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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1943
Page
2
Fashion writer Cherie Nicholas outlines practical wartime fabrics emphasizing cottons for economy and durability. She notes American use of vast cotton supplies, tailored looks akin to woolens, and dresses and play suits suitable for men and women in labor.
A 1943 fashion note highlights new sleeve shapes with capelike silhouettes and scalloped periwinkle and white rayon chiffon appliques. It describes a Ginner gown with a short summer length, sheer rayon prints, and dress suitability for warm days. The piece emphasizes seasonable craftsmanship and vintage styling.
The article notes a home sewing boom with women on farms using printed sheeting to fashion family outfits. Pattern-makers supply simple, affordable styles that can be made at home as a trend sweeps the country.
New fashion notes describe glamour conscious dresses in sporty frocks. Shops feature wrinklie resisting spun rayons with colorful fabrics, embroidery, and shellac touches. A coat press style gains eyelet epaulets over the shoulders, blending practicality with style.
The new sheer frocks in black and navy feature eyelet embroidery with frills. Eyelet edging decorates vertical pocket slits in skirts. Hats crafted from starched eyelet embroidery are described as very smart.
Cherie Nicholas reports on a Chicago exhibition where discarded shirts and tablecloths inspire new summer styles. Women and designers explore home sewing, turning old fabrics into dresses, gowns, and even beachwear, demonstrating resourceful fashion during wartime.
A wartime era gown described as dainty and sentimental, crafted in crinkled cotton organdie with a rose-pattern, fitted basque, puffed sleeves and off-shoulder decolletage. It is pitched as a versatile frock for graduation, bridesmaid duties, and future special occasions throughout the summer.
Facts and Fancies Fashion highlights stockings in pastel blue pink green lavender black shadow and exotic tan. Novelty earrings gain attention with a mirror glass center that sparkles on movement. Hats use Chieng straw from China and a New York millinery house donates a share of proceeds to the Chinese War Fund.
Katherine Norris argues that time is the only cure for tough troubles and urges patience during painful situations. The piece centers on a reader identified as V. T. and her tangled family life, showing how impulsive endings worsen harm to children and loved ones. The author concludes that time, not hasty action, would have steadied the family if she chose to bear the discomfort.
A narrator discusses healing wounds through patience and steady action. Kathleen Norris notes a woman’s lack of patience harms loved ones, particularly a lame first child, a third man called her beloved, and she seeks guidance for better family care.
Milwaukee reports a remarkable family of four workers three brothers and a sister laboring six days weekly at Grade Foundries and running a 10 acre farm by night. Mary Pucek 12 and brothers Steve 17 John 23 Joe 26 average high output, with Steve praised as a top molder. They milk 37 cows and raise 17 hogs to aid wartime supply, using a lighted tractor for night plowing. The family travels from Sussex to Milwaukee plant, balancing heavy duties with farm tasks, aiming to keep both jobs and farm thriving despite long days.
Houston reporter recounts a theft tied to ration items. John Overton, a café operator, tallied ten pounds coffee and sugar, nine evaporated milk cans, four tomato cans, five pounds meat, and alarm clock among the loot. The thief ignored nickels valued at SS and left with a clock.
Scotland's vast heather resources are being processed into a new timber substitute. Dried and pulverized into fine threads, beaten into paste, molded, cured, sawed, and finished like wood. It is claimed to be immune to pests and waterproof, fireproof, and acid proof. Can be formed into slabs or molded shapes.
T. M. Duncan told police he planted a victory garden two weeks ago and returned to find only a hole in the ground. Someone hauled away all the dirt, suggesting the plot was dug up for loose dirt.
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