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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1919
Page
3
Preliminary steps by city and state officials authorize a combined 350000 for expenses of a large April reception for the French term arrival. Mayor Pe was to file a 50000 appropriation order with the City Council. Governor Coolidge and lawmakers urged a 300000 state appropriation.
Councillors favor an appropriation of 50 011 from the reserve fund for the 26th Division reception, contingent on a legislature appropriation. The mayor cites lack of Washington information and promises full briefing at the next meeting with Alexander Whiteside. Governor Coolidge urges a generous war parade budget exceeding 1 000 000.
A dense OCR fragment lists various bonds and issuers with rates and maturities including United States Liberty issues 1927 42 and 1933 38, Anglo American Prt 3 738, Ly ons 68 50 1004 54s 1919, Pacific Gas and Electric 5s, Kan City Terminal 4s, and Seaboard lines. It reads like a market summary of bond listings and prices for several regional and corporate issues.
New York March 17 The boy Frank Collins of Dorchester Mass is the subject of a mystery at debarkation hospitals after claimed injuries from the war. A Red Cross nurse said letters telegrams and gifts await Collins at the hospitals while officials seek to identify him and his family.
Inquiries focus on a Frank O Neil matching the description given by Collins and the head nurse who suspects hallucinations. Reporters patrol New York from Grand Central Palace area as a hospital No 6 trudge from debarkation leaves questions. A Frank E Collins was sent to Iowa on March 12 but not the same boy, while a hospital No 3 nurse recalls seeing him Saturday. Late tonight Boston rumors surface as reporters continue the search citywide.
Harvard professors propose turning Theatre 10 into a memorial for war dead with tablets and relics at the entrance. They urge a large new auditorium for class day events, commencements, symphonies, and major plays, arguing a dignified building beats a gymnasium.
Paris March 17 President Wilson attended the noon session of the supreme economic council and joined the afternoon session of the supreme war council. Participating with him were Bernard Baruch Vance McCormick General Tasker Bliss Admiral Benson and Herbert Hoover among other American specialists.
The commission appointed a drafting committee to prepare the final report on responsibility for the war. Upon approval the report will go to the peace conference. Members are M. Rolin-Jacquemyns from Belgium, Sir Ernest Pollack from Britain, and M. Camilla from Italy.
The supreme war council met today from 3 to 7 30 p m and discussed military naval and aerial terms to be imposed on Germany. An exchange of views followed on the Polish situation as described by the interallied commission. A Russian committee in Paris submitted a communication signed by S Sazonoff Lyoff Tschaikovsky and Basile Maklakoff urging the conference to bind all questions about Russia’s 1914 borders except Poland to the consent of the Russian people.
Tax Commissioner Trefry filed a triennial apportionment with the House showing the taxable property in Massachusetts at 5 231 224 742 dollars excluding intangibles. Polls rise from 1 954 200 in 1919 to 927 886 in 1916 with state tax per poll set at 105.42 per thousand.
Persons who missed the first instalment of income taxes last Saturday must pay the entire tax on demand by a revenue collector. To avoid a 25 percent penalty, belated returns with sworn reasons for delinquency may be filed. otherwise the penalty will be applied.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper announces leniency for taxpayers who miss filing deadlines while preserving the instalment payment ban. Delinquents may file after March 15 and pay amounts due. partial payments trigger further notices. Affidavits within 10 days may excuse causes of delinquency, and some cases allow up to 60 days to pay remaining amounts.
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