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Under the cover name of "The Metallurgical Laboratory," some of the most important discoveries were made at the University of Chicago directed by famed Dr. Arthur Holly Compton. His leading associate: Italian-born Dr. 'Enrico Fermi, whom many consider the world's foremost nuclear physicist. But there were also scores of other laboratories where the work went on: Columbia, University of California, Iowa State, industrial research centers...
...Said Italian-born Judge Eugene Alessandroni: nothing unlawful about it. Petition granted...
Common Ground is about some U.S.O. entertainers captured by the enemy just before the liberation of Naples. The melting-pot troupe (Jewish comedian, Italian-born vaudevillian, Hollywood actor of German descent, etc.) faces a cold-blooded Nazi colonel who orders the Jew to a concentration camp, gives the others the choice between trouping as Axis propagandists or being shot. Each vacillates, rationalizes, wrestles with his conscience; all, in the end, choose to die. Their decision is also a retort: by their love of democracy and hatred of oppression, Americans of diverse backgrounds do share a common ground...
...streets of Raritan, N.J., John Basilone used to run alongside the Italian peddlers' carts, shouting at the top of his voice, "Any vegetables today, lady?" John was a lively boy; he had nine brothers & sisters, and his Italian-born parents had a hard time keeping track...
...Rosalia Mercurio Di Maqgio, 66, plump, Italian-born mother of Baseballers Joe, Vince and Dominic Di Maggio, two other sons, four daughters, passed her naturalization test in San Francisco's Superior Court with flying colors, became a U.S. citizen. Papa Joseph Di Maggio Sr., 72, flunked his, was told he could try again...