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'Novelist Pearl S. Buck holds 13th annual B'Nai B'rith Inter-Faith award which she received for her work promoting understanding among people.'
'Jen Ying Yen, Chinese journalist, reads his part in the script "America Speaks to China" as Pearl Buck, author of the play, looks on.  These NBC dramas, eight in all, are sponsored by the East and West Association and will be short waved to China.'
'Pearl S. Buck and Oscar Hammerstein, II planning for Gala Welcome House Benefit to be held at Music circus in Lambertville, N.J. on May 31st.  Event includes per-view of "the Pajama Game" followed by supper and dancing on the stage.'
'Left to right, David and Leon Yoder the first two children taken into the Welcome House family in 1949 present a locket of friendship to Nobel prize winner Pearl S. Buck, chairman of the Board of Welcome House...'
'Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, who was awarded the 1931 Pulitzer prize for her novel, "The Good Earth".'
'Mrs. Robert Hunter, Jr. of Chester, N.Y. recently received the one hundred millionth book distributed by the Book-of-the Month Club after 23 years of selling newly published books by mail.  Mrs. Hunter, mother of three children, lives on a dairy farm which her husband owns and operates.  Thinking that the feat of circulating so many books called for a celebration, the Book-of-the-Month Club invited Mrs. Hunter to New York City for lunch with Pearl Buck, famous Nobel Prize-winning writer, a copy of whose latest novel, "Kinfolk", was the one hundred millionth book.  Here Miss Buck autographs a special copy of her book for Mrs. Hunter.  Conversation at the luncheon table wasn't all literary, since Miss Buck also lives on a farm and enjoyed comparing notes with Mrs. Hunter.  Mrs. Hunter joined the Book-of-the-Month Club in 1939, and has received more than 130 books from it.'
'Stockholm, Sweden...in a brilliant ceremony in the flower-decked great hall of the Stockholm Concert House, Pearl Buck, American writer, is shown receiving from King Gustav V of Sweden the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature.  Nine members of the Swedish Royal Family, the entire diplomatic corps and outstanding representatives of Sweden's Cultural and Scientific bodies looked on as the 80-year-old Monarch handed Mrs. Buck a parchment certificate bound in tooled leather, the Nobel medal and a check for an amount equal in American money to about [unreadable].'
'Wendell L. Willkie, director of United China Relief, and Pearl S. Buck with poster to be used in drive for $5,000,000 for Chinese Relief.  In Background is a portrait of Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek, wife of the Chinese Centralissimo.'
'Buck is Center and Louise Sherwood is to Buck's right.' Louise McNeill Pease on the left.