Princeton Quint Drops State Championship To Wheeling Golds 46-45
Princeton high school Tigers lost the West Virginia state basketball final to Wheeling Golds 46-45 in a late finish. Jimmie Walthall received all tournament honors after a spirited game at Mountain Field House in Morgantown W Va on March 27.
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Meat Hurriedly Snapped Up as Markets Go Bare Nationwide
An Associated Press survey shows wide meat shortages across the United States with crowds at Chicago Cleveland Detroit San Francisco New York and Philadelphia facing empty shelves. Officials used emergency powers to replenish supplies for the weekend and start of rationing on Monday but cannot estimate relief.
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Japanese Cargo Ship Bombed Off New Guinea
An 8000 ton Japanese cargo ship was bombed and strafed by Allied planes off Bogia on the north New Guinea coast. A reconnaissance attack scored a direct hit while two 500 pound bombs landed within 30 feet. Allied gunners strafed decks as long range fighters bombed near Malahang airfield and Lae area for a second day.
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U S Air Power Expansion In Britain Flagged By Generals
London March 27 The immediate expansion of United States air power in Britain is expected after Maj Gen Ira C Baker declares daylight precision bombing a success. U S Army Air Forces plan to match RAF plane for plane and bomb for bomb as production rises.
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Early Northern Contract Seen In Coal Talks
New York March 27 The United Mine Workers vice president John O Leary said a northern soft coal contract may be reached when negotiations resume with the northern Appalachian group next Tuesday. The present contract expires March 31. Southern operators and miners remain deadlocked after adjourning. Major demands include a $2 wage increase and an $8 minimum for all workers. Northern operators have agreed to terms not yet specified.
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Train collision injures about forty in Chicago
About 40 passengers were reported injured when the Illinois Central Sunflower rear collided with the Creole at a south side station. The Creole was entering Chicago from New Orleans and had stopped at 63rd street when struck from behind by the Sunflower coming from Florida. Ambulances were rushed to the scene.
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OPA Cuts Blue Coupon Need for Juice and Dried Fruits
The Office of Price Administration announced new point values for processed foods. Fruit juices will require fewer blue ration coupons, prunes and raisins will take none, and dried soups lose half their points. Canned beans catsup and chili sauce tomato paste and sauce will need more points.
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Office of Price Administration
New Wartime Food Chief Faces Broad Range of Problems
Chester C. Davis will become the nation’s wartime food administrator next week. He must address farm labor shortages price disputes and possible shifts in production goals focusing on meats milk poultry and key food crops. Milk prices and corn supply loom as urgent issues amid debates over subsidies and policy.
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Wallace Sees Americas Union After War in Chile
Vice President Henry A. Wallace addressed the Chilean congress in Santiago urging a postwar revolution toward freedom from poverty and international brotherhood. He predicted the disappearance of frontiers as nations fuse, citing San Martin and O’Higgins, and said Chile would have a distinguished place in a peace based on social justice.
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Russians claim 28,000 Germans killed near Orel
London March 28 A Soviet information bureau announced Russian forces have killed 28,000 German troops since February 1 in the Orel sector central front. The report cited 20,000 German deaths in February and 8,000 in March with 6,820 Russians killed in the same period. The communique denied a German claim of massive destroyies and noted fluctuating activity across Belgorod Kursk Kharkov and Novorossisk areas.
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Novorossisk
Kursk
Black Sea
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Allies Press Toward Mareth Line In Tunisia
Allied forces report American troops driving toward Fondouk in central Tunisia while the British Eighth Army fights its way into the Mareth line. Both sectors show strong artillery concentrations as cautious advance continues and axis air bases near Kairouan and Gabes are targeted.
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el Hamma
Gabes
Western Desert Air Force
British Bombers Attack Berlin Report Notes RAF Losses
Berlin radio broadcast via Associated Press says five British planes were shot down during raids on Berlin Saturday night. Several waves attacked the capital, with only a few aircraft reaching the metro area and damage limited to residential quarters.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Roosevelt veto threat looms over Rums plan tax debate
Washington March 27 A Democrat led drive for a pay as you go compromise to modify 1942 taxes faces a likely presidential veto of the Rums plan. Rep Dies warned the plan would bypass income tax year triggering strong opposition from Republicans and Democrats as they seek a middle path with withholding and increased armed forces exemptions.
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Treasury
Five year old Wanda Dews killed in Monongalia County crash
Wanda Dews aged five was struck and killed by a automobile on state route 7 in Monongalia County Corp C W Dye reported to state police headquarters.
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Non-Deferrables Begin Reclassification in War Effort
Washington reports draft boards will reclassify non-deferables next week as some workers shift to essential jobs. Officials note lack of precise figures on how many men changed positions, while 3-B and 1-A classifications and 30 day induction stays hinge on employment service registration and other criteria.
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War Manpower Commission
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