People, Sep. 30, 1940

Pretty, 18-year-old Patricia Prochnik,

Washington's No. 1 debutante of last season and daughter of Edgar L. G. Prochnik, last Austrian Minister to the U. S., turned professional songstress, hoped "to get my family on its feet" by swinging with Bandsman Meyer Davis at private social functions. Said she: "I do not intend to fall in love until I am 23. I believe love is something you can ward off if you wish, and I wish to. When I do fall in love I will prefer a European man, an Englishman or an Austrian. They usually...

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