12 Sep 1940
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1940
Page
1
A Barbara Bell pattern advertises a summer casual dress Design No 1962-B with a high bust and narrow hips achieved by long darts. Barbara Bell Pattern Co suggests sizes 32 through 48 and lists fabric yardage for long sleeves and short sleeves before mail order.
King Carol II abdicates after a fascist coup in Bucharest. Crown passes to his son Michael as Gen Ion Antonescu assumes military rule. Soviet, Hungarian, and German actions frame a volatile Balkans crisis with fallout reaching American households via peacetime draft plans and convoy of mobilization details.
Trend pieces claim New York will inherit Amsterdam’s title as the world diamond hub. Reports place Sir Ernest Oppenheimer stating the shift, with Canada leaving London for Toronto as capital movement unfolds. The campaign and defense production debates heat up amid industry seizures, wheat forecasts, and political posturing.
Casualties include Dr. Robert Grieve a 38 year old medical missionary and his wife killed in an Anglo-Hygyptian Sudan outpost near the Ethiopian border by an Italian air raid. Gen Juan Andreu Almasan arrives in Baltimore refusing to comment on unannounced election returns as Queen Wilhelmina marks her fiftieth birthday abroad and a Dutch theater in Amsterdam is barred with British and American flags displayed.
A late summer meditation lists the irritations and miseries of travel and hotel life. The piece references Yankees and a Long Island speedway, with satirical jabs at travel discomforts and summer follies.
Delightful new tea towel motifs show mischievous Scotties exploring household tasks. Perky cross stitch bows and cross stitched day women add a cheerful note to these towels. Pattern 29193 offers seven Scotty designs for tea towels and a Panholder motif. send order.
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