"Putting the topper on her second scene costume, Nancy Henrick of Famous-Barr points the way to spring in Davidow's Chanel-inspired coat of giant hounds tooth checks in navy and white."
"White feather boa gets an extra fluff from Nancy Henrick preceding her appearance for Famous-Barr Company in yesterday's Globe-Democrat Fashion show. Created by Edward Abbott, the gown has an airy skirt of row upon row of feathers."
"Framed in her ocelot-trimmed hood, Priscilla Burnett puts on lipstick to match her red cape-coat by Stanley Nelson, one of Famous-Barr Company's entries in the opening 'Town and Country' scene."
"Making a last minute check of her hair in the dressing room is Kathy Elliot who modeled for Famous-Barr Company. Her silk gown, perfect for an elegant evening at home, is splashed with large colorful flowers on a black background."
Strictly straight: Larry Aldrich offers only the illusion of a built-in belt in his structural design for spring. In pale blue, the welt-seamed needle-pint wool dress is shown for Famous-Barr by Pris Burnett.
"The Globe-Democrat Fashion Show is a family affair for Lillian Burnett and her daughter, Pris. Mrs. Burnett's long dinner dress, a Hannah Troy design of white silk linen with flowered panels, is from Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney. Pris' short evening dress of moth chiffon is a Larry Aldrich creationfrom Famous-Barr."
"More than 450 of the guards at the small arms ammunition plant on Goodfellow and Bircher Boulevards, are shown being sworn in yesterday as auxiliary army police by Col. Roy L. Bowlin. The men will be drilled and instructed as military units and be under the command of army officers but will retain most civilian rights. A second group was sworn in at the Ordnance Plant later in the day. All guards at government-owned or government-operated plants are being taken over in the same manner."
"Seven employes in the metallurgical coke plant of Great Lakes Carbon Corporation, 526 Catalan St., were injured Wednesday morning when gas accumulated at one end of a battery of coke ovens, causing two explosions. The accumulation was caused when a by-pass valve leaked gas into steam that was being used to purge the gas from a gas header line, preparatory to changing an orifice, according to Everett Hart, operations manager of the firm's Missouri Coke and Chemical division."
"Globe-Democrat photographer Jack Fahland captures excitement of deaf youngsters from the St. Louis Hearing and Speech Center Monday as balloons are released during downtown dedication ceremonies for the center's new $40,000 Sound of Happiness mobile testing unit. The 30-foot bus, staffed and equipped to give hearing tests, will be in service at various locations. The woman is Mrs. Corley Thompson, executive director of the center."
"Breaking ground for an $800,000 addition to the Edwin F. Guth Company is Mayor Raymond R. Tucker. Edwin F. Guth Jr., president of the lighting equipment firm, is second from right in the group looking on."
Children playing at the Hearing and Seech Center. Behind them are the president, E. Desmond Lee (left) and donor of $1,000, J. Walter Adderton (right).