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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1944
Page
3
Ruth Wyeth Spears presents Design 269 for a simple comfortable chair that can be built with three stock lumber widths, straight cuts, and either nails or screws. The removable back allows easy storage and wintering, with no awkward angles in seating and no need for a fancy workshop.
Colleges overhaul entrance requirements and curricula as veterans return in large numbers. Schools like New York University Boston University Yale Michigan State and California enroll hundreds while planning 12 month practical and refresher courses to speed civilian employment.
A household etiquette note on proper manners for hostess and guests. It suggests a hostess can ask male guests to stay seated to ease movement when entering a room. It discusses who should rise when a woman or an older/younger person enters, noting traditions vary with age and gender.
The WA. S. navy spends more than $1000 a minute to keep its planes in the air. The expenditure covers shooting down enemy fliers bombing bases and moving supplies and men globally. Rear Admiral Young, chief of the bureau of supplies and accounts, disclosed the figure.
A New York City child, George Bernato, emptied his tin banks of coins to buy war stamps. He plans to trade the stamps book for a bond once it is filled.
A column shares party tricks for hosts and guests. Lemon game has couples passing a lemon in the dark until the last holding it wins or must kiss when lights return. Bookworm Crawl eliminates pairs by balance of a book on the head until one couple remains.
Fore man Mark muses on a perfect stretch of prosperity and smiles yet warns that such ease cannot last. He predicts a sudden disruption and a return to normalcy when trouble strikes and bad news arrives.
Nevada's beef cattle sector benefits from strong feed supplies and high cattle prices. A University of Nevada study led by Howard Mason notes nine consecutive years of favorable weather aside from local droughts and a harsh winter, with 422,000 head today though below the 1916 peak. Breeding herds steady, but 9,000 more steers and 3,000 more calves on Nevada ranches than last year.
Guests pair off to complete clue sets using magazine cutouts. Couples collect pictures of items to prove completion and win prizes. Next day the scraps may be saved as paper. Second Childhood hints at reviving classic kid party games like Blindman's Buff at teen events.
A humorous trend spreads as soda fountains adopt letter slang like G B or in different BTOO N O and more. The piece explains terms such as C O D W P A L and A W O L while noting the social hum and prompts readers to invent their own acronyms.
Grown-ups call teens sloppy in dress but the youth defend their routines. They describe matching plaid laces to sweaters and bows to outfits, polishing pennies for shoes, silver bracelets, nail polish, and leg makeup, arguing that theircareful presentation shows effort.
A New York hat show features playful creations such as a pink veil adorned hat and a black velvet dog collar styled dress. One standout hat sold for 500 dollars to entertain servicemen, reflecting wartime fashion whimsy and consumer interest.
One thousand three hundred sixty Italians held in North Africa and internment camps in central India arrived in Bombay to help clear debris from an explosion aboard a munitions ship in the harbor on April 4. They volunteered and will wear British battle dress and receive British rations.
A stylish afternoon frock idea using a sheer rayon print in ice blues frosty pinks and lavenders with lime greens and soft dull yellows. Simple lines suit soft fabrics pattern No 8608 comes in sizes 36 through 52 and size 38 with short sleeves requires 334 yards of 39 inch material.
A three piece set includes overalls, sun suit, and bolero forming a complete play wardrobe for the very young. Uses lightweight fabrics in cheerful blues and colors such as denim chambray piqué and seersucker.
Simple home tips describe removing face powder from satin or velvet, brushing with wool, using a pinch of flour in hot fat to stop splatter, cleaning a coffee percolator with salt solution, and applying kerosene to nuts and bolts daily to ease loosening tasks.
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