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The Orange Leader
VOLUME LI
Member Associoted.Press
ORANGE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1953
10 Pogas
NUMBER 215
Reds Admit Holding
Some U. N. Prisoners
Polio Chapter Officials, Regional Representative Confer
POLIO STUDY Oranrc’s committer1 of the N ttlon.il Foundation for Infantile Paralysis beard a
report today from S C. Wilson, district^repiTseiit alive for the national organization. Polio founda-
tion committeemen shown include: Mrs. ST'W
Two-Day Convention
Of District 3 B&PW
Opens Here Tomorrow
[Red-Hunting Solon Jot Ate Is Hurricane Danger
Peebles, Mr*. H. J. Jansen, Wilson, Chairman Elite
Carter and Tom Landrum. (Staff Photo by Ralph Ramos)
riST Among Men
Not Freed
! After 'Restricted
Report Released
By SAM SUMMERLIN
PANMUNJOM (AP) —
munists are holding back
WASHINGTON (API—the
Women business leaders from throughout Southeast Texas! Army asserted today an intel-
wtll converge on Orange tomorrow to take part in the two-. ligence report on Siberia, por-
dav District 3 Conference of the Texas Federation of Busi- J tions of which were released
ness and Professional Women’s Clubs. About 125 women are 1 by Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis.),
expected from the district’s 25 clubs. The state has 12 auch : waa^trlcted ^oim.tioo.^t d*ti j some Anied war pnJoners
I * • f>\ I m % | ‘ Communist propaganda “is re- i who want to go home.
Highlights of the conference ; I IANC rillh CnmiVQl futed" by a reading of the entire
will be a banquet at Sunset j ™ * j document.
Grove Country Club tomor-' A_a|t Annin TaivUIUnauthorized release of re-
row night and the general VUvIl MQlllll I VHlUn I i rtricted information is a violation
" .. w ,,, ., , of law punishable by up to $10,-
The lights will blaze again to- , 000 fine and ,0 years in prison,
night on City HaU Square^as the McCarthy showed reporter*
To U. S. Mainland
Eases as Big Blow
Curves to Seaward
Shivers Readies 'No Compromise' Talk
| from Gov Shivers
By DAVE CHKAVINS
MINERAL WELLS (AI * > — Aj \ source close to the governor
fighting speech offering no com- j pmtH (,ed he would talk mostly
piomise in Southern Democrats . about relationships between the
battle with the Northern party j Tt,x,1s Demon atio partv and the
I leaders was expected here todav v |,is address to
miami (ap) — Tropical First Trial Held
hurricane D%Jly curved to the
Red source*admittedtodav for I northeast tl,day 111 ,ho open , Under NeW Statute
the first time that the Com- A,la,ntlC' whu i,n« its ’J0-""1*! First trial of a chatgr Of con.
- - winds on a course now leading , tributing to the delinquency of a
away from the United States minor under a new, more strm-
) gent slate law, was heard hv I'.’Sth
the. Side Democratic Executive
Committee in the afternoon
Shivers and other conservative
Southerners who Rebelled against
(lie national party and Adlai Ste-
in November, openly
business session Sundav morning
in Lutcher Stark High School
Auditorium.
Mrs. Morris E Nog ness of the
Orange club is general conference
chairman.
. Principal Speaker
Helen Ferguson of Belton, third came close
vice president of the Texas Feder-
ation, will be principal speaker^
the banquet. Her topic will We
“Design for Action” which is the
eonference theme.
During the conference. Mrs.
Mary Frances Turner, immediate
pest president of the local club,
will be offered as a candidate for
district director, a post now held
by Mrs. Fayn Jones of Port Ar-
thur Mrs. Jones will preside over
eonference sessions
Headquarters for the eonference
will be in the Pines Motel on
MacArthur drive Registration
will be held tomorrow beginning
at J p m.
The Sunday busbies* session
will begin with 11 workshops In
•re high school at 8:30 a m. Re-
port* on the workshops will be
given in the auditorium at 9:15
with Mr*. Bess Scott of Houston,
former editor of the B and PW
publication "Texas Woman" and
pest district director, as moderator
Memorial Sendee
Mrs Ruth Davis of Alvin will
give the devotional and a memor-
service will be conducted by
Mrs. Alice Tyree of Baytown.
Orange Lions open their Charity
Carnival for the second of six eve-
nings the exposition will operate
during the current stand.
Last night's opening attendance
to setting a record.
club officials reported today.
Again this evening, the main
attractions will be a free magic
show on the midway by The
Great Hilton — 16-vear-old Brent
copies of the first 70 pages of the
75-page document Wednesday,
contending it smacked of “clear
cut Communist propaganda.”
Prosecution Unlikely
He was a,cting as chairman of
the Senate investigations Subcom-
mittee. looking Into Army secur-
ity. This could pose questions of
congressional rights in relation to
law. In any evenly it is improb-
correspondent.
vi'tr.nn
support Dwight Eisenhower, are
boycotting the national committee's
mainland.
At 7 am (Orange time) the
storm whs more than 730 miles
A Communist
Wilfred Burchett, said a crack | due east of Melbourne, Eta , about
U.S. jet pitot and an undisclosed halfway up Florida's Atlantic
number of other Allied airmen I coastline. It was churning north-
are being held as special prison- j east at 11 miles per hour,
ers because the Communists say j The hurricane was tn the path
they were shot down over Man- I of regular Atlantic shipping head-
churileMforbidden territoryJo Al- , jng solith. Nine vessels radioed
lied pilots in the Korean War.
A repatriated American Air
Force major, David r. MacGhee
of Tampa. Fla., said earlier this
week he had learned from an “ex-
tremely reliable” Chinese Red
that the Communists planned to
they were tn or near the tropical ;
disturbance Several were riding
out high seas and gale winds but
no trouble was reported.
Grady Norton, chief storm fore- {
caster, said the Atlantic Voyaguer
District Court Judge Homer Ste-
phenson today.
Ha heard guilty pleas from a
man and a woman who were ac-
cused by a H - year - old girl's
mother of contributing to the de-
linquency of the nonor child
She had been on a drinking par-
ty with the pair.
Judge Stephenson fined each
Chief Justice Vinson
Is Returned to Home
opened about 6:30 p. m. and the
magic show will start at 7:30.
Proceeds from the carnival,
which is entirely owned and op-
erated by members of the Orange
Lions Club, go to finance welfare
activities, principally the educa-
tion of 13 deaf and blind children
from this county.
The exposition will go on again
tomorrow night then shut down
to resume for a three-night stand
starting next Thursday.
Texos University Chancellor
Will Return to Law Practice
EL PASO (AP)—James Hart,
48. once a Texas Supreme Court
justice, stepped down yesterday
as the University of Texas’ first
chancellor. He took the job Nov.
15. 1950.
law as to restricted documents
would be pressed against any
member of Congress m such cir-
cumstance*. \
The Army issued a statement
which made no direct mention of
McCarthy but was obv toukly
framed as a reply to hia Wednes-
day actions.
The Army asserted the docu-
ment was intended to. limited
distribution to intelligence officers
“to develop understanding of the
Soviet people which will be mili-
tarily useful in case of war.”
"It is obvious,” the statement
intern 22 U.S. flier* in Manchuria ' reported 70-mti* winds and a boil-
“until the United State# recog- j inR
nizes Red China.” The Atlantic Ranger radioed
Allied officers have said unof- ; tersely that she was tn a whole
LOUISA. Kv (AP) — Chief
Justii e Fifit V on i .vne home
111 death b„biV to tint beloved Big
Sandv Valley.
A special titwm hearing the body
of the Kentivki.m. who died ill
Washington Tuesday at 63. at -
$250 and suspended the sentence rived In the fog at the t/misa rail-
under conditions that neither yoad station al 6 13 a tn
would contact the child The wo-j The inahog.' v casket, in (j soc-
man told the judge she would dal conch, was lifted out h win-
mova at once to an east coast city dow into the arms of those who
The man, discharged from the were pall lie merit id his funeral
Army only a few weeks ago. at ! n m in the Louisa Moth-
promised not to see the girl again odist Church.
I Chicago rally next week, shivers
feels the national leadership has
led the party into principles that
are alien to Southern concepts of
‘ what the party should stand for.
I Shivers said for the record ha
j could not go to Chicago beeausa
of jninr engagements, lie t» ex-
| peeted to give his real reasons
! here today.
Friends of the governor her© for
to, the com/BIttCe session at which h«
is tightening his grip on the party
organization said the governor was
convinced hi* conservative wing
of the party Is gaining recruits.
They said he will probably note in
hia speech that many wtio~mti- _
1 cl zed him harshly for going over to
Eisenhower lust year are now
wholeheartedly supporting Shiv-
ers’ program Shivers and his lieu-
tenants “re building factional
strength in preparation for pr*»
! rmet, county and state convention*
later Mas year.
i Shivers Is not expected to say
! whether or not he will he a ran-
1 delate for a thud term, but th*
speech could give tom* hint of
1 his plan*. Shivers Is convinced it
5 is. vital to party welfare in Texas
j that a strong conservative leader*
! ship be maintained.
ficiallv there may be other air-
men still held by the Communists
and one source said the number
totaled about 35.
Release Demanded
Burchett of the Paris L'Human-
ite, who often reflects official
Red thinking, said one of the
prisoners is double jet ace. Capt.
(See POWs, Page 9)
(See McCarthy Page 51
AID TO FRANCE TALKED
Elderly Bridge City
Resident Succumbs
gale, meaning wind* were 55 to
83 miles per hour,
“Obviously these ships are on
the weaker side of the storm,"
Norton commented. Others in the
general area included the John
Lykes, Ariguani, Gulf Glow, Tale-
mancu, Hoyu Manu Marcatern
and West Hill-
Frank Mepham Is Fined President s s«,
$100 on Gaming Counter.*™
.Barker T o Continue
As Haven President
The only gambling case which the Mny term of the Grand Jury
turned up with (luring it* deliberatl.ma was settled In justice of the
peace court this week.
Frank Mepham, operator of the Orange Athletic Club, was fined
$100 and coats of the court on a
Mrs Helen Elizabeth Saint, al-
derly resident of Bridge City, died
at her home in that community ' ular meeting of the board Thurs-
PARIS (API—U.S Ambassador today at 9:55 am. aftar several day night in the Firsi Baptist
Douglas Dillon called on Premier; weeks of lllnes*. I Church Educational Building.
I Joseph Laniel today for a discus- ! She was a native of Alexandria, j Serving with Barker will be R
New City Directory
Issued by Publisher
(Bee CONVENTION, Page 3)
Hart said he would return to siori of means of applying 385 La
hi* law practice in Austin, where million dollars tn supplementary . *or **le t'ast e*R5t years,
he began his career nearly 25* financial aid to France in Indo-! Funeral services wilt be held at
years ago. 1 china. i the Claybar Funeral Home tomor-
j row at 2 p.m. with D*. C. D
I Poston, pastor of the Bridge City
| Christian Church, officiating.
Burial will be In the Greenlawn
I Cemetery in Port Arthur
Survivors are a son, John R.
Labor Chieftains Line up With Durkin
By NORMAN WALKER i mendations to be made In chang-' tlon. He resigned because he could
WASHINGTON (AP)—An un-l ing the controversial Taft-Hartley not continue serving on a team
easy political honeymoon between labor law. [where agreements are not kept" ters’ Mrs °lto Engebretson of
Democrat, quit his Cabinet post | n„ Comment From Ike
Eddie Barker will serve a sec-
ond term as president of the Girls
Haven hoard of directors.
He was re-elected during a reg-
Amos C Aaron Is the first name
I in 1953 s Orange City Directory
and Joseph F Yucca lays claim
' to having the last name in the
but had lived in Bridge City! d. Hodges, first vice president; listing as the John F. Worley Cn
Cecil Stephens, second vice pres- ; Dallas, was distributing it* publi-
ident; Mrs Eunice Benckensteln, i cation this week,
secretary: L. J. Lewis, treasurer;! At the same time the directory
Mrs. Mildred Crawford, corns- denoted that the city had sevetal
ponding secretary, and Fred Trim- j uncommon surnames. Names like
bit legal advisor. Com, Cotton, Darling, Deer, Hoof-
Bosrd member, were Informed 1 bower Polite and
during the session that 10 girls i, H' -l Oningv ,tv Directory
■ire now residing a1 the haven 1>einK distributed by its pubiish-
team Saint ot Bnd*e Cit>'; ,wo (iau«t!- Mrs. Bobbie Copeland ii bouse er*’ John F Worley Co. of Dallas
liaige of permitting intermittent
gambling on his premise*.
The Grand Jurv reported only
tb.u one rase of gambling In its
do.i■'toatrons ll was in sharp coti-
iiast to the findings of the pre-
redmg g r a n d • iurv which re-
lumed some 33 gambling indict-
ments to effectively halt large-
scale gaming in mangy county.
Tnp gland jurv ret nmmended
that charges he fill'd as a - result
ot their findings.
It was filed last week by I)is-
trli t Attorney John O. Young.
Mepham entered his plea of guilty
to o. i nutting intermittent gam-
bling on Wednesday.
mother.
Damage Suit Is Filed Against
Pastry Shop by Odeal Phillips
Odeal Phillips has filed » $10,-
000 damage suit against George E
After*"his ^1 ands 1 Tde*^ victory, Ei_ ! FerRuson of Los Angeles, and two S " U'e
■ senhower surprised nearly every- Kr*ndtjbi*dren‘
Orange Pastry Shop.
The suit, filed in 128th district
^rlTr Ei^pw^8SOUtside0rno7,'a leZ Bn£ 1 court?
agreement with him on recom- accepting Durkin', resignation and plumbs ^mn for the! Ci,y’T T-WHlieme «nd ' “ .......
Federal Sales Tax
Proposal Forecast
AO received on Dec. 20, 1951, when a
^rfn* 7* ,fTvlce as secretary (^^"ca^'lnetTost ^'rnkin"himsett Peckham of Port Arthur and the 12-gallon vat of hot grease spilled
It has long been a tradition ,n ^‘wo sons-in-law. » « th. worker.
Sen. Robert A Taft (R-Ohio)
the labor movement that once an
The new city directory lists 12,-
680 names in Orange and vicinity J
Special features of the directory'
Include the designations of owner-
foccupied and rented homes and
homes and places of business hav-
ing telephone*; a list of govern-
ment officials; and' a story about
Orange written by A F Burns |
The-dassified pages of the new'
directory register 271 groups of .
commercial, industrial and pro-
fessional enterprises in the city
ranging from Abstractors" to
“Welding Apparatus.
Life Insurance Men
To Hold Meeting
Orange life insurance men have
arianged a dinner meeting to lie
he'd at 12 noon next Wednesday
in the Holland Hotel for the pur-
..... ........ ..... stood
there at the airport, tha President
and Mr*. Eisenhower, just like
so many other American parents
awaiting the return of a son from
Korea those day*.
Thou they spotted him, Mai
Jdhn Eisenhower, 29. coming
down the ramp from the plana
and their face* lighted up. lust
as the faces of so many other
fatiiers and mothers do.
The major, back from 14 months
of active duty in Korea amlled
hack a hit shyly. In another mo-
ment he was kissing his mother
soundly and giving hur a warm
ling.
For hi* proud fattier, the Presi-
dent. there was a hearty hand-
shake and an exchange of greet-
ings
The major and hi* wife. Bar-
bara. flew from San Francisco
lust night.
The scene was different from
one at the same airport 14 months
ago. w hen the major said goodbye
as he left for Korea.
Mrs. Elsenhower lost a valiant
fight then to hold back the tears.
She subbed softly as the plane
took off.
Merchant* Committee
i,i,-,e of' completing the organlza-
•n,n of Hie Orange I.ifo Under-
writers Ar.xn.
wm Meet Thuriday
Th© Merchants’ Committee
S3, - I [Washiisgtoa^B ^wigs Sample^Japonese Area Man Is Among
^ ii. irms r.ntu'K N^issing Prisoners
Promise of Sobriety
Get* Lenient Sentence
Rolland A. Allen Jr., promised
District Judge Homer Stepenhson
he wouldn’t drink whiskey again
The selection was widely re-
garded as an effort bv the new
administration to woo union sup-
- ■* sssatfei £r~ SS. — -
in-
WASHINGTON (AP)—The
Democratic National Committee’s
magazine stakes out a federal
sales tax as a major issue in next
year's election for Congress.
The “Democratic Digest” as-
serted President Eisenhow'er will
have to make the final decision on
whether to propose a sales tax.
The only alternative to a s.ale*
tax. it said, is a “sharply unbal-
anced budget, contrary to all ad-
ministration pledges."
The committee said today Re- \ probationary sentence,
publican farm policy wiR be con- j He was sentenced to a one-year
sidered at a forum Tuesday in 1 term but w’as placed on probation
Chicago in connection with its under terms requiring that he re-
1953 conference there. \ . frain from any further us# of with organized labor, seemed to
Gov. Mennen Williams of Mich- ! whiskey. j indicate a parting of the wavs
igan, forum chairman, said: , H ~~
"We want to be sure that every
1 -
ph”n“n ,he ,had h«fn '“red of With Durkin s appointment most
whiskey drinking and asked for a union leader* adopted a “wait and
see" attitude toward the new ad-
ministration. The statement* of
By I.EWTS GULICK
nort liar. thp» h.i .s WASHINGTON (AP>—Crown Prune Aklhito of Japan turned,
fargest smele rmm host to toP Washington officials last mght—and as a iesult more of \!'tt
rv iffh pi „ them know the delights of Japanese cooking
h7~?Pposed t0.,he Republicans. _ | The y0Utj,fU* heir entertained about 30 high ranking guests at a
stag dinner at the Sheraton-Carlton Hotel Afterwards most of them
reception at th*
Japanese Embassy given by Am-
bassador Eikichi Arakl.
There was some American food
at the embassy, but most of the
estimated 450-500 guests passed it
over in favor of such items as:
Yakitori — Chicken and green
______. „___. .. | onions broiled over charcoal.
^ 8C:U’m* ** Sukivaki-Beef and vegetable.
cooked tn soy sauce.
Sushi — Japanese rice bails
‘golden promise’ made by the Re-
publican candidate and his party-
last fall is laid on the table and
examined . . . farmers have a
right to know, after every cam-
paign. what happens to political
pledges.”
President Labors at Job of Selecting
Men To Fill Two Vacant Cabinet Posts
night by such ranking American
officials as Secretary of the Treas-
ury Humphrey and Secretary of
the Interior McKay; Adm. Arthur
W. Radford, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff; Gen. Matthew
Ridgway, Army chief of staff;
Gen. Nathan Twining. Air Force
chief of staff: and G*n Lemuel
Shepherd. Marin# Corp* com-
mandant.
One Sabine Area man i* on the
of American soldiers which
Rie UN. Command claims aie
missing after reported Communist
imprisonment in Korea.
He is Capt. Simon Stevens,
husband of Mrs Mildred Stevens
1328 10th St , Port Arthur His
name was among those of 247 men
released tp ,The Associated Press
in Washington today.
. Capt. Stevens is one of 941
A mrricin servicemen believed
captured in Korea but unaccount-
ed for after completion of the re-
cent prisoner of war exchange
American armistice official*
’j4| •
ffrzP Bernard ("Busier) Klein of
Beaumont, who is sponsoring the
new Organization, will attend the
meeting. Several state officers, in-
cluding Irene McKay of Fort
Worth, state secretary, and several '
rr < nite rs of the Beaumont ftsao- j
ciatton, also are to be present.
At the firtt meeting of the as
soiiatinn. temporary officers were
elected A regular slate will be
r'r< r.-d Wednesday, Hargis an-
l.o mr ed.
All Orange life Insurance men
are invited to attend the session.
of
the Orange Chamber of Com-
merce is being called Into session
next Thursday by Chairman J.
Thornton Gtiffin.
On the meeting’s agenda will be
discussion of the annual Christ-
mas parade and street decoration
and general plans for a trad# pro-
motion and development program.
Letters are going out this week
end to the committee’s 170 mem-
bers ui gmg their attendance at the
session.
*<
The native dishes, which most
Americans found e lot easier to
eat than pronounce, were served
up in the embassy garden by a
Japanese chef. The garden was
decorated with lanterns sent from
The banquet turned into a stag have demanded an explanation
affair, when Secretary of Health-
Education-Welfare Oveta Hobby,
the only woman member of the
Eisenhower Cabinet, was unable
to attend. Many of the banquet
8rondHhmg Pistol Will Lead
To Charge in County Court
A charge of unlawtiilly ca’rylng
3;it.is in br placed against Vern
W.\t on ■>( San Augustine today In
tne Grange ( ounty Court
WiitVin lui arrested Wednes-
day in the 7n() block on Destroyer
Dr wheretipnln e said ta* was cre-
ating a do'Xrt’ance with aq auto-
matic pistol,
Civil Service Group
Meet* Thi* Afternoon
! would continue the discussion to- I Japan especially for the occasion
day. j Guest of honor was Secretary of
By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
DENVER (AP) — President
J Eisenhower faced the task today J there were Indications, too, that I State Dulles, who had been host
41 of picking two men to fill highly Len W. Hall, chairman of the Re- 1 'be night before to the young
JSAV* tUMMiSMU.vs IS important government posts — a publican National Committee, had Prince at a similar affair.
NEWPORT, R. I. (AP)—Forty- | chief justice to succeed Fred M. * joined in the talk of a successor to
eight former enlisted men and Vinson and a secretary of labor Durkin. HaU also flew to Denver
guests were joined by their wives
when they proceeded to the re-
ception which followed.
Gals That Gentlemen Prefer Have Edge
In Beauty Event's Preliminary Rounds
i Orange’s new civil service eonv-
mlssion will hold the first of its
jicgular Friday meetings today at
‘ 5 p m. in City Hail.
I Eddie Barker is Civil Sefvlo#
Commisison chairman; J, Q. Stan-
field, Civil Service Dirixttnr; Neal
I Miller and Ted Heliljy.'Civil S«rv-
I ioe Commissioner*,
Friday meetings will be contln-
[ tied until the" commission com-
j plctes it*,.drafting of regulation*
by whiptf police and fire depart-
I menti^ersuiuiel will be governed.
warrant nfficcrs. Thc tirst such to rrpracr Martin F: Durkin.——j-with-the President-.-and was hing
group drawn from ships and shore • White House Press Secretary
stations for officer candidate
training, won commissions today
as ensigns in the regular Navy Of-
ficers Candidate School here.
Today's Weather
James C. Hagerty told newsmen
he had no idea when either selec-
tion might be announced, but he
said the President was hard at
work on both assignments. ,
Eisenhower arranged to confer
at his vacation headquarters here
with Vice President Nixon, who
flew back to Denver with the chief
__ _ ______ _______ executive last night from Wash-
night about s« d»*rff.\ Chun rosy ington where they attended fun-
n««r 90 de*rt«s NwthoMt to n*t wind* eral services for Vinson.
* h^b>ne-.hi«h *t * 44 Dlaenaaion. Continue
*.in. and Vdtpm lew a^i os a®., Nixon and Eisenhower, together
and je:4a p.m. Bolivar - hi»h at ♦ M a » with a group of presidential aides.
Md 103 P rn.; low at u oi a tn and 13 ii reportedly discussed, both the
Data rrwB r* Wratkor Stnaa
Local (precast: lair with moderate tem-
pteeuw toniiiu *r.rt gaturdaj, lowest to-
on today to a GOP. rally at Yel-
lowstone National Park.
Scarcely had Eisenhower left j
Washington when the news broke
*ua rtiee Satarda* a* M* *• »
sa* ea «d* a*
“court and labor posts In Washing-
Tiaia$« OBBOMnd Ukatr Hm*
that Durkin had quit the Cabinet.
He contended that the administra-
tion ran out on pledges to amend
the controversial Taft - Hartley
labor law
The White House made public
Eisenhower’s letter accepting Dur-
kin's resignation. The President’s
As they did Wednesday night.
Dulles and the prince exchanged
toasts, to president Eisenhower
and the Japanese Emperor and
voiced expressions of good will
between their two countries.
Dulles was accompanied last
Trouble Between Two Brothen
Leads to Assault Charge Here
A charge of aggravated assault
is to be filed against Jonas Peck
today by District Attorney John
O. Young.
The charge grows out of a Mon-
office here later released Durkin’s day night stabbing in which Peck
Aug. 31 letter Saying he was quit- attacked and critically injured his
ting.
Whlriwiad Trips
Neither letter mentioned
brother, Peter Peck.
The injured man is still con-
fined to City Hospital where at-
tendant* report hi* eonditioo to
Milt to
J ATLANTIC CITY. N J. (AP)
I —The gals that gentlemen prefer
—blondes—have the edge so far
I in talent and swim suit prelimi-
: nanes lor th# Miss America 1954
i crown
I
Three of the four lovelies who
WOT1
competition
are golden tressed. The fourth is
a brunette.
Tonight is the last round of pre-
liminaries before the grand finals
tomorrow night, when one of the
winners" ri.iiie are Miw Pennsyl-
vania. Evelyn Margaret Ay of
Kphrata, and Mis* Virginia Ani'e
Lee Ciglis of Norfolk, why took
the honors Wednesday njgnti Eve-
lyn is an ash-blonde grid Anne is
a brunette
in -the -past two nights *4-----Mugi SbUlfa..JlPd.. Mls*. l An AiJAE 1441-^-P
etition in the two divisions Wyoming w-m In the talent and | UKAINVJU JUIyt
>.ithing suit Categories respective-
ly.
An eadnert piano rendition .of
Rh^dSridie in C Major" by Don'
npdyi niade the blonde Miss Jerde
•fne choice of the judges over 16
. . here'* a Leader Went
Ad td buy antiques—whatewOT
happened to that picture of your
*50.000 in awards
Bine-Eyed Beauties
Last night’s winners .Who picked
up coveted points toward the title
were Miss South, Dakota, Delores
Jarde of Spearflsh, and Miss Wy-
oming. Elatnk Lois Holkenbrmk
Torrington, both blue - eyed
beauties of 1*.
to tie
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CnURdlll.L, KHAN CONFER
LONDON (AP —Prime Minu-
ter Churchill conferred with the
foreign minister of Pakistan, Sir
Y«Bfrui!ah Khan, for a half hour
today on the Eastern situatiun.
MORI SUPPORT — For the
split in Jayieerodebibg an’d Sher-
.ff’s Posse hqrse.showmg . . ,
Horse loverj, ind we're finding
them by the dozen* these day*,
are anjrtbus these day* to separata
I the, 4;i<uti"r horse show and the
Swtat Salt Winner ! • • • T,le lrend ind^ta* k
Mis* Hoker.brink. an ash blonde. wt'!nb1e.,I^rfv’
showed ud to advantage in a one- NOl EU IN PASSINQ —
piece swim suit to outclass hgr 16 school bus which iucn t stpp “
competitors. She is 5 feet 5H tiie *top sign . . . The gbsenca tt
inches tall, weighs 115, has a 36- watermr i .-S from cut vs.de . . >
inch bust and 24-inch waist. City em «.orter*_demaftwag
Eighteen other charmers went mor* and more information ...
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 215, Ed. 1 Friday, September 11, 1953, newspaper, September 11, 1953; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth588991/m1/1/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.