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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1944
Page
2
A college fashion feature highlights velveteen jumper dresses as the season’s favorite for an updated ladylike look. The trend pairs black velveteen with peasant sleeve blouses, plaid accents, and decorative beads or tassels, emphasizing interchangeable separates and casual chic.
A vintage notice promotes a collection of scarfs for fall and winter displays. It highlights dramatic roles for the scarves, romance and loveliness, and sequined embellishments with exotic designs and vibrant colors to elevate simple costumes.
Fashion writers praise mixing separates to build a versatile wardrobe. Separate pieces in matching fabrics allow numerous outfit possibilities from casual to formal. Items include a two skirt black frock, a long torso blouse, a sequined crepe bolero, and a metallic satin brocade long waistline blouse paired with jeweled buttons for standout evening wear.
The leather conservation changes aim to bring back colored shoes for the spring season. Scrap leather scraps will be reused in new designs and two toned shoes remain limited to black and white or brown and white unless manufacturers show they can operate without extra workers.
The fall and winter fashion program centers on elegance with luxurious fur coats and generous sleeves. Costume suits with tuxedo fronts and fur accents lead a shift toward lasting, high taste. Featured are tunic coats, glittering blouses, and ornate hats with ostrich trims signaling a refined, trendsetting season.
De Luxe Suit Hats this season embody a new elegance shaping today’s costume. Fashion favors glamor even in plain suits with smart trimming accents. Shown is a Knox de luxe off-side beret with a muffin crown and riot-hued criss-cross quills adding distinctive flair.
The style notes describe adding softening touches to suits and daytime wool dresses. Decorative buttons, crocheted trims, and yarn studs appear on pockets, lapels, belts, and hats, creating playful, colorful details from traditional tailoring.
Kathleen Norris Tile recounts postwar anxieties and practical trials as families face an uncertain future. A mother describes cutting back, moving to a humble home near a hospital, and balancing work, care, and economy while hope and resilience persist.
The speaker notes 4 million and a quarter men have already been discharged. Families face a tough transition as veterans return ill or unable to resume work. Many are unsettled, nervous, cynical, and irritable, adding strain to households already dealing with sickness and accidents. Forethought and imagination, along with steady work, can help life continue smoothly after the war.
A wartime letter portrays a family scarred by loss and debt yet hopeful for the soldier's homecoming. The mother urges readiness for reintegration into postwar life, stressing practical support, shared plans, and resolve to build a new future beyond hardship.
The War Food Administration reports a drop in canned vegetables for 1944 as war needs rise. All vegetables except baby foods soups and canned baked beans fall about 11 percent with tomatoes down 34 percent snap beans 32 percent peas 26 percent and tomato juice 18 percent.
On a Western Pacific carrier flight, Ensign Walter H Albert of Braintree Massachusetts frightened a Japanese rear gunner from an aerial battle as 43 enemy planes were shot down. Lieut Harry C Thomas of Chicago and Lieut Elmer Kraft of Gilman Illinois also credited with downing enemy aircraft during the action.
A 21 year old prisoner trapped in a stone tower at the Maryland penitentiary shot and killed himself with the shotgun he used to hold guards at bay for about half an hour. Warden Patrick Brady said a crowd watched as guards fired tear gas and opened fire with machine guns and rifles. The prisoner, Salvador Apailic of Baltimore, was serving two 30 year sentences for assault and robbery with a deadly weapon. A second convict was captured after surrendering following the initial machine gun fire.
Denver report details a hitchhiker, 13 year old Rex Cripps, who dozed on a roadway edge and woke to a bus narrowly missing him. Driver RB Christ swerved to avoid him and halted the vehicle. The boy, riding near Batlingtan, Colo, sustained only two bruised knees. Authorities noted the driver’s quick actions prevented a worse outcome.
Valdor Quebec reports a significant gold rush as prospectors E A Shord and J E Ayrhart claim veins assay up to 53 per ton. Engineers call the find a geological bet and jackpot potential.
Five masked gunmen robbed two Banque de France armored cars near Ecquevilly between Evreux in Normandy. They seized more than one billion francs and fled toward Paris. Police have no trace. The Nazi transocean agency reported the claim. The franc was valued about 24 cents in U S currency at the German invasion time.
New York report two 501 pound tuna fish, largest of the season, arrived at Fulton fish market from adjacent waters, signaling a notable haul for local traders and buyers.
A brief, quirky note from Veat North Carolina mentions the post office area near the city’s Suit community, hinting at a humorous or curious local detail within the town.
The report notes that the average single woman in the United States spends about 133 dollars per year on clothes, reflecting consumer fashion trends and household budgeting during the period.
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