Smartly Styled Play Clothes Lead in Vacation Wardrobe
Fashion feature highlights versatile vacation wear for women focusing on striped percale shirts and pinafores. Notes trends like multiuse outfits for beachwear and gardening, with emphasis on comfort, color, and practicality. Mentions widespread pinafore appeal and retail growth, released by Western Newspaper Union.
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Taide
Jia
Jim Believer
Rae
Tyme
Aoe Giher
Cave
USA
Gery
Dar
Western Newspaper
Union
Hats and Accessories Set Captivate at Emery Show
The article describes striking hat ensembles and matching bags showcased at Emery, featuring gingham, navy, red and gold plaid taffeta looks. It highlights coordinated sets with veiled back supports and notes milliners also use glazed chintz and gingham to create chic summer combinations.
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Jit
Neckline Trends Shape Summer Day Dresses
The article notes a new era of summer dresses using simple cottons with low cut necklines to create flattering effects. Designers emphasize eye catching necklines, with wide square and rounded U shapes prominent in blouses and light dresses.
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Elile
Novel headgear trends rival summer fashion shows
The article highlights playful bicycle clips balancing clusters of flowers over the ears, with velvet or ribbon coverings and side motifs. It notes a flood of tiny foundation calers with whimsical veils and towers, plus bow adorned veils and sprightly snoods with scattered flowers for various head sizes and hairdos.
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Sesson
Black Formal Wear Dominates This Summer Fashion
Color runs fashion for play suits and daywear, but black holds sway at high society events. Black in smart styles features button fronts, underarm buttons, self bows, and aristocratic detailing. froths of white frills and black jewelry elevate outfits with subtle accessory drama.
High Hair Do With Pompadour For Summer Styles
Readers are urged to try the high swept hairdo as a chic summer trend. Hairdressers showcase artistry to shape tall styles, with milliners proposing decorative veils and headpieces to crown the elevated coiffure.
Pretty Housecoats Boost Army Wives Hope
Enthusiasm for prettily designed housecoats grows among army wives as furloughs place husbands nearby and living conditions improve. Wrapover styles in flowered seersucker or chintz are favored for easy, neat wear and a brighter home atmosphere.
Summer Style Trends in Fashion
Style notes highlight contrast fabrics for summer suits in darkeners and spun rayons. Ankle-strap sandals gain favor for dressy wear. Slim hip silhouettes define new skirts while high color handbags stand out. Junior dresses show striking simplicity and prints aim to conserve dyes. Millinery favors floral confections and whimsical veils for summer ensembles.
Donna and the Soldier's Mother a Wartime Dilemma
Kathleen Norris reports on Donna a Scranton nurse hopeful and conflicted with Ensign Morgan. After eloping under wartime pressure, Morgan’s snobbish mother pushes for divorce or boarding school while Donna struggles to support family and preserve love. Norris urges waiting and self improvement.
Rushed War Time Marriage Faces Hard Lessons
A 22 year old woman, urged by passion, marries an ensign during wartime. She supports his divorced mother and brothers, sacrificing education and refinement. His wealthy family exposes cultural gaps, and letters reveal her ignorance. The couple faces scorn, divorce, and a plea for guidance.
Airman recounts 17 days in Greenland crash ordeal
Sergt. William W. Myers of Pocomoke City Maryland tells of 37 fear ful days in icy Greenland waters aboard a Flying Fortress that crashed while searching for a lost plane. He and four crewmen survived while three others, including the pilot and radioman, died in the wreck and crevasse search.
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Chester
Greenland
Eddie Rickenbacker
William W. Myers
Pocomoke City
Myers
United States
Coast Guard
Arctic Circle
Fiera
Singing in the Shower Reveals Soldier's Identity at Beach Site
In Messmi Beach Florida Private Giovanni Benedetto, 19, metropolitan opera singer stationed there, was found singing in the shower by a weary guard. The guard learned his name after he concealed it, and the soldier agreed to sing again for the guards, impressing them with his voice.
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Messmi Beach
Fla
Giovanni Benedetto
Metropolitan Opera
Rededella
Anglers Send Tackle to Soldiers in Aleutians
San Francisco reports a relief effort where the San Francisco League for Service Men organized donations of fishing tackle worth $5,000. Governor Gruening spoke in two radio broadcasts urging support, and despite shipments, demand still exceeds supply as soldiers in the Aleutians seek supplementary meals from the sea.
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Aleutians
San Francisco
Gift From Home Provokes Sergeant in Alaska Package
A Millville Home Service club sent a care package to Sergeant W. P. Wimnik in Alaska containing lipstick which embarrassed him when 25 buddies watched the unwrapping. Wimnik notes it will take a long time to live it down.
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Aellville
Mass
Serg W. P. Wimnik
Millville
Army Cadet's Neighbors Harvest His Corn Crop
Crete Neb Donald Rezabeck is off to Midland Texas for army bombardier training. Neighbors husked 26 acres of corn he left unharvested, ensuring his crop is taken care of while he goes to war.
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Crete
Neb
Donald Rezabeck
Army Bombardier School
Midland
Texas
Rezabeck
Seize English Grammars In Invasion Countries
London reports that German forces confiscate all English grammars in France Belgium Norway and Holland. The action follows intelligence that many captives studied English to assist the Allies in an invasion.
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London
France
Belgium
Norway
Holland
Daily Sketch
Air-Raid Casualties Reported in England
London dispatch notes most air raid casualties occur in collapsed buildings with no fires yet people trapped under debris must be dug out. The account emphasizes the danger zones and the urgent need for rescue efforts amid ongoing bombardment.
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London
England
Hawk Smacks Window Then Flies Away in Colorado Springs
Wildlife Technician Spencer observed a hawk strike an office window in Colorado Springs, fall a short distance, regain consciousness, and fly off unharmed. The incident ended without injury or damage reported.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Spencer
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