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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1932
Page
3
Patterned in 1932 by Western Newspaper Union, this piece notes cottons carrying the seasonal show from evening piques and meshes to daytime sports wear. It highlights tailored shirtwaist frocks, durene mesh and diagonal cottons, summer coats, belts, and bellhop jackets as key trends.
The coat dress fusion dominates wardrobes, blurring lines between coats and dresses. Designers show coats buttoned to the hem like dresses, with street dresses cut to open, and colored slips enhancing the coat over dress effect across daytime, evening, and beach ensembles.
Fashion critics note the all black dress endures in world style, with old faithfuls among trends. Paris introduces a lighter weight summer version that keeps black as a smart wardrobe staple despite evolving skirt lengths and waistlines.
Fringe re-appears on evening frocks with drum shaped hats as chic Paris mil liners showcase. Leading couturiers stress cottons, capelines with shallow crowns, and tailored frocks. Chantal sponsors dance frocks in tailored cotton pique and Mousseline de soie, often called silk organdie. Velvet shoulder capes top printed chiffon frocks.
Women favor simple wearable outfits with a smart line between severe tailoring and soft afternoon styles. Neat suits with dressmaking touches and simple frocks paired with a matching jacket or cape are the season’s favorites among well dressed women.
Hand blocked cotton scarfs touted as a stylish sportswear novelty. The item promises practicality and a unique look for athletic outfits, attracting curiosity among shoppers and vendors.
Ashland Kentucky Ollie Manley missed three of his best rabbits and suspected rats. A later investigation showed the rabbits were sleeping in the hounds bed and were eaten only after the dog was coaxed and the children approached.
A pilot recounted how Nicholas Spadevecchia and fellow scientists on a Northland expedition survived two weeks by eating porcupine livers after being marooned by a broken axle. Two teammates fell into crevasses, another was rescued, and director Percy Oldton remained stranded as Spadevecchia sought aid to reach Fairbanks. The hopeful escape was anticipated as they trudged toward safety.
Three hundred boys and leaders from twenty states and seventy-nine cities will sail in July for a forty-five day European tour. Twenty-four groups will follow five itineraries with an average cost of 275 dollars per day. Y M C A volunteers and national councils coordinate countrywide entertainment and escort the groups across borders.
San Pedro harbor woke to a alarm scare when a bank janitor William Fox accidentally set off the burglar alarm. Hundreds of sailors on shore leave ran to the docks thinking a wartime alarm, shouting roll calls and bells six eight and twenty. The commotion subsided as Fox explained the mishap.
Indianapolis officers rushed to a warehouse after an emergency burglar alarm. No burglar was found. A cat then jumped the alarm wire to show he was ready for a frolic, triggering another call to headquarters.
In Sikeston Missouri the estranged husband Larry Hargraves twenty five drew a public safety item and fired three bullets into the head of Beulah Ervin Har graves eighteen inside a church. He left the scene and escaped. The woman died instantly.
The motorist who drives through puddles splashing pedestrians will face assault and battery charges, per Police Chief John H. Dennis in Rumford Maine.
Phil Harris, 45, unemployed, soldered electrodes onto power wires of his radio set to create an electric dial. He turned on the current and was killed in the fatal self inflicted electrocution.
Friedrich Sieburg writes in Frankfurter Zeitung that Leningrad resembles a dying relic rather than a dynamic Soviet center. He says socialist ideals clash with faded palaces and colored gates, while people shuffle home after lining up for bread, a tired river of humanity under aging façades.
A concise rustic observation notes that High Banks act as confining riverbanks with water rushing past them without pause, illustrating the unending movement of the river.
A poor but honest Mexican peon unable to find work in Mexico City slept in a bakery to keep warm and was found dead from starvation. Police questioned owner Victor Tellez who said no bread or cake had ever gone missing from his shop. Local doctors attributed death to starvation.
A newly invented German target displays the hit score instantly as numbers appear at the side when a bullet strikes a numbered ring. The steel rings are covered by a standard paper target, with rings numbered from 10 at the bull’s eye to 1 on the outer ring.
A Glasgow Times item notes a lighthearted debate about spelling and language. The piece quotes a progressive boss and a female typist discussing simplified spelling in a humorous exchange.
A reflective column notes that obituary notices seldom dwell on eccentricities and that lasting memory comes from readers who study the living stories, while friends recall quirks. It muses on foresight and how enemies fade as tombstones endure.
In Shanghai a Clark University alum and his wife are greeted as guests by Dr. George H. Blakeslee on a mission for Uncle Sam. Lee Su, a former Clark student, shows a recently added wing to his home for their anticipated visit, praising the hospitality extended to “company from America.”
In the first act the actress debated closing her eyes during a love scene while the audience showed similar indecision. The Sydney bulletin notes the moment as a witty exchange reflecting stage nerves and viewer suspense.
The article explains that Islam means reconciliation and that Mohammed's core message was to reconcile humanity with Allah, the sole god. It emphasizes the monotheistic focus and the goal of establishing harmony between people and God.
A brief dialogue excerpt shows a mother remarking on beauty and a child noting resemblance to the father. The exchange hints at familial traits and pride in appearance across generations.
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