Empire silhouette returns as wartime fashion trend eyed
Wartime conditions spur revival of the Empire line with high busts and no waist. Designers Sophie Mainbocher Valentina push short bodice and night dress styles, forecasting 1950s wear including shirt and skirt outfits. Empire corsage and molded silhouettes may dominate spring fashion with fabric conservation in mind. Dr. Jose Hoyo Mote marks hospital anniversary after delivering his thousandth healthy baby. Female silkworm moths cannot fly.
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NEA Service
New York
Sophie
Mainbocher
Valentina
Madame Valentina
Napoleon
Josephine
Jose Hoyo Mote
Mexico City
Club Honors Two Members At Birthday Tea
Mrs L P Gorman hosted El Martes Needle Club at her home on Parker Street where honorees Mrs W B Osborne and Mrs B W McNeilly received gifts and enjoyed refreshment plates. Attendees included Mesdames W A Christian L P Dowie Peggy Baker T A Herbert R H Lumpkin R M Mashburn W L Riley W T Williford and B W Sory.
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W. B. Osborne
B. W. McNeilly
Parker Street
el Martes Needle Club
W. A. Christan
L. P. Dowie
Pegey Baker
T. A. Herbert
R. H Lumpkin
R. M. Mashburn
W. L Riley
W. T. Williford
B. W Sory
Homemakers' Class Holds Annual Holiday Social and Gift Basket
The San Jacinto Baptist Church Homemakers' Class met at Mrs. L. Quinn's home for a holiday social and brief business. Mrs. J. A. Leath gave the devotional and Mrs. W. S. Savage led prayer. After contests, gifts were exchanged and a groceries basket prepared for a needy family. Refreshments served to many members. a stray note cites Chicago hamburger consumption.
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San Jacinto Baptist Church
L. Quinn
J. A. Leath
W. S. Savage
Howard Bennett
H. Woodward
Frank Allen
Leath
Morris Bankhead
A. M. Caraway
Savage
H. F. Gilbreath
Walter Huntley
A. L. Carter
W. N. Watford
M. F. Riker
Lola Daniel
G C. Cox
A. B. Guynes
J. M. Bullock
M. 8. Wasson
E. A. Smallwood
W. W. McClendon
Quinn
All Snug for a Romp in the Wettest Snow
A youngster wears a new lightweight snow suit described as closely woven poplin lined with wool. The water repellent fabric resists oily stains and features a reversible jacket with attached hood and double thickness legs with knitted ankle closures.
Let Nothing Hinder Teaching The Baby Good Eating Habits
A humorous narrative follows Timothy Hall, a three month old who disdains meals in favor of play and attention. His mother experiments with strategies to coax full meals while preserving the christening, ending with a stony, stubborn toddler scene before the minister speaks. The piece then shifts to a fashion note on Victory Shoulder Sacks promoting postwar shopping and patriotism.
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Tim
Timothy
Timmy
Mother
Tucker
Installation Planned by Amarillo ChurchWomen Group
Officers will be installed and talks given by United Service Organization representatives at the Amarillo Council of Church Women meeting tomorrow at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. Mrs. R. T. Weills urges all church women to attend including new Amarillo residents. The council board meets at Pargh House at 9:30 with the general meeting at 10:30. A covered dish luncheon follows and speakers include Elizabeth H. Payne and Frances McFeely. Mrs. M. G. Mathis will sing and the nursery will be open.
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United Service Organization
Amarillo
Elizabeth H. Payne
New Young Womens Christian Association
USO
Frances McFeely
U. S. O. Travelers' Aic
M. G. Mathis
Boy Seeks Santa in Bronx Police Wonder Who He Is
A blond five year old boy, picked up by police on Christmas night in the Bronx while searching for Santa Claus, remained unable to identify himself. He said his mother is dead and his father is a soldier, and that a boy he met claimed there was no Santa. He added he was hit in the eye and continued his search. No one has claimed him.
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New York
Santa Claus
Bronx
Volunteers in NI Campaign Deprive Junk Men of Work
Volunteers in the old metal collection campaign conducted by the Government for munition works have been so diligent in Northern Ireland that city scavengers and junk men have lost their occupations.
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Northern Ireland
Wedding Is Solemnized On Coast
Landon Kelley son of Mr and Mrs Clint Kelley of Bayfield Col and Amarillo High School graduate married Dec 26 in Los Angeles He met his bride the former Nina Gillispie of Los Angeles at the North American Bomber Plant where they both are employed Hugh M Tiner president of Pepperdine Christian College read the ceremony Kelley to be inducted into the army Jan 6 and Mrs Kelley will continue work at North American
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Landon Kelley
Clint Kelley
Bayfield
Col
Amarillo High School
Los Angeles
Nina Gillispie
North American
Hugh M. Tiner
Pepperdine Christian College
Kelley
Army
Porter Marries in Style at Hotel Lennox
In St Louis on December 29 a conglomerate of 100 business men celebrated the wedding of King Anthony, a Black porter at the Lennox Hotel barber shop, to Miss Marian Ward. The party rented a ballroom, hired a 12 piece band, provided meals and liquor, aided Anthony in setting up a home, and bought the wedding ring which he slipped onto his bride’s finger. He later lost the other ring. The piece notes a sensational line about blood flow.
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ST. Louis
King Anthony
Lennox
Marian Ward
Anthony
Japanese-Greek dictionary completed by elderly minister
Rev Genchiro Daigmi, a ninety five year old Methodist minister who traveled from the United States to Japan in 1894, has finished the first Japanese Greek dictionary after 26 years of study. Musicales by Miss Lilly Lare sen pupils at 1223 Polk Street marked the event at 7 30 o'clock.
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Lilly Laresen
Polk Street
Genchiro Daigmi
United States
Japan
Father of Daylight Saving Time Bids Race With Youth
Pittsburgh report notes Robert Garland father of Daylight Saving Time, joking on his 60th birthday that he will race any man aged 60 to 65. He recalls two pens, one used by Woodrow Wilson in 1918 to sign the Daylight Saving bill and another approved by Roosevelt for this year’s War Time bill. The piece also mentions a fact about brain weight.
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Pittsburgh
O.P
Robert Garland
United States
Garland
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt
Coastguardsman Serves as Pastor in Spare Time
In Two Rivers Wisconsin Rev Benson Barret, six months after leaving La Payette Georgia to join the U S Coast Guard, ministers at the Congregational Church while in uniform. When the regular pastor fell ill Barret was recalled from the Coast Guard Training Station to lead services. Capt T Alex Shamley, district commander, ensures Barret gets time off for church duties.
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Two Rivers
Wis
U.P
Benson
Barret
Methodist
la Payette
U. S. Coast Guard
Congregational
Coast Guard
T. Alex Shamley
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Harriet Hubbard
Chicago
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NEA
Timothy Ha
Young Timothy
Office of Defense Transportation
Fifth Avenue
Bonwit, Teller
Boy
USC
Canal Zone
Porter
Cathedral Hall
Miracle Book Club
North
Lincoln Street
Amarillo Rebekah Lodge
Amarillo Country Club
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Happy Hour Sewing Club
Inman
East
Nineteenth Avenue
T. P. Club
Nu-Way Upholstering CO
W. Sixth
Gaudenearris
Panhandle
Mr. Eastman
Joseph B. Eastman
Fort Worth
Denver City Railway CO
Rock Island Lines
Santa FE Lines
Earth
Coastguardsman
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