20 Jan 1941
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Newspaper
Middlesboro Daily News
Location
Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1941
Page
1
The article analyzes 1940 foreign trade shifts as war alters demand and markets. It notes Europe disruption, South American cutbacks, and a surge in war material exports toward the British Empire. It warns of a declining overall trade balance, urging mutual trade with imports to support U.S. industry.
A Boston resident, Mrs Georgia J Hill, shielded by an umbrella during a light shower, forgets her wallet containing $65. The rain erodes the concealing folds, washing away the money as she walks home. The incident highlights the vulnerability of small cash holdings in sudden weather.
Market reports show cattle demand steady with a few gains in light and medium weight categories. Hog and sheep trading remains dull with prices largely unchanged and light yearling demand up to around 14 dollars.
Frayindin Delano Roosevelt, the thirty second president, rode the inaugural route in 1933 with 250000 spectators along Pennsylvania Avenue. After the ceremony he lunched at the White House and reviewed a parade of cavalry, infantry, and civil groups from multiple states. Four years later the president repeated the triumph, with Senator Robinson administering the oath, Chief Justice Hughes presiding, and the red Dutch family Bible opened to Corinthians cited as a benediction on mankind.
Memphis residents adapt to a police ban on auto sirens by using creative substitutes to signal vehicles. A woman rang a dinner bell from her car to warn others, while a driver practiced inching past intersections to alert pedestrians. The piece notes widespread, improvised signaling as drivers cope with restrictions.
New Orleans Opera and the Spring Fiesta extend Mardi Gras season into a two week event. The theme Catton will guide the celebration with a pirate alley art display near St Louis Cathedral.
The excerpt follows Elliott entering the large household of Captain Cary Esser and his secretary as a mystery unfolds. Proctor Rand’s antagonism and a walking trip with Kaye uncover tensions, a hidden chest, and a visit to a fishing village where poverty and a rugged stranger imprint the scene.
An outdoor event features a Lower show and reception on the planning day at the fiesta. Showboat March 2 promises a 2 lifetime performance with Dillard University Negro Spirituals and New Orleans Garde Society tours. Tours of the old French Quarter and St Francisville visitations accompany a reading at the governor’s mansion in Baton Rouge. A Night in Old New Orleans staged at Vieux Carre with period costumes and a concert by the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra plus tours of Tulane and Loyola campuses.
A civilian force of more than 10,000 American Legionnaires and volunteers will aid the Army in winter exercises in New England. The unit will simulate enemy maneuvers and invasion, with observers telephoning warning signals from a centralized center staffed by 180 women from Massachusetts towns.
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