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Cathie (Deborah Kerr) represents wifely charm in a mousey woolen bathrobe, a muffler around her neck, sleep in her eyes, a cold in her nose. In an early-morning coma, Robert (Robert Donat) moves speechless and heavy-lidded about the drab little flat. First, the clean collar, the neat cravat. Then a cup of tea, a glance at the clock, a peek at the barometer, and down the stairs and off to his job as a bookkeeper, a symbol of hopeless, conventional timidity...
...Detroit, red-haired Walter Reuther, scorning a hat but bundled up in overcoat and muffler, mounted a sound truck and went out to hearten the strikers. He did not try to paint a rosy picture. He reminded them that no strike benefits would be paid by the union, but in time there would be soup kitchens and the union would send a doctor to any member who needed...
Shortages. In Omaha, Michael Urkovich, 18, wound up in police court when auto inspectors found he lacked: a windshield, a muffler, proper lights, workable steering apparatus, sufficient brakes, and a driver's license; besides, the right front door fell off when it was opened...
Holman Cone is also an optimist this week, as much as it goes against his true spirit. That Disbursing grade ruined his sorrowful outlook on life for three full days; but he soon recovered and from beneath his overcoat and muffler he moans that he "broke down" his health to achieve this grade. He also shudders when he remembers that night he was forced to evacuate his quarters without benefit of slippers...
...exhausted Italian ref ugees, U.S. wounded, panoramic views of battlefields, pen & ink portraits of Generals Eisenhower and Clark, Correspondent Ernie Pyle. There were also nine sketches of dead bodies. One of the most effective, War Drawing No. u, showed a death-sprawled German infantryman, his mouth covered with a muffler, his unflung hand grenade lying near his outflung hand...