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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-21
YOUR FEDERAL INCOME TAX
 NO. 14 INCOME TO BE REPORTED
NORMAL TAX AND sURTAx

The Federal income tax payable on the taxable income is divided into two parts, known as normal tex end surtax. The sum of these two taxes, in all ordinary cases, repre- sentS thet otal tax due. The exc captions arise in cases where there have been specified capital gains OF losses, in which case an alternative computation Is permitted, provided there are net long-ternl capital gains in excess of net short-term capital losses; or in cases where the taxpayer holds bonds with Q tax-free covenant (bonds in which the issuing corporation pays part of the income tax on the interest), in which case @ deduction of the amount paid by the corporation iS allowable against the tax computed on the return.
 The surtax is computed at variable rates, depending upon the amount of the surtax net income. The surs tax net income is the amount of the net income of the taxpayer (gross income less, deductions) less the personal exemption and the credit for dependents. This iS the amount shown on line g of the inc come tax return, Form 1040.
 On the first $2,000 of surtax net income, the sulrtax is 13 per cent of the surtax net income. On Str~ tax net income over $2,000 and not over $4,OOO, the surtax is $260 plus 16 per cent of the surtax net inc come above $2,000. On Surtax net income over $4,000 and not over $6O0O, the surtax is $580 plus 20 per cent of the amount of surtax net income above $4,000. The rate increases as the amount of surtax net income increases. The cor1S putation of the tax for each income block Is given in Q table accorl~ panying the return form.
 The normal tax is calculated on the balance subject to normal tax" which is shown on line 26 of the income tax return, Form 1040. The balance subject to normal tex is the, surtax net income less the earned income credit, less interest received on certain types of United States Government bonds and bonds of Federal instrumentalities, and less dividends on share accounts in Federal savings and loan associa- tions issued prior to March 28, l942. The computation of the earned ins come credit is set forth in Schedule .E of the return Form 1040, and in Instruction 25 accompanying the return form.
 The normal tax is 6 per cent of the "balance subject to normal tax" whatever the amount.
 For persons filing @ Simpliflea Return, the normal tax and surtaxs as well as the earned income credit have been consolidated into one computation, which is set forth in 6 table on the back of the return for each size class of income, so that 1t is necessary only to refer to this table to determine the correct amount of tax due. Any individual whose total income for the year is not in excess of $3,000 and was wholly from salary, wages, or other compensation for personal service. dividends, interest, or annulties, may use a simplifled Return (Form l04oA).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-21
us. Rubber Preferred
 Drops Point Today
PaAmerican Always and Ohio Oil Report Fractional
 Declines; Utilities Show Moderate Gains

New York, January 2l. = (UP) Stocks extended yesterdays gains in most sections today with colune moderate.
 Some of the firm spots weakened however, including D. s. Rubber Preferred which lost point. Amer ican Telephone was down point and a few other issues, including Santa Fe, Pan American Airways and Ohio oil had Irrational de. clines.
 The steels, motors, and utilities showed minor gains. Eastman Kodak gained a point in the chem icals. American and Foreign Power Preferred issues mad new highs on gains ranging to more than Z points. J. I. Case rose nearly in the farm group. |
 New York and Harlem gained 3 IA points to 30 1-4. Advances of a point and more were noted in Hazel Atlas Glass, Federal Light and Traction, J. O. Penney, Pacific Coast Company Second Preferred American Snuff and Associated Dry Goods Second Preferred. Pittsburgh Fort Worth and Chicago Railway Preferred spurted 5 points to 175 the 1942-43 high.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-21
Com m on Pleas Reorganization Bill Presented

Hartford, Conn, Jan. 21-(UP)- A reorganization of the common pleaS court system was proposed today by Sen. Joseph R. Neill, R., Wategtown, in a Senate bill recom- nen6ing that the number of judges Do reduced from IA to Il by July 1, 1el5. r
 An immediate reduction to, 13 was proposed, which would eliminate Hartford Judge Joseph Klau whose interim term expires Feb. IT.
 On and after July 1, 1945, accord ing to the bill no judge shall be eligible for reappointment.
 Appointments made at that time by the general assembly upon the nomination of the governor, would be for four years.
 Judge Charles Waller, New Lon- don, nearing retirement age, was understood to be holding the last judgeship in that court. As for the other elimination, the terms of a half dozen other judges expire July l, 1945 and 1t was presumed that the bill meant that none of them would be reappointed, in addition to one being discarded entirely.
 The bill would be the first court reform measure of the administra- ton and will be in keeping with the governors inaugural message to Streamline the judicial system.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-21
STATE DEFENDANT
 IN ACTION HERE
Residents of SOuthbury AL lege Properties Damaged
 By New Highway

Hearing opened in superior court before Judge Frank P. McEvoy this morning in the litigation filed by several Southbury residents after their property was used in the widening of state highway. One suit is brought against the state highway commissioner for the pur- pose of obtaining a permanent in- junction restraining him from occupying the premises, and the other against the Oneglia & Ger vasini, Inc, of Torrington in which treble damages of 5000 and 8 penalty of $l 1000 are sought.
 Attorney John H. Cassidy is rep resenting the plaintiffs, Harriet c, Fleming, Margaret Fleming Star chak, James F. Fleming, and John Fleming, individually and as ad- ministrator of the estate of Thomas P. Fleming Assistant At torney Leo V. Gaffney of Hartford appeared this morning for the de- fendantS. The hearing in the case is expected to be lengthy.
 The plaintiffs obtained an injunc- ton against the construction com- pany March g restraining 1t from entering the premises. They claim this injunction was violated and the defendants are in contempt of court. It is alleged that many large trees on the property were cut down and a fence was destroyed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-21
Mrs. Jane f. Der1Uin Passing of Beloved Resident of Out East" Member of Prominent Family, Stirs Memo
 ries of Past Years - Varied
 Activities Recalled.
Activities Recalled.

merry sliding parties that rolled down Wolcott street at top speed on 8 home made double ripper. She remembered when the pres- ent skating rink ground at Ham ilton Park so-called was grazing lot of the numerous Porter COWS; families out east then bought their milk by the pail from the Porter dairy for there cents a quart, or thereabout. Every east end boy and girl then was an out and out milk drinker.
 Mrs. Derwin's husband died @ number of years ago; he, too, was an Out Easter, and widely known among the people out here.
 We were not at the funeral services of Mrs. Derwin, but We should have been. Descendants of the old families who organized and really sacrificed for the welfare and good of the newly formed parish of the middle eighties, can never be forgotten by those of us acquainted with its early for1na- ton and history, even by those on the outside. The Irish of old were thrifty and generous, and &C., complished much under rather trying circumstances.
 We know this to be the fact, as it came from the lips of ones since gone these many years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-21
OLD MATT WELLS
 SON A SURVIVOR
Ex-Lightweight Champion of England Happy as Boy
 Escapes London Raid

London, Jan. 21 -(UP)- Young Michael Wells may not be as fast on his feet as his father but old Matt Wells, who once held the Brit ish lightweight boxing champion ship, wasn't grumbling too much about that today.
 Michael as one of the survivors of yesterdays school house bomb- ing in which Na1 high explosive killed at least 48 youngsters and teachers and injured another 50 with 20 still missing.
 Wells, who held the famous Lons- dale belt back in 1911 and once beat Freddy Welsh, isn't as fast as he was back in his fighting days, either. But he puffed up to his house about @ block from the wrecked school just after his 16- year-old son arrived, heavily band- aged from cuts by flying glass but not seriously injured.
 "Is he all right?" Wells shouted as he entered the house.
 "Yes," Mrs. Wells replied.
 "T'he trouble is," Wells told the youngster, you're not fast enough on your feet"
 A group of mothers still huddled around the wreckage of the school today although rescue workers held little hope that any of the children and teachers still trapped in the wreckage would be brought out alive.
 The excavation of the wreckage continued despite a gaping crack in one of the still standing walls of the school immediately adjacent to the twisted timbers and rubble in which the workers were digging
 Official inquiries to determine the truth of reports by witnesses that air raid warning sirens did not sound in the area until after the bombs were dropped.
 An air raid warden said the ex- plosion was so terrific that the bodies of small children were blasted against brick wall 30 yards away from where they were eating in the school,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-21
R. R. INSTALLATIONS
 AT THAZI HIT

New Delhi. January 2l. = (UP) - American heavy b0Imbers at. tackled railroad installations at ThaM near the mouth of the IFrawaddy River in Burma, Tuesday, . com munique Of the U. Q. Air Force aii- nOunced today.
 Royal Air Force hcmbers attacked Q Japanese airdrome ct Tofngoo. 25O miles southeast of Akynb, and raided obiectives on Akyab ialand c British colnlnuniquo repoFtea'
 The United states eommunlqne reported that railroad yards and warehouses at ThaEi were heavily hit and large fires started. closlai of black smoke were seen, in0lcat' ing that Japanese oll supplies Nefs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-21
JAPANESE POCKET
 STILL RESISTING
Americans and Australians Dealing Savage Blows in
 Papuan New Guinea
By DON CASWELL United Press Stan COrresuondentl

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 Gen. MacArthur's Headquarters Australia, Jan. 21-(UP)-Japanese pockets of resistance in the San. anardS area of Papuan New Guinea are rapidly dissolving beneath say. age blows of American and Austra. Han troops, pressing ahead too fast to count the bodies of the fallen foe, Gen. Douglas MacArthur said in his communique today.
 "The Japanese pocket northwest of the seaward end of the Sam amanda trail is now being attacked and reduced, but is still resisting, an army spokesman said. "
 Another coastal pocket, between Giruwa, approximately two miles east of Sanananda village, and Tarakena village is the scene ot heavy f1ghting-with many Japa- neSe killed trying to crash free on Tuesday night. .,,
 A third pocket, approximately TOO yards inland, has been forced back from Sanananda trail-leaving the trail in Allied hands except at oneSpot 2,500 yards inland where the final pocket is being further divided into small remnants.
 Harold Guard, United Press stafl correspondent at the front. reported today that the Japanese forces ap- parently received food from barges which landed on the east side of Sanananda point Tuesday night.
 Guard said American troops are attacking the strongest Japanese position. between Giruwa and Tara kena village, from the east while the Australians hit 1t from the west. ..v
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-21
LONG DISTANCE
 CALLS L. REDUCED ]:
Charges for Leased Wire Services Also Cut; Pub-
 lie to Benefit

Washington, Jan. 2l.-(UP)-The American Telephone and Telegraph Co.,, has agreed to reduce rates on long distance calls of more than three minutes and cut charges for leased wire services to save the pulp lie some $34,700,0OO & year.
 The agreement, announced last night by the Federal Communica- tions commission, ended hearings on an order for the A. T. & T. to show cause why its rates should not be reduced because of wartime increases in revenue of its long lines department.
 Besides the saving to the public the agreement will cut the long lines departments revenue by an additional $24,900,000 in increased shares to connecting companies.
 The EGG said these reductions were made:
 Overtime telephone - From or1e- third to one-fourth of the rate TOT the initial three-minute period.
 Leased private lines-equivalent to approximately 25 per cent in priv ate telephone lines and 35 per cent in private telegraph lines.
 Telephone lines used casually" by broadcasters-approximately 50 per cent reduction for smaller stations and from $8 to $6 per air line mile for larger stations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-21
NEW BRITAIN COP
 ALLEGED KIDNAPER

New Britain, Conn, Jan. 21- (UP) - Policeman Edward Sapita was held under $10,000 bonds today on Kidnapping charge following a complaint by Katherine Gedraitis, 9.
 Miss Gedraitis told authorities Sapita drove up in his car while she was waiting for a bus at a corner and attempted to drag her into the automobile. She was released when passcrs-by were attracted by her screaming, and her assailant drove away.
 The license number of the car was obtained and Sapita was picked up later. The police board has scheduled an open hearing by the discipline committee tomorrow night,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-21
SOCERMAN TANKS HIT FRENCH ARMY
Infantry We'll SuppOrtedin Attacks 40 Miles SOuth-
 west of Tunis
BY NED RUSSELL

United Press Stan Correspondent
 With the British First Army in Tunisia, Jan. -(Delayed) )-(UP) German infantry supported by from 60 to 30 tanks have been at- tacking the French army along the line stretching southward from Bou Arada, 40 miles southwest of Tltlis.
 It was still to early to say whether the Germans and Italians planned serious attack but they had not sent one man and one boy to do the pob, whatever 1t is.
 Sixty to 80 tanks are big time stuff on this front especially at @ time when, according to everybody else, the weather can't be trusted.
 Tanks get begged in mud when- ever they leave the road.
 The Germans launched their att tack after only a few days of de- cent weather. Some of their tanks did get stuck. Whether they are later wiped out, as seems to happen to our tanks when they get mired within range of the enemy guns, remains to be seen.
 At any rate German tanks with considerable infantry struck yester- day at four points along the line, apparently intending to roll up what they regard as the least we'll armed section of our forces and disturb further our offensive plans.
 Today the Germans came back with three hard-pressed attacks, converging in the direction of Souk Robaa. l
 The ultimate but still distant ob- jective of their attack must be the important road stretching 40 miles westward to Le Kef.
 If the Germans are making such Q threat they are definitely expos- ing their right flank to our forces.
 It may well be that Field Marshal Erwin Rornnel has pulled another small rabbit from his hat in order to disrupt plans for the Allied of- fensive he knows must ultimately be. directed at the remnants of his North Africa army.
 One thing-though the French lack all our varied equipment and are sometimes fighting with out- moded rifles, they are fighting like heroes.
 British Eighth Army forces, now in the heart of the Nefoussa hills semi- -circling Tripoi, are still pur- suing the retreating German and Italian forces, a Middle Eastern command communiQue from Cairo said today.
 Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery's British empire trops occupied Hons, on the coast 62 miles east of Tripoli, and Tarhuna, the inland road juno ton 40 miles southeast of Tripoh, yesterday.
 At both places the British forces were in the Nefoussa hills, last good defense line short of Tripoh, and t was indicated that German Field Marshal Erwin Rommels forces, uI1- der a ferocious night and day ate tack by Allied planes, were high balling for Tunisia.
 During the day our forces were in close contact with the enemy re- treating westward" today'S corn- munique said of yesterdays opera tionS. "Our air forces inflicted consider able damage on Tripoi, targets in the battle area and concentrations of transport"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-21
Soft Coal May Pinch
 Hit For Anthracite
OPA Experts Assure Worried IOuseOwners That Bitu. minOus May Be Used as Substitute Facts Outlined

in case the hard-coal strike last long enough to create Q hard -coa scarcity in Connecticut, the In. formation Division of the OPA states.
 As a result of conversations witt reputable coal dealers these fact became evident:
 1. If proprely sized, bituminotiI coal is safe, rather sooty, heat, rich fuel that can be burned in thu majority of stoves and furnaces.
 ?. Most of the soot can be elim. mated by proper manipulation ol darnpers. . r
 3. Flues should be cleaned regu. larly by burners of bitlrninolis t guard against the acctll1itilationS o. bases present in 1t. =
 4. The powdery kind shouldn't bt used in stoves or furnaces. 7!
 5. Potential burners of bituniin. ous, should consult a reputable COG dealer who can recommend sizel best fitted for their furnace ol stove.
 6. Bitulninous is faster-startinf coal than anthracite, costs about $4.000 per ton less.
 The Information Division, of thu OPA, also pointed out that bittlinin- orls was widely used in Connecticut during the big anthracite strike ot 1925-26. t'
 Tn fact, some householders check. ed in Hartford still burn bitumin. ous today because they got to like 1t then.
 During the course of its survey the OPA sent investigators ou among users of anthracite with 6 couple of bags of soft coal. Among the hard coal addicts, a housewife and a gasoline station proprietor permitted the investigators to sel them the idea of experiments witt the bituninous. ~=
 Hard-coal fires were extinguished soft-coal fires were begun, and q decent interval elapsed. ..
 Result: the investigators returned to headquarters with affidavits signed by those who lent themselves and their stoves to the experiment testifying to the virtues of the soft coal.
 A gas station proprietor said, q found bituminous gave me more heat per shoveful than anthracite coal which I had previously used I found that where proper pre-. cautions were taken there was nc difficulty with smoke or dust"
 Another question horseholderS will soon be asking is, "Will there be enough coal, either bituminouI or anthracite, to go around If every. body converts from fuel oil?"
 While the OPA admits guaran- teeing sufficient supplies of any commodity during war is gamb- ler's proposition, 1t does maintain coal will be much more plentiful: than oil.
 Half of the coal users in Con. necticut already have their winter supplies in the cellar" an offlcia said. Furthermore, coal mines are closer at hand than the western oil wells on which we depend fol the thinning trickle of fuel oil fol civilian use.
 Thirdly, our fighting forces 1r North Africa and the Southern Pacific, whose need of fuel oil and gasoline is undisputable, don't need coal.
 And lastly. you can burn about any colnbustible material -anthra- cite. bituminouS, wood tables and chairs-in @ coal furnace. But an oil furnace consumes nothing but oil.
 "So 1t seems that the choice we have is clear-cut."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-21
BRIEFS ORDERED
 IN FARM ACTION

Counsel in the property litigation involving Mrs. Margaret D. Quigley of Middlebury and Mrs. Bertha stanton of Prospect were ordered to file briefs of their claims after 2 hearing in the case ended fin supe- rior court today. Judge Frank P. McEvoy reserved decision.
 Mrs. Quigley claims she bought Q farm in Prospect from the executors of the estate of William A. Sleeves November IT, ie41, but that Mrs. stanton, daughter of the late MT Sleeves, has refused to yacate the premises. The other party alleges her father made an agreement to turn over the premises to her be- cause of indebtedness and that the conveyance deeds should be inyall- dated. Mrs. 0uigley seeks eI.00g damages, while the defendant tlled Q counter complaint seeking ee.coo'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-21
POLICE PROBING
 UNION ST. BREAK

Police were continuing investiga- ton today into a break at the Cas- parri Restaurant, 38 Union street, where about $5S was taken last night.
 Detective Lieutenants William Foley and Edward McElligott said that entrance to the restaurant was gained through the front door, which was forced in. A cigar box, said to have contained $26 in nickles, dimes and quarters. was emptied, and more han S20 was footed from a cigarette machine and 6 pin ball game. Tn addition. war savings stamps valued at ei0 were missing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-21

Can bituninous-- soft-coal be used as a substitute for anthracite in the average stove or furnace?
 Since the walk-out of miners in the anthracite fields, thousands of householders who normally use hard coal and other thousands on the verge of converting oil-burning heating equipment to coal use have been asking this question.
 Last week, the State Ofi1ce of Price Administration searched for the right answer and found it.
 While anthracite is most suitable for use in the average stove or furnace, bituminous can be used as a substitute or supplementary fuel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-21
BANKS SUIT FOR
 $500 WITHDRA AVN

withdrawal papers were filed in common pleas court today in the e4OO damage suit brought by the Naueatuck National bank against Rocco and Dorothy Errichetto of Naugatuck. The action was based
 on e $500 loan made March Q. 1el0, the balance of which was listed as t2ee with Interest from April ., ioso.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-21

Three years have rolled swiftly by since Cadet Theodore Davis of Waterbury was commissioned and graduated from the U. s. Military Academy at West Point. Several assignments to various sections of the country with two promotions as welcome interpOlatiOns have marked his brief military career. Today announcement was made of his third advancement at Fort LeavenwOrth, Kansas. Cadet Davis of 194O is now Major Theodore w. Davis of 1943 and the year is very young. As captain he has been serving with the General Staff school of the Transportation corps.
 Major Davis is the son of At- torney Joseph Davis of this city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-21
WOOL MARKET

Boston, January 2l. - (UP) - The Boston wool market was quiet, according to the U. 8. Agriculture Department today. A few small sales of the higher grades of spot Australian wool were made at prices a few cents below maximum grease prices allowed.
 Difficulty in getting shipping space from South America before April restricted trading in Monte video and Buenos Aires.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-21
CHIROPRACTORS IN
 STATE GATHERING

The first seni-annual meeting ot the Connecticut Chiropractic Asso- citation will be held Sunday, Jan uary 24th at the Hotel Taft, New Haven.
 The principal business will be a report of the legislative committee and an address by Dr. John J. Nu- gent of New Haven, who is educa- tional director for the National Chiropractic Association.
 pr. Harry Sproviero of Bridge port, president of the association will preside at the meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-21
IRISH.AMERICANS
 TO HEAR MURPHY

T1e lIrish.AmeFican Social club
 will hold q meeting tolnorroW eve. ming ak 100 Bank street. President Thomas Crean Win preside and VIII pro1snt the guest speaker of thl evening, Jeremiah Murphy, who Wli| speak on HSrelaHd." hll memheF1 are urged to attend this aecond
 monthly meeting of the club end
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