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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0156 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008 Place Written: Brooklyn, New York Type: V-Mail Date: February 10, 1944 Pagination: 1 p. : V-Mail Height: 13 cm, Width: 10.5 cm Order a Copy

V-Mail: Written at work. Sylvia saw a film at work and then they were let go at 1:00 PM because there was no heat. She and a co-worker, Ruth, went to the Brooklyn Paramount and saw Preston Sturges' "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek."
She will be going to the Draft Board again tonight, has a very difficult interview to conduct.

Weiner, Morris "Moe," 1909-1988
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008
Sturges, Preston, fl. 1944

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