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%IpKMARY DAVISOTHERS FAILMAKE GROUPMiss Tulsa Said to Be Favorite in Final Contest forl'itle af Miss America toBe Named Tonight.j ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 10.j Miss South Dakota, represented by Miss Mary lavis of Huron, today was not included in the group of 15 beauties that was to be furtherreduced this afternoon in the fin-i al contest for the title of j America at the national beauty pageant here.Miss South Dakota, along with58 others of the total of 73 failed to be chosen in the evening gowMcontest last night to make up the group of 16 which was to he reduced to five this afternoon.Three FavoritesThere were three favorites this i morning, the winners in an evening gown contest last night. MissTulsa Okhahoma (Norma Small-woodi took first place: Miss Greater New York (Ruth K. Pattersonsecond, and Miss Washingtoniin(Marjorie Joeslingi third.They were given cups by Miss America of 1925, (Fay Lanphier)and board walk gossip promptly” | displaced a former favorite. MissDenver to hail them as chief contender* for the title. Miss TulsaIni wore a delft blue gown of velvet [ay-1 and the other two white satin trim-neyjmed with rhinestones.. is 12 AM hersialsi The other 12 who were in the — f race today were the Misses Bridgeport. Yonkers. Newark. Orang*1 IX. J„; Philadelphia; Denver; Seat-i jtle; Lansing; Kansas City; St.Louis; Dallas and Norfolk.[. ; Each of the 15 artists and illus-i trators who are judges picked the | beauty from the bathing suit bri-s i *ade that posed and pirouetted be-e i fore them yesterday. Reduction byt | tirst and second choice votes willv bring the contestants down to two; tonight and then voles will be plac-e led in a golden apple. Miss Amer-.» [: ' 192' wiU »r. lt;» . t*’ o' rnt the vale. Xigtu Will $i No tb 1929 model ofAfter » Sje 15 were selected teedav, Ring Neptune, i in person I ated by the much married actor, e | Dewolfe Hopper, led the beautiesitowu fhc board walk in a bathing ; suit . aratle. Mayor Bader, the • town council, the fire departmentight j band, in fact, all in the j»arade. ned; male or female, wore bathing suits.u
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Huron Evening Huronite
Huron, South Dakota, US
Fri, Sep 10, 1926
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