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I G*ok l sH»f I '^sr~~i S V** (J O' WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 26, 1953 . • j. ■ Women's - m***^^™ v " > T?j - f ojp so^ lr j r + .i 991 1 JHk vjv H f -. «tir«.«m$ * i ■ Bf ci \V .-j!i* i*'- *» Mwnuc&i f :S- y' I n Ji .JL Ife.. llHi ’ \*y> ! '%?;*•£ .-#*’ il ip® Hp JB 9 |fH i -J| BBT I b. 'Si H Hfi / * 30H SB KVv'f>P ■ppy I wv R, 2 K I sKT ■» Hajj 9 Ej|k> .B 9, HBPf.4/ 'dß 9 >ii Hm9 9k, Wf*w n WL"< 9 Bhup iff IL nH :9 V a. 'wm 9m. ' W•• ' m- - '• '••■V l -Br JBB ’A £ : KJ| 99 I - ’. 'w9H9aM)l^l 4 ■ K v I»VT ./r f BPS! HL /J| # |BHfIBBHnP^Vj f 9 91^^99b^■:'•■■ :! -'J ~ I 9hgMM»ialMHI 9 :/:&&£&' \ i#-' 819b9 : ;• . .‘1 •.; • pr~- - / '' |j| 11 - PLANS IN THE MAKING —Discussing arrangements for the League's ipP : x4 L I\TO PARKING or dress If one bi 9 annual benefit are Mrs. Charles P. Cabell, public relations'. t 1 * '* •- 'h ■, fl| Tt| problems will con - * * chairman for the League, Mrs. Smith Hempstone and Mrs. Claude B. - front the subscribers to Mickelwait, president. At the SSMA Club canteen in the background PHANTOM CONCERT CONFAB—Conductors of the four service bands get together with Mrs. Nathan F. if Phantom Band Con- fjfgj or e Able Seaman 3/c Dale Allen, Anti-aircraftsman 3/c Gerald Ellis Twining, left, end Mrs. Lemuel C. Shepherd, jr., right, to discuss the Phantom Concert being planned "on or next month In and Aircraft Machinist 3/c Frank Callahan, all of the Navy. DOy MOy '^ t *° benef ' fthe old | ers ' S° Marines and Airmen's Club. The men are, left launching its major fund j I : is honorary president, is ‘ HBMMjgi HHHHhMM|RH PI the Soldiers, Sailors, Ma- MlB 9BH 9 ™Sm IE m v J BCLJ„• 2bPl Final inspectionoftheinvitotions being sent all over : -''./ ANTICIPATING BIG RETURN League members are certain the world by members of the Woman's Army and Navy League, sponsors of the Phantom Con- #/** that the price of two dollars for the make-believe concert should be cert, is made by Mrs. Herbert H. Abbott, Mrs. Egbert Bullene, Mrs. John R. Redman, Mrs. Joel f well received. Checking the invitations are Mrs. Floyd N. Johnson, S N w *r^ New Congresswoman Tie Your Vote to a Solid Pfost' Was Slogan Used by Idaho's Representative Gracie Pfost in Campaign Two immense issues, the United Nations and Hell's Canyon Dam, are responsible for bringing to Congress one of its two new women mem bers, dynamic, red-headed Mrs. Gracie Pfost of Nampa, Idaho. Gracie Pfost is a Democrat, and the first woman to repre sent her | State in Congress. Bhe was c&ie of the few Demo crats to defeat an incumbent Republican last fall, and she accomplished this feat even as her congressional district gave Gen. Eisenhower a 25,000 ma jority over Adlai Stevenson. She was elected, as she puts it, “by the skin of my teeth” (her r margin was 591 votes l , and the victory was all the more pleasant because her Republican opponent, the in cumbent Representative John T. Wood, had defeated her in 1990 by a similarly small margin. After her victory, and by / By Isabelle Shelton way of helping her constit uents remember how to pro nounce her unusual name, her supporters spread the slogan: “We’re replacing old Wood with a new Pfost.” Another slogan, used during the campaign, urged voters to: The Vice President And Mrs. Nixon Hosts at Dinner The Vice President and Mrs. Nixon entertained at dinner last evening in honor of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. The black tie dinner, the first the Nixons have given since be has been Vice Pres ident, was held at the 1925 P Street Club. Mrs. Nixon personally took care of sending out the in vitations for the small party. J? “Tie Your Vote to a Solid Pfost.” The girls who work in the Congresswoman’s Capitol Hill office wish they could similarly enlighten the general public. “Almost every time you pick up the telephone it sounds like a wet firecracker on the other end of the line,” says Virginia Rishel, her top sec retary. “People ask for Mrs. Psst, Mrs. Pift, Mrs. Pahf and Mrs. Poof.” Her support of the U. N. helped Mrs. Pfost ride to vic tory. She didn’t say very much that other Democrats— and many Republicans weren’t saying across the coun try: “The U. N. is the work ing medium that holds a free world together. It is the world’s hope for peace,” etc. But she said it often and insistently, and with telling ef (Continued on Pag* D-^.) Wife of Egyptian Envoy Keen About Civic Affairs By Katharine M. Brooks Egyptian Ambassador-desig nate and Mme. Hussein are getting settled in their new abode and as their belongings arrive and are unpacked, are feeling more at home. The newly-appointed envoy Ahmed Hussein is filling his first post as an ambassador but was in this country last year with Mme. Hussein who came to deliver a series of lectures. The talks were arranged under the auspices of the Middle East Society in a number of the larger cities. Thus they are acquainted with portions of the United States. • Both the Ambassador-desig nate and his wife speak Eng lish fluently and are friendly and gracious, thus adding con siderable charm to their per sonalities. Mme. Hussein is taller than the average Egyp tian woman, has black hair and dark eyes and is very slendsr. I The new chatelaine at the Egyptian embassy is deeply Interested In civic affairs in her homeland and her lectures were on that subject and also the status of women in Egypt. Mme. Hu&ein was educated at the American University in Cairo and is quite widely traveled. In her dress she favors the tailored type of cos tume and has excellent taste ii%the selection of her clothes. The Ambassador-designate called at the State depart ment within 24 hours of his arrival in Washington and un doubtedly he will be received by the President before too long. He is succeeding Mr. Mohammed Kamil Abdul Ra him, who with Mme. Abdul Rahim left Washington Sun day. The former Ambassador was transferred to West Berlin but before going to Germany (Continued on Pago D-17.) I Exclusively Yours Andersons Have Testimony of Whole Town's Affection; Coronation Space Available; Perle's Party the Big Topic There’s a charming story behind the new Secretary of the Navy and his wife that very few people in the country can match. While able Bob Anderson, who refuses to drop his Democratic label, steadily mounts in prestige with both Republicans and Democrats, and his natural and cute wife Ollie wins friends wherever she goes, the town of Vernon, Tex., can sit back, smile broadly and say “I told you so.” Small as Vernon is, it boasts probably the finest modern auditorium in its area and the Andersons are responsible for it. They gave the land on which it stands and raised and contributed the money with which to build it. That’s just one of the things they did as a matter of course for their home town.- Before they left to come to Washington with the new. Eisenhower administration, the Vernon Chamber of Commerce i By Betty Beale staged a big meeting in the auditorium to which, of course, they were invited. Neither, however, had the slightest inkling of what was afoot. Ollie was so busy packing up that she didn’t intend to go. When a friend in Fort Worth called her and asked "What shall I wear to this party in your honor?” she decided she’d better go after all. but she was a little put out when the friend came over to see her the same day and took up some of her hard pressed time persuading her to dress up for the evening. When they got to the audi torium, people frofn all over the county were there, includ ing the biggest names in the oil and cattle industries. And somehow the Andersons’ sons were on the scene. All the family were asked' to come up on the stage for the presenta- I D tion of flowers to Ollie. When they got up there a little speech was made and then the curtain behind them was drawn to reveal the farewell gift of the people of Vernon. The Andersons gasped. There on the stage was a sleek, black car with all the de luxe equipment known to the automotive indus try. The donors said they didn’t want Bob, who would get a Government auto mobile, to be driving around in a better-looking car than his wife. Over 17,000 people had con tributed toward the gift. The big oil men wanted to donate-^*** l the whole amount, but the townspeople said no. and they put a limit on what an indi vidual could give. Even so tney had so much money that after equipping the car with air conditioning, lifetime tires, (Continued on page D-ll.) I