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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1940
Page
3
Describes a versatile shirtwaist pattern No. 8727 with options in striped linen or silk print. Highlights easy construction, two collar styles, few darts and yoke gathers, a circular skirt, and sizes up to 42. Includes material yardage and ordering instruction.
Fall fashion emphasizes two piece jacket suits with bold color contrasts. Olive green with mauve brown with pale blue plum with pale blue and red with hunter green lead the palette, set in Yaonotone tweeds and plaids.
White coarse wool mesh or fine veiling caps with long scarf ends designed by Aage Thaarup. Ends can drape under the chin or over the shoulders, offering versatile styling options.
In the Old Orchard tale Farmer Brown's boy finds Bully the English Sparrow and Mrs Bully causing disruption. He seizes Skimmer's nest, counts six speckled eggs, and declares the birds nuisances. He tears up the nest and carries away the eggs to restore harmony among the other birds.
The article outlines casual yet meticulously styled college girl fashion with featherweight jersey dresses and fringed shawls. It highlights new pinafore frocks including a navy dress with a red woolen pinafore and pleated apron, plus drawstring jersey models and a plaid skirt with a suede shirt for teenage wear.
A designer features an evening gown in vivid cotton paisley print with red blue and green colors. The skirt shows bright scarlet ruching in a double row along the hem as a college prom look.
In Big Bear California the Brigham Young unit and Monogram’s Queen of the Yukon are filming nearby. Irene Rich Charles Bickford Melvin Lang Dave O'Brien and June Carlson work the town set with many bearded extras. O'Brien sustains a broken rib during a staged fight. Ida Lupino earns praise for The Light That Failed and is slated to co star with John Garfield in East of the River.
Herbert Moulton unveils an abridged 45 minute version of Love Me Tonight starring Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald and Myrna Loy to woo audiences. Other titles being eyed for streamlining include Design for Living The Lives of a Bengal Lancer Night After Night and One Hour With You. Geraldine Fitzgerald returns opposite George Raft in South of Suez with Charlie Chan’s The Dictator slated for fall release. Susanna Foster receives a USC band gift box that plays Night on for U. S. Tyrone Power to star in a Zorro themed series including The Californian a remake of The Mark of Zorro.
The article states that the President of the United States is theoretically inviolable and cannot be legally arrested for any act during his term. Only impeachment can remove this protection, after which he would be arrestable as a private citizen. It notes the possibility of mistaken arrest.
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