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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1943
Page
2
Fashion advice by Cherie Nicholas encourages women to add glamour with coordinated accessories. The piece suggests detachable button ornaments, jeweled buttons sewn on a comb, matching pearl earrings, and fur hats to elevate a simple dress or suit with bold color pairs like deep fuchsia and purple, plus a turquoise fabric model with silver fox trim.
Two white wool knit ensembles include a scarf, turtle neck sweater and matching gloves. Described as a real treasure for winter, the outfit contrasts black and white with a black suit and a black patent feather shoulder bag with white stitching completing the look.
Two piece soft moire crepe satin or faille suits and one piece dresses suit furlough brides seeking youthful, informal wedding wear. Features include ruffles, self bows, shirring, pink tucking revival, aqua gray pink beige and soft blue colors, and new side fastening details. Dresses ideal for holiday evening events.
The article notes gloves in two colors with wide frilled cuffs in a contrasting shade and a coordinating hat. The bi color scheme repeats across both items, highlighting a fresh accessory line.
Fashion notes highlight scarves of every description for the season. White and printed jersey scarfs with sequins lead the trend, with dressmaker scarves and shawl-like panels shaping low necklines. Self fabric options, lace and net evening scarfs, sequined trims, and multicolor spangles create versatile, flirtatious accessorizing.
A wool suit features embroidery in turquoise on a warm smoke haze purple fabric. The design highlights symmetrical motifs on the jacket sides with matching purple cuff, complemented by an elegant fur piece for a refined, feminine look.
Style notes describe arrivals in Ba Waiian and Indian designs with pastel wool dresses trimmed in black embroidery. The latest fashion favors the suit or jacket dress in black satin and a middy over-blouse look appeals to schoolgirls. White fleece boxy coats remain popular and a gaily trimmed black sateen pinafore is a smart new children's option.
Kathleen Norris notes Miriam from Oklahoma writes about war era strain on a solid family. Mary Belle, 14, turns restless while father works in defense plant and mother, 43, earns more than all. Norris weighs home life, a new chicken-farm purchase, and whether mom should return to housekeeping or stay employed to support the war effort.
A sensitive 17-year-old girl worries about war altering her family. She pleads for her war-working mother to stay home and guide her younger sister, who seems to be drifting with the wrong crowd. Kathleen Norris urges the teen to quit her job and help restore prewar family niceties while acknowledging the mother's vital wartime work.
The letter urges a married daughter to quit her job and join her mother, Mary Belle, and family on the farm to stabilize finances after the war. It argues the mother can earn while supporting veterans overseas, and the daughter should help manage the household, care for Mary Belle, and ensure a stable, orderly home life amid wartime pressures.
Waukegan business man Arthur Bowes retires at 70 still seeking news of his son last seen in 1915. He learns Robert Bowes, born in Waukegan, is now a RAF officer awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in London. Bowes also mentions another son Clarence serving with Montgomery.
Knoxvile Tennessee jurors acquitted a defendant after a trial on charges of stealing a brass valve. A prosecutor testified a fence eight feet high with three barbed strands would block a jump, while the defense cited an Olympic record of six feet seven and 13/16 inches to argue impossibility. The jury found the man not guilty.
Memphis tale of G M Bair in an apple bobbing contest ends with a galvanized bucket prize. He tipped an apple, chewed through, skidded with the fruit, won the bucket, auctioned it for 5 dollars, and donated the money to the Red Cross before returning for his wet prize.
British seaman Thom as Hathaway met Canadian seaman William Ellis at the Greater Boston USC club. Hathaway pulled a pocket photograph and asked, “wee £5, we ever run across this girl in Montreal?” Ellis asked what he was doing with a photo of my sister.
Charles Bellman chased a purse snatcher who had grabbed Mrs. Catherine Rooney's purse. He rammed the fugitive with his taxi on a sidewalk, catching him. Police took the man to a hospital where he was found to have only cuts and bruises.
Police inspect stray dogs in Basting Nebraska to find William Klyn's missing pet noted to have a glass eye. Search hinges on this distinctive feature as investigators pursue the case.
In Montebello California the fire department fashioned an emergency pump system from a hay truck when standard engines were unavailable. The improvised unit proved so effective that a second one was added to handle the workload.
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