OPA Orders 10 Per Cent Reduction In Prices
Washington reports a 10 percent price cut on meats coffee and butter effective May 17 with subsidies to producers funded by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Price Administrator Prentiss Brown announced the move abandoning sole reliance on price ceilings and highlighted coordination with the administration to roll back living costs amid wartime strain.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Prentiss Brown
War Labor Board
White House
Little Steel
Brown
Cycle Messenger Recalls Blackout Accident Details
Clyde Roney Jr a cycle messenger involved in a Monday night blackout collision with Roy D Morgan denied claims that Morgan was knocked unconscious or left unattended. Roney said he stopped to help Morgan to the sidewalk and noted Morgans eye injury, while Morgan declined first aid and showed no signs of unconsciousness.
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Clyde Roney, Jr
Roy D. Morgan
Morgan
Roney
Reney
Court House First Air Station
All-Clear
Dear Mom Love Letter From John On Mother's Day
A letter from John to his mother reflects on love and gratitude. He recalls her support during exams, team attempts, and bad dreams, acknowledging her guiding cheer. He mentions hoping to see her again someday and reassures that things are okay where he is.
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John
Gyo
Iine
IP. S
May Queen crowned at Hood College May Day
Hood College holds its annual May Day with the crowning of May Queen Miss Mabel Doris Missimer of Penn Valley Pa. She will be crowned by Miss Anne Pearce of Haddonfield N J. The May Court includes maid of honor Miss Sarah Bond Welch and jester Miss Gail Maurer among a list of senior courtiers. The ceremony occurs at 7 p.m on the steps of Coblentz Hall with a simple wartime theme. A campus horse show and luncheon lead into an afternoon program followed by a carnival and a semi formal May Dance in Coblentz Hall with music by Joe Stephens and his orchestra.}
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Hood College
Mabel Doris Missimer
Penn Valley
Misa Missimer Pwall
Anne Pearce
West Chester
Jean Russell
West Reading
Ruth Trimble
Philadelphia
Ruth Marguerite Walker
East Orange
New Jersey
Princess Hood
Prince Maud
Helen Horst
Hagerstown
Stanley Green
Leesburg
Krebs Benchett
Queenland Hee Court
Cobleniz
Coblentz Hall
Joe Stephens
Henry J. Stahr
Elizabeth Bower
Betty Eckhardt May
James Ranck
Paul B. Beckhelm
Ruth Brossman
Allentown
Anne Holtzworth
Fairmont
W. Va
Tax Abatement Plan Approved in Senate Finance Committee
Washington May 7 A Senate Finance Committee vote 13 to 6 approves a full year tax abatement plan to fund pay as you go revenue, aiming to parallel the Rum Carlson bill with windfall protections for high earners. Senator Clark advocates windfall safeguards while Byrd and four other Democrats oppose the motion.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Rtp Wroer
Rum-Carlson Bil
House
George D-Ga
Clark
D.mo
Byrd
George
Barkley
Kentucky
Connally
Texas
Virginia
Johnson
Colorado
LaFollette
Gerry
Rhode Island
Radcliffe
Maryland
Walsh
Massachusetts
Lucas
Mingis
Vandenberg
Michigan
Davis
Pennsylvania
Lodge
Canaher
Connecticut
Taft
Ohio
Thomas
Idaho
Butler
Nebraska
Milliken
Bailey
Guffey
D.-Pa
Clark Apts
Treasurys
Consil
Held for theft arrest in Boonsboro investigation
George Edward Cook, 25, a truck driver from 154 B. and O. avenue, was arrested Thursday night on a warrant accusing him of stealing a radio from Fred Crowl’s car in Boonsboro. Special Investigator Allen S. Bartis and Officer Earl Sittig turned Cook over to state police after Crowl swore out the warrant. Brattleboro, Vt., May 4 Brats Calvin Starkman of Jefferson, Md., received a Certificate of Merit and Junior Membership for Holstein calf club work.
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George Edward Cook
B. and
O. Avenue
Fred Crowl
Boonsboro
Allen S. Bart
Earl Sittig
Cook
Crowl
Brattleboro, Vi
Brats
Calvin Starkman
Jefferson, Md
Axis Armies in North Africa Crushed after Six Month Campaign
Allied headquarters report Tunis and Bizerte captured in mid afternoon by overwhelming land and air attacks. American and British forces pursued retreating Axis troops toward Cap Bon as German and Italian units fled. Giraud appoints Mast as Resident General of France in Tunisia amid renewed Allied air supremacy and heavy prisoner takings.
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North Africa
Tunis
Bizerte
First Army
Africa
North
Tunisia
Plain of
Enfidaville
Eighth Army
Straits
Sicily
Giraud
Harold Alexander
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joan of Arc
General Mast
Beirut
Lebanon
Alphonse Juin
Mediterranean
Werre
Ihetregille
Petitions Filed For Sunday Movies And Sports Referenda
Petitions bearing more than the required names to place Sunday movies and Sunday sports referenda on the June municipal ballot were filed Friday night with City Election Supervisors. Sunday sports petitions carried 1,588 names, while Sunday movies petitions had 1,603 names. Delegate Hubert L. Grove, sponsor of the referenda legislation, said additional 400 to 500 names would be filed before tonight’s deadline and urged late filers to submit by 6 p.m. today. Legislation requires at least 25 percent of last municipal election voters, about 1,250 names, to qualify. Officials will verify signers’ qualifications. processing will take time. A majority vote in the municipal election will approve either Sunday movies in designated hours or Sunday sports in specified hours.
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Mey
Wit
Hubert L. Grove
Masqueraders in Athlet ic Park Attack Case Leads to Reprimand
A 17 year old boy and a 16 year old girl masquerading as a boy attacked 11 year old Betty Jane Whipp in Athletic Park late Thursday. Named as Grayson Heilman and Adelaide Ibex both from West South Street were questioned, later released with a reprimand after their story proved true. The girl escaped and notified a neighbor, prompting a police search including the carnival area and colored section. Special Investigator Bartgis and Officer Phillips identified the pair from a chance remark.
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Betty Jane ‘Whipp
Athletic Park
Grayson Heilman
West South Street
Adelaide Ibex
Albert McKenzie
Poulsen
Chester Crist
Burke Street
Harry Phillips
Allens. Bartgis
Phillips
Allied Forces Break Through Towards Tunis and Bizerte
Reconnaissance units and reinforced troops surged toward the naval base city of Bizerte while the British First Army pushed armored units into Le Bardo and advanced toward Tunis. Allied headquarters announced progress and then falls on Tunis and Bizerte, noting four points captured and 1,000 prisoners taken as tolls mounted.
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Bizerte
First Army
le Bardo
Bizerte-Tunis
Tunis-Djedeida
Tunis
Windsors On Visit To Miami Deny Rift
In Miami on May 7 the Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrived from Nassau where the Duke governs the Bahamas. Their Miami visit marks the first since December and they will travel to New York tomorrow. The Duke dismissed rumors of estrangement as silly and the Duchess called such talk a fabrication by people who know nothing about them.
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Miami
Fla
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Nassau
Bahamas
United States
New York
Thousands Leaving Essen Amid RAF Raids Americas May 7
Thousands of families in Essen plan to move across Germany after RAF raids on the Krupp works, the Essener National Zeitung reports. Evacuation is city directed. soldiers get priority, and movers must supply packing materials as postwar housing faces long delays.
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Stockholm
Essen
Germany
Armaments Center
U S Establishes Amchitka Air Base Near Kiska
U S forces set up a base on Amchitka Island in the Rat group near Kiska, advancing from Adak and cutting flight time to 12 minutes for bombing raids. Navy communique notes occupation since January, unopposed by the enemy, with early weather and landing craft challenges. Raids on Kiska and Attu conducted May 5 with B 24 Liberator Mitchell and Warhawk aircraft hitting camps, sub bases, and beach areas.
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Washington
Unitediates
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Navy
Amshitka Island
Kiska
Andreanos Islands
Amshitka
Kiszka
Attu
North Pacific
United States
Amchitka
Rat Island
Adak
Andreanoif
Kuska
Gertrude Cove
North
South Head
North Head
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Jesse Jones
James F. Byrnes
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Dorothy Roe
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Leroy Flickinger
Richard Greenwood
Frances Rogers
Ths
Harold Roderick
Russell Martz
Senate
Straits of
Cap Bon
Henri Giraud
Charles Mast
France
Ferrysvile
Axis
Edward D. Storm
James H. Pugh
Rockville
Caroline Valentine
Equity Court
Ellsworth C. Valentine
Frederick Road
Circuit Court
Manuel M. Weinberg
Windsors
L. 5
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Marion Crutchley
Iiy
Edgar Eugene Crutchley
Edgar Crutchley
Nellie May Crutchley
Edward J. Smith
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