1944 - Everyday Life

Everyday Life

The buildup of U.S. troops in Britain from January to early June produces some complaints that the Yanks are overfed, oversexed, and over here.

Fashion designer Paul Poiret dies in a charity hospital at his native Paris April 28 at age 65, having failed to find much work since filing for bankruptcy in 1929.

Coppertone Suntan Cream is introduced by Miami Beach pharmacy owner Benjamin Green, who has seen tourists rubbing homemade concoctions on their skins to prevent sunburn. Having used his wife's coffee pot to cook up a batch of cocoa butter, he has tried it on his bald head, found that it worked, and markets it with a picture of a Native American saying, "Don't be a paleface."