Force Applauds Cop Sweetheart Bonnie Wins Rotary Fair
Evanston Illinois May 26 194? Elsie Bonnie Bonhivert 23 wins blue ribbon at Chicago Rotary Club youth hobby fair. Adopted last year as Evanston police sweetheart she has 89 boyfriends by virtue of the honor. Bonnie survived a 1942 spine injury and now uses a cane. Police provided transport to medical appointments and later gifts followed. Her woven designs featuring dust cats and snowy swans won the fair.
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Hersholt Re elected President Of Academy For Third Term
Hollywood May 26 Jean Hersholt was reelected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for a third consecutive term by the board of governors. The meeting also chose Charles Brackett and Jack L Warner as vice presidents and elected Montgomery secretary Rathven treasurer. The academy voted to add an Oscar next year for the best foreign language film to be presented at the annual banquet with other awards.
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Senate approves extension of mineral option bill to 1950
The Senate sent to the White House a bill extending until August 1950 the life of options taken before June 1 1946 on oil and mineral leases on government land. Delays in surveys due to material shortages and bad weather prompted the extension.
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