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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28
TREND OF STOCK AVERAGES
(Dow-Jo

High for 1913
1ndustrials March 27) 1886
Railroads March 26l 33.O6
Utilities CMarch 27J 1891
High for 1872
1ndustrials dec. 26l l197l
Railroads Jan. 81 29.21
Utilities Jan. s. l494
High for 1881
1ndustrials March b l9l.40
Railroads March 49, 64.4e
Utilities Jan. ~ 1854
High for 1929
lndustrials Sept. ~ 2Sl.l7
Railroads Sept. Oh 1871
Utilities Sept. 2lD 1851
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28
CHICAGO CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO CASH GRAIN
CHICAGO. March ~ INs-Cash gran
close
WHEAT No } yellow hard. SliT
CORN No. ? yellos, il.o2 No 8 y,-
low, Ha l.oi No. ys.l"a, s'e q
rrsas yellow, sing?e No. White
81 23i4 No Z white 81 -
OATS No I mixed 81 a. 80 ; mixed
- q No. 2 white. IS /. n SIC 80 9 vhite
SIS &C. No white $50 sample gradS
white. 81 n s5s.c, No heavy mixed
80 q. n s7i,c, M heavy $50 ~
spscis' red. So &C. sample grade special
red, So, r sc.
wNNIrEG GRAINS
WINNIPEG March - ms, Grains
closed unchanged TO-DAY
WHEA MAY, ii.olAr p J OF a. July
81 OF n 10
OATS MAY and July, 81 &C biz 60
BARLEY Ma and July S. .cbld.--
Hfts-m sv am July. .ss-sc pTd.
TOLEDO CASH GRAIN
TOLEDO o. March ~ GNs cash
grain on track
WHEAT No ? red - slGls 50
CORN No yellow, 81 OF = ~ No 7
Yellow IS n seo.
OATS No ? white. ssas7e No. :
white - n SIC
soYBEANs No. 2 y.ilo~. $40.
: Il.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28
New York Bank Stocks

NV YORK March a Changes from
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
\ WEEK IN THE MARKET

Oh y The following table shows the
TX Stock Exchange each day this week:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-18
OLD-ACE PAYMENTS
BEHIND SCHEDULE
100000 Collected Since
February 1; Last-Minute
Rush Expected

Humbert E. Mangini, tax collector,
said today that 10000 has been COL
lected to date for the Old Age As
sistance Tax, which is less than half
of the amount needed for Water
bury to pay the state.
He expects a last minute rush
during the last several days Of
February, but hopes that people
will cooperate with his office staff
by coming as early as possible.
Very few people have been COM
ing in wednesday evenings, from z
to 8 O'Clock at which time the tax
office is open to. accept collections.
He expressed the wish that more
people would take advantage Of this
time, especially the war workers
who cannot leave their Jobs during
the day. '3
Men In the services have written
to him requesting abatement for
Old Age Assistance Tax, he said, and
action would be taken omit in the
near future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-18
BOY SCOUTS PLAN
ALL-DAY SESSION
New England's Regional
Executive to Attend
Meeting Tomorrow

An all-day session beginning Ell
1000. a. m. and terminating at 500
p. NJ. will be held by the Boy Scout
executives of fifteen scout councils
Of Connecticut at tho Waterbury
Club tomorrow. Don w. Meyer, WHO
is New England's regional Scout
executive will attend, as well as
John o. Shanks of New York, ASS
sistant Director of Volunteer train
ing Of Boy Scouts of America. David
F. Babsoh, local scout executive.
will preside, and more than ttweas
ty-fius boy scout leaders ares exc
pected to be present at the meeting.
Discussions will be staged Ito DEF
velop plans for victory gardens at
summer. camps for boy. scouts !. and
the lending Of the boy SCOUTS shoul.
der to the wheel of the farm labor
problem. -' g
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-18
Chicago Goes Down
So Do i Jap Planes
Reporter Describes Gallant Stand of Heavy Cruiser in
Ouadalcanal; IS Per Cent Of Crew Saved

overheard. A tug, hoping TO save
the stricken warBhip, took her In
tow and pulled southwark at slow
speed.
But the Japanese seemed deter
mined that the Chicago would not
survive. Late yesterday afternoon
torpedo plane squadron found
her. They slammed their tin fish
against her blistered sides as the
Chicago wallowed almost helplessly
In the gwells.
The sea churned through the gap
ing holes In her huh and the CHI
cago settled.
'31'm sinking" she signaled the
circling destroyers.
The destroyers closed IN to take
on survivors. Most Of the crew had
survived the bomb and torpedo
pounding. About IS per cent Of
them were saved.
Later, with her comrades stand
ing by to watch her die, the Chicago
took q sickening roll and plunged
TO the bottom.
It was her last tight and she went
down gamely.
A destroyer was his by enemy
bombs today and sank.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-18

/ dends; interest; and annuities, you
may elect to file the simplified
Optional United States Individual
Income Tax Return, form 1040A.
A couple may file a joint return
on 1040A If their gross income is
less than $4,000 and came from the
specified sources. II however, either
spouse elects to use the regular form
1040, the other may not use 1040A.
The advantage Of the optional
form is that 1t requires almost no
figuring. Deductions and credits
are worked out automatically by
nationwide averages. You just re-
port your income and your de-
pendents and then look on the back
Of the form to flnd the amount Of
your tax.
Because It is worked out for the
average, 1t may be more expensive
for you to file on form 1040A than
on the regular 1040.
In the matter Of exemptions and
credits on 104OA, for example, your
status on July 1, 1912 determines
your status for the entire year
Therefore If you got married after
July /, you'll save money to use
the regular form 1040, since on
104OA you get no credit for the
months you were married because
you were single on July I.
DIFFERENCES IN FORM
Conversely, If you were married
In 1912 shortly before July /, you
save to use 1040A, since you get
credit for being married IL months,
while on 1040 you get credit only
for such months as you actually
were married.
Another disadvantage of 1040A Is
that a married couple filing separ-
ate returns cannot divide their $1,000
personal exemption any way they
please, as they can on 1040. Each
must take 5000.
In the matter Of deductions, form
1040A Is figured on averages. #,
therefore, your deductions are more
than average, you'll save by filing
the regular form 1040. If your de-
auctions are less than average, by
all means take advantage Of 1t on
1040A.
In any case figure your return on
1040 before deciding whether or
not to use the optional form l040A
If you're entitled to use 1t.
Tomorrow: The Victory Taxi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-18

|B IC1@0$f


This Is No. 10 Of q series of IA
articles prepared by . tax expert
to aid readers Of this newspaper
In preparing Federal income tax
returns. Clip and save the articles
for o complete reference when
making out your tax form.
-
BY NEA Service
Two final questions remain to
be answered in deciding how to Ale
your 1912 federal income tax re-
turn. If you are married, should
you and your wife file joint re-
turn or separate ones? If your gross
income is less than $4,000 and comes
from certain specified sources,
should you file U. s. Individual In
come Tax Return form 1040, or
should you use the simplifed
optional form 1040A?
To answer either Of these ques-
tons, every one should first figure
their returns separately on form
1O4O.
Having thus figured on indivi-
dual returns, q married couple can
then figure a Joint return and see
which one saves them money.
The advantage Of the joint re-
turn Is that the law treats the
combined incomes, profits, losses,
contributions and credits Of both
husband and wife as though they
were gains, losses and credits Of
one person.
SEPARATE RETURNS
Say, for example, that a wife who
had an income Of $500 in 1912 took
short-term capital loss Of 5000.
Say that her husbands taxable in
come is $4,000. If they file separate
returns, the wife pays no tax. Since
her net income Is minus $500. Since
the returns are separate her hus-
band gets no advantage from this
$500 Of loss which the wife Is unable
to use this year.
But If they file O joint return,
the wife's net income Of minus
$400 may be deducted from her hus-
bands taxable income. This not
only saves the husbands taxes on
$500. It also saves because the
$500 above $4,000 on his $4,000 tax
able income would be taxed at a
higher surtax rate than the first
$4,000 Of taxable income.
Conversely 1t Is sometimes a saw
ing for couple to file separate
returns In order to reduce the sur.
tax. Say that the husbands tax
able income, before deducting his
share Of the couples $1,000 personal
exemption, is $500. The wife's tax
able income, before deducting her
share Of the $1,000 exemption, Is
$2l0O.
If the couple files a joint re-
turn, the pay q surtax on their
joint taxable income Of $500, minus
their $1,000 personal exemption-or
$1,000 surtax net income.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-18
~ WILLIAM =. TYREE

FUnltoa RFeS star Correspondence
with the United States Fleet IN
me South Pacific, Jan. S0-(UP)--
Delayed Tho heavy cruiser Chi
Oaeo. battle-scarred Z veterar Of
South Pacific fighting, sank In the
eepid waters south Of 0uadalcanal
last night after o furious Japanese
aerial assault with bombs and tor
pedoes.
the Chicago ana her fighting
plane escort staged gallant battle
In the final attack at { p. m. yes
terday, shooting down IL out Of l3
enemy torpedo planes that made
runs against her battered hull. Seven
planes were knocked out Of the sky
before reaching the cruiser but six
were able to launch their torpedoes
and one or more hit the, Chicago.
A sad-eyed sailor Of her crew said
the 0,3OO-ton Chicago had been
through ''lots Of hell" and yet al.
ways came back. This time her luck
ran out.
It was the Chicago's first battle
cruise since returning to the fleet
after o trip to the navy yard to
have her torpedo ripped hull
patched. She had been struck by
o torpedo on Aug. Q in the first
battle Of Sayo island In which the
American cruisers Quincy, Astoria,
Vincennes and the Australian cruiser
Canberra were sunk.
Earlier she had been virtually q
One-ship fleet, patroling between
northern Australia and New Guinea.
Almost daily she came within range
OF Japanese bombers and was at.
tackled many times. The Chicago
knew how to handle herself, or
she would not have survived.
For her last action she was with
q task force Of cruisers and deSs
troyerS guarding o successful exs
petition to reinforce 0uadalcana1 IN
the 6oloHnons when the Japanese
swooped out Of the murk, cleverly
using the quick coming darkness Of
the tropics, and dumped Q load Of
bombs near her fantail '(stern) on
Jan. 20.
seamen manned their battle sta
tions ct the shrill whistle to general
quarters and fought the Japanese
planes as they passed over. But
one or two Of the enemy bombers
ducEed through the anti-aircraft
IRE In the dusk and scored hits
which brought the Chicago to q
dead halt.
Damage control crews got to work
and the cruiser was taken In tow.
The debris left by the bombs was
stripped from her decks and thrown
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-18
PROBATE JUDGES
TO AMEND !! FEES
New Scale to Be Effective
in Connecticut Court
April is

Connecticut probate courts win
adopt on April Is, the new uniform
fee schedule which was made effec-
tive wednesday at the annual meet
ing Of the Connecticut Probate AS
selnbly.
The new fee was described as be-
ing q lower rate than the average
amount received from all the courts.
Up to now none Of the courts had
uniform schedule. On the other
hand, several courts reported that
the new fee schedule was higher
than the fees currently assessed In
estate matters.
Judge Johnston, chairman Of the
assembly's committee on Fees,
Forms and Procedure, announced
that the fee table adopted was a
uniform Interpretation Of statutes
for fees that may be charged. Until
now, different interpretations Of the
statutes principally Section 1890,
caused the difference In fee charges
In the different courts.
Another section Of the committees
report on fees, which was adopted
In full, recommended that judges
retain their power to remit fees In
certain cases. Consequently, If a
large part Of q small estate is
chargeable In fees, the court has the
authority to remit the costs.
The committees work on forms
and procedure hasn't been COM
pleted. A report on the second Sec
ton Of the revision project, q draft
Of uniform forms to be used in all
probate courts Of the state, will be
ready for the next meeting Of the
assembly on April 81.
The acceptance Of the uniform fee
schedule marked the end of a long
study by the committee, which had
been meeting once or twice q week
since early December. Other men,
bers of the committee we're: Judge
Patrick Healey Of Waterbury, Judge
william M. Luby of Meriden, Judge
John Flanagan Of Bridgeport, Judge
Lawrence r. rockingham Of New
Canaan, Judge Ellsworth Foote Of
North Branford and Judge A. VIII
liam Primer Of Litchfleld.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-18
TESTIMONY HEARD
in $4,000 SUIT
Young Girl Hit By Auto
mobile Sustains Skull
Fracture, Other Injuries

Presentation of testimony in the
$25, 900 civil action brought by Lor-
raine Rohillard of Waterbury against
Sol and Evelyn Hennes will be con-
tinued this afternoon in superior
court. The hearing opened yester-
day afternoon before Judge Frank
p. McEvoy and a jury Of eight men
and four women.
The plaintiff, a minor who brings
the action through her father, Will
liam Robillard, claims she sustained
severe injuries last August 80 when
struck by car owned by Sol
Hennes and operated by the other
defendant on Transit street near
Long Hill road.
A fracture Of the skull and lac
erations Of the brain are among the
injuries listed by the young girl.
The complaint states she was
dragged across the sidewalk and
through a fence after being struck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-18

The amount Of their surtax,
therefore, is Is per cent on the first
$4,000, or $3.50, plus IS per cent Of
the $500 over $4,000, or s304. This
makes a total surtax Of 1854.
II the couple files separate re-
turns. however, they viii save. They
are allowed to split their joint $1,000
personal exemption any way they
like.
In order to keep his net surtax
income to e2OO0-on which he pays
the lowest surtax rate-the husband
takes $1,000 Of the exemption. His
wife takes the other $500 Of the
personal exemption, reducing her
suTtax net income 10 $500.
TER Joint sirtax net incomes stu
add up to $1,000, as they did on the
Joint return. BUT, the husband
paws Is per cent on his $1,000 or
e2o0, and the wife pays Is per cent
on her $500, or e947. This makes
q total Sursax Of e90t-a saving Of
es7. or 10 per cent. over tho Joint
return.
Try figuring your returns Joint
" and separately. ylfe which ever
4 the lesser.
BSAaRkAEIED EOnM
II your gross ineomo was less
than 5000 and ALL your income
came from salary, wages, compeIl-
sailon for personal sefvleesi alsi'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-18
NO GREAT DECLINE
in REGISTRATIONS
Tire, Fuel Shortages Re.
spOnsible for Only Slight
Drop in Applications

Automobile registrations at the
WATERFOWL avenue branch office Of
the state department Of motor We
hicles are running only slightly be-
hind the number issued at this time
last year, with motorists apparently
determined to keep their cars on
the road "as long as they can get
o pint Of gas" authorities said to-
day. Prior to the beginning Of the
current registration period 1t was
thought gasoline and tire rationing
programs might be reflected In o
sharp drop in registrations.
There has been q reduction Of
about IS per cent as compared with
registrations Of this time last year,
according to Mrs. Alice Bradley,
manager Of the branch ONCE here.
Estimates previous to the beginning
Of the registration by those who be-
lieved the rationing programs would
have an adverse effect ran as high
as fifty per cent.
Up to the close Of business last
March !, pfflcial deadline for re-
ileWals, $4,000 cars had been regis.
tered In the Waterbury district. on
the basis Of current business. Mrs.
Bradley believes the number this
year will not fall much below this
figure.
The ONCE Is open daily from 8 a.
m. to $50 p. M, but is closed all day
Saturday. Many motorists appeared
at the WATERFOWL avenue ONCE last
Saturday, Mrs. Bradley said, APP
parently unaware that It was closed.
Oftlces were opened today as tenn
porary sub-stations In Ansonia,
Bristol, Canaan, Manchester, Meri-
den, Middletown, New Britain and
Rockville.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-18
STIPULATION ON
COFFEE, SUGAR

Mrs. Charlotte Root, chairman Of
the food rationing panel Of Water
bury, announced today that insti-
tutional users Of coffee will receive
one-half the amount they received
for the month Of February. They
will receive one-quarter the amount
Of sugar that they received for
their February and January allot-
ments.
This amount is supposed to last
them until March IS. The reason
for this Is that the government will.
In the future, issue coffee and sugar
to institutional users under q new
plan. They will apply after the
first of March for their allotment
under the new ruling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-18

stripped from the floors, paint has
been reduced to minimum, what
paint Is used Is f1re-resistant. Since
the ships 60 BACKED out anyway
there are no portfolios. Every known
radio and detecting device has been
installed. Every emphasis has been
placed on the building of q fight
ing craft that will deliver a maxi
mum wallop.
Similar improvements are being
put in the heavy and light cruisers,
but the ship that catches the eye
is the new 2,l00-ton destroyer, a
vastly different ship from the old
four-stackers which combined the
seas for submarines in the last war.
These new young cruisers" have a
crew Of hundreds Of men. They can
cruise thousands Of miles without
refueling. Their magnificent tur-
bines are twin installations SO that
II one is knocked out, the other can
still function. Top speed is above
80 knots.
They mount torpedo tubes, depth
charge devices, anti-aircraft guns
and the Nays famous five-inch
gun In automatic-controlled, gyro-
scope-stabilized turrets that insure
accurate fire even when the des-
troyer Is rolling as only destroyer
can roll in heavy seas.
BIG MACHINE GUN"
These fve-inch guns, by the way,
are the guns which caused Jap
officer, captured in the Pacific to
ask II he might see the "ammuni-
ton. belts Of the big machine guns
80 fast do they fire. ....-
Cost Of the new destroyers Is
about 100000, and they require
considerable time to build. To cut
down on both cost and time, the
Navy has developed its new type
destroyer escort" vessel which
compares favorably with the four
stacker destroyers Of the last war
but can be built much faster for
about $3,000,00O, and will still give
adequate protection to conveys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-18

the engineers while they build you
q pontoon bridge or any one of q
dozen different kinds Of bridges and
bargeS.
There are amphibious engineers
who seem to combine the functions
of Marines, commands, labor bat
talions and engineers. One unit of
these amphibious engineers dis
tinguished itself in the African in
vasion by taking over a harbor
never seen before and running its
works at top efficiency.
There are special topographic
battalions attached to corps or
Army headquarters which. working
with the aerial Photographic sec
tons of the air force, will take
these aerial photos and translate
them into road maps which they
print by the hundreds of copies on
special Autograph presses mounted
on trucks and moved right up with
NEW AERIAL OUTFIT
There are even new elite air.
borne aviation engineers - most
recent additions 70 the Army engi-
neering profession. Their specialized
training began only last June when
Brigadier General Godfrey Of the
Army Air Forces requested equip
ment for the repair Of airflelds cap
tilred from the enemy. BY August
the first battalion had been formed.
by November Il had landed In Al.
RIGA with It's equipment = every
thing needed for the maintenance
Of an airport not accessible 70
ground troops. The cunt was flown
over 1000 miles into Tunisla and
given q service test on one Of the
airhelds captured from The Ger
mans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-18
NEW RESTRICTION
ON CANNED FOODS

Local housewives took another
sorrowful glance at their quickly
diminishing reserve supplies on the
pantry shelf today, took down the
old reliable cook book and began
to plan q can-less fish dinner for
tomorrow. Sales Of canned fish as
welr as canned meat were stopped
at midnight last night by order OF
the OPA, further limiting consur11-
ers' manipulating.
wholesalers will not be effected
by the new ruling, and the canned
meat and fish product will continue
to be placed on restaurant menus.
AS q check against home consump-
ton Of the prohibited product,
wholesalers today sold fish and
meat to restaurants only in ten
pound tins. - -"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-18
BY PETER EDISON

BY PETER EDSON
(NEA Service Staff Correspondent
Fort Belvoir, Va, Feb. 8 - The
greatest proof of the technical adj
vance Of World War II over World
War I is revealed by special DEM
onstration of U. s. Army Corps of
Engineers troops and equipment at
this historic old post, which Is one
of the most important training and
material experiment centers in the
United States today.
In the last war, a Six-company
regiment of engineers was attached
to every division. Its soldiers liked
into action to do their Jobs Of
map making, bridge building, forth
fications, mining and sapping.
VERSATILE SOLDIERS
Today's engineers are completely
mechanical. They ride into ac-
ton. Instead Of o regiment to q
division, stretched over miles OF
road when they moved up to the
front, there Is q compact, highly
mobile battalion. Thanks to the
development Of gasoline. Diesel,
electric and pneumatic power
driven tools on wheels, today's unit
OF engineers can do an estimated
Ave times the amount OF work an
old engineer regiment, and In less
time.
Today q company Of engineers
rolls By IN q score Of specialized
half trucks, trucks, reconnaissance
cars and motorcycles. A tractor
bulldozer rides on q truck for road
and airport making and repair.
There n q portable air compressor
b power rock drills and other tools.
The combat haif-traek mounts
anll.aiTcTaft machine gins ana
trails ga aniistank sun " prOtDet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-18
GRAIN DESTROYED IN
NEWBURYPORT FIRE

Newburyport, Mass, Feb. 49,
(UP)-Huge stores Of grain were
burned today when fire destroyed
two three-story wooden buildings ir
Market Square with loss estimated
at $4,000.
The blaze apparently broke out
on the second floor Of the building
housing the Herald Press, job
printing plant, and spread to the
adjacent Farm Service Co. storage
warehouse where $4,000 worth Of
grain went up In flames.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-18
DIVORCE ACTIONS
! ON COURT DOCKET.

Frances Richmond Essex CT VOL.
colt filed a divorce action against
Ernest Essex Of Waterbury in, su.
perior court today. The couple mar
ried August "a. 1887, at Brewster.
N. Y. The petitioner, who charges
her husband with intolerable crliel-
ty, seeks custody CT q miner child
and alimory. ~
A hearing in the divorce action
brought by Lucy Termine Marroaae
Of Waterbury against Joseph Afar.i
rome, also of this city. has been
scheduled for the short calendar
session Of superior court tomorrow
morning. The action is uncons
tested.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-18

a new bLrCEHIJ CaEIIer SUUn 20 DC LuIIIeu UVeI 70
the Navy, new light and heavy cruisers under con-
Strtcton, the new 2l0O.ton destroyers that ale
most big enough and powerful enough to be classi-
fed as baby cruisers destroyer escorts similar
TO the British and Canadian corvettes for convoy
duty, new landing ships for tanks smaller landing
craft for few tanks-these are some Of the war
ships which have Just been given their first showing
to group Of newspaper correspondents visiting yards
in the Boston Naval District. III
CARRIERS TAKE 80 PLANES, 1000 MEN
Most spectacular of the $600,000,000 worth Of
naval vessels being built in this are Of course,
the aircraft carriers, several Of which are be-
ing built in the Fore River Yards Of the Bethlehem
Shipbuilding Co. Carrying more than 80 planes,
hui Of Si1y
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-18
Navy Soon To Unveil
Ships, Planes Built
Since Pearl Harbor
BY PETER EDISON


:. 2
Boston, Feb Navy win begin take the
of some of the ships building its expedited
program at forced draft after Pearl
Harbor -