ITALY: Dearest Deanna

Lots of people write nice letters to eye-some, earsome, young Cinemactress Deanna Durbin, some of them pretty big shots too. But last week she got fan mail from the biggest shot south of Berchtesgaden. Benito Mussolini's own Popolo d'Italia wrote and published a tender little note to her:

"Dearest Deanna:

"In the past we always had a soft place in our heart for you. However, today we fear that you, like the remainder of American youth, are controlled by the President, and perhaps tomorrow will see fine American youth marching into battle in defense of Britain.

"If this is so, you don't...

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