Secrets About Two Prewar Battleships Tied to Hiss Trial
In testimony at Alger Hiss perjury proceedings a cryptic Berle note from 1939 hints that Russians obtained plans for two prewar American super battleships. The memo links Molotov ally Karp, Hedda Gompertz, and others to a web of underground influence inside Washington during the early New Deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alger Hiss
Washington
U. S
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Adolph Berle
Karp
Molotov
Scott Ferris
Naval
Field
Z Tompertz
Hedda
Hedda Gompertz
Claude B. Cross
Hedda Gompertz Massing
Gerhart Eisler
Laugh-a-Day Quip Sparks Conversation
A comic panel features the line This is a refreshing experience Miss Standish and a sharp retort about mental capacity, reflecting on social attitudes. The exchange evokes a playful clash over intelligence and perception in a domestic scene.
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Miss Standish
Secret memos list underground leaders including Hiss and Ware
The article names underground figures such as Alger Hiss and his brother, Harold Ware, Nathan Witt, John Abt, Lee Pressman, and others, with Peters as the guiding organizer. It cites Ware as top founder, later succeeded by Witt and Abt, and notes chambers as contact between New York and Washington. The Texas capitol is described in size and features.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Raymond Murphy
State Department
Chambers
Underground
Alger
Hiss
Donald
Harold War
Lee Pressman
Henry Collins
Charles Kramer
Krivitzky
Helen War
Alice ‘Mendham
Harry Dexter White
Nathan Kaplan
Rose Weinstein
Nathan Witt
John Abt
Eleanor Nelson
Nat Perlow
Odler
Glaser
Coe
J. Peters
Washington
Harold Ware
Nathan Wit
Formret
CIO
Alger Hiss
New York
Peters
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Note
Berle
Eisler
New Deal
MAD
State Capitol
Austin
Texas
Dame & Hardie
Bulova
Dame & Harris
Second
Palo Savin
Palo
Iowa
Ube Wat Corporation
Ithe Corporation
Rae
Pam
KORG
Conder
Little Sister
Cinderella
Big Sister
Craemer's
Atn Mello
Rick Racketeer
Craemer
Berkshire
Nylace Kant
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