War Savings Committees May Enforce War Economy
Washington January 20 Hundreds of war savings committees across cities counties and states may serve as agencies to curb nonessential building and other expenditures to conserve capital for war bonds. The Federal Reserve Board plans regulation of private securities and weighs using business and banking committees to cut expenses at the source. Existing committees already organized with representative men are seen as best suited for the task.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Tech exam hours adjust for holiday schedule
Trains run on holiday timetables today causing MIT exams to start at 10:00 a.m. instead of 9:00 a.m. Afternoon tests shift from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Handling Income for Distant-Duty Workers
Internal Revenue Collector John F. Malley at 185 Devonshire Street fields questions on income reporting for individuals whose duties require long periods away from home including construction experts and engineers.
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John F. Malley
Internall Revenue Office
Devonshire Street
Income tax ruling on board and lodging payments
Collector Malley holds that company paid board and lodging for 1917 is not income to the employee and need not be reported. The employee may deduct actual expenses if he itemizes. If a home with rent and meals is provided, the value must be added to income as in clerical and military quarters cases. Commissioner Roper praises banks for assisting with tax compliance nationwide.
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Malley
Income tax blanks to be out this week
Washington January 20 blank forms for individuals and businesses reporting payments of 800 or more during 1917 were completed by the Internal Revenue Bureau and will be distributed this week.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
22 Boston Schools Reopen Amid Coal Shortage Recovery
Twenty two city schools reopen today with about 50 still closed due to coal shortages and frozen pipes from Christmas recess. Several buildings remain shut including John Greenleaf Whittier School in Dorchester. Several campuses resume regular schedules while others split sessions or relocate classes to nearby schools through Monday with Tuesday openings listed for additional institutions.
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Abraham Lincoln
Agasair
Edward Everett
Richard C. Humphreys
Savin Hill
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Franklin
John J. Williams
the Wall
Hancock
Hancock Annex
Cushman
Cyrus Alger
Norcross
Minot
Quincy E. Dickerman
Phillips Brooks
Robert G. Shaw
Roger Wolcott
Commodore Barry
Samuel Adams
Copley
Warren
Brighton
Mather
Benjamin Cushing
Harvard
Harvard Street
Thomas Gardner
British Canadian recruiting drive plans big Boston enlistment
The 44 Bromfield street mission readies a large enlistment wave as 50 to 60 men from Lowell Lawrence Springfield and Worcester are expected to join the British and Canadian armies in Boston. Captain Marlatt expects 100 Boston subjects to volunteer once a conscription pact is signed. Rallys at Hippodrome TreMont and Berkeley nightly feature navy yard bands and mixed service quartets after a short business district parade.
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Boston
Lowell
Lawrence
Springfield
Worcester
Kenneth D. Marlatt
Hippodrome
Tremont
Berkeley
Charlestown Navy Yard
Government relief work in Halifax named leaders
Rogers of this city Kings counsel named chairman of the commission to direct government relief for explosion and fire victims in Halifax. His associates are Judge W B Wallace of Halifax and F L Fawke member of Parliament from Oshawa Ontario.
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Halifax
N. S
Jan. C
T. S&s
Middlesex Sportsman's Meet to Share Hunting Trips
At Camp You Say on Mystic Street Arlington the Middlesex Sportsman's Association holds an evening experience meeting Thursday. Members will recount hunting and fishing trips from the just closed season.
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Freeman N. Young
Mystic Street
Arlington
Middlesex Sportsman's Association
Harvard Stays Open Despite Monday Holiday
Harvard University will hold classes at Cambridge as usual today. Faculty opted not to close departments to save coal, deeming such action futile.
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Harvard University
Cambridge
Pope to Protect Shrines Guarded by Irish Regiment
England will declare the Pope protector of Palestine shrines Lloyd George pledged. Mgr Arthur Staplyton Barnes told about 1000 at the Academy of Notre Dame Fenway that Jerusalem will remain Christian, with Irish Catholic regiment guards and Franciscan custodians at sacred sites.
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England
Benedict
Palestine
Lloyd George
Jerusalem
Mgr
Arthur Staplyton Barnes
Oxford University
Academy of Notre Dame
Fenway
Crusaders Enter Jerusalem In Dark London Air Raid Tale
Chaplain Barnes recounts the army entry into Jerusalem described as reverent crusaders not conquerors. The narrative shifts to a London air raid scene on a Monday afternoon with darkness and a ringing great bell cutting through the blackout as night fell.
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Barnes
Jerusalem
London
Jerusalem is Ours Te Deum at Westminster Cathedral
Bells of Westminster toll as crowds rush to the cathedral amid fears of danger. The alumnae association hosts a mass of thanksgiving with a Te Deum led by thousands declaring Jerusalem is free and ours. John J. Martin presides among army and navy chaplains at Camp Devens.
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Westminster
Jerusalem
Alumnae Association
John J. Martin
The
Exchange Trust Company
Army
T. P. McGinn
George D. O’connor
Louis Ramsay
Camp Devens
Government boat Hasthampton stranded at Belfast harbor
The Hasthampton from Boston is beached in Belfast Maine for repairs after sustaining three holes in her bow while breaking ice in Belfast harbor.
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Belfast
Hasthampton
Boston
War Service Exchange organized by War Department
The War Department announced the organization of a war service exchange under Major DQ N Sanctuary of the adjutant general's department. The exchange will handle all tenders of army service and act as an information bureau linking applicants with the Department of Labor and other agencies for men with special training.
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Washington
DQ. N
Adjutant-General’s Department
War Department
Army
Department of Labor
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