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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1940
Page
8
Wallace and the Capitol Spanish Club foster Latin American ties through language study and diplomacy. The article traces Henry Wallace’s practical diplomacy, including the Interdepartmental Committee on Cooperation With the American Republics, rubber and hemp projects, and Latin American agricultural aids, shaping U S policy and farm interests while balancing war-time pressures.
The article notes persistent attention to retail prices in Washington amid ongoing concerns about living costs. It highlights limited current changes in the cost of living and references Peselt of the detente program as part of the discussion.
Cherie Nicholas notes high quality woolens and furs elevate winter fashion. The piece highlights 100 percent wool Forstman fabric vesperla in grayngold, beaver fur accents, and intricate tailoring. It celebrates three piece suits, dressmaker coats, and Eisenberg original wool dress with ornate pockets, jeweled buttons, and satin ascot.
A camera catches Dame Fashion in the act of appropriating the Derby hat from a family album dated to the early sixties. The "trotter derby" shines this season with a bewitching veil and blue velvet accents, a chic pose at the back.
The article notes a trend of masculine styling in women's attire with derbies and feminized veils, paired with flannel shirts, jackets tailored in menswear cuts, long wool knit socks, and striped ties becoming campus favorites.
Fashion trend pairs hats with colorful leather gloves to spice up costumes. Glove makers offer bold colors, with two matching options: glove to hat or glove to trim. For black hats with contrasting trim, wearing two glove colors keeps outfits fresh and versatile.
The resurgence of frog fastenings is reported with both utilitarian and decorative appeal. Designers are crafting frogs from braid ala militaire and using cords of the same cloth as the dress or coat to unify the look.
Professor J B Rodgers argues rural fire losses average 400 dollars per minute and farmers can cut about 225 million dollars yearly by acting as their own building inspector and fire chief. He advises farm layouts to face winds, fire resistant roofs, chimney soot removal, proper furnaces, grounded conductors, and ready access to water or extinguishers.
Research from the federal Poultry Nutrition Bureau notes overcrowding plus possible dietary deficiencies drive feather picking cannibalism and egg eating in flocks. Feeding about 20 percent barley or oats reduces feather picking. Colorfully tinted windows or lamps are sometimes used to curb cannibalism. Egg eating rises with calcium deficiency.
Danger of colds in the poultry flock will be lessened by keeping birds worm free. Worms lower body resistance. watch droppings and inspect the intestinal tract of birds for treatment. After worm capsules, cleanse and disinfect the poultry house. burn droppings and confine birds 36 hours.
Officials of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea company note per capita fruit and vegetable consumption in America has doubled in twenty years and risen many times over in the past four decades. They attribute the rise to modern refrigeration and improved transportation.
A method to burn out stumps involves drilling a two inch hole, filling with two ounces of saltpeter and water, sealing, then adding paraffin or fuel oil and igniting. The fire should consume the stump if enough chemical is used.
Open porch over sun porch with south facing three-window opening should use a canvas roof over a No 2 pine fir or spruce tongue and groove flooring. Minimum roof pitch is a quarter inch per foot with four to six inch flashing at walls. The middle window becomes a door and a storm door with weather stripping is advised.
Pattern 2645 provides charts and directions for making potholders with stitch illustrations and listed materials. It instructs readers to send orders to the appropriate supplier or address.
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