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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Kriehbiel of
Lansdale, Pa, are visiting Bluffton
college friends here.
Mrs. Allen Stauffer of Biglerville,
Pa, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. D. Wells this week.
Mrs. Noah Augsburger was
Sunday dinner guest at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Eversole and
family.
Miss Elizabeth Zimmerly of Grove
street returned home Sunday from
a three weeks visit in eastern
Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Sadie Stearns of Upper San
dusky visited over the week end at
the home of her son, Ralph Stearns
and family of Spring street.
Mrs. Minnie Nicholson left Friday
for Los Angeles for an extended
visit at the home of her daughter
and other relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Springer and
Miss Frieda Springer of Berne, Ind,
visited Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Welty, Harry and Adeline
Welty.
Mrs. Dan Nusbaum is a patient in
Bluffton hospital with broken bone
in the right leg as the result of a
fall in the yard at her home on
College road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Amstutz and
family of Beaverdam and Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Amstutz and family of
Pandora visited at the Eli Amstutz
home, Sunday.
Prof. and Mrs. D. NJ. DeLong of
Columbus and their three children
were Sunday guests at the home of
Mrs. belongs sister, Mrs. J. A.
Weed of North Jackson street.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Huber were
dinner guests at the E. E. Anderson
home in Orange township, Sunday.
Afternoon callers were S. H. Barnes
and son Gordon. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Pauly and two sons and Mr..
and Mrs. w. l. Moore called in the
evening.
Mrs. George Burch and daughter
Frances Dee and Miss Marjorie
Buckland, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Foster Buckland of North Main
street, left for months visit to
Wallace, North Carolina. On their
return to Bluffton they will visit at
Glen Lynne, Va.
Lieutenant Commander Henry Will
son and Mrs. Wilson left Wednesday
morning returning to their home in
Washington after spending several
days at the home of his cousin DR..
B. w. Travis and Mrs. Travis of
Garau street. Miss Marcia Evans
of Bronxville, N. Y, also a guest at
the home of DR.. and Mrs. Travis is
remaining for weeks visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mitchell and
daughter Mrs. H. E. Smith of
Berkeley, Calf, are visiting his
mother Mrs. J. w. Mitchell in Lima
and also friends in Bluffton. Mr..
Mitchell, a former Bluffton resident,
has lived in California for many
years. His father, the late ]. w
Mitchell, operated a drug store
here about thirty-five years ago.
Removals by ,Diller ambulance;
Mrs. Wilmer Roder and infant daugh.
ter of Leipsic from. Bluffton hospital
to the home of L. Gilbert north OF
Ada; Betty Ann Fischer from Lima
Memorial hospital to her home in
Lakewood; Wayne Fett from Bluff.
ton hospital to the home of his par.
ents, Pleyel Fett near Beaverdam
Mrs. Dan Nusbaum from her home
on College road to Bluffton hospital
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-11
BLUFFTON MARKETS

Wednesday Morning
Hogs-l60 to 1s0, s11.40; $50 to
220, S11.50; 220 to 240, $11.30;
roughs, 1925; stays, $500.
Calves-S13.25; lambs, S10.75.
Grain (bu. prices)-Wheat, S1.03;
oats, 45c; corn, TIC.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-11
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank all the neigh
bors and friends for their aid and
sympathy extended in the illness
and death of our beloved mother,
Mrs. Ellen Ludwig; also Rev. Weed
and Rev. Albro who officiated at the
funeral and others who assisted in
any way as we'll as all those send
ing flowers.
The Children
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-11
Fast Work

raSt N0rk
1t took Handel only IA days to
compose his classic "The Messiah"
which has the world-renowned HAL
leluiah Chorus" in it, according to
Prof. P. w. Dykema of Columbia
university. 44-ra4a
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-09-11

Entered az second class matter at
the postoffice at Button, Ohio,
under the Act Of March 8, 1879.
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Subscription rates: $500 per year
in u. S. payable in advance.
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Published weekly at Bluffton, Ohio,
by the Bluffton News Publishing and
Printing Co.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-31
Tip Madarik
Tops 0Hense
Detroit Stor Picks
Up Yords Saturday.

sEATTLE Elmer CTippyD
Msdarik. sophomore back for the
Detroit university Titans. today
took the national grid spotlight
when the American football sta
tsticai bureaus weekly rankings
showed him 10 be top man in total
offense achievement.
He replaced virginia's Bill Dud-
ley.
Last saturday Madarik
picked up 1ls yards from 10
completed passes and 10 yards
from rushing TO put his total
yardage NJ slz yards In five
games. Dudley held 10 second
place with SIS yards.
Owen Price, Texas Mines. main
tanned his passing leadership with
IS competitions in los attempts,
and jumped from eighth 10 first
place In punting. with an average
Of 44.5e yards for n punts. This
average gave his team top place
in punting.
TEXAS GOES UP
The University Of Texas adj
vanced from fifth TO first place in
offense rankings with . total Of
l.e0o yards and an average Of
ssi.s yards per game. replacing
Utah as leader. The Utes dropped
completely out of the first 10 after
q scoreless tie with Denver.
Texas A. h M. bitter rivals of
the Longhorns. advanced to the top
position in total defense. with an
average of 81 yards per game
made against them.
Jimmy Richardson. Mar
quette, continued his phenom-
enal passing show by complet-
ing Is out of 20 passes against
Duquesne. He now has a rec
ord of 81 completed passes out
of 46 tries for Sls yards and
percentage Of .7s9.
Leading pass receiver il Howard
Heating. Detroit, with 20 passes
caught for 236 yards.
The nations top in total offense
are:
Madarik. Detroit, a17 yards; Dud-
ley, Virginia, s25: Sinkwich,
Georgia, 1917; Payne. Clemson, $50;
Schwenk, Washington (Mo.), $50;
Fillipowics, Fordham. ST., Moser,
Texas A. h M. 644; Bertelli, Notre
Dame. $40: Gowernsli, Columbia.
607; and Smetana, Arizona, sos.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-31
Billiard Aces
Still in Tie

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ru-
dolph Of Cleveland and Irving
Crane Of LivoniA. N. Y. today
went into a four-way tie for first
place in the worlds pocket bill
lard tournament.
They drew even last night
with Ralph Grccnleaf Of Chi
cage and Defending Champion
Willie Mosconi Of Philadelphia
NJ five wins against one loss
Rudolph downed onofrio Lauri,
Brooklyn, 1911. m Is innings'
while Crane disposed OF Harold
Baker. Los Angeles. 1852 in Is
innings. Andy Ponzi, New York,
defeated Jimmy Caras. Whining
ton. Del. 1856 in nine innings;
George Kelly. Philadelphia, top
ped Dan Tozer. Decatur. ILL.,. 12S'
loi, in &c frames, and Joe Pro
cita. Gloversville, n. Y, defeated
Babe Garfield, Syracuse. n. Y.
1857 in IL innings.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-31
Rich Prizes
| On Golf Trail

NEW YORK - More than
100000 in professional golf
ing prizes viii make this sea-
sons four-month swing through
Florida, Texas and California,
starting Nov. II at Pinehurst,
N. C., the richest and most ex-
tensive In the history Of the p.
G. A., tournament Manager
Fred Corcoran announced to-
day.
Top money tournaments of
the winter will be the $4,000
Miami open, Dec. lila, and the
$4,000 Los Angeles open, Jan.
9-12. A new tournament-the
Harlingen. Tex. $1,000 open
will take place in between
these two fixtures on Dec. 20
%.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-31
Only Two Mays
In Pimlico Race

PRIMLICO. Md. Only two
horses viii run in the Pimlico
special, the race that was to
feature the opening of the 15-dsy
fall meeting here today
Such big name horses as Whirl-
away. Alsab. War Relic, Pictor
and Big Pebble passed up the
test. leaving only Louis Tufano's
steady distance runner. Market
Wise. and Haltal. occasionally
brilliant colt owned by Woodvale
farm. TO run for the $4,000 win
ner-Jake-sll test over a mile and
SIS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-31
Game Opens at
.7:3O O'clock
Tigers Favored TO
Win Over Rivols

Bsnarmine Lions make their
final bid for the city prep sridiron
honor when they play STADIUM
Tigers in the Stadium bowl TO-
night with the kickoff scheduled
for 80 o'clock.
Coach John Heinriek's BenEals
will be making their first start
in defense of a city title they have
held since 1882 while the Bells
will be playing their city con-
cluder, having lost To Lincoln Abes.
60. several weeks ago.
Both teams have been nurs-
ing a large hospital squad the
past two weeks but both es-
pect 20 be at nearly full
strength for tonight's battle.
Don Spurgin. sticky fingered
end. Will be back in the Bellarmlne
lineup. Coach Andy slatt said
Thursday morning. Only regular
who NAV not start is Captain Ray
Hammerschmith at tackle. Full
back Vern Morris may give way
to Vic Msrtineau in the plunging
post.
Stadium's cripples embrace al
most the entire squad but all sre
on the mend and Coach Heinrich
expects to start his regular lineup
with the possible exception Of
Parker Buck at end.
Between halves the Mckinley
playfield six-msn footballers will
give an exhibition, it was an
nounced by Evans. manager of the
playfield squad.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-31
Benqals VS.. Lions
TONIGHT AT STADIUM, 1870 p. NJ.
Probable Starting Lineups
STADIUM
BELLARMINE

Stadium: (10 Darrell Swenson az Bud Sanders
Mansfield Dayton Mahy 40 Frank Walters s)
Qe) Rockway l20) Warren King 2) Bob
23) Lynes (25 Harry 27),
(2s) Dahl 1922 Frank Clinton (3 Ted Gregg
go Chuck Fain (4 Bob johnson 3e Bill
Murphy t42). Jim Coito.
Belarmne: 37), Gordon Bradford (45 Jim
tackles Bchs t41), John Kelly (ss) Don Nc
guards semeon 52) Eldon Barnes (54). Bin
Lombard 1851 Laverne Maneau 46)
Sullivan 1861; quarterback hafbacks
Cebua s Al Gawas $751; Pat Manley 1926 ubscks Vic Mar
90. oLeary (3o)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-31
Oregon Coach
Goes TO Navy

PENDLETON. Ore. - Francis
Schmidt, assistant Pendleton high
school basketball and football
coach, today prepared TO leave for
active service with the navy.
The school board granted
Schmidt q leave of absence
effective when the naval call
comes.
Del Bjork, former assistant at
the school. was called into active
service with the army about a
year ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-31

BROWNWOOD. Tex Applaud
as you will those unbeaten Texas
stesmrollers. the Aggies, the Long
horns and the Tech Red Raiders.
but save one cheer for q Texas
football team that isn't doing so
well.
Hold back one for the Daniel
Baker Hill Billies. They need 1t.
II was two years ago. the first
November weekend, a bright and
beautiful day. that Daniel Baker
played McMurray college Of Abb
lene and won. IL to o.
That Nov. 4th u n memoir
able date for the Hill Billies.
They haven't won a football
game since.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-31
Back in Play
LOS ANGELES :

LOS ANGELES - Two injured
gridders, Jim Crowthier and Dick
Danehe, rejoined the University of
Southern CALIFORNIA; squad today
and will be ready for the starting
call against Stanford in two weeks.
The Trojans. who draw bye this
Saturday. continued drilling
against ''r' formation plays with
Spartan Mickey McCardle imper-
sonating frankie Albert.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-31
Here's a Texas Team That
Daniel Baker Team Hasn't Won Since 1889
Goes Opposite to the Rule

Eighteen straight they have lost,
and the Bilhes haven't scored since
Oct. 26. 1910, when the Texas
A. g. l. college safety fumbled q
punt and Daniel Baker tackle fell
on the ball for a touchdown. That
game the Billies lost just as to s.
In their last game, the Billies
Melted five yards ga gained rush
ing. 10 lost; no passes completely
Abilene Christian gained 467. First
downs were Is to zero.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-31

pssser. college football
Tomnnervik the Little Giant All
American who could In major circuit and be
national sensation.
Tommervik a natural" like se~en Baugh oBren
Howell
against the other
you'd game Importance the football world
There chance for such q Of course.
But like the gold the L. vaults Kentucky it's nice to
hink bout
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-31
Undecided

EUGE NE. ore. - Coach Tex
Oliver Of Oregon Was undecided to
day whether to use Chuck Elicit
or Cliff Giffen at left tackle
against Washington State Sstur-
day They viii replace Ed Mosh-
ofsky injured in the UCLA game.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-31
Phelan Fears

SEATTLE = Coach Jimmy
Phelan feared over-confidence on
his University of Washington
squad and showed motion pictures
Of last years game against Mon
tans, won by Washington to O,
to prove the Grizzlies were no set
up. Phelan used Wayne Sterling
at right tackle in place of Bob
Friedman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-31
Libbee 10 PLAY

CORVALLIS, Ore.-Coach Lon
Stiner of Oregon State today
groomed Bob Libbee, sophomore
halfback, for action against Idaho
Saturday. Lihbee. an unimpressive
starter, has developed into an ex-
pert passer, Stiner said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-31
Hopes Jolied

Los ANGELES-UCLA's hopes
against California Saturday were
rudcly Jolted today when it was
learned that Ed Irwin and Burr
Baldwin, two of the Bruins best
ends. would be out Of the game.
In practice. Irwin suffered pos
sihle fracture of his right arm and
Baldwin was carried off the field
with q sprained ankle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-31
FIGHTERS MATCHED

OAKLAND. Cal.-Cecilio Loza-
da of Mexico City and r. l..
Lewis. Boise, Ida, Negro, have
been matched for the 10 round
main event at Oskland's civic
auditorium next Wednesday. Pro-
moter Frank Tabor announced
today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-31
Mates Show
Almost Set

Sc A L Z - Promoter Nate
Druxman's Nov. boxing card
was nearly complete today with
the addition of a four-round re-
turn bout between Wally taft"
Downs, Welsh welterweight from
the British battleship Warspite at
Bremerton, and Al Reado, the
promising Everett colored welter-
weight. The pair fought TO a
draw in their earlier appearance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-31

Friday =. m........ .6;52
A three-volume work was writ
ten by d'Aguesseau, one-time
French chancellor. using only the
moments he waited for dinner.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-31

Your postmaster can tell you
how to invest in u. 8. Defense
Bonds
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-06
Fantastic Coincidence
Is Conservative Dresser

brilliant lights and mite clubs, but
she signs, there's no other city in
the country like Chicago" Chats
where she does all of her shopping
Kitty's manager won't let her
do more than one act year But
plans are being made for her to do
a movie short with Fats" Waller
and orchestra this winter. The
tour she's now doing with Roches-
ter is the longest she's ever made,
as it has included IL weeks of hard
work
Last week, Kitty danced the jit-
terbug with pop-eyed Eddie Cantor,
who was so crazy over Kitty that
he's angling for her for his radio
show.
Coming home to her room in Hotel
Braddock, on the subway, (she had
her wet stockings, drenched from
the rain in her pocketbook) Kitty
exclaimed, What are you going to
do with all of these questions; write
my life story?"
I'm afraid I'd have to write a
book to get in all the things Miss
Murray has accomplished!
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-06
Helena Horne,
ReneWS Contract
With Cafe Society

NEW (C)-The busy,
blues beauty, Helena Horne, who is
the mistress of ceremonies of Cafe
Society Downtown has been signed
again by over pleased proprietor,
Barney Josephson for another
months. Helena has had a pheno-
menal rise since she joined Cafe
Society's personnel in early April
First Josephson put her in Cafe
Society Concert at Carnegie Hall
where she was hit. Then Artie
Shaw asked her to sing the cocals
for some band recordings he had
scheduled. On top of that, Henry
"Hot Lips Levine of MICS "Ba-
sin Street chose her to sing with
his band in making the RCA-Vic-
tor Birth of the Blues" Album of
w. G. Handy's songs.
A few weeks ago Helena began a
new coast forecast series over
WEAF-NBC-Red, Strictly From
Dixie, in which she is featured with
Lewines Dixieland Band. A new
film outfit, B. W. Pictures, special
izing in shorts, is starting its career
by featuring Helena with the boogie-
Woogie pianist Albert Ammong and
Pete Johnson of Cafe Society Up
town. Indeed, Helena is one busy
girl,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-06

TKUMPHETS AND-BuU,iIE
Bv FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS

IRUMPHETS AND BUUtIIE
Two albums of special interes.
are now available. One is "Ho
lFumphets" by Columbia and TIN
other is IS to the Bar" featuring
hoogie woogie by Pete johnson
and Albert Ammons on Victor will
drum accompaniment.
The trumphet collection con-
Slst of reissues. Most of the mum
bers are collectors items and
Waxed from 123 to 1896. Tunes and
horn blowers are I'M COMING
VIRGINIA, Biz Beiderbecke. and
ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND,
Red Nisols; DARKTOWN STRUT
TIERS BALL, Muggsy Spanier, and
CINE AND TWO BLUES. Joe
Smith; DEAR OLD SOUTHLAND,
Louis Armstrong, and BODY AND
SOUL Red Allen; ECHOES OF
HARLEM, Cootie Williams, and
WHY WAS I BORN, Buck Clayton.
Look at it from any angle, this
is a mess of the righteous stuff
The numbers were selected to show
each performer at his best
Smith s quiet, sensitive cornet; the
jungle groWlS of Cootie; the ly-
rically beautiful Blk, the incom-
parable Louis, the drive of MuggSy,
the soulfulness of Clayton, the
wildness of Allen and the smoothe-
ness of Nishols contrast telling with
each other. If you can't get kicks
out of this, you simply don't like
hot jazz.
A couple years ago, Johnson, Am
mons and Meade LUX" Lewis re-
corded three piano boogie Called
'Boogie Woogie Prayer which was
letdoWn. Too many instruments.
But two pianos are all Highland
incidentally the limit. This permits
The use of two right hands ana the
introduction and development of a
wealth Of distinct ideas and coun-
terpoint not possible with one pi-
ano and which becomes just so
much noise with three. And since
there's drum, this collection makes
for rug cutting in the good old
Saturday night hose party manner
as we'll as for unusal listening.
The tulles, ranging from fast b.W.
down through jump tempo to me-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-06
BY DOLORES CALVIN
(fOr Calvin ervice, Exclusively

NEW YORK-(C)-One look al
Kitty Murray was enough! Another
found the vast audience rolling
over and all but bursting their sides
for laughter With the short brilliant
red dress, leaving her knees to be
viewed, long braids, a red straw
hat overloaded with red flowers
socks of the same color and black
baseball shoes, Kitty Murray, wild
ly chewing gum, stole the show play
ing tacit glamour girl opposite
Eddie (Rochester) Anderson at the
Strand Theatre here in New York.
Backstage, after her numerous
curtain calls, l found Miss Muir
rays fantastic taste for clothes does
not extend to her every day ward
robe. Conservatively dressed in a
brown and white dress, figur-
ed turban and white sport shoes,
she confessed to me a likeness
for the soft shades, and never a
lot of color! AS to her personality
she's just like she's on the stage,
quiet, unassuming and taking her
success in a stride
Right then and there in Roches-
ter's dressing room Eddie had
stepped out for fight at Madison
Square Gardem we launched in a
discussion of her likes and dislikes.
First of all, she hates sweets, and
laughly nodded no, when I exclam-
ed, mot even ice-creamlN
Kitty, whose plumpness in GER
tain parts, is one of the things
which makes her so comical, loves
to swim, is crazy about Hollywood
(altho she's only been there once)
and simply adores jewelry She
doesn't like to drive, probably be-
cause she doesn't own car, and
doesn't smoke, either.
Asked if she enjoyed travelling,
she responded, Il love those air.
planes, and that's how we do most
of our travelling" Then I asked her
If she liked hopping on mite planes
after a late performance. To this,
she slipped her drink jokingly and
said, I'm never too tired to travel.
when there's money!!
She's fond of New York, it's
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-06
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Palmer's Dream Book
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-06
Bury Mrs. Tinsley

WASHINGTON - (ANP) -
Funeral services were held Fri
day for Mrs. Fannie A. Tinsley,
formerly of Richmond, Va, who
died Tuesday after a lengthy i'll
ness. Mrs. Tinsley was the mother
of Mrs. Arnetia Johnson Triplett,
one of Washington's foremost
business and society women. 9th
er survivors are her husband,
Dorsey Tinsley, two other daugh-
ters, Mrs. Geneva Burrell and
Mrs. Ethel M. Palmer CT Phila
delphia. Interment was in Rich
mond, following services at Me
Cures chapel, conducted by the
Rev. Mr.. Coleman of Colonial
Beach, Va.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-06
Boy Soprano
Singer Heads
Festival Program

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-(A N p
Prentice Moreland, 15-year- old
boy soprano from the 18th and
Vine Streets playground, was the
stars of the city playground festi-
val held at the municipal audi
torium last Friday. Prentice,
whose rendition of the spirital,
THE Blind Man Stood by the
Way" had Won top rating for
him, was picked from 81 finalists
in the radio acts contest conduct
ed by the city recreation depart
ment August 3d. The finals were
held at the Faxon school, being
Judged by Glenn H. Park, commits
sioner of recreation; Les l. War
rem, superintendent of public rec
reation, and Harold Newton, rec
reation division music supervisor.
Taking second place was the
Graham band, white, from Helm
Park. while Miska and Sonia Buff
linton, white tap dancers, were
rated third. Virginia Johnson won
fourth place for her singing. The
final contestants were chosen from
an original field of 30 acts.