davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
BY The Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. IS
FOLLOWING Is the tert OF a letter
that President Getulio Vargas
left before killing himself:
Once more the forces and in
terests against the people are
newly co-Ordinated and raised
against me. They do not accuse
me, they insult me; they do not
fight me. they Islander me and
do not give me the right of de-
Tense. They need to drown my
voice and halt my actions SO
that / no longer continue to
defend. as I always have de-
Tended, the people and princi-
pally the humble.
! follow the destiny that is Inn
posed on me. After years OF
domination and looting by inter-
national economic and financial
groups. ! made myself chief of
an nco1querable revolution.
began the work of liberation and
I instituted a regime of social
liberty. ] had to resign. re-
turned to govern on the arms OF
the people.
A subterranean campaign of
international groups joined with
national groups revolving against
the regime of workers guaran-
tees. The law Of excess profits
was stopped in Congress. Hatreds
were unchanged against the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
Coffee Exchange Limits
Daily Price Shift 10 | Cent
Rx ihsl .As,oeiufedI Prss J

NEW York, Aug. Coffee
prices ON the Coffee and Sugar
Exchange will be allowed to
change only l cent a pound per
day until political conditions in
Brazil settle down.
The trading limit was an
nounced BY Gustavo Lobo,
president Of the exchange. It
apparently was set to prevent
wild" trading during the UNI
settled period In Brazil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25

Wool tropicoIs, docron and wool blend
slocks &. royon, nylon. orion ond wool
sportseoots. Good range Of colors and sizes.
Select yours !. deduct 259N from the
price too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
Vehicle to Go Anywhere
Called Need Of Formers

What farmers need is . ve-s
hicle which win 60 any where
on the land. Or. Harry Ferguson.
tractor manufacturer. said at the
Royal Ulster Agricultural show
in Balmoral. Northern Ireland. {
IF a farmer takes the modern
car or truck any where on his
land he sticks, and something
has got to be done about that"
he declared. He could not say.
however. how long the Develop
ment viii take.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
Airliner Avoids Crush

GANDER, Newfoundland, Aug.
rs (R.-An Air Force Constella-
ton slowed off the runway as it
landed at Gander airport early
today, but its So passengers and
nine crew members escaped in
jury. Inbound from Europe, the
plane had come down on the
runway safely when the nose
wheel Skidded to the left.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
newspaper.
LAP Wireph0to via radio.

II the birds OF prey wish the
blood Of anybody. they wish to
continue sucking that Of the Bra
lillian people.
Asks to Be Symbol.
] offer my life in the holocaust.
! choose this means to be with
YOU always. When they humil-
late you. YOU win feel my soul
suffering at your side. When
hunger beats at your door, ~you
will feel In your chests the
energy for the fight for YOUR
selves and your children. When
they humiliate you, you will feel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
Eisenhower Forwards :.
Sympathy 10 Mrs. Vargas
BY The Assoeiotsd Press

DENVER. Aug. 25.-President
Eisenhower last night sent a
message Of deep personal SYM
patty" to the widow of Presi-
ednt Getulio Vargas of Brazil.
The message, dispatched from
Gen. Eisenhower's vacation
headquarters here, went to
Sonora Darcy Sarmanho Vargas
at Gazette Palace in Rio. It said:
please accept my deep per-
sonal sympathy to you and your
family upon the death of your
husband, the President"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
Mitchell Accepts Bid
To Air Power Pact
Al Congress Hearing
By Ire Assoeiassd Press

Stephen Mitchell, Democratic
national chairman. who calls the
plan "a raw deal" viii have the
chance September 2 to tell Con-
gress what he finds wrong with
the administrations controver-
sial contract for private power in
the Tennessee Valley area.
Representative w. Sterling
Cole, Republican. of New York.
chairman of the Senate House
Atomic Energy Committee, wired
Mr.. Mitchell yesterday an invi-
tation to testify on "any evidence
Of malfeasance or Improperly. "
Mr.. Mitchell was being asked
to appear. Mr.. Cole told the
Democratic chairman. Elm view
of your repeated Incorporate
charges against President Eisen-
hover in this matter"
"Glad" to Accept.
Mr.. Mitchell promptly replied
he was "glad" to accept the invi-
tation and added:
81 am troubled, however, by
your telegram which character
ICES my questions as 'intemper-
ate charges This would seem
to indicate that in advance of
a hearing you have prejudged
this case in such q way as to
raise doubts over your ability to
conduct an impartial hearing"
Mr.. Mitchell also proposed
calling as witnesses an unsuc-
cessful bidder for the contract
and the three Atomic Energy
Commission members who OPP
posed it.
Mr.. Mitchell's appearance be-
fore the committee seemed GER
tain to mark a fresh round in
the swirling dispute over Presi-
dent Eisenhower's order direct
ing the Acc to contract with a
private utility combine for pow
er to be delivered over Tennes-
see Valley Authority lines to the
Memphis, Tenn, area. iva is
to deliver power in turn to the
Acc plant at Paducah. KY.
Provision Approved.
The SLOT million contract.
which must still get the commit
tees approval, was a major bone
Of contention during the Sem
ate's marathon debate over new
atomic energy legislation. Con-
gress wound up approving a
provision which would specific
cally allow the contract.
Mr.. Mitchell took up the issue
in Chicago last week, intimating
among other things that Gen
Eisenhower's friendship with
Golfer Bobby Jones influenced
the award to the power combine,
known as the Dixon-yates
group.
Gen. Eisenhower said he re-
jected innuendoes that friend |
ship. was a factor. and Mr..
Mitchell said he accepted Mr..
Jones statement that he did
not discuss the matter with the |
President.
However, the Democratic |
chairman repeated his questions |
about the contract. saying it was
going to cost the public mil
lions of dollars"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
60.0 All-WooI
ZIP-LINED TOPCOATS

Raglan or bolmoceon collar in deep
toned colors. ldeol weight
serves equolly as topcoot or over
coat with zip-out lining. All sizes
in stock. Sove now!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
Few Cyclists Finish

Frances 3,000-mile .Tour de
France cycling event annually
draws more than 100 contest
ants. fewer than q third Of whom
cross the finish line, Paris
reports.
Evening star., 1954-12-05

generals and Senators have fox strotted,
waitzed and rhumbaed in the great hall Of
their mansion and then clapped their hands
and stomped their feet in a gay Virginia reel.
Mrs. G. chooses the menus for every din
ner and her husband the Wines. Judging by
the de luxe feast that results, they vie with
each other to produce the best. The same
combination of fine foods, If well liked, is
repeated sometimes with the same guests. 1t
almost always includes terrapin Maryland, an
expensive speciality that Polly started serving
during the war because it was unrationed, and
ever since people have hoWled If she didn't
have it.
The menu is always formally printed on
silver -edged cards and placed around the
table.
Largest Jewel
Mrs. Guggenheim received her guests
wearing one of her 80 or more exquisite eve
ming gowns and the largest sapphire in the
world. A gift from her husband couple OF
years ago, it is rectangular stone sur
rounded by diamonds and weighing in the
vicinity of 500 carats. But Polly never calls
attention to it and she chuckles over its
size If anyone mentions it.
For three midwinter months every year
she becomes a houSeparty hostess at their
South Carolina plantation POGO Sabo. She is
holding forth there now in fact. A beautiful
white SOuthern-Styled dwelling, II is sur
rounded by live oak trees dripping with
Spanish moss, has 1.7OO acres around it and
another 10000 acres of shooting property
where the colonel hunts quail. dove and duck.
Polly finds little time there or here to
paint but once in while throws everything
to the winds" and closets herself in her studio
on their estate here that was the stable when
Mrs. John O'Brien, nee Roebling, owned the
house Some of her portraits are scattered
about on Washington walls, including one that
hangs in the Luxembourg Legation, an excel
lent likeness of Nine. LIE Calais.
She. may not get the chance to paint but
she gives it to Others Every year she con-
tributes $500 scholarship at the American
University Art School through the National
Society of Arts and Letters.
But Polly Guggenheim wouldn't mention
any of this. Shed sooner have people think
she's party minded strawberry blond only
than to toot her own horn. She's real though
,sand so, you doubters, is the color of her hair.
(This is the third i'm a series of profles.
Nert week: Marjorie D1Uies.J III y
Evening star., 1954-12-05

Republican all along and gave a reputed
$1,000 to help elect Eisenhower President, he
and his wife both knew the Truman cabinet
better than the cabinet today, and his wife
entertained Mrs. Truman at luncheon when
she was First Lady. Polly also lunched at the
White House and they both dined there dur
ing the Truman administration. They met
President and Mrs. Truman at dinner given
by Justice and Mrs. Stanley Reed and "Bess
Truman never forgot anybody" noted Polly.
They entertained Gen. and Mrs. Dwight D.
Eisenhower at Firenze when he was chief of
staff, and Polly gave Mamie dance when she
came down from Columbia University alone
, once. The Eisenhowers invited them to one of
the first dinners they gave in the White House
Ike also made Bob United States Ambassador
to Portugal, post he held for one year.
Since then he seems to have had change
of political heart In the recent elections he
was predicting the Democrats would win both
the House and the Senate and he made no
effort to hide his pleasure when they did.
Polly loved the years experience in Lis
bon and having been a hostess here, she
stepped easily into the role of embassy chate-
laine. If anything, she must have felt a little
cramped. She can entertain about twice as
many people at Firenze for dinner than she
could in the small embassy the United States
rents in Lisbon.
centrating on the Portuguese people rather
than other diplomats, which was both unusual
and commendable. Why it is that diplomats so
often entertain each other rather than the
people to whom they're accredited, is one of
the mysteries of diplomatic life.
One of the people she made hit with
was former King Umberto of Italy who came
to see them before they left Lisbon.
The Social Life
In Washington the Guggys-as their
friends call them-took up where they left
off, in daily round of sociability. Although
her husband wants all parties to end by II
if possible, by midnight at the latest, Polly says
he really likes parties better than she does
When he finishes his afternoon bridge game
at the Army and Navy Club he and his wife
set out for one two or three cocktail parties
and dinner nightly
Polly's own dinners for % are extremely
elegant and gastronomicaly rich. She gives
4 one about once week with an occasional huge
one followed by q fun dancing party. Justices.
Evening star., 1954-12-05
Polly Guggenheinn: No Borbs

She went to Florida instead to rejoin her
family and there met Bob Guggenheim.
They were married the following Christ
mas on the colonels 171-foot yacht, the
Firenze, which carried crew of % and
enough oil to get it's diesel engines to Europe
and back without refueling. It also carried
the honeymooners on long cruise through
Caribbean waters, the Panama Canal, and up
to California for visit with the colonels son
by former marriage, Bob, jr.
Then the new Mrs. Guggenheim came to
Washington where she was to entertain the
First Lady of the land the future President
of the United States and just about every big
wig in the Capital. Her husband had been
living here off and on since 1924 when he
was on the staff of Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
then chief of staff OF the United States Army.
The newlyweds leased themselves an abode
big, enough to rattle in-it's the Indian En-
bassy today-and set up housekeeping. They
later left it to cruise for year on their
yacht and it was rented while they were gone
by Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, the next hostess
to be covered in this series.
The Guggenheims would have bought this
little shack with umpteen or more rooms but
at this point war forced the Hungarian Min
lister out of his plush 26-acre estate and they
snapped it up in 1941.
Lived on Yacht
For quite while before they moved into
this big, handsome. well manicured home they
occupy today, also called Firenze. at 4400
Broad Branch road, their only address, giggled
Polly was the Fish Dock, Twelfth street and
Maine avenue, Washington, D. C.. Their yacht
was anchored there and that's where they
gave some of their best parties The late
Senator Arthur Vandenberg, whom Col. Gug
genheim favored as a presidential candidate,
was a frequent guest on board.
Though the colonel had been an outspoken
Evening star., 1954-12-05
CONTINUED From Page ~

Continued From Page ~
was educated at private schools and married
first to well-to-do Philadelphian.
Her real name was Rebecca De Loatch
Pollard and she was born in Norfolk, Va.
where her father was in the real estate busi-
ness The nickname Polly" came from class
mates at Stuart Hall in Staunton, Va.
When this profile was announced in last
Sundays paper a letter from a Capital
genealogist arrived. "Mrs. Guggenheim she
wrote, "is descended from some of the most
ilustrious families of the South. She is
eligible for membership in the First Families
of Virginia "a direct ancestor must have come
here before 1670): the Colonial Danes (ances-
tors must have distinguished themselves-hers
served in House of Burgesses); the Daughters
OF the American Revolution (Which Mrs. G.
has just joined), and the Huguenot Society
descendant of Michael des Loges who settled
in Virginia in 1869
An artist with real talent Polly knew she
wanted to paint from the time she was born.
After a finishing year at Comstock School in
New York. she went to the Art Students
League there and to the Grand Central Art
School,
First Marriage
Then she started rushing around to COL
lege proms" and met Billy Van Lennep of
Philadelphia at Princeton University. They
were married a year later. 1926, in Palm
Beach, her family having moved to Florida
by then.
After honeymoon in Europe they settled,
in Cambridge where the bridegroom finished
his college education at Harvard and went on
to get his Phi. D in English literature. The
bride continued art study at the School of
the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
The marriage lasted only 10 years. When
Billy Van Lennep received Rockefeller Eel
lowship to do research work on Restoration
drama in London, Polly didn't go with him.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-18

Mrs. Y. D. Venable visited her
son and daughter ln-laW. Mr. and
Mrs, j. L. Venable, in Lynchburg,
on Sunday.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-18
Sale, Exhibit Of
Longwood College
Art Is Being Held

The annual LongWood College
student art exhibit is being held
throughout this week. beginning
Monday May IT and continuing
through to Monday, May "a, &C
cording to Miss Virginia Bedford,
head of the art department.
Displays Of painting. graphic
arts, crafts. ceramics, and design,
viii be found in the College Art
Department and in the Browsing
Room OF the Library.
On Friday afternoon. from | to
5 p. m, on the campus in front Of
the Rotunda, a sale OF art class
products will be held Articles will
include basketry. leather purses,
woven belts, .chip-caryed boxes,
oil and Watercolor paintings. sill
yer jewelry, and ceramics.
If it should rain on Friday
afternoon. the art sale will be
held in the Rotunda.
Citizens Of the surrounding
area who are interested in in
speeding or purchasing the work
are invited to attend.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-18

Mrs Hartwen Evans and
daughter, Mary Jane Of NesV
London Academy in Fofress Va.
were the week end guests Of Me-
and Mrs John Irving.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-18

FRESH and stimulating de-
signs have helped make printed
cotton a big fayorite this season.
Here is a delightful dress fash
toned Of printed cotton that looks
like soutache braid all-oVer en-
broidery The cotton is polished,
crisp and taffeta-hke. The dress
is done on princess lines easing
up softly over the bustline. There
is band around the low, round
ed neckline which is draped into
a group of cartridge tucks and
a shoe-string bow is pulled
through as finishing touch. The
color is pink with lavender or
blue with green print. It's a nice
dress to wear from daytime into
an evening of informal dancing.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-18

1912 70, and Schoc.s sill 900 To-
gether. they total SLAB b02 rs.
Mr. Garter said that all county
teachers will be given a raise in
salary under the state plan. adopt
ed by the General Assembly, 1t
will amount to 5000 for those
h 0 IN Z collegiate professional
certificates, $3.50 for those with
normal professional certificates,
and SIPS for holders of emergency
certificates.
The raises will make the coun-
tvs lowest salary $2.125, providing
the system with a minimum salary
scale among the best In Virginia.
A total Of $4,000 will be re-
quired for teacher salaries, with
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-18

Recent guests Of Mr. ami 1II
w. H Young ANA ol Mrs r b..
Young, ST., were Mr. and Mis-.
P. 3. Young Jr.. ana children. Of
/ Washington n c., MIS- walter
/ Smith and Mrs Ralph Black Of
/ stanton.
Mrs. Y. D. Venable visited her
son and daughter in law. Mr.. and
Mrs. j. L. Venable. in Lynchburg,
on Sunday.
The Rev. and Mrs j. A. Vache
visited friends IN Franklin and
Norfolk today, Monday.
Capt. and Mrs. Thomas Beck
ham visited his sister and brother
in-law in Hopwell on Sunday
Miss Frances Murphy, of New
port News, was the week end
guest of Miss Pickett Asher, and
both attended the RandolphMa
con Womans College Greek plays
in Lynchburg, on Saturday.
Miss Sarah Graham, Of Virginia
Beach, was the week end guest of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S L.
Graham.
Mr.. and Mrs. M L. Davis visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Perkins, of
Richmond, on Sunday.
Miss Virginia Wall spent the
week end with Mrs. T Gilbert
Wood. Of Roanoke
Miss Mary Kay Catlin, of Hol /
Inns College. visited her mother |
Mrs. r. w. Catlin, during the !
week end
Mrs. Anne Atkinson-Ch Chamber 1
layne spent the week end with her /
sister, Mrs. Louis Szanto, in Rich /
mond, and attended the tea. Sat /
urday, of the Virginia Historical /
Society.
Mrs. w. p. Province. of Saluda
is staying in Farmville on account /
of the illness of Miss Bessie Stone. .
Mrs. Thomas E, Gilmer left Sat
urday to spend some time with hel
son and daughter-in-laW, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas f Gilmer. Jr, and
her new grandson. Thomas f
Gilmer, III. at Chapel Hill, N c
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-18
Mrs. l. \. (,uerrant
Dies at Gold Hill

Funeral ryices fer Mrs. Lucy
Atkinson Guerrant. vino died Fri-
day, May IA, al her homo ih Gold
Hlll, Buckingham count were
aeld Sunday al. ernoo4 ID ?
O'Clock al Backins cham Baptist
Church AZ Colo Hill
she Is survived BIZ her husband.
LOUIS f. Guerant and Two sons,
m Gordon LeSueur OF Richmond
and j Randolph LeSu-4r, Of
buckingham
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-18
Household Hint

Before discarding fast seasons
straw hat. give II q coat Of self
polishing wax This will give Il a
new bright finish which may take
1t through another season.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-18

the state providing 593 400 Total
school operations Including local
funds and state appropriations
viii cost 1928, 06327 for 1854 S.,
Superintendent Carter said
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-18
Odd Fact

A recent ad in a Portsmouth
Ohio, Situations Wanted column
specified Young man wants big
salarieo lob Will nit consider
anything remotely resembling
work"
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-18

;
Recent visitors OF Mr., aha Ms I.
john lrVlng was Mrs I ".
:
Mr ana Mrs. w w. Watson, q
Hampden sydney, soe n b the.
week END with ms brother ana
SISTER IN law Mr. and s Mrs.
Mrs L. Z Johnston and son.
LeWlS' returned Sunday alter
spendins several days. wita her
mother. Mrs. Il. B DillaEsi, III
Bishop j B BeAtley vice-
president of National COUNCIL Of
the Protestant Episcopal Cnurcn
and Miss Emily HallI OF VIII
Harrisburg, will be the Thnasday
night guests of the Rev! and Mrs
yrs, f1att"eH Evans q y @
a1ushpei, MARY Jane Oh Ne*V
Loiiooh Acaaefhy' IN foffess va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-25

Mrs. Doud, now about 10 years old. is a
bright-eyed. gray-haired and highly percep-
tive observer of the events which have swirled
around her since Mamie started going with
Ike. She usually remains in the background,
but can assert herself if need be. She once
raised Cain with the White House police for
permitting reporters and photographers to
stand under her window and talk loudly early
in the morning.
She regards the President with much admi-
ration, but still basically as son-in-law. She's
usually out Of his way or at least a smiling
non-participant when he has callers, but in the
heart of the family. she would have no hesita-
ton over asking him to bring some butter to
the dinner table if he happened to be in the
kitchen anyway getting in the pickles.
She doesn't reign in the manner of Sara
Delano Roosevelt: she presides. She is no
overbearing matriarch. She seems to regard
her present proximity to the limelight rather
simply: Mamie marTed we'll
MIR. Eisenhower Denver life is divided
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-25

IA WIS. AsOuA NiSiAb-AOoAA, SAoy
brick house with the billiard table, 1910 Vic
trola and old upright piano in the basement
recreation room.
The children, with unsmiling faces and dart
ing eyes just like the real Secret Service agents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-25
WASHINGTON

A BUNCH of kids in Denver will soon be
n getting rid Of their space suits and rocket
guns to guard the summer White House with
cap pistols and toy badges which have been
paternally, provided by the Secret Service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-25

News that the President and
Mrs. Eisenhower are Colorado
bound is the signal for the young
sters to start scowling at strangers
and watching for evil-doers in the
neighborhood of $50 Lafayette
Street, the Denver home of Mrs.
John S. Doud, who is Mrs. Eisen-
hower's mother.
Barring a bad international
blow-up or unexpected domestic
crisis, the President will spend
August and much of September
in Mrs. Doud's eight-room, gray
brick house with the billiard table
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-25

in the swing on. the front porch and sang
around the same piano that still stands in the
basement There's also the fact that the
President genuinely likes Min" as he calls
his mother-in-law