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After leading her away from a coterie of equally observant autograph-seekers, he got his first closeup of Radcliffe's 1946 model. Blue-eyed with pleasantly blonde hair and a sloppily fitting pink sweater, Sue is a far cry from the heavyshoed, long-haired Amazon of former days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Displays Newest Talent At Annual PBH Tea | 10/7/1942 | See Source »

...problems like these bothered factory managers a year ago. But now, perhaps, a very shapely sweater girl wanders in to take her place in the swing shift. Low whistles follow her as she ambles down the aisle between machines. But a few minutes later a grey-haired factory chaperon catches her in the ladies' room. The chaperon is tactful (workers are hard to get). She admires the sweater girl's figure but says it would be a shame if because of her some man lost a hand under a punch press. Next night the girl comes back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANPOWER: Sex in the Factory | 9/14/1942 | See Source »

...authors describe a curious domestic scene in the White House on Dec. 7. The President was sitting tieless and in shirt sleeves, munching an apple and chatting with "Buzz" (his nickname for Harry Hopkins). Buzz, in V-necked sweater and slacks, was lounging on a couch. Suddenly the phone jangled and a White House operator apologized, for disturbing Mr. Roosevelt, but Secretary Knox was on the wire, insisting. When the President was told by his Secretary of the Navy that bombs were raining down upon Pearl Harbor, his instant reflex action was a cry of "No!" Later in a sudden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mr. President, Buzz, et al. | 9/14/1942 | See Source »

...When Sweater Girl Lana Turner made a sales trip to San Francisco's Treasure Island Naval Base, workers hoisted her to a platform, where she hoisted sales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Cheesecake for Victory | 8/24/1942 | See Source »

Though less intriguing than its title, the second picture, "Sweater Girl," is an improvement on the feature. Mixing some really tense melodrama with Eddie Bracken's best, it comes through with a story that keeps the audience moderately jittery for nearly an hour. Two murders on a college campus are the basis for this murder mystery which conceals the villain's identity in the best Nick Carter style, while befuddling the audience with slapstick. Neither picture will be accused of belonging to the year's top ten, and they aren't too far from the bottom...

Author: By J. A. F., | Title: MOVIEGOER | 8/17/1942 | See Source »

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