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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-11

Pointing out the fact there is no job so important to a city as theI education of It's youth, nor so dan gerous as that of a fireman or po- liceman. J. Francis Roland, presi- dent of the Waterbury Teachers Association, last night presented to the Board of Finance a petition for 0 salary increase for city employees, MT. Roland said raise of $500 was favored by the employees.
 MT. Roland, speaking entirely from notes, presented one of the most convincing arguments which has ever come before the board. Easing his petition on three points, he explained @ salary increase is necessary for city employees because of the present high cost of living, because of the discrepancy now ex- isting between the wages of indus try and those paid city employees. and because the standards of living which the city employe is forced to maintain are impossible under pres ent financial arrangements.
 After listening to Mir Bolard's clear r-cut presentation of the issue, members of the finance board can graduated him. and said they wished that someone had acquainted them with the exact situation of the city employees before now. Action on the proposed plan of a $500 increase is expected to come In the near future.
 MT. Roland reminded the board city employees had petitioned for a raise last year, but because of data set before them, board members re- fused the proposed increase. Com pliers of that data, said the president of the Teachers Association, were entirely without vision of approach ing events" As result of last years refusal, M. Roland said, City empolyes were forced to make sacri- fees beyond those of the majority of citizens"
 Eiaborating on his first point, the high costs of living MT. Boland ex- plained there is statistical evidence to indicate living costs are still on the upswlng. Quoting from vari- ous economic surveys. he showed food costs were up 2,5 per cent in October over the previous month, and that the best the OPA hopes for Is to keep the raise within 10 per- cent each year. The point was made that In considering a salary increase, the board should arrive at figure which would not only offset living costs this year, but also those of a year ago when city employees were sacrificing.
 Speaking of increases received hy these in industry, Mir. Roland re- minded board members that teach CTS, firemen, policemen, and other city employees were contributing to the winning Of the war as well as the defense workers. but their ef- forts were not appreciated. He em- phasized the fact teachers, in par ticular, had volunteered their sery- ices in rationing drives, first aid. and air raid schools, asking nothing in return. But he thought 1t unfair to those who were doing the most had not received "one dime in- crease.
 Frank Kelly, president of the Firemen,s Aid Association, and John Mcdonald, president of the Police Aid Association, stood behind Mir Roland in his remarks. Other
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-11

Crotchety spnster Known the "cr0tchety spinster of the films" Edna May Oliver superb comedienne News of her death Is received with sorrow by those who enjoyed her type of comedy She could in the expressing of word, phrase or sen.
 laughter She started out for musical career soie- thing happened to her voice. she worked at dress making This was not her dish, she tried the stage She had face long in structure and added to this long and ornfu expression With these prerequisites and taste for good theaters she went to town as comedienne. It was In the movies that she became famous although she had done good job in the stage production of "Showboat One of her best movie roles was as Betsy Trotwood in David Coppereld" Though she generally raised ruconS In her pictures in private life she lived very quietly in her Hollywood home and was seldom in public.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-11

Facts about ghosts. What with "goon squads from the CIO. and skeleton buildings" for Saturday nights air raid show appearing in the daily news col urns one is reluctant to believe that Halloween Is really
 thing of the past Arthur Mcdonald sr, thought he was seeing ghost in New York last week when he All-America guard back in 1889. Ensign Turner, classmate of Arthur, Jr at Mount St. James, had been, reported killed in combat duty with the Navy He told MT Mcdonald that the cruiser he on had been two weeks overdue but that all hands safe Mention of ghosts puts in mind of the ghosty figuring by which advertising calculate that 80 per cent of the people in this country smoke brand of cigarettes 64 per cent smoke another, and 58 per cent third
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-11
WINDS or FLANDERS

Break your silence, winds Of Flanders Do the graves of our loved dead Feel the vengeance of the vandal And his Sacrilegious treadr Is it true that nurtured hatred Desecrates the sleeping dust And that Hun could be so ruthless As to valor be unjustp Winds of Flanders, spread the tidings Tn thrice double fury spread, That the Ire of freedom quickens At impiouS touch of dead. May no foeman craving vengeance Mar their sacred resting place, Nor unholy lips in insult
 Cherished memory deface.
 By Daniel B, straley
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-11
TAX COLLECTORS
 INCREASE STAFF
Thousands in Connecticut to Pay Income Bills for
 First Time in l043

Hartford, Nov. li-Because of the fact that thousands of Connecticut residents will be paying an income tax next year for the first time, the U. S. Civil Service Commission is now making plans to provide greatly staff of tax collectors for the local Internal Revenue office.
 According to Paul P. Kerins, spec lal representative Of the Civil Ser vice Commission, examinations will be held soon for Zone Deputy Col iectors at an annual salary of $2,000 a year.
 Men with experience in account ing, bookkeeping or with several years business experience are elig- ible to take the examinations.
 Ajjlications must be filed by No. vember i4, MT. Kerins said, and forms may be obtained at the Post office or the U. S. Employment Service office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-11
Finance Board Lauds
 Roland For Petition
Teachers President Acquaints Members With Exact
 Situation of City Employees Seeking $500 Raises

speakers for the Teachers Associa- tion included: Miss FenneSsy Canty, Miss Ruth Gerard, and Miss Helen Phelan.
 Others members of the Teachers Association present at the meeting were: Thomas r. Nolan, Frank c. Began, Mae McKenna and Franklin Farrell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-11
HE GOT THE FISH

Union Springs. N. Y., v (UP) = When John Edward Cater. 79, failed to return after fishing three hours on Cayuga Lake, his wife be- came alarmed and a searching party was organized. Deputy sher- ifs collected grappling hooks and boats and started out on the lake. Cater was found five hours later by two would-be rescuers and taken to shore in their boats. The confusion over, the aged fisherman proudly displayed a seven-pound northern pike.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-11
ARMIsTTcE DAY

The anniversary has come again
 Of a great and glorious deed, When warning nations signed in vain
 For lasting peace, in time Of need Now another war is raging Away over there in the East wicked of self aggression We trust the time is drawing near When this dreadful war will But let us look forward for better days Q come, yt was in nineteen hundred and eighteen, when what left of our boys came home, On that glorious and memorable day in November. So now may we ask mercifu God, Who reens supreme tip above To help us end this bitter war, And bless us with perpetual love
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-11
w o R L D w A R A YEAR AGO
 NOV. II, 1941
(By United Press)

(By United Pressl
 President Roosevelt, In Armistice Day address, says we face danger of war "Once again."
 Russian sources report German drive before Moscow temporarily halted.
 Finnish government, in note to U. s. kOvernment, reveals that she does not want to continue fighting longer than is necessary to safe guard her vital security"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-11

When an angry bull chased farmer Frank Roth 62, amd his wife, CO., into their house near Aurora Ill., Deputy Sheriff Byron Scott was ordered to coax the animal away Scott surveyed the situation and decided 1t would be shame to shoot the bull So he borrowed COW from nearby farm and led 1t past the bull into the barn. The bull abandoned It's vigil
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-11
"MEANEsT THIEF"

San Jose, Cal.-(UP)-The city's "meanest thief" took advantage of the fact that Philip Bagar, ranch foreman, was in consultation with his draft board, to force Q window Of the latter's house and seal $50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-11

A total of 372 cities depend en- tirely upon buses for mass trans- portation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-11
Q ANSWERS
 TO WAR QUIZ
Questions on Want Page

1, Generals George Marsnali' Douglas MacArthur and John J. Pershing. Insigne Is that of a fuil general. .o
 2. Ship was launched Tn 4u days. Il Duce claimed this was impossible. hour.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-22

A contribution of $4,000 from
the Conn. Light IL Power Co
whose board OF directors recently
voted donations of $4,000 through
out the state, brought the local
Red Cross war relief fund to $67,-
1926 today. Waterbury's share OF
the utility company's gift. together
with several smaller donations re-
ceived during the day, brought the
fund, now well past the three
fourths. mark, TO within $4,000 OF
its goal.
The latest donors are as follows
Collections at Citizens q Manu-
facturers National Bank booth as
follows: Miss Olive McKelvey sl00
Frank Niewinski $l00, A Friend
$500, Jean Carder $10O, Monarch
Products Co. $500, Mrs. ]. Griffin
81 90, A Friend $10O Eugenia Rodier
81 90, Mr.. and Mrs John Schuster
$l0O, Adam Kosinnski $100, Mrs E.
Gottlieb 500, Blake & Johnson
Foremen's Club $500 Anonymous
$500, Mr.. and Mrs. William Cos
tello $500, Anonymous $1.00, Anony-
nous ST 90, Mrs. Anna Johnson S1.00
Albert Johnson $1.00.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Hauser $500,
Anonymous $100, August Stiller
$100, Anonymous $100, Dominick
DelDonno $l00, Staff of Y M. C. A.
$1,000, Mr.. and Mrs. A. O. FTeethy
$100, Miss Alice McSweeny $500
Miss Stephanie Heringer $500. Dr.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-22
BONN TO FACE
W|NSTED COURT
Three Children, Found AL
most Starved Given
Home in West Hartland

Three of five children found
close to starvation in small
Winsted tenement two weeks ago
have been released from the
Litchfield county hospital and
placed by welfare authorities in a
foster home at West Hartland
The other two are being held at
the hospital, pending the outcome
of efforts to have them placed with
foster parents In Massachusetts.
The father of the three placed
in the West Hartland home, Will
liam Bonn of Waterbury, faces
trial at Winsted on charges OF
neglect.
The youngsters, william, Jr.,
four, Charles, three, and Arlita.
two, were delighted when they
found that they will have dogs
and chickens at their new home
I'VE like it fine" they said.
The children were found in q
tenement rented by Evelyn Ban
mister. She said that the three
Bonn children had been left in her
care by their mother, who was i'll,
and that the other two children
were hers. The nearly-starved tots
were discovered by Winsted well
fare worker and taken to the hos
pital.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-22
YOUR
Income Tax
No. Is
NORMAL TAX AND SURTAX
DATES

! In come taxes for 1871 are paic
! On normal tax net incomes and al
| SurtaX net incomes. A study Of the
instructions that accompany the in
come tax forms will show how tC
compute the tax On such incomes
This brief statement should serve to
help to that end.
The Internal Revenue Code, as
amended, provides for only one nor
mai tax rate, and that is percent
1t is upon the normal tax net in
come less the sum Of % allowable
personal exemption and credits for
dependents, (2) the interest on OBJ
legations of the United States and
its inStrumentalitieS, and 90 an
earned income credit of 10 percent
of the amount of the earned net in
come but not in excess of 10 per-
cent of the amount of the net in
come. If the net income is $4,000,
no more than 5000 earned net in
come credit would be deductible
from the net income. The entire
amount of the taxpayers net in
come up to and including $4,000,
regardless of the source, is con-
sidered earned net income.
The surtaX is imposed upon the
entire amount OF surtax net i'll
come. In the computation OF the
SurtaX net income the only credits
allowable against net income are the
personal exemption and the crldit
for dependents.
The rates of SurtaX increase as the
amount of the surtaX net income in
creaSes. For instance, If the surtaX
net income is not over $4,000, the
surtaX is percent of the surtaX net
income. The surtaX upon a surtax
net income of $4,000 is 100; upon
a Surtax net income in excess OF
$4,000 and not in excess of $4,000,
$3.50 plus percent of the excess
! over $4,000; upon a surtaX net m
come of $4,000, $500; upon a sur
tax net income in excess of $4,000
and not in excess of $4,000. $500 plus
10 percent Of the excess over $4,000;
upon q SurtaX net income OF $4,000,
$500; and upon surtaX net income
in excess OF $4,000 and not in excess
of $4,000, $500 plus II percent OF
the excess over $4,000 Thus the rates
are increased from percent on the
first $4,000 to n percent on the eX-
cess of surtax net income over
$5,000000
The maximum Surtax rate Is ~
uercent. On surtax net income
of S., 900 900, the surtax is 1928, 780.
When the surtax net income exceeds
SIS 900 900, the II percent rate IS
applicable to such excess, in add
ton to the Surtax of 3,723, 730.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-22
MONAGHAN TAKES
PHYSICAL TEST
Recent Candidate for Con-
greSs Awaits Word Con-
corning Induction

AldeImauic President John S
Monagan, Democratic candidate for
Congress in the special fifth dis
trict election Tuesday, took his ply
steal examination for the U. S. army
yesterday It was learned today. If
approved by the examining doctor
he will be placed in Glass IA and
subject to early call for military
duty.
Had Mr.. Monagan been elected
he would have been automatically
been exempted from the draft. the
Selective Service law excluding such
Office-holders.
Should Mr.. Monagan be mustered
into the army it would leave va
cant his place ON the board of
aldermen and his post as presi-
dent of the board of aldermen. He
was sworn IA tol his second term
January l and was reelected head
of the board on the same date.
The board OF aldermen lost one
member to The Graft, Attorney To-
sepll Alishausky being called to SER
vice. He resigned from the board
and was succeeded by Alderman
Edward LaSky, who was elected in
November for full term.
Joseph P. Donahue, secretary tc
former Congressman J. JOSEPH,
Smith, plans to leave for Washing
ton in a day or two to close ur
the fifth district office, which has
been under his charge since MI
| Smith resigned ir November TO ac.
cept appointment as federal judge
Mr.. Donahue said that his plans fol
the future are undecided.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-22
Y In Hawaii Helps
Terrorized People
Humanitarian Project During First Week OF Havoc in
Bombed Areas Described By W. T. Wilke

dashed for battle stations at Seho-
field, Pearl Harbor, and Hickam.
Within the hour trucks were roll
ing in from the navy housing,
Hickam and Schofield areas with
refugee women and children. More
than thousand crowded the ~.
Quick thinking staff members set
up loud speaker system in the
man lounge, to broadcast messages
from Honolulu citizens Send three
women and six children to Mrs
Jones home it would say. "Shel
take care of them for the duration.
The women and children would i'm
mediately be bundled off to safety
Cots were set up in two gym
nasiums, and an overflow OF women
slept in the lounges. A card file
telling where families had been sent
proved a boon to fighting men who
came in later, asking frantically
Where are my wife and baby?',
or rs my girl safe?"
During that first war blackout
night in Hawaii, women and chill
dren were milling nervously around
the "Y", fearfully expecting more
Japanese bombs to fall. Two staff
men sat at the piano In the sec
ond flor lounge, and alternateti
playing old melodies, Jingle Bells, .
Sweet and Low" "Alice Blue
Gown. Soon, through the whole
lobby, came a responsive hum, then
voices, reassured-Women and chill
dren joining in their childhood
songs.
Il think it eased that first night
tension a lot" said w. #. Wilke,
executive secretary of the army and
navy Y. M. C. A.
lilies in areas near the Nuuanu Y
M. C. A. was undertaken by a cos
mopolitan staff of Chinese, Jap
anese, Filipinos and Caucasians
Bombs hit within 200 yards of the
building, killing many bystanders,
and sent the neighborhood Scurry-
ing to the Y. M. C. A. for shelter
The building is made of concrete
and offers more prote ction than
many of the flimsy wooden homes
Astounding in the area.
Nuuanu staff members visited
neighborhood families and quoted
them in their native tongues.
AS soon as the nature of the
emergency became apparent, L. E.
Eichelberger, acting executive Sec
rotary of the central Y. M. C. A.,
offered all equipment and staff to
the civilian defense Offices Some
staff members went on active duty
with the American Legion, others
as fire wardenS, still others helped
with the evacuation of unfortun-
ates.
Pools and gymnasiums of the two
civilian "Y's" are now being used
by Woodworking territorial guard
for relaxation between duty tours.
War time recreation programs for
both civilians and servicemen are
also in full course at all. the Homo
lulu ."Y's".
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-22

Ravens of refuge for thousands
of distracted mothers and children
during the first week OF havoc in
Hawaii were the Y. NJ c. s and
their staff members trained in ham
ding distressed and terrorized peo-
pie.
On the fateful morning of Deem
Der the army ard navy Y. M. c..
A. staff was preparing for it's reg
ular Sunday Java Club fellowship
session, usually attended by about
$50 servicemen. Coffee was steam
ing and places were set. but no
servicemen arrived. Suddenly n
bomb exploded $50 yards from the
"Y" and shattered the windows of
a store nearby
Soldiers and sailors who had been
spending leaves in town, sleeping at
the "Y'', came scurrying downstairs
in various stages of undress, and
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-22
70 ENLISTMENTS
in ARMY SERVICE
Censorship OF News Re-
moved Applicants May
Select Type OF Service

Army recruiters in Waterbury re-
vealed today that total of 78 young
men from this vicinity had been en-
listed already this month, as the
previous ban on dissemination OF
such information was lifted in Or
ders received at the local station.
Sergt William Deuth and Corp
Harry j. Armstrong said that ac-
tivity at their office had already
this month broken all previous re-
cruiting records for Waterbury, and
that they expected the January to-
tai of enlistments to reach 100.
Countermanding orders previously
received here, the recruiters sale
that with vacancies existing now in
almost every type of army service
volunteers may now select their own
branch, and will be guaranteed in
duction into the preferred type OF
service if successful in meeting the
requirements. Such enlistrnents, how
ever, are unassigned - that is, the
local recruiting staff can not tel
volunteers to what camp they will.
be sent.
Despite the unprecedented rush Of
enlistmentS which Waterbury has
seen in the past two months, vacan-
cies still remain in the air corps, the
infantry, cavalry, field artillery, ord
nance, chemical warfare, medica
and signal corps, among many 9TH
ers, the recruiters said today.
The following six men from Wa
terbury left today for induction al
Hartford: Raymond and Antonio
Rosa, John Palmieri, John Yurchyk
Dominic Spadola, and John Nc
Carthy. Thirteen more applicants
are scheduled to leave for enlistment
before Tuesday.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-22
Attendant, Tires,
Sundays Receipts
Reported Missing

Police are seeking James Will
kins, an employe TO the Economy
Gas and Oil station on 60 Spring
street for questioning in cOnnec-
ton with theft Of the receipts and
Is automobile tires.
Lieut.. Detective Henry johnson
who is investigating the case,
said that the owner, Maurice
Greenblatt, left the employe in
charge of the static Sunday and
when he came to the gas station
Monday, found the receipts and
the tires missing.
Lieut.. johnson said about S35 in
the Sundays receipts had been
taken and that the employe did
not report for work Monday.
Greenb.att told Lieut.. johnson
that he had not seen the attend
ant since he was left in charge
of the cation Sunday.
The theft of tires is the first
instance in this city to come to
the attention of the police depart
ment since the federal ban on
tire rationing became effective
recently.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-22
Enrolment Day

Clairmen of the four local Sc
lective service boards will meet
with Mayor Vincent A. Scully
at o'clock this afternoon to
discuss arrangements for the reg
istration OF approximately 5000
men February is. The session
will consider whether a school
holiday, liberating teachers for
work at the registration places,
ought to be declared on that day
ought to be declared on that day
and will decide upon details in
volved In the enrolment of local
men between the ages of 20 and
81, and SO and 35. Chairmen of
Waterbury draft boards are:
81 and SO and As. Chairmen of
Charles E. Woodlock, 15-A; j.
Warren Epson, 15-B; George H.
Carney, 16-A and Anthony Echi-
avone, 16-B.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-22
DOROTHY ATKINS
SETTLES ACTION

Settlement OF a $4,000 civil action
brought by Dorothy Atkins Of Wa
terbury, against the Waterbury Saw
ings Bank, was announced In COM
mon pleas court today with the Al
ing of withdrawal papers.
The plaintiff, tenant in an apart
ment building at 49l North Main
street, owned by the bank, charged
that the structure had been infested
with insects, and that the tenants
had requested the bank to remedy
the cindition.
On August 10. 1910, it was alleged,
agents of the Waterbury Savings
Bank spread a chemical powder in
secticide on the floors of the rooms.
The plaintiff, charging that the
floors had become slippery from the
powder, fell while walking from the
bathroom to the kitchen, suffering
injuries which she said left per-
manent scar ON her left temple.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-22
FIREMEN START
DEFENSE SCHOOL
instructions on Handling
Bombs to Be Given Dur
ing Course

The school conducted for the DO
lice force in civilian defense work
ended with last nights session after
classes were held twice weekly Tor
the past three weeks. Instructors
James Little and James Magncr
said that last nights session was
a lecture on first aid for victims OF
gas and incendiary bombing.
Two lectures were given each day
so that all members of the depart
ment could attend.
The fire department Instructions
in civilian defense work began this
morning at 10 o'clock with Instruc-
tors Private James Moran and Lieut.
William Kinney. The course will
be similar to the one given to the
local patrolmen and will continue
for three weeks.
Firemen will be taught how to
combat incendiary bombs in case
of an emergency. They will be
taught methods of first aid and
other duties required during an air
raid.