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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-17
Major Legislation Is
 Running Into Snags
Heavy Jam of Measures May Cause Trouble in Clos ing Weeks of Assembly Some Must Bills
 Not Pairing So We'll

Hartford, Conn, April 17--(UP)-- Major legislation in the General Assembly ran into further snags today, and 1t was generally believed heavy jam would result in the final weeks of the session now ap- preaching.
 One of Gov. Hurley's must" bills, revising the states milk control set- up was in the greatest difficulty. The agriculture committees, which were on the verge of reporting the measure favorably this week, de- cided instead to hold another public hearing next Wednesday.
 The action was tantamount to all admission by the committee that 1t was dissatisfied with the progress Of the measure.
 The State Labor Relations Act, which came into the senate on q favorable report by the judiciary committee last week, was shipped back to committee for further re- vision. Strong outcrys of both branches of labor against the unfair labor practices section caused the recomittal.
 The bill probably will not reach the floor on the senate until next week at the earliest. .
 The bill creating a Savings Bank Life Insurance system In Connecti- cut, passed by the senate, has been disapproved by the House Banks committee. In its place, the commit tee by a narrow margin voted a favorable report on measure elimi- mating the so-called state subsidy of $25, ,000, as well as state control over the new set-up.
 A fierce floor fight on this meas ure, and others relating to Savings Bank Life Insurance, was predicted in the house as many Republican members indicated strong opposition to the principle.
 Disagreement between the two Houses on Gov. Hurley's State De- fense measure also appeared prob able following the report of the House Military Affairs committee on the bill.
 The committe inserted provision making 1t possible for the governor to name a dollar-a-year man as ad-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-17
"Bomb Berlin Tonight; ; "Show Them We Can Do
 Murder Too" Cry People
THOSE SIGNS WERE
 SCRATCHED EVERYWHER
There Must Have Been Big Casualty List; Impossible
 to Tell at Present
BY NED RUSSELL (TTnitad prees Staef gtAysrAxnnmAenf

United Press staff Correspondent;
 London, April IT. - (UP) - Londoners came up fight ing mad today after the heav- jest Nazi air attack of the war and chalked on the walls of their shattered buildings furious demands to "bomh Berlin tonight. Show them we can murder, too." Never had London been pounded as hard as in the attack which opened at mid-evening last night and cofl- tinued it's crashing course until the early hours before dawn today.
 The toll of lives and property was great, and 1t was reflected in anger today as fires were dampened down and exhausted emergency crews searched in the mounds of debris for the trapped, wounded and dead.
 Everywhere in the Great British metropolis today could be seen crude scrawls chalked on the sidewalks and on the walls of buildings that had been made hollow shells by Maxi bombs.
 The legends repeated with endless variations Q single theme:
 Bomb Berlin. Bomb Berlin. Bomb Berlin"
 Despite weight of the attack, by mid-afternoon the city had been restored to something like normal--s normal for wartime in Ifletropo. lis subjected to repeated bomb at. tacks.
 Quick Clean-Up
 Debris had been swept out of road. ways, sidewalks were cleared and traffic jams u1lsnarled. Before the movie houses persons queued up for late afternoon performances and in the west end suburbs housewives crowded the stores as usual, look. ing for bargains.
 Most famous casualties of the raid were Lord Stamp, the noted ecofl- omist and his wife. But there were many others. Thousands niourned dead or wounded relatives. Tens of thousands were homeless.
 How many Nazi planes concen- trated on London last night was not known. At least five of the raiders were brought down by the pounding anti-aircraft batteries and night fighter -bombers were shot down to- day when they crossed over the Dover Straits.
 Parts of London looked like the ruined parts of cities whose names have become synonymous with German blitzkrieg fury, Plymouth, Manchester, Birmingham, Coventry.
 It was a raid entirely unlike any London had seen before. Great buildings rocked on their founda- tions from the concussion of gi- gantic German bombs and the Ger mans used every type of plane they had to spread death, destruction or terror.
 Hundreds of Planes
 Great explosive bombs and thou- sands of fire bombs came down from
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-17

A jury, reporting at 2:sO a. m. after 9 hours deliberation, found him guilty of two of the four counts :. arged. He was acquitted of eva sions in 1887, and of charge of conspiracy to evade taxes. A CO., defendant. Joseph H. Moskowitz, described as a $l,000 week book keeper" for the Twentieth Century Fox Film corporation, of which Schenck is chairman of the board, was found guilty of complicity in the 1886 evasion and was acquitted on the other counts.
 They will be sentenced April 24 by Judge Grover c. Moscowitz.
 Another indictment. still out standing. contains 10 counts of per- jury and charges Schenck with hav- ing made false statements to a fed- eral agent who questioned him about an alleged payment of $l00,- 900 to Willie Bioff. western repre-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-17
Joseph M. Schenck, Movie Magnate, Is Convicted; May Get 10 Years Sentence

sentative of the International AL liance of Theatrical Staye Employees and Moving Picture Operators (AFL).
 Schenck, Moskowitz and about 100 spectators were present when the verdict was announced. Neither defendant would make a statement. Neither showed the least emotion.
 The government contended that Schenck, former husband of Norma Talmadge, who later married George Jessel. who recently married l6 year old Lois Andrews. reported an in- come of $1.007 .606 and paid taxes of s3i0.i47 for the years 1885 and 1886. and that he should have re- ported an income of $l.3l7.624 and paid $563, ,830 taxes. The discrepancy according to the government. was in fraudulent deductions for stock loses and for personal expenses which he claimed were business ex- penses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-17

New York, April 17--(UP)-Joseph M. Schenck, the movie executive who contended that the costs of op- erating his $1,000.00 yacht, main taining actresses in lavish apart ments and buying his friends lunches were necessary business expenses" was found guilty early today of federal income tax viola tlons.
 He is liable to a maximum sem tence of 10 years Imprisonment and a $20,O00 fine.
 The poor Russian emigrant boy of 48 years ago. whose first job was in a drug store in New York's China town and whose first business ven- ture was beer concession at the end of Manhattan trolley line when trolley riding was favorite sport, was found guilty of having evEded more than $250,O0O in taxes for the years io35 and 1886.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-17
$3,444,OOO,OOO
 LEVY FOR TAXES
Largest Tax Program in American History Asked
 By MOrgenthau

Washington, April IT -- (U.P) -- Secretary of Treasury Henry Nor genthau today submitted to con- gressional majority and minority leaders a program providing for the levying of $3,444 900 ,0O0 in new taxes
 This largest tax program in Amer ican history was recommended by Morgenthau at a treasury confer ence with the congressional fiscal leaders
 He said afterward that their re- action was unanimously favorable.
 The conference was prelude to drafting of new legislation, which will increase taxes tremendously to help pay for armaments.
 Morgenthau estimated that fed- eral expenditures during the 1922 fiscal year, beginning this July, would amount to $l9,OO0, 900 900.
 He proposed that two-thirds of this be raised by taxation-new and old-and third by borrowing.
 He estimated revenue from pres ent taxes for the coming fiscal year at $9,223, 100000 leaving balance of $3,444 100000 to be raised in new taxation.
 This program. Morgenthau told newspapermen after the conference, has the approval of President Roosevelt. who will have something to say about 1t to the American people at a time and place of his own choosing"
 If this program works out" he said, we will increase taxation by one-third. The ideal way to do this would be to have each individual and business pay a third more taxes than they pay now"
 The new taxes are certain to in- crease substantially the levies on everyone who now pays taxes, and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-17
ITALIAN EDITOR \. SLAYERS SOUGHT
John F. Arena of Chicago Gunned to Death By
 Two Gangsters

Chicago, April IT - (U.P0 - Po- lice extended their hunt for the killers of John F. Arena, editor of the Italian language newspaper La Tribuna, to gang hideouts today.
 Police Lieutenant William Drury, heading the investigators, said the two gunmen who shot Arena might have been taking vengeance for re- peted editorial attacks on alleged fifth columnists" among 1talo- Americans In Chicago, or might have been hired by business rivals.
 Former associates of Arena charged that while he had conduct ed an intensive campaign along anti Fascist lines recently, he had been anti-Semitic and Fascist for many years.
 Drury said he wanted to talk" to surviving members of the old Al Capone gang, but police squads as- signed to search the gangs haunts had returned empty- handed. Drury said he considered 1t significant" none of the gang leaders could be located.
 Looking For Leader
 Drury also was looking for a prominent Italian-A American leader who was known to have fought Arenas policies on political issues.
 Arena, 43, was killed late Tuesday night as he left a north side the- ater with a 17-year-old companion, Miss Eleanor Herrmeyer.
 A Dies committee investigator said he had discussed fifth column activities" with Arena a few hours before the killing. Arena was said
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-17
Greek Battle Front Is Bristling With Action
Germans Have Penetrated 70 Miles Into Greece; Allied Lines Are Fighting Every lnch-Nazis Are
 Trying to Reach Plains
BY HENRY T. GORRELL United Press Staff Correspondent t)

Athens, April 17.-(UP)--A pow reful German offensive 70 miles into Greece created a serious military situation, a spokesman said today, as heavy enemy thrusts were aimed at the center and both ends of the British Greek defense line.
 The allied forces were described as resisting "tenaciously" at three main points of attack south of Aliakmon (Vistritza) river in the Mount Olympus area: in the Gre1 vena sector, which is the center of the line protecting Kalabaka and Trikkala; and on the Albanian from tier, where German columns ap- peared to be bolstering the Italian front in the Koritza region and had captured strategic ridges along the Kiafa Karip gorge.
 "I'he Germans have thrown the entire weight of their mechanized forces against the Greek-British de- fenses," the newspaper Proia said in summarizing the serious" nili- tary situation.
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 "The pressure is very heavy from Mount Olympus to Corizza."
 According to Greek statements, the Germans broke through an im- portant pass to Grevena and pushed toward Kalabaka. which lies almost 90 miles south of the Bulgarian bor- der, and Trikkala. which is about 150 miles northwest of. Athens. Ka- labaka is at the end of railroad which leads to Trikkala and thence south of Larisa, connecting with the main lines from the Mount Olympus area to Athens.
 A second German thrust was across the Aliakmon river (where the Germans claimed capture of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-17
Waterbury Taxpayers Assn, Inc. Reports on City Tax Commissioners
Result of 6 Months Study
 Is Given Out to Pub. ,. lie Today ......

Board of Tax Com. fnissioners and Apportionment ant Board of Tax Review are found op- erating under "outmoded" and "un- scientific methods" according tc Lewis J. Hart; president of the Wa terbury Taxpayers Association, Inc. In a report to members of this group issued over his signature today.
 The report, termed one of pro- gress, is the result of six-months study of Waterburys municipal pro- cedures by Raymond P. Botch, man. aging director of the association.
 The particular section, dealing with the work of the assessors office indicates that a fuller and more de- tailed report is to follow in which the shortcomings and proposed changes will be dealt with more fully.
 Specifically the present report says: "Our next report covers the assessment procedure of the Board of Tax Commissioners and Appor- tionment and the Board of Tax Re- view. This is the first really thor ough study that we have had time to make: It covers teh functions, ac- tivity, organization, staff, policies and procedures of the department In nutshell, the findings of the report are: CD That outmoded, and unscientific methods are in use: CD That recognized assessment prin- ciples are not being followed; (3) That the absence of adequate stand ards renders the equitable assess ment of all taxpayers unlikely; (D That the present assessments or ganization is not conducive to the greatest operating efficiency. Recom- mendations are contained in the rec port, which if carried out, will, in our opinion, give Waterbury an effi- cient assessment organization com parable to those of the more pro- gressive cities. Tn addition, substan- tial economies can be affected"
 Self Insurance
 Tn association also urges the city to consider self-insurance as an economy measure and points out that other cities are saving large sums annually by insuring them- selves against fire losses and liabil- ity claims. New York City's huge economies in this respect are indi- cated in the report by MT. Hart. |. Ultimate maintenance of the po- lice and fire alarm systems by the Southern New England Telephone Company is also proposed and a survey by the public utility, at no
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-17
CITY EMPLOYES
 TO GET VACATION
One Week With Pay Is Plan That Is Develop.
 ing at City Hall

A general plan to give all city employees, not now receiving 1t, one weeks vacation with pay was di- vulged at the oftice of Mayor Vim cent A. Scully this morning, as the mayor revealed that Local 266 of the Waterbury City Workers Union a CIO affiliate, had made requests for vacations with pay and further pay increases recently.
 The city yard workers demands were forwarded to Street and Wa ter Superintendent Herbert Scott- smith on April 10 by William P. Creegan, president of the local, who in turn notified them of the city's plans.
 In his letter Supt. Scott-Smith pointed out that the city had un- der consideration a plan to give a weeks vacation with pay to all enl- ployes not getting such now. Tn the case of the street and water workers this will be granted during the week of June 29 to July 5.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-17
German Planes Staged Most Furious Eight-Hour Smash
LYNCH PENSION
 BILL UNCERTAIN
Chairman of Committee Says Bill Is Not Playing
 Tag With Charter
BY RAYMOND J. FITZPATRICK Democrat Legislative Reporter)


 State Capitol, Hartford, April IT, Rep. Edward E. Birge, Chairman of the House Cities and Boroughs Com mittee, today informed l4le L....- ocrat that there was absolutely no connection between the Lynch pen- sion and the Waterbury charter re vision bills ." By this the Strat- ford legislator meant that the com mittee was not playing one bill against the other and thus holding the both of them up. He said the two measures would be considered solely on their respective merits.
 This was in answer to repeated charges that the Republicans in the House Cities and Boroughs Com mittee were holding up the Wa terbury charter bill because of op- position to the Lynch pension by city officials. The charge was made that the charter bill would be dump ed unless the pension was approved by the city, but Rep. Birge said there was no foundation for such stories. '}' ~'
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 However, The Democrat learned positively today that pressure was being brought to bear on Republi- can members of the committee by the Republican State Central Com- mittee to oppose the Lynch pension bzill and report 1t out unfavorably. Whether this was at the insistence of the Waterbury Town Committee could not be learned.
 An ennissary from Republican headquarters in Hartford is known to have visited various members of the committee and informed them that they should oppose the pension bill.
 Rep. Birge said that the charter bill would probably be reported out favorably early next week, provided the several minor changes had been taken care of by then.
 Up to this morning COP members of the committee had been of a mind to vote a modified pension for Mrs. Kathryn Lynch, widow of the late Fire Chief John Lynch, but evi- dently now they were ready to &C., cede to the requests of party leader ship and 90 contrary to their orig inal intent, although 1t was consid- cred a bare possibility that pension, much smaller than that asked in the present bill might still be raised in committee and brought out favor ably.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-17
M'LOUCHLIN HAS
 NAMED GROUP Committee to Select New Personnel Director, Ap=
 pointed Today

Hartford, Conn.,, April 17 - (U.Po Charles J. Mclaughlin, chairman of the personnel advisory committee. today announced the members of the committee which will hold special examination April 25-26 to determine the statess new personnel director.
 The committee. said Mclaughlin, was composed of Harry B. Mitchell. president of the U s. Civil Service Commission; Roger s. Baldwin. Greenwich and New York attorney: Howard B. Jones. member of the New York State Civil Service com- mission, and Matthew Mitchell, Brown University professor of pub lie government
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-17
JUDGE M'N|FF ENDS TERM ON APRIL 25TH No Certainty That His Place Will Be Filled Be.
 fore That Date DEMOCRATS DEMAND
 COMMON PLEAS SEAT May Be Only One Judge in That Court After April
 25 Next
BY RAYMOND J. FITZPATRICK
 Democrat Legislative Reporter)

NDOAaVSAs~v S0hoh6NVV As$PVAwS
 State Capitol, Hartford, April IT. - The Democrat learned today that there was no certainty that Judge Miles F. McNiff of the Waterbury Court of Common Pleas would be nominated for an- other term by Governor Rob- ert A. Hurley. It was also learned that there was no certainty tn. { the nomination of Judge McNiff or his successor would be made by April 25, the date his term expires.
 The general understanding in leg islative circles seems to be that if Judge McNiff is reappointed his status will be that of a full judge instead of deputy, due to passage of an act two years ago at the behest of ex-Senator George T. Culhane. If Judge McNiff Is not named by the 18th, 1t is also understood that he can't hold-over in office and there will only be once judge pre- siding in the Waterbury court, Judge John McDonough, until the governor sends in a name for con- tirmation.
 Demand Patronage
 High circle say that Democratic leaders are demanding Common Pleas court patronage long denied them through domination of all positions by Republicans. This, 1t Is claimed, may be one of the req
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TREASURY BALANCE

Washington. April IT (UP)--Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through April 18th, compared with year ago: This Year Expenses Last Year $9,432, ,943,239.77 s7,557,540,57S.5
 Receipts $5,562, 2,914,742.74 s4,5ss,s6s.620.4s
 Cross Deficit sa,s7o, o2s, ,4s7.os ss,Sss.s7ls5s.ii
 Net Deficit $3,s24,e15,647O3 s2.sss.915,45s.ft
 Cash Balance s2,1s4,44s,425.S5 se,Ss5.701. .95s.fe
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The Weather

Cloudy, Warm Tonight;
 Colder on Friday Full Weather Report Page II
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Evening star., 1941-11-30
s MAGAZINE
DOES Your WIFE SPOIL Your JOKES?

the evening. Somehow the story,
which might have been funny under
other circumstances, falls f1atter than
prospector's pancake.
If he is psychically akin to the dor
mouse he will withdraw his first re-
marks and begin on quite a different
anecdote.
This time he gets away with two
and half sentences.
But. dear" says Mrs. J., 1T
wasn't that way at all. We weren't
going to Chicago; we were going away
from Chicago. And it wasn't a Scotch
man we were talking to; it was an
Irishman. You remember. as we were
leaving Chicago on the train, this
Irishman began talking -" and Mrs.
]. finishes the anecdote, deftly leaving
out the point, and making her hus-
band wonder if Bluebeard's real trou-
Evening star., 1941-11-30
This is waning TO wives who do
and hint 70 their husbands
by Elsie McCoxz,aiclx

and make a quick survey of Mrs.
Jones. You will observe that she is
wearing the expression of somebody
watching a loved one cross Niagara
Falls on tightrope.
All unsuspecting, Mr.. J. begins:
The other night l was in the OBJ
servation car on my way home from
Pittsburgh and -"
The furrows in his wife's brow
deepen, and she begins to breathe
heavily. mot that one, dear" she
says.
Its perfectly good and per-
fectly proper story" exclaims her hus-
band. brought up short on his haunch-
es. whats the matter with it?'
Il just don't like it," says Mrs. J.
The glow of pleasurable anticipa-
ton becomes clouded. and the smiles
of the group take on fixed quality.
as if they had been made with the
help of rubber bands.
Evening star., 1941-11-30

The question that arises is: What,
if anything. can be done about it?
Some husbands seem to have found
a measure of relief through retalia-
tion in another field Every time their
wives say word about politics or
international affairs, they pounce on
the statement and pull it apart.
If, for instance. the lady remarks
that isolationist sentiment is decreas-
ing. her husband bows tremendously
and exclaims, We'll, WELL if it isn't
Mrs. Gallup herself"
This method does not improve a
lady's temper, but it makes the score
less one-sided and helps the husband
bear up bravely amid the ruins of
his next good anecdote.
Evening star., 1941-11-30
Double Standard

ONE strange thing about family
humor is the fact that, while a wife
may be fairly tolerant about other
peoples stories, she expects her hus-
bands to be the type that John Alden
could have told Priscilla and the
Plymouth elders. When MIR. Jones
begins an even mildly gay anecdote.
Mrs. J. shrieks. claps her hands to her
ears. and stops him in his wicked
course. A little later he is surprised
to note his wife laughing heartily at
somebody else's bright story a
story that might not have got by at
all in Priscilla Alden's chimney corner.
In the matter Of storytelling. MIR.
Jones finds that being host instead
of guest does not improve his position.
Sitting at his own dinner table, he
launches into a funny and exciting
tale. and. as he leads up to the cli-
max, he sweeps triumphant glance
around the board.
so what do you suppose the tiger
did them" inquiries MIR. Jones. paus-
ing dramatically for effect.
The moment of silent suspense is
broken by the voice of Mrs. Jones
Evening star., 1941-11-30

MIR. J. begins: That reminds me
of a story. Remember that hot day
we had last week? Well, | was walk
ing down Lone Lots Avenue and l
happened to run into -"
wasn't it hot that day! exclaims
his wife. 81 thought I'd collapse. BY
the way. did Grace get her new re-
frigerator?"
And in hardly more than ten sec
onds the tide of conversation sweeps
away, leaving Mr. Jones all alone
amid the driftwoOd.
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check any mirth except half-hearted
filters of politeness or embarrassment.
Watch the behavior of a couple
when the husband, whom we shall
call Mr.. Jones. announces that some
thing reminds him of story. Unless
the performer is an unfailing bore,
you will note that the faces of the
crowd take on real or at least simu-
lated glow of anticipation.
Now, for contrast, turn around