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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-16
32,OOO Tax Bills Are ToBeMailed ThisWeek
Close to Half That Number Already in Mails Says Tax Collector Mangini-First Tax lnstallment
 Is Due May '--

Tax bills on the 1889 grand list some 32,0O0 of them, will all be mailed out by the end of the pres ent week, Tax Collector Humbert Mangini said today. Close to hal1 this total are already in the mails.
 The first installment of taxes pay able this year is due May l. Tax payers have a month to make the payment before the penalty is added The second installment of taxes is due in the fall.
 MT. Mangini, agreeing with predic- tions of Mayor Vincent A. Scully expects that extremely large tax col lections will be made in May. He believes that many large taxpayers will take advantage of the discount that can be obtained by paying both installments in May rather than de- laying the second installment until autumn.
 Tax collections last year amounted to 95.3 per cent of the total levy. If this years collections come even close to that figure, large additional revenue will accrue to the city since this years budget, under a new char ter provision, could figure income from tax collections at only 93 per cent of the levy.
 Demand bills for old age assist ance taxes are now being prepared and will soon be mailed by MT Mangini's staff. The bills will go to those who failed to pay the old age tax before or after the March. dead- line. Those ignoring the demands face terms in jail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-16
DIXIE DAVIS IS
 TO BE WITNESS
Former Racketeer AttOr. ney to Testify in Court
 at New Orleans

New Orleans, April 16 - OP.) - J. Richard (Dixie) Davis, one time "mouthpiece" for New York racket eers, was subpoenaed by the govern ment today as witness in the trial here May of six gamblers charged with income tax evasion on slot machine revenue. He will testify at the trial of Frank Costello, self-styled former king of the New York City slot machine racket" and five others charged with conspiracy to evade income taxes on $2,592,575 taken from New Orleans slot machines in 1886 and 1887. '
 Charged with him are Dandy Phil Kastel of Stamford, Conn. i; James Brocato, former New Orleans bootlegger; Jacob Altman and Har- old and Dudley Geigerman of New Orleans.
 The government charges that Costello and Kastel were partners in the New Orleans slot machine racket but that they conspired to include the other four in the part nership and thereby reduce the sur- tax brackets.
 The six were indicted last October g, few weeks after a magazine carried Davis story of his career as struggling New York attorney who became "mouthpiece" for the rack cts.
 In one of the articles, Davis men, tioned seeing Boss Tom Pendergast of Kansas City at the Belmont park race track with Lucky and Frank Costello" then wrote:
 "The mobs operate through tieups with local politicians, but they are not held down by county lines.
 For instance, Frankie Costello, q powerful leader in the Unione (Si- ciliana). once had all the slot machines in New York City
 "In 1884, Mayor LaGuardia ran the machines out of town. But that did not finish Frankie Costello. He and his lieutenant, Dandy Phil Kas- tel, made trip with the Long or ganization in Louisiana, and took over the slot machines in New Or- leans."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-16
EARTHQUAKE IS
 HEARD AT WESTON

Weston, Mass, April 16-(UP)- A strong" earthquake which would have been "very destructive" in a populous district was recorded at 1:l8:57 a. m. (EST) today on the Weston college seismograph.
 The Rev. James J. Devlin, s. J., station director, estimated the quake occurred 4700 miles from Weston. He believed it started at 1:07:57 a. m. Two other shocks of lesser intens- ity were recorded at 1:54:l8 a. m, and 3:02:55 a. m. These 'quakes occurred in the same area as the first. Father Devlin believed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-16
7 CONSPIRATORS
 PLEAD GUILTY
Nine Had Been Arrested in Scandal Revealed at.
 Stamford

Bridgeport, Conn.,. April s16. - (UP)-Seven of nine persons ar rested in the Stamford town muni- cipal corruption scandal early this year pleaded guilty in superior court today to conspiracy, fraud and em- bezzlement charges.
 The accused, and charges on which they were arraigned before Judge John Rufus Booth were:
 c. Edward Herta, contractor, four counts of obtaining money under false pretenses.
 Joseph Mancusi, hardware dealer conspiracy to defraud.
 John Sorbo, former welfare clerk two counts of embezzlement.
 Robert R. Mckinney, former town foreman, three counts of obtaining money under false pretenses.
 Max Epstein, trucker, one count of obtaining money under false pre- lenses.
 Joseph Gerardi, grocer, conspiracy to defraud. Antonio Sabia, coal company off, cial, conspiracy to defraud.
 Two Others Waiting
 Two others awaiting presentation before the court were former Town
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-16
TWO ARE KILLED
 IN PLANE CRASH
Machine Went Down This Morning in Forest at
 Higganum

MiddletoWn, Conn.,, April 16- (UP)-Two persons died today in the crash of a private plane i'll a forest at Higganum. Two others were taken to MiddleseX hospital in a serious condition.
 The dead:
 Harry E. Moves, about fl, Newton, Mass.
 Robert Rideout, 43, Marblehead, Mass.
 At the hospital were Pilot John R. Hartwell, 28, Brookline, Mass, and Charles Smith, Marblehead, Mass, a caretaker of the Moves es- tate.
 The plane, privately chartered from the Inter-City Airways, Bos- ton, was enroute to Miami from Boston, and apparently became lost over the Connecticut river.
 It burst into flames after plum meting to earth and Moves and Rideout burned to death.
 Two Thrown Clear
 HartWell and Smith were thrown clear. Hartwell was found wander ing along state highway several hours after the crash and Smith was discovered roaming the woods. At the hospital it was said Hart well suffered cuts, burns to his right shoulder and leg and pos :sible fractured ankle. Smith Suf- fered cuts and burns and pos sible fractured arm. Their names were not placed on the danger list. HartWell said he was uncertain what caused the crash.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-16
WOMAN OFFICIAL
 FOR DEMOCRATS
Move Started to Name Her as ViCe=Chairman in
 Town Committee

A move is on foot to have a women named as vice-chairman of the Democratic town committee, it was learned today. Women Demo- crats had believed that the place would be filled by one of the new women members of the town com- mittee at the meeting Monday night, but instead the post was left vacant The only officers elected were Chairman Maurice F. Tangney and Secretary Cornelius F. Maloney.
 The circles in which the move originated believe that women are entitled to one of the town commit tee officers and point to the fact that in past years the town com- mittee has always had g. vice. chair man.
 It is pointed out that the exc cutive committee, which will direct important matters of party policy, has only five women among its 15 members. This is the minimum fixed in the new party rules.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-16

"An attack on an advance Ger man observation post was shattered and the enemy lost an officer seri- ously wounded and II men killed, the high command said. At Speich- ern and in the Palatinate forest, the enemy lost dead and prisoners in shock troop operations which failed.
 The high command and official German sources listed the following developments in the war n the north:
 Two Lockheed (American type) airplanes were shot down during numerous" British attacks on Sta vanger.
 Strong British naval units and troop transports near the Lofoter Islands indicate enemy intentions tc land near Narvik ill northern Nor way, but "Naryik is still in Ger ! LR,an, hands !. German Troops Advance German troops are advancing from Trondheim, on the west coast oi Norway, into the interior toward the Swedish border. A similar advance has been made from Bergen.
 In southeastern Norway. German troops have broken resistance and captured much war material in all directions around Oslo. Troops of the First Norwegian Division were said to have surrendered, turning over 36 guns and much material to the Germans.
 German troops attacked an dbroke Norwegian resistance near Kristian- sand on the Skagerrak.
 German air and sea transports continue to pour endorsements into Norway.
 The high command issued spe- cial communique regardingt the claim that British cruiser had been sunk. The communique did not attempt to identify the cruiser but
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-16
ALLIES HAVE WON
 SMASHING FIGHT
France Claims German Fleet Was Mutilated in
 Seizure of Narvik
BY RALPH HEINZEN United Press Staff COrrespOndent)


 Paris, April 16-(UP)-The Allies have won a smashing victory" ln l7orWay, have really mutilated the German fleet" and as result of the Allied seizure of the northern Nor wegian port of Narvik Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, "who is sinking deeper in crime," has suffered "an im- mense moral and personal defeat, Premier Paul Reynaud told the Senate today.
 Reynaud said that during the Scandinavian drive Germany had lost 30 per cent of her line ships and had suffered other terrific naval and. merchant shipping loss eS.
 "As result of the occupation of Narvik Germanys iron route has been cut" Reynaud said.
 Hitler was mistaken. He believ- ed that the small neutral nation (Norway) would not resist, He took the King of Norway for another IIacha (Emil Hacha, president Ot Czechoslovakia when Germany oc- cupied Prague).
 But the sham government which he established already has collapsed amidst general contempt. The unity of opinion prevailing among civil i1ed nations is consolidated.
 United States citizens of Scan- dinavian origin are in position to
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-16
Italy Receives German Military Group Today
Show Their Resentment of Britain-Alied Armies in East Analysed
BY ELEANOR PACKARD United Press Staff Correspondent


 Rome, April 16.-(UP)- German military mission arrived from Ber- line today and was welcomed by high Italian army officers and mem- bers of the government. The Ger mans weree Xpected to confer with the Italian general staff and to visit various army centerS. In Milan, there was an anti-British demon- stration in front Of the British con- sulate. It soon was broken up by police.
 One demonstrator entered the waiting room of the consulate and tore down number of British war posters before he was evicted.
 A number of demonstrators were reported in motion picture theaters showing new reels of Allied forces and prominent personages of the Allied countries.
 Coincident with arrival of the German military mission interest centered on long range plans Of the Italian government and indications of Italy's attitude toward the Euro pean war.
 Premier Benito MuSsolini was ex- pected to visit the l942 Worlds Fair grounds today preparatory to a meet inf of fair executives Saturday.
 May Postpone Fair
 There were rumorS that he was about to announce that the fair
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-16
BRIEF IS FILED IN MANDAMUS
 CASE TODAY Corporation Counsel J. Gregory Lynch Presents
 It to Court RECORDS OF POLICE
 SUPT. AT STAKE Corp. Counsel Says Public Has No Legal Right to
 Examine Records

Corporation Counsel J. Gregory Lynch in a brief filed in the Superior Court this morning in the case in- volving the question of whether Superintendent of Police William J. Roach must disclose police records to the public sets forth that the public has no legal right to demand or receive such reports and asks that man. damus proceedings filed by States Attorney William B. Fitzgerald at the request of Joseph Doherty, a cli- enS of the latter attorney, be quashed.
 Attorney Wertheimer sought to view the police record in an acci- dent case in which the son of his client was injured. Upon refusal of the police superintendent to show the record asked. for. Attorney Wer-s theimer brought the mandamus proceedings. which resulted in Sup erintendent Roach being ordered to produce the records or appear in court on last Friday and show cause why he shouldn't produce them. It was agreed on Friday to submit the case on briefs. Attorney Wertheimer filed his on last Saturday.
 Asks Question
 Attorney Lynch asks in his brief If a police investigation of an ac-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-16
RESIGNS POSITION

East Hartford, Conn. April 16.- (UP-Directors of United Aircraft Corp, late yesterday accepted the resignation of J. Carleton Ward, Jr., vice-president and director of the corporation, and general man. ager of its Pratt & Whitney divi- sion.
 Ward joined the concern in 1885 and was elected vice-president in 193S. He said he would take va- cation trip before announcing fu- ture plans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-16
SWEDEN HEARS
 OF SEA BATTLE
Fight Is Taking Place at Northern Tip of Denmark
 Off Coast
BY RALPH FORTE lUnited Press Staff COrresn0ndentl


 Stockholm, April 16 (U.P) -- Intensified aerial, military and na- val activity-inCluding a sea battle in the Skagerrak-was reported to- day in press dispatches from south- eastern Sweden.
 The newspaper Allehanda said that "a great sea battle" was report ed in the Skagerrak at a point be- tween the northern tip of Denmark and the Norwegian coast. Several towns along the Swedish coast re- ported naval activities of consider able dimensions, the newspaper said, and indicated that the battle was fought Monday afternoon.
 A United Press dispatch from Stroemstad on the Swedish coast of the Skagerrak said that heavy gunfire was heard from a south- westerly direction but no fighting units could be seen from shore.
 At Stroemstadt there was an air raid alarm for the first time after IS heavy German bombers were seen flying northWard toward Oslo, but they kept outside Swedish territor- ial waters.
 Planes Fired On
 The Stockholm radio reported that two foreign airplanes had flown near Gothenburg this morn- ing and that Swedish coastal vessels fired several warning shots at them The Gothenburg harbor was de- clared forbidden area" in which none can enter without permit.
 Frontier dispatches said that the Germans were pushing out from Trondheim, on the west coast of Norway, as rapidly as possible and had reached a point only three miles from the Swedish frontier, Norway is only 45 miles wide in the Trondheim sector.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-16
PRISONER DIES /,
 OF STARVATION

Dublin, April 16- CUP) - Tony Darcy, one of seven Irish Repubh- can army prisoners staging a hunger strike, died today at St. Bricin's military hospital in Dublin. The hunger strike had been in progress for more than 53 days.
 The prisoners arrested for the staying of a detective early this year, refused to eat in protest be- cause the government wouldn't rec ognize them as political prisoners.
 The hunger strike entered Its 53rd day today and the death of Darcy was expected to present Premier Ramon de Valera an even more acute problem since 1t was expected to in. crease indignation among I. R. A.. sympathizers. A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-16
War Bulletins

Brussels, April 16.-(UP)-FOr- eign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak told the senate today that Belgium would not depart from a course of complete neutrality. His state ment was regarded as rejecting Allied suggestions that small neu- trals seek Franco British prOtec- ton before it is too late" Spaak said that Belgium wants peace. chiefly ta save the country from becoming Europe's battlefield. "The destiny of Belgium then would be more tragic than for any belligerent," he said.
 London, April 16.-(UP)-The British steamer Stancliffe was torpedoed off the north coast of Scotland on April 12, it was learned today when l6 survivors were land ed. Twenty-fOur persons aboard were lost. Sixteen survivors, who had eight bodies in their lifebOat, were rescued today. One of those rescued died later. A second life boat, the survivors said, was smashed as the Stancilffe went down.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-16
British Prime Minister To Stay Until Victory Assured
Germans Sink British
 1O,OOO-Ton Warship
German Airplanes Made Attack Off Coast of Norway; List of Developments in North Are Listed By
 Nazi High Command
BY JOSEPH w. GREGG, JR. limited Press Staff CorrespOndent)

Berlin, April 16, - (UP) - special high command communicate today said that British 10000ton cruiser had been sunk by German aanes off Norway that three British airplanes including huge Sunderland flying for tress had been shot down and that Na troops had thrown back Allied shock troops on the Western Front.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-16
THE WORLD WAR 25 YEARS AGO,
 APRIL 16,1915
(By United Press)

(By United Press)
 Austria refused demands & Italy for cessiOn of territory. Second week of intense actiV- ity 0n St. Mihiel salient ended.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-16
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, April 16 (UP)-Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through April 13, compared with a year ago: This Year Expenses Last Year $7,524,702,655.S $7,165,S52,571.66
 Receipts $4,576,6S9,O4 ,O42.S2 $4,514,26S,SO0.s s2,s4s, ,Oss, ,s1s.57 $2,651,oss,7 ,77O.71
 Net Deficit $2,S73,S29,663.57 $2,615,129,17O.71
 Cash Balance MASSACHUSETTS, $3,1Ss,21S,461.5s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-16

Remember-after Tuesday, April 23d we will be located in our new store S5 East Main st. Schntidcrs.-Adv.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-16
The Weather

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-17
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.

ny ThONNION w. 0UN1E0Os
Up over the Hill trotted old Gran
ny Fox. She was on her way home
with q tender young chicken for
Reddy Fox. Poor Reddy! He had
been shot by Farmer browns boy
and now was so still and sore that
he could hardly move, and could
not walk at all. It was his own
fault. Yes, sir. 1t was quite his own
fault, Tor he had been showing Oh
and he had been careless, or he
never would have gone 20 near to
the old tree trunk behind which
Farmer Browns boy was hiding.
Old Granny Fox never makes such
mistakes as that. Oh, my, no! So
now as she came up over the hill to
q place where she could see her
home, she laid the chickens down and
then she crept behind a little bush
and looked all over the Green Mea-
dows to see If the way was clear.
She knew that Bowser the Hound
was chained up. She had seen Far
mer Brown and Farmer Browns
boy hoeing in the cornfield, so she
had nothing to fear from them.
Looking over to her doorstep she
saw Reddy Fox lying in the sun and
then she saw something else, some
thing that made her eyes snap and
her teeth come together with a snap.
It was Peter Rabbit sitting up very
straight, not 10 feet from Reddy
Fox.
so that's that young scamp Of a
Peter Rabbit whom Reddy was 60
ing to catch for me when was sick
and couldn'tf I'll just show Reddy
Fox how easily it can be done and
he shall have tender young rabbit
with his chicken!" said Granny Fox
to herself.
So first she studied and studied
every clump of grass and every bush
behind which she could creep. She
saw that she could get almost to
where Peter Rabbit was sitting and
never once show herself to him.
Then she looked this way and
looked that way to make sure that
no one was watching her.
No one did she see on the Green
Meadows who was looking her way.
Then Granny Fox began to crawl
from one clump Of grass to another
and from bush to bush. Sometimes
she wriggled along fiat on her sto-
mach. Little by little she was draw
ing nearer to Peter Rabbit.
Now, with all her smartness. old
Granny Fox had forgotten one
thing. Never once had she thought
to look up In the sky. And there
was OF Mistah Buzzard sailing
round and round and looking down
and seeing all that was going on
below.
or Mistah Buzzard is sharp. He
knew just what old Granny Fox was
planning to do-knew 1t as well as
If he read her thoughts. His eyes
twinkled.
Am certn1y can't allow ILL Peter
Rabbit hurt, All certnly can't"
muttered OF Mistah Buzzard, and
chuckled.
Then he slanted his broad wings
downward, and without sound slid
down out of the sky till he was right
behind Granny Fox.
DO yo' always crawl home. Gran
ny Fox?" asked or Mistah Buzzard.
Granny Fox was so startled, for
she hadn't heard a sound, that she
jumped almost out of her skin. OF
course Peter Rabbit saw her then.
and was of like a shot.
Granny Fox showed all her teeth.
Il wish you would mind your own
business, Mistah Buzzard!" she
Snarled.
"Certn1y. certn1y. All silly will"
replied or Mistah Buzzard and
sailed up into the blue, blue sky.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-17
Sleeping Woman
Walks to Sons Grove

Brisbane, Australia, recorded its
strangest case Of son1nambulsm re-
Gently when a woman, who had
lost her only son In an accident,
walked asleep 2 miles to cemetery
and returned almost to her home
before waking.
Without disturbing her husband,
she left her bed. went to the grave,
removed q vase in which flowers had
died and carried it away with her.
She was within $50 yards Of her
house when she dropped the vase,
shattering It, and was awakened
by the noise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-17

G. c. S.-When the plate is passed
for a second helping, the knife and
fork should not be held in the hand
but should remain on the plate.
Send q self-addressed, stamped
envelope for the leaflet, Manners
at Table"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-17

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POINTS FOR PARENTS

BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.
Glue the baby, ,oho has latelv
learned to ,oalk. safe opportunities
for practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-17
JOLLY POLLY
A Little Chat on Etiquette
BY JOS. ]. FRISCH.

A PoCkEJeOOk MANUFACTURER
REPORTS MORE ORDERS THAN NE
CAN FILL. MOST OF vs. HAVE MORE
pOlkEI boON THAN We CAN ELL i.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-21

man war planes in production.
 The Wiener Neustadt factory and the adjoining airfielc cover an area of about a square mile. There are actually three plants.
 There are two former Austrian aircraft factories and the former Austro- Daimler automobile works. The present enlarged factory was opened in July, 1888, and mass pro- duction of Messerschmitt fighting planes began in November of the same year.
 officials refused to discuss produc- ton capacity but on the basis of available data in neutral sources it was estimated that the plant might turn out up to 30 pursuit planes a month. The number of employees was estimated at about 5000, of