Birth certificate rule eased for wartime plant workers
Manpower Chief Paul McNutt signals birth certificates will not be required to prove citizenship for employment in secret war plants. The move aims to speed hiring amid pressure, though it raises concerns about spies amid 135 million Americans.
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Paul McNutt
Hitler
Uncle Sam
Washington
Oveta Culp Hobby
WAAC
Wickard
Mexico
Dwight Eisenhower
U. S
London
Mitories
Gladys
Bataan
E. Stratemeyer
Army Air Forces
King Peter
Yugoslavia
Americans warm to universal identity cards study shows
A Princeton based poll indicates a growing U S belief that all citizens should carry ID cards with photo and fingerprints amid wartime security fears. Britain has long required national IDs and New York considers citizen cards for air raid defense. public opinion shows both support and privacy concerns with possible postwar plans uncertain.
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George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Bund
United States
New York State
Britain
Joan Crawford Profile Highlights Rise from Chorus Girl to Star
United Press reports Joan Crawford rose from a chorus girl to a film star after a key offer test and support from Harry Rapf. Her career includes Dancing Lady and Sally Irene and Mary, with We Kissed the Bride current. She donates her salary to charity and pursues self improvement, enjoying horseback riding and swimming at Brentwood.
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United Press
Joan Crawford
Harry Rapf
Lucille le Sueur
Nils T. Granlund
Miss Crawford
Sally
Irene
Mary
Clark Gable
Columbias
Carole Lombard—Gables
Red Cross
Motion Picture Fund
Brentwood
Moon Is Down excerpt dramatic encounter between Molly and Tonder
In this segment Molly confronts Lieutenant Tonder as he pressures her with longing and poetic talk. Their uneasy exchange reveals loneliness and moral tension amid occupation while the city endures conquest and fear.
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Molly
Two Sausages and a Soldier in a Snowbound Town
In a war torn village Molly confronts hunger and memory as Lieutenant Tonder seeks comfort and payment in a bitter exchange. Molly reveals her lost husband and the painful distance between lovers and soldiers amid snow and fear. Annie eyes danger while Will and Tom Anders enter, cautious and worn by war.
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Molly
Tonder
Annie
Corell
Will Anders
Tom Anders
Tom
John Steinbeck
Viking Press
United Feature Syndicate
Hollywood Gropes for Real Eton Boys for Film Role
Hollywood scouted over 1000 hopefuls to cast Eton boys for A Yank at Eton. Among selections were Freddie Bartholomew Mickey Rooney and British evacuees now in California. Bobby Cavendish-Bentinck and US youths like Robert McKay and Schuyler Standish featured in the production.
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Ernest Foster
United Press
Hollywood
U.P
England
Eton College
Eton
Mickey Rooney
Freddie Bartholomew
Terry Kilburn
Peter Lawford
Mickey
Freddie
Lord Jeff
California
Bobby Cavendish-Bentinck
London
America
Norma Taurog
Sch
Eto
Robert McKay
University of Southern California
Pop
High Eton Honorary Society
Schuyler Standish
Universityf California At
Los Angeles
Histor
Cecil Howard
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Ee John McCarty
Milady
Herc
der Fuehrer Ant Ven
Kansas City
Hirohito
Germany
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Gaetano Salvemini
Harvard
Perry Clarke
Joyce Murdock
Hester
Joyce
Kent Murdock
Ward Allen
Delia Stewart
Ward
Delia
Kent
Clarke
Allen
Dean Thorndike
Thorndike
San Baria
Caragua
Miguel Losada
Losados
Rising
Margaret Kernodle
Wide World
Walker
District of Columbia Public Library
FBI
Senate
House of Representatives
Gladys Miller
Institute
Argentina
Brazil
Svegear
Eveseenes Reneesenses
Colonel Lanser
Mayor Orden
Alex Morden
Heine
Tve
Eny
Etonians
Russia
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