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Isolationism, of a new militant variety, has taken to the field again under the picturesque cloak of "American Action Incorporated." Born eighteen months ago in Chicago, this organization has enhanced its influence by inserting paid advertisements in newspapers throughout the country. As the legitimate offspring of the "America First Committee" of pre-war isolationist renown, it has sought in the November elections to keep out of office "Quislings" who "pretend to be friends to all, particularly the working man, but actually take orders from, or collaborate with those enemies of our government." This offhand indictment of all who look...
...will remain in the New York area for at least four or five years, whatever permanent site is finally chosen, Russia's Andrei Gromyko leased a five-story apartment building, ancient but refurbished, on West 88th Street, in a rather dowdy neighborhood. A woman, who probably remembered a cloak-&-dagger film called The House on 92nd Street (four blocks north), expressed audible worry lest the Russians fabricate atomic bombs in the basement. ¶ The Argentine envoys, who arrived early and ensconced themselves at the Waldorf-Astoria, excited the envy of other Latin American delegations unable to find lodgings...
...Cloak and Dagger--Gary Cooper's OSS drama, opening Thursday at the Paramount and Fenway...
...Deck. Emanuel's cloak-&-dagger manner and his name (his mother merely liked the name Victor, had no thought of Italy's ex-King) have caused some to suspect him of having an exotic foreign background. Actually, V.E. is as endemically American as flapjacks and maple syrup. He was born in Dayton, the son of a wealthy utilities man. It was a wonderful time and place to grow up in. Only two doors away Charles F. Kettering was working on a magical invention that would start autos automatically; Orville Wright skittered around in one of the first airplanes...
...Donovan. Manhattan Lawyer Donovan (onetime Assistant U.S. Attorney General) had unusual assets for vote appeal: a nickname ("Wild Bill," from his football days at Columbia University) ; fame as a World War I hero (the Congressional Medal of Honor) and distinction in World War II as head of the cloak-and-dagger Office of Strategic Services...