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Show Pocket Submarine May Be Powerful Jap Sea Threat ; T - ---V.-.-.- ,..,...v....,...,.,.v. ; . V.; ' ;;j ; , ip!??' -Y: S'SPTt""" ! I ' conn : c rowos J.; W: W !: ' : : '?X ' .; !:vi?miM$si;prM h fl ' ' ' ljJZJjIm& -'Mm. : . . r ;:;;;.sW"i 5ii.fi"i:i ' -s .: oi iiSJii .: fC Hfl'V i-:- Sif Si 36Rt)tS I?ftTTt!SS :-:-i.-:iSiims;i!i:Sii 'iiS:!M''i":WlW 1 V-f V iiiiiiifSiiiSiSi Si; According to reports reaching London from Tokyo, the Japanese navy finally has put an oft-reported three-man three-man submarine into mass production. Dispatches say the boats are being turned out in mass production at a cost of $5,500 each. The craft, depicted here by an artist, measures 18 feet overall. The average modern submarine is 300 feet in length. Its displacement is 100 tons, compared to the usual 2,500 tons. It is reported that the new boat can submerge to an. almost unbelievable depth of 1,800 feet. It carries only one torpedo. But one torpedo has a potential nuisance value of millions of dollars. the struggle will be an important factor in influencing the degree to which styles in this country will go American. It wouW not be surprising, surpris-ing, however, to see women wearing wear-ing trousers when the war is over, not only for sports, as is done today, but for almost every occasion. "Clothes are an expression of the times in which we live and are functional func-tional to the extent of the necessity involved. Just as in periods past, extremely feminine clothes, frills and furbelows, for some strange reason, have been the expression of unsettled times and have presaged wars of one kind or another, so war itself and the aftermath bring about a return to utilitarianism. Trend Toward Simplicity. "We can see in Europe today this very change taking place, and obviously ob-viously the influence of this change will be felt in this country. When serious work is done, femininity in clothes is discarded and is replaced by an emphasis on functionalism which insists that clothes must be suitable and wearable for a given occasion. Hence the inevitable trend toward tailored and other such practical garb, and a wider use of trousers, if the war should continue any length of time." With Americanism and functionalism function-alism to the fore in women's styles here, Miss Hutton plans for her students stu-dents in fashion design an intensive program of research in American source material for inspirations in design. This study will supplement the usual research in modes of antiquity an-tiquity up to modern times. American Amer-ican Indian designs, .men's ordinary work clothes, and cowboy outfits are adaptable for feminine styles today, she said. |