Block, Ralph, 1889-1974

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Block, Ralph J. 1889-1974

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Ralph Block was born June 21, 1889. He was the general representative of the Office of War Information in India from 1942 to 1946, and the director of the General Staff, Policy and Plans Division of the International Information Administration at the U.S. Department of State from 1952 to 1953. Block was also a writer and a film producer. He died on January 2, 1974.

From the description of Block, Ralph, 1889-1974 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10569718

Journalist, motion picture producer, screenwriter, and public official. Full name Ralph Joseph Block.

From the description of Papers of Ralph Block, 1872-1971 (bulk 1906-1971). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71069090

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1889, June 21 Born, Cherokee, Iowa 1910 Married Mary Greenacre (died 1972) 1911 B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Reporter, Louisville Courier-Journal Reporter, Detroit News 1912 1917 Drama editor, Kansas City Star 1917 1918 Washington staff writer, New Republic 1918 1919 Washington correspondent, New York Tribune 1919 1922 Associate editor, Goldwyn Picture Corp. 1926 1927 Editor-in-chief, Paramount-Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 1927 1928 Associate producer, Pathe Studios 1929 Producer, Fox Film Corp. 1929 1937 Freelance screenwriter, Beverly Hills, Calif., and Europe 1932 1935 President, Screen Writers' Guild 1939 Awarded Oscar for Motion Picture Relief Fund activities 1940 Secretary, Hollywood for Roosevelt campaign drive 1942 Assistant regional director, Federal Ninth Civilian Defense Region, San Francisco, Calif. 1943 1945 General representative, Office of War Information, India 1945 1946 Chief Public Affairs Officer, American Mission, India 1946 Awarded Medal of Freedom for outstanding service, 1943-1945 1954 1960 Special advisor to director, Information Center Service Chief, Bibliographic Division, United States Information Agency 1960 1963 Book reviewer, Washington Post 1974, Jan. 2 Died, Washington, D.C. From the guide to the Ralph Block Papers, 1872-1971, (bulk 1906-1971), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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