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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1945
Page
2
Cherie Nicholas reviews children's fashion, highlighting corduroy and velveteen dresses with beanie accents, gay peasant trims, and checked taffeta and plaid tefetes. The piece notes sprightly ladle styles, sheer blouses, and the charm of rustling taffeta for young wearers. Western Newspaper Union release.
Instructions describe bright felt outfits for toddlers including bonnets, belts, suspenders, and small bags in Tyrolean style. Materials listed include remnants of felt in red brown green navy and French blues plus felt by the yard and small motifs. Crochet or needlework edges finish the garments and patterns cover boleros suspenders bonnets and bags for school or tenement wear.
Fashion notes that jumper dresses once seen as for slim figures are now offered in larger sizes. Designers present practical options in dark green navy or brown gabardine with under-arm support and a slimming deep V neck, available in better stores.
The article highlights rayon taffeta as a current fashion surge in plaids stripes and solid colors. A bustle evening gown in cerise features large base bows and shoulder bows, forming a new silhouette tied to the revival of Victorian styles.
Fashion note on vestees and dickeys designed to imitate blouse fronts when worn with suits. Surplice-front vestees in crepe, taffeta, jersey, or satin feature color contrasts and halter back details. Lingerie style vestees, including pephim cuts, are shown with black satin or velvet jackets and tailored wool suits.
Readers see a display of new hat fashions with dramatic draping and towering crowns. The gray felt hat features a wide top creased crown, while a Lyon’s velvet party hat in bleeding heart pink showcases a velvet fold over one eye and a high top with a pink jet piece and a square mesh veil.
A set of decorative fashion items includes a large soft bow for the throat paired with a sash belt of vivid faille silk in red and other colors. Rhinestones and pearls adorn the embroidery, enhancing crepe frocks and winter wraps. Also highlighted are white gora wool hats draped in oriental style, held by bicycle clips and richly beaded.
A Welsh stationed lieutenant, 37, writes about his wife Blanche, 29, who admits infidelity affecting their 10 year marriage and seven year old daughter in Chicago. He recalls another past affair by him, and asks if a husband may forgive a wife. The public voice endorses equal moral blame, noting gender double standards and social penalties.
A 37 year old lieutenant, married ten years to Blanche aged 29, faces shattered trust as Blanche confesses an affair with a married man while their 10 year old daughter stays with another officer's wife. Blanche seeks forgiveness though the officer fears resuming prior status after the war.
A wartime adviser urges forgiveness to Blanche after infidelity, advising a wait until after the war before deciding on marriage. It emphasizes courage, stability, and rebuilding home life as soldiers return, noting many couples face compromises and the need to bridge past wrongs with a hopeful reunion.
The guide explains using bleaching agents on stubborn stains. Place fabric over hot water, apply bleaching agent drop by drop, and dip when color changes. Repeat until stain lifts, then neutralize with ammonia.
EIGETH AIR FORCE BASE reports Mustang Lieut. Lyle M. Wright of Buffalo New York was wounded in the shoulder by flak near Germany. Glass fragments blinded him in one eye while he guided his plane home with the help of pilot Bill Stockton of Orion Michigan. Wright landed safely after Stockton guided him in. The canopy was jammed by slag, preventing bailout. Wright’s wife Edna was notified of serious injury on September 21.
In New York a Canadian man named Lewis White claims a voice urged him to kill his red haired wife. He says the urge came from a strong voice in his arm and led him to strike her with blows and fatal force. He wounded himself in an attempted suicide in his jail cell.
Washington reports the War Production Board authorized 152 240 000 dollars of civilian production in 172 plants. Durable goods account for most of the total, including vacuum cleaners 10 735 000 dollars and bed springs 39 972 000 dollars. Items listed also include lawn mowers typewriters electric irons and assorted household goods.
The U S army will open service high schools and universities in France and England after the European war to help soldiers resume education. Some 75000 teachers will be drafted from the army with credits to be honored by U S schools. Partnerships with the University of Paris and Sorbonne access are planned for those completing army studies.
Dunkirk police rushed to the Dunkirk Trust company after a burglar alarm. Inside they found an intruder crawling across the root beneath the counter. The two year old grandson of Glenn W Woodin, bank vice president, had crept under the counter and fondled an alarm button.
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