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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1941
Page
3
Cherie Nicholas surveys the rising popularity of slacks and shorts in modern costume design. The piece notes the shift from restricted use to a full wardrobe, emphasizes comfort and chic appeal, and highlights resort and vacation styles with gabardine jackets, pastel shades, and streamlined silhouettes.
Aiming at college and back-to-school wardrobes, the article suggests a starter wool dress with a short jacket as a versatile fall outfit. The button-on vestee in white pique with bright metal trim is easy to copy, and a white turban completes the look.
Fall hat arrivals showcase jersey fabrics with an gora finish and draped turbans and toques. Designers use scarfed woolknit to create snoods and apron drapes, with multiple quills and feathers poised on berets and turbans for dramatic effect.
Designers are using inset belts to create slimmer midriff lines in new gowns. The technique visually reduces waist measurements, offering a subtler approach to shaping the figure.
Braided effects appear across late summer outfits and are expected to highlight fall fashions. Hats with braided edging on off-face brims will echo braiding on jackets and frocks.
Virginia Vale reports studios plan features built on athletic fame. Columbia starts Harmon of Michigan with Tom Harmon in the title part. Republic signs Billy Conn for Kid Tinsel from Octavus Roy Cohen. Selznick and Metro eye a Lou Gehrig biography with casting challenges.
The piece highlights Gary Cooper in Sergeant York and backstage looks at Glamour Boy with Jackie Cooper and Susanna Foster. It notes Deanna Durbin growing up in They Live Alone and Almost an Angel, plus Navy Blue and Gold’s acclaimed naval authenticity and James Stewart’s return to film. Herbert Marshall joins When Ladies Meet with Joan Crawford Greer Garson and Robert Taylor.
Richard Denning plays a white youth raised in the African jungle in the film Her Jungle Mate. Paramount casts him as Dorothy Lamour’s leading man while Ann Sheridan wins a career milestone in Whistling in the Dark. Red Skelton makes his first starring turn.
Bob Burns to headline The Wizard of Arkansas as a rural sage. Columbia buys world rights to Five Men with stars Leslie Howard Laurence Olivier and Raymond Massey. Edgar Buchanan is publicized as a former dentist. 20th Century Fox hopes Swamp Water boosts Anne Baxter and Dana Andrews. Bes sie Love returns to acting in Atlantic Ferry.
An Englishman serving in the army recovers from serious injuries at a base hospital. As he awakens, nurses surround his bed with money for radios, refrigerators, and vacuum sweepers sold while he was unconscious, causing surprised disbelief.
The set lists seven trivia prompts covering geography literature physics and history. It asks which South American country has a Colorado river which writer described the Brobdingnagians the weight of a gallon of pure water the world’s oldest continually inhabited city the bundle of rods on a dime the largest star known and whether a pound of feathers weighs more than a pound of gold.
A compact quiz offering facts across subjects. Includes questions about Argentina Swift Gulliver’s Travels giants weight comparisons Damascus fasces Antares and measures for gold vs feathers with concise explanations and verdicts.
A health note explains the liver and bile's role in cleansing the body and preventing toxins. It urges keeping bile flowing, links stagnation to digestive and systemic symptoms, and recommends Calotabs as a bile expelling medicine to purify the system after meals.
The Calotabs formula blends purified calomel with assistants and correctives to expel bile, cleanse the bowels, and avoid nausea. It promotes thorough cleansing of the digestive canal for colds, constipation, liver engorgement, and related toxins, with economical prices for family and trial packages.
The report shows 1918 onward silver coinage totaling 1,574,809,146 dollars and gold coinage since 1920 totaling 4,526,218,478 dollars. At end of fiscal year 1940 the gold stock was 19,963,090,869 dollars in gold coin and bullion, with 547,078,371 dollars in silver dollars and 402,260,615 dollars in subsidiary coins.
A reflection on how true knowledge comes from the use of facts rather than mere familiarity. It contrasts pedantry with philosophical insight, suggesting practical application of facts leads to deeper understanding.
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