Siren Slim or Bouffant Lines for Modish Long Evening Gowns
Cherie Nicholas reviews current evening gown silhouettes. Siren slim and bouffant lines dominate, with beaded rose motifs, narrow front-slit skirts, and matching scarves. white crepe or jersey fabrics and silver embroidery feature in chic winter white ensembles, with a chic silver and white brocade jacket and elegant dance frocks highlighted.
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Crocheted Jackets And Boudoir Capes Feature Warm Wear
A section promotes crocheted bed jackets and boudoir capes as cozy stylish home wear. Items include a long sleeve jacket with snug wrists and a bow-topped cape that can transform into lounge outfits, plus crocheted shoulder canes. Readiness encourages home craft with guidance for skilled makers.
Coiffure Combs Add Charm And Keep Hair In Order
A vivid preview of coiffure combs as the latest hair fashion. Designers offer a range from tuck combs to diadem styles, promising hair control and flattering looks as the fad spreads.
Black Satin Is Smart For Restaurant Suit
CHERIE NICHOLAS notes a new fashion, the restaurant suit, with above table glamour. It uses jazzy jacquard satins and jeweled buttons, a boxy black satin coat, and accessories like a sequinned blouse and black suede hat, aiming for late evening theater party style and warmth in black velvet options.
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Beadwork in Hats Inspires Velvet and Bead Embroidery
Bead-embroidered hats are highlighted by millinery designers who extend beading from dresses and gloves to hats. One hat features a large velvet disc offset across the forehead serving as a ground for multicolored beadwork and metal thread with pale blue ribbon fringe under the brim. Another beige felt hat shows red velvet trim accented with jet beads.
Fashion Trends Highlight Bright Coats and Evening Wear
Bright short coats set the smart tone while college girls favor gray sweaters and royal blue pieces. Teelon pink accents, sequinned caps, and satin toppers appear with jumper dresses in wool jersey. Hudson seal capes and coats trend with dark suits as Italian influences echo Botticelli and Da Vinci in modern style.
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Kathleen Norris Warns of Wartime Worries at Home
In a letter from Guadalcanal, Capt Jerome Blank describes soldiers dreaming of home amid heat and fatigue while a wife Doris enjoys a vibrant social life. A love triangle unfolds as jealousy grows over an eligible, idle suitor, and Doris hints at forgiveness upon the husband’s homecoming.
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Agonizing Suspicion Haunts Soldier Over Wife’s Infidelity
A frightened officer endures extreme distress as he confronts a veiled admission of infidelity from his wife. He declares he cannot eat or sleep and questions how to cope with the emotional torment if the suspicion proves true.
War time love and duty steer a troubled home
A letter discusses returning veterans and wives after war. It weighs forgiveness, trust, and rebuilding life with Doris’s allure, urging restraint and focus on future happiness. The writer advises letting go of past suspicions, rebuilding with a loving spouse, and solving tomorrow’s problems when peace returns.
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Doris
Cattle Beetles Breed in Lint During Fall Housecleaning
Housekeeping tips warn that carpet beetles breed in lint buildup, especially in cold air registers. Severe infestations originate where lint has accumulated, with larvae emerging and dispersing in search of food. Thorough cleaning is advised to eradicate these insects.
Tanker Outsmarts Japanese U Boat in Pacific Battle
The American tanker Van Buren, Kaiser built at Swan Island Portland, survived a day-long duel with a Japanese submarine. The ship dodged five torpedoes and many shells, aided by a Navy air plane, with gunners firing over 30 shells as the sub repeatedly maneuvered.
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Nazis Scared to Death by Our Tanks Says Yank
Washington report quotes Maj. Joseph M. Kirchheimer of the Fourth and Sixth armored divisions in France. He says German tanks have bigger guns but poorer maneuver and crew skill. American tanks outgun them and the enemy fearfully watches armored columns roll forward. The officer cites German Tiger tanks with eight inch armor being vulnerable on sides and tracks. his unit claims 483 enemy tanks destroyed and 100 miscellaneous vehicles captured in recent actions. Prisoners described mouths open as they witnessed column after column of American armor and artillery in motion.
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Joseph M. Kirchheismer
France
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Marseille Traffic Tensions Hit U S Drivers
At the great Medi Port di Marseille both sides clash as American soldiers and drivers are fired upon and gasoline points robbed. French officials tighten arms controls while U S authorities deploy armed guards and convoy protection amid a tally of nearly 30 incidents including a fatal driver shooting near Toulon.
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Sweden Ends Ball Bearing Exports to Germany
STOCKHOLM Sweden the Swedish foreign office announced that all export of Swedish ball bearings to Germany has ceased acknowledging reports that ball bearing traffic was stopped. The foreign office said no such export is currently being carried on.
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Caledonia caretaker electrocuted by 7000 watt power line
Samuel Finkheimer, 89, caretaker at Lakeside Park in Caledonia, was electrocuted while preparing to trim a tree when he struck a 7000 watt live power wire. The incident occurred recently and authorities were notified.
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Samuel Finkheimer
Lakeside Park
Pig Has Extra Feet in Enid Habitat
In Enid Oklahoma a sow born with six piglets this winter surprises Bill Hutchinson home. The piglet's extra limbs include three left front legs and a six tegs birth note highlights an unusual animal anomaly reported locally.
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