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Show f - r - Is : - . - , , , i ' YOUNGEST DESIGNER . . . Anna Belle Graham, 12, ig head of a designing firm with an annual income in the five-figure bracket. A native of Los Angeles, she now lives with her folks In Miami Beach. Bonnie, Anna Belle's younger sister, is her favorite model. jq "j- x-;-H n'il TEN YOUNG MEN WHO MADE GOOD . . . These men were selected by the U. S. Junior chamber or commerce com-merce as the nation's ten outstanding young men of the year. Top row, left to right: Joseph A. Beirne, Washington, D. C, union leader; Charles G. Bolte, New York City, veteran leader; John A. Patton, Chicago, Chi-cago, management-labor interest with human needs; Arthur Schlcsinger Jr., Harvard university, history; Harry M. Wismer, Ypsilanti, Mich., radio sports for young people. Bottom row, left to right: Dan Duke, Fairbiirn, Ga., fight against Klan; Bill Mauldin, Phoenix, Ariz., cartoonist; John F. Kennedy, Boston congressman, con-gressman, veterans' housing; Dr. Philip Morrison, Cornell, atomic work; Joe Louis, Detroit, clean athletics. X - V' X v s" . ' N - ft?,-,';"''.,-. " " . a L.-rr' v ' , , i , V "I -y s - , 1 -' ' v if '- r . x i rx-it ' x-- I. "TiTiMYiritiiii A ROMAN LADY TAKES A BATH . . . Shortage of electric power at pumping stations often causes a shortage of water in Rome. So if yon happen to be there when there is such a shortage Just do what the Romans do. Marlnella Scarnati, 3, Is doing it here. L rr Jf-r,-n ft. aiiiiiiMMaiMfHi----rfMiMiMMwMMaiMi ii i fm iiaiiniinr m r.-fi-i, WINNERS IN THE YOUNGER HORSE SET ... Four Utile girls in a row and all winners at the Pineburst, N. C, gymkhana. The young horsewomen are left to right: Audrey Walsh, 4, Great Neck, L. I., N. Y.; Kathie EUis, 5, Weslaco, Tex.; Sandra Fitzgibbon, 4, Pinehurst, N. C, nd Emma Day Collins, S, Southern Pines, N. C. All won ribbons rib-bons for their expert horseback riding. The gymkhana is an annual vent featured by odd type of sporting events. ' ... . r. J 1' ,' , -, . ,, .t v 1 If ' 1 ' If if (tfski I i is -f V vi' xf X X , - - n i r-v ' ' xV REPORTED DEAD MAY BE ALIVE . . . Pfe. Carl Tomasello, West Allis, Wis., who was reported report-ed killed in action In 1944. Investigation Investi-gation by his mother, Mrs. Mary Tomasello, showed wrong serial number on his grave. She since received a card from him. GREENBERG SOLD . . . Hank Greenberg, whose sale by the Detroit De-troit Tigers to the Pittsburgh Pirates, has proved a sports sensation. sen-sation. Until the stork arrives with the new Greenberg heir. Hank refuses re-fuses to discuss the new deal. IT"'- tin mill . .s.rtrillt1n M , ,1 i COLOR AND GAIETY MARK FIESTA . . . Representing the Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon influence in the annual mid-winter ( lurro Days Fiesta at Brownsville, Browns-ville, Texas, are these two "Americanos" dancing the "jarabe tapatio," a typical Mexican hat dance, under a banana tree. IN THESE UNITED STATES Gala Texas Fete Revives Colorful Days on Frontier BROWNSVILLE, TEX. Fired by the passidn of hot Spanish Span-ish blood and tempered by subdued Anglo-Saxon influence, the Charro Days Fiesta, Carnival of Nations, major winter celebration of Texas, crowds three centuries of life along America's first and last frontier into four days and nights of frolicsome gaiety. Alone the bnrripr nf the United i States and Mexico, where the blood j of Americans and Latins once clashed but now blends, 300,000 persons per-sons from both sides of the Rio Grande will cavort on February 13, 14, 15 and 16, in an hilarious pageant pag-eant of pre-Lenten fantasy unparalleled unparal-leled in America. Charro Days hearkens back to the colorful days when titled Spanish Span-ish landowners and virile soldiers brought the sword and the cross of Old World civilization to a wild American frontier. To make the celebration as authentic as possible, residents of the semi-tropical Rio Grande valley of Texas and their neighbors neigh-bors from northern Mexico dress in typical costumes of the early day Spanish colonial and his lady. The men become charros, symbolic symbol-ic of that Spanish cavalier, horseman horse-man and gentleman for whom the fiesta is named. A charro was a young man of vitality, usually of noble descent, who rode the plains of Mexico in quest of adventure and love. Colorful Attire. He was dressed in tight-fitting trousers, embroidered with bright braid, a jacket of dark hue with silver buttons, a gay sombrero and silver spurs. His beard was trimmed neatly, pointedly. His feminine counterpart was the lovely lady he addressed as "China," a name derived from the holiday costume she wore the china poblana. It consisted of a full length, light spreading .skirt spangled span-gled with uncounted bright sequins and a blouse of rainbow hues. She wore white gardenia or scarlet hibiscus blossoms in her hair in anticipation of the love tryst with the charro, who rode up on his black stallion to serenade her at the Spanish Span-ish hacienda. Aura of Gentility. Even today, at each Charro Days Fiesta, descendants of the original Spanish conquistadores mingle in the massed carnival throngs with impromptu charros from Illinois, Indiana or Iowa a far cry from other days when men fought with swords and blunderbusses for desert des-ert lands that today yield millions of dollars annually in citrus and vegetable harvests. Daughters of prominent Spanish families who first settled in Brownsville and built it Into a thriving frontier city take part in the celebration each year. Such Is the romantic atmosphere that pervades the four days and nights of the Charro Days Fiesta in Brownsville. At night there Is dancing under un-der the royal palms, lovers speak soft words In the shadows shad-ows of citrus groves along ancient an-cient trails, while nationally famous fa-mous Latin orchestras beat out tropical rhythm. Strolling bands of troubadours wander through the century-old streets, singing love songs for a smile or a pretty nod. Nurse Recalls War VAN NUYS, CALIF. Favorite patient of doctors and nurses at Birmingham veterans' hospital here is Florence Robinson, 92, a nurse of the Spanish-American war. Although blind for the last nine years. Miss Robinson keeps to a busy schedule at the hospital. Miss Robinson has never worn a uniform. When she enlisted in the nurses corps ifi 1898, it was the first time the government had Included X IfaghkJ I " 3 1 if 'CHIAPANECA' COSTUME Shadows of the past cling to Miss Juanita Fernandez of Brownsville, Texas, descendant of early Spanish Span-ish conquistadores. She wears a typical Charro Days costume, the "chiapaneca," the state costume of Chiapa, Mexico. During the daylight hours, there are colorful, romantic parades, extending ex-tending for more than miles along humanity -massed streets. One of the most Impressive spectacles is the annual children's parade, in which upwards of 10,000 school children, aged 4 to 12, from both the United States and Mexico march to the rhythm of mariachi bands, singing sing-ing the folk songs of Old Mexico. Climax of the entire fiesta, though, is the annual grand parade of Charro Char-ro Days. This year the grand parade will, more than ever before, cement the warm bonds of friendship between be-tween the peoples of Latin America Amer-ica and the United States. Galaxy of Events. After the parades there are rodeos, horse races, street dances and pageants in a riot of color. On the final day of the Charro Days Fiesta, celebrants move across the river to Brownsville's neighboring city of Matamoros, Mexico. Here, in a plaza where the Empress Carlota once trod and whose paving stones are worn by the feet of many nationalities, nationali-ties, is staged a Noche Mexl-cana Mexl-cana (Night in Mexico) In a setting set-ting typical of the days when the Emperor Maximilian and his French armies ruled Mexico Mex-ico 80 years ago. So widely known has Charro Days become that representatives from most Central and South American Amer-ican nations are present annually. "Turistas" from all parts of the U. S. also come to Brownsville for the fiesta and join in the festive fun. For Charro Days is "everybody's celebration." It has no rules nor regulations. Every man becomes a charro, every woman is a china poblana. Days of '98 nurses in the armed forces and there were no prescribed uniforms. Each nurse wore the uniform of her own school. When she began her career In 1898 during a typhoid epidemic at Chlck-amauga Chlck-amauga Park, Ga., nurses worked 12 hours a day in thick mud caring car-ing for men who lay on rough boards in tents. Pay was $30 a month. Ambulances at that time were horse-drawn wagons. MARSHALL TAKES OVER . . . After conferring for an hour with President Truman, Secretary of State George C. Marshall, above, prepared to seat himself In the office at desk vacated by his predecessor, predeces-sor, James F. Byrnes. Marshall has stated definitely that be Is not interested in politics and meant that he would not run for president, "and If elected would not serve." Both parties, as well as the world, were assured that his office would not be a political football. !:x;! "A 1 -y 7A ' 1 1 V HOLDS QUADS FOR FIRST TIME . . . Mrs. Charles Hcnn Jr., Baltimore, Balti-more, Md., finds that quads, even if only a month old, make a real arm full. She Is shown at St. Agnes hospital as she holds her famous month-old quads for the first time. At left are Tommy and Brace, while at right are Joan and Donald. The children are reported to be doing exceptionally well and to be growing fast. The parents have been offered homes from one end of the country to the other and Jobs for the father. J 3"'"X . n ! ) " x i f'x , A ij 1 7 -V r - U BLUE BABY OPERATION SUCCESSFUL , 4'i-year-old son of rookie New York patrolman, Henry Boland, came through his "blue baby" operation successfully at Johns Hopkins hospital, hos-pital, Baltimore, Md. He Is shown playing In his crib with a toy as nurse, Mrs. Maravene Hamburger, attends bim. In recent months several sev-eral successful "blue baby" operations have been performed at Johns Hopkins hospital. The case of Tommy attracted nationwide attention. iS t p'Lynl ffix HIGHEST PAID PRIVATE ... Frank E. James, Lincoln, Neb., became be-came one of the highest paid privates In the army when accepted foi enlistment recently. Here he is shown with his wife and 11 children. He will receive $383 monthly in army pay and allowances for his dependents de-pendents due to present army scale. The James children range in age from 5 months to 13 years. James, after investigating many offers, became convinced that the army held the biggest attractions for bim. Little Tommy Boland, HOOVER OFF TO EUROPE . . . Former president, Herbert Hoover, as he left for Europe to .make an economlo survey of the American occupation sones in Germany and Austria. IWMMIWW.,WIWIIIWWHWUI..IIiy IJIWlWUll WP'"P)i : v - Xjv; s V ' It' DOGS GET SHOTS . . . "This is a beck of country" sing out the three puppies and one canine adult as they are required by immigration im-migration authorities to receive shots in their legs. They were brought from Germany by Pvts. Neff and Lehmuth. TOPS BABE RUTH , , . Bobby Feller wear a wide grin as be signed for 1947 with the Cleveland Indians. The contract is said to be for more than the $80,000 Babe Ruth drew, and may include bonus 1 provisions. ' . ANOTHER GOVERNOR IN GEORGIA GEOR-GIA . . . M. E. Thompson, wbe was elected lieutenant governor of Georgia, and npon taking oath of office, announced that be would assume the duties as acting governor gov-ernor until the people elected a governor. ARMS OF VITAMIN C ... The 1 little girl with her arms full of vitamin C, is "Sissy" MaccaUa, Winter Haven, Fla., who entered the giant fruit in the biggest grapefruit contest of the Florida Citrus exposition which started February 17, and attracted national na-tional attention. r f . ' wV -is ' . 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