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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
2
Home sewers are turning to autumn fashion with practical, stylish patterns for making own clothes. Articles describe bolero jackets, shawls, and dress accents using woollen and rayon fabrics, plus decorative buttonhole techniques and ready-made notions for personalized garments.
The report highlights colorful dickies and vestees that double as evening wear, with embroidered appliques and cutouts. Pieces include pink crepe halters with starfish embroidery, a high-neck pink metallic ribbon brocade gilet, and embroidered ret peptum dickies, all suggesting ways to rejuvenate costumes in style.
A new line of jodhpurs is added to the children’s clothes program. The diminutive garments suit kindergarten wear and toddlers as practical unity outfits. They feature swagger pockets and a peg taped silhouette designed to replace overalls and leggings.
Trends show gold color dominating fleece coat fashion as merchants name it the top hue for autumn. Say 2 marks strong preference for radiant gold, with camel tan remaining a favorite and brown and green following in popularity.
Cherie Nicholas notes a bold color trend this season with bi color and tri color outfits dominating dresses blouses and accessories. Designers mix contrasting hues in garments and add vibrant belts bags and jewelry to create color saturated looks for day and evening wear.
The vogue for black cottons continues through fall with simple frocks and versatile pieces. Young girls favor adjustable skirts and reversible blouses worn back to front or front to back. Fast color and washable weaves make these black textiles smart for sport wear.
A clever jewelry item at the counter, the chatelaine, tops the season with multiple wearing options. It features two pins, a brooch and a double-link chain, from which a dangling locket gadget suspends, adding style to suits and pockets.
Daisy Chalmers of Springfield writes about wartime home life with three young boys. She details cramped apartment living, child care costs, and the constant critique from her husband, who longs for prewar routines and a spotless home. She notes the strain of managing chores, shopping, and care without domestic help while maintaining morale during wartime.
A mother of three, pressed by scarce services and domestic help, struggles to keep a tidy home as her husband, a meticulous man, nags about dust and drapes. The couple, affluent with income of $6,000 a year in a six room apartment, maintain a high standard of living.
A reader laments modern housekeeping burdens as husbands grow distant amid wartime stress. A correspondent counsels patience, urging men to understand the endless duties of wife and mother during upheaval and to treat their partners with kindness and respect.
Fresh mildew stains often lift with soap and water and direct sun. If needed, cover spots with lemon juice and salt and dry in sun. For white or colorfast fabrics, use four tablespoons of sodium perborate in a pint of soapy water, rinse cold and air dry four hours.
SAN DIEGO CALIF In an unprecedented mercy rescue a navy blimp landed in the Sand Hills of the Imperial Valley desert to pick up a navy flier who parachuted from his plane. The pilot’s name was withheld but the rescue was hampered by hazardous weather and rain as a small ground crew assisted. Lieutenant Peter L Culbertson of Minneapolis piloted the craft while Ensign Robert B Porter of Los Angeles parachuted in to aid. Ensign Herman Callahan of Abshamora and First Rigger Leonard Craig of Pico joined Porter, helping land the blimp amid limited ground support and taking aboard the rescued crew and two rescuers. The blimp belonged to the navy’s air sea rescue unit from Sania Ana California and operated from its base at Santa Ana.
San Francisco reports show sharks dragged exhausted survivors from overloaded life rafts after the torpedo sinking of the Wer Shipping administrative troop transport Cane Sea Juan in the South Pacific. Edwin P. Meredith and two destroyers rescued 48 men as a naval air transport seaplane aided, survivors clung waist deep in water and cried out in fear during the perilous rescue.
In Bankarfe Idaho Acting Chief Nelson bars Sergt Luckey a man with a wooden leg from the annual police dance saying he caused panic last year. Luckey pleads to attend noting the leg. The chief recalls the 1943 incident when the leg rolled on the floor, causing about twenty dancers to fall.
In Prospect Park Zoo Brooklyn a year old Indian black buck named Joey weighing 110 pounds teased sister deer and was chased by father Black Rajah with 18 inch horns. Joey fell from a 32 foot enclosure breaking both bont legs and died after euthanasia.
The Free Church council told a World War II bond committee it barred a Hang Hitler poster from church property, arguing the symbol clashes with Christian principles.
Six people in Warren Maine encountered a charging bull moose that leaped into their car and was killed instantly, ending the dangerous encounter.
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