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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1918
Page
3
Washington authorities warn cereal dealers against unwarranted price increases for wheat flour substitutes amid shortages caused by new baking regulations. The Food Administration requires fair pricing and cautions against profiteering during the changeover.
Food Administrator Hoover says substitutes will see price rises due to higher demand from housewives and bakers while transport limits hamper distribution. Mills can meet demand but shortages will be local. prices should ease with freer grain movement, and licensed sellers must keep prices fair or face license revocation.
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee after White House talks backed a compromise clause limiting government control of railroads to 18 months after the war and allowing the President to set rates subject to appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The vote was 11 to 4, easing major hurdles to swift passage.
Charlestown hosts a military ball for K Company 3201st United States Infantry on February 7 at Roughan Hall. Colonel Tompkins grants town access for a potential final reunion with crowd anticipated to be large. Sergeant Taylor oversees floor direction with aides and officers including Captain Lake and Lieutenant Meehan. Music by Kelly's Orchestra with a concert 7 to 8 and dancing 8 to 11.
An old advertisement proclaims Adamson's Cough Balsam cures coughs colds and grippe and is sold at all druggists.
A reader asks if storm damage to a summer cottage classified as casualty loss is deductible. The issue centers on deducting 350 dollars spent for a new roof when calculating net income, with guidance likely referencing casualty loss rules.
The article explains losses from fire, storm, shipwreck and other casualties are deductible only if not insured. Claim must be fair, distinguishing storm-caused damage from wear and tear, and avoid claiming the cost of a new roof. Revenue investigators may scrutinize such losses. claim only fair value of the damaged roof.
Beatrice Anita Baldwin Turnbull Patterson, once linked to the Lucky Baldwin estate, faces a divorce suit filed in New York by Baron Andrew Vincent de Patterson. The Standard Oil agent in Portugal, married in Boston in 1915, alleges abandonment and misconduct, while she counters with a cross libel naming Susan Peterson and other women.
Mrs. Jean Hoskins, director of service work at Clinton Wire Company, urged college girls to take factory jobs at 7 a.m. to start earning a living wage and rise to forelady. She spoke at Perkins Hall as part of a Women’s Educational and Industrial Union program on employment management.
Director General McAdoo instructed C. H. Markham to ship 50 000 to 100 000 bales of cotton to Brunswick Savannah Charleston and other Southern ports for water transshipment to New York and New England after talks with National Association representatives.
Members of the Cotton Manufacturers and New England commercial interests report mills have shut down due to lack of raw material. Mr. Markham was instructed to ship cotton by any route to maximize speed. The Shipping Board will provide extra vessels to move cotton stored at Galveston and New Orleans to the Northeast.
Tomorrow is Sexagesima Sunday and the Feast of St Blase. The Catholic rites will be held at the cathedral and the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Harrison Avenue with blessings after masses and evening vespers. A children’s service is set for 3 30 in the afternoon.
Forty five persons were killed and 207 injured in the German air raid of Wednesday night, revised figures today. Of these, 31 killed and 131 injured were in Paris, with 14 killed and 76 injured in the suburbs. The dead include 11 women and five children. funeral expenses will be paid by the government and burial plots in perpetuity will be offered to families.
Navy plans call for producing one anti submarine craft per day once production cycles are in place. The first vessel has begun at the Ford Motor Company plant in Detroit with staged construction to sustain a daily output.
The Berlin military ruler declares a harsher siege and bans public meetings. Citizens are ordered to stay at work and avoid crowds, with all measures to quell disturbances including possible use of arms.
Calhoun Alabama February 1 Conscript owned by F T Bedford of New York won first place in the stud dog stake at the final event of the National Field Trials Association meeting here.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt will address a public meeting at Mechanics' Building on Americanism and Preparedness on Wednesday evening. Tickets go on sale at the Chamber of Commerce offices with allotments for Chamber members and the Pilgrim Publicity Association. all seats at 1.50 were oversubscribed, leaving a few $1 seats available.
Charles Goon is to be heard next Tuesday on the charge of killing Chin Hing of Temple street last Sunday. His friends say he could not have committed the murder. Central Court would have sent the case to the grand jury yesterday, but the defense demanded a lower court examination.
A local catalog lists women and children’s garments with marked down prices. Items include shirt waists 69c to 1, corsets 50c, silk waists 2.98, corset covers 25c, drawers 39c, kimonos 1.49, silk hosiery 39c, girls dresses 98c, and infants coats 2.98.
At Trinity Church Newton Centre Miss Hersey will give a talk titled A Message For a World at War at the evening service tomorrow. The song service starts at 7 15 p m.
The New England Home Economics Association meeting scheduled at Simmons College this morning at 10 o'clock has been moved to the Boston Art Museum on Huntington Avenue due to coal shortages.
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