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Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008 to Morris "Moe" Weiner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0012 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008 Place Written: Brooklyn, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 April 1943 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 20.6 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Sylvia finds herself listening to the "Bob Hope Program" and thinks of Moe. She talks about listening to the radio and the song "As Time Goes By" from the movie "Casablanca." She has heard the news that England is trying to make peace between Poland and Russia. Says Russia does not avoid the issue, she knows where she stands unlike "the good old USA" that equivocates, while professing love for the USA but wishing she would be more like Russia.

Weiner, Morris "Moe," 1909-1988
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008
Hope, Bob, 1903-2003
Skelton, Red, 1913-1997

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