Miss America 1948 Bebe Shepp A Hopkins Girl
Beatrice Gells Shepp known as Bebe Shepp from Hopkins Minnesota is crowned Miss America 1948 at Atlantic City. The 18 year old plans to focus on duties from beauty titles and her four acre farm home while finishing music studies. Classmate Gayle Wolff recalls the pair attended senior prom together before Shepp pursued pageant fame.
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Bebe Shepp
Hopkins
Minn
Beatrice Gells Shepp
Minneapolis
Bebe
Atlantic City
Gayle Wolff
Ater
Antiques Trade Faces Dark Horizon Says Rozier
Mrs Roslyn Rozier a antiques dealer warns the trade may shrink for a decade as estates are broken up and fewer goods remain to sell. She notes collectors seek rare items while general junk loses appeal and challenges in sourcing quality pieces persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roslyn Rozier
Rozier
Psychologist Quack Crackdown Draws National Action
The American Psychological Association urges states and the District of Columbia to curb unqualified practitioners after San Diego limits on quacks. Officials say only about 3,500 to 3,600 qualified psychiatrists and psychologists exist nationwide, with many in inaccessible locations, while 5,000 questionable “quacks” flood the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinuton Oms
Sonn
District of Columbia
California
San Diego
American Psychological Association
Light on one of war's big mysteries Why Yanks Didn't Take Berlin
A damaged wire service style report discusses reasons the Allies failed to capture Berlin, and surveys lingering questions about the final battles and strategic decisions of World War II. The piece notes political and military factors shaping the late war period and public interest in Berlin’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Berlin
Elbe
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Russia
Questions Loom Over Berlin Capture In Elbe Clash
The article examines if American troops could have seized Berlin before the Russians, citing Brig. Gen Sidney Hinds of the Second Armored Division who said Berlin might have fallen a week earlier. It notes debates over Bradley at the Elbe and Pearson reports, with details from April 1945 surrounding Schoenebeck and Elbe contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genegraf Bradley
Elba
Berlin
Bradley
Potsdam
Tself
Bertin
Hopking
Wusmena
Draw Pearson
Toogevell
Pearson
Elbe
Sidney HB. Hinds
Combat Command
Second Armored
Hinds
Washington
Schoenebeck
Travel demand swamps ship lines for 1949 abroad
Ship lines face heavy demand for 1949 abroad travel as students teachers and business travelers plan trips. Agencies report scarce spaces especially in tourist cabins with first class still available but filling. Travel demand grows as more transatlantic ships join service and destinations open wide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exery
Europe
Hiravel
Lalanda Sticks To Bull Fighting
Matador Lalanda, famed in Madrid, pursues bullfighting as both pastime and profession. He considered gambling briefly but found it costly. A show automobile left outside a Madrid fronton vanished while Lalanda watched a bout.
Governor Mistaken for Electric Lineman in Mount Washington
In Boston Massachusetts Governor Robert Bradfield visited Mount Washington to inspect the electric grid. Residents cheered assuming he was the night man sent to fix the lights. The governor revealed his identity and surprised the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetta
Robert IF
Bradfand Jookke
Mount Washington
Black market goods trigger protest by Palermo housewives
In Palermo Sicily housewives protest police actions over a black market sale. Rationed read is offered below ration prices at 115 lire a kilo, provoking dispersal by police as corner vendors push surging demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene DI Romllant
Palermo
Sicily
Wms
Singapore Airlines Serves Lemurs on Flight to London Zoo
An unusual airline service story recounts Singapore Airlines carrying three lemurs and four pigtailed macaques as passengers to the London Zoological Society. It notes the policy was nondiscriminatory and describes the in-flight meals for the animals and human travelers alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravel
Hsaven
Lnck
Ispace
London, Zoological Society
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