Freight Rate Ruling Seen to Aid Small Town Shippers
Washington dispatch analyzes the Interstate Commerce Commission decision to adjust class freight rates, outlining potential benefits for 15 000 small towns, and noting mixed impacts on manufacturers, farmers, and rural retailers across regions from the South to the West. It explains rate structure, possible decentralization of industry, and cautions on individual business effects and billing methods.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Arnall
Georgia
Chicago
Illinois
Rocky Mountains
Ohio and Potomac Rivers
Virginia
Richmond
Illinois-Indiana Line
Ohio and Potomac
Pacific Coast
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Department of Commerce
New York State
Arkansas
Indianapolis
Ohio
Michigan
Witchery of Black Lace Lends New Glamor to Summer Fashions
Western Newspaper Union notes lace dominates summer style with black lace edging on dresses and accessories. Designers showcase checks and peplums, gowns for cocktails, lace dickeys, boleros, and lingerie, all using black lace to elevate outfits for day to evening wear.
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New York
Union
Stunning New Print Adds Bold Screen Style
This bold screen print stands apart with simple styling and last minute trend appeal. A crash weave highlights a lattice pattern in yellow orange and black with a crossover bodice signaling new style technique. The graceful skirt shows restricted fullness and broad shoulders emphasize a slim waist.
Bold Color Contrast Startles and Delights
Color contrast takes center stage in fashion with bi color and tri color schemes gaining momentum. Designers showcase daring pairings to conserve fabric by mixing colors once considered bold. Sports wear echoes the trend with jackets featuring vivid yellow and black halves and contrast panels on long slacks.
Dressy Aprons and Batiste Fashions Debut in Prints and Pastels
Dressy aprons feature prints and eyelet batiste with white linens dolled up by bands of gay prints and fancy pockets. Batiste frocks in linen offer pastel colors with wrap-over skirts and smart buttons, while shirts paired with skirts in matching colors create chic summer costumes.
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Batiste
Weather and pests shape war-era crop yields
Weather boosted acre yields during the war years aided by better farming practices and land conservation. Yet pests like chinch bugs boll weevils codling moths and screwworms began with large over-wintering populations. Entomologists urge farmers to order insecticides and equipment now to protect crops and livestock.
Wasteful Branding Cuts Stockmen's Profit
American stock raisers lose over ten million dollars yearly from faulty branding. Brands should be small and placed on jaws or necks, or use acid branding to protect hides. Past focus on meat value neglects hide quality, costing the industry millions and rationed footwear for workers.
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America
Hog Cholera Serum Reduces Losses by 80 Percent
The hog cholera loss rate has dropped 80 percent since the preventive serum-virus treatment was introduced. Sanitation helps but cannot always protect hogs alone. The most dependable protection is immunizing the entire herd, with dosage based on weight, ideally given while pigs are still young.
Women must choose to be takers or givers in a future world
Kathleen Norris urges women to act as givers for a peaceful, prosperous future while men at the top cannot achieve it alone. The piece includes Pvt Bates McVayne’s troubled home story, where postwar life tests loyalty, divorce, and family ties, ending with a warm homecoming sentiment.
Bitter Homecoming Brings Soldier Strife and Heartbreak
Bates Vayne returns from service to a shattered home as his wife’s affair leads to estrangement from his wife’s family and sisters. A new conflict arises when the other man demands a divorce for pay. A baby daughter complicates the scene and Bates laments a loss of home family and friends.
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Bates cVayne
Bates
Marylin
Charity and virtues for a war-torn nation
A wartime column urges Bates to delay, visit his daughter with his mother, and seek family support. It condemns insensitive letters from five women and calls for faith, hope, and charity beginning at home to mend personal and national strife.
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Bates
Marylin
America
China
Europe
Red Cross
Kingdom of God
Berry Season In Full Swing For Blackberries And Dewberries
Berry season brings plump berries with bright color. Plan to use or can them soon after bringing home. Three fourths cup yields similar food value to a medium apple. Berry juice makes excellent summer drinks and works well in winter.
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