Sewing at Home Solves Wardrobe Woes in Thrifty Style
In this Western Newspaper feature from the era, readers are urged to sew at home to stretch wardrobes. It highlights simple patterns such as a basic waistline dress with contrast sleeves, a two piece jersey dress with a pleated skirt, and smart accessories. Instructions emphasize thrift, wartime practicality, and practical materials like plaid or striped fabrics and salvageable trims.
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Steigmarer
Semaholes
Wardrose
Beline
Belezesec Oy
Caios
Sunny South Suit Foretells Spring Fashion Trends
The piece notes fashion forecasts for spring featuring lavish button use and contrast suits. It highlights a beige sailor hat with brown and beige cellophane bows and beige gloves as accessories accompanying the new suit mode.
Mesh Hosiery for All Occasion Wear Fashion Feature
A fashion note highlights mesh hosiery as versatile for all occasions with lace styles for dressy looks and sheer meshes for outdoor wear. Authors advise maintaining a two-hose reserve to match outfits and emphasize pairing with sandals and sleek kidskin footwear.
Fur-Lined Gloves Offer Smooth Comfort This Winter
Electrically sheared lambskin gloves with fur inside claim a seamless feel. The leather skin exterior and integrated lamb fur create supple, light protection across cocoa brown and natural colors in sizes small through large.
Vogue Teams Prints With Wools Crepes Fashion Trend
In advance fashion displays a Print-and-wool movement grows as designers pair prints with wools and crepes. Wool suits and matching toppers feature print-lined blouses, with new sash-tie prints and scarf ideas shaping versatile outfits. A wool dress with self-fabric neck strap and reversible cape scarf adds modern, detachable styling options and endless wearability.
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Cheate Nicholas
New Dinner Dress Debuts In Modern Evening Style
The article highlights a new short-length dinner frock in black rayon crepe with an off-shoulder V neckline, leading the move against pre war longer gowns. Jewelry, large earrings and matching necklace, plus a black marine hat, illustrate current high fashion trends for smart wardrobes.
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Black Marine
Spring fashions bring tunics and sleek silhouettes
Style notes highlight Spittype suits for spring and tunic silhouettes. Galmer sweaters rise for formal evenings, while fanciful evening sandals add glamour to outfits. The black dress emphasizes line over trim, bronze-beaded dresses shine under mink coats, and rich fabrics like lame and satin define dinner wear. Hand crochet shawls feature gey borders and festive flowers.
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Galmer
Peace and Rights in 1944 Beyond the War
Kathleen Norris writes that 1944 may be pivotal for the nation and world. She urges faith in peace as in war, notes that postwar borders and powers will shift, and that terms offered to smaller nations matter more than territorial disputes. She highlights Russia, Scandinavia, and North America as peaceable actors and calls for prudent, guarded optimism.
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Russia
England
Scandinavia
Europe
France
Germany
Poland
Balkans
America
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
China
Philippines
Woitz
Broad minded life 1944 by Kathleen Norris
Kathleen Norris predicts 1944 will test peace with new challenges. She argues broad minded individuals who understand logical outcomes of policies will gain most. She cites Europe’s centuries of territorial conflict and notes peace requires patience tolerance and faith not a mere armistice.
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Kathleen Norris
Peace and Vigil for 1934 amid World Problems
A plea for cautious armament and global responsibility urges sustainment of police protection and a shared effort for peace. Faith communities are urged to mobilize large daylong vigils, echoing the promise of spiritual perseverance and service as a path to a safer world.
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China
Scandinavia
New York
Chicago
Ion
Ars. P
Wounded Marine Keevert Fights On After Leg Wound
Sergeant Ward F Keevert USMC of Kings, Montana, pressed on after a leg shrapnel wound during the Vila airdrome attack on Kolombangara Island. Despite pain he fired rounds at the Japs and guided his pilot through an emergency landing, later joking he was fine and needed no help, before being ordered to rest.
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Guadalcanal
Sta Sergt
Ward F
Keevert
USMC
Kings
Mont
Tor
Vila Sirdrome
Ehner
P_ Thomps
Thompson
Mar
Xeevert
Fust
Vila
Squedros
Ips
Clouts Holdup Man With Sausage Foiled Theft
In Chicago a robber tied to a grocery heist threatened clerks with a revolver while attempting to steal meat. Store clerk Gus Sakeeberg wrestled the weapon from the assailant and aided police until officers arrived. The suspect, 38, previously jailed for robbery, claimed medical training and a $20 weekly job.
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Chiczco
Rosvek
Hans
Friendly 3 Legged Deer Forsakes Its Wild Life
In Oceana West Virginia Game Protector L A Anderson and his wife own a three legged fawn that forsook the wild life after being injured. It was found with a broken leg and treated by a veterinarian. After amputating the leg the fawn recovered and now refuses to leave the house under his care.
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Oceana. W. Va
L. A. Anderson
Anderson
Ticketless Passenger Boards the Wrong Bus
In Fort Wayne Indiana a bus driver checked passengers tickets as they boarded. A woman without a ticket got on the bus claiming she was going to see her sister. It later appeared she was on the wrong bus, creating an awkward situation for the driver and passengers.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Turkey in the Feathers.
In Winchester Virginia Mrs. J G Fosbrink notes her turkey hen befriends small birds. Last year a quail roosted on the turkey's back and this year a bantam hen has become its inseparable companion.
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Winchester
J. G Fosbrink
Cheyenne Classified Oddity Sparks Laughs in For Sale
Cheyenne residents read a quirky for sale item in the local paper describing rabbit fries and a request for three boys to catch alley tests, a puzzling line that drew reader amusement.
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Steve Kitty
Kitty
Cheyenne
Wyo
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