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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06
Dow ChemicoIC Co.
Denies Chorqe

washington. March 8 - (Up) --
willard II. Dow, president Of the
DOW Chemical Co., declared today
that the justice department falsely
linked his firm with q German car
tel and asserted that II had produc-
ed strategic magnesium for the war
in spite OF and not because OF the
government.
He told the Senate Truman com
mittee investigating the war that
the justice department was conduct
Ing O smear campaign" against the
company and produced figures
showing that Dow Chemical pro-
duced 84.2 per cent Of the io42 and
90 per cent Of the ie43 magnesium
supply,
The hearing was held to give Dow
opportunity to register his objec-
tons to O committee report on mag
nesium which was to have been
made public In the annual report
yesterday. It was held pending
further inquiry.
The governments magnesium pro-
gram was made possible by his COM
panys foresight In having the fac
ilities for production ready when
and as materials were needed" Dow
said.
Dow claimed his company was for
In advance OF the military and naval
leaders In seeing the possibilities Of
magnesium as strategic war ma
terial, largely as a light metal In
manufacture OF aircraft. Dow Chem
ical retained an engineer In WASH
ington years before the war Ito push
magnesium" but army and navy Of
Ulcers were passive" and showed
little real cooperation" he added.
He labeled as "infAmVu' the al
legations Of the justice department
anti trust division that Dow was @
member OF an international cartel
In which the German I. @. Farben
industries ruled production and
prices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06
War On Many Fronts
Signal Corps photo, from NEA.

unreasonable thay which hamperee
mechanical movement.
Operations Limited
Bad weather also limited operas
lions on the italian front. The Ger
mans had not yet lost the initiative
and still we're able to attack al
though comparatively small and To-
cal.
It was yet TO be shown whether
the Germans still were capable OF
putting OH another full-Scale often
sive, or would have 10 try 10 dig In
q new Allied advance. The Germans
apparently do not have too much
time 10 decide, since front dispatch
es reported supplies and reinforce
ments were pouring Into the beach,
head under cover OF the guns Of
Allied warships.
The air war over western Europe
was marked during the night by
attacks on western Germany by
British mosquito bombers In tho
wake Of yesterdays bombing Of
air fields In southwestern France,
including Cognac and Bergeruc,
north and east respectively Of
Bordeaux. Northern France and the
invasion coast meanwhile were
rocked by q procession Of British and
American medium bombers and
fighters, both yesterday and today.
Finn Efforts
Diplomaticnlly Finlnnds' efforts
to arrange an armisticc with Rus
sia marked time pending the OK.
pected departure Of the Finnish del
egtac, Julio X. PaasikiVi, for Mos
COW. Stockholm heard reports that
Bulgaria, which Is ut war against
Britain and the United States but
not against Russia, had sent Moscow
m outline of the conditions under
which she would DO willing TO get
out Of the war.
In the Pacific, American troops
were cleaning up Los Negroes Island
In the AdmiraltieS after smashing
determined Japanese attacks with
heavy casualties to tho enemy
American bomberS again were active
over q wide area. striking at Jap.
anesc detectives In the Bismarck
Archipelago, including Rabaul; on
Hallandia and Wewak, New Guinea;
OH Ponapo and KuSaie, guarding
Truk In the eastern Carolincs, and
on islands In the eastern Marshalls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06
YOUR FEDERAL
INCOME TAX
EXPENSES OF FARMERS
~ Wullam
Ferguson q

A farmer who operates q farm for
profit Is entitled to deduct from
gross income as necessary expenses
all amounts expended (other than
those constituting capital expendi-
turcs) in the carrying on Of the
business Of farming. The cost OF
feeding and raising livestock may be
treated as an expense deduction in
so far as such costs represent actual
outlay, and do not include the value
OF farm produce grown upon the
farm (for example, corn fed TO
hogs) or the labor Of the taxpayer
Also deductible Is the cost Of seed,
minor repairs TO farm buildings
(other than the dwelling Of the
farmer, and small tools used up
In the course Of O short period.
The cost Of fuel and oil used for
farm work, as well as repairs and
maintenance Of farm machinery, Is
deductible rs business expense,
However, the actual cost OF farm
machinery, equipment, and farm
buildings represents o capital In.
veStment and Is not an allowable
expense" deduction, but may be
recovered by depreciation allow.
ances." Any part OF a farm dwell.
Ing used directly In farming opera.
lions Is depreciabe, but a farmers
living quarters are not depreciable,
The cost Of gasoline, repairs and
upkeep OF an automobile II used
wholly In connection with the tax
papers farm operations, as well as
depreciation thereon, may be de.
Quoted. II an automobile Is used
partly for business and partly for
pleasure or the convenience Of the
taxpayer or his family, only the
portion OF the cost Of operation at
tributable to business will be deduc-
tiblc as O necessary business ex-
penSe.
The expense OF hiring laborers
and machines on O farm and the
part Of the board which Is pur-
chased for hired laborers are de-
ductihle. The value Of products fur.
niShed by the farm and used In the
board Of hired laborers Is not ade.
ductible expense. Rations pur.
chased and furnished TO laborers or
sharecroppers are deductible as
part OF the labor expense. Amounts
paid 70 persons engaged In house.
hold work TO the extent that their
services are used In boarding and
otherwise caring for farm iahorers
are deductible, but amounts paid
for services Of such employees on.
gagged In caring for the farmers
own household are not deductiblc
expense.
Amounts expended In the develop.
inent OF farms, orchards, and
rancher prior to the time when the
productive state Is reached may be
regarded as investments Of capital.
The cost Of planting trees, as we'll
as the amounts expended by q
farmer In the restoration Of soil
fertility preparatory TO actual pro-
duction Of crops and the cost OF
lining soil to increase productive.
ness over q period Of years are cap.
ital expenditures; but the cost OF
commercial fertilizers, tho benefit OF
which Is OF short duration and
which have to be used every year or
so, even after farm reaches the
productive state, Is deductible as
an expense.
Amounts expended in purchas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06
Dr.. Hurts
Noxon's Case
Nv JOSEPH NOLAN

NGulteu FTeSh SJlII COrTekVOnuentD
Pittsneld, Mass March 8-(UPD
"A prominent pcdiatrician testi-
fed today at John +. NoXon's mur-
der trial that the G-months-old i'm
beci'e son whom the Pittsneld
8ocialite Is accused OF electrocutlng
was physically unable TO wrap an
electric wire around himself.
Recalled as O state witness, DIR
George p. Hunt OF PittsAeld told
Superior Judge Abraham T., Pinan-
SKI and the jury that baby Lawrence
did not have enough muscular
strength to grasp and wrap the wire
around his left arm"
Hunts statements evoked an
audible stir from the courtroom
again crowded TO It's 200-seat capac-
ity, The doctor, looking directly at
Noxon In the prisons cage, ex.
pressed the opinion In answer to n
question by District Attorney
Charles r. Albert.
Assuming, doctor, that the baby
was placed on this metal tray which
/ showed you, with his head resting
on this green pi!loW-would II have
been physically possible for the
Noxon child to lift the wire and
wrap II around his lower left arm?"
Albert asked.
Former Massachusetts governor
Joseph d. Ely, Noxon's chief coun.
sci, le0ped 10 his feet In protest.
III II p'eaGc the court, do not
believe DR.. Hunt Is qualified 10 an
6wer that question" Ely asserted.
However after instructing the
Jurors at considerable length con-
corning expert testimony, Judge
Pinansik allowd the question and
Dr.. Hunts negative answer.
Earlier, n blue print OF Noxon'S
$4,000 suburban home, where the
tragedy occurred last September %,
was introduced as evidence over de-
Tense protest. Attorney Ely charged
the prosecution with wasting
time"
Albert, who Is prosecuting his
former Harvard cia8Smate, lndi.
Gated he would call State Patholo.
gist Alan II. Moritz, Medica! Exam
liner Albert @. England, and DR.,
Frank; n. Dutra. Moritz, professor
OF legal medicine Mt Harvard Med.
ical school, performed the autopsy
on 6-inonthS-old Lawrence NoXon
whose body was found last septem-
Der ~ In the library OF the family's
suburban home.
Noxon's attorneys, who will con.
tend that the baby's death was an
accident, spent the weekend ex-
aiming the prosecutions exhibits
which Alberti submitted TO them
Friday when Jurors illness forced
poStponement OF the superior court
session, Among the exhibits were
q trouble cord In which Noxon said
the infant became tangled, q radio
which the father repeatedly was 70.
pairing nj the time OF the death, and
alleged abb notes which Noxon was
said TO have Jotted down shortly
after the baby's death.
Assisting former Massachusetts,
Gov, Joseph b. Ely and Attorney
Walter J. Donovan az Noxon'g de-
tense advisers are Assistant Medi.
cal Examiner Milton Halpern Of
New York, william q. Barrett, Gen.
eral Electric Co. chemist, and Or.
Charles O. Llin6 Of Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06
Lad, II, Steals
$4,000 Furs

Boston, March g. (UP)-Loot
valued at 5000 had been recovered
by police today after o i7-year.old
Lyman school parolee allegedly con.
fesSed to stealing $4,000 worth OF
furs and pjewelry during the last
two months.
Lavish spending at a North Attic.
boro night club led TO the arrest
yesterday Of John dochakowskl OF
the west end In an automobile
chase through Boston In which two
other youths also were captured at
gunpoint,
Police said that Gochakowski i'm
p.icated only one OF the youths In
his confession to @ series Of rob-
berries IN wealthy Brookline and
Newton homes. The trio were spot
ted In an automobile bearing New
York license plates when they
failed TO stop at trafiic light
signal.
Meanwhile, O Boston night club
manager was seized as M alleged
"fence" for tho youths, oil three OF
whom had court records.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06
Check On Gas
Black Market

Boston, March 6.-(UP)--A new
campaign against the black market
In gasoline got underway in New
England today when OPA inspectors
began checking motorists ration
books TO see II all coupons were
properly endorsed.
The regional oPA ONCE announc.
cd that cars would not be stopped
on highways but that oil checking
would be done by inspectors at fill
Ing stations. Drivers unable 10 show
fully endorsed coupon books to the
Investigator will be ordered TO cor
rect their omissions and take the
coupons TO their local rationlng
boards within 10 days. Failure TO
do 30 may result In revocation Of
gasoline rations.
Fred II. Moore, executive gecre-
tary Of the retail gasoline dealers
association eg Massachusetts. a.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06
ORAFTEES GET
MONEY BELTS
So Already Passed Out By
Fire Department Ladies
Auxiliary
W0Lc0TT
Correspondent; Alma p. Cola
Tel. a.2SO3

Wolcott, March 6.-The Ladies'
Auxiliary Of the Wolcott Volunteer
e. department held their February
meeting at the fire house on Central
avenue, recently. Mrs, Joseph
Winkler; president, presided.
At the next meeting tn eby-laws
will be revised by the entire auxlli-
airy. Mrs. william Klltka, chairman
Of the money belts presented to local
boys entering the service reported SO
belts have been given to boys o
date. Anyone knowing Of O service
men entering the service Is asked to
notify Mrs. Klitka 80 no one will
be missed. The refreshment COM
mittee for the March meeting will
be Mrs. Albert Affeldt, Mrs. Mat
thew Donnelly and Mrs. John Carl.
son. After the meeting n social time
was enjoyed and refreshments served
by Mrs. Joseph Winkler, Mrs. VII.
liam Ayotte, Mrs. Edward Theriault,
Mrs. Herbert Hayes and Mrs Charles
Tyrell.
Dinner Party
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Theroux OF Al.
lentown road have had as their
guest Mrs. Theroux's sister, Mrs.
Milton Very Of san Diego, Calf.
They entertained at farewell din
ncr party for her Sunday and she
has now left for her home.
Those at the dinner party were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Nulty, Miss
Lorraine Nutly OF Hartford, Mr.. and
Mrs. william Mercicr Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Mercier and daughters, Lor.
raine and Dorothy, Mr.. and Mrs
Ernest Mercier, Mrs. Leo Theroux,
Miss Vera Barton, Edward Theroux
81 Ne wiavefl, Miss Deivina TherouX
and Mr.. ando Mrs. Ned Theroux.
Surprise Party
MRS. Robert Read OF Woodtick
road was given O surprise party Fri
day night in honor Of her 10th
birthday. Games were played and
refreshments served. Those present
were Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Read OF
Terryville, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Read and children, Robert and Mary
OF Waterbury, Miss Santa Turzo,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Read, william
ktehU hklu k1OEuCe kbeau,
The following applications were
approved for issuance OF permits by
the town clerk Mt meeting Of the
coming commission, Edward Garth
wait. Woodtick road. tool and stor.
age shed, Andrew Larson, Route 90,
alterations TO barn, Roy l., Lister,
road, 2 room house.
IIoSpitallEed
William Read Of Woodtlck road Is |
surgical patient OF ST. Mary's hos
pltnl.
Miss Jean Mynghecr OF Nichols
road spent the last week with her
cousin, Miss Carline Bird In Pros
pect.
Mrs. Claude v. Badger Of Nichols |
road Is confined TO her home Ly
illness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06
LOVE Is NOT ENOUGH.

Atlantic City, N. J. 49, iU.P9 -
Advisory Master Linwood w. Err
ickson OF Bridgeton. who has pre-
sided at more than 2,700 divorce
trials, says that three out OF four
divorces are caused by lack OF An
ances. Following q session In New
Jersey Chancery Court, he observed
that TOO many young couples
marry on O Shoestring and later be-
come diScontcnted on finding out
thta love Is not enough TO keep
heir marriage on nm even keel"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06
BRONSON
GETS LAST RITES
Fire and Police Depart.
mentS Represented at
Selectman'S Funeral
MlDDIEBURY
Correspondent: Nancy Riley
Telephone A-6alO

Middlebury, March @. - The fun
cral OF Howard z. Bronson was held
at 3 p. m. yesterday afternoon from
the Middlebury Congregational
church with services being read by
Rev. James Z. Whitaker, pastor,
assisted by Rev. DR.. John z. Skilton.
Delegations we're present from the
Fire and Police departments as we'll
as from all other civic departments
Of the town. Many beautiful floral
pieces represented the high esteem
In which Mr.. Bronson had been held
during the % years In which time
he served ns ilrst selectman OF
Middlebury. Burial was In the
Bronson family plot In Middlehury
cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Hyde OF AL
berton Farms have had with them.
Mrs. Hyde's mother, Mrs. Haskell
Noyes Of Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs,
NoyeS left on Saturday for her home
In Wisconsin.
Mrs. Claude T. Wilson Of Crest
Road has returned from Mt. YER
non, N, Y, where she has been
visiting her son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert l. Wood,
Forbes McCance, son OF Rev. and
Mrs. william McCance, who was
graduated last month from Darrow
school In New Lebanon, N. Y, has
been assigned by the Army 10 at.
tend University OF Maine, at Oreno,
Maine, and will report March II,
His father Is serving as Army chap
lain, Mrs. McCance Is making her
home IN New Haven during their
absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward J. Duff have
had with them their daughter, Mrs,
John W. Shute and her daughter,
Gall.
Dr.. Charles Larkin, OF South
street has returned from a stay at
his winter home, Inverness, Flor
Ida. Mrs. Larkin plans TO remain
there until spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Colt OF
Norwich, Conn, has been visiting
their daughter-In-law, Mrs. Charles
Colt, Mt the home OF her parents.
DR.. and Mrs. Edwin Pyle OF Tyler
Road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Smith who
have been spending q few days at
their home here, have returned 10
PlainAeld N. j., where Mr.. Smith
has temporarily transferred,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06
NO SHIPS SUNK

Washington, March 0.-(UP)-To-
day was the beginning Of the 10th
week during which the Navy De-
partment has announced no ship
shinkings on the Atlantic coast as
o result Of enemy action.
The last sinking OF an Allied ship
announced by the Navy here was
the torpedoing OF O vessel In the
Arabian Sea reported last week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06
Opposition
Quite Lioht
by W. n. HIGGINBOTHAM


United Press STAFF Correspondent
U, g. Fighter Base, Britain, March
0.-(UP)-T'he first Mustang fighter
pilots returning from Berlin today
reported that opposition was COM
paratiyely light.
Mustang pilots OF 1t. Col. James
II. Towards group picked up the
American homberg OF q rendezvous
and escorted them over the target.
They tangled In occasional clashes,
but the German fighters did not
seem TO DO eager and for the most
part SHE'D away.
Anti-aircraft fire over Berlin also
appeared light, the first fighter pilots
back said, but they pointed out that
Mt q speed Of 400 miles an hour
there was little time 10 notice the
fax,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06
hart IN LINE
FOR PARK JOB
Patent Button EmpIOye
May Succeed Late Judge
Dennis Slavin

n ls expected the board Of alder
men win unanimously approve the
appointment Of Lewis J. Hart, Of the
Patent Button Company as success
sor 10 the late Judge Dennis J. Sla-
Gin as member Of the city's Park
Board. The board will meet tonight
at Q p. m. IN q regular scheduled
meeting.
Mr.. Hart was appointed last week
TO the board subject TO final APP
proval by the aldermen. The Park
board Is o self-perpetuating board.
Other matters to be taken up the
aldermen tenight are confined prin-
cipally to routine matters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06
News Of
Connecticut

Stamford, Conn, March . - (UF)
- Funeral services will be held
Tuesday for John williams, about
n, who served as secretary OF labor
in New York during the alminiS.
tration Of the late Governor Theo.
dore Roosevelt, Williams died Sum
day after an Illness.
He had been industrial relations
counselor for the Yale & Towne
Manufacturing Company, for the
past % years. His widow and seven
children survive.
Hartford, Conn.,, March 8. --
(UP) - Tho OPA moved today
against the gasoline black market
BY posting Inspectors at filling
stations throughout the state TO
enforce regulations calling for the
endorsement Of all rations coupons
before they may he honorcd.
Motorists failing to comply with
this provision vii lbe summoned TO
appear nc o hearing TO show cause
why their privileges should not be
revoked.
The campaign, said an OPA
spokesman, had the support Of
retail gasoline dealers and whole
sale suppllers. The federal agency
has estimated that 20 per cent Of
all gasoline has, In the past, been
diverted 70 black market opera.
lions,
Old Saybook, Conn, March 9 --
(UP) -- Joseph q. Dc Carlo, SO, sn!d
10 be wanted In New York and New
jersey on theft charges, was held BY
state police today Oh q charge Of
stealing two electric drills from his
contractor employer here.
Do Carlo, on parole from Sing
Sing, had been working for John
'rcrrentI under the name OF Joseph
Russo.
Hartford, Conn, March 6-tUP)--
Carl Lundgren, executive secretary
10 Gov. Baldwin, said today he was
volunteering for service In the Army
and would take his. physical ex-
animation soon ut tho New Haven
induction center.
Lundgren was reclassified into Sd
when appointed by Governor Bald
win last September. He Is SO, mar
ried adm childeSs. Lundgren for.
mefly was police court Judge at An.
sonia.
Hartford, Conn, Mrach 6-(Up)--
Vincent J. Toddaro. Newark, N. j.,
convicted OF conspiring 10 flood the
east with millions OF counterfeit
shoe. sugar and gasoline rationing
coupons, was sentenced to Lewis
burgh federal pcnitentiary today for
two years.
Meantime. several others who
pleaded guilty In superior court 10
tho same charges, still are awaiting
disposition OF their cases, The con-
spiracy was said 70 have been per-
petrated at New Havenu, and the
former chairman OF the rationing
board In that city was involved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06
HOMER IN EACH CITY

Now IN military service, Charley
Keller OF the Yankees was the only
American Lacquer TO hit a home
run In each city Of the circuit last
season,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06
PAraOnAl Notes

Chief Petty Officer Thomas Car.
roll Of the Merchant Marine, and
Tech. Corp. James Carroll, sta
toned at Shreveport, La, spent the
weekend as guests Of their mother.
Mrs. Francis Duigan OF Salem
road,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06
$3S,4OO MARCH
QUOTA ALLOTTED
Town Must Raise Sum in
E, F, and G War Loan
Bonds
OAKVILLE
Correspondent: Irene SlOugh
Telephone A.S9J3

Oakvil!e, March --- Harry H.
Hominway, chairman OF the Fourth
War Loan campaign IS received
an announcement from the war H.
nance committee, giving Oakvllle
and WATERFOWL q quota OF $38,400
In r, r and @ bonds TO be raised
during March.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06
women's Club 70 Meet

The regular monthly meeting Of
the Prospect Women's Democratic
club viii be held Wednesday eve.
ming, March 3, at the home Of Mrs.
Harry Coughlin, Morris road. Tho
session Is scheduled to start at 3
o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06
". R. GOODSPEED
KILLED ON DUTY
Former Union City Road
Resident Dies in South
Pacific Area
PROSPECT

Prospect, March g. Victor r,
0oodspeed, a, carpenters mate Sec
ond class, has died Of injuries re
ceived In the line Of duty, according
to word received by his father, Amos
Goodspeed, Of the Union City road,
from the Navy department. Mr..
Goodspeed was born in Bristol, and
spent his boyhood in this town,
later moving TO Maine, where he
resided at the time he entered
the service. He was injured while
serving In the South Pacific.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06

ing work, breeding. or dairy animals
are regarded as investments OF cap
it'll and may be deprecated unless
such animals are included In inven-
tory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06
Lenten Exercises

Combined Lenten and novena ex-
ercises will be he'd Tuesday eve
ming at 7:S0 o'colck, In st. An.
thongs church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06

A meeting Of the standing com.
mittee OF the Congregations
church will be held Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock ct the parson.
age.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph D'Averso, OF
8 Phelps avenue, have three sons
serving in the Army. Albert, o prl-
vate, In the service eight months, Is
now overseas ut an undisclosed post,
Domenic, private first class. has
been In italy since last December.
He entered tho service Is months
ago. Michael, the last Of tho broth
ers to enter the Army, left four
months ago and Is training at Camp
Banding, Fla.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06

dOrgod tho new cAilpaIgn aS e
step 70 the giaik diEaakAan" ,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-06
Mass For Pfc. LaplO

Mass For Pfc. LaplO
There will be q Mass Tuesday
morning Mt 0 In st. Mary Magdal-
ems church, for Pfc. Francis Lapio,
killed In action somewhere In Italy,
Feb. 3.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-09-22
Ao BERNARD IVERsEN
 COMPLETES TRAINING
 AT DECATUR AAF BASE

Aviation Cadet Bernard c. Iver- sen was among the group graduat- ed this week from the 2156th AAF base unit at Decatur, Alabama, according to communication to the Sentinel from the public rela- tions officer at the base.
 The army air forces school at Decatur is a primary flying school where aviation cadets receive their initial flying training Upon sue cessful completion of the course of instruction which includes ground school subjects link training. mlli- tary indoctrination as well as fly ing. graduates are sent on to a more advanced school of flying.
 Cadet Iversen was graduated from the Wrangell high school and received a letter in basketball He was yaledictorian of his class. He is the son of Mrs. P. Iversen of Wrangell.