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June 20, 1939

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KAHN HOME BOUGHT FOR CITY EMPLOYES; BOUGHT BY SANITATION DEPARTMENT EMPLOYES FOR REST AND PLAY CENTER

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Welfare Fund acquires O H Kahn country home as recreational center; illus

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Highlights of the Tax Bill

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON, June 19.-- Tax Revision Bill passed today. It repeals the stump of the undistributed profits tax and substitutes a flat 18 per cent levy for corporations having incomes of over $25,000 annually.

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JAPANESE PUT CHARGED WIRE AROUND BRITISH AT TIENTSIN; HULL DEFINES OUR CONCERN; FOOD RUNS SHORT Women and Children to Leave Tomorrow for Towns Farther North TWO PROTESTS REJECTED Concession Britons Say They Are Ready 'to Fight It Out' --Our Warships at Chefoo

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Yarnell enters Brit area, Tientsin

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The Far Easters Situation

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An electrified wire barricade, strung around the British and French Concessions in Tientsin yesterday to prevent Chinese from smuggling in food, seemed to weaken hopes that the AngloJapanese dispute could be confined to the incident whence it had sprung.

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TRANSIT JOBS BILL FOR CIVIL SERVICE SIGNED BY LEHMAN; Wicks Plan for Employes in Event of Unification Gets Last-Minute Approval OVERRIDES MAYOR'S PLEA Governor Calls Message From La Guardia 'Not Clear'--C.I.O. Union Denounces Measure

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Notable Births

1939Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (died 1998)^[†]

Ramakant Bhikaji Desai was an Indian cricketer who represented India in Test cricket as a fast bowler from 1959 to 1968.

1939Budge Rogers, English rugby player and manager^[†]

Derek Prior "Budge" Rogers OBE, born in Bedford on 20 June 1939 and educated at Bedford School, is a former rugby union player who captained Bedford and played at international level for both England and the British Lions.