May File Claim for Abatement in 1919 Income Tax Rules
The article outlines procedures for claims of abatement and loss deductions under the 1919 tax law. It discusses charitable contributions limits, loss carrybacks and credits, sections on refunds after five years, and the treatment of non resident aliens. It also covers personal exemptions for single and married taxpayers and dependents, exemptions for minors and disabled dependents, and rules for executors and spouses.
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Congress
United States
War Finance Corporation
Definition of head of family for tax exemption rules
A head of family is someone who actually supports and maintains relatives and has a legal or moral obligation to control them. An unmarried taxpayer supporting parents or relatives and maintaining a home qualifies for a $2000 exemption, while a mere benefactor without a home does not. Credits may apply to fiduciary income after normal tax is paid.
New 1918 Tax Abatement Claim Permitted at Filing
The law allows a taxpayer filing a 1918 return to claim abatement for substantial losses from inventory value reductions or rebates paid after year end under contracts from 1918. The rebate tax amount need not be paid if the taxpayer posts a bond covering the tax and interest if due.
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Senate
Conference Committee of
Two Houses of Congress
Fur Coat May Convict Girl
A raccoon skin fur coat worn by a detained girl at Roxbury District Court aroused suspicion about her true identity. Police say the coat may belong to a New York society belle and could signal financial motive, while officers note holes and pins used to hide valuables from schools.
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Roxbury District Court
Mabel Norris
Bernadine Stallings
Little Rock
Ark
New York
Wellesley
Simmons Colleges
Wheelock
Huntington Avenue
Sullivan
Superior Court
SONS ARRIVE TO ATTEND FUNERAL
Three sons of Douglas H. Fullerton known as the Mayor of Snake Island return from naval service to attend a funeral and burial set for tomorrow. Hody Fullerton dies of pneumonia affecting Winthrop and Boston Harbor, with services at St Marys Home East Boston and interment in Winthrop Cemetery.
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Douglas H. Fullerton
Snake Island
U. S. Naval Forces
Hody Fullerton
Winthrop
Boston Harbor
Tullerton
Moscow Reports Another Anti Bolshevik Plot
A Russian wireless despatch says Moscow uncovered another anti Bolshevik conspiracy. Leaders including Mlle. Maria Spiridonova have been arrested.
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Moscow
London
Mlle
Maria Spiridonova
Guynemer Downed Eighth Hun Plane and Wounded
The great French ace Guynemer shoots down his eighth enemy plane and is wounded in the face and arm in the next instalment of his thrilling life story in the Sunday Post.
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Guynemer
Sunday Post
Fears on Packers Power Raise Government Doubts
Washington Feb 14 Victor Murdock FTC member told the House interstate commerce committee that he feared the five big packers had gained so much power that even the United States government might not be strong enough to combat it.
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Washington
Victor Murdock
Federal Trade Commission
House Interstate Commerce Committee
United States
Meat Packers Face Legislative Push And International Pool Claims
The trade commissioner told a committee that meat packers seek favorable committees and may evade past issues. He urged strong federal control of the meat industry and described the international meat pool linking American packers to South American shipments and European markets.
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Murdock
International Meat Pool
South America
United States
Europe
Coal Drops to 10 a Ton in Newburyport
Newburyport February 14 Cashman Brothers contractors and coal dealers cut anthracite nut stove and egg sizes to 10 dollars per ton cash with 35 cents per ton for basketing. The firm said the price cut was for the public and would be appreciated.
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Newburyport
Cashman Brothers
Gompers and Labor Leaders Travel to Brussels
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor and six other labor leaders left Paris for Brussels to confer with Belgian unionists on an interallied labor congress in Paris. The date will be fixed at the Brussels conference.
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Paris
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Brussels
War Book Roundup Highlights Marines Heroism and Global Strife
A review of war literature features Brigadier General A. W. Catlin’s With the Help of God and a Few Marines and Dear Folks at Home edited by Court ney Ryley Cooper, plus Georges Clemenceau’s Trance Facing Germany and Frederic C. Howe’s The Only Possible Peace. It surveys naval histories by C. C. Gill and Arthur H. Pollen, Andrew C. McLaughlin’s America and Britain, and other titles on postwar outlook, imperialism, and hospital heroism with emphasis on Marines, sea power, and Allied resolve.
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Doubleday
A. W. Catlin
Chateau Thierry
Paris
United States
France
Houghton, Mifflin
Kemper TF. Cowing
Liieutenant
Courtney Ryley Cooper
Arthur St. M. Gance
Germany
Dutton
Georges Clemenceau
Rhine
M. Clemenceau
Frederic C. Howe
Scribner
Europe
Mediterranean
Howe
Putnam
Frederick Moore
Moore
Wilson
Russia
Japan
Siberia
China
Doran
C. Gill
Page
Arthur H. Pollen
Gill
Goeben
Breslau
South America
Jutland
Mr. Pollen
Jellicoe
Beatty
Kiel Canal
America
Britain
Andrew C. McLaughlin
England
McLaughlin
Department of History
Chicago University
Man seeks divorce after wife’s cruel treatment in Cambridge case
Joseph V Chaplin of Somerville testifies in East Cambridge Superior Court that his wife Alice M Chaplin attacked him with a bread knife and tickled him under the chin. He says police protection was sought and cites years of alleged cruelty including a back ride and hidden phonograph parts. The couple, married 25 years, separated two years ago over her constant talking.
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Joseph V Chaplin
Somerville
East Cambridge
Alice M. Chaplin
Fred C. Jonah
Chaplin
Boston & Maine Railroad
Manchester
N. H
Edwin D Sibley
Wat
Man Sentenced Fifteen Years For Haverhill Shooting
Vincenzo Isarell a of Haverhill was sentenced to 13 to 15 years in State prison by Judge Thayer in Superior Court for the death of Vicdo Rocco during a dispute over a card game.
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Lawrence
Vincenzo Issarella
Haverhill
Thayer
Vicdo Rocco
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