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Show I HIGHLIGHTS ... week's newt PENNIES: Since the copper situation situ-ation has improved considerably, the War Production board has decided de-cided to permit addition of enough of the red metal to pennies to restore re-store the old copper-zinc ratio of 95 parts copper to 5 parts zinc. Production Pro-duction rate currently is at 150 million mil-lion one-cent pieces per month. It is expected that the annual output will exceed a billion steel pennies. FASTEST PLANE: The world's fastest plane is the P-51 Mustang, capable of 425 miles per hour in level flight, the war department reveals. re-veals. This U. S. fighter also holds records for ceiling and range performance per-formance and has a tactical radius of 500 miles. It is powered by a Rolls Royce-Merlin engine, driving a four-bladed propeller. KNIGHTHOOD: The grand cross of the Order of the Bath, exclusive British society, was presented to Gen. Douglas MacArthur by Governor Gover-nor General Gowrie in Canberra, Australia. FOOD PROCESSORS: There will be a need for at least 700,000 seasonal sea-sonal workers in canneries and other oth-er food processing plants this year, Paul McNutt, manpower commissioner, commis-sioner, says. This is 100,000 more than were needed last year. Students, Stu-dents, women, and part-time workers work-ers will be the only source, he believes, be-lieves, though prisoners of war and soldiers on leave can be called upon. MENINGITIS: The dread disease, spinal meningitis, is almost conquered, con-quered, according to a prominent army doctor. He stated that sulfa drugs had reduced the death rate from about 39 per cent in the first World war to about 2 per cent in this one. Use of penicillin, he believes, be-lieves, may complete the conquest of the disease. TAX PAYMENT: What is believed be-lieved to be the largest check ever received at the New York internal revenue office for a quarterly tax payment, amounted to 27 million dollars. |