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bill passed, House; amendment to cut corp normal and surtax rates voted down; corp excess profits taxes raised
25% gasoline cut set in buffer zone; 7 NYS counties added to rationed area; comment; buffer zone mapped
RAF bombs Vegesack U-boat yds, other northwest Ger points and Octeville-Le Treport area, France; Berlin radio rents Brit raids on Bremen and Oldenburg and Ger raid on munitions plant near London
AFL Bldg and Construction Trades Council threatens strike in protest against 1,100 WPA workers employment on Naval Reserve Officers Training School construction, Ft Schuyler, NY; strike will involve 22,000 workers on navy projects in NY area; H McSpedon, AFL repr, says union first protested in Mar; cites WPA wage rate; navy spokesman says Schuyler project is WPA project with no navy funds involved; WPA comments; LaGuardia and navy officials in Wash silent
1942Mallikarjun Kharge, Indian politician, 98th President of the Indian National Congress[†]
Mallikarjun Mapanna Kharge is an Indian lawyer and statesman serving as the President of the Indian National Congress since 2022 and Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha since 2021. He has been a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Karnataka since 2020.