Militant political groups in the 1930s and today compared
An overview of fringe movements in the 1930s led by figures such as William Dudley Pelley Gerald Lyman Kenneth Smith Father Coughlin and Upton Sinclair. The piece contrasts those movements with modern militanct groups noting similarities in underlying tensions and motivations amid a cold war context. It highlights figures, campaigns and the rise and fall of these movements while tracing their historical roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Welch
John Birch Society
The
Houston Chronicle
United States
Saul Friedman
Free Silver Party
Father Coughlin
Gerald L. K. Smith
Bund
Mr. Friedman
Welch
Birch Society
Hitler
Mussolini
King’s Highway
Smith
Long
Francis Townsend
Long Beach
Calif
Townsend
Charles E. Coughlin
Royal Oak
Mich
Art J. Smith
Gerald B. Winrod
Alexander Lincoln
Sentinels of
Republic
Earl Browder
43 Years of Raising Flag Ends in Watertown Tribute
In Watertown Massachusetts David Upham Thompson who saluted the flag each day for 43 years died at 94. The flag atop his hill monument to Army Cpl Joseph Thompson who fell in the Argonne offensive in October 1918 was flown at half staff Thursday as the pole and home were set to be sold with his son Robert delaying the tribute only temporarily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Mass
David Upham Thompson
Army
Joseph Thompson
Argonne
France
David Thompson
Robert
Close Book on Czech Spy Case
The United States declared Miroslav Nacvalac, a 39 year old Czechoslovak diplomat, as a top spy in America and stripped his immunity before ordering his departure. The case appears closed for now, but may resurface at the U.N. General Assembly in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Miroslav Nacvalac
United States
America
Paris
Prague
U. S
Triumphal Return of African Envoy to Hagerstown
In Hagerstown Maryland a top African diplomat Dr William Fitzjohn former charge d affaires for Sierra Leone returns after being refused service at a Howard Johnsons restaurant three months earlier A dinner in the city hotel will host about 200 residents and the mayor says the event underscores a push to end racial discrimination and set an example for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Maryland
William Fitzjohn
Republic of Sierra Leone
Fitzjohn
Howard Johnson
Her
Winslow Burhans
Swap Critics Dont Fiddle With Fidel Protest Tractor Motorcade
In San Diego opponents of the tractors for prisoners exchange gathered for a downtown protest Thursday. A tractor motorcade carried banners reading Dont fiddle with Fidel and Dont let them bury us with our own tractors as John Depuy of Fair Play for U.S.A. warned of counter propaganda from the Fair Play for Cuba Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Fidel
John Depuy
U.S.A
Cuba
Nine member advisory board formed for IRRC projects
Gov. Andersen's office announced a nine member technical advisory board to review projects submitted to the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Commission. Members include Parker Anderson, Sam Swanson, Dr. G. M. Schwartz, Warren S. Moore, Dr. Lloyd H. Reyerson, Dr. Robert H. Heller, Howard W. Cooper, Ernest Lenoma, and Harold J. Rase, spanning St. Paul Ely Minneapolis Duluth Duluth Virginia and Gilbert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Commission
Gov. Andersen
IRRC
Andersen
Parker Anderson
Extension Forester
University of Minnesota
Sam Swanson
Ely
G. M. Schwartz
Minneapolis
Minnesota Geological Survey
Warren S. Moore
W. S. Moore Co
Duluth
Lloyd H. Reyerson
Robert H. Heller
Howard W. Cooper
Minnesota Power & Light Co
Ernest Lenoma
Virginia
Harold J. Rase
Gilbert
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U.S
Jules Loh
Associated Press
William Dudley Pelley
Pelley
Indiana
Noblesville
Asheville
N.C
Germany
Christian American Patriots
Liberation
Fuehrer
Christian Party
George Lincoln Rockwell
Nazi Party
Fered
Joseph Fitzpatrick
Fordham University
Coughlin
Upton Sinclair
California
Sinclair
Calfornia
Frank Merriam
Merriam
Seward Collins
Elizabeth Dilling
Red Network
Federal Council of Churches
Society of Friends
Austin (Minn
Herald
Sheetz
Fair Insurance
Farmer's G
Gokiond
W. Austio
Austin
Daily Herald
2Nd Ave
Usem Chevrolet Company
Jaycees
Bob Conger
Jackson, Tenn
U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
Morgan Daughton
Allentown
AP Photofax
Court of St. James
London
U.S. State Department
Kennedy
Atlantic Coast
Burhans
Insurance Agency
Austin Savings A Loan
Chevrolet
Chevy
Hassie
Fisher
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