Hollywood fur fashion shifts with stars and mink
iBy Dee Lowrance reports Hollywood stars are driving fur trends with carload purchases. Designers note day to night wear, boxy silhouettes, built up necklines, and bell sleeves. Mink remains the favored fur, with various Manchurian, dyed and natural options appearing as stars choose luxurious pieces for both day and evening wear.
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iBy Dee Lowrance
NEA Service
Hering
Hollywood
Willard George
Top Fur
Rts
George
River Barges Create Rescue Fleet for East Gasoline Shortage
Inland waterways become vital as towboats and tank barges move petroleum from Texas via the Intracoastal Canal and Mississippi to the upper Ohio Valley and Pittsburgh to ease a Northeast oil shortage. The effort forms a makeshift rescue fleet to ferry gasoline and other fuels.
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NEA
Pittsburgh
Mississippi
Southwest
U. S
Texas
Intracoastal Canal
Upper
Ohio Valley
Hollywood Fur Fashions Stir With Stars and Styles
The Fox family steals attention with short jackets and wrist length wolverine looks. Beavers shift to mouton as prices rise due to war demand. Joan Fontaine buys a white ermine jacket after being bewitched by its intricate design. Hollywood keeps fur as a bold style staple despite trending worn over slacks.
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Silver Fox
Blue Fox
Cross Fox
Lupe Velez
Wolverine
Jane Wyatt
Mouton
Ermine
Joan Fontaine
Joan
Hollywood
REA funds linked to defense as rural electrification expands
The Rural Electrification Administration plans to use the full $10 million appropriation for the year, tying expansion to national defense. Plans include 73,000 tons of steel and 67,000 tons of copper for 3,0500 miles of wire, 3,000 tons of zinc, 5,000 tons of porcelain, and two million poles, with aluminum phased out temporarily. Electrification supports food production and helps alleviate regional power shortages by feeding steam and diesel plants for wartime needs.
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Washington
National Defense
REA
Defense
Britain
Longest River Towboat Run Cited In Oil Movement
The St Paul Socony set a record tow delivering petrol eum then returning from Beaumont to Minneapolis covering 4137 miles. River traffic could ease East oil shortages if new barges and towboats are funded, with pipelines slower to complete. New barges run about 1000 tons and a towboat can haul 10 or more. A record 10 000 ton tow moved 3 506 000 gallons of gasoline over the Chain of Rocks this spring, noted alongside capacity and construction limits.
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St. Paul Socony
Chain of Rocks
St. Louis
Vittsburgh
Middle Atlantic States
Reecord
Minneapolis
Beaumont
Tex
Texas
Mississippi
Memphis
Wheeling
W. Va
Mississippi River
Cacrlers' Association
OPM
St. Paul
Redland and Bradley School Districts Seeks Annexation Hearings
Legal notices announce Hempstead County Board of Education hearings at 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 23, 1941, on dissolving Redland District No. 18-B and annexing portions to Clow and Blevins districts, with asset and obligation allocations. Similar action for Bradley District No. 82 to join Hope District No. 1-A, assets and liabilities to be assumed by Hope. Also includes two chancery court warnings: Harmon Corbin v Gussie Corbin and Frances Meadows v H D Meadows, with required appearances and dates in July 1941.
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Redland
Hempstead County
Arkansas
South Forks
Ozan Creek
Clow
North Fork
Qzan Creek
Bleving
Blevins School District No. 2
County Board of Education
Bradley
Department of Education
Hope
E. E. Austin
Chancery Court
Ark
Harmon Corbin
Gussie Corbin
J. P. Byers
A. D. Meadows Sonons
Frances Meadows
H. D. Meadows
Jilly
Power and the Land Inspires REA Documentary Triumph
The piece notes a rise in farm electrification aided by the REA, highlighting a documentary by Joris Ivens and the Parkinson family of Belmont, Ohio. It covers REA’s growth since 1936, with 354000 miles of wire, 60 plants, 82 cooperatives, and 2 million farms now wired, contrasting pre electrification life with modern conveniences.
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REA
U. Ss. Iiy
Joris Ivens
Bill
Parkin
Mind Your Manners Answers From A Social Etiquette Quiz
A historical etiquette Q and A asks if it is proper to spread bundles on a streetcar, whether a child too young to pay should sit on a grown-up lap in crowd conditions, if you should suggest routes when in another’s ear, who should place dinner orders, and whether tennis and golf etiquette require specific behavior. The provided answers: 1 No, 2 Yes, 3 Not unless the deliverer is a stranger, 4 Yes, 5 Yes.
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Heelty
Ned Distribute Proposes Expanded Generating System
Ned proposes a broader generating system aimed at easing power shortages. The plan envisions a network of connected plants in and around Arkansas, designed to supply electricity to boost aluminum production and related industries.
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Ned
Arkansas
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