OPA Cuts Meat Point Values Amid Canadian Ration Changes
The Office of Price Administration announces lower meat point values effective this week as Canada plans a major change in its meat rationing. Pork items drop one to three points, beef roasts and rib steaks fall one point, and overall March meat ration is expected to rise about 8 percent.
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Washington
Canada
OPA
Office of Price Administration
Chester W. Bowles
Bowles
Canada Ends Meat Rations
In Ottawa the Commons announced a temporary suspension of meat rationing effective at midnight. Parliamentarian Douglas Abbott said meatless Tuesdays and rationing would end due to heavy livestock marketings and shipping shortages limiting exports to allied nations.
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Ottawa
Canada
Commons
Douglas Abbott
James L. Asley
House
Dominion
March brings heavy snow and roaring lion advent in Somerset
The article notes a March snowstorm in Somerset with continuous snowfall, 15 highway plows by noon and more crews later, disrupting traffic and communications. It recalls the 1932 blizzard that paralyzed all transport for three days and mentions local lore about Leap Year snow and Brer Groundhog’s shadow predicting six more weeks of winter.
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Somerset
Br’er
Mountain Top
Garrett Man Recovers From War Wounds in England Base Hospital
Pfc. Donald Brant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brant of Garrett, is recuperating in an England base hospital after being wounded in action in the Mediterranean. He and a companion were in a fox hole in Italy when a shell exploded. Brant’s letter home confirms steady recovery and notes his brother SSgt. Harry Brant Jr. also serves overseas.
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Donald Brant
Harry Brant
Garrett
Mediterranean
England
Marion Brant
War Department
Waich
Brant
Italy
Young Brant
Ealary
Ssg
Harry Brant Jr
Pfc
Lymald
Mine cave near pothole traps rescuer in Scranton scene
In Scranton on February 29 a Mayfield miner fell into a ground cave while approaching a pothole at a Jermyn colliery. John Wazek, 54, was pulled from the hole by two men and taken to Carbondale General Hospital with back and abdominal pains. The hole’s depth was not yet known.
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Scranton
Jule Ann Fullmer
Pittston
Mayfield
John Wazek
Jermyn
Wazek
Carbondale General Hospital
Business Men to Banquet March 28
The Business Men's division of the Chamber of Commerce will hold a dinner March 28 at the Methodist church in connection with the annual meeting. Plans were made for 200 guests and ticket sales are controlled by the directors. The organization voted to donate $50 to the Red Cross war fund drive.
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Chamber of Commerce
Methodist Church
Red Cross
Federal ballot compromise ends stalemate in service vote drive
Conferees unveil a two tier federal ballot plan allowing use in states lacking absentee systems and as a supplement where permitted by state law. Servicemen may vote by federal ballot after applying for a state ballot and not receiving it by Oct. 1. Rankin warns the struggle continues over state election autonomy.
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Howard Flieger
Washington
Senate
House
Rej. Rankin
D-Miss
Congress
Charles L. McNary
Riep. Worley
D-Tex
Rankin
Reps
Bonner
D-Nc
Lecompte
Iowa
Mothers at Hospital Running Race
Uniontown, February 29. Mrs. Ray Hostetter and her six pound son her 23rd child are said to be doing nicely at Uniontown Hospital today. The large family includes 17 living children, nine girls and eight boys, with the latest birth occurring Sunday. The Dotsons of Masontown posted a runner up tally with their 22nd child, a seven pound 12 ounce boy born tonight. ten of their children survive, five boys and five girls. The father is a miner.
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Uniontown
Ray Hostetter
Uniontown Hospital
George Dotson
Masontown
Dotson
Somerset Countians Receive Decorations
Two Somerset county airmen are among 87 Pennsylvania fliers to receive decorations for medium bomber combat over the coast of France. Second Lt. William J. Farkas of Windber earns two bronze oak leaf clusters to his air medal while Tech. Set. Joel J. Welch Jr. of Meyersdale gains one bronze oak cluster for his air medal.
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Somerset County
Pennsylvania
France
War Department
William J. Farkas
Windber
Joel J. Welch, Jr
Meyersdale
Stork Cop Delivers Leap Year Baby In Philadelphia
Patrolman Samuel Van Gilder known as the stork cop assisted at the birth of a leap year baby today. With 17 prior deliveries he rushed to the home of Mrs Ruth Grady wife of Pvt Alonzo Grady at Ft Lee Va no doctor or hospital available and delivered a seven pound boy.
Argentine Navy demands Ramirez return or delegation of powers
A private Buenos Aires report says Acting President Farrell pressed Ramirez to be reinstated or yield authority in the Supreme Court. Ramirez reportedly resigned but his successor declined to accept. he signed a delegation of powers after persuasion. Navy leaders, long absent from government, oppose army dominance and favor constitutional normalcy amid the ongoing crisis.
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Montevideo
Buenos Aires
Edelmiro Farrell
Pedro Ramirez
Supreme Court
Farrell
Associated Press
Ramirez
Roberto Repetto
U S Notes Serious Tone on Argentina Relations
Acting Secretary of State Stettinius told Argentine Ambassador Escobar that U S Argentina ties are in serious regard due to Buenos Aires government changes. Stettinius said the Buenos Aires situation remains fluid as President Edelmiro Farrell fills key appointments, leaving the administration’s exact makeup undetermined.
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Washington
Edward R. Stettinius
Adrian C. Escobar
United States
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Escobar
Stettinius
Edelmiro Farrell
Disastrous Japanese Burma Campaign Report
New Delhi report says about 8000 Japanese troops retreating south of Mayu range toward Akyab after a failed attack on the Fifth and Seventh Indian divisions. Mountbatten proclaims a complete victory for the Allies and details air, naval, and ground actions across Arakan and northern Burma with no Allied losses.
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Associated Press
New Delhi
India
Burma
Mayu Range
Akyab
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia Command
14Th Army
Eastern Air Command
Ara~kan
Arakan
Buthedaung-Maungdaw
Bridegroom Killed in Auto Strike Streetcar Crash
Pittsburgh February 29 Delbert E Fox a 27 year old bridegroom died when his car struck a streetcar Police found a letter in his pocket from his bride who planned to travel from Fairmont West Virginia to Greensburg to start housekeeping They were married in Greensburg in February
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Pittsburgh
Delbert E. Fox
Fairmont
W. Va
Greensburg
Russians drive westward from Pskov toward Baltic front
Moscow says red army rapidly advances north of Pskov with towns near the city captured and rail lines threatened. Russian forces also push into Estonia across Lake Peipus and reach toward Ostrov while another spearhead moves south of Krivoi Rog toward Nikolaecka.
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Tom Yargrough
London
Moscow
Red Army
Pskov
Baltic States
Stockholm
Estonia
Lake Peipus
Helsinki
Peipus
Novorzhev
Ukraine
Krivoi Rogana
Ingulets
Nikolaecka
Fskov
Pogorelka
Kutuzovo
Malkova
Malekova
Markova
Psko
Polotsk
Pskov-Ostrov-Dvina
Ostrov
Gdov
Krivoi Rog
Shirokoye
Latvia
Lithuania
Eskov
Berlin
Vichy
Nazi Forces Enter Glina Amid Balkan Offensives
The Yugoslav Partisans under Marshal Tito said German forces entered Glina in Croatia after it was liberated two months earlier. They reported further offensives in Venetian Slovenia and Styria, with heavy Partisan losses cited and battles in Petrinje and other areas.
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London
Josip Broz (Tito
Glina
Slovenia
Venetian
Styria
Pohorje
Pogorje
Petrinje
Berlin
Tito
Bosnia
Dalmatian
Yanks Seize Admiralty Foothold Amid Pacific Push
American troops have seized a foothold in the Admiralty islands outflanking Rabaul and enclosing about 50,000 Japanese troops. Big Momote airdrome on Los Negros was captured with light resistance, boosting front lines toward the Philippines as MacArthur directs the operation.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Admiralty Islands
Rabaul
Bismarck Sea
New Britain
Vichy Radio
Japan
Washington
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Central Pacific
Kusaie
Ponape
Carolines
Truk
Marshalls
Philippines
Big Momote
Los Negros Island
First Cavalry
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
New Guinea
Madang
Wewak
American heavy bombers pound Brunswick and Pas-de-Calais targets
American B-17s and B-24s led a record offensive month over Europe with 19 missions by the Eighth Air Force destroying at least 632 enemy aircraft and losing 63 planes. Escorts claimed several enemy fighters down while weather limited interceptions. The strikes hit Brunswick engine plants and military installations along Pas-de-Calais in coordinated Allied air action with Ninth and Second air forces.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Europe
Brunswick
Germany
Pas-de-Calais
France
Eighth Air Force
Messerschmitt
RAF
Berlin
Channel
U. S
Reds Join Rehearsal For Invasion
Russian admirals and a general joined American amphibious exercises off an English coast as part of a broader military cooperation with the Allies. The participation of nine other officers from the Russian mission highlighted interest in amphibious invasion techniques as the Western Allies study seaborne operations for a potential eastern blow once the Western Front opens.
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Wes Gallagher
London
U. S
Pacific
Mediterranean
Churchill
Towers Assumes Deputy Commander Role in Pacific Fleet
Vice Admiral John Henry Towers has taken duties as deputy commander in chief of the Pacific fleet and Pacific ocean areas per a press release by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz at Pearl Harbor. He relieves the deputy commander of the South Pacific forces, with the air force of the Pacific fleet now led by Rear Admiral Charles A. Pownall.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
John Henry Towers
Pacific Fleet
Pacific Ocean Areas
Chester W. Nimitz
Admiral Towers
South Pacific
Airforce
Charles A. Pownall
Russia offers peace terms to Finland with German force removal
Moscow radio broadcast announced Russia would negotiate on termination of military operations with Finland. The terms demand rupture with Germany, repatriation of POWs, possible Finnish troop demobilization, and reparations negotiations in Moscow. Finnish parliament debated whether to accept the terms as Helsinki reporters noted.
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London
Russia
Finland
Moscow
Helsinki
Juho K. Paasikivi
Alexandra Kollantay
Sweden
Stockholm
Paasikivi
Kollantay
Germany
Somerset Weather Report for 24 Hour Period
Daily weather summary by David Grove reports from 5 30 p m Monday to 5 30 p m Tuesday. Data shows temperature extremes and precipitation but figures are unreadable in the record.
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David Grove
U. S
Weather Observer
Maryland and Nearby Regions Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy and windy with snow flurries in the mountains on Wednesday. East portions warm slightly by afternoon. Western and central Pennsylvania see continued cold with diminishing winds and mountain snow flurries. West Virginia shares cold, partly cloudy conditions with occasional flurries in the northeast.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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