Miss America 1938 Crowned in Atlantic City
Marilyn Meseke of Marion Ohio won the Miss America 1938 title at Atlantic City after being named most perfect model. More than 80 contestants competed as Claire James Miss California withdrew in protest and Muriel La Von Goodspeed of Salt Lake City finished third.
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Marion
Ohio
Atlantic City
Miss Meseke
Claire James
California
Muriel la von Goodspeed
Salt Lake City
Utah
President's Son Wins Siege With Tiness
James Roosevelt, eldest son of the President, is recovering from a stomach ulcer operation performed in Rochester Minnesota. The President and Mrs Roosevelt were at his bedside due to the seriousness of the surgery.
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Europe
Sir Nevile Henderson
Germany
Croydon
Berlin
Tiness
James Roosevelt
Rochester
Minn
Roosevelt
Two Changes Marked Anna Keann's Seventeen Years
A shy high school senior Anna Keann experiences two dramatic shifts at seventeen. Once the plain quiet girl who avoided attention she becomes enthralled by football hero Don Roberts and then falls ill, spending a week in bed. In retreat she imagines herself a princess awaiting a brave knight.
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Sistine
Anna Keann
Anna
Don Roberts
Don Roberts Returns as High School Hero in Anna’s Life
Anna, quiet and pretty with hair down, meets Don Roberts who brings a lemon as a joke. He courts her while she remains reserved after college, and years later his marriage proposal lands as a new turning point in her life.
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Anna
Don Roberts
Don
New York
Village bans photographs in Staphorst amid privacy fears
Villagers in Staphorst east Holland have barred strangers from taking pictures. Two visiting photographers were bumped and badly beaten by locals who prize privacy and traditional dress. The picturesque town is known for pale blue houses and old fashioned costumes.
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Staphorst
East Holland
Elephant attacked house after being teased in Bengal road
An elephant in Rangpur Bengal walked along a road where a man in a garden shouted and mocked it. The beast entered the garden, but the mahout restrained it. Later that night the elephant returned and charged the tormentor’s house, causing serious damage.
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Rangpur
Bengal
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