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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1919
Page
2
The Daily and Sunday Post continues its Thomas H. Ray series on the federal income tax. This installment reviews prior topics from February including corporation returns and hints at tomorrow's discussion on Adjusted Invested Capital. Readers may direct questions to Mr. Ray for future columns.
The act fixes rules for invested capital in reorganized corporations taking over existing businesses. If reorganized after 1911 the new firm is treated as existing earlier with same invested capital. For reorganizations after March 3, 1917, 50 percent ownership keeps asset values from being inflated. Special elections allow taxation as corporations for pre 1918 incomes, with invested capital and war taxes computed to avoid undue surtax.
Mrs. Pia Milla Hutsites of 218 East Fall Street Ithaca New York credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her severe right side pains linked to a supposed abscess. After six bottles she regained strength and can work again praising the remedy as a Godsend for female trouble and recommending it to others.
John F. Malley income tax collector opens new quarters on the first floor of the Little Building to assist taxpayers. Special deputies will advise on tax procedure and blanks for incomes under 5000 will be mailed to last year filers. others should obtain forms from the office as they become available.
The Morgan Memorial Community chorus of 100 girls and many amateur actors staged an Amer ican concert and pageant of the Stars and Stripes at Morgan Memorial Church of All Nations before about 1500 spectators. Directed by Prof H Augustine Smith of Boston University the event featured 26 nationalities in period costumes with flags and tableau scenes including Evolution of Old Glory and The Betsy Ross Flag In the Making. Notable participants were Lillian A Sawyer Edith Lovell Thomas and Anna F E Farnsworth.
Returning American troops nearly 2000 strong, with active service in France, will be brought to Boston aboard the White Star liner Vedic. The ship, after leaving Liverpool, calls at Brest to take on Yankee fighters and is due in Boston around March 3. Other troop ships, the West Point and Hisco, are en route from France, potentially arriving by February 27 and later, as schedules allow.
Anthony Bombard of Temple Street faced Judge Samuel Utley in Central District Court after being charged with stealing five hens from the county hen coop at the House of Correction. Bail set at 600 dollars as Sheriff Albert Richardson reported the missing hens.
Owen Miller longtime international secretary of the American Federation of Musicians for 25 years died at his St. Louis home from bronchial trouble. He was 68.
A nation faces a surge of teen labor as thousands of boys and girls enter business early. The strain threatens vitality and energy while underscoring the need for nourishing tonic virtues for youth.
The article describes radio telephone systems allowing aircraft at 10 000 feet to talk with ground crews and vice versa, enabling in flight instructions and coordinated formations. It notes wartime development, German counter efforts, and a rising interest in aerial communication for future warfare and exploration.
The piece explains that acrobatic flying is easily learned with safe altitude and a trustworthy plane. It notes tail spins occur when the aircraft rotates about a fore and aft axis with the nose down and the tail tracing a larger circle than the nose. The primary cause is generally lack of control or proper technique.
Bishop Lawrence will depart for the South on Monday and rest about six weeks at Aiken South Carolina hoping to return for Easter services. He prepared a third message for the final seven weeks of diocescan prayer amid a 20 week campaign and will deliver it March 2 to Episcopal churches. A March 8 Lent service remains set for those confirmed March 2 with readings at Trinity Cathedral and other churches.
Two soldiers back from overseas and a woman were injured when a car on Massachusetts Avenue near the Lexington line skidded on ice and struck a pole. Mrs Frances Conlon drove the car, suffering severe shock, while Thomas Conlon was badly cut and bruised and taken to Symmes Arlington Hospital. Elizabeth Noonan, sister of Mrs Conlon, had head injuries and dental damage. Edward F McLean had minor cuts and knee pain. A pole was snapped, causing live wires to dangle over the street.
Dr Almon Cooper of Brookline testified in his defense in a $25000 suit for alleged alienation of Mrs Myra Cutter’s affections now Mrs Myra Cooper He claimed love since he had a legal right and said he did not remember when the marriage proposal occurred He recalled travel to California and encounters with Mrs Cutter in New York and Maine His accounting showed no billing to Mrs Cutter citing financial strains and family needs He admitted purchasing a fur coat and stock but said not for his wife He acknowledged alcohol issues and lodge dues but asserted continued friendship with Mr Cutter and denied any immoral acts or midnight episodes He said the proposal occurred three or four weeks before the wedding and that he loved Mrs Cutter then and now
The Old Colony Trust Company and the American Trust Company filed bills in equity in U S District Court to foreclose the 4 percent refunding mortgages of the Old Colony and the Boston & Northern. A Feb 28 hearing was set by Judge Morton. Trustees named by the Governor will assume control of the Bay State system the month after the foreclosure transfer.
City Hall closes for a Wilson visit holiday but the Board of Street Commissioners stays on duty. Chairman John J. O Callaghan announced hearings for garage locations advertised must be held. The hearings open at 11 o clock despite observance plans.
London announed in the Commons that the aerial navigation bill will lead to many airfields. The government will pay all costs for military airdromes and begin with civil ones, aiming for self support of the civilian network. Major General John E. B. Seeley said the plan seeks to make flying safer by expanding air infrastructure.
Letter to the editor urges Boston work horse owners to protect animals during the Feb 22 holiday followed by a Sunday. Two idle days raise danger of blackwater and other diseases, especially for fat horses. Advice includes bran mash or Glauber salts, reduced grain, and light exercise. Boston Work Horse Relief Association, 15 Beacon Street.
Justice Cohalan testified O Leary approved his brother Arthur joining the army and said he wished to enlist. Other witnesses described O Leary's pro United States stance and a public address declaring Irish fighters should support the U S. defense.
Lieutenant Harold V. Adams of Brattleboro died after his airplane fell at Park Field near Memphis Tennessee. He had left the University of Vermont to join the aviation service and became an instructor at age 23. His brother Corporal Ray D. Adams was wounded in the St Mihiel drive.
An old advertisement touts a product that stops the tickle, heals the throat, and cures coughs. It promises a free box of O Pen-Trate Salve for chest colds head colds and croup enclosed with every bottle.
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