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Americans Near Jap
 Guadalcanal Bases
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either death or surrender were their only alternatives"
 He said there had been no fur ther news of the air-sea engage. ments going on in the solomon' area.
 "So far as l know the same pre- liininary plays are still going on, Knox added, referring to previous Navy statements that both air ar1c surface forces Of each side were skirmishing.
 T suspect it's possible that thi. might be @ demonstration to cover the withdrawal of their troops Knox said in reply to Q question.
 DO you have any information tC confirm the Japanese reports oi withdrawal?" he was asked. Isolated Groups Left
 we have information from Guadalcanal partly supporting tht Japanese reports" Knox replied. "Al resistance on the island apparently has ceased except, that there may be a few isolated groups left"
 Did the enemy have much tc withdraw?"
 '"No, they didn't. The number of Japanese on the island when we were down thereon January 2l.2I was estimated to Do between 4,- GOO and 5000.
 Again a reporter asked him whether the Navy had any confir- nation of Japanese evacuation.
 "W0 have some information in- dicating evacuation" Knox re- iterated.
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they are holding parallel to the coast, to protect Rommel's withs drawal from Libya. .
 So far the Germans had Succeed- cd skilfully in blocking c possible American offensive stab toward the coast to cut off Rommel's retreat. They had done 50 by @ series of successful attacks on the mountain passes. Considerable Allied forces were necessary to prevent the Axis troops from flaming out on to the plains west of the heights. possibly to outfiank the Allied positions in the north. sr
 The long, loose battle line in the south was truly one of passes.
 The German objective was to 0b- tain tight control of the north-south line of low mountains: the Allied objective was to prevent this con- trol without committing too many troops and at the same time, If pos- sible to block the withdrawal.
 Faid Pass was the key position for the moment because 1t con- troled the road between Sfax, 75 miles north of Gabes, and central Tunisia. Sfax IS now the most inl- portant Axis supply port.
 The Germans were strongly en- trenched on the saw-tooth heights north and south of the narrow de- file, and they had so far beaten of American attacks. The pass was not impregnable and could Es taken by a determined attack. But 1t was estimated that it would involve about 1000 American casualties and the command balanced the cost against possible gains.
 Pass Protected
 The Germans were protecting the western mouth of the pass and their northern and southern Hanks with camoufiaged gun pits containing their valuable 88-millimetre guns and their long range mortars, as well as cross-firing machine gun nests.
 Behind the pass on the Sfax side were sizable German and Italian armored and infantry forces. Y
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l (Contlnued from Page D patrol the New Guinea coast to at- tack these supply lines.
 The Japanese were reported es- tablishing @ base at Wewak, about $50 miles northwest of Salamaua. The Wahoo's charts did not show Wewak, but 8 25-cent atlas owned by an enlisted man showed 1t and the harbor of Mushu Island nearby.
 Morton took the submarine into this harbor and found the de- stroyer.
 The destroyer started to get un- der way, though apparently not aware of danger. The Wahoo Start- ed firing long-range torpedoes and their wakes betrayed the subs posi- tion to the destroyer which started charging. The last torpedo in the tubes hit the vessel amidships at 800 yards.
 'He was bearing down on us at 20 knots" said Morton. If we had missed him with that one, he'd have gotten uS."
 The destroyer broke in two. but it is believed most of the crew was saved.
 He told how Pharmacist Mate L. J. Lindhe of Mare Island, Calf, ann putated two toes from the foot of Fireman H. P. Gilnski during the January % fight after Glinsh was wounded.
 Lacking the necessary instru- ments, Lindhe amputated with wire cutters.
 "He is the best all around man on the ship" said Morton.
 The Wahoo performed Q mission of mercy on the patrol when it encountered small fishing boat carrying six Malayans suffering from hunger and thirst. One al. ready had scurvy and another, he'd gone blind, while three of the origi- nal nine had died. The Wahoo'f crew gave them food and water.
 Morton said the sub crew got their motto because when In doupt they always shot.
 'Thnt's the only way we can beat tho enemy" he said.
 The weather beaten sub waa greteed after its long trip by Navy band playing "Aneh0Fs Aweish" and there was naall from home aiad tresl' fruit awaiting the happy cFewmen
 The Wahoo was named for c snll water game-lish. When under con- striction, oeaelals decided Co change the name because It sounded mildly ridiculous but President Roosevelt lniorvened, aaylng the Walloo Wai one Of hls fagoF.le aame nsh.
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REDS FORTIFY
 ROSTOV POSTS
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 rear units and captured 50 many spoils that they mad not been col- lected and counted when the noon communique was issued.
 More than 300 German troops were killed before Rostov and four of their tanks and 20 field guns were destroyed.
 Yesterday the Russians had beaten of counter attacks on the Rostov front and captured a big Cossack village east of the city Cavalrymen had swept suddenly on Q strongly fortified enemy base in another sector and captured 4 with spells and prisoners.
 They had captured whole series of villages and towns which effec- lively cleared out the Yeisk penin- sula southwest of Rostov, and they had captured a string of important villages on the KrasnodartiEho railroad northeast of Krasnodar which the Germans have tried tc hold in hope that they can escape by some means from the Novoris- sisk area, 190 southwest of Rostov.
 Specific News Scarce
 Specific news from Rostov was scant Reports abroad of street fighting were not confirmed or credited.
 The southern armies held the 35- mile line on the Don facing the city between @ point east of 1t and the sea, to the west.
 Front dispatches reported from 1s to 27 inches of ice on the river at Rostov; others said that at some parts, apparently near its mouth 26 miles to the west, 1t was not frozen hard.
 There is one bridge across the river at Rostov but 1t was assumed the Germans probably had des- troyed 1t.
 The German line was on the northside of the river in the city North of 1t, the enemy line swung in an arc below NovocherkasSk, % miles to the northeast, crossed the Dostov- -Voronezh railroad, and turn ed southward to the north bank oi the Don at a point about 12 miles east of the city.
 An important factor was that nothing had been heard in two weeks of two powerful Red Army forces north and east of Rostov One had taken Kamensk, 90 miles north of Rostov. The other had crossed the Donets about 75 miles east northeast of RoStov near the Don.
 Great emphasis was put here on the importance of the capture ot Kursk, which Germans had held since September l94I. The victory ranked with the capture of Voronezt and the smashing of the German DonetS river defense line in that it was the keystone of the Kharkov- Belgorod- -Kursk- -Orel defense line.
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5l0 by the committee.
 In it's report on the independent ofiices bill today. the committee esti- mated that 92 per cent of the total would be for war purposes. More than half the total-$l, ,2e9, ,700 ,000-- is for the Maritime commission, which Is engaged in an all-out war effort" The committee revealed 1t already is considering supplemental requests by the Maritime commis- sion for an additional contract au- thorization of 95.250 O00. 900 and an additional appropriation of s4OOO.- 100000.
 The biggest cut made by the coEn- mittee was in the budget estimate for the Civil Service commission Si.el4.000. most of which was cut from the commissions estimate oi needs for national defense activities.
 The second biggest was elimina. ton Of the et. .400.0 900 requested for the National Resources Planning board. Ail other reductions were less than q million dollars.
 Altoneh the bill indicates a o2i2.- 008.ie3 cut under appropriations fog the iD4s fiscal year. the committee warned that before the felt fiscal year ls ended the total may well show an increase over iol3 appropFi- allo1as ea var ileale."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-09
TWO STATE WORK
 CAMPS PLANNED

Hartford, Conn, Feb. 9.-(UP)- State Personnel Director Glendon A, Scoboria said today two conscienti. ous objectors' work camps soon will be established at Middletown and Fairfield State hospitals.
 One camp already has been estab- lislaed at Norwich State hospital and numerous conscientious objec- tors were working on dairy farms throughout the state, scoboria said
 The personnel director said he ex- pected the Army would send about 80 conscientious objectors for the Middletown and Fairfield State hos pitals.
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LAPS NEW GUINEA
 UNIT TRANSFERRED
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The United States Marines land- ed on Guadalcanal on August 2 in the first great United States offen- sive move in the Pacific.
 Three times Japanese fleets had been shattered in attempts to land forces which might have made 1t possible for them to regain the is- land and end the constant threat of an American move northward through the Soloinons and to the great Rabaul base in MacArthur's southwest Pacific area.
 Henderson airdrOme had been captured and consolidated and Uni ted States Navy and Army heavy bomber planes as well as lighter ones were now operating from Hem derson and other new bases in the South Pacific.
 The Marines had been relieved by army troops, and a United Press dispatch from the South Pacific re- vealed last week that for the first time the Navy had complete con- trol of sea communications.
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NCOuGulucU 1gOIu EdBe ~ other attack on Messina, Sicily scoring direct hits on oil installa. tions, the ports power station anc harbor facilities, the Ninth United States Air force announced. All American planes returned, report ing they had shot down at least one of @ sizeable force of enemy fighters.
 The allies, dispatches from AL giers, via Madrid, said, were ex- pected to strike from the west al the moment Lieut.. Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery's British Eighth Army resumes its pursuit in force of the Afrika Korps.
 Montgomery'S army. with heavy artillery and tanks, was reported poised along the Tripolitanian -Tu' nisian frontier, with forward ele. ments probing enemy positions eigh' miles from the Mareth Line, inside Tunisia.
 Light Land Battles
 still, only light land engagements were reported, and 1t was believed that the Allied nutcracker was be- ing held for better weather or unti it's preparations were absolutely complete.
 The Middle Eastern command re- ported only Eighth Army patrol ac- tivity and artillery exchanges in the northern sector yesterday in today 6 coinnunique. Allied planes from the Middle East heavily attacked" the train ferry terminus at Messina, Si. ely, in daylight yesterday.
 Observers had emphasized that the Allies could not take chances or a pebble, that their final offensive had to throw the Germans and Ital- ians into the sea.
 The Germans Radio Paris said Lieutenant General Dwight Eisen. hover was concentrating his forces probably for a drive to the Tunisis East coast to cut of the retreat oi the Afrika Korps.
 ed by Allied airpower on Sicily, Sar- dinia, southern Italy and Axis basel in Tunisia were softening up tht enemy for the final onslaught.
 The Germans had rushed squad. rons of the Messerschmitt 109-G- their newest and best high altitude flghter-to the African theater in { desperate effort to keep from beinl knocked out of the skies.
 To counteract the Messerschmit 10a-G's, the Allies were believed sending Spitfire 9's, faster and nor, heavily armed than the Messer schmitts.
 The French announced that the, had taken an important height" II the region of the Kebir river valley presumably in the Pont Du Fah sector, 27 miles southwest of TuniS
 In the OusSeltia region, 40 mile west of Sousse, the French reported that their patrols had captured pris' oners.
 Dispatches from Algiers said Ger man forces yesterday had made fou futile efforts with tanks to puSl through @ ravine and surround French advanced posts in the Pi chon area, 55 miles southwest O Sousse.
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NEW YORK YOUTHS .( HOLD TUNIS FORT
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we circled behind them and be- gan coming in," McGregor said. Our artillery neatly pinned the ferries to a culvert under a bridge, while we double-timed in their di- rection. Then we saw a bunch of British Bren gun carriers approach ing from the other direction, and we added more speed to get there first"
 One Bren carrier ran on some mines and blew up. But meanwhile the Germans had become consider ably disturbed over tIeir position.
 Suddenly they came piiing out of the eulvert. waving their haIid- kefchiefs and shouting at me-" Mc- 0regor said. T finally realized that they were trying to tell me that I was crossing Q mine field. I'll bet I jumped three feet when I real- ized what they were driving at."
 T guess they figured if some of ns got blown up we might get mad and start some serious shooting, Mullen said.
 The Germans turned out t0 be Q remarkably pacific bunch, mostly around 90, They were happy to be taken prisoner, particularly when they found out that their captoFs were American.
 AicuFeeoF rounded up an ofnceF end i7 men. Two 0eFmane WeFe killed. one by Ggt. Harold 6. Dean, Of New York.
 Dean surprised tWo Germans hids tna in q gully. When Dean shot one, the olileF nlloWed no more inc teresl lu fighting.
 @Ile just eame up eeEeaming ane
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PRIVATE A SUICIDE

Gaugus, Mass, Feb. e.-tUP)-A medlcal.examlner today returned q verdict Of suicide in the death Of Pvt. Richard !. McMaeon, lD. 0i gamguS and Fort Getty, R. r. whose body was found in Q friends home last night with Q bullet wound ifl the head and Q .tb ealibeT pistol nearby. No reason for the suicide vas disclosed.
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that premium may be deducted each year over the life of the bond. That deduction is called the alnorti1able bond premium and you may elect to deduct 1t on line 4 from the bond interest received. The election is binding as to all subsequent years
 Line 5, interest on Government obligations, etc." seems involved, but is in reality simple. Turn your tax form to schedule A. As you will see on line (a) you must list income re- ceived from them. This entire amount, however, as the schedule shows, is tax exempt. Amortization of bond premium on fully tax-eX- empt bonds is mandatory.
 The interest on some federal gov- ernment bonds or other federal gov- erment obligations is also exempt from taxation, though 1t also must be reported on schedule A. The ta5 exemption status of obligations oi the government issued before March 1, 1941. depends on the provision oi the Act of Congress under which the obligation was issued. The vari. ous types of fully and partially tax exempt bonds have been classified on lines (b) through (h) of sched. ule A. You should list obligations which you own on the appropriate line.
 PAY ON WAR BONDS
 The interest of all federal obliga' tions issued after March 1, 1941 i subject to federal taxes and mus be entered on line O of schedull A. The interest on War Saving Bonds is not free from tax. Any in crease in value of War Saving Bonds over the price you paid fol them is considered as interest. (Wal Bonds value at any given date may be found printed on back of thesI bondS).
 You may exercise an option tt deduct amortizable bond premium on partially taX-eXempt and full, taxable government bonds the same as you may on corporate bonds.
 The tax payer is given an optior on when to report income on al non-interest bearing obligation. which, like War Savings Bonds, art issued at a price less than thu amount to be paid at maturity. Tht option entities you, even if you fig. ure the rest of your income on ( cash basis, to report the increase ii value on such bonds each year (ra' ther than whenever you sell them)
 If you exercise this option on any non-interest bearing bonds you must exercise 1t on all sIlch ob' ligations. And once it Is exercised for one year, 1t must be continued in succeeding years.
 After filling in Schedule (A) transfer totals on lines th) and dI to appropriate spaces in line s or the first page of your tax return form.
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 Under most circumstances dlvi- dends you receive on stock in q corporation must be reported here. Under some circumstances, however, the dividend may in reality be 8 distribution of capital which you paid into the corporation. This is not a distribution of the corpora tons earnings. So the dividend is not income, but return of your ir- vestment in the corporations stock. Hence dividends of this type need not be reported as income.
 Unless dividends are accom- panied by 8 letter specifically stating that the payment is @ re. turn of investment, you can as- sume that 1t Is distribution of earnings and that 1t must be re- ported on line 2 of the tax return.
 Dividends are not always paid in cash. If @ dividend is paid in prop erty, the fair market value of the property must be reported as in- come. If the dividend is in the form of the corporations own stock, as frequently happens, tax expert should be consulted as to whether the dividend must be reported, since the law IS extremely confusing on this point.
 If the dividend is in the form of stock of another corporation, fair market value must be reported as income.
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 Line 4 asks the amount of interest on corporate bonds. etc. When bond Is purchased for more than its face value. the excess Is called 0 premium. A proportionate part of
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LONDON TRAIN
 MACHINE GUNNED
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stations during teh night, includ- ing several in Germany, caused be- lief tha tthe Royal Air Force wal making another big night raid.
 CThe EGG reported that the Rome and Vatican radios left the air but returned with the explanation that there had been Q violent storm.)
 4 United Press Stockholm dis patch reported that Copenhagen and seven other Danish towns had series of air raid alarms last night and said that Swedish anti-aircrafi gun went into action against invis- ible planes.
 The German controlled Paris radio said that British planes caused the Swedish firing.
 The Stockholm newspaper lid. nlngen said that explosions had been heard from the Danish coast.
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He was asked to assess the value of complete American domination of Guedalcanal.
 Tt has both positive and nega- tive value," Knox replied.
 'The negative would deny to the Japanese an opportunity for raids on our communications. Also nf- firlnatively, 1t has brought us up to where we are in striking distance of some of their most important hases.n VI
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didn't even take time to say Kam- erad,' Mullen said.
 Mc0Tegor brought back the pris- oneTs end Mullen. starting toward doubellat. ran Into . fierce Ger. man baTrage. Only one Of his men was wounded, however, possibly be- eauae many of the shells were duds.H
 Every once in Q while there is . little break in the En0nOtOny. 4 captain from DanbuTy, Conn, Who questions prisoners found himself talking to 0ermana who knew his uncle living near Karlsruhe. Ger. many.
 1ke captain assured another oeF- man that he didn't have Co WorFy Americans never shot prisoners, Vastly relieved. the German became veFF taikallEo.