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Newspaper
Woodbridge Leader
Location
Woodbridge, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1932
Page
3
Designers push bold, unusual color pairs for winter ensembles with velvet trims and contrasting sleeves. Paris models feature black broadcloth with dusty pink satin, and purple crepe with bright fuchsia jackets, signaling a new era of color mixing in high fashion.
A fashion note outlines children's woolly outerwear with coats in woolly textures like Chetweeds and Irish frieze. It describes straight shoulder styles for fitful girls, high waistlines, belts, and decorative bands. Raglan sleeves and yokes shape the coats and a one piece dress pairs with separate panties.
Saucy pork pie hats with turned up brims and fur or feather trims return for winter. Smart women may wear them forward to expose the head from wind while snifflers seek alternative styles. A popular variant covers much of the scalp with two overlapping sections.
Lace gowns for evening frocks reappear with black sheer fabrics and frothy silhouettes. Chanel remains influential with occasional heavy jacquard touches, while models from Augustabernard and Vionnet offer frothy diaphanous looks that emphasize a feminine period style.
Velvet hats by Black Lyons display folk craftsmanship with small caps and stitched details. The article highlights charm and ongoing fashion interest in velvet headwear among local makers.
A satirical piece features a self important citizen brimming with civic pride and self excuses as he reviews the year. He jokes about health weight taxes and his own moral stance while hinting at era political norms and social pretensions. The narrator closes with a moral about seeking treasure within.
Mrs. Ramsey Sherman argues at a New York luncheon that public school environments exceed those of the average home. A Brooklyn teacher complains to well off parents about a pupil Johnny’s language, noting his slang and lack of proper speech despite family wealth.
The Two Rivers Reporter credits George Hallauer of Two Rivers with inventing the modern ice cream sundae. Confector Er Bernes recalls trimmings were unknown 40 years ago and chocolate syrup was used only for sodas. A Berne ice cream parlor tale led townsfolk to call for ice cream with stuff on it.
A classroom exchange shows a teacher correcting John for writing planes in the plural form when the singular pine was expected. The pupil protests there’s no use learning to spell more than one, as a single plane will never have more.
The article explains a shooting star or meteorite as a stone entering Earth's gravity, heated by atmospheric friction to incandescence. It notes that many burn away, while larger ones may reach the ground as meteoric debris or iron masses.
Governor Janes Rolph of California grants pardons to 133 individuals who were convicted under the state’s former prohibition law as part of a clemency action.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary was assassinated in Sarajevo on June 28 1914 by a student. The Austrian government claimed a Serbian plot and demanded concessions sparking a crisis that led to war.
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