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...Snatcher, Tony...
Sidney J. Weinberg is a little man (5 ft. 4 in.) with a New York accent who is almost unknown to the public. But in Wall Street and in Washington, he is widely and favorably known as "the body snatcher." He earned his nickname as Chief Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson's right-hand man. He can get along with anyone, first-name big businessmen all over the U.S., and, more importantly, persuade them to take top posts in the defense program, just as he did in World...
...During that time, he helped staff the mobilization program with such top men as Clay Bedford, boss of the Kaiser shipyards during the war; Harvard Professor William Yandell Elliott, a raw materials expert; and George Harrison, president of A.F.L.'s Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. Last week the body snatcher finally decided his job was done. He stopped in to see his boss and old friend, regretfully said goodbye, and headed back to his senior partnership in Wall Street's Goldman, Sachs...
...director of more than a dozen corporations, including such giants as Sears, Roebuck, B. F. Goodrich, Cluett, Peabody, Continental Can, and General Foods. When World War II began, he was drafted as a dollar-a-year man, served with 0PM, and later with WPB, exercised his talent as body snatcher and also as a mediator between Donald Nelson and Charlie Wilson...
Died. Val (Vladimir) Lewton, 46, Russian-born producer of high-grade, low-budget movies (Bedlam, The Body Snatcher, The Cat People) ; of a heart ailment; in Hollywood...