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Newspaper Clipping, Kansas City Star, "Secret Talks Her Dish"
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Newspaper Clipping, Kansas City Star, "Secret Talks Her Dish"
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Anderson, E. Vernice, 1921-2014
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THE KANSAS CITY STAR,
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1950.
SECRET TALKS HER DISH
of the utmost importance on her
threadbare. I noted that his
in hand. He is a very dynamic
portable typewriter-as, for in-
trousers are not cut like the
person."
SECRETARY TO JESSUP ONLY
stance, the communique. Fre-
ordinary military man's. They
BEAUTY SALON
WOMAN AT WAKE SESSION.
quently she takes dictation when
have pleats around the middle.'
DR. 0713
air travel is so rough she can
Miss Anderson had her own
ist Floor, Huron Bldg.
Stenographic Notes of Miss Ver-
hardly transcribe her notes the
ideas of why this artifice was
We have 'the Howard Gabinet,
used by the general:
Therapy for Arthritls
nice Anderson Contain Ver-
next day.
"He is beginning to show his
batim Report on Truman
Her Secret of Energy.
age slightly. He has a stoop.'
Harvey De Goler
and MacArthur.
How does she keep up the
As for whether MacArthur
pace with this work demon for
was ill at ease or found this
PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST
conference distasteful to him,
Accurate Prescription
By SARAH McCLENDON.
a boss?
she said:
Compounding at
(North American Newspaper Alliance.)
"Vitamins- take scads of
Reasonable Prices
Washington, Oct. 21.-An at-
"Oh, I don't think so at all.
An Official REXALL STORE
tractive American career girl
them.
General MacArthur is always at
Abdominal Belts. Trusses. Crutohes.
ease. He has the situation well
Serving You From 8 A. M. Til 11 P. M.
She was not too willing to talk
6th and Minnesota. K. C. K
DR. 0077.
whose nimble fingers have taken
down in shorthand the minutes
about the conference, except in
of several international confer-
a general way.
ences possesses the only ver-
"I didn't talk to the general
batim copy in existence of what
privately. None of us did.
transpired in that historic meet-
Nearly the whole time he was
ing between President Truman
with the President."
and General Douglas MacArthur
She Meets the General.
on Wake Island.
What did Vernice think of
It was she who wrote out the
General MacArthur?
communique which was issued
She had longed to meet him.
after the meeting and, initialed
Once she had stayed in his guest
by both men, and it was from
house in Tokyo without getting
these same notes that material
to meet him. It looked for a
was taken for the President's
time as if this disappointment
speech later in San Francisco.
might be repeated. The con-
TRUMAN
On her accurate shorthand and
ference was over; President
transcribing may some day de-
Truman had left the building,
pend history.
and she assumed the general
How does she feel abôut get-
had, too. She was about to de-
ARCHIVES "NATIONAL RECORDS ADMIN." AND
ting to make this trip on which
part with her arms full of papers
and notebooks, when she ran
. S.
she was the only woman?
"I'm the luckiest girl in the
right into General MacArthur.
"Where did this beautiful
world," says Miss Vernice An-
woman come from asked the
derson, secretary to Phillip Jes-
general. His pilot and her old
sup, ambassador-at-large. "It's
friend, Lieut. Col. Tony Story,
wonderful to be secretary to an
then introduced them and they
ambassador-at-large, anyway,'
chatted for a few minutes. What
she said, "and this is even
did he say?
more thrilling.'
"I'll confess, I was so excited
Constantly On The Go.
I can't remember a word. He
Miss Anderson is of medium
fascinated me. He is the most
height, has blue eyes, olive com-
charming person.
plexion, auburn hair and a short,
Needs New Hat.
modern haircut. She wears
"I think his hat is very hand-
beautiful suits for which she
some, but I did note that it is
never has time to shop. She can
never get off from work at the
State department to go down-
town. Her mother, Mrs. Maude
Harry ABRAMS
nes
G. Anderson, who is a personal
PRESCRIPTIONS
shopper at a large store here,
picks out all of her daughter's
DR. 0705 829 N. 7th, Kansas City, Kas.
clothes.
NEW DRUGS
As for clothes, Miss Anderson
Distributors for pharmaceutical labora-
always has just the proper thing
tories. As new prescription products
to wear for any climate. As
are released, shipments are simultane-
secretary to Ambassador Jes-
ously made to us.
sup, she has learned to keep a
SAVE PRECIOUS TIME!
bag packed. She had 48 hours
notice on this last trip, which
CALL US!
lasted six days and covered
Your prescription will be picked up.
14,500 miles.
filled and promptly returned to you. No
extra charge for pickup and delivery.
She has been to meetings of
Greater Kansas City Service
the foreign ministers in Paris
and London, to meetings of the
Including Northeast Johnson County
North Atlantic treaty organiza-
Prescriptions by Mail Anywhere
tion, and to the Bangkok con-
ference.
How does it happen that Dr.
Jessup must always take his
secretary?
"He never stops work," says
Vernice. "He's a veritable
demon."
Preservation Copy
She has learned to type letters