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...another quirk of fate, Franklin Roosevelt's brother-in-law, Gracie Hall Roosevelt, father of last week's White House debutante (see p. 17), was chosen by Mayor Frank Murphy to be his comptroller...
...Little Doctor." Year ago, in a Berlin film, a seductive Czech actress was asked how to get ahead in the world. Her reply was: "Go find a good doctor." The audience, which guessed what doctor was meant, roared with laughter. The Little Doctor hurriedly withdrew the film. An added quirk to the situation was the fact that the Czech leading lady, Lida Baarova, was a particularly admired protegee of Dr. Goebbels. Last week, as Dr. Goebbels lay sick abed with what was officially reported as intestinal influenza, Lida Baarova's friendship with the Little Doctor made a sensational tale...
Thomas F. O'Loughlin Jr., Hartford, Conn., John J. O'Neill, Taunton, Mass., Thomas J. O'Toole, Newton, Mass., Robert L. Post, Haverford, Pa., Robert A. Potash, Roxbury, Mass., Charles A. Poutas, Weston, Mass., Amos L. Proctor, Somerville, Mass., Thomas C. Quirk, Watertown, Mass., Adrian Recinos Jr., Washington, D. C., Donald M. Reynolds, Manette, Wash., William L. Roney Jr., Winter Park, Fla., Sol Schnayerson, New York, N. Y., Frederick J. Sears Jr., North Attleboro, Mass., Gerald Segal, Cambridge, Mass., Irving G. Small, Peabody, Mass., John J. Sopka, Elizabeth, N.J., Roger P. Stokey, Atlanta, Ga., Raymond W. Stone, Meriden...
Thomas Cyril Quirk, Watertown, Massachusetts--Watertown High School...
...third of the nation's women, 36%, would rather see their sons go to jail than to war; among women under 30, this is the preference of 42%. While 88% feel that no overseas war is justified, 64% feel that war is justifiable on occasion, but by a quirk of feminine logic 87% regard invasion of the U. S. or its possessions as such an occasion. These opinions appeared this week in another nationwide survey of women conducted by the news-nosy Ladies' Home Journal. Other opinions...