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MIR. Laughlln asked.
mo explanation at ALL" she re-
sponded. That's why I couldn't t
understand his very gruff and un-
civil manner"
Soon Given Promotion.
Her broadcast work, she said,
was "cut and dried" announce
ments so "stereotyped" that any
one could do it. She was paid
20 marks q program, she said.
After two or three months, she
was told that she was going to
be promoted from a plain an
nouncer" to a mistress of cere-
monies"
Mr.. Laughlin asked her If her
lines included any political or
propaganda statements.
II never said a propagandistic
word the whole time" she re-
sponded.
(The "time" apparently re-
ferred to her activities before
the passport was revoked)
Mr.. Laughlin asked her If she
had ever made any remarks crit
ical of President Roosevelt over
the German radio before the revo-
cation of her passport.
Certainly not" she responded.
II never made any propaganda re-
marks at ALL"
Mr.. Laughlin asker her if she
had anything to show that she
was an American citizen after her
passport was taken away.
Had Passport Receipt.
II had nothing except that little
receipt they gave me-" she re-
sponded.
Mr.. Laughlin asked her if she
could recall December 7, 1941.
Yes. I recall it very WE'LL" she
said and then related how she
went to pieces" in the Nazi broad
casting studio.
Miss Gillars was wearing the
same plain, short black dress she
has worn almost every day of her
trial, now in its fifth week. A thin
gold chain around her neck was
her only ornament. Her thick,
gray, curly hair hung loosely to
her shoulders.
She began by telling of her
parents, Vincent Sisk and Mae
Hewitson Sisk. Her mother, she
said, was born in New Brunswick,
Canada.
II know nothing about my
father except his name, and I'm
not aware of his birthplace" she
said softly.
She testified that Gillars was
the name Of her stepfather and
that "it seemed only logical it
should be mine"
Miss Gillars said she remem-
bered very little Of her early
schooling because II was taken
from one school to another with
such rapidity." She studied, she
said, in st. Johns, New Brunswick;
Halifax, Canada; Pittsburgh. and
Connaeut. Ohio, where she was
graduated from high school in
1917.:'~' 49,
The next year, Miss Gillars
testified, she enrolled in ssOhio
Wesleyan University. She took
the regular courses one generally
takes to get the bachelor OF arts
degree" Miss Gillars said. but
specialized In English literature
and dramatics.
st chose Ohio Wesleyan" she
testified, because Of its excellent
dramatic department and I wished
to study under Prof. Charles M.
Newcomb."
II took every dramatic course it
was possible to take" she said,
land I played the lead in prac-
tically every college production
that we had"
Mr.. Laughlin asked her if she
received a degree and she replied:
I'm sorry I did not"
Miss Gillars said, Prof. New
comb told her she should con-
centrate on q dramatic career
and arranged for her to attend
a dramatic school in Cleveland
where students were given the
opportunity to appear in stock
productions with professionals.
Her mother objected strenuously,
Miss Gillars related.
II left Conneaut with only $40
and mother told me could expect
no further help from her If I went
on the stage" Miss Gillars testi-
fed.
Professor Helped Her With Job.
In Cleveland she met Prof. New
comb, who had resigned from
the Ohio Wesleyan faculty, and he
arranged for her enrolment in
the dramatic school and helped
her obtain a job selling costume
jewelry in a Cleveland depart
ment store. The job paid SIS a
week, she said.
II found a little room-really
not a room at all. but a sort of
linen closet" she said. 1T had
no windows and very little air and
you got into 1t through a sort of
trap door,"
She paid $40 a week to the dra-
matte school, Miss Gillars testi-
fled, and So a week for the room.
With the remaining SO, she said,
she paid her carfare and bought