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May 1, 1936

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SECRETARY URGES ACTION; Deficit for June 30 Put at the All Time High of $5,966,000,000. INCLUDES ALL OF BONUS Maximum Outlay Calculated for the Fiscal Year, Despite Nine-Year Amortization. PROFITS TAX PLAN BACKED Finance Committee Moves to Simplify House Rates and Corporation Classes. MOVE TO INCREASE YIELD OF TAX BILL

By Turner Catledgespecial To the New York Times

Sec Morgenthau on additional yield expected as result of undistributed corp profits tax

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U.S. Ex-Soldiers Resist Paris Siege; Thwart Closing of Legion Building; Four Immured in Pershing Hall, Aided by Ten Comrades, Win Preliminary Verbal Skirmish With Police Riot Squad -- Shut-Down Decision Caused by Financial Difficulties. U.S. EX-SOLDIERS RESIST PARIS SIEGE

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

4 Paris post members resist eviction by police from Pershing Hall, ordered closed by Pershing Hall Bldg Corp; Legion officials condemn closing of bldg; Col F Drake, pres of corp, says financial difficulties necessitate closing

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WENDEL ABDUCTOR ATTEMPTS SUICIDE; FOURTH MAN SEIZED; Weiss Tries to Hang Himself With Necktie in Cell, but Guards Cut Him Down. NEW ARREST IN TRENTON Bookmaker Held After Wife of Fugitive Says He Gave Money for Flight. WENDEL ABDUCTOR ATTEMPTS SUICIDE

By Unknown Author

Wendel case prisoner attempts suicide; new arrest

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Emperor Back at Capital; ETHIOPIANS GIVE UP CAPITAL'S DEFENSE

By the Associated Press

ADDIS ABABA, April 30. -- Emperor Haile Selassie returned suddenly today to his apparently doomed capital, while high officials and natives fled in panic against the approach of the Italian northern army.

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THRUST AT TAX BILL WINDS UP CHAMBER; Resolutions Also Attack the Social Security Act as Invading Private Rights. FIGHT ON COURTS DECRIED Addressing Delegates, Hull Says Only Free Trade Flow Can Prevent New War. THRUST AT TAX BILL WINDS UP CHAMBER

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Reciprocal policy approved in U S Chamber of Commerce resolution

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