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Authors: William B. Breuer

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The Air-Raid Warden Was a Spy: And Other Tales From Home-Front America in World War II (44 page)

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Churchill, Prime Minister Winston, 25, 123 Civil Service Commission, 70 Clark, Sen. Bennett C., 143 Clark, Gov. Chase, 44 Clark, Maj. Gen. Mark W., 105 Cochran, Jaqueline, 98, 155 Cochran’s Convent, 99 Colepaugh, William, 172–174 Collier’s, 146 Collins, Seward B., 85–86 Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 154 Connally, Sen. Thomas T., 7, 8 Coordinator of information (COI), 48 Correa, Mathias F., 38 Coughlin, Rev. Charles E., 57 Crosby, Bing, 170 Cross and the Flag (newspaper), 86, 87 Crowley, Leo T., 57 Cullen, Seaman John, 78 Cunningham, Ray, 50 Curran, Joseph, 48 Cynthia Olsen (ship), 8

Dasch, George, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80 Daugherty, Dora, 163 Davis, Elmer, 92, 94, 135 Delaney, Edward, 130, 132, 133, 135 Dewey, Gov. Thomas E., 163, 164, 165 DeWitt, Lt. Gen. John L., 17, 18, 19, 43 D’Georg, Amber, 106 Dickinson, Velvalee, 73–74 Die Wehrmacht (German newspaper), 47 Dill, Field Marshal John, 25 DiMaggio, Joe, 168 Division of Transportation, 153 Dole, Bina, 197–198 Dole, Doran, 197–198 Dole, Lt. Robert J., 46, 197–199 Domei (Japanese news agency), 5 Donovan, Maj. Gen. William J., 48, 49, 92 Doolittle, Lt. Col. James H., 56, 60–61 Draude, John, 110 Dreschel, William, 41 Drexel, Constance, 130, 133, 135 Dunne, Irene, 36 Dyess, Lt. William, 143 Dyke, Frances, 209 Dyke, Ken, 124 Dysart, Thomas N., 137 E. A. Bryan (ship), 161 Early, Stephen, 185, 192 Ebihar, Henry, 45 Ebury, Harold, 119 Eggleston, George T., 85, 86 Egorov, Alexander S., 138, 139 Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight D., 6, 146, 151 Eisenhower, Mamie, 6 Ellington, Duke, 119 Emerson, Faye, 184 Empire State Building, 203 Enigma (German code), 146 Esquire (magazine), 144

Fairbank, Janet, 84–85 Fala (dog), 163–164 Faralla, Bill, 50–52 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 18, 20–21, 22, 23, 73, 120 D Day deception role played by, 152 Detroit spy ring broken up by, 114 Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 20, 22, 23 Feller, Bob, 168 Fillmore, Carole, 156–157 Fish, Rep. Hamilton, 87 Fly, James J., 22–23 Ford, Henry, 122–123, 176 Ford, Henry II, 123 Ford, Lt. Cmdr. John, 49–52 Fortitude South (D Day deception), 151 Foxx, Jimmy, 168 Franklin (carrier), 187–188 Froehlic, René, 38 Froman, Jane, 115–119

Gable, Clark, 34–36, 89 Galilean, The (newspaper), 86 Garner, E. J., 86 George, Gen. Harold L., 185 German-American Bund, 55, 57 German Overseas (Radio) Stations, 130 Gestapo, 37, 40, 130 Gilles, Betty, 155 Gimpel, Erich, 172–174 Goebbels, Paul Josef, 47 Goering, Reichsmarshall Herman, 90 Golschmann, Vladimir, 74 Gone With the Wind (movie), 34 Good Housekeeping (magazine), 210

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Grable, Betty, 144 Gray, Pete, 168–169 Greenberg, Hank, 168 Griffis, Stanton, 117 Groves, Brig. Gen. Leslie R., 129, 207

Halsey, Adm. William F., 56 Hanson, Richard, 83 Hanson, Zelma, 83 Hardegen, Lt. Reinhardt, 26 Hart, Phillip, 46 Haupt, Herbert, 76, 77 Haw-Haw, Lord, 65–66 Hayworth, Rita, 144 Heinck, Heinrich, 76, 77 Hetzler, Anna, 115–116, 118 Higgins, Andrew, J., 123 Hill, George, 88 Himmler, Reichsfuehrer Heinrich, 37 Hirohito, Emperor, 143, 208, 210 Hitler, Führer Adolf, 12, 75, 121, 178 Hobby, Col. Oveta C., 62 Hodgkins, Dana, 173 Hodgkins, Harvard, 173 Holcomb, Gen. Thomas, 115 Hollywood Victory Committee, 33, 34 Hoover Dam, 122 Hoover, Director J. Edgar, 21, 22, 44–45 clash with OSS by, 49 Roosevelt murder plot probed by, 177 smuggling ring uncovered by, 119 wiping out subversives pledged by, 80 Hopkins, Harry, 177, 178 Hornet (carrier), 60–61 House Committee on Naval Affairs, 32 Houston Post, 62 Hoving, Walter, 160 Hubbard, Grace, 187 Hubbard, Maj. Ralph W., 187 Hubbell, Richard, 12, 13 Huffberg, Burton, 113–115 Hull, Secretary Cordell, 22

I-25 (Japanese submarine), 80, 100 Immigration Service, 138, 139 Ingram, Adm. Jonas, 175 Innsbruck (German submarine), 75 Inouye, Daniel, 45–47 Invasion from Mars (radio play), 6 Izac, Rep. Ed, 32 Johnson, Dorothy, 163 Joint Security Council, 148 Jones, Lt. Cmdr. Truman, 111 Jordan, Robert, 47 Joyce, William, 65 Juneau (warship), 109, 110, 112

Kaiser, Henry J., 122 Kaltenbach, Fred, 130, 131, 135 Kappe, Lt. Walter, 76, 77, 78 Kato, Masuo, 5 Kelikian, Dr. Hampar, 199 Kelly, Lt. Robert, 63 Kennedy, Lt. John F., 91, 196 Kennedy, Joseph P., 90–91 Kennedy, Joseph P., Jr., 91 Kerling, Edward, 76, 77 Kertess, Ferdinand A., 85 King, Adm. Ernest, 164 Klorfien, Junius, 108 Knox, Secretary Frank, 7–8, 32, 115 Koedel, Marie, 165–167 Koedel, Simon, 165–167 Koehler, Walter, 152 Koehne, Wilhelm, 57 Kostelanetz, Andre, 64 Krug, Lt. Hans, 55, 56 Kunze, Fritz, 57 Kusaba, Maj. Gen. Sueki, 201

Lady Bird (bomber), 163

La Guardia, Mayor Fiorello, 15–16, 195, 203

Lander, Pvt. Ted, 208

Lander, Viola, 208

Lee, Gypsy Rose, 126–127

Lehmitz, Ernest, 127–128

Leonid Krasin (Russian ship), 138, 139

LeRoy, Seaman Leon, 183–184

Life, 136

Lindbergh, Charles A., 6–7

Lippmann, Walter, 44

Lomakin, Yakov, 139

Lombard, Carole, 34–36

London Daily Mail, 131

Long, Breckenridge, 23, 24, 25

Los Angeles Times, 196

Lost Horizon (book), 61

Louis, Joe, 63

Love, Nancy H., 97–99
Love, Robert H., 97 Ludwig Gang, 36 Ludwig, Kurt F., 36–40 Lundeen, Sen. Ernest, 88 Lyon, Frederick, 204–205

MacArthur, Gen. Douglas, 62, 206 Magic (code for U.S. intercepts), 164, 206 Mallon, Paul, 13 Manhattan Project, 129 Maritime Commission, 27 Marshall, Gen. George C., 9, 61, 70, 164 disabling gas proposed by, 206–207 German scientists brought in by, 204 women in combat experimented by, 107–108 Mauna Loa (ship), 8 Mayant (warship), 183 Mayer, Helen, 39 McAfee, Lt. Cmdr. Mildred, 82–83 McCormick, Robert H., 153, 160–161 McGrath, Gov. J. Howard, 60 McIntire, Adm. Ross T., 163 McNary, Rep. Charles, 9 Mellett, Lowell, 92–93 Melton, James, 63 Miller, Glenn, 95–96 Miller Orchestra, 95–96 Missouri (warship), 210 Mitchell, Rev. Archie, 199–200 Mitchell, Elyse, 199–200 Morgan, Maj. Gen. Frederick, 151 Morgenthau, Secretary Henry, 19, 20, 44, 70 Morton, Sgt. Joe, 180 Mueller, Karl V., 39 Mueller, Merrill, 146 Muller, Henry L., 137 Muni, Paul, 64 Murrow, Edward R., 7 Mussolini, Benito, 12

National Broadcasting Company (NBC), 154

National Geographic, 134

National Maritime Union, 48

ND98 (FBI secret agent), 147, 148

Nelson, Donald, 121–122

Nesbitt, Henrietta, 20 Neubauer, Hermann, 76, 77 Newsweek, 170 New York PM, 13, 27 New York Sun, 147 New York Times, 16, 32, 36, 38, 171, 176 Nichols, Louis, 22 Nix, Seaman Maurice, 184 Nix, Ola, 184 Nomura, Adm. Kichisaburo, 22, 23–25 Normandie (ship), 27, 40, 41, 42 Nye, Sen. Gerald, 6, 7, 85

Oceanic Service Corporation, 41 Office of Civil Defense, 16 Office of Defense Transportation, 84 Office of Price Administration, 96 Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 49, 92, 117–118 Office of War Information, 92, 124, 135, 136 Oldfield, Capt. Barney, 126–127 Olson, Gov. Cuthbert, 16, 19 O’Neill, Lt. Roger W., 112 Operations Decision (Japanese homeland defense), 206 Firefly (fighting U.S. fires), 201–202 Fugo (Japanese balloon attacks), 200–201 Magpie (German spy infiltration), 172, 174 Overcast (importing German scientists), 205 Pastorius (German spy invasion), 75–80 Paukenschlag (German U-boat attacks), 26 Torch (invasion of North Africa), 103, 104, 105 Osborne, Lt. Mary, 146 Othmer, Waldemar, 27–28

Pagel, Hans, 39

Paley, William S., 154, 157–158

Parrish, Robert, 50–52

Parrott, Ursula, 108

Patton, Beatrice, 105

Patton, Gen. George S., 104–105, 146, 151, 178

Payson, Charles S., 85

Pearl Harbor, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 31

Pearson, Drew, 146, 147

Pelley, William D., 86

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Pershing, Gen. John J., 105 Picotte, Capt. Caryl L., 187 Picotte, Miriam, 187 Piontkowski, Rev. Clarence, 110 Pons, Lily, 63 Poynter, Nelson, 93 Presidio (army post), 18, 19 Prince, A. A., 186–187 Prince, Capt. Robert W., 186–187 Publicity (newspaper), 86 Purple Heart Parade, 202 Pyle, Ernie, 194

Queen Elizabeth (ship), 27, 65, 119 Queen Mary (ship), 27, 161 Quinault Victory (ship), 161 Quirin, Richard, 76, 77

Radio Berlin, 65 Radio Corporation of America, 20 Radio Tokyo, 208 Raff, Col. Edson D., 65–66 Rankin, Rep. Jeannette, 11 Ratner, Gov. Payne, 44 Rayburn, Speaker Sam, 10 Reagan, Ronald, 126, 162 Red Cross, 28 Reston, James B., 72 Reynolds, Quentin, 146 Reynolds, Sen. Robert R., 87 Rhodes, Mayor James, 159 Richardson, Sgt. Theodore, 187 Riley, Mike, 178 Robertson, William B., 137 Roosevelt, Eleanor, 7, 15, 16, 106–107, 192–193 Roosevelt, Col. Elliott, 183–186 Roosevelt, President Franklin D., 7, 10, 11, 12, 19–20 baseball playing approved by, 167 possible bombing of United States suggested by, 42 D Day prayer by, 159 dead GI media photos okayed by, 135 death of, 192–193 Drew Pearson assailed by, 147 housing designed by, 71 letter to Jane Froman by, 117 patriotic movies desired by, 92 production goals announced by, 121

reelection announcement by, 163 Tokyo raid announced by, 60

Roosevelt, Lt. Cmdr. Franklin D., Jr., 183

Roosevelt, Capt. James, 183

Roosevelt, Ensign John, 183

Rosie the Riveter, 124

Rumrich, Guenther, 139–141

Russell, Sen. Richard B., 143

Sacred Cow (airplane), 193

Samuel, Mayor Bernard, 159

Sanders, Lt. Cecil, 196

San Jacinto (carrier), 179

Sarnoff, David, 154

Saturday Evening Post, 146

Schlosser, Frederick E., 39

Schricker, Gov. Henry F., 34, 35

Schrier, Lt. Harold, 95

Schroeter, Horst von, 26

Schroetter, Carl H., 40

Schwarze Kapelle (German underground), 130

Scott, Edmund, 27

Scribner’s Commentator (newspaper), 84–85

Selective Service Act, 82

Senate Patents Committee, 75

Serapa Pinto (ship), 118

Sharp, Evelyn, 154–156

Shijo, Col. Kenkichi, 5

Shipley, Ruth, 92

Shirer, William L., 132, 133

Short, Lt. Gen. Walter C., 19

Simmons, James R., 60

Sinatra, Frank, 170–171

Sioux City Journal, 13

Small, Joseph, 162

Smith, Carlton, 72

Smith, Gerald L. K., 87

Smith, Rep. Margaret C., 32–33

Smith, Lt. Col. William, 203

Social Justice (magazine), 57

Sojourner Truth (housing project), 47

Somervell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B., 107

Spahn, Warren, 168

Stark, Adm. Harold, 9

Stephan, Max, 55, 56

Stewart, Douglas M., 85, 86

Stewart, Maj. Jimmy, 89–90

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 177

St. Petersburgh Times, 93

Stimson, Secretary Henry L., 45, 59, 62, 178, 185, 192 Truman told of A-bomb by, 192–193 Stone, Justice-Harlan F., 192 Stratton, Lt. Cmdr. Dorothy C., 83 Streeter, Maj. Ruth C., 115 Sullivan, Albert, 109, 110 Sullivan, Aleta, 108–112 Sullivan, Francis, 109, 110 Sullivan, Genevieve, 111 Sullivan, George, 109, 110 Sullivan, Joseph, 109, 110 Sullivan, Katherine, 111 Sullivan, Madison, 109, 110 Sullivan, Tom, 109–112 Swan, Tamara, 116

Tachibana, Cmdr. Hideki, 22 Taylor, Elizabeth, 126 Thiel, Werner, 76, 77 Thompson, John B., 160–161 Thomsen, Hans, 11 Thorson, Marjorie, 93 Tibbets, Col. Paul W., 163, 205–206, 207 Time, 131 Today’s Challenge (newspaper), 87 Togo, Minister Shinegori, 206 Tojo, Gen. Hideki, 43 Townsend, Ralph, 85 Transocean (German news agency), 157 Trenascosta, Frank, 40 Truman, Bess, 192, 208 Truman Committee, 74 Truman, Harry, 74, 165, 191, 192 dead Ernie Pyle praised by, 194 importing German scientists approved by, 203 mother brought to Washington by, 193–194 V-J Day proclaimed by, 207–208 Truman, Margaret, 192 Tully, Grace, 178 Tulsa Daily World, 13 Turner, Lana, 34 Tweed, Radioman George, 209

Underhill, Col. James. L., 94 United Service Organization (USO), 117

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