Senate Tax Bill Advances Despite Recess Push
Senate action continues on the tax measure with a 75 to 5 vote after hours of debate. The bill would cut personal exemptions to 2000 and 800 and raise corporate and individual rates while adding nuisance taxes. The debt limit rises to 49 billion and a 4 billion defense bond issue is funded by new taxes over five years.
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Ohio
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Minnesota
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Housing Drive Aims Rural Areas For New Homes
The Federal Housing Administration announces a nationwide campaign to boost rural housing by engaging builders suppliers lenders and realtors. The plan targets areas with agricultural economies and seeks debt free ownership through affordable monthly payments and careful underwriting. FHA data show 2798 of 3098 counties insured mortgages in 1939 and over a quarter of loans outside metropolitan areas.
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French Fight to Swiss Border Slow and Relentless
Bordeaux June 20. French Magenit Line troops in the army of Alsace and Lorraine press a hollow square against German forces bottling their escapes toward the Swiss frontier. German motorized units advance from Lyon toward Bellgarde near Geneva while clashes occur near Nantes and along the Loire toward Tours and Bourges.
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Germany Raids on British Isles Echoed by RAF Attacks
Air ministry reports the second large Luftwaffe raid on Britain with anti aircraft fire damaging several aircraft on the ground in occupied French airports. British bombers struck the Ruhr Rhineland and West Germany while Amiens and Rouen were attacked from the air. Thousands of Anzacs arrive in Britain as Parliament prepares a home defense session led by Churchill and Eden.
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Armistice Debate Shape of France War Position
A fragment notes that France's armistice request would influence the general war situation and the strategic balance discussed in a broader debate. The text suggests wartime debates turn on France's surrender request and its impact on Allied plans.
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France
Fire Threat Presses Tokyo Government Buildings
Lightning sparked a blaze that threatened six wooden government buildings in central Tokyo as hundreds of firefighters fought the flames. Heavy rain hindered truck access. some buildings housing the welfare and finance ministries were at risk while others housing the planning board and forestry and civil aviation offices were already destroyed.
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Planning Board
Forestry and Civil Aviation Bureaus
Andania Sunk. Juniper Overdue in Northern Waters
The Cunard White Star liner Andania of 13,950 tons was torpedoed and sunk. The trawler Juniper is overdue in Northern Norwegian waters and presumed lost. Two crew members were injured but the entire ship's company were landed at a British port. It is the fourth British armed cruiser lost since the war began.
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Cunard White Star Company
Thad Eure Demands Final Campaign Expense Reports
Raleigh June 20 Thad Eure Secretary of State announced he would require eight May 25 gubernatorial primary candidates to file final campaign expense reports. Reports from Maxwell Gravely Abernethy Murphy Newton Phillips Leavitt Tompkins were overdue.
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Thad Eure
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L. Lee Gravely
Charles L. Abernethy, Jr
New Bern
Walter Murphy
Salisbury
Giles Y. Newton
Gibson
D. C. Phillips
Southern Pines
Halsey B. Leavitt
Asheville
Dan Tompkins
Sylva
British Denies Egypt Forced Into War
London authorities deny claims Britain is pushing Egypt into the war. They state Egypt should fulfill her alliance locally and in spirit, and avoid action hampering British military operations. Egyptian adherence to treaties is described as proceeding.
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London
Britain
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Armed Merchant Cruiser An- Loss Reported by Admiralty
The Admiralty announced that the armed merchant cruiser An- was reported lost today. Details on location and cause were not immediately available.
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