Ward Flyers Trapeze Family Recalls Barn Start and Rise
Photo fact recalls Eddie Ward and Mayme Ward building a Troy Mills barn in 1913 to rehearse a flying trapeze act later headlining with Hagenbeck Wallace. Their sons Harold and Eddie Jr. continue the act while Mayme serves as wardrobe mistress. Eddie Ward is deceased.
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Eddie Ward
Mayme
Troy Mills
Ward Flyers
Cedar Rapids
Eddie
Mayme Ward
Harold
Eddie, Jr
Jennie
Alec Todd
Bill Summers
Bessie Catana
Eddie Ward, Jr
Hagenbeck-Wallace
Ward
Bloomington, Ill
Genevieve
Mayme Ward rising star in Mills Brothers wardrobe department
Mayme Ward and her daughter Genevieve assist in the Mills Brothers wardrobe for a major aerial and equine revue. Mayme, who joined the Mills Brothers show about a year ago, receives high praise from owners Jack Jake and Harry Mills for dressing performers. Mayme previously oversaw costumes for Sally Rand at the San Francisco Golden Gate Exposition.
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Genevieve
Mills Brothers
Mayme Ward
Jack
Jake
Harry Mills
Sally Rand
San Francisco Golden Gate Exposition
Allies Postpone Decision on Peace Feeler to China
Washington report says the United States and its United Nations allies in Korea delayed any final move toward a diplomatic bid to Communist China for an end to the war. A state department briefing noted no sign the Reds are seeking a truce, based on evidence from 16 allied governments.
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United States
Korea
China
Peiping
Dean Rusk
38Th Parallel
Rusk
Britain
Washington
State Department
Jail preferred to license test in Van Nuys case
Miss Faye High, 40, said she would rather serve 10 days in jail than take a driver's license test. Judge Allen T. Lynch imposed the sentence after she admitted she had no intention of taking a test. She was charged with operating a fan auto without a license.
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van Nuys
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Incorporated
McKinley Street
Chevrolet
America
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Terry
Seersucker
van Heusen
First Avenue
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