Alex Bernstein Citizenship Certificate

Form 2603-A (see other side)

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

No. 739154

CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP

Application No. 15 B 508

Personal description of holder as of date of issuance of this certificate; Sex Male ; age 58 years ; color White

complexion Medium ; color of eyes Brown ; color of hair Gray ; height 5 feet 4 inches

weight 150pounds; visible distinctive marks None

Marital status Married ;former nationality Russian

I certify that the description above given is true and that the photograph affixed here is a likeness of me.

Alexander Bernstein

{Complete and true signature of holder)

The United States of America

District of Columbia

Be it known that -----Alexander Bernstein-----

residing at 148 S. 29th St., Lincoln, Nebr.,

having applied to the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization for a certificate of citizenship pursuant to Section 321 a of head of June 29, 1906, as amended and having proved to the satisfaction of the commissioner that (s)he was naturalized by the District Court of Pottawattamie County, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, on September 22, 1917.

Now Therefore, in pursuance of the authority contained in Section 321 a of the act of June 29, 1906, as amended this certificate of citizenship is issued this 8th day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty and of our Independence the one hundred and sixth-fourth and the seal of the Department of Labor afford pursuant to statute.

By direction of the Commissioner

J.B. Shoemaker

Deputy Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization

Seal

78771

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

DUPLICATE ORIGINAL

Name changed by order of court from Zelik Modenstein.

ENGRAVING COUNTERFEIT PLATES FOR CITIZENSHIP CERTIFICATES--MAKING ANY PRINT. PHOTOGRAPH. OR IMPRESSION OF, OR SELLING CERTIFICATE- DISTINCTIVE PAPER.

PENALTY

SEC. 75. WHOEVER SHALL ENGRAVE, OR CAUSE OR PROCURE TO BE ENGRAVED, OR ASSIST IN ENGRAVING, ANY PLATE IN THE LIKENESS OF ANY PLATE DESIGNED FOR THE PRINTING OF A CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP: OR WHOEVER SHALL SELL ANY SUCH PLATE, OR SHALL BRING INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM ANY FOREIGN PLACE ANY SUCH PLATE. EXCEPT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF * * * LABOR OR OTHER PROPER OFFICER: OR WHOEVER SHALL HAVE IN HIS CONTROL, CUSTODY, OR POSSESSION ANY METALLIC PLATE ENGRAVED AFTER THE SIMILITUDE OF ANY PLATE FROM WHICH ANY SUCH CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN PRINTED, WITH INTENT TO USE OR TO SUFFER SUCH PLATE TO BE USED IN FORGING OR COUNTERFEITING ANY SUCH CERTIFICATE OR ANY PART THEREOF; OR WHOEVER SHALL PRINT, PHOTOGRAPH, OR IN ANY MANNER CAUSE TO BE PRINTED, PHOTOGRAPHED, MADE, OR EXECUTED, ANY PRINT OR IMPRESSION IN THE LIKENESS OF ANY SUCH CERTIFICATE, OR ANY PART THEREOF: OR WHOEVER SHALL SELL ANY SUCH CERTIFICATE, OR SHALL BRING THE SAME INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM ANY FOREIGN PLACE, EXCEPT BY DIRECTION OF SOME PROPER OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES: OR WHOEVER SHALL HAVE IN HIS POSSESSION A DISTINCTIVE PAPER WHICH HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY THE PROPER OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PRINTING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE, WITH INTENT UNLAWFULLY TO USE THE SAME, SHALL BE FINED NOT MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR IMPRISONED NOT MORE THAN TEN YEARS, OR BOTH (35 STAT. 1102: U.S.C.. TITLE 18, SEC. 137)