Michael Antonio Cimino was an American film director, screenwriter, producer and author. Notorious for his obsessive attention to detail and determination for perfection, Cimino achieved widespread fame with The Deer Hunter (1978), which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Headlines from February 3, 1939

12 Dictators to Rule Britain in War, Each in a Self-Contained Region; Most of 'Czars' in Decentralizing Scheme to Be Named in March--1,200,000 Babies' Gas Masks Ordered, Commons Hears

'DEWEY BILLS' BACK EVIDENCE SEIZURE WITHOUT WARRANT; Republican Measures Would Make Legally Admissible All Papers, Weapons, Etc. BUT LIMIT WIRE-TAPPING Propose Requiring Telegraph and Phone Officials to Report Indications of Crime

EXECUTIVES CALLED IN MANTON INQUIRY; Noonan Subpoenas 20 for New Grand Jury--Four Offices of Realty Firm Raided

VOTES DIES INQUIRY FUND AND NEW LIFE; House Rules Committee Favors Continuing Study of Aliens' Subversive Activities

RELIEF BILL VOTED BY HOUSE AND SENT TO THE PRESIDENT; Senate Conference Report Is Adopted, With Amendment on Wage Differentials Out 'RETREAT' CHARGE DENIED Woodrum Retorts to Cannon's Statement That Republicans 'Dictated' Final Terms

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