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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1942
Page
9
Baltimore reports cattle hogs and calves price moves with steers up to 14.25 for week, cows 7.50-10.75, hogs steady with top 144.60, sheep steady. Chicago and Pittsburgh show mixed gains across hogs cattle calves and sheep.
Baltimore market closes with No 2 red winter wheat at 1.193 4 May delivery range and corn around 90 to 98 cents per bushel. Domestic basis shows wheat at 1.193 4 and corn near 96 to 98 cents.
The market recovered with no clear aggressive trend and mixed incentives. Early leaders fluctuated with many finishing unchanged or down in the final hour while around 125 000 shares changed hands, among the smallest since last August. Major names included Standard Oil (NJ) Chesapeake & Ohio Woolworth Sears Roebuck Westinghouse American Can Dow Chemical Du Pont Union Carbide Public Service of N J. weaker drift hit U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler General Motors Southern Railway American Telephone Anaconda Caterpillar U S Rubber preferred Goodyear Air Reduction Philip Morris. Bonds and commodities showed irregular activity.
The Federal State Flood Forecasting Service said only small tributaries were dangerous while major streams crest and recede. Floods threaten Lycoming Schuylkill Lehigh Lackawanna basins with up to ten feet above flood stage. An unidentified woman died near Montoursville and 250 people were evacuated from threatened homes and hotels. Six trains halted by a washout near Scranton, and a boy swept downstream near Dickson City was rescued.
Film actress Priscilla Lane wed Lieut. Joseph A. Howard in Las Vegas. Lane aged 23 and Howard 27 marked his first marriage. Lane is sister of Lola and Rosemary Lane and was previously married to Orin Haglund, from whom she divorced.
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State Highway Commissioner James A. Anderson said the flood damage in Staunton district is severe with scarce materials and high prices. Rockbridge county secondary roads were damaged, Route 11 south of Mount Jackson reopened, Route 158 in Page county blocked, Route 33 near Rawley Springs limited to one-way traffic. A 150-foot bridge span over Fall Creek near Brookfield on Route 605 was wrecked, valued at about 5000 dollars. Route 158 between Grove Hill and Alma closed likely until tomorrow. Route 249 at Glasgow expected to reopen today.
The midnight communique reports Russian troops fortified positions and conducted offensive actions near Kharkov in the Izyum Baryenkova area, repelling 11 Nazi attacks and inflicting heavy losses. More than 15 000 Germans killed in three days, with continued resistance on the Kerch peninsula.
British radio reported Sevastopol garrison steadily pushing back Axis siege lines set last October. The Crimean base's industries including a munitions plant were moved underground. Russian airmen were credited with destroying or damaging 85 German tanks in operations Thursday.
In Van Nuys California Earl Steinmetz a 27 year old actor was fatally injured during a motion picture shoot when a plane struck him on a runway. Portraying an air raid warden he stepped onto the runway to greet the plane and a wingtip knocked him to the ground fracturing his skull. He died soon after in a hospital.
Durham North Carolina May 23 W G Bramham president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues says banning charter buses after June 1 by the Office of Defense Transportation will not materially affect the minor league setup. He notes clubs began arrangements early and may switch to private cars or station wagons with rationed gasoline available.
British bombers raided Akyab airdrome in western Burma for the second day running. Bomb bursts were seen on runways, one Japanese navy plane was shot down, and a low level strike hit river craft at Mayu Creek. No British losses reported. planes returned safely.
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Nina Fleming aged 50 wife of Herman Fleming a prominent Jefferson and Clarke county farmer died at her home near Gaylord after a prolonged illness. She is survived by her husband a daughter Mrs Clarke James of Purcellville and several grandchildren. Further details were not available.
Prom German broadcast notes that a few British planes flew over Helgoland bight and the north German coast last night but dropped no bombs.
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