Warning on price raising and tax misrepresentation
Washington April 9 Daniel C Roper internal revenue commissioner warned manufacturers and dealers not to raise prices beyond the tax or misrepresent the tax to customers He said the governments interest is accurate tax collection and that penalties exist for misrepresentation Regulations on sales tax administration will be issued soon with business and citizen support advised
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Washington
Daniel C. Roper
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Roper
Arab King Takes Title Commander of Faithful
In Mecca the Hedjaz king who aided the allied campaign in Palestine declares in a manifesto that he now holds the title Commander of the Faithful, a designation long borne by the Sultan of Turkey. He adds many of his subjects already recognize him with this title.
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Paris
Hedjaz
Palestine
Mecca
Turkey
City and State committees clash over Yan kee Division review
Former Lieutenant-Governor Edward P. Barry, head of Boston reception committee entertainment, blasted the State committee as scant, discourteous, niggardly and insulting to the soldiers in a sharp statement amid preparations for the Yan kee Division reception and final review.
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Edward P. Barry
Boston
State committee urged to fund soldiers entertainment effort
Boston civic leader Mr Barry blasted the State committee for withholding funds from a $300000 appropriation meant for soldier entertainment. He said the War Camp Community Service covered shipboard entertainments and he personally funded newspapers and transport, while the State committee held back $195909. He demanded full State support, noting 760 men on Devens leave daily and 14 shows organized for New England troops. Whiteside defended harmony. Coolidge offered no comment.
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Barry
State Committee
Louis A. Coolidge
Commonwealth Pier
War Camp Community Service
Boston
New England
Devens
Whiteside
Coolidge
Phone Girls May Strike In Boston Union Meeting
Boston Telephone Operators Union calls a special meeting at Faneuil Hall for tomorrow night. Members must show paid up cards to attend. International officers fear loss of control as rank and file push for immediate action, possibly leading to a strike.
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Boston
Faneuil Hall
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
British hush ships sped at 32 knots during war
London reports that over two million tons of shipping were added to the British navy at a cost of 250 to 300 million pounds. After Falklands, Renown and Repulse were redesigned from battleships to battle cruisers. The hush ships Courageous Glorious and Furious aimed to wipe out German light cruisers and raiders, carrying 15 inch guns and accelerating toward 32 knots.
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London
An. Tennyson-d'Eyncourt
Admiralty
Falkland Islands
Brookline Boy Killed by Auto
James J. McCarthy twelve years old son of Mr and Mrs Jeremiah McCarthy of 40712 Boylston Street Brookline was killed yesterday when run over by an automobile. He had been crossing Longwood Avenue near Marshall Street after alighting from another machine and was hit before the car could be stopped.
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James J. McCarthy
Jeremiah McCarthy
Boylston Street
Brookline
Young McCarthy
Longwood Avenue
Marshall Street
Ida M. Beal
Browndale
Mass
Clifton Beal
Beal
Zionist leader declares Jewish homeland assured at Boston event
Dr. Stephen S Wise told the Boston City Club that the Jewish homeland in Palestine is assured under a British protectorate as Versailles backs its establishment. The Zionist benefit raised over 30,000 dollars with major gifts from Sidney S. Conrad, Louis E. Kirstein, and many others, while Wise returns from France citing wide European support for Zionism. Max Mitchell praised Wise and Kirstein, noting the Palestine Restoration Fund aims to build a permanent Jewish state with global backing.
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Stephen S. Wise
Boston City Club
Versailles
Palestine
Louis E
Zionist of
Boston
Am Honor Rstei
Palestine Restoration Fund
Wise
Dr. Wise
France
Europe
Max Mitchell
Mitchell
Kirstein
Louis H. Kirstein
Catholic Church Notes Lent Drama and Holy Week Events
Four remaining performances of the Lenten drama My New Curate are listed with a performance tonight and on Sunday, plus next Monday night. Reservations by telephone to Richmond 52729. Upcoming devotions at St Mary’s North End on April 23 and Easter Sunday mass preached by Rev. Charles W. Lyons. Retreats at Gate of Heaven and St Vincent’s well attended. Palm Sunday music led by Lawrence B. O’Connor with the Young Men’s Catholic Association choir. Tonight’s program includes Gounod works and hymns by Cardinal O’Connell. Tenebrae services noted citywide.
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Canon Sheehan
Richmond
St. Mary's Church
North End
Father Hereida
S.J
Gate ofHeaven Church
South Boston
John P. Meagher
S. J
George. A. Lyons
St. Vincent's Church
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Lawrence B. O'Connor
Young Men’s Catholic Association
Thomas J. Hurley
Faure
Gounod
Cardinal O'Connell
Kremser
Parker
Lord
Jewish homeland pledge raised funds in Roxbury meeting
Dr Wisa urged the world's faith in restoring the ancient home of the Jew to a homeland under League guarantees. Britain would secure the guarantees. At Temple Mishkan Tetila on Moreland street Roxbury a large gathering heard the appeal for the restoration fund and several thousand dollars were raised.
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Palestine Restoration Fund
America
Palestine
League of Nations
Britain
Dr. Wisa
Mishkan Tetila
Moreland Street
Roxbury
Oxford Suit Described With Green Stripes and Silk Lining
A tailored Oxford suit details green pencil stripes and silk lined sleeves. It features Stein-Bloch tailoring, unfinished worsteds in wide picking, and blue unfinished worsteds with colored stripes, a smart suit with regulation pockets and a back hook.
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Oxford
Stein-Bloch
Filene
Communion Breakfast Address At St Cecilia Guild Hall
Judge Michael J. Murray will address members of the Back Bay Council kK of C during the annual communion breakfast in St. Cecilia Guild Hall next Sunday, following Holy Week observances on Wednesday Thursday and Friday.
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Michael J. Murray
Back Bay Council Kk. of C
St. Cecilia Guild Hall
Admiral Bullard Named Naval Communications Head
Washington April 9 Rear Admiral William H. G. Bullard is appointed director of naval communications, a post he held when the United States entered the war before being detached for overseas service. Other orders assign Captain Lucius A. Bostwick as senior member of the Demobilization Board and Captain Stephen W. Graham as senior naval officer on the east coast of Mexico and commander of the U S S Petrel.
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Washington
William H. G. Bullard
Naval Communications
United States
Lucius A. Bostwick
New Mexico
Naval Overseas Transport Service
Stephen W. Graham
Cheyenne
Mexico
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