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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1948
Page
9
American fashion embraces the fragile look with 18th century influence in dresses and makeup. Designers shown gowns in pale pink blue orchid and pale yellow with sheer stockings and satin slippers. Makeup favors pastel tints and cake foundations applied lightly to create a creamy, thin look.
A new line of automatic gas ovens features high ovens and high broilers enabling a woman of average height to lift items directly into or out of the oven without bending or stopping.
Paris Easter bonnets blend straw and frippery to counter the aging effect of the new look. Milan Florentine and Bakue straws shape a mass production range with varied crowns and trims. The hats feature tilted sits and veiling holes, with bold color contrasts and unique names like The janitor on the roof.
In Hyeres France Feb 13 UP some of eight American sailors from the carrier Midway missing since a harbor launch sank may still be alive on shore French officials said no bodies found after 24 hour search by French and American crews. The navy identified two of the missing as Aviation Machinist Mate 1c William Louis Ducros from Tampa Florida and Tech Sergeant Hershel H. Donahue from Kinston North Carolina.
Eunice Podis, 20, Cleveland pianist who debut in New York last year, says her husband Robert Weiskopf accepted her career without pressure. He manages business, supports daily practice, and shares a quiet partnership after a wartime detour and City recognition, with both building a life around music.
Buffalo engineer Frank M. Salisbury designs the Atomicar, a two wheeled amphibious midget car resembling a wingless airplane. Salisbury, a former Bell B-39 project engineer, plans tests in Cleveland and aims to sell under $500, with limited production not yet expected.
Dayton report says the Lady Hawk, the Wright brothers’ plane, will be placed in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. Executors announce the plan, noting the craft first flew with nine men and now resides in the Science Museum in London. Orville Wright sent it there in 1928 amid a clash with Smithsonian officials.
The Atomicar, powered by an air cooled rear engine and hydraulically driven, is described as a fully enclosed motorcycle with two retractable wheels. Wheels drop at speeds under five mph and retract between five and eight mph. Automatic stabilization prevents tipping at low speeds, with a top speed near 42 mph and fuel economy about 6 miles per gallon. Flaps on the rear wheel aid water propulsion.
The National Museum was constructed by Executors HaraldS. Miller of Dayton and Harold W. Steen of Lawrence Kans. It followed directions issued by Give Wright, who died Jan. 40.
Little Rock February 18. Saline county interests now back the proposed Arkansas medical center on state hospital grounds in Little Rock after prior objections. State Senator Ernest Manor Hot Springs says objections are ironed out and Benton Representative J F Gipson says Saline county stands ready to help. The medical center would be
The move centers on relocating the University of Arkansas Medical School to the State Hospital grounds and building a new university hospital there. Proponents hope the Veterans Administration will reconsider and add a 500 bed facility as part of the center, with another VA site in Little Rock designated. The university board and state hospital board are to meet to finalize a site decision, with Dr. Lewis W. Jones and Dr. George Wed son scheduled to attend.
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