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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1940

Page

9

Market Quotations From Baltimore and Philadelphia

Baltimore market notes show steady eggs and mixed poultry prices with various weights and colors. cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep receive mixed quotes including steers 8.50 to 10.65 per hundredweight and hogs top around 6.25. Philadelphia lists weak egg prices, live poultry tone, and dressed assortment. Chicago reports higher live hog bids early then slower trade with steady fat lambs and firmer cattle.

Baltimore Livestock Baltimore U. . Dept. Agr Philadelphia U. S Pymouth Plymouth Chicago Ess Bos

Stock Market Slumps On Allied Reverses In War News

New York May 21 stock market dives on reports of severe European war reverses. Losses reach over 13 points at worst as turnover hits 4 million shares, the largest since September. Blue chips and high priced rails and manufacturers suffer while wheat futures steady after early decline.

New York Geraud Erling

British Dispute Claims of Germans

New York May 21 German claims of occupying Arras and Amiens were disputed by the British radio picked up by CBS. The announcer warned that a motorized advance can be serious but does not necessarily imply defeat or breakthrough.

C. P Holland Zeeland Adolf Hitler Blitzkrieg Berlin New York Arras Amiens Seen CBS

German claims on captured towns contradicted

Fragmentary wartime report notes German claims of town captures but questions persist about actual conquests as officials referenced uncertain, limited progress amid ongoing fighting and scattered communications.

Selected Stocks Quotations at Close Today

Stocks end trading with a wide range of prices including Am Can at 89 3-4 and Allied Chemical at 141 1-2. Notable scores include AT and T at 149 5-8, Bethlehem at 68 3-4, and U S Steel at 44. Other names seen are General Electric 29 1-8, Packard 25-8, Sears Roebuck 63, Texas Corp 34 5-8, Union Pacific 75, and Woolworth 30 1-2.

al Chem Am Can Am Rad Smel AT & T B and O Bethlehem Chrysler Con Edison Gen! Cigar Elec Kennecott M Ward Nat

Grain futures and cash bids drift with mixed signals

Chicago May 21 grain quotes show wheat fluctuating in narrow 3 cent to 4.5 cent ranges amid German news. May wheat around 82 3/4 to 82 1/4 cents, corn near 63 cents, soybeans to 91 3/4 cents. cash grain sees few sales and mixed No 1 and No 2 bids. Baltimore and Winchester markets report wheat around 96 cents a bushel and corn 70 to 78 cents.

Chicago Co Cash Grain Baltimore Grain Baltimore Winchester

Graduation Clock Has Begun Ticking at Handley High

Hodgson and Brown jewelers will award a wrist watch to two Handley High School seniors. The winners depend on where the hands of a window clock stop. the clock was started this morning. There are 105 seniors: 55 girls and 50 boys. Names are pasted on the clock face with the hour hand for boys and the minute hand for girls. This is the eighteenth year of the contest.

Handley High School Hodgson and Brown

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