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Show Shipping Board Exceeds Program Pro-gram for March by Twelve Thousand Tons. WASHINGTON, March 30. The shipping board exceeded its launching program in March by 12,000 tons but fell behind in its schedule of completed com-pleted ships, owing to difficulty in obtaining stoel plates. Figures given out at the board's offices today showed that thirty-sL-ships of 273,786 tons were launched and twenty of 162,200 tons were completed com-pleted and delivered. At the beginning begin-ning of the month, it was announced that it was hoped to launch thirty-five ships of 220,591 tons during March and deliver twenty-three ships of 1SS;-275 1SS;-275 tons. |