Colorful cloth with fruit and bow cross stitch design
A colorful textile featuring fruit and bow motifs in a cross stitch pattern that resembles applique. The piece suggests using the design on scarves or toned fabric for decorative purposes.
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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1941
Page
2
A colorful textile featuring fruit and bow motifs in a cross stitch pattern that resembles applique. The piece suggests using the design on scarves or toned fabric for decorative purposes.
An early description of price setting before standardized pricing. Merchants charged what traffic would bear, prompting advertising to guide consumer prices and standardize what shoppers pay today. The piece highlights how advertising helped fix established prices.
Edward C Wayne analyzes Washington's stance on convoy use amid rising British shipping losses, while Stalin consolidates leadership in Russia as premier. The piece reflects Western newspaper sentiment on wartime strategy and political shifts.
Debates split after Stimson’s radio address as interventionists warn convoys equal war while administration argues Congress already funded aid to Britain. San Francisco rumors of Panama Canal closure promise to impede Japan, and Stalin’s rise to power sparks fresh bets on Soviet policy amid German drive toward the Black Sea.
A London report recounts a crewman escaping a sinking British destroyer. While swimming clear, he confronted four German sailors in a rubber craft, stabbed their boat with a clasp, and sent them fleeing as the destroyer went down.
War enters pivotal phases with Britain alone yet aided by increased American support. Luftwaffe raids target ports from Plymouth to Belfast, while Churchill’s government grapples with Atlantic and Mediterranean pressures. Roosevelt urges boosted U S bomber production and expanding plants to enable large long range bombers.
The piece notes escalating Eastern Front tensions as Britain pulls back from Greece and faces new Middle East problems. Iraq coup risks Musul and pipeline to Haifa, while Turkish and Egyptian cooperation emerges. German air threat jeopardizes Iraqi pipeline amid British deployments and Arab unrest. Immigration raid targets many German nationals overstaying leaves.
Virginia Vale reports on stars Barbara Stanwyck and Brian Donlevy on location for The Great Man's Lady and Blythe Kid, detailing actor hand use, director guidance, and on set tensions. Notes Anne Shirley advice to aspiring actors and Walter Abel's on set antics with Paulette Goddard. The piece surveys studio moves, casting notes, and upcoming projects across Metro and Warner interests.
Patterns for sewing fans describe a notched collar jumper and sunback style with straps. Instructions suggest choosing sunfast cotton fabrics such as gingham or gabardine and offer tips for repurposing the pattern for different outfits. The piece emphasizes simple, repeatable patterns suitable for creating clothing for a child.
A fragmented street notice from San Francisco requests sewing pattern details. It asks to enclose 1 cent in coins for Pattern No and lists a possible address near Montgomery Avenue with a sender name and address line. The readable text is sparse and lacks complete identifiers.
The opal, once worn as a good luck charm, gained a reputation for misfortune after Sir Walter Scott described it as unlucky in Anne of Geierstein. Since then, superstitious owners have avoided wearing the gem, branding it as cursed.
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