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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1946
Page
9
A historical note on draft prevention describes tight outside doors and unit heating systems as a method to reduce heat loss. It highlights a patented door saddle and built in heaters ranging from 4300 to 5000 watts, promoting immediate, targeted warmth without pipes or basements.
Homemakers urged to use potatoes more in meal plans to alleviate shortages as global supply issues strain ship cargo. Notes that surplus potatoes do not resolve the deficit and discuss dehydration and storage challenges for distribution to relief efforts.
The article profiles Molly Levy a New Yorker turned fashion designer who revolutionized women’s suits with expert tailoring that preserves femininity. It notes her early life in New York moved from wool business to fashion in 1933, her private life with husband Meyer Levy and daughter Bona, and her rise as a pioneering exponent of doiman altered suits.
Fashion notes describe resort wear and accessories with metal hat sashes and prints. Garments feature draped hiplines, screening, horizontal trims, and starched or removable straps. Gold lace belts, sequins, and snowflake jewelry enhance daytime and evening looks.
A fragment discusses William E McKenney's Am erinal s Card Authority column on bridge tricks and safety play. It notes a club scene with a singer and audience interruption affecting play, then asks how many club tricks are needed to make the contract. It mentions a hypothetical hand with five clubs, a diamond, ten hearts and a spade totaling nine tricks, and hints at a plan related to wine sales.
A bridge excerpt analyzes declarer safety in a 1084 Masters Tournament hand. It details diamond finesse use, counting tricks, and safety plays to secure ten tricks, while noting beginners often overlook these values. It ends with a quirky aside about Frederick the Great using champagne in coffee.
Angelo Patri argues that modern schooling narrows children to narrow fields as machines increase specialization. He laments starved funding and rigid policies that drain creativity, urging richer programs, broader training, and time for hands-on learning to nurture initiative, imagination, and lifelong skills.
U S Employment Office in Salt Lake City urges women to seek inside information on store merchandise to cope with shortages. The piece argues clerking offers social prestige and access to advance notices of price changes, while noting risks of consumer frustration and the strain on store clerks and housewives alike.
Fragmented ad offer for needlework patterns including crochets knitting weaving and embroidery. Mentions mailing twenty cents to The Troy Record for a pattern booklet with charts and directions. Provides address in New York and notes a 148 edition for fifteen cents with additional designs.
British designers staged a charity ball at Albert Hall London sponsored by the Guild of British Creamery Designers. Tickets ranged from two dollars for a box to admissions, with proceeds aiding major charities. The event featured a televised display and a large fashion parade by twenty five leading designers amid mannequins rehearsals and stage lighting.
Fragmented OCR style note mentions Albany New York, a misread term Musmad luines and a dash at filters bug. It references Hit and kids, a school, an Atlantic cut end of season, and unclear phrases about football, fashion, and cardhoard.
The piece highlights actor Conrad Braggan directing a Hollywood High School class play as Edgar Berken and Jack Benny plan guest appearances. It notes Riz Ives scouting Broadway scripts, Hildegarde's new platter, and a new character Jenn Jaekaon from the Alden Family saga, with overseas tour plans and stage disruptions amid fashion and film chatter.
Siotam King Mim at 25 in Bucharest observed birthday with Queen Mother Hel at Savarai Castle. Officials plan a formal observance in November, marking royal celebration in Romania.
A wholesome account of adolescent girls forming Sub-Deb Sitters Bureaus in Horizon Clubs to provide baby sitting services. It describes training, safety measures, station rules, customer calls, and earnings allocation toward Camp Fire and leisure activities. It notes varied practices in states like New York, Washington, Baton Rouge and highlights dangers and phone etiquette.
A fragmented instructional note outlines moving soap through rooms from bathroom to wash bowl and kitchen, then storing a final portion in a jar for jelly. It claims the process improves cleanliness and life expectancy by reducing calories from falls, though wording is garbled and nonstandard.
A postwar safety director from Greater New York outlines a cautious approach to everyday chores highlighting five top hazard areas. She urges safe handling of electrical appliances and proper use of ladders, lighting, and storage to prevent falls and burns.
A readable fragment describes a woman requesting assistance and a man approaching with a forceful offer. The passage hints at social pressure and unwanted attention, illustrating a conflict between aid and intrusion. The wording is unclear but centers on inappropriate conduct in a public setting.
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