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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1941
Page
7
New York estimates a record sale of 30 million straw hats and panamas for American men, driven by cross ventilation and the push to end the hatless fad. Hatters cite comfort and cooling styles as hats shift from plain to bright bands and colors.
Baltimore Livestock exchange notes moderate receipts and mixed trends. Cattle mostly 15 to 25 lower with steers 716-1100 lb at 9.25-10.50, heifers 9.70, cows 7.50-? 18-25 lower, calves 11.50-12.00, hogs 9.30-9.50 for 180-330 lb, sheep around 4.00-4.50, salable totals: cattle 4,000, calves 1,000, hogs 8,000, sheep 8,000. demand softening for cattle, hogs steady to higher, stock cattle steady with some weak cows continued.
The Department of Agriculture notes active inquiry for three territory wools with dull overall demand at YSS. Buyers paid 90 to 93 cents scoured, with 87 cents for combing quarter blood wools. Combings 3-8 and 1-4 blood bright fleece wools moved moderately at 46-47 cents, mostly 47, with 49 cents in the grease for light shrinking bright fleeces.
The church will review its work for the past nine months during a service at the venue. The program features selections by the Senior Choir Boys Choir and Cherub Choir. All members and visitors are urged to attend.
May 22 New York stock market fell from a tentative rally as bearish war news dampened trading. Major names such as Packard, Sears Roebuck, US Steel and Union Pacific posted losses or small gains in a day dominated by caution and profit-taking.
Wheat gains nearly five cents a bushel while beans rise up to eight cents. Closing quotes show May wheat around 97 3 4 to 98 1 2, Sept near 98 5 8, July 73 3 8, and bean May about 36 1 2. Chicago cash grain lists mixed wheat at 1.02 plus corn at 75 1 4 to 75 1 2.
War dispatches suggest a by pass scheme to push German army reinforcements through Turkey into Iraq bypassing Turkish neutrality. Diplomats in Vichy report equipment reaching Turkey by rail to Iraq after threats to close the Persian Gulf route. Cyprus and Crete figure as strategic concerns in Mediterranean operations.
Selection features 1940 Chevrolet Town Sedan 1939 Chevrolet Town Sedan 1937 Plymouth Coupe 1937 Chevrolet Town Sedan 1936 Ford Sedan 1936 Dodge Town Sedan 1934 Ford Tudor 1935 Ford Sedan 1935 Plymouth Coach 1933 Buick Coupe plus trucks including 1940 Ford L. w. b. 95 h p 1940 Chevrolet 114 ton pickup 1940 Ford pickup 4 ton 1939 Chevy pickup 2 ton Willys 1936 Chevy panel delivery sale at Shenandoah Motor Co.
The author argues Hitler will push through Crete to Cyprus and Cyprus near Syria while Alexandria remains a sea control base. He may send troops by air to Iraq and French Mandated Syria if allowed to close the Turkish corridor, testing Turkey's willingness to defend its freedom of action.
The Winchester Chamber of Commerce booklet is now off the Pifer printer presses with fifty thousand copies distributed. The release signals broad local outreach and promotional effort by the Chamber to publicize city business and services.
The booklet, just released today, is receiving many requests for copies from distant points. It covers Winchester Point Erick County and highlights principal places of interest for visitors.
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