27 Feb 1941
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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1941
Page
1
Designers borrow Chinese influence for spring jackets capes and hats with new silhouettes featuring longer jackets straight skirts and soft shoulder lines. Capes dominate the scene with varied linings and a mix of green tones and bold contrasts, while cootie hats and turbans set the period mood.
Learn to make a turban and bag using polka dot cotton pique or print silk. Gather three quarters of a yard of 86 inch fabric, half yard of 39 inch rayon taffeta for lining, and half yard buckram for reinforcement. Attach the hem stitcher for a professional edge finish.
Flowery prints in two-piece dresses top a skirt, with vivid gypsy-like patterns. Styles include peasant type skirts or all-around pleated designs, reflecting up-to-date fashion for young girls.
There is a gypsy charm about dresses in cotton silk linen or rayon. Skirts show subtle fullness for casual rock. Blouse tops use mono tone fabric, black or navy jersey. Evening gowns feature printed silk in splendent colors with fitted bodices over billowy mousseline and appliqued flower clusters from the same print.
Coats feature light wool weaves, polished surfaces, and surface treatments. All over braiding in self color enhances pastel coats with oatmeal beige brown violet blue and muted pink shades. Tucking and quilting appear in allover leaf and tendril patterns for refined texture.
Coats dresses and capes are being made from handsome plaids in the new covolie jackets. Plaids pair with monotone skirts, while capes add drama to the spring style parade. Capes feature jong and epaulet fringe effects for a toned look.
The City of London, a one square mile district on the Thames, is described as a world financial center with the Bank of England the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street and the Stock Exchange on Throgmorton Street. It hosts Lombard Street banking, Lloyds insurance, Rothschild and Childs Bank, and landmarks like St. Paul’s, the Old Bailey, and Shakespeare’s era sites. The district blends ancient walls, gates, and literary ties with a daily high business flow and a rich heritage of poets, writers, and traders.
The article notes farm prosperity rising with best income in a decade and prices higher due to strong defense spending. It cites a percent above last year and indicates expansion in industry and higher consumer incomes boosting retail sales in both urban and rural areas.
Minneapolis dispatch on Northwestern National Life study shows average urban workers gained nearly seven dollars monthly in late 1940 as expenses remained at 1936 levels. Net buying power rose amid record department store trade and better installment collections, with living costs near 1936 figures while wages climbed.
Technical Sergeant O A Miller of Randolph Field Texas aided a Navy training plane that made a forced desert landing near Gila Bend Arizona. Miller repaired the sputtering engine using his auto tool kit while a passing motorist stopped road traffic. The plane later took off from the highway runway and the Navy pilot Ensign Robert B Lee USNR sent a grateful thanks.
A 1941 analysis argues England gains ground as Greek victories and North Africa progress bolster morale. It notes Leahy's diplomacy with Vichy, lease lead bill reverberations, and Willkie's visit signaling American unity, with reflections on the Second Battle of the Marne and looming invasion of England. It also outlines Roosevelt's pension proposals and the expansion of Social Security.
A survey of New York society items includes divorce rumors about Seth Parker and Bonnie Doone, a $1,000 bracelet given by Chaplin to a Powers model, a witness in the Lindbergh case to Dewey, Wilson’s daughter in Indo China circles, and Betsy Cushing Roosevelt praised by Quentin Reynolds. Also notes on Norman Paris, a $340,000 monthly cost for the Normandie, plans for a major radio station, a media merger bid, and various high-society intrigues and industry tidbits.
The piece surveys a Broadway type who shuns press agents and publicity, serving his country in drafts rather than courting fame. It mocks self praise, material success, and nightclub culture, ending noting he has no enemies and many friends for a New Yorker profile.
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