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Milford chronicle., 1945-12-21
Sussex County Ranks
High In National
Cash Income

The 500 million cash farm in
come fOr Sussex County for 1914
may be the fourteenth highest
county income in the United States
and the third highest east Of the
mississippi River. states Dr.. II. O.
Rausman. Professor of A&ricultu-
raj Economics, University of Della
ware. There are approximately s.
oH0 counties in the United States.
Approximately 7G percent of the
entire farm income for Delaware
was from Sussex County. East of
the Mississippi River. the Sussex
tounty income may he exceeded
only by ArOOStOOk County, Maine,
ana Lancaster County. Pcnna. For
the United States it may be exceed
Ell only by the two above counties
and Weld County. Colorado. Yaki-
ma County, Washington and tres-
70. Imperial. Los Angeles. Orange,
san BcrnardinO. San Joaquin. San
tn lara, Sonoma aud Tulare
COunticS, California.
or the $50 million income. con-
tInucS Dr.. Bausman, nearly SIG
million or about - per cent came
from the sale of commercial hroil-
crs. Tho commercial hroiler indus
try in Sussex County is probably
the most phenomenal agricultural
development in the history of Della
ware. This is evidenced by the fact
that the business is only about 20
.'CarS old and that as recent as ~
sc the cash income from the enter
Prise was approximately SIS mil
lion. In addition to broilers. SUSSEX
county has Il 81 million truck crop
industry, Il 81 million poultry and
r%@ ministry and 81 million dairy
industry.
complete report OF the l9iI-I'
cash farm income for Delaware
listed by counties and comm0ditir.
i hvailahl" through the AericlItlI.
raj Extension Service.
Milford chronicle., 1945-12-21

be sent to the children of Stockley
Colony, Delaware institution. for
their christmas party. The club
women are planning card party
to be given in January as a club
benefit.
Milford chronicle., 1945-12-21

Pyrcthrum and rotcnone dusts
or sprays will lose some of their
riilclcncy if kept over from tho
previous year. reminds Country
Gentleman. This means they will
nave to be used more carefully
and thoroughly to get adequate
control.
Milford chronicle., 1945-12-21

Buy Victory Bonds
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
Compensation Agreements

Compensation mmissioner John J. OConnell today approved the following agreements TOT weekly payments during disabll- ity or for specific payment in case of pernonent injury
 Sylvanus Jayne of WatertoWn against American Brass Co, Metal Hose division, $2634 beginning Feb. ', burn of left heel.
 Joseph Leonardo of 642 Bank street against American Brass Co.,. s23.62 beginning Feb. Il, injury to right leg and left heel.
 Michael Norton of 305 Bank street against Scovill Mfg. Co.,, $50 for g and 5-9 weeks, amputation of distal and Ia of middle pha- lanx of fourth finger and ampu- tation of distal and 3-4 of mid de phalanx of third finger of left hand.
 Melvin Walker of 50 Bishop street against American Brass Co.,, $2O.93 beginning Jan. l, fracture of right little toe.
 Joseph Bernotas of 381 Wilson street against Eastern Malleable Iron Co. of Naugatuck, $2706 be- ginning Feb. 4, strained back.
 Felicia Nardiello of Al Chest nut avenue against Lux Clock Mfg. Co.,, $28.24 beginning Feb. 3, injury to left index and middle fingers.
 Manuel Goncalves of l3l Bald win street against Scovill Mfg. Co, $3O for nine and 1-2 weeks, 25 per cent loss of function of right great toe.
 James Sears of Il Yergen court against Scovill Mfg. Co, $9.0S for four and 3-4 weeks, injury to left second finger, partial incapacity.
 John MackiewicZ of Mayview avenue against Malcolm w. Starr Corp. of Waterbury, $29.97 begin ming Dec. IS, back injury.
 Mildred Foley of g Sheffield terrace against Rowland Hughes CO, $7 beginning Sept. A, injury to left middle finger.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
Botoun Yunks Averted FoII
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hing.
 The Japanese were lodged strongly in the American-dug tunnels and were haraSsing the American troops continuously with cannon and machine-gun fire.
 A front dispatch disclosed that the Japanese, who weathered the terrific pre-invasion bombardment, were climbing out of their secret tunnels to renew the contest on open terrain.
 More than 250 Japanese were kil- led by the paratroopers and tnfan- trymen in the first two days of fighting, which brought the cap ture of Malinta Hill together with Nthe barracks hospital and other buildings atop Corregidor.
 The east entrance to the famed Malinta tunnel was blocked by a landslide caused by the naval bom- bardment. But there still were , three other entrances open to Am orleans for an assault on the Jap . anese in the inner recesses.
 The infantrymen were working ., down the island, clearing the sea- coasts where they made an amphi- biouS landing shortly after the pa- ratroops dropped on the top of Cor : regidor.
 But the cleaning-out job was slow. They were forced to mop up some : areas more than once because of the infiltrating Japanese coming from caves and tunnels opening on the cliffside. 'They keep crawling out like rats from holes," one officer at the front said.
 The foot troops, sealing the hill- side, found one abandoned enemy machine-gun was an American air cooled type, with 10000 rounds of U. s. ammunition, all undoubtedly from before the war A front dis patch di1closed that units of the American Fleet entered Manila harhor for the first time in three years. The mission was carried out by four PIT boats two nights before the invasion of Corregidor. They swept within three miles of the breakWater off Manila's piers to knock out three small enemy craft.
 The mopping up of Manila still continued slowly with the 37th divi- sion steadily closing a steel ring on the Japanese garrison in the Wal laced City and Ermita districts.
 The drive against the trapped enemy remnants was augmented by big American guns which relent- lessly shelled the gates of the thick walls and Japanese strongpoints in- side the area. :,
 Ill pushing to edge of the walled city, the 37th division captured the Philippines General hospital and liberated 1000 persons, including 100 Americans.
 Among those safely evacuated from the hospital were 300 patients among them 42 Americans. The others were residents of the area who had sought safety in the hos pital during the battle.
 American bombers and naval pa- irols carried out widespread at tacks from the Dutch East Indies and New Guinea to the China Coast. Nineteen Japanese vessels were destroyed in the raids.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19

which had long been doubtful assets in municipal balance sheets. This trend has been evident not only in booming centers of war goods production, but also, with notably few exceptions, in those commit mites which have not shared meas urably in the war industrial boom It is only in the very exceptional city that property tax delinquency continues as handicap to the ball.
 Indicative of this. although not the final proof of the local result is the fact that the decrease shown here in the outstanding tax balance confronting the city has been ac- complished during the war years when, as cited by the report the ma- jority of the people paid more promptly.
 However, 1t is notable that a great share of the city'S delinquent tax decrease has come about because of the concerted tax drive instituted by city authorities. This consists of efforts by tax collector Hum- bert Mangini, city corporation coun- sel Maurice T. Haley, city budget director Arnold E. Ftlrlong, city sheriff Clayton Brioth and Thomas F. OBrien now acting as overall director for the effort.
 Since the close of 1889 the city's outstanding tax balance due has been reduced by $914.79S. As of De- cember, 1889. total of $1.478,l94 in all type taxes was outstanding on the city's books. The following years figures Gall as of the closing month of the year) reveals the re- duced outstanding balance, 1940- $1, ,2S5, TAP; 1941 - $1.O41 ,528; 1942- $824, ,O09; 1043 - &776.117, and as of the close of 1914 a total of $563, ,396 remained outstanding.
 A great deal of this reduction has been effected by means of foreclos" ing of property. Much of this prop erty, in return. was Saleable. Too. it must be noted that considerable of the reduction was effected by means of enforcement, on the city. of the 15-year tax limitation period for collections.
 The provisions of thiS latter leg-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
City's Tax Status
 Among Best In U. s.
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islative act, which applies to all cities and towns of Connecticut, reStralnS municipalities from collecting any taxes other than those existent within Is years after being levied.
 Approximate estimates show that close to $3OO,O0O was lost to the city by abatements as called for by this statute, since 1922 when 1t went into effect.
 The report further states, to in- dicate reasons for the trend of tax collections of the war yearS-"Onc of the most significant features Of this period was the interest aroused in better tax collection administra- tion. Many municipalities discov- cred the advantages of instalment payments, better Synchornization Of payment dates with fiscal periods, modern devices for billing and rec ord keeping, businesSlike methods of sending out tax bills and follow ing LID delinquents, and holding of regular tax sales. In some areas at least the effect has been to place the property tax on a more stable basis"
 This latter summation properly applies to Waterbury and it's gen. eral tax program. The current stress upon the clean-up of delinquent taxes was started under the admin iStration of the late Vincent A Scully and has been continued ard enlarged upon by the administra- tion of Mayor John S. Monaean. Under both of these administrations through the policies of city officials new, more modern systems of col lections and accounting have been installed, in addition to the install lation of more modern equipment such as the I. B. M. billing machine now in use by the office of the tax collector.
 Synonymous with the city's f0re- closure procedure the the following facts upturned by the Dun and Bradstreet report: "The results of the past 4 years reflect natiois shift to war economy basis and the elimination from most industrial areas of all remaining blight from the l030's depression. Much chron- icslly tax delinquent property has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
Aub Williams Vote Delayed

Washington, Feb. 19-(UP)-The Senate Agriculture committee want ed to know today whether Aubrey Williams believed in the divinity of Christ and if he was sympathetic toward Socialism and Communism.
 Williams, who once studied for the ministry, was called back by the committee to answer those questions before it votes on his nomination to head the governments Rural Identification administration.
 Williams told the United Press that he was "still a Presbyterian. He was puzzled as to why his reli- gious beliefs were being questioned in connection with his fitness for public office.
 (The Constitution of the United Staets has this to say regarding candidates for public ofiice: No religious ties shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."C
 The Rev. Joseph Brady of Find lay, O., and J. c. Hodges, Birming- ham, Ala, businessman, were sched- uled to testify today regarding Wu~ Hams religious beliefs but were un- able to appear.
 Chairman Elmer Thomas, D.. Okla. said the assue appeared to bs whether a man had to believe In Christ to hold a government Ofi3ce.
 If such were the case, he said. the nation would have been de- prived of former President William Howard Taft and two present serla- tors from Ohio, Robert A. Taft ana Harold H. Burton. All are Uni- tarians, denomination which does not recognize the Diety of Christ, he said.
 Under this ban," he said, "all Jews and many protestantS would be banned from working for the 0nvoFnmpnt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
Pope Plus Suffers
 InfIuenzo Relapse

Vatican City, Feb. 19-UP)-It was reported authoritatively today that Pope Plus insistence on work ing while still in bed suffering from influenza has resulted in @ relapse and increased fever.
 His illness was complicated fur ther by increased inflammation in the respiratory system but 1t was stated his condition "was not caus- ing undue alarm"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
Breokthrouqh Seems Likely
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NaZi garrison with encirclement.
 Late reports said the Germans were fighting back savagely from house to house, forcing the Scots to scar them out of their pill6oxes with flame throwers or root them out at bayonet point.
 Other Canadian First Army forces cleared a three-mile stretch of the Goch-Calcar highway to the east and drove south of the highway to within about 2 1-2 miles north of Uedem, second-line German strongpoint only 9 miles from the Ruhr Valley.
 Calcar, seven miles northeast of Goch, also was menaced by British force advancing down the main road from Kleve. Vanguards of the att tacking columfn were fighting inside Moyland, two miles northwest of Calcar, early today.
 On the Canadian First Armys western flank, other Scottish infan- trymen advanced down the Gennep- Venlo road to point south of Af- ferden, seven miles southwest of Goch.
 Headquarters reported that Gre rar's troops had taken 1900 prison- CTS in the first nine days of their offensive through Saturday night, and field reports indicated the toll already had mounted well above 3,000
 Field Marshal Si. Bernard L. Montgomery, commander of the 21st Army group, issued a special order of the day to Crerars troops de- claring that i've stand ready for the last round"
 Montgomery, whose command also includes the British Second and American Ninth Armies, said the German war has entered its final stage and that the Allies are about to deliver the knockout blow.
 His message pointed up persistent German reports that a grand-scale Allied offensive is brewing on the British American front along the Roer river on the edge of the Col ogne Plain.
 There were no new reports of ma- jor activity on that front, however, and only limited progress was scored or Patton'S Third Army he farther south.
 |. Cruchten Falls Patton's troops won ther biggest gains on the southern end of their front over the weekend, taking Cruchten, Rohrbach, and Schank- weller Sunday and following through with the capture of Hommerdingen this morning. Other units entered Stockig in the same area six to eight miles north of Echternach.
 About 25 miles farther north, the Americans took Ladenborn and Kes- field, nine and seven miles northeast of Dasburg
 Fifty miles southeast of Echter- mach, units of the U. s. Seventh army punched out a new bridge head across the Saar river into Ger many some four miles northwest of Sarreguemines. German tanks and infantrymen threw in two strong counter-attacSs in that area Sun- day but were thrown back with heavy losses.
 Allied aerial activity was limited by bad weather yesterday, although strong force of RAP Lancasters supported the Canadian First Army drive with a heavy attack on the Rhine crossing town of Wesel, II miles east oi Goch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19

(Continued from Page D predicted that the America forceds would be in Japan, Halsey was asked if he would make another venture at crystal ball gazing"
 I've dropped all that" he said But the quicker the better and I hope to God I'm there"
 While he thought the fighting to secure Jima would be touch, he didn't think it wiuld be as costly as at Tarawa.
 Discussing Japanese planes, he in- dicated he didn't think the enemys airforce was in good shape.
 Everything they came out. they brought a fagtail, bobtail lot of planes with them,' he said.
 Aren't the new types any better"
 We play around with them and shoot them down like the others. Sure the new plaes are better but they burn just as nicely as the old ones."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
Reds Troops Enter Guben
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Army unoff1cially has been reported 45 miles from Dresden.
 Goerlitz, second most important industrial city in Silesia, controls 15 railways and highways.
 Elsewhere along the 300-nile east ern front, the Russians surrounded the Vistula river fortress of Grud- ziadz, virtually completed the mop up of encircled Poznan and tight ened their ring around the remain ing enemy pocket in East Prussia, where General Ivan D. Cherniak- hovsky. youthful commander of the Third White Russian Army was killed in battle.
 Ernst Won Hammer, German DINE Agency Military Commentator, said the Germans south of Bunzlau, 27 miles northeast of Goerlitz, pentrat- ed deep into the flank of Soviet forces pushing toward Dresden.
 Fierce figNting also was under way north of Sorau, half way between Breslau and Berlin, he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19

become income producing and Its owners have been encouraged to clear up their tax arrears and keep their payments current.
 Cities have been more vigorous in their efforts to remove non-pay- ing properties from the tax rolls ana a considerable amount of forecloseo property has been sold and restored to a tax paying basis. Tn very few cities have the economic disloca- tions of war had an adverse effect on property tax collections"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
Two Fighting
 To Be Tough

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
Navy Supply Idea Clicks

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
1894 NOTRE DAME ENSICNs

South Bend, Ind. CUP)-Notre Dame university reports that 7,524 midshipmen have been graduated as ensigns of It's Naval Reserve Midshipmen,s school since October. 1o42, hen the Navy opened its branch there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19

(Continued from Page D days; enough spare clothing to clad 1900 900 persons and enough candy, shaving cream, tooth paste and mis- cellaneous items to stock fully 5000 drug stores. In addition, the force carried 1OOOO0,O0O cigarettes.
 No naval base anywhere ever was required to service in such limited time so many ships as were ham dled here before this operation, in- volving the largest concentration of Warships in naval history.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-19
the bombardment, the communique said.

the commencement, the cOInmunlqu0 said.
 16 Ships Damaged
 Carrier aircraft of the supporting force damaged 16 small ships and barges at Chichi in the Bonin Is- lands, just north of Two. Four planes on the ground and three aircraft at a Seaplane base also were dam- aged at Chichi.
 Occupation of Gourd-shaped Two would give the Americans three air strips from which fighters could es- cort BPS SuperfortresseS to Tokyo and other targets on the Japanese mainland. The strips also could be enlarged to accommodate Flying Fort resses and Liberators for raids on the Japanese homeland.
 Two lies in the range of warm Japanese currents and this is one of the driest months despite the fact that this is part of the winter monsoon season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-06
Speeding Shells to the Foe

When nearly 1O,OOO,00O rounds of can non and mortar shells were hurled at the Germans over the first three-month period following D-Day last June, America dis covered that it takes a lot of man-hours back home just to keep the boys overseas shooting. Americas industries have taken the challenge on putting out" and are stepping up to the job.
 Shell production has been spread over the country into plants that never handled that sort of thing before. Gen eral Motors for example, has Widened it's shell output program by expansion to Chevrolet plant at St. Louis, Fisher Body plant at Grand Rapids, Michigan, and in the Pontiac division at Pontiac, Michigan. The Oldsmobile division of GM has been major contributor in shell production since 1941.
 These plants expanded in hurry when it became evident that there was going to be a shell shortage. At Grand Rapids volume production was gained within four months of reception of the original letter of intent, while Chevrolet started making shells before the buildings for the operation were even finished. Pontiac was 275 per cent ahead of it's contract Sched- ule in December, while Chevrolet was do- ing three times the volume estimated m advance for that month. The accelera- ton is so effective that the product IS being delivered to the Germans, via the muzzles of our guns, in less than month from the time of it's manufacture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-06
Yeoman Service

When praise is being distributed these days for people along the home front, don't forget the crews that have been battling the snow-piles of Waterbury and Connecticut since long before Christmas. This has been an exceedingly tough win ter for this section of the country. With the meagre forces at their command the departments charged with the responsl- bility of keeping roadWayS cleared for traffic have done good job. Sure, there have been complaints; you can always get them But all things considered the re- suits have been good.
 Out in the real snow-belts of the nation, such as western New York, where snowfall for the season is well over 100 inches to date, officials have been forced to call III the military to aid them. And even with the aid of the boys in khaki it has been impossible to keep all channels Of traffic free. In some sections of the country motorists have had to get along as best they could with snoW-piled streets, often being forced to make deliveries on foot when their cars begged down before some threatening drift that had not as yet been marked by the blow.
 We haven't fared too badly here in Wa terbury. We have had our fair share ot slipping and sliding over icy surfaces or from one rut to another. Cars have been ditched for several days at a time. But eventually the blows have got through and freed the snow-locked vehicles There are few, if any, streets, even in the out lying districts that the ploys haven't visited. Snow removal, of course, will re- main bugaboo, because there just aren't enough men and trucks to go around. We think that Superintendent Scott-Smith and his men all the way down the line have worked against great odds this win ter. They haven't satisfied everyone, but they certainly have given their best ef- forts to do that very thing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-06
Views Of The Press
NO POOH FOR POE
Copyright, 1945, by The Bell Syndicate, Incl
ian Science Monitor

Christian Science Monitor)
 Echoes from an auction where a first edition of Poe's "Tamerlane' brought 5000 stimulate the peren- nial query, "Wouldnt the poet Cor composer, or artist, as the case may be) be surprised If he could see what his once-neglected opus sold tor half century later?"
 Of course, to be polite, we should reply, "Oh, yes, no doubt he would" But to be frank, we must answer, "No, he wouldn't be bit surprised If 1t brought twice the price"
 The assurance that his works are worth much more than he will ever get for them IS the deepest SatiSfac- ton the creative artist is entitled to- Anc 1t is the most constant satisfac- tion-indeed, 1t seems to be an ever present one-to the average, or less than average poet. Poe was not aver age, nor will most people agree he wos subaverage. But If poets who only imagine they are doing good job can entertain lofty surmises about posterity's evalIlation of their rhymes, surely one who knew he was competent versifier must have ex- pected that someone sometime would find 1t out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-06

of hundreds of patents. The accepted theory and policy of Government-issue patents is protection as property right of the patentee, by automatically grant ing a monopoly. That is the old theory of the patent law-and it should hold good.
 The glass manufacturers, as sketched above, brought grief to their groups, be- cause they exceeded their proper rights in the campaigns to subjugate the inde- pendents in their industry. The Gov ernment's fishing expeditions" have weakened reliance in the patent system, and fewer patents were applied for and issued in 1914 than in recent years.