Miss America Winner Must Be Versatile
Hal Boyle notes Miss Beatrice Shopp, 20th century beauty, must display talents beyond looks. She can drive a tractor, fish, play piano and vibraharp, and has refused film work unless allowed stage performance. The piece argues modern beauty prizes value versatility and cultural tests alongside physical charm.
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New York
Barney Ross
Mickey Walker
Jim Landos
Beatrice Shopp
Atlantic City
Minnesota
Hollywood
Abraham Lincoln
Helen of Troy
Sweet Helen
Venus de Milo
Cleopatra
Coney Island
Notice of Annuled Probate Appointment in Linn County
Notice announces Lemuel Merrill estate in Linn County Iowa with J ELSENE as administrator with will annexed. Creditors urged to present claims and debtors to make immediate payments. The notice bears illegible fragments but indicates appointment and filing of claims per probate procedures.
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Iowa
Linn County
Lemuel Merrill
J. Elsene
O. J. N Attorney
Man Cut From Cissy Patterson Will Falls to Death
Charles Bell Porter, once treasurer of the Washington Times Herald and among eight employees named in the late Eleanor Patterson's will, died Tuesday after falling from the Waldo hotel sixth floor in Clarksburg West Virginia. He had come to the city for a rest and was a stranger there. The will has been contested by a daughter of Mrs Patterson.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Charles Bell Porter
Eleanor Patterson
Porter
Washington Times Herald
Waldo Hotel
Cissy” Patterson
Patterson
Bell of Washington Plans Agent Flight to Clarksburg
The bell of Washington had communicated with them and was sending an agent to Clarksburg by plane to claim the body.
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Bell
Washington
Clarksburg
Blue Baby Operations Not Advised Before 2
Dr. Alfred Blalock, who pioneered the blue baby operation in 1944, states the preferred age for these surgeries is two to twelve, noting many infants undergo the procedure but advising against early operations due to diagnostic difficulty. The condition causes a malformed heart to reduce blood oxygen, giving a bluish tint to lips and skin as blood fails to receive adequate oxygen in the lungs.
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Chicago
Alfred Blalock
Blalock
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Dingledome
Hal Boyle
Miss Shopp
Issuca
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Firpo
the Rentall Shop
First Ave
Erebs
Cedar Rapids
Public Finance
Dows
Dial
Cissy Patterson
Tr Council
Craemer's
Ficer Cushion Protech
Prout Furniture CO
First Street
Tare
KCRG
Excelsior
Craemer’s
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