Must Register If 21 By August 24 1918
All men who reached their 21st birthday since June 5 1918 and on or before August 24 1918 must register on August 24 1918. They should consult local draft boards to learn how and when to register.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1918
Page
2
French Are Rapidly Closing In on Roye
French and Canadian troops fight west of Roye near Guyencourt and Lau court pushing toward the town while to the north Damery and Parvillers remain in French hands. The Allies threaten a turning movement from Loges wood and could roll up the Oise valley, with broader plans to outflank Lassigny and Nabon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roye
Guyencourt
Laucourt
Picardy
Damery
Parvillers
Loges Wood
Lassigny
Oise
Ribecourt
Noyon
Somme-Oise
Albert
Lys
U S Airmens Bomb French Rail Yard in France
An American bombing squadron led by Lieutenant Gundelach dropped 29 bombs on Conflans railway yards in France. Eighteen direct hits hit track centers, two hit the roundhouse as 11 enemy planes pursued. Gundelach was slightly wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Associated Press
Gundelach
Conflans
Joinville
Navy to Protect Fishermen at Work Off New England
Navy patrol boats will accompany fishing fleets operating off the New England coast to guard against German submarine raiders. Secretary Daniels announced the measure, a food conservation step, after several schooners were sunk by a submarine near Georges Bank off the Massachusetts coast last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New England
Daniels
George’s Bank
Massachusetts
Plan to Boost Income Taxes Outlined by House Ways and Means
Washington August 16 The House Ways and Means Committee reached agreement on an eight per cent exemption plus a $3000 exemption on excess corporate profits with a 40 per cent tax on profits between eight and 20 per cent and a 60 per cent tax on profits above 20 per cent The panel also backed the treasury proposal for a flat 80 per cent tax on war profits as an alternative within the $8 billion revenue bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Tax schedule outlines war profits and excess tax rates
The committee proposes three classifications of business for war profits deductions and projects total tax yields of about 3 billion dollars toward a 5 billion dollar goal. It also details the normal income tax starting at 5 percent and a sur tax rising with income, with top rates reaching 75 percent for incomes above five million dollars. Chairman Kitchin announced the projections and expected treasury recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitchin
Treasury
McAdoo Announces Tax Certificate Plan for 1919 Payments
Secretary McAdoo announced certificates of indebtedness bearing four percent interest to be issued immediately to allow advance instalment payments for next year’s taxes. The tax certificates, dated Aug 20 and payable July 1, 1919, will replace some loan certificates and cater to corporations preparing for war tax loads. They will be free of federal, state, and local taxes except estate and inheritance taxes, income surtaxes and excess war profits taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McAdoo
Catholics in the U S Army Relax Friday Meat Abstinence
The bishop of Catholic chaplains Patrick J. Hayes announced that Catholics in the army and navy are relieved from the Friday abstinence from fresh meat, except on Good Friday, to end confusion surrounding the rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Patrick J. Hayes
Major Roosevelt Visits Clemenceau in Paris
In Paris on August 16 Premier Clemenceau warmly received Major Theodore Roosevelt Jr who, despite wounds still healing, arrived on crutches for the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Clemenceau
Paris
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Tax Would Call For Twice Nation's Cash
The proposed $8 billion revenue bill would require almost twice the country’s money supply. About $5.3 billion remains in the United States with $1.2 billion in gold withdrawn from circulation, leaving roughly $4.1 billion in active circulation. Instalment payments prevent a total cash drain and avert a national financial tieup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Exact facts on wounded to be shared with families
Washington August 16 exact information on wounded and sick American soldiers in overseas hospitals will be provided to relatives. Secretary Baker visited Surgeon General Gorgas to study daily hospital reports and arrange carding cataloguing and tabulation. Weekly hospital records from France will be delivered to give exact wound or disease details via the adjutant general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Baker
Gorgas
France
MAY SHORTEN SCHOOL DAYS
A. L. Rafter announced that students may advance in two subjects to complete high school in three years and shorten elementary courses. The plan follows a 40 day summer review term run by 17 high school and 139 elementary teachers across ten elementary schools and one high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Rafter
Mason Street
Boy Climbs Pole Struck by Live Wire In Dorchester
Walter Daly 14 of Dorchester was burned and internally injured after climbing an electric pole opposite 10 Adams Terrace. He was thrown to the ground and taken to City Hospital in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Daly
John Daly
Geneva Avenue
Adams Terrace
Dorchester
City Hospital
Bodenhausen Heads Clothiers In National Convention
The National Association of Retail Clothiers elected William A. Bodenhausen of St. Louis as president, succeeding James Lynch of Minneapolis. Fred Levy of Louisville and Andreas Burkhardt of Cincinnati were re elected first and second vice presidents respectively, with A. Frankel of Des Moines named treasurer and Charles J. Wry also of Des Moines named secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Association of Retail Clothiers
William A. Bodenhausen
St. Louis
James Lynch
Minneapolis
Fred Levy
Louisville
Andreas Burkhardt
Cincinnati
A. Frankel
Des Moines
Charles J. Wry
War Situation Today in Picardy and Russia Outlook
British and French push at Germans in Picardy where small gains threaten a German retreat. The report cites potential Russian field action, Bolshevik control weakening, and a possible German move toward a Russian monarchy while liberal Russians seek a republic. The allies favor the liberal, republican faction and deny any German-backed monarchy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Picardy
Ludendorff
Germany
Petrograd
Moscow
Berlin
Russia
Milykoff
Czar
Social Revolutionaries
Emperors In Close Confab At German Headquarters
An official Berlin statement dated Aug 15 confirms a close, unified German Austro-Hungarian stance. It notes Kaisers meeting with Bar on Burian and Field Marshal Arz and that Wilhelm and Charles held a key conference. Admiral Hintze is misidentified in some dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Berlin
Emperor William
Emperor Charles
Baron Burian
Arz von Straussenburg
Admiral von Hintze
Baron Purian
Admiral von Hintze i
Gas and air raid clash along Vesle front in WWI
The German attack on the Vesle front involved gas, artillery and air bombing against French and American forces in retaliation for American raids on Aisne bridges. American aviators supported the action, photographs were taken to assess damage, and efforts aimed to destroy bridges continued. Reported box barrages northwest of Fismes targeted machine gun nests. 12 German gunners killed in the renewed fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vieux Berquin
LafRassee Canal
Ypres
Vesle River
Aisne River
Vesle
Associated Press
Aisne
Fismes
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U. S
R.R
Roundhouse
NAVY
Ways and Means
H. E
United States Employment Service
U.S. Public Service Reserve
United
States
Dept of Labor
Department of Labor
Committee On Public Information
Uncle Sam
The
Boy
W. A. Bodenhausen
Clothiers
iConnor
Marna
Brookside Creamery
Brookside
Henfield
Young America
Royal Baking Powder
Libby’s
Ey John T.connorco
Food Administration
William
Charles
Tical
Kaiser
Arz
von Hindenburg
Bovinine
the Bovinine CO
West Houston St
Lockhart
Ton& Dutton
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