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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1943
Page
3
A film star asks about business as a producer touts extraordinary, dynamic growth for the week. A separate court note recalls a wife claiming weakness for housework, then taking a railroad job, highlighting personal upheaval amid ongoing cases.
A damaged snippet shows two men arguing about temper and rheumatic jokes then a quip about telling Hitler it will rain. The line hints at wartime mood and casual insults between old cronies.
Dialogue explains the word trousseau as the clothes a bride wears for five or six years after marriage. Billie asks the question and Mamma defines it in simple terms.
Surveys of service men show cigarettes are the most welcome package from home with Camel ranking first among all services based on sales in post exchanges and canteens. Restrictions on overseas mail apply, but Camels can still be sent to soldiers in the United States and to sailors marines and coast guardsmen abroad.
Wartime dress plans favor simple lines and fabric interest, boosting home sewists. Rayon fabrics in light weights and varied weaves drive practical daytime frocks and smart suits, with shirtwaist and two-piece styles popular for town, travel, and work.
The latest summer style dramatizes ensembles with self fabric mantillas and coordinated lace. A street-length frock pictured uses a black lace motif on pale green rayon crepe with a matching mantilla, showcasing coordinated texture and color.
Designers favor crisp immaculate pique for all white outfits including smart afternoon frocks graduation dresses and bridal gowns. Hand crochet lace trims and organdy frills along a plunging V neck transform a simple white pique dress into a fashionable frock with matching hat.
Women with little prior housework are now pressed to manage chores, fueling demand for pretty pinafore frocks. Young housewives favor new pinafore styles in ruffles and chimtz prints, while no iron seersucker button-back pinafores offer practical wear.
Instructions describe sew-on chair covers for smart cottons with long stitches attaching to old upholstery. Covers are pin fitted with a 4 inch tuck-in around the seat, 11 inch seam allowances, and welting along key edges to hide stitching. A sketch illustrates welted and non welted pieces and proper edge finishing.
A funicular railway is a steep gradient cable driven line where counterbalanced cars travel on tracks, providing transport up and down hills. It operates in hilly cities and mountainous areas with inclines too steep for conventional rail.
A garbled list presents several trivia prompts and odd facts, including a cable railway, a year 1212, a two thirds fraction, a five percent rate, and references to Treasure Island, Penassee Minnesota, Byron, and Sicily. It ends with a dubious note about bombsight use and bombardier pride.
The note promotes BOOK 9 and BOOK 10 detailing repair tips for chair springs and making removable slip covers. Each booklet costs 15 cents and orders should be sent to the specified address.
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