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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1942
Page
3
A Western Newspaper Union note outlines how woolen fabrics and bright shades define the season. It highlights Virgin wool pieces with clean darts and strong silhouettes, praising color strategy from blues to fuchsia and gold accents. It shows outfits for business wear and everyday style emphasizing durability and simplicity.
A bib shaped dickey with long ends is shown wrapped around the neck like a bow. The accessory resembles an ascot and makes a bold, playful statement in current fashion displays.
Gloves and white hats dominate winter displays with perky short gloves and notched wrists. White pigskin and wool options appear along with fur trimmed styles to pair with tweeds and capeskins. Teen shoppers seek long elegant mitts for evening wear while buttoned wrists add final detail.
Newly arrived prints feature large colorful flower patterns with multi colored sequin embroidery. The gowns promise notable future appeal and are described as eye catching and dreamlike in texture.
Sewing ad describes apron to wear over a frock with waist ties and pockets, plus a slim velveteen jumper and sheer blouse. Pattern No 2254 lists fabric needs, sizes 4 through 18 years, and directs orders to Sewing Circle Pattern Dept, San Francisco, 20 cents pattern price.
An article notes diverse unions in the Orient, citing Colliers India on weddings of trees, monkeys, and statues, and Japan with rocks, flagons, and kimonos. It highlights a 1934 Kyoto kimono wedding with a hand-painted bride garment and a damask embroidered robe as groom.
The Junior Red Cross in American schools is the world’s largest youth organization with over 14 million U S members. During the past year they made more than 3 million comfort and recreational articles for service personnel and participated in Civilian Defense efforts by supplying splints stretchers and first aid cabinets. They promote fundraising salvage campaigns and civilian preparedness training to ready children for future volunteer work with the Red Cross or Office of Civilian Defense.
A fragment describes a crude iron cot frame covered in heavy green cotton material with a cotton pad, noting a sketch and its construction details. The blurb promotes a new book by Marc Spears for readers, offering economical home making items and requesting reader orders.
A stage performer, claiming to imitate Rudy Vallee, delivers a faltering opening number. The crowd boos as the orchestra plays, and the actor mutters that Vallee must be terrible, highlighting a failed impersonation and hostile audience reaction.
A fragment suggests a switch from whisky to two alcohols in a process, implying a change from rowing to rolling in motion. The note references Mile Awhile and moving up, hinting at a transitional technique or product shift rather than a final outcome.
A jumbled narration references May-Om and Mr Gold, with lines about hunting, mortgages, vision and sight, and a politician aided by a friend. The text shifts characters, mentions a landlord raising rent, eating expenses, and a boxing crowd, ending on a question about a wedding and its groom.
A seven question quiz with answers covers myths, materials, fears, etymology, and historic figures. Questions include the favorite haunt of Mr Parnassus, asbestos origin, hypnophobia fear of sleep, gypsies from India, the author of These are the times that try men’s souls, Jericho siege length, and the meaning of AWOL’s O.
A study shows the average man will judge a dark wrapped package as smaller and lighter than a light wrapped one. The same observer tends to overestimate time while resting in a blue room.
A reflective piece recalling ancestral courage and faith in a victorious future. It honors strong men who trusted God and destiny, urging belief in the future of their country. An anonymous verse extols courage, enterprise, and the worth of fighting for freedom.
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