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Legis passes Coudert bill ending double taxation on odd-lot Stock Exch sales
Japanese advance, east Burma; Chinese counterattack, Taunggyi area; Japanese continue slow gains, Irrawaddy area; Brit reptd holding positions above Taungdwingyi; Chinese rept on Jap casualties, Pyinmana area; battle reptd, Tatkon area; Mandalay and Maymo bombed; Chinese-Brit mil collaboration intensified; unlimited Chinese troops permitted in Burma; map
pipeline plan revised to cut steel use; R K Davies denies reptd plan to cut deliveries to filling stations on May 1; reaction to situation
Roosevelt lays lag to steel supply rather than labor-management slow-down
U S Charge d'Affaires C E Dickerson Jr holds USSR detention of U S fliers in accord with internatl law; Amb Standley asks Wash for instructions; USSR officials minimize incident; Roosevelt comments; Jap comment on U S official silence on raids
1942Jon Kyl, American lawyer and politician[†]
Jon Llewellyn Kyl is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator for Arizona from 1995 to 2013. Following the death of John McCain in 2018, Kyl briefly returned to the Senate; his resignation led to the appointment of Martha McSally in 2019. A Republican, he held both of Arizona's Senate seats at different times, serving alongside McCain during his first stint. Kyl was Senate Minority Whip from 2007 until 2013. He first joined the lobbying firm Covington & Burling after retiring in 2013, then rejoined in 2019.