Beauties Do All Right in Hollywood After Wins
AP reports that beauty contest winners surveyed as moon maidens in Missile to the Moon say they can support themselves through movies TV modeling and night clubs. They deny that titles alone guarantee stardom, stressing talent plus beauty and advising a $500 nest egg as start up.
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Hollywood
Reneta Hoy
Germany
Sandra Wi
Florida
Tania Vella
Yugoslavia
Mary Ford
Minnesota
Marianna Gaba
Illinois
Lisa Simone
France
Sanita Pelkey
New York
Cateera
Auty
Hough Heads New U.S. Civilian Defense Agency
DES MOINES AP Leo A. Hoegh, longtime Iowa official and former governor, was named by President Eisenhower to head a new U.S. Civilian Defense Agency earning 25 000 dollars a year. Hoegh, a hawklike figure with a sharp temper, has driven his career from Elk Horn Iowa to state attorney general and governor before taking the federal post last July.
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Des Moines
Leo A. Hough
Defense
Eisenhower
Civil Defense
Washington
Hoegh
Hogg
University of Iowa
Jin Chariton
Iowa
Statehouse
Woodlawn News Social Roundup of Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Bobbie George Knox and children of Royal Oak Mich and Mr and Mrs James Morrow and children from Royal Oak Mich visited Mrs Bertha Ferguson and other relatives. Los Angeles Calif visitors included Mr Harry Hunstein and Mrs Alice Beck of Ashland Ohio. District 4 H Camp attendees Vicki Endicott and Linda Welborn left for Lake West Frankfort. Local visits spanned Carmi Olney Mt Vernon Centralia and California with many relatives and friends noted.
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Bobbie George ‘Knox
James Morrow
Royal Oak
Mich
Bertha Ferguson
Harry Hunstein
Los Angeles
Calif
Alice Beck
Ashland
Ohio
Vicki Endicott
Linda Welborn
Lake West Frankfort
W. P. Lowther
Don Lowther
Carmi
William Steagall Sr
William Steagall Jr
Sons of
Olney
Paul Maddox
Carl. Minor
Orley Hart
Mt. Vernon
E. N. Morgan
Donna Knox
Centralia
Herrandparents
Ed OX
Mildred Lacey
Carol Wells
California
Harold Poorman
Chicago
Edgar Poorman
George Morgan
Odin
Edna Pistorious
Blue Mound
Pane
Henderson
Walter Blankenship
Ruth King
Mary Haun
Wedneep
Long
George Heaton
Kentucky
Roosevelt Signs Thanksgiving Date Act in 1941
President Franklin D Roosevelt signed a congressional act on December 26 1941 setting the fourth Thursday in November as the fixed date for Thanksgiving Day making it a legal holiday. The move ended the nation’s long bargaining over the holiday date and established a consistent annual celebration nationwide.
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F. D." Roosevelt
Congress
Faros origins traced to 15th century Pharaoh name
The card game faro traces to the 1400s when it was called Pharaoh because the backs of French cards used in play bore an image of an ancient Egyptian king.
Survival in Jungles of Philippines
Go Puan Seng publisher of Fookien Times and Morning Journal recalls over a thousand days in Japanese conquered Philippines. The Buddhist turned Presbyterian describes hiding two months and surviving with faith. His plant burned but he resumed publication on Luzon Feb 8 as American forces landed.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Philippines
Go Puan Seng
Manila
Fookien Times
Morning Journal
iDouma Publications
Jin Grand ‘Rapids
Angle
Ihiding
Go! S
Luzon
Attempted Auto Theft Reported at Weatherford Home
An apparent attempt to steal a car was reported to police on Tuesday. Mrs. Bill Weatherford said wires were cut under the dashboard and the ignition system damaged while the vehicle was parked in the driveway at 2811 Mannen.
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Poice
Bill Weatherford
Mannen
Weatherford
Photography Class For Patients At Anna Hospital
The Cairo Illinois Camera Club started a photo class for patients at Anna State Hospital. Club members will provide cameras and instruction while patients use the hospital darkroom to develop film supplied by Charles Bare of Jonesboro.
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Anna, Ill
Anna State Hospital
Cairo, Ill
Camera Club
Charles Bare
Jonesboro
Look Your Best By Finding Your Own Style
New York AP piece urges women to cultivate individuality and self interpretation. A three way mirror advice from Colleen Moore underscores that vitality precedes beauty and dramatic makeup should serve self expression rather than mask it.
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New York
Teamraman
Colleen Moore
Colleen
Indiana Illinois Toll Roads Link Planned in Northwest Indiana
Indiana and Illinois governors announced a plan to widen U.S. 41 in northwest Indiana into a limited access expressway linking Indiana and Illinois toll roads. The project, costing an estimated 24 to 28 million dollars with half funded by the federal government, would take about three years pending federal approval. The Indiana Tri-State tollway will extend east to connect with U.S. 20 at the Lake and Porter county boundary.
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Chicago
Indiana
Illinois
Stratton
Harold Handley
U. S. 41
Handley
Federal Bureau of Roads
Bureau
The
Lake and
Porter County
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Woodlawn News
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ED Markaity
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Loretta Young
Explorer
IAIL
Aan
Stevie Harner
Levi
Eldon
Offalo
Harners
Wilbur F. Hauk
Virgil T. Bailey, Inc
Ray Blades
Magnolia
Ben Bullock
Fairfield Road
James T. Wilson
Orval Dycus
Northbrook Drive
David Flora Purchase
South 21St Street
Clarence Lementovich
Charles Harris
S. 29Th
Albert Ward
N. 14Th Street
Effie Bumpus
Vaneste
Martin Hess
Richview Road
Lyman Stone Purchase
Casey Avenue
Clyde Secrest
Jones Street
Linz Black
Clarence Gowler
Modia
Betty Marshall
Donald E. Holt
Hillside Drive
Phyllis Payne
S. 22Nd Street
M. J. Mitchell
Oakland Avenue
Harold Brookman
Opdyke Avenue
Thomas D. Pace
Opdyke
G. L. Sovers
Cyril Smith
S. 28Rd Street
Byford Denham
Bob Bodine
S. 21St Street
Robert D. Calvin
Dodds Township
Robertt. Burge
Virgil T. Bailey
Herrison
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