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Show Union Pacific Employee is Chosen "Queen Of The Rails" if -J! i - " - ' "All lines re clear" for the second annual Railroad Week, July j 1S to 18, signals Aura McEwtn, reigning as "Miss Utah" during the all western railroad celebration. An attractive young waitress employed In the Union Pacific Railroad depot lunchroom at Ogden, was selected as "Miss Utah" for Railroad Week in competition com-petition with other feminine railroad rail-road employees from all parts of the state. She is Aura McEwen. a slender and vivacious blonde with sparkling sparkl-ing blue eyes and a flashing smile. She has ambitions toward a movie career, and has a background of stage experience in stock engagements. engage-ments. She won the title "Miss Utah" . at a feature performance during ' amateur night last week at the Paramount and Orpheum theatres In Ogden. Audience applause at both showhouses. registered by applause meters, determined the wjjunw from among the seven contestants ta the finals. The competition was restricted to young, unmarried girls In the employ em-ploy of railroads operating In Utah. Reigning as "Queen of the Rails" In Utah all during Railroad Week, Miss 'McEwen also com-petes com-petes against "queens" from other western states for the distinction of being named national "queen". She left for Chicago, and the national na-tional contest, on the I.os Angeles Limited directly after being designated des-ignated "Miss Utah". Meanwhile, the Fecond annual Railroad Week, designed to call attention to the romance and services ser-vices of western railroads, Is going go-ing forward under full steam, with free exhibitions at the yards of the various lines. |