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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1944
Page
2
A West coast fashion note discusses the new Everglaze finish that keeps fabrics like chintz gloss and colors lustrous after multiple washings. It highlights washable dresses and percale items, promising vibrant, easy care garments for summer with durable, crease resistant fabrics.
Vogue for Checks Fashion is living a checkered career. Designers are intrigued with smart black and white check taffeta. Lisette Verez in The Merry Widow wears a striking hat and dress with self check patterns and sequins on the chest pocket.
A new spring to summer fashion combines a slim dark crepe skirt with a white pique basque jacket. The ensemble pairs well with pastel cotton gabardine or linen jackets and other suitable sum mer fabrics, offering a polished, light look.
Short and long capes appear in three piece tailored suits with suits, jackets, and capes in tweeds and wools. Cape dresses in black crepe with low necklines and minimal sleeves pair with capes for day street wear or formal evenings. Capes replace boleros with many print costumes, offering versatile overthrows for summer wear.
A corded fashion theme returns as hats, bags, and shoes feature matching corded designs. Beret or calot hats pair with corded pumps, while a corded handbag complements a chic corded cha pean.
White jewelry is a big summer hit with white earrings leading, while matching tattering necklaces bracelets pins and lapel clips rise in style. The season spans gloves shoes and other accessories, signaling a broad white fashion wave.
Cherie Nicholas notes women must manage home chores alone and promotes house dresses as practical and stylish. Seersucker chambray prints with florals, lace edgings, and pinafores are featured, with emphasis on interchangeable separates and wearability for around the home.
The article notes dramatic fashion using white daisies on a black felt beanie, with a chain of daisies trailing over the shoulder. Black linen outfits highlight the look, and flower hats plus bicycle clip arrangements are predicted to prevail all summer, alongside multiple floral pieces for varied style occasions.
An 19th century snippet advertises neckbands with stones jewelry buttons and flowers for throat adornment. It mentions headbend snénds as new hairdress novelties and describes their practical use in taming unruly hair. A half-snood plus bicycle clip headband anchors the style and adds decorative flair.
A Hartford reader describes adopting a baby boy to comfort an elder son Cyrus and the ensuing dynamic. Tony’s charm draws attention, while Cyrus offers quiet self-effacement. The parents consider separating the brothers, placing Tony in a distant school, and pursuing work until Howard returns, to protect Cyrus’s spirit.
A mother who adopted Tony, a sickly baby, to be a companion for her son Cyrus now faces a conflict as Tony grows into a charming boy and Cyrus, steady and unselfish, begins to fall behind. With the father soon abroad, she plans boarding schools and city living. Miss Norris argues this may not be best.
The passage counsels a caregiver to place Cyrus in boarding school and keep Tony at home with family influence. It urges arranging a strong motherly link to secure Cyrus’s future, stressing private, intensive bonding with Tony, while ensuring the boys remain unaware of the motivation and avoiding pity for Cyrus.
Three women join the dining car staff on the Canadian National Railways main line between Halifax Nova Scotia and Sydney N S replacing two male stewards. One woman serves as buffet cook another as pantry girl and the third works as waitress while two male stewards supervise. The waitresses uniform features maroon edging and matching apron.
London reports that two man operated electric dive torpedoes in divers suits have sunk an enemy cruiser at Palermo and damaged a transport. Admiralty honors Lieuts Greenland and Dove, Signalman Ferrier, and Seaman Freer for the daring attack.
Detachments of Dutch Marines stationed in the United States blend with U S forces. Lieut General Alexander A Vandegrift notes Dutch marines wear U S uniforms with distinct collar insignia. He cautions optimism is unwarranted as Pacific war strains persist, predicting long travel and hard work ahead.
A young man, five years after fleeing Germany, leads a raid on his southern homeland as a waist gunner aboard an Am bomber. He cannot be named. his family suffered under the Gestapo with his mother, father, and two sisters killed. He flies at his own request to avenge Nazi crimes.
Patch from the Anzio beachhead reports Captain Taylor ML Radcliffe of Helena Montana recovering in hospital after escape from six Nazi soldiers who bound gagged and struck him with a rubber hose during a house reconnaissance with a Canadian American unit. He was threatened with further harm after refusing to answer questions.
New York patrolman Theodore Acbele 38 went off duty after donating a pint of blood to the Red Cross. He later fought ten hoodlums in a theater, drew his revolver and fired once, none injured. two suspects were arrested.
CHICAGO reports elastic once used in women's garments now wraps barrage balloon lacing on ships for air defense. In San Francisco the navy allows sailors on leave to take part-time jobs as longshoremen. Madrid notes an estimate of about 80 million rats in Greater Germany.
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