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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1943
Page
2
Designers showcase tassels bows and buttons as key trims shaping hats handbags and gowns. Tassels dangle from frog fastenings and lapels while bold buttons and wide bows define necklines waists and jacket silhouettes, signaling a season of decorative detail and smart color contrasts.
Protective against the chill, mittens gain high fashion status with knit and crochet options. White knit mittens feature decorative touches and embroidery, including Zag designs and red white and blue outlines. String mittens and colored embroidered pairs appeal to schoolgirls, with fluffy white styles highlighted as popular.
Exhibits feature cocoa colored ostrich feather stoles about 18 inches wide and 215 yards long with uncurled rows attached to crepe bands. A small hat is made entirely of the same brownish ostrich feathers, paired as a twosome matching dull pink or burgundy, navy blue, or deep brown costumes.
Fashion notes celebrate white ermine accents for hats gloves and bags in a black ensemble look. Descriptions cover hat shapes from high crowns to berets and pillboxes plus fur trimmed pockets buttons and bows. The piece touts coordinated fur touches as a simple chic upgrade for black tweed and evening outfits.
A striking crimson Jersey dinner gown by a renowned designer showcases a new oval neckline and a marrow turnover collar. It features flap cuffs, self fabric buttons, and a jeweled clip on a velvet ribbon with a ruby bracelet against white gloves for refined elegance.
The item describes unconventional fashion accessories including gold kid belts with suede insets, matching gloves, and college girls rushing to wear new designs. It notes velvet ribbon bows, velvet cording, and crochet quilts as finishing touches for berets and calots with decorative crochet stitches and chain patterns.
The article discusses Dr J V Deporte of the New York state health department arguing that married men live longer than bachelors. It cites Frank Crowninshield’s critique that longevity is not the goal, but a richer life with family, home, and responsibilities. It contrasts healthier, busier married life with the freer but fragile bachelor existence, and includes a vignette of a family awaiting a son in the armed forces.
A dated essay contrasts bachelor life with married life and family duties. It argues civilization rests on the family unit and notes bachelors enjoy freedom but often lack broader goals, while exceptions exist.
In Ecuador American soldiers pursue vanity goods made from alligator hides while a native hunter using a spear and a canoe stalks a basking reptile. The hunter drifts with a candle in a canoe, drives the alligator with a spear, and secures the kill with swift, precise movements. The work demands speed and strength, and few hunters grow old before their dangerous craft wears out.
In Chicago a picket with a sandwich sign opposed Ayman Friedman’s tire shop over the Rubber Plastic Union No. 20811 and its $500 death benefit. Friedman, claiming health and loyalty to his business, rejects union demands and vows to keep deliveries moving despite threats to “dry him up.” The dispute centers on union membership and benefits, with Friedman noting only a $300 death benefit and his reluctance to pay monthly dues.
James Benjamin Coulston of Albuquerque was delayed in receiving his commission as a second lieutenant for over a year due to the army department failing to locate him. Despite approval, his Army Postal Service commission was issued only after congressman inquiries, with orders placing him with the embarkation postal service in Brooklyn and overseas service prior.
Maj. J. C. Gunnison of San Anselmo California, aged 23, was on his 50th mission when his low level strafing of a German squadron caused an ammunition dump near Caputa Italy to explode. The blast hurled his aircraft 1000 feet, damaged the oil line, and started a fire. He parachuted into the Mediterranean and was rescued by a friendly Italian patrol boat after the plane exploded.
U S commissioner hears case of 17 year old Charles Willard Curnell of Berry's Ferry near Paducah in an auto theft scheme. FBI agent B K Moss says the youth and another stolen car were seized. the cars were stolen in Evansville Indiana and Curnell faces federal charges.
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