Sen cuts surtaxes on incomes of $21,000-$80,000 involving a revenue loss of $25,000,000; rejects move to make surtaxes retroactive; schedule of changes; analysis of votes

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FOREIGNERS WARNED BY NANKING LEADER NOT TO HARBOR FOES; But Wang Asserts Army Won't Enter Tientsin Foreign Area if It Does Not Hide Northerners. HE HOPES TO AVOID FIGHT Washington Has No Fears for Americans, but Britain Stands Ready to Send More Troops. 50,000 HUNGRY IN TSINAN Starving Horde Strips Train of Every Scrap of Food--Nanking Reports New Victories.

By Henry F. Misselwitz. Special Cable To the New York Times. By Henry F. Misselwitz. Special Cable To the New York Times. Special Cable To the New York Times

Surmise on results of possible capture of Tientsin and Peking by Nationalists; conditions at Tsing-tao

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1928Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (born 1845)^[†]

Umegatani Tōtarō I was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from the town of Haki, Chikuzen Province, now Shiwa, Fukuoka Prefecture. He was the sport's 15th yokozuna. He was generally regarded as the strongest wrestler to emerge since the era of Tanikaze and Raiden.

Headlines from May 15, 1928

FIND NEW EVIDENCE OF STREET GRAFTING; Investigators Say Thefts in Manhattan and Brooklyn Have Been Uncovered. PROSECUTORS TO GET DATA Lougheed and Three Others Plead Not Guilty--Face Trial Next Monday.

Visitor Leaves $100,000 Gems in Taxicab; Police Aid Woman in Hunt for Her Handbag

$2,000,000 Added to the Rosenwald Fund; Its $20,000,000 Must Be Spent in 25 Years

SENATE CUTS TAXES ON LARGER INCOMES; Rejects Democratic Plan Favoring Smaller Earnings More, but Reducing Revenue Equally. AIDS $21,000-$80,000 CLASS Committee's Move to Apply New Rate to 1927 Fails--Slice Awaits House Action.

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