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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1941
Page
6
Lace brings versatile fashion solutions for winter parties and formal events. Modern laces offer diverse textures from oak-leaf patterns to Chantilly and Chantilly veilings. black lace shawls and mantilla effects recapture romance while outfits range from evening wraps to youthful pastels with bouffant gowns and velvet accents.
A new twosome of accessories arrives featuring a wide colorful peasant belt with matching hat crown band. The set, in felt or leather with embroidery, adds gaiety to daytime outfits, with an optional corselet lacing front for a vestee look.
A fashion note praises veiling as ornamental and practical. Milliners design headwear that reveals the hair due to a Chantilly wrapped tiny hat forming a lace mesh snood at the back to protect hair while keeping it visible.
Fashion notes urge wearing multiple lapel pins as a trendy statement. Sets of 10 varied enamel pins with jewels offer floral, beetle, bug, butterfly, and hummingbird designs to collect or mix with single pins.
A style note advises treating the face as a picture and using hats to frame and enhance beauty. It highlights a black felt hat that rolls to create a soft peak and a creamy beige felt and feather hat that flatters coloring, aiming for an oval illusion.
A Western Newspaper Union summary contrasts Wilmington Illinois munitions plant workers earning 25 dollars daily for carpenters with 16 to 17 dollars for laborers. Chicago clericals earn 17 to 35 dollars weekly, while Wilmington workers live frugally. The piece argues white collar workers bear rising taxes and costs while earning far less than skilled laborers. It highlights social contrast and wartime economic strain.
Nancy Walker wins Hollywood favor after starring in Best Foot Forward and will report to Metro studios when the show ends. Mary Sheppard shifts from airliner to lead in Pete Smith's What About Daddy. Robert Benchley previews dual roles in Out of the Frying Pan and Take a Letter Darling and Jean Wallace and Lynda Gray gain new contracts with Paramount as New Orleans belles.
The piece argues that true culture comes from schools churches and home loving rural Americans not night life venues. It claims the Dies committee finds no subversives among rural folks and that patriotism, law respect, and civic intelligence reside in small towns and farms as the true home of American culture.
The department of commerce notes national income rose from 17.9 billion dollars in 1902 to 73.8 billion in 1940, more than quadrupling in 38 years despite wars and depressions, achieved under the American system of free competition.
A wartime columnist warns that Japan will withdraw from Korea Manchukuo China and Indo China and lose its Pacific footholds. The piece suggests Japan’s aggressive war will end with a return to Perry era setbacks and the nation fading from world power.
Asta from The Thin Man receives a plaque from the McKinley Kennel Club of Canton Ohio for outstanding service to canine friends and work earning dogdom appreciation. The item reflects lighthearted canine celebrity culture and a nod to Myrna Loy.
Eleven month old David James, carried by Marlene Dietrich when she tripped over a light cable, resumes film work in Rosalind Russell's new picture with Fred MacMurray handling the infant on set.
Charles Laughton, guest on a Milton Berle radio program, appeared styled like a Forty-niner with a beard for his RKO film Tutties of Tahiti. He has learned the conga for It Started With Eve and the hula for a new picture, rehearsing a broadcast with Shirley Ross on piano.
Jack Benny carries the Buck Benny name from NBC shows and a later film, the label used by the cast and fans alike. The recurring bit has cemented the nickname across his career.
Several star singers will headline a new musical program on CBS set to bow January 7. William L. Shirer hosts his informal international affairs discussion after his broadcast. Ann Shepherd posed for publicity photos at a New York hospital and is now interned for spare time. Irene Rich lands a leading role in Metro's Just Between Us. Babe Ruth signs to play himself in The Life of Lou Gehrig.
A neighbor's galvanized shed peeled paint due to zinc coating pores. Wash with cider vinegar to remove the deposit, rinse, dry, then apply quality house paint. Other tips cover chimney smoke prevention with a paper torch, pipe placement to avoid sweating, cleaning waffle irons with baking soda, cleaning drains, burning paper cautions, and damp basements insulation guidance.
Beginning in mid January Raleigh cigarettes start weekly contests for best last line to a jingle. Over 100 liberal prizes each week. Watch this paper for details.
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