
Mrm. Stephen Canty. Correspondent, 21 Scott Avenue. Telephone ION.
Watertown, Feb- 15.—The board I
of education held the regular month
ly meeting Tuesday evening in the
Watertown high school. Members
present were: Mrs. Rodney Chase.
Mrs. Herman Marggraff, Raymond
Leonard, Alfred Traver, Thayer
Baldwin, W. Harry Byrnes, John
Lynch, George Shaw and G. C.
Swift, superintendent.
A report on present conditions of
school buildings and postwar build
ing needs written by John Nichols,
state supervisor of buildings, Hart
ford, who has visited the schools
was received by the board. The
and made a study of the situation,
superintendent was instructed to
procure copies for each member so
that each may have an opportunity
to study it carefully.
The resignation of Ralph Florian
was received and accepted with re
gret. Mr. Florian has held the re
sponsible position of head of build
ing and maintenance for the schools
for twenty years. While in this po
sition, he has seen and assisted in
many improvements to the schools
Including the building of much of
the South school and al lof the
high school. His contribution to
the welfare of the schools has been
very substantial.
No decision was readied as to
when the schools will make up for
the last lost due to the, storm on
February 9 Decision will await
warmer and more settled weather.
According to the school calendar
there will be no shcool on Wash
ington’s birthday or the day fol
lowing, February 22 and 23.
Permission to use the high school
auditorium was granted to the Boy
Scouts on February 28, Girl Scouts,
afternoon of March 15 and St.
John’s church, April 2.
Mrs. Richard Burr Guest Speaker
Mrs. Richard Burr of Bunker Hill,
chairman of public relations for the
Waterbury Girl Scout council, and
a former day camp director was the
guest speaker at the meeting of
Watertown Girl Scout leaders, com
mittee members and council mem
bers held Tuesday evening in the
Methodist church. Mrs. Burr spoke
on "Cooperation Between Leaders
Committee Members and Council
Members.”
Following Mrs. Burr’s talk a dis
cussion period took place. Preced
ing the meeting a covered dish sup
per was served and during the eve
ning Miss Marion Fraser led the
group singing. Mrs. Glenn Sweet
served as piano accompanist.
Members of Mrs. Ellsworth Can
dee’s troop, Troop 8, made Valentine
favors for the supper arrangements
him Saturday in which he merely
said, "Don’t be surprised if you get
a phone call from me one of these
days.” Her next word from him
was when he walked into the house
Tuesday night,
“Nobody who hasn’t experienced
it can realize how wonderful it is
to get back home, even if it were
for only a few hours,” the soldier
said.
Cpl. Nable. a graduate of the
Naugatuck High school, has been in
the Army two years. He was with
an anti-aircraft unit.
Borough Briefs
Virginia Parker, age 13. of 31
Lines Hill street, fractured her leg
in a fall on the icy pavement near
her home Tuesday. She was taken
to the St. Mary’s hospital Hospital
authorities have stated her condi
tion as fair.
John Tedesco, Jr., Is a surgical
patient at St. Mary’s hospital, Wa
terbury. His condition was reported
as good.
A regulur business meeting to be
followed by a social hour will be
held by Evergreen Chapter, No. 22.
Order of Eastern Star, this evening
In Masonic hall, Church street at 8
o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. William Qruner of
143 Park avenue, announce the
birth of a son, born in St. Mary’s
hospital. Wednesday. Both mother
and son are doing fine.
for ■wliich were in charge of Mrs.
Ernest Ring, Mrs. Leslie Cummings
am Mrs. Victor Jameson.
Those attending were: Mrs. E. J.
Barlow, Mrs. Glenn Sweet, Mrs.
Royal Meyers, Mrs. Sam Jones, Mrs.
Ernest Ring, Mrs. Dudley Atwood,
Mrs. C. Raymond Ganung, Mrs. Les
lie Cummings, Mrs. J. Paul White
head, Mrs. Victor Jameson, Mrs.
Robert Olmstead, Mrs. Boardman
Getsinger, Jr., Mrs. Kenneth Peck,
Mrs. Michael Galullo, Mrs. P. N.
Meyer. Mrs. Franklin Wilson. Mrs
Nelson Ford, Mrs. H. A. Hutchin
son.
Also: Mrs. Ellsworth Candee, Mrs.
Alex Alves, Mrs. Rcinhold De Witt,
Miss Pauline Miller, Mrs. Walter
Day, Mrs. Kenneth Bradley, Mrs.
George Kastner, Mrs. Bronson
Lockwood, Mrs. Lynn Newbrough.
Mrs. Ray Alvord. Mrs. D. A. Perry,
Mrs. Richard Daley, Mrs. Randolph
Betts. Mrs. Everett Cook ,Mrs.
Henry Stearns, Mrs. Joseph Collins,
Mrs. Anthony J. Brody, Mrs. Her
bert Schatzki, Mrs. Justin L. Smith,
Mrs. Ralph Colter, Miss Marian
Fraser and Mrs. Richard Burr.
Saunders-Sweeney
Mr and Mrs. diaries Sweeney of
Porter street announce the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Sara Ann
Sweeney, U. S. Spars to James
John Saunders, chief pharmacist
mate, U. S. Navy.
The wedding took placei n Decem
ber at the Episcopal church in San
Pedro, Calif., where both are sta
tioned.
Legion Meeting Friday
The regular meeting of Le Roy
G. Woodward post, American Le
gion, will be held in the Legion
clubrooms, Friday night, February
16. A report of the membership
drive will be given by Neil Loren
sen, membership chairman.
The formation of a firing squad
proposed at the last meeting by
Gabriel Reyna of Depot street, will
be considered. Mr. Reyna, a veteran
of the Spanlsh-Amerlcan war and
of World War I and a member of
the local post, lias offered to act as
instructor.
Paper Salvage
Watertown council of Girl Scouts
announces that as weather condi
tions did not permit collection of
salvage paper last Saturday, the
collection will be taken up this Sat
urday on the same .streets sched
uled for last week's collection,
namely: Nova Scotia Hill, Beach
avenue, Porter street, Knowlton
street, Bowers street, Echo Lake
road (as far as Tysko’s house(, Bur
ton street (off Echo Lake road),
Westbury Park road and Greenwood
street.
Persons living in parts of the
town other than those mentioned,
who wish salvage paper picked up
Saturday, may call Mrs. Herbert S.
Dayton or Mrs. Dudley Atwood.
The collection station in the lower
hall of the Community building
will be open Saturday afternoon
from 2 until 4 o'clock.
Alttend Tri-Council Meeting
Several members of the Water
town Youth Temperance council at
tended the tri-council meeting at
the Mill Plain church in Waterbury.
Tuesday evening. The tri-council
includes the Forestville-Plainvllle,
the Mattatuck, Waterbury and the
local councils.
The entire program for Tuesday
night's meeting was in charge of
the Mattatuck council, which was
observing Its sixteenth birthday.
Following the devotional srrvice
and a brief speech of welcome, a
social evening was enjoyed. Gaines
were played and and refreshments
served.
Those attending from Wutertown
were: Clare Payne, Hellen Williams,
Carolyn Cross, Nancy Lynn and
Harry Williams
Reappointed To Navy V-5
Henry Long, Jr., S 1-c, USNR, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ixmg of
Woodbzury road has finished his
course at the Gunnery School. Mi
ami, Fla., and has been recalled to
Navy V-5 training.
■ Seaman Long, who is spending a
l
BAG PRODUCTION
GREATLY RDUCED
Public Asked to Carry Own
Shopping Bags to Con*
serve Paper
Slate War Administrator Henr;
B. Mosic today renewed an appea
to Connecticut consumers to .savi
paper bags, to carry their own shop
ping bng.s whenever possible oi
marketing trips, and to retun
clean paper bags to stores so tha
they can be used a second time.
Cuts in the production of bags
he said, have reduced the suppl;
all the way from the manufacture
to the retail store. Some Connec
ticut retail markets have been com
pletely out of bags and all grocer
have much less than their normc
supply.
One large supplier reported t
Mr. Musle a reduction of 14 pc
cent in his quota for February a
compared with January stocks. Hi
supply last month was 40 per ccn
below the average for the past fiv
years. Members of the trade anti
cipate. Mr. Mosle said, a furthe
cut in pulp available for this civiliui
use, and look for no improvemen
in the supply for a considerabl
period.
Pulp used to make the browi
paper which goes into the oommoi
grocery bag is also used for war pur
poses, among them the packing tha
goes into loaded shells, and thesi
requirements have been stepped u|
in recent montlis.
Tile first appeal for paper bai
conservation was made early las
fall by Gov. Raymond E. Baldwii
when the shortage first beeami
acute. Trade reports indicated gen
eral acceptance of the situation b;
consumers at that time, Mr. Mosli
said, and willingness to cooperate
by accepting merchandise will
fewer bags. Some consumers hav<
made it a regular practice, also, t<
return clean bags to their neighbor
hood stores.
Mr. Mosle urged that others fol
low this example, adding the cautioi
that state law forbids the use o
any but new bags for unwrappec
bakery goods.
Suggestion for renewal of the sal
vage program came from a meetin
of the trade with Fitcli L. Brennan
state director for the War Focal Ad
ministration, Mr. Mosle said.
5TH SUFFERS
BIG CASUALTIES
Rome, Feb. 15— (UP) — Fiftl
Army putrols suffered cnsualtfe
from heavy German artillery flri
r.tar Mount Belmonte, about li
miles south of Bologna, headquar
ters said today. Action in «o: e
sections was confined to mino
skirmishes.
Today's communique reported:
"There lias icon no appreciabli
change to our forward position
throughout the Italian front "
At the extreme west flank in tin
west coastal sector, between Stret
toia and Sernvezza, Fifth Arm;
outposts moved back short distant’
cs after German infiltrations o
their positions. An enemy raid ii
the Serchio Valley cast of l ama D
Sotto forced another slight with
drawal but the ground was regainet
later.
Brazilian troopers- repulsed m
enemy patrol northwest of Pistols
Another patrol clash was reportei
northeast of Gagglo.
WATERBURY MEN ON
LIST OF LOBBYISTS
Three Waterbary men have of
flcially registered as "lobbyists'
with the secretary o! state. Tli
registration cites them as pad
legislative representatives.
The three are Ally. Frank 'I
Healey as representative oi ih
Connecticut Motor Stage assoc la
lion; Atty. J. Warren Upson as re
tallied by the Parker Pioduels Co
in connection with a stale bill vail
dating their eorporate charter, am
Atty. John H. Thoms reprcsentlm
various interests.
10-days’ leave with his parents, wil
report to the University of Oeorgir
Athens, Ga., as an aviation cade
for pre-flight training.
WORKHORSES
LITTLE KNOWN
WARGASIIAITY
By HELEN DELICH
United Press Staff Correspondent)
Port Wayne, Ind., Peb. JS—-UP)—
An unrecognized, but important,
casualty of World War II Is the
American work horse, whose exist
ence has been made almort eco
nomically impossible by wartime
speed and high price of feed.
Tlie majority of the larmers
throughout the nation have tried
to dispose of their horses on mar
kets, but the resultant flooding has
caused prices to hit an all-time low.
At one time live horses sold for
cena a pound, but now the price
has dropped until disposal plants
aren't paying anything for them.
Starvation Reported
Peed not only i sscarce, but sky
high. These factors coupled with
the severe winter weather have
made “Old Dobbin” suffer from
man's ingratitude of the horses’
past services.
In many Hoosier counties, hu
mane society officials receive re
ports almost daily about a horse
found dead from starvation or
cold. Even fines and sentences
imposed on the guilty parties have
not prevented others from neglect
ing their animals in the same man
ner.
Harold Schmidt, manager of the
Stadler Co., reported, “Pox farms
and dog-food factories used to buy
a lot of horses, but this year they
are not taking them and as a result
we have been literally swamped.
Tractors Take Place
“Dog-food factories, country ele
vators and others are buying large
amounts of animal cracklings
which we produce, but they appeal
to be out of the market as far as
buying the animals themselves.”
Farmers have been forced to for
get about the horses, not only be
cause of the high feed costs, but
also due to labor shortages, and
instead are requesting tractors
with which to do their work.
In the first World War the situa
tion was different. Motorized equip
ment was not in use to a large ex
tent and the government bought
thousands of horses at high prices
to serve as artillery horses and of'
ficers’ mounts.
Oddities In
The News
Glendale. Calif.. February 15 —
i (UP) — Mrs. Dorothy M. Akins, 29.
i today sought a divorce from Ogtco
. path Robert M. Akins, charging that
her husband wanted her to let him
, spend one night a week with another
1 woman.
f "If I allow you six nights a week
■ of my company, you should be satis
- fied,” she said her husband told
s her.
1 -
Portland, Me., Feb. 15.—(UP)—
0 Flora B. Coolidge observed her 104th
r birthday today.
s When she. was given her new
s dress recently, she worried that it
t niigh be too old for her.
2 A former school teacher, she is
■ an aunt of Arthur W. Coolidge,
r president of the Massachusetts State
1 Senate.
t -
s (By United Press)
Fall River, Mass,, Feb, 15—(UP)
—The Fall River Historical societj
postponed it scheduled meeting be
cause the speaker. Edward F. Ma •
1 son. decided streets were too sllp
! pery to bring his collection of old
' bottles to illustrate Iris lecture.
Boston. Feb. 15— (UP) —Offered
a re'duced sentence, lauds F. Hcn
| nessey asked a federal judge for
the full six-month term because he
would Ik- given the customary new
, suit at the end of it.
; Aged Liquor
Stock Lower
i New York, February 15. — (UP) —
Aged whiskey now in stock totals
I 241,000,000 gallons, a decrease of
61,000.000 gallons, or 20 per cent,
from the 302,000.00 gallons on hand
' early hast year, AlUcd Liquor Indus
• tries, Inc., reported today after an
analysis of Treasury Department
data.
Tile current stock is 57 per cent of
the 425,000000 gallons considered a
normal pie-war inventory, after al
lowance for eva|K»ration and leak
age losses ,tlie report said. Today's
1 level is the lowest in eight years,
due to conversion of distilleries to
production of war alcohol in Oc
' tober, 1942. Since that time alcohol
| for consumption was produced only
. during August., 1944.
; The 1944 over-all drinking pic
’ ture. however, was brightened by an
. increase in imports, principally
from the Caribbean areas. Combined
with the distilling holiday this al
lowed a 16 per cent increase in spirit
. beverages.
ATTY. RICHARD SMITH
RESIGNING POSITION
Attorney Richard J. Smith of
1 South Norwalk political associate of
' ,J. Francis Smith this city, and of the
late U. S. Senator FYancis T. Ma
1 loney lias resigned, because of press
of business, as chief counsel of the
1 U. S. Senate petroleum resources
■ investigating committee.
1 Mr. Smith's resignation was nc
Current Ration
MEATS AN
i Red stamps "Q5" through "Z5"
• [ 10 points, are now valid.
PROCESSI
■ Blue stamps "X5” through "Z.r
I ' worth 10 points are now valid.
SU<
Sugar stamp 34 in Book IV. va
' ! 28. Sugar Slump 35 in Book IV, a
' through June 2.
Sill
Airplane stamps 1, 2, and 3 in 1
\ of shoes Indefinitely.
1 GA8C
: A-14 coupons arc valid for four
C-5, B-6, and C-6 coupons are valid
, FUE1
Period lour nnd five coupons of 1
t and three coupons of the 1944-45 lsi
me worth 10 gallons per unit.
r
—-IMS Incest* lw FrVi.t.- ————
Queries Indicate Many
Are Puzzled By Rules
Governing Income Tax
articles published as the “J94S In
come Tax Primer" has brought
many questions from readers.
Here are answers to some of the
most vital ones.
BY S. BURTON HEATH
NEA Staff Writer
Many questions have been received
from readers of my ‘'1945 Income
Tax Primer" who could not believe
certain Inconsistencies of the law <ls
revealed there, and who vTote to
make certain that
they — and I —
understood
correctly.
To these, and
to others who
may have been
troubled
by similar
doubts, I can
only say here
that the law
really Is a hit
and-miss affair,
f u 11 of incon
sistencies and
inequities — and
that all any Heath
writer, or your Internal Revenue of
ficials, can do is interpret the law
as it stands.
Some readers have, however, sent
questions which, by their variation
from the norm, either raise special
problems or help to clarify old ones.
I am offering a selection of these,
paraphrased for brevity, chosen to
help the greatest number of tax
payers in the space available.
Question: I am told that the new
law divides business expenses of a
wage-earner into two general classes,
so that some of them now have to
be charged as miscellaneous tliat
used to be deducted from gross wage
income. Is that so?
Answer: Yes, and it was not made
clear in the original articles. If you
APPOINTED
LOUIS T. BRANDELY
Louis F. Brandely, 46 Windsor
St., assistant cashier at the Wa
terbury National Bank has been
named a member of the city Re
tirement Commission to replace
Leon H. Mayshaw who recently
resigned to accept membership
with the city welfare board.
The appointment was made to
day by Mayor John S. Monagan.
MARCfOFDiMES
GOING OVER TOP
Proceeds From Coin Boxes
to Insure Success of
Campaign
Waterbury’s MARCH OF DIMES
campaign is expected to exceed far
beyond its original $10,000 quota
already met as announced by
Chairman Francis T. McDonald.
The chairman has pointed out ttiat
the quota will likely be well ex
ceeded once those contributions
left in coin boxes in stores are
tabulated and the industrial dona
tions are compiled.
Miss Helen O’Neil assistant to
Mr. McDonald stated that all fut
ure donations may be left at The
Elton.
Contributions made yesterday
wer* Waterbury Catholic High
school. $29.55; St. Margaret’s
school. $28.55; Southern New Eng
land Telephone Co., $39.53; Pre
cision Tool -fc Die Co., $20, and an
additional donation by the Scovill
Mfg. Co.. $4.35.
MAN WANTS REMAINS
PUT IN TOMATO CAN
Freeport. 111., Feb. 15—iUP>—The
will of William B. Ott, 86-year-old
tobacco dealer who died Feb. 7, di
rects that his remains be cremated
and buried in a tomato can.
The will, filed in probate court
today, disclosed that Ott wanted
the can to be buried near the graves
of his two pet dogs, seven miles
west of Freeport, without ceremony.
Ott opened his tobacco shop more
than 60 years ago but he never sold
a cigarct because he didn't like
them.
cepted with 'sincere regret" by
Senator Joseph C. O Mahoney (D).
Wyoming who succeeded Senator
Maloney as chairman of the com
mittee.
ing Regulations
l> BUTTER
and ”A2’’ through ’’D2”, each worth
:n foods
”, and ”A-2” through each
■ AR
Id for fiv«- pounds, will expire Peb
so worth five pounds, will be valid
>tu
look 111 are each valid tor one pair
LINE
gallons eacli through March 21. B-5,
lor five gallons each.
. OIL
he 1943-44 issue and period one, two,
ue are valid to Aug. 31. AU coupons
waufc Ml UCUUtb CA)JCll9CO iUUUi ICQ
for your employer for which he did
not reimburse you. then you can not
file your withholding receipt, but
must use Form 1040. You can, how
j ever, usa the table to ascertain your
! tax, If your Income was under $6000.
; LAW IS ILLOGICAL
i In general, from your salary or
i wage you can deduct only travel
expenses. Otherwise entertaining
clients, union dues, professional ex
penses, rent, etc.—must be t*'r,:en
out as a miscellaneous deduction,
and that would require that ycu
waive use of the tax table and use
the long form method, ft is neither
logical nor fair, but It Is the law.
Question: My local Internal Rev
enue Bureau says you are wrong In
writing that the wife of a service
man does not have to file unless her
Income Is as much as $1300. I am
tola she must file, like any civilian,
If her Income Is as much as $300.
Answer: Your local bureau Is
wrong. If the service man himself
is in position to defer filing be
cause of absence from the country,
then his wife need not file now, un
less she chooses, on any Income un
der $1200. Of course If the service
man is in this country both he and
his wife, or they Jointly, must file
like anybody else, before March 15.
Question: By private arrangement
with my former wife I am contribut
ing most of the support of our two
children, who live with her. Can I
claim these payments as an Income
tax deduction?
Answer: No, but you can claim
the two children as dependents and
take a $500 exemption for each, and
your wife can not claim them.
Question: If a person legally de
pendent at any time during the year
can be claimed as an exemption for
the entire year, can my brother and
I both claim 1344 dependency for
our mother, who lived with each of
us half of the time and was entirely
dependent?
Answer: No. The rule I cited Is
intended to apply to children born,
wives married, persons becoming de
pendent during the year; and toper
sons who die o rbecome independent
during the year—not to those who
shift from one supporter to an
other. Where support is divided, the
person who j -ovlded more than hall
—by so much as one cent'., worth
claims credit.
Question: How can the special
$500 exemption for the blind be
taken on the Withholding Re
ceipt—or on Form 1040, using the
tax table?
Answer: It can’t. To claim that
exemption one must use Form 1040
and compute his own tax.
BOTH USE TABLES
Question: Can a husband file hi*
Withholding Receipt and the wife
use Form 1040, or vice versa?
Answer: Yes, provided the one
filing Form 1040 uses the tax table.
Question: If husband and wife
file individual returns, and one has
deductions exceeding those allowed
by the table but the other does not,
can one use the table and the othef
compute his or her tax?
Answer: No. Both must use the
tabic, or both figure the tax.
Question: How do I report the In
come of my dependent children? Do
I include it in a joint figure, as 1
do with my wife? ,
Answer: No. Unless a child (or
other dependent, except your wife)
earned as much as $500 It Is tax free,
and any withholding against It can
be reclaimed if the dependent files
ills withholding receipt as a return.
If the dependent earned as much
as $500 he is not legally dependent,
and can not be claimed as such even
though you supported him; he then
must file and pay for himself.
Question: Last March I overpaid
my tax and left the overpayment as
a credit against 1944 estimates, but
in 1944 I found that the withhold
ing exceeded my tax liability so that
I owed nothing on estimates. How
can I get back that overpayment?
Answer: Enter the overpayment
as Item 7B, page 1 (or on line 5 on
front of Form W-2), Just as though
you had paid it with tax estimates
during 1944.
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