Income tax basics under calendar year rules clarified
The article explains that 1918 taxes apply to calendar year income or the taxpayer's books if on a fiscal year. Individuals must report income by the period their books use, with normal and surtax for individuals and dual taxation for corporations. It notes new terms, residency scope, exemptions, and changes from prior years including pension and military pay taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
United States
Senate
The Autobahthtub Article on 1918 Tax Law Provisions
A discussion of the 1918 tax law provisions including net income definitions, exemptions for individuals, and how gross income is calculated for citizens, residents, and foreigners. It explains the basis for computing net income, annual accounting periods, and the scope of gross income from salaries, business, property, and other sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily and Sunday Post
Thomas H. Ray
Boston
Internal Revenue
Senate
United States
The
Aerial Rally Aims to Bring World To Washington July Fourth
The Aero Club of America plans an international aerial rally to Washington for a world peace celebration on July 4. Messages and trophies from states and cities, invitations to foreign airmen, and the International Aviation Trophy slated for the U S as the first postwar event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aero Club of America
America
France
Aero Club of France
United States
Learn to Play Any Instrument by Mail in Your Spare Time
An at home music course promises easy learning by mail with no upfront cost and no required classes. The system claims to remove time and expense barriers, guiding beginners and advanced students through simple print and picture lessons. It highlights progress for children and seniors alike, selling a revolutionary method over private tutors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ABC
Learn to Play by Note Piano and Many Instruments
Comprehensive music course claims to teach by note across instruments and voice. Claims 225000 pupils worldwide, satisfaction guaranteed, trial course with no cost if unsatisfied, offers a two thirds price cut for a limited time, and includes a free book. Testimonials from musicians in New Jersey Nova Scotia Missouri.
Three Men Escape Death In Cement Shed Explosion
In Brockton on February 7 three workers narrowly escaped death when the Ryan Cement and Stain Company shed exploded. The blast caused more than $3000 in damage. Firefighters struggled to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby Independent Oil Company and Campello Sewage Pumping Station properties as the three men fled the wrecked shed and freed themselves from the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Ryan Cement & Stain Company
Independent Oil Company
Campello
Duesenberg Model H to lead American aviation engines
The Duesenberg Model H delivers 850 horsepower, doubling the Liberty engine and becoming the largest American aviation motor. It weighs 1590 pounds with a 16 cylinder V configuration, offering an unusually favorable weight ratio for aircraft powerplants. Modern propeller design and aviation roles also discussed.
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D. Y
Great Britain
Ford Must Pay $19 Million Special Dividend
Michigan Supreme Court upholds Wayne County Circuit Court ruling that Ford Motor Company must pay a special dividend of 19,275,359 dollars to minority stockholders John F. and Horace E. Dodge instead of funding the River Rouge Ford Smelting Plant.
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Lansing
Mich
State Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Wayne County
John F
Horace E. Dodge
Ford Motor Company
Ford
River Rouge
Employers pledge to reinstate veterans in White Service Star drive
The Employers' Association board of managers unanimously adopts a resolution to reinstate former employees returning from United States military and naval service. The pledge expresses the industry's firm commitment to supporting veterans as they rejoin civilian work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Employers’ Association
White Service Star
United States Military
Naval Service
The Married Life of Helen and Warren Next Week
Warren vents his grouch while Helen endures a tough day in the next instalment of The Married Life. Mabel Herbert Urner continues the light serial in the Boston Post Sunday Magazine.
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Warren
Helen
Mabel Herbert Urner
Boston Post
British Captain Wins Distinguished Service Medal for Submarine Claims
Captain J. S. Ledsome of the British steamship Lexington at Pier 41 Hoosac docks received a Distinguished Service Medal for meritorious conduct after accounting for at least three German submarines. Details remain closely held, with one J boat rammed and sunk, two other attacks thwarted by gunfire. Ledsome, a Cheshire native, has over 20 years at sea and was later reassigned to command the Lexington.
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J. S. Ledsome
Lexington
Hoosac Docks
Charlestown
Ledsome
Captain Ledsome
Cheshire
Burton Holmes lecture on Yanks in Italy at Symphony Hall
Last evening Burton Holmes delivered the final lecture of the regular series at Symphony Hall with the topic With the Yanks in Italy. He spoke from an Italian army vantage and showed pictures of Rome under war conditions, disabled veterans schools, Piave trenches, shell fire, Alpine scenes, and urban views, promising a repeat performance of With the Yanks in Paris this afternoon and tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton Holmes
Symphony Hall
Italy
Piave
Alps
Holmes
Paris
Dr. Dushkin paints Poland misery before Dorchester meeting
Dr Alexander Dushkin, visiting Boston after touring war torn Europe, described widespread hunger in Poland with a million and a half people unsure where next bread will come from. He urged a large New England movement to expand Jewish education, including Hebrew, alongside American public schools, for 69 000 Jewish children in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Dushkin
Europe
American Jewish Relief
Congregation Beth el
Fowler Street
Dorchester
Poland
Dushkin
Boston
New York
New England
Zionist Organization of America
United States
Has Soldiers' Letters That Weren't Delivered
In Washington on February 7 Representative McFadden of Pennsylvania challenged General Pershing's claim that mail to soldiers abroad was delivered. He showed three letters from France marked as returned because the addressee was wounded in a hospital. Representative Green of Iowa echoed the charge that soldiers were not receiving mail and that many members of Congress had letters like those shown.
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Washington
General Pershing
Representative McFadden
Pennsylvania
France
Green
Iowa
Congress
McTadden
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District of Columbia
Philippines
Fuerto Rico
Danish Islands
the Press Publishing Co
Maurice Ketten
Theodore E. Hedlund
Massachusetts
Boston Athletic Association
Exeter Street
Commonwealth
Britain
William A. Bishop
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Oldfield
de Palma
Bruce-Brown
Mulford
Alan R. Hawley
Grain Corporation
Begii
Melvin Freeland
Mheopin
N. J
Kasson Swan
Denmark
Col, Co
Nova, Scotia
Moxie N
Lewis
Jefferson
Neosha
M. F. Allard
Caraquet
N. B
U.S. School of Music
Brunswick
David J. Kemp
U. &. School of Music
Brunswick Bldg
New York City
Ford CO
Dodge Brothers
Chandler & Co
Tremont St
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Oxford
Krimmer
Madeira
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