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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1950
Page
12
Writers note how philosophers mocked fashion yet many fail to wear their elders hats. A grand father’s Sunday hat may be fine but would seem odd to friends and worry creditors, leaving others to doubt the owner’s grasp of style.
In 1950 fashion, dresses prevail with easy laundering and minimal hats. In Lenox Massachusetts at Tanglewood the last weekend, hats were rare among women over 60, many dowagers bobbed their hair and wore wreaths or sun-back dresses with coordinating accessories. Mrs Fritz Kreisler appeared in a halo of artificial green leaves.
At the Saratoga Springs track this week women show bare feet and heelless shoes on the lawns while fall styles appear in hats and boleros. Black velvet hats and navy blue trends dominate with sparkling jeweled trims. Ella Belle Davis sings in a white off the shoulder gown as Leonard Bernstein may conduct a Syracuse concert in 1951 with Koussevitzky.
President Truman backed by the Budget Bureau asks Congress for 3,275,000 to print more money. Currency stocks are dangerously low, and output must rise to avoid a shortage. Paper costs are 75,006, with the rest for salaries and printing.
Mrs Charles J Hogan wife of the Democratic County Committee chairman stands with Mrs Virgil Kilmer and Mrs Ada Maroney past president of the Women s Democratic Club of Onondaga at the annual outing. Eighteen injured two seriously in a fire at a Madrid labor event.
A New York audience of more than 76 000 Jehovah's Witnesses at an international assembly promised not to engage in any subversion or conflict. Leader Nathan H. Knorr denounced communism and affirmed the sect’s heavenward focus. The gathering from the United States and 66 countries predicted East and West would be crushed in the current strife.
George Eastman House receives a $30 000 gift to build Memorial Hall honoring the late Brackett H Clark Rochester philanthropist businessman and associate of George Eastman The grant comes from Clark's son George H Clark a director at Eastman Kodak Company.
Dawn Purzycki and her dog were in a parked car left in reverse on Route 9 near Crescent Bridge when a driverless auto rolled into the Mohawk River. The parents, visiting from Albany, reported the child sleeping in the back seat as the car slid into 15 feet of water. coroner Dr. Frank Mastrianni ruled accidental drowning.
Representative Brooks urges the execution of convicted atomic spies in Washington. He argues stealing atom bomb information endangers thousands and warrants the death penalty for those involved.
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