Autumn suits shape a woman's season wardrobe in 1940
The article highlights outfits chosen by Jane Wyman Olivia de Havilland and Virginia Bruce. Wyman wears a beige wool fall 1940 slim skirt hip length jacket ensemble designed by Milo Anderson. De Havilland models a caramel beige casual sport ensemble with umbrella gored skirt patch pockets and an attached hood. Bruce selects a beige bengaline travel office ensemble with a two button jacket and white pique collar.
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Milady
Jane Wyman
Milo Anderson
Olivia de Havilland
Virginia Bruce
Ambassador pays off $300 bet with Roosevelt aide
John Cudahy United States ambassador to Belgium visits the White House with $300 in hundred dollar bills to repay a wager he lost to Brigadier General Edwin Watson. Cudahy had bet a year ago that Roosevelt would not seek a third term and pays up after the bet.
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John Cudahy
United States
Belgium
White House
Roosevelt
Edwin Watson
Watson
Cudahy
Beekeeper Swarm Leaves Lost Nation Child Unharmed
Four year old Susan Cilroy daughter of Mr and Mrs Jones Gilroy of Lost Nation faced a queen bee swarm in a tree. She used a board to swat at the insects while neighbors and her father checked on her. She escaped without a sting. Nashua is noted as a well known place. Wendell Metcalf of Boston and Jessie Gaseh of Dartford traveled to Boston to wed there.
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Susan Cilroy
Mrs. Jones
Gilroy
Lost Nation
Gilroy Yard
Susan
Nashua
Wendell Metcalf
Boston
Mass
Jessie Gaseh
Dartford
Cabinet hopefuls named for agriculture secretary post
Washington sources name Guy Rexford Tugwell former undersecretary and Marvin Jones of Texas chairman of the house agriculture committee as possible successors to Henry A. Wallace, Democratic vice presidential candidate, in the agriculture secretary role.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Guy Rexford Tugwell
Top
Marvin Jones
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
Massachusetts ballot probe questions McMasters petitions
William H. McMasters of the National Pensions party faces the ballot law commission in Boston over a charge that 1,000 voters did not sign his nomination papers. A handwriting expert testified that about 11,000 of 20,000 signatures were forgeries.
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William H. McMasters
National Pensions Party
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Ballot Law Commission
Boston
McMasters
White Oak Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
The Carl Daering and Harry Hamilton families dined at Oz Gowey's on Wednesday. Bruce Gowey visited the Daering and Hamilton homes last week. Will Meyer from Colorado called on the Lloyd Luers home Thursday. Homer Brinning and family and Lloyd Luers enjoyed a Wisconsin vacation last week. Walter Mayer from Des Moines visits relatives here. he is a brother of Homer Carl and arthur Mayer.
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White Oak
Carl Daering
Harry Hamilton
Oz Gowey
Bruce Gowey
Daering
Hamilton
Will Meyer
Colorado
Lloyd Luers
Homer Brinning
Wisconsin
Walter Mayer
Des Moines
Homer
Carl
Arthur Mayer
Library aid crafts baby name service for grieving parents
Miss Gayle Clark of Wichita Public Library has devised a baby naming service for distraught parents. Her office holds files detailing name histories and meanings to help families choose a fitting name.
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Gayle Clark
Wichita, Kan
American Magazine
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Camp McCoy
Middle West
Ambassador Cudahy
Gen. Watson
Little Brown Church
Congressman Jones
Atlanta
Marvin Griffih
Georgia
Wis
Arthur B. Conard
Atlantic
Elizabethton
Tenn
Willkie
Colorado Springs
Colo
Elwood
Ind
U.S
Wendell Willkie
Alfred Landon
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