08 Sep 1948
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1948
Page
1
Art Heusinkveld reviews a Parisian fashion sketch labeled a tendency showing women’s clothes for fall. The piece mocks the design, questions the model’s pronoun, and notes bizarre profiles from hair to shoes. A New York pediatrics warning about foot-bending shoes closes the column.
A newspaper says it retracts a prior article that mocked men for wearing summer hats and attire. The editors admit the men’s folly seems minor next to what may come from evolving women’s fashion. They fear a strong wind or disaster striking Paris’s Eiffel Tower aimed at those behind the New Look.
SAN FRANCISCO AP The fire department will rescue flagpole sitter Milton Van Neland 22 who has perched 41 days and will not come down until 50. Firemen volunteered to take his draft registration papers to him and the draft coordinator approved. A ticket to the ball accompanies the draft papers.
Ozzie Hamilton Osborne, a disabled pole climber, claimed a new world record for flagpole sitting after 52 days 13 hours 58 minutes atop a 20 foot tower in Long Beach. He descended with legs badly swollen, surpassing Shipwreck Kelly who held 49 days.
A US Army Air Forces study found cockpit dial designs impair pilots reading altitude, with the clock-faced three-hand dial often misread by over ten percent and causing a consistent thousand-foot error. Walter Grether of Wright Patterson Air Force Base described designers as responsible. new altimeters are being developed to reduce these errors.
Hollywood singer Lita Gray Day filed for divorce from her third husband Arthur F Day Jr accusing him of extreme cruelty. The couple married in 1938 and separated in 1946 with Gray granting Day custody of their seven year old son as she pursued night club work. Gray previously married Charles Chaplin and has two grown sons by that marriage.
Peter Russell, 13, who should have returned to school, has stowed away on a fishing trawler 550 miles inside the Arctic circle. He boarded the vessel near Hull to fulfill a longtime wish to go to sea and now peels potatoes for the crew while his mother awaits news.
A letter mailed in Norway reports the writer is fine and praises the crew for their kindness. He notes they provide toffee and eggs, highlighting the goodwill shown during the journey.
Milwaukee health officials monitored new polio cases on Wednesday to determine whether to delay the start of the school term. The decision hinges on infection trends and public health guidance from city authorities.
Robert Fulton built and named a steamboat Walk on the Water in 1818 after an Indian chief and operated the vessel on Lake Erie.
Smulekoff's advertises a three day service with a guaranteed repair job. Customers are invited to bring watches for a complete check up at the sparkling jewelry department. The store highlights imported and domestic patterns in dinnerware and a large selection of records.
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