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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1920
Page
17
In May 31 fashion prose, silk hose and ankle styling are praised as essential to elegance. The piece cites designer C Coles Phillips and urges measuring proportions to match the latest frocks and satin slippers.
Decoration Day drew heavy crowds to northern Indiana lakes with Rome City seeing over 500 visitors. Rail shops and offices were closed nationwide for Memorial Day. only essential train crews and shop workers operated, while other industries remained shut.
Wayne Knitting Mills employees embrace volley ball as a noon hour attraction. A court has become a popular gathering spot, with games resuming after a fall pause and drawing steady participation from workers.
London notes display three color gown sketches approved by Queen Mary for debuntantes young matrons and dowagers. Fashion makers visit the lord chamberlain offices to study the outfits and adjust designs for court drawing rooms with no heavy trains and small trains allowed. Journal-Gazette Want Ads advertise ten word minimum at one cent each.
The American Officers will meet tonight at the Chamber of Commerce to organize the local chapter. Dr. Cy Dancer presides and officers and members from the war era are urged to attend as plans for a large turnout and rapid chapter formation are laid out.
Washington may 21 sale of government owned merchant ships agreed today by house and senate conferees on merchant marine legislation. The plan allows the shipping board to sell or lease ships to private interests while retaining operation or charter options. A final agreement was hoped for tomorrow as conferees pass a general policy to develop a privately owned U S merchant marine serving national defense and commerce needs.
The text notes negotiations on ships to Americans and house provisions retaining 13 years for payments, versus 20 fixed by the senate. It mentions ten cars as a period for foreigners to pay, plus authorizations for the board to establish new trade routes and develop port and transport facilities in connection with water commerce.
Twenty more Chicago murder suspects face arraignment in criminal court. A separate report notes a jury panel drawn after 12 men were convicted of murder this month, with ten of the twelve sentenced. four men face manslaughter convictions and possible one year terms. A Texas blaze in Galveston destroyed a Moras Steam Line pier section, with pier, warehouse, and contents valued near 34 million.
A collision on May 21 near White Oak Oklahoma involving St Louis and San Francisco trains killed five people and injured at least three others fatally while more than twenty sustained less serious injuries. Rescue and investigation followed as wreckage blocked the line and emergency crews worked through the night.
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