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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1948
Page
5
New York writer HAL BOYLE reports beauty designer Veronica Dengel urging federal subsidies for cosmetics to keep American women beautiful. She argues cosmetics should be tax free and funded like education, linking beauty to marriages and democracy while naming five recognizable face types.
Arthur C. Horrocks former president of the National Association of Foremen will be toastmaster at eight Goodyear soil conservation awards luncheons during September. He will speak in Springfield Des Moines Columbus Madison St Cloud Indianapolis Saginaw and Jefferson City. Born in Cleveland he rose from cowpuncher to Goodyear executive and public speaker guiding the Industrial University and public relations work. In 1947 he spoke before nearly 200 groups totaling over 150000 titles of appearances.
A columnist notes how public figures and stylists in New York and Manhattan discuss perceived homogenization of American women’s looks. Mark, a famed hair stylist, criticizes oval facial ideals and urges women to embrace individual facial outlines to avoid a uniform beauty standard.
Paris reports no new news in the search for the giant Latecoere 631 seaplane missing since Sunday off Dakar with 52 aboard. intensified efforts followed two distress calls and a feeble SOS detected by the French frigate Leverrier. The Port de France to Port Etienne flight disappeared about 1 200 miles from Dakar.
An ad copy urges readers to consider tired kidneys as the source of nagging backache and pains. It states kidneys remove acids and waste from blood and that most people pass about 3 pints daily, implying relief from symptoms with a kidney-focused remedy.
The Flint Baptist church opens an annual revival with Sunday school at 9 45 a m led by D D Norris L Matthews and Alston Leathers. Rev M G Fields will preach at 1055 am and Rev George H Jackson of Russellsvill will preach the evening sermon at 730 pm. Two daily services run through August 18 with 10 00 am and 730 pm sessions.
The Metrophili tan Opera in New York cancels its 1948 49 season after failing to resolve union wage demands. Officials cite a large deficit and production costs making raises imprudent. AFL Local 802 protests, seeking employment insurance and old age benefits while negotiations continue. The piece notes the Colorado River as the second longest in the U S.
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