National Shawmut Bank Sues City Over Tax Fight
The National Shawmut Bank of Boston sues the City of Boston in federal court seeking 1 858 281 in taxes alleged to have been illegally collected over several years. It leads a group of about 40 bank suits against cities and state tax officials. Counsel William P Everts explains the action tests whether banks may be taxed by market value rather than by income. banks are taxed on capital while individuals pay 6 percent on income.
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Boston
Commonwealth
National Union Bank
National
Rockland Bank
The
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Peoples’ National
William P. Everts
National Bank
Mastin
Stins
Doings of The People in Our Square in Boston Sunday Post
Samuel Hopkins Adams sketches The Home Seekers with wit in a forthcoming full magazine feature for the Boston Sunday Post Magazine, promised as an entertaining installment.
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Our Square
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Boston Sunday Post
Boy Nephew of Hoover Drowns in California Pool
Walter Large, five year old nephew of Herbert Hoover secretary of commerce, drowned at the Hoover home in Palo Alto during a family reunion. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur of Stanford tried for three hours but the child could not be revived. Servants found him unconscious in the pool shortly before noon.
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Calif
Walter Large
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Leland Stanford University
Hope
Screen Gossip Pioneer Al E Christie Produces 760 Comedies
Al E Christie, a film industry pioneer born in London Ontario and educated in New York, has produced over 760 comedies with wholesome plots. He started on stage with Wilton Lackaye May Irwin and William C Hodge and is noted for Christie Sunshine and bathing girls. His latest comedy Cold Street is being filmed in Truckee, one of the West Coast’s coldest spots.
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Mr. Christie
London
Ont
New York City
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May Irwin
William C. Hodge
Christie Sunshine
Truckee
West Coast
Eight Years for Breaks and Robberies in Charlestown Case
George Bevis sentenced to eight to ten years in Charlestown State Prison after three juries convict him on breaking and entering assault and larceny in multiple Boston area robberies. Co-defendant Tris Golden receives two years. Bevis and Golden assaulted Ingrid Erickson and targeted Lucien C. Foye and Thomas H. Martin with thefts and home invasions.
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New York
Massachusetts
Charlestown
Fessenden
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Bevis
House of Correction
Ingrid
Erickson
Back Bay
Lucien C. Foye
Fallen Street
Thomas H. Martin
Shawmut Avenue
First Midwinter Ascent Of Mount Rainier Reported
Charles K. Perryman of Selz mick News Seattle becomes first to reach Mount Rainier summit in midwinter record. final dash took 15 12 hours in extreme cold. Perryman later served three years in the army, rising to captain of the serial photographic section after enlisting when war began.
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Charles K. Perryman
Selzmick News
Seattle
Wash
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Columbia College
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Martha Mansfield to star in The Queen of the Moulin Rouge
Martha Mansfield is chosen for the title role in The Queen of the Moulin Rouge, the second Pyramid Pictures production. She has been touring vaudeville in a Crane Wilbur sketch.
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Pyramid Pictures, Inc
Miss Mansfield
Crane Wilbur
Lon Chaney to star as Fagin in Oliver Twist
The famed character actor Lon Chaney will portray Fagin in Oliver Twist with Jackie Coogan in the lead role. Filming is expected to take place in England.
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Fagin
Oliver Twist
Jackie Coogan
England
Dorothy Dalton Heads East for Short Vacation
Actress Dorothy Dalton travels east for a brief holiday after completing her latest Paramount feature The Woman That Walked Alone.
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Miss Dalton
Paramount
Questions on Movie Stars and Filming Locations
The missive lists anxious questions about marriages and actors including Anxious-William Parke Jr and Gladys Hulette. It notes Tom Mix and Elliott Dexter filming at Fox studios in Hollywood and on location in Arizona for Beyond the Rio Grande.
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H. W
Ipswich
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Hollywood
Elliott Dexter
Brownie
Old Town
Bebe Danels
Jack Holt
Fox
Theda Bara
Catherine
Everett
Bert Lytell
Metro Studios
Boston
New York
Prunella Hall
The
Boston Post
Fog Dangers Reported Off Cape Race In Transatlantic Route
Coast guard cutter Seneca pursues a large iceberg near Cape Race when dense fog arose and she lost the berg, becoming fog bound herself. A call for assistance was issued and Tampa may be sent from Boston to aid the Seneca.
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Cape Race
Charlestown Navy Yard
Boston
Coast Guard Tampa
Portland Gas Light Announces Second Price Cut This Year
Portland Maine officials report the Portland Gas Light Company cuts gas by 1 cent per 1000 cubic feet for a new net rate of 1.65 dollars. The move comes within four months and awaits Public Utilities Commission approval. Company officials say further reductions possible when conditions warrant.
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Portland Gas Light Company
Public Utilities Commission
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