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“National Broadcasting Company,” July 17, 1935, S7, FBI FOIA 62-21526-200 (Cooper); Fox, “The Birth of the FBI’s Technical Laboratory,” https://www.fbi.gov/history/history-publications-reports/the-birth-of-the-fbis-technical-laboratory1924-to-1935; Theoharis et al., FBI: Comprehensive Reference Guide, 250–1.
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“Hoover Battles Crime,” WT, June 13, 1935, B11, JEHS; Milne, “Boss of G-Men,” Boston Sunday Post, June 9, 1935, B11, JEHS; Alexander, “The Director,” New Yorker, September 25, 1937, B45, JEHS; Kipling, “If,” F22, B2, NLEM.
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F65, B1, NARA-P; “Where Is Thy Sting?” Indianapolis Times, January 17, 1935, B8, JEHS; Milne, “Boss of G-Men”; “Federal Crime Museum,” Pittsburgh Press, June 4, 1935, B10, JEHS; “Hoover Battles Crime.”
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Potter, War on Crime, 170; Theoharis et al., FBI: Comprehensive Reference Guide, 14.
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“Seal & Motto,” FBI, https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/seal-motto.
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Collier, “It’s F.B.I. Now,” WS, June 28, 1935, B11, JEHS; Tolson, “Memorandum for the Director,” November 5, 1934, S3, FBI FOIA 62-21526 (Cooper); Cooper to Hoover, December 24, 1934, S4, FBI FOIA 62-21526 (Cooper).
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Tolson, “Memorandum for the Director,” December 11, 1934, S3, FBI FOIA 62-21526 (Cooper); Hoover, “Memorandum for Mr. Tolson,” November 2, 1934, S3, FBI FOIA 62-21526 (Cooper).
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Cooper to Tolson, January 8, 1935, S4, FBI FOIA 62-21526 (Cooper); Lester, “Memorandum for Mr. Tolson,” January 10, 1935, S4, FBI FOIA 62-21526 (Cooper); Tolson, “Memorandum for the Director,” January 11, 1935, S4, FBI FOIA 62-21526 (Cooper).
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G. G. G., “10,000 Public Enemies,” WP, March 10, 1935, B9, JEHS; Driscoll, “Cream of the United States, NYHT Books, March 3, 1935, B9, JEHS; Duffus, “Government’s War on Crime,” NYT Book Review, March 3, 1935, S6, FBI FOIA 62-21526 (Cooper).
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Cooper, Ten Thousand Public Enemies, 5, 27.
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Byrnes, “Long Shots and Close-Ups,” Bulletin, April 5, 1935, B9, JEHS; Powers, G-Men, 66.
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Powers, G-Men, 53; “Entertainment for Impending Week,” WP, May 9, 1935, B10, JEHS.
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G-Men, directed by William Keighley (Burbank, CA: Warner Bros. Pictures, 1935); Powers, G-Men, 51–64.
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Martin, Hollywood’s Movie Commandments, 134; Powers, G-Men, 53.
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Clegg OH; Powers, Secrecy and Power, 200–1; Broun, “It Seems to Me,” WDN, May 22, 1935, B10, JEHS.
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“National Broadcasting Company,” July 17, 1935, S7, FBI FOIA 62-21526-200 (Cooper). On Hoover’s early public relations initiatives, see especially Powers, Secrecy and Power, 202–7; Cecil, Branding Hoover’s FBI, 27-72; Powers, G-Men, 3-187.
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JEH APP (1937), 78; Hoover to Ford, October 30, 1936, film poster: “You can’t get away with it,” F65-HM-2, B5, NARA-P.
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Theoharis et al., FBI: Comprehensive Reference Guide, 229.
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Chapter 17: Right-Hand Man (1935–1936)
Purvis and Tresniowski, Vendetta, 260; Hoover to Purvis, November 14, 1934, F3, B1, MHP. For correspondence about the film, see October 26–30, 1934, FBI FOIA 80-84 (Purvis).
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Hoover to Purvis, January 2, 1935, F3, B1, MHP; Hoover, “Memorandum,” November 23, 1934, S3, FBI FOIA 67-7489 (Purvis); Egan, “Memorandum for the Director,” December 6, 1934, S3, FBI FOIA 67-7489 (Purvis); Tolson, “Memorandum for the Director,” March 8, 1935, S3, FBI FOIA 67-7489 (Purvis); Hoover to Purvis, March 9, 1935, S3, FBI FOIA 67-7489 (Purvis)
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Hoover, “Memorandum for Mr. Tolson,” April 4, 1935, S3, FBI FOIA 67-7489 (Purvis); Purvis and Tresniowski, Vendetta, 273; Hoover, “Memorandum,” July 10, 1935, S3, FBI FOIA 67-7489-375 (Purvis); “Purvis Quits Post,” NYS, July 12, 1935, B12, JEHS.
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Hoover, “Memorandum for Mr. Sornborger,” December 13, 1929, S1, FBI NARA 67-9524-90 (Tolson); Hoover, “Memorandum for Mr. Gardner,” October 2, 1930, S1, FBI NARA 67-9524-120 (Tolson); “Distinguished Men Play on Summit,” untitled (Uniontown, PA), July 26, 1930, B2, JEHS; PB85, NLEM.
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Winchell, “Double G-Men,” NYM, September 26, 1935, B14, JEHS; Winchell, “On Broadway,” WH, December 7, 1935, B16, JEHS; interview, Anita Colby, S-JEHC; Summers, Official and Confidential, 84; Gabler, Winchell, 265.
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Theoharis et al., FBI: Comprehensive Reference Guide, 357; Burrough, Public Enemies, 54; Unger, Union Station Massacre, 79.
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Clegg OH; Purvis and Tresniowski, Vendetta, 134; Tolson, “Memorandum for the Director,” March 8, 1935, S3, FBI FOIA 67-10595-165 (Purvis).
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Hoover, “Memorandum for Mr. Tolson,” November 8, 1934, S2, FBI NARA 67-9524 (Tolson).
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Hoover to Tolson, November 10, 1932, S2, FBI NARA 67-9524-157 (Tolson). For early examples, see Tolson to Cooper, May 22, 1933, S1, FBI FOIA 62-21526-14 (Cooper); Tolson, “Memorandum for the Director,” May 29, 1933, S1, FBI FOIA 62-21526-17 (Cooper); Cooper to Tolson, ca. July 20, 1935, FBI FOIA 62-21526-207 (Cooper); Hoover to Cooper, July 20, 1935, S7, FBI FOIA 62-21526 (Cooper); Cooper to Hoover, ca. September 1934, S3, FBI FOIA 62-21526-84 (Cooper).
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“Certificate of Medication Examination,” September 1934, FBI FOIA 67-46399-15 (Hottel); PB2, NLEM.
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CT (1923), 98; CT (1924), 135, 145; CT (1925), 133, 227; CT (1926), 177; “Great ‘Pep’ Rally Planned,” Hatchet, November 25, 1924; “GWU Takes First Game,” Hatchet, September 30, 1924; “Annual Hop,” Hatchet, December 2, 1924; “Hottel Re-Elected,” Hatchet, December 23, 1924; “Gate and Key,” Hatchet, April 21, 1925; CT (1925), 227; Roberts, “Guy Lewellyn Hottel,” September 20, 1934, FBI 67-46399-7 (Hottel); interview, Guy Hottel, S-JEHC.
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Roberts, “Guy Lewellyn Hottel”; Tolson to Glavin, September 16, 1934, FBI FOIA 67-46399 (Hottel).
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Quinn, “Memorandum for Mr. Tolson,” March 9, 1935, FBI FOIA 67-46399-30 (Hottel); Hoover to Hottel, March 16, 1935, FBI FOIA 67-46399-28 (Hottel); Hoover, “Memorandum for Mr. Sornborger,” May 16, 1935, FBI FOIA 67-46399-34 (Hottel); Tolson, “Guy L. Hottel,” April 24, 1935, FBI FOIA 67-46399-35 (Hottel); Tolson, “Memorandum for the Director,” July 26, 1935, FBI FOIA 67-46399-41 (Hottel); Tolson, “Memorandum for the Director,” August 24, 1935, FBI FOIA 67-46399-41 (Hottel); Tolson, “Guy Hottel,” October 26, 1935, FBI FOIA 67-46399-47 (Hottel); Keith to Hoover, September 3, 1935, FBI FOIA 67-46399-43 (Hottel).
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Interview, Guy Hottel, S-JEHC; Summers, Official and Confidential, 81–3; Hoover, “Memorandum for Mr. Tolson,” April 19, 1936, FBI FOIA 67-46399-87 (Hottel); Clegg, “Memorandum for the Director,” July 22, 1936, FBI FOIA 67-46399-98 (Hottel); Tolson, “Memorandum for the Director,” July 28, 1936, FBI FOIA 67-46399-99 (Hottel); Tolson, “Memorandum for the Director,” August 11, 1936, FBI FOIA 67-46399-101 (Hottel); Hottel to Hoover, May 20, 1937, FBI FOIA 67-46399-128 (Hottel).
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Powers, Secrecy and Power, 205.
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Untitled, WH, January 28, 1935, B8, JEHS. For examples, see F125, B2, NARA-P; F162, B3, NARA-P.
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“The Cochrane Eye,” Detroit Free Press, September 12, 1935, B14, JEHS; F125, B2, NARA-P; F162, B3, NARA-P; Hoover, “Memorandum for Mr. Tolson,” June 8, 1935, S2, FBI NARA 61-9524-192 (Tolson); “First Lady Tours,” Indianapolis Star, April 19, 1936, B21, JEHS.
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Interview of Charles E. Kleinkauf, FBI OH; “ ‘Public Enemies’; See Hoover,” WS, December 4, 1935, B16, JEHS; F227-228, B4, NARA-P; “Capital’s Star Parade,” WP, October 28, 1939, B71, JEHS; F43, B1, NARA-P; “Furr Confident of Winning,” WP, July 22, 1936, B29, JEHS; “Head ‘G’ Man Greets Shrine Head,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 11, 1935, B11, JEHS; F38, B1, NARA-P.
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“Hoover Assails Crime Aides,” WT, January 18, 1935, B8, JEHS; “Meet ‘Doctor’ Hoover,” June 11, 1935, S2, FBI NARA 67-561-58 (Hoover); “The Cover,” KAJ, May 1935, B10, JEHS; “Bullet Proof Limousine,” Buffalo Courier-Express, May 23, 1935, B10, JEHS.
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“Edgar Hoover and Harry Hopkins,” Hartford Times, April 24, 1936, B21, JEHS; Essary, “Now,” WT, July 24, 1935, B12, JEHS; “Capital Stuff,” NYDN, May 7, 1935, B10, JEHS; “John Edgar Hoover,” Time, August 5, 1935, B13, JEHS.
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F5, B1, NARA-P; “Men Watch a Fight,” BG, August 19, 1936, B30, JEHS; “Relaxing after Kidnap Victory,” Post Gazette, June 14, 1935, B11, JEHS; Lyons, “Corpses Derelicti,” Broadway Gazette, September 28, 1935, B14, JEHS; F99, B2, NARA-P; “Washington Wayside,” WS, June 6, 1935, B10, JEHS.
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F98, B2, NARA-P; F240, B4, NARA-P.
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Gabler, Winchell, 199; Frank to Hoover, September 7, 1934, S2, FBI V 62-31615-12 (Winchell). Also see Stuart, Secret Life of Walter Winchell; Weiner, Let’s Go to Press; Stowe, “The Politics of Café Society.”
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Winchell, “On Broadway,” WH, March 22, 1935, B9, JEHS; Hoover to Dunn, May 28, 1934, S2, FBI V 62-31615-3 (Winchell); Sackett to Hoover, June 5, 1934, S2, FBI V 62-31615-4 (Winchell); Tracy to Hoover, September 17, 1935, S2, FBI V 62-31615-28 (Winchell).
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Gabler, Winchell, 186–90, 262–7; Blumenthal, Stork Club.
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Gabler, Winchell, 188; “Champ and Head G-Man Greet New Year,” WS, January 1, 1936, B17, JEHS; F182, B3, NARA-P.
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Winchell, “On Broadway,” NYM, September 26, 1935, B14, JEHS; Lyons, “The Lyons Den,” NYP, January 8, 1936, B14, JEHS; Beebe, Stork Club Bar Book, 110.
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Winchell, “On Broadway,” NYM, September 26, 1935; Winchell, “On Broadway,” WH, August 7, 1935, B13, JEHS.
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Winchell to Hoover, August 1935, S3, FBI FOIA 67-7489 (Purvis); Summers, Official and Confidential, 85–6.
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Chauncey, Gay New York, 313–42; Blumenthal, Stork Club, 137–8, 146; Summers, Official and Confidential, 84.
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Winchell to Hoover, February 9, 1936, S2, FBI V 62-31615 (Winchell); “Chief G-Man in Florida,” Birmingham News, February 18, 1936, B18, JEHS; “J. Edgar Hoover Views Races,” MH, February 18, 1936, B18, JEHS; Roman, “Angler’s Notes,” Miami Tribune, February 22, 1936, B18, JEHS; PB62, 63, NLEM; interview, Guy Hottel, S-JEHC.
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. PB51, PB61, PB62, PB2, PB57, NLEM.
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Theoharis et al., FBI: Comprehensive Reference Guide, 357.
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Chapter 18: Sob Sisters and Convict Lovers (1935–1938)
Hoover, “The Influence of Crime on the American Home,” American Railway Journal, 1936, B17, JEHS.
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“Ripley Leads as Boys’ Idol,” WH, April 5, 1936, B20, JEHS.
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Friedman, Crime and Punishment, 161–2.
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Hoover to Cooper, December 21, 1934, S3, FBI FOIA 62-21526 (Cooper); Milne, “Boss of G-Men Tells How They Do It,” Boston Sunday Post, June 9, 1935, B11, JEHS.
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“Washington Wayside,” WS, July 17, 1935, B12, JEHS; “Hoover Enlarges ‘Enemy’ List,” NYS, July 9, 1935, B11, JEHS.
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Hill, “Human Side of the News,” Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, July 23, 1935, B12, JEHS; Cribbins, “J. Edgar Hoover,” New World Sun, August 3, 1935, B13, JEHS.
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“Lawes Assails Hoover Views,” NYWT, July 10, 1935, B11, JEHS; “Lawes Finds Views of Hoover Cruel,” NYT, July 11, 1935, B12, JEHS.
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“Hoover, Chief G-Man,” Detroit News, July 10, 1935, B11, JEHS.
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JEH APP (1937), 87; “President Favors ‘Crime School,’ ” WT, February 11, 1935, B8, JEHS.
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JEH APP (1937), 86–8; Haakinson, “ ‘G-Men’s University’ Opened,” Lincoln Star, June 23, 1935, B11, JEHS; Theoharis and Cox, Boss, 130.
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“America’s Youth Problem,” Ohio American Legion News, October 14, 1937, B46, JEHS.
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“J. E. Hoover Strikes Back,” Detroit News, November 9, 1937, B48, JEHS; “Print Law Need Seen,” LAT, June 28, 1936, B27, JEHS; Myers, “Crime and Relaxed Home,” Central Press Association, June 25, 1936, B27, JEHS; Hoover, “Crime and Your Home,” This Week, February 6, 1938, B52, JEHS.
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Routh, “G-Man J. Edgar Hoover,” Baptist Student, October 1938, B63, JEHS; “Religion in a Troubled World,” Religious Digest, June 1938, B57, JEHS.
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“FBI Pledge,” January 12, 1938, S2, FBI FOIA 67-883-244 (Nathan); “FBI Pledge,” February 2, 1938, S2, FBI FOIA 67-39021-230 (Nichols); “FBI Pledge,” February 8, 1938, S1, FBI FOIA 67-61295-75 (Smith).
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“Chief of America’s Heroic G-Men,” Shelby Sentinel, June 12, 1936, B27, JEHS.
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Myers, “Crime and Relaxed Home,” Central Press Association, June 25, 1936, B27, JEHS; “Asks Kiwanis to Join Crime War,” Newark Evening News, June 24, 1936, B27, JEHS; “Federal Agent Paints Dark Picture,” Greensboro Daily News, April 24, 1936, B21, JEHS; “Boss of G-Men Guest,” Detroit Times, June 19, 1936, B27, JEHS; “J. Edgar Hoover Hits Politicians,” NYWT, September 19, 1936, B32, JEHS; “J. Edgar Hoover Expounded,” Kansas City Journal-Post, September 22, 1936, B32, JEHS; “Head G-Man Lays Youthful Crimes,” Philadelphia Record, May 31, 1936, B25, JEHS; “Hoover Tells Folly,” CT, June 23, 1936, B27, JEHS; “Text of Address,” Megaphone, May 28, 1936, B25, JEHS; Connor, “G-Men Taking Up Oratory,” Chicago Daily News, January 29, 1936, B17, JEHS; Hoover, “Memorandum for Mr. William Stanley,” June 6, 1934, S1, FBI FOIA 67-39021-9 (Nichols); Tolson, “Memorandum for the Director,” October 25, 1935, S1, FBI FOIA 67-39021 (Nichols); “Certificate of Medical Examination” (Nichols), S1, FBI FOIA 67-39012 (Nichols); Hall, “Louis B. Nichols,” June 13, 1934, S1, FBI FOIA 67-39021 (Nichols); Clegg, “Memorandum for the Director,” November 5, 1935, S1, FBI FOIA 67-39012-56 (Nichols); Untitled, July 7, 1936, S1, FBI FOIA 67-30921-82 (Nichols); Hoover, “Memorandum for Mr. Tolson,” July 15, 1396, S1, FBI FOIA 67-39021-84 (Nichols).
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“Asks Kiwanis to Join,” Evening News, June 24, 1936, B27, JEHS; Hoover, “Law Enforcement and the Citizen,” Police and Peace Officers’ Journal, February 1935, B8, JEHS; “G-Man Hoover Urges Revival,” Memphis Press-Scimitar, May 29, 1936, B25, JEHS.
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