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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1940

Page

9

Shenandoah Leading In Popularity In Virginia Travel

A survey of 236 travel officials across 38 states and Canada ranks Virginia sites by popularity. Shenandoah National Park tops the list, followed by Virginia Beach and Natural Bridge, with regional shifts showing the north preferring Shenandoah and the west leaning toward Hersburg and other historic sites.

Richmond Shenandoah National Park Virginia G ‘ Seeginia Conservation Commission Virginia Beach Natural Bridge States Canada Virginia Planning Board Ant Vernon Shenandoah Valley Caverns Luray Caverns West Shenandoah Hamsburg Williamsburg

Market Quotations From Baltimore and Philadelphia Trends

Market notes from Baltimore and Philadelphia dated May 27 show steady to mixed prices for produce, potatoes, poultry, eggs, butter, and meats. Highlights include apples and various potato grades, steady poultry bids with limited fowl and duck offerings, eggs steady near 16-19 cents, and cattle hog and sheep trading in narrow ranges in Baltimore and Chicago markets.

Baltimore Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia U. S N. Y N. C Nancy Halls Baltimore Livestock Dept. Agr Philadelphia Plymouth Rocks Chicago Livestock Chicago

Local Markets and Grain Quotes From Chicago and Baltimore

Market notes show mixed grain and feed prices with patent flour bags listed. Chicago cash grain reports no cash wheat sales while oats and soybeans show varied futures and spot quotes. Baltimore wheat prices run around 1.02 for No 2 red winter and corn at 76 to 78 cents.

Star Ana Chicago Cash Grain Chicago Baltimore Grain Baltimore Winchester

Wheat and grain prices ease on wartime uncertainty

Wheat prices turned lower in Chicago and Winnipeg as weekend news favored the Allied situation but dampened trader enthusiasm. Uncertainty over the war and weak European demand kept grain operations tight and trading subdued.

Chicago Winnipeg

Stock Market Report in War Nervousness Mixed Gains

New York May 27 war nervousness attracted buyers for selected steels aircraft and copper shares. Morning gains to two points or more were trimmed by final hour selling was negligible and session turnover about 900000 shares. Strong Allied resistance reports and home rearmament spending buoyed sentiment while bonds edged higher and commodities stayed steady. Sterling slipped to 3.1844 demand.

New York Flanders

Parachutists Hold Dutch Bridges In Nazi Invasion

From Utrecht May 27 Associated Press report on German pioneer parachute troops who seized and held the Moerdijk and Dordrecht bridges for three days. A Hanover youth, 22, recalls jumping from about 300 meters, digging in, resisting Dutch attempts to blow the bridges, and reporting British bombers and ships during the operation.

Germance Azi Rotterdam Netherlands Lynn Heinzerling Associated Press Berlin Utrecht Holland Pipt Ye Skylkedee & Group Moerdijk Hollandisch Diep Dordrecht Hanover

First Shipment of County Lambs Nears Markets

Farmers in Frederick County were notified by county agent I Fred Stine that the first Spring shipment of lambs old sheep and calves will be made by the Live Stock Marketing Association tomorrow. Stock should be at Middletown yards between 8 and 3 for grading and dispatch to Terminal Markets at Baltimore or Jersey City. The wheels of Japanese hearses emit seven melancholy sounds at every turn.

Frederick County I. Fred Stine Live Stock Marketing Association Middletown Baltimore Jersey City

Sorrow at Moerdijk Bridge as Dutch bury fallen

News recounts troops sinking before reaching the bridge during the invasion. By noon Dutch forces claimed bunkers near the river bridge occupied, then artillery targeted them. Nearby at Moerdijk a cluster of 13 fresh graves marked with crosses drew civilians and soldiers, a man carrying his son’s body among mourners.

Moerdijk Bridge

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