Printed Cottons Rise to Chic Status in 1937 Styles
Cottons shift from humble housefrock roots to high fashion with bold prints and vibrant colors. The Chicago Merchandise Mart showcase highlights dresses with gypsy sashes, spaghetti trims, and Gaucho hats, emphasizing affordable luxury, striking prints, and a trend toward stripes, plaids, and East Indian motifs for day and evening wear.
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Cottons
Merchandise Mart
Chicago
South America
Western Newspaper Union
Voguish Silk Net by Cherie Nicholas
Cherie Nicolas touts black silk net as a premier choice for party dresses across occasions. Paris fashion shows heightened demand for black sheer fabrics with hints of plaid or striped taffeta accents.
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Cherie Nicholas
Paris
Empire
Fashions Demand Great Yardage This Season
Leading designers champion fabrics with abundant yardage. Ballerina skirts feature layers of stiff sheer silks attached to long bodices of silk net and tulle. Full evening gowns may require forty yards of silk, while Schiaparelli’s ballet dress inspires silk net or printed silk interpretations.
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Cherie Nicholas
Degas
Paris
New York
Schiaparelli
Cotton Laces Take Center Stage in Daytime Frocks
Fashion forecasters call cotton laces essential for spring and summer daytime dresses. Street-length lace frocks offer smart, practical style with varied patterns from floral to geometric, designed to transition from daywear to country club activities without creasing or losing shape.
Supreme Court and Due Process in State Laws
The article explains how the Supreme Court protects citizens from state and federal unfair treatment, citing cases on unequal taxation of spouses and newspaper advertising taxes. It stresses due process, equal protection, and the free press as a check on state power, per the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
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Robert Merrill
Supreme Court
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Western Newspaper Union
Giants Bring Hard Luck Wave Into Season Clash
The Giants appear set to supply plenty of hard luck for rivals as they begin the season. Dodgers and Yankees face questions about hitting power and pitching while New York experts praise Hal Schumacher’s return and Lou Chiozza’s added speed. The piece also notes Bobby Riggs and Joey Hunt potential doubles, and references broader baseball and football figures in a sprawling, period voice.
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Giants
Cubs
Pirates
Cards
Polo Grounds
Bill Terry
Amart
Ott
Lou Chiozza
Travis Jackson
Hal Schumacher
Dodgers
Brooklyns
Manush
Woody English
Cookie Lavagetton
Keystone
Ebbets Field
Manash
Jimmy Johnston, Jr
Paul Schissler
Schissler
Oregon State
Brooklyn
Progridders
Bill Dineen
Bobby Riggs
Joey Hunt
Japan
Joe Tinker
Johnny Evers
London
Max Baer
Max
Farr
Leake
McCarthy
Giant
Dolph Camilli
The
Phils
New York
Taking the Dog Along on a Motor Tour Comic Misadventure
Neil Stafford narrates a chaotic cross country trip with a new eight week old Peke named Scooby. The couple stocks the car with dog baskets gourds and gadgets while stopping constantly for walks meals and relief, learning a pup turns travel into constant interruptions and mounting expenses.
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Scugby
Scooby
Baby Kangaroo Size At Birth And Growth Notes
The text describes the birth size of a baby kangaroo and its rapid growth. It notes that joeys are about an inch long at birth and weigh around twenty grains, with larger species reaching eight feet in height and massive heads. It explains how the newborn uses its strong legs to climb to the mother’s pouch for shelter for several months.
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Pena
Yale
Princeton
Columbia
Mal Stevens
Clint Frank
Jimmy Reed
Lehigh
Nzs- Shu
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Landis
Brooklyn Baseball Club
Harry Richards
Isaac Murphy
Bob Pastor
California
Bob Nestell
Louis
Schmeling
Braddock
Frank Kohlbecker
Aswell
Cleveland Indians
Lefty Welsman
Frankie Fullam
James Corrigan McCarty
Black Hat McCarty
Cardinal Paul
Buck Jones
Demitri Demitri
Fanis Trantsapotas
Crowding
Baer
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers of America
Pittsburgh
Beadling F. C
Patrick T. Fagan
Castle Shannon F.C
Mickey Farber
Tony Canzoneri
Clint Heard
Andy Speldi
Mussolini
Harry D. Turner
Coney Island
Bil Terry
Roguea
Neil Stafford
By Neil Stafford
Department of Commerce
Missus
Beauby
Sapper
Migsus
Lewis Peel
Eno Boye
Peke
Houdini
Sullvey
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