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Show HIGHLIGHTS in the tceek's news COMMUNICATION: The house ways and means committee has approved ap-proved an increase of at least 50 per cent in the tax on telephone and telegraph charges of all kinds. RESIGNATION: In order that a younger man might take his place, Sir Harry Luke, British governor of the Fiji islands and high commissioner commis-sioner of the western Pacific since 1938, has resigned. HEROES: Visiting Washington on a tour of the nation in behalf of war bond sales .15 American and British war heroes paid their respects to -President Roosevelt and congress. At the White House, President and Mrs. Roosevelt and British Ambassador Ambas-sador Lord Halifax were on hand to greet them. On Capitol Hill they were greeted in the house chamber cham-ber and by senate members. |