Milady's Spring Hat Styles Brighten New York Showcases
New York reports two hat categories for spring end of winter footwear and fashion. Designers Mont Nicole and Madame Nicola present cloche revived styles with tri cornes, varied brimmed picture hats, turbans and bonnets in bright color combos. Rich fabrics, velvet and satin textures highlight formal hats while daywear slouch felts and skull caps diversify the collection. Crowns rise to deeper profiles signaling a colorful season for women.
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New York
Nicole
Nicola
Madame Nicole
Bia
Talbot
Bruyere
Descat
Suzy
Panoramic railway traverses 600 miles of rugged China
The French owned Haiphong Yunnan railway in southeastern China spans about 600 miles passing through tropical jungles, mountains, and over 3000 bridges and tunnels, linking distant regions amid rugged gorges and barren landscapes.
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China
First Paper Maker Ts Ai Luo in Ancient China
The earliest sheet of paper is attributed to Ts Ai Luo in China around 150 A.D. He beat bamboo and mulberry bark into pulp, mixed with water, and lifted fibers with a sieve to form a wet sheet that was dried.
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Ts’ Ai Luo
China
Fresh Spring Gloves Make Dapper Style Easy
New washable gloves promise comfort through spring and summer. Wash with plenty of lukewarm sudsy water, avoid rubbing, and rinse well. Dry by blotting and air drying, using towels to remove moisture and keep gloves flexible. Fabrics and most washable leather gloves wash best by hand except schamois and doeskin.
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Schamois
Doeskin
Little Gravity Pull On Ceres Defies Bullet Travel
The article notes Ceres has so little gravity that a bullet fired vertically from its surface would escape the planet entirely, making return impossible and illustrating the dwarf planet's weak gravitational pull.
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Ceres
Well Veiled 1940 Hats Stir Hollywood Reactions
Hollywood reactions to the spring 1940 hat fashions reveal a shift toward smaller, less covering designs. Priscilla Lane and Bette Davis are highlighted for their favorable views and purchases, while snoods decline in popularity and veils dominate new hat styles across tones of navy, cerise, and powder blue.
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Hollywood
Priscilla Lane
Holywood
Bette Davis
Priscila Lane
Rosemary
Mavietown
Jane Wyman
Lucile Fairbanks Iight
Panama
Wool fashion patterns show new blends and designs
Wool Wes from an important feat in the 1940 lines shown by most manufacturers. Wool is mixed with silk or rayon in some cases. Patterns range from widely spaced stripes to intricate paisley designs with a crease in special patterns featuring large dots circles and marble effects.
Bananas Arrive as Curiosity in 1875 Philadelphia
Bananas drew crowds at the Philadelphia Centennial of 1875 marking a novelty in the United States. Now over 63 million banana bunches are shipped annually to the country, chiefly from Central America.
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United States
Philadelphia
Central America
Most Courageous Battle by Foreign Legion in Jaya Mexico
The French Foreign Legion faced one of its fiercest clashes at Jaya in Mexico during the Maxi milian era. On April 30, 1863, 85 legionnaires repelled Mexican cavalry, sustaining heavy casualties and inflicting substantial losses on the attackers.
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French Foreign Legion
Jaya
Mexico
Napoleon
Maximilian
Sun heats air to drive storms in tropical regions
Sun heats vast tropical air masses causing rise and replacement by cooler polar air. Earth rotation creates eddies and whirlpools in these currents, leading to winds and storms.
Hat styles shift to gabardine porkpie for 1940
An unassuming gabardine porkpie hat first popular with college men last year is set to grow in popularity in 1940. Available in most men’s shops, colors range from maroon and navy to tan yellow and pale green.
Pensions for Blind in California Averages Fifty Dollars
The state provides about 50 dollars monthly to each blind resident. Mrs. Arthur McLagplen oversees care for roughly 7000 blind residents statewide. The Monitor’s Burial Ground near Diamond Shoals, North Carolina, holds the wreck of the Union ironclad Monitor, which was lost after a gale offshore.
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State
California
Arthur McLagplen
Monitor
Diamond Shoals
N. C
Ship Hatteras Sailed to Charleston in 1862 Foundering Lost
A fragment notes a ship named Hatteras traveling to Charleston in 1862 and foundering amid heavy sea conditions. The terse entry preserves the event without embellishment or extraneous detail.
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Ape Hatteras
Charleston
Lemon Sherbet Historic Cure for Scurvy Idea
A Florence pharmacist in 1660 froze lemonade to make a lemony anti scurvy treat more appealing. The original preventive beverage aimed to curb scurvy by delivering vitamin C.
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Florence
Italy
Swing And Sway Is 1940 Theme For Spring Dress Shows
The piece describes 1940 spring fashion with silk sheer dresses and lace details. It highlights white silk marquisette gowns for graduation and parties, a midnight blue marquisette dress with white insertions, printed silk crepe evening dresses, and a red flowered crinkled crepe gown. Sleeved gowns and silk jackets for dining and dancing are noted, plus a versatile wool jacket option for formals.
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S _ amar
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Karen Verne
Berlin
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Sik
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