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February 8, 1944

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State Water Business Held Taxable by U.S.

By Unknown Author

US Circuit Appeals Ct holds NYS bottling and selling agency, Saratoga Springs, subject to Fed excise tax

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COUP MADE IN NIGHT; Naval Guns Rain Shells for 20 Minutes on Isle in Northern Kuriles START FIRES AND HIT SHIP Warships Depart Without a Scratch, Then Our Planes Strike Foe -- Tokyo Worried

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- United States warships in a daring foray into Japanese home territory gave Paramushiru Island its first ship-to-shore bombardment Friday night (Tokyo time), the Navy Department announced today.

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OUR GUNS EXPLODED MARSHALLS MYTH; Roi and Namur in Utter Ruin -- 8,122 Japanese Killed on Kwajalein Atoll to Our 286 OUR GUN EXPLODED MARSHALLS MYTH

By Robert Trumbullby Telephone To the New York Times

US capture of Roi and Namu described; islands ruined by siege; tactics discussed

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TAX BILL ADOPTED, CONGRESS PUTS IT UP TO ROOSEVELT; Many Officials Think He Will Let Measure Become Law, but by Not Signing It 101 VOTE NO IN THE HOUSE This Opposition Causes a New Outbreak of Speculation on Possibility of a Veto TAX BILL ADOPTED; SENT TO PRESIDENT

By Samuel B. Bledsoespecial To the New York Times

Cong passes bill

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1944Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (died 2014)^[†]

Roger Anthony Lloyd-Pack was a British actor. He is best known for playing Trigger in Only Fools and Horses from 1981 to 2003, and Owen Newitt in The Vicar of Dibley from 1994 to 2007. He later starred as Tom in The Old Guys with Clive Swift. He is also well known for the role of Barty Crouch Sr. in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and for his appearances in Doctor Who as John Lumic in the episodes "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel".

1944Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer and journalist (died 2025)^[†]

Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado Júnior was a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist.

Headlines from February 8, 1944

State Water Business Held Taxable by U.S.

COUP MADE IN NIGHT; Naval Guns Rain Shells for 20 Minutes on Isle in Northern Kuriles START FIRES AND HIT SHIP Warships Depart Without a Scratch, Then Our Planes Strike Foe -- Tokyo Worried

OUR GUNS EXPLODED MARSHALLS MYTH; Roi and Namur in Utter Ruin -- 8,122 Japanese Killed on Kwajalein Atoll to Our 286 OUR GUN EXPLODED MARSHALLS MYTH

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TAX BILL ADOPTED, CONGRESS PUTS IT UP TO ROOSEVELT; Many Officials Think He Will Let Measure Become Law, but by Not Signing It 101 VOTE NO IN THE HOUSE This Opposition Causes a New Outbreak of Speculation on Possibility of a Veto TAX BILL ADOPTED; SENT TO PRESIDENT

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