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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1938
Page
5
Two fashion designs for fall featured with puffed sleeves and slim silhouettes. Patterns 1477 and 1585 tailor two-piece outfits with detailed sew charts, offering choices in fabrics from wool crepe to velvet. The Fall and Winter Pattern Book is available for 25 cents, with individual patterns at 15 cents each.
A portrait of Maj. Alexander P. de Seversky and Imon Lake, inventor of submarines, chronicling Seversky’s escape from Bolshevik execution, his U.S. aviation career and record flight, and Lake’s lifelong quest to repurpose submarines for deep sea travel amid wartime exploits and profits.
The average Englishman writes 78 letters annually followed by 67 for Americans and 66 for New Zealanders. Swiss 60, German 56, Dane 46, Austrian 38, Dutch 34, Swede 26, Frenchman 20, Norwegian 20, while Italians Spaniards and Portuguese each under 20 letters per year.
Cherie Nicholas surveys a fall fashion surge featuring plaids and stripes in adult and junior wear. Glazed with plaid jackets, skirts, blouses, and matching accessories, outfits mix tailored suits, short sleeves, and bold color combos seen at a Chicago preview.
Gloria Stuart, cinema icon, models an oriole orange suede jacket over a paradise blue suede dress. The ensemble features short sleeves and a sail collar for a youthful look, with a blue suede cap completing informal knockabout wear.
French designers defy fingertip length edict with short waistline jackets paired with contrasting dresses. Boxy coats feature roomy shoulders and wide sleeves for a carefree look in light wool over wool dresses. Mauve violet shades dominate, often combined with blue or dark red. Designers favor jackets resembling overblouses worn as dresses or under fur coats in cold weather.
Lancel stylist says the new watch display moves from hanging as a pendant on the tailleur lapel to a vanity and cigarette case. The case comes in enamel shades with gold and silver, modeled in an oblong form.
Lingerie baby bonnets with a nose veil emerge as a millinery conceit for day costumes not dinner or evening wear.
Monogram shoes rise as a fashion statement amid evolving trends. Designers spotlight initials to convey individuality, with shoppers embracing personalized branding and bold typography to mark style. The trend intersects with accessories and apparel, signaling a broader move toward expressive consumer choices.
A print of a composite portrait of modern America is turned into an evening dress. The pale pink design positions the garment as the era’s color queen with bold, fashion forward appeal.
London reports a Royal School for Deaf and Dumb Children installation using electrical hearing aids in a cinema. Special headphones and an audiometer measure each pupil’s loss. those with under 70 percent loss benefit. The system relays sound through chair sockets to individual boxes for clear consonants aiding speech learning.
Advertisement for a transfer embroidery pattern pattern 1809 from The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. lists alphabets floral sprays and stitches with directions for placing initials. Send 15 cents and provide name address pattern number to 82 Eighth Ave New York NY.
The Q and A cover topics from twins types to Bible word counts, Panama canal capacity, and the origin of Newport News. It notes three identical and Siamese twins, 3 566 480 letters in the Bible, the KC L A-2 oil well near Wasco in the San Joaquin valley, and that Newport News is named after Capt. Christopher Newport and Sir William Newce as cited by National Geographic Magazine.
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