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2 LNICAGD & SOUTHERN AIR LINES : 4 NEW YORK, Sept. 15—Bebe 8hopp's a good argument

for a gal to enter a beauty contest—if she can win. . " Bebe's retiring as Miss America with a nice bundle and d Sul [ I'm not referring to that “excess fat” that a British pro-. ducer was talking about. Her emoluments of office during

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; ager, Ed Shopp, has told me, N “She'd be lucky now if she could write a check for $7500." He's not kicking about that .. But well, even Bebe, the 19-year-{old vibraharpist from Minneapobo !1is, has income tax headaches. -

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Bebe had to pay taxes on a {$1500 fur coat, a $1000 blue mink cape, a $2950 automobile and all the loot that she got for a year's | personal appearances, |" “Her tax bill for the first three months was over $1000,” Pop Shopp groaned as we sat there in

Convention Hall discussing her No Fed. Tox | future. . "w BEBE GOT more booty than a Choice of 4 Patterns Black Calf mn winner. : Bebe Shopp lack Calf - indie Beak >. RY Brown Colt a To set of Nivar 4 Bebe sald, "Naturally, because of | Green Calf of dresses, countless shoes, a MY dady's product — Cream 31010 pan - American Airways trip to|O'Wheat.

is didn't make the Europe and back—all this in ad-| Naturally th dition to a $5000 scholarship to/Cream O'Wheat people mad at the Manhattan School of Music her. In fact, the company gave which she'll enter later this month Ref Some stock, 1 ‘ to get her M.A. degree at the end be made 261 appearances in of three years 26 states and crowned 28 queens Her dad—who was reduced to and one king, not counting her washing his own socks when the European trip. . competition got tough last year—| " lis relieved that it's over. “SHE Youraed a ot. Pop said. . '" Pop Shopp has practically been| “Today that kid can face anybody Extra pieces of ‘without any women folks since | and do a good job of speaking." Behe got into this ratrace. And| And then, of course, there was "J that's not over. His wife is going! the intangible—Bebe's attraction 1847 ROGERS BROS. to New York with Bebe to stay to possible husbarids. {with her for a month while she] “She has had plenty of pro“J gets settied in rer aparlnents-. Hposaia. trom. mn. allover thed. . 3 Complete your Smart. | Bebe was lucky to have such country -- college men, sons of | pth other . . . this & manager. | very wealthy men. S8he didn’t get table service. 7 | “I've been merchandising all engaged to anybody because she : Bare-Foot Originals | my life,” said Pop, who's now |prefers studying her music to 8 Butter Sp eaders shoe ond suit ownl 12. . | health director with Cream |anything else and she's not con-| : -Jpreaaers Ae avy y™ 95 ’ wy | O'Wheat, “and when she won I |sidering matrimony until she . sald, ‘I've got another product | finishes her studies. She's a free-| 8 lced-drink Spoons | to merchandise. Let's go ahead | lance entirely, as far as love is . | and do a job of merchandising.’ | concerned.” 8 Shrimp or Oyster Forks “I made up a talk for Bebe to It's just as well that Bebe give.” didn’t have a boy friend to start | .She told them how well the, with. One of the contestants in i Miss America pageant is run.| this year's pageant got a letter “Her speech cleared the minds of| from her boy friend. | thousands of people who thought He wrote: “I wish you the ‘ the pageant was a leg show,” he baddest of luck. I don’t want to 27 Monument Circle said. have to share you with anyPhone LI. 8124 : | Usually somebody asked her| one.” Lo (why she was so healthy, and'... That's Earl, brother. |

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