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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1943
Page
2
Cherie Nicholas surveys cottons shaping 1983 fashion, from sportswear to party wear. Designers embrace gingham, ticking, and printed weaves transforming everyday fabrics into glam outfits. The piece highlights new jacket lengths, two piece dresses, and appliqued details that elevate cottons for teens, adults, and special occasions.
A spring and summer vogue centers on a blouse and skirt costume. The white swiss voile blouse with a low neckline complements a black taffeta skirt for party wear. Casual wardrobes feature bright peasant dirndl skirts and sheer lingerie blouses with various outfits.
The snood vogue flourishes with flower laden head coverings. Accessories blend seashells glittering beads and ribbons. Designers describe arrangements from scattered petals on the mesh snood to twin side clusters in Chinese style, and single gardenias atop the pompadour for a minimal flourish.
The peasant trend drives summer fashion with new departments in several stores. Blouses and dirndl skirts lead a line of jumpers in materials like glazed chintz seersucker chambray and bright dyed unbleached muslin. Felt suspenders belts and caps feature bold embroidery details.
With milder weather arriving, demand shifts to toppers and short box coats. Corduroy toppers stay popular, along with colorfully bright coats in navy gray beige and a striking new bright gold shade.
A wartime graduation fashion snapshot reviews simple inexpensive fabrics like pique and white rayon crepe for gowns. It notes popular silhouettes with basque bodices, dirndl skirts, long torsos, and decorative ruffles, eyelet embroidery, and epaulets. Floor-length styles remain favored alongside pastel sheets and gardenia accents.
Gray faille and white stripe rayon fabric create a chic tailored suit frock. A black velvet collar self covered buttons and a detachable gilet add distinct details. A darker gray felt hat with a towering crown completes the fashion-forward ensemble.
Style notes highlight pairs of lapel whimsies, ruckrack trimmed denim aprons for victory gardeners, and crisp taffeta ruce on sailor hats. Current trends favor Chinese inspired fashions, wide brim hats, crochet hats, knitted costumes, and lavish florals driving spring and summer looks.
Kathleen Norris discusses Viola a 22 year old who faced a string of risky choices from a broken family to affairs with a married man and a hospital stay. Norris urges starting right by choosing virtue despite past missteps and social pressures, highlighting regret and hope for steady reform through honest life choices.
The passage reflects on school year rituals and the thrill of new beginnings. It links childhood joy to adulthood, noting a fresh start carries awareness of an ongoing past and the need to accept it realistically. The tone blends nostalgia with a quiet acknowledgment of memory's persistence.
A Washington report details the seizure of 50,000 German held patents and allied assets. It notes government aims to keep these under American control, licensing for general use and preventing reconstitution of Nazi monopolies. It describes seizures of I. G. Farben assets, Axis ships, and key industrial interests.
In Berners Street the Berners Street fire station has built pig sties from bombed shop ruins to help food supply. Firemen tour local canteens for scraps and have raised 50 to 60 porkers over ten months, with at least one member keeping pigs previously.
Gov Bor tolfsen says 400 Idaho state house workers will add gardening to duties forming a Victory plot near the Idaho prison. He challenges county commissioners statewide to organize similar projects to bolster food production and morale.
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