Senate approves net loss tax refund plan in war tax bill
In Washington on December 16 the Senate voted 36 to 16 to keep the finance committee amendment offering tax refunds to those showing a net loss in prior years. Debate focused on the net loss provision and the income tax section as leaders predicted quick passage by Christmas. Senators Lenroot and others argued the measure could harm revenue, while Smoot Jones and McCumber defended it as balancing taxes, tied to agricultural and business interests. The panel also approved allowing the commissioner of internal revenue to require inventories for income tax calculations.
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Smoot
Utah
Senate
Finance Committee
Treasury Department
Jones
New Mexico
McCumber
North Dakota
Simmons
House
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Boothby Heads Maine Drive for Armenia
Frederick E. Boothby of Waterville was elected state chairman of Maine's Armenian relief drive with a quota of 150000 dollars. Boothby, a former mayor of Waterville, will lead the fund raising effort statewide starting this season.
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Maine
Armenia
Portland
Frederick E. Boothby
Waterville
Poultry Prices Fall as Xmas Trees Surge in Boston Market
Boston shoppers face higher prices for Christmas trees while poultry costs ease. Turkeys, geese, and chickens mostly decline from last year, with a 28 foot Maine fir selling for 25 dollars at Fanueil Hall. Labor shortages and freight costs push tree prices up though small Maine stock moved in at 60 cents to 1 dollar. Turkeys remain plentiful and cheap with Vermont birds at 48 cents a pound, and sellers expect more large shipments and further price drops ahead.
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Maine
Vermont
Father John’s Medicine Ad Touts Safe Cold Cure
An advertisement warns that neglecting a cold risks grip and pneumonia and condemns cheap cough cures that rely on dope. It promotes Father John’s Medicine as a safe, drug free remedy with sixty years of success, gentle laxative action, and body building elements to ward off illness.
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Father John
Draft boards to be dissolved by month end at Baker address
Annapolis Md Dec 16 Local and district draft boards will be dissolved at the end of the present month Secretary Baker said in an address today at the Governor's conference here After that time they will maintain an informal organization to assist employment bureaus in placing returned soldiers in industry
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Baker
Physical education and postwar farming urged by wartime leaders
The war secretary highlighted rescuing young men from the mobilization shortfall, urging physical education as essential as mental training. Secretary Houston pressed states to assess land for returning soldiers while warning against rushed placement. Governors will discuss Reconstruction issues on labor, education, and public lands, with addresses by Daniels and Lane tomorrow. A reception followed at Governor Harrington’s home with Beecham and governors-elect Coolidge and Clement in attendance.
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Daniels
Lane
Harrington
Maryland
Beechman
Rhode Island
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Clement
Vermont
Italian trial summons prompts passport request
Gabriele Di Tenno of South Acton filed yesterday in the U S District Court clerk’s office for a passport to travel to Italy to testify in the murder case of his wife. Luigi Totolo, under arrest in Italy, is charged with the killing. Totolo allegedly fled to Italy and joined the Italian army before being detained for trial. Di Tenno plans to sail early in January.
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South Acton
United States District Court
Italy
Luigi Totolo
di Tenno
Totolo
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