Friday, March 21, 2014

Smedley D. Butler, 1942-2014


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May 23, 1941, Brooklyn Eagle, Vanderbilt Leaves Million to Family; File Will of Contractor Named in Amen Probe,

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February 6, 1942, New York Times, 3 Launchings Set For Lincoln's Day; Philadelphia, Camden Yards Rush Building of Cruiser and Two Destroyers Beat Schedule by Months; New Record for Construction at Norfolk Navy Yard Made in Launching Destroyer,
It is more than six months ahead of schedule. The destroyer Butler, named for Major Gen. Smedley D. Butler, will be sponsored by Mrs. John Wehle of Lansdowne,
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February 12, 1942, Troy [NY] Times Record, page 12, No Medal for Mac Arthur — Now,

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February 12, 1942, Troy [NY] Times Record, page 12, Three New Warships,

...Camden more than six months ahead of schedule. The destroyer Butler, named for the late Major General Smedley D. Butler of the Marine Corps, and the destroyer Gherardi, named for ...
...one evening during the festive season; the men in D Hut gathered round a really raw-looking recruit and started ...
...can be boiled down: "At'a time like this, they'd do that"—with expletives appropriate to his glandular ...
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March 1, 1942, New York Times, Butler -- Grush
Butler attended Bradford Junior College and is now studying at the Chamberlain School in Boston. She is a niece of the late General Smedley Butler.
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July 28, 1943, New York Post, page 36, Cornelius Vanderbilt Writes: 'Never Look Back,' Benito Said (Of One Small Life) – And Now?,

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August 1, 1943, Waco Tribune-Herald (TX) Page 3, Mussolini Brittle, Pretentious; Left Too Much to Force, by Drew Pearson,

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October 7, 1943, New York Post, page 32, Cornelius Vanderbilt Writes,

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August 6, 1944, New York Times, Harbord Recalls the Brest of 1918; General Remembers Muddy Port Teeming With Yanks, the Songs and Cheers,
Smedley D. Butler of the United States Marine Corps, had the task of trying to make the Pontanezen Barracks area habitable. He had to devise a system for ...
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March 19, 1945, New York Evening Post, Hitler, the War Lost Enjoys Horror FilmNew York NY Evening Post 1945 Grayscale - 2201.pdf...Chief Himmler and were accom- panied by a message from Benito Mussolini. The contents of the messages are stated to be known ......Ribbentrop learning of them. There were obvious difficulties, since Mussolini in northern Italy is cut off from direct communication ......infantile paralysis, and the widow of his son Bruno. Mussolini is fearful lest the cape. criminals. It is understood that ......bunker July 20, but in a wooden shed to show Mussolini and visiting high Italians he was not afraid of air ......Quiz—Wells Carr Radio Screen Hews—Irene Thlrer Thompson, Dorothy Vanderbilt, Cornelius Minn What Do You Thin .
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April 10, 1945, New York Times, Obituaries, Marine Officer in Three Wars; Counsel for Gen. Butler; Republican Committeeman Joined Marines in 1898; Defended General Butler,
He was the defense counsel at the court-martial of Gen. Smedley D. Butler in 1931, when the latter was tried for having asserted in a speech in Philadelphia that ...
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May 2, 1945, New York Post, Edgar Mowrer On World Affairs,

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July 17, 1945, New York Post, page 24, Vanderbilt Writes,

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November 3, 1945, New York Times, Charles Yahn; Philadelphia Teacher Arranged for Lectures by Celebrities,
All came without charge. They included the late Gen. Smedley D. Butler; former President Hoover. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, Ann Sheridan, Dr. Albert Einstein.
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November 27, 1945, New York Times, Vanderbilt Estate Valued at $930,365,
Brig. Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt, who died March 1, 1942, left a net estate of $930,365, according to an appraisal filed yesterday by Deputy State Tax Commissioner Charles W. Ferry.
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January 25, 1947, Buffalo Courier-Express, page 5, Socialites' Island Haven Fire-Swept,

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March 26, 1947, The Morning Herald [Gloversville, NY] page 7, Young Men Going Places with New York Central,

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March 26, 1947, The Morning Herald [Gloversville, NY] page 7, 'Mussolini Died a Coward, Shaking with Terror', Executioner Says, by George Bria,
...biggest known stockholder, with 315,400 shares. Harold S. Vanderbilt, chairman of Central's board, owns about 60,000 shares.. Of Vanderbilt, Young said in an interview: "In this business, he's ...
...ing words to the board chairman's great grandfather, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, who put together the Central system as it ......The Central fought him off until one mid-Winter Vanderbilt suddenly broke the link between his lines and the ......anything to interfere with me when I'm playing whist" Vanderbilt then began to indulge his dream of stretching a ......Into the Erie Railroad and Jay Gould and Jim; Fisk. Vanderbilt tried desperately to buy control of the Brie. It was ......of more Erie stock. Flak and Gould printed more, anyway. Vanderbilt got a court order for their arrest. Fisk and Gould ...
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November 22, 1947, New York Times, James Davis, 74, Former Senator; Secretary of Labor for Three Presidents Dies; A Leader in Loyal Order of Moose,
Smedley D. Butler for the nomination. Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania denounced Senator Davis during the campaign. In the Senate and in public ...

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April 9, 1949, New York Times, James Wolfenden, in Congress 18 Years
Smedley D. Butler., With the support of the powerful organization headed by former State Senator John J. mcclure, he won re-election every two years until 1946 ...
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June 4, 1950, The Sunday Press [Binghamton, NY] page 44-B, Mussolini's Bed Is 'Gay Touch' at Reception for Press Woman, by Elsie Morrow,

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June 25, 1950, New York Times, Obituaries, Miss Darlington, Lawyer, Dies at 85; Ex-dead of Chester County, Pa., Bar, Wellesley Alumna '86--Aunt of Smedley Butler,
Smedley Darlington Butler, noted Marine Corps officer and. a former Philadelphia Director of Public Safety. Miss Darlington was active in county Republican ...
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May 3, 1951, News-Journal (Mansfield, Ohio) page 14, Data On Chiang Kept Secret, by Drew Pearson,

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September 21, 1952, New York Times, Quantico Cheers Stevenson Salute; Governor Drops His Role as Campaigner to Pin Marine Lieutenant's Bars on Son,
...parents and sweethearts who watched the ceremonies in Butler Stadium, named for and built and the direction of General Smedley. Butler. But he already had ..
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January 11, 1953, New York Times, A New Life By the Sea; Lady on the Beach. by Norah Berg "with Charles Samuels, by Richard L. Neuberger, 251 pp. New York: Prentice-Hall $3,
She finally decides that this is the result of his unrequited nostalgia for the Marine Corps and bygone Gen. Smedley Butler. But gradually "Old Barge" acquires ..
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March 21, 1953, New York Times, V. F. Kehdrick, 78, of Shrine is Dead; Former Philadelphia Mayor Took Lead in Building 17 Hospitals for Crippled,
Smedley D. Butler, USMC, as Director of Public Safety provided one of its most colorful public servants to the city. General Butler, a two-time winner of the Medal ...
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May 18, 1953, New York Times, Marines to Get Hero's Sword
hero s sword given to the late Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler in 1901 will be presented to the Marine Corps as a keepsake Friday by his widow. It was a gift to him ...
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November 11, 1954, New York Times, Homage to the Marines; Bronze Memorial Pays Tribute to Corps' Common Virtue, Its 'Uncommon Valor', by Hanson W. Baldwin,
the Dominican Campaign and World War I; Smedley Butler, the tough "Fighting Quaker" who held two Medals of Honor and universal respect ...
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May 15, 1957, The Salina Journal (Kansas) page 4, Inside The Missile Feud,

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June 30, 1957, New York Times, Giacomo de Martino, Diplomat, Is Dead; Served as Italian Envoy to U.S. 1925-32,
Smedley Butler, usmc, had, made a speech attacking the dictator personally. Signor' de Martino's protest brought a note of apology from then Secretary of State ...
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April 6, 1958, [Buffalo Courier Express] The American Weekly, Ink In My Veins, by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.

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December 3, 1960, Weekly People, page 2, The du Ponts and Paytriotism,

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December 3, 1960, Weekly People, page 2, Big Capital Reaps War Profits, by A. Dutton,

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November 15, 1961, New York Times, Foreign Affairs; What Happened When the C.I.A. Won, by C.L. Sulzberger, GUATEMALA CITY, Nov. 14 -- The C.I.A. has come to be regarded as the physical agent of United States Latin-American policy when that policy is expressed by force. In cruder days this role was reserved for the Marine Corps whose Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler confided in his memoirs: "I helped make Mexico, and especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914.
Smedley Butler confided in his memoirs: "I helped make Mexico, and especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a ...

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December 2, 1961, New York Times, Central America's Republics, by Howard E. Jensen,
Smedley Butler's statement that "I helped rape a Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street." This was a remarkable feat in view of the fact that there ...
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December 10, 1961, New York Times Book Review, Dictator's Downfall; Mussolini’s Enemies: The Italian Anti-Fascist Resistance, of Charles F. Detzell, by Denis Mack Smith,

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March 31, 1962, New York Times, Foreign Affairs; Algeria Seen Through the Looking Glass, by C. L. Sulzberger,
Smedley Butler and of the need for a new man on a white horse "in the grand old tradition of George Washington." This is the fable. Take it on from there.
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June 16, 1962, New York Times, Mrs. Smedley Butler,
PHILADELPHIA, June 15--Mrs. Ethel C. Peters Butler, widow of Maj. Gen. Smedley Darlington Butler, died today at her home in suburban Newtown Square.
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September 10, 1963, New York Times, Peter Abrams Dead; Aide in Philadelphia;
Smedley D. Butler of the Marine Corps, Mr. Abrams invented and patented an infantry fire control device that was presented to the Army. An authority on urban ...
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May 3, 1964, New York Times Book Review, The Man and the Corps Were Always Ready; Once a Marine. The Memoirs of Gen. A.A. Vandegrift, U.S.M.C. As Told to Robert B. Asprey, by John Toland, Illustrated. 338 pp. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. $6.95
Soon after this he served in, helped put down several revolts in Nicaragua under the flamboyant Smedley D. Butler and won two medals in Haiti "protecting ..
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May 19, 1965, New York Times, Foreign Affairs: Caribbean Paving Stones, by C.L. Sulzberger,
Smedley Butler came to realize, an American marine is as popular south of the Rio Grande as a cat in an aquarium. Psychologically at least, the momentum of the ...
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December 31, 1965, New York Times, A Pius Role in Plot On Hitler Reported, by Lawrence E. Davies,

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May 28, 1966, Weekly People, page 1, President Johnson at Princeton: Capitalist Interests, Not Ideals, Dictate U.S. Use of Power,

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June 16, 1966, New York Times, Obituary, Dantes Bellegarde Dies in Haiti; Ex-Envoy to US and UN, 89
Smedley D. Butler of the Marine Corps for capturing Fort Rieviere in Haiti in 1915. ' But he quickly denied that he had intended his remarks to be . a slur on the ...
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May 14, 1967, New York Times, Manchester Boddy Dies at 75; Former Los Angeles Publisher; Revived Failing Paper Explained Success Sold Encyclopedias,
PASADENA, Calif., May 13 (AP)--Manchester Boddy, former publisher, died yesterday of congestive heart failure in Huntington Memorial Hospital. He was 75 years old.

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September 24, 1967, The New York Times Book Review, Sound the Alarm, by Gerald W. Johnson,
Smedley D. Butler dictator of the United States seems pretty farfetched. Yet it is of record that the general violently repudiated any such scheme, indicating that ...
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January 23, 1972, New York Times, Book Review, America's Empire; By Claude Julien. 442 pp. New York: Pantheon, by Peter Passell,
As United States Marine General Smedley D. Butler bragged in days long before Richard Nixon: "I helped make Mexico safe for American oil interests in 1914.
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July 8, 1974, New York Times, Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., Newsman, Author, Dead; Broke Family Tradition Became a Reporter Very Difficult Time,
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., author and former newspaperman, died here today at his home. He was 76 years old. Mr. Vanderbilt was married Seven times. He is survived by his widow, Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr.

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December 15, 1974, New York Times, Book Review, Du Pont; Behind the Nylon Curtain. by Gerard Colby Zilg, by Robert Sherrill,
The plotters, according to Zilg, approached Gen. Smedley Butler, a former commandant of the Marine Corps and a very popular public figure, with the suggestion ...
Illustrated. 623 pp. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, $12.95,
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November 30, 1975, New York Times, Author's Query
For a biography of Smedley D. Butler, Maj. Gen., usmc (1881-1940), I would appreciate personal recollections, letters and other relevant materials.
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Summer, 1976, California Historical Quarterly, Vol. 55, No. 2,, "Penny Papers": The Vanderbilt Newspaper Crusade, by Alan Hensher, pp. 162-169 [University of California Press]
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December 21, 1981, New York Times, DAILY NEWS SOLD IN LOS ANGELES; Morning Tabloid Taken ...
The' newspaper, a six-column, large-size tabloid, had a circulation of 195000. ...The Daily News was founded in 1923 by Cornelius Vanderbilt r Jr. as a unit of ...
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September 22, 1985, New York Times, Week in Review, Philadelphia Takes On Its Cops On the Take, by Lindsey Grusin,
In 1924, at the request of state officials, Washington dispatched General Smedley D. Butler to help clean up the department and, while he was ..
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November 30, 1986, New York Times, Hasenfus Stirs Nicaraguan Memories of '09, by Stephen Kinzer,
Smedley D. Butler protected the Bluefields plotters. Today's rebels, known as contras, are not under American military protection, but their ...
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January 21,1987, Ballston Spa [NY] Debra R. Nimmo,
daughter of Edgar H. and Alice E. Carter of Hutchins Road, Ballston Spa, recently reported for duty at Marine Corps Base, Camp Smedley D Butler on Okinawa.
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September 10, 1987, New York Times, Opinion, 'I Might Have Given Al Capone a Few Hints',
This bit of imperialist apology is bad enough, but to conclude that a "disenchanted Smedley Butler" after retiring from the Marines had ...
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February 19, 1989, New York Times, Sandino, Somoza and Old Gimlet Eye, by David Haward Bain,
Smedley D. Butler, ''Old Gimlet Eye,'' controversial hero of a hundred United States engagements around the world, now close to retirement ...
David Haward Bain is the author of ''Sitting in Darkness: Americans in the Philippines'' and other works about American foreign policy. He teaches creative writing at Middlebury College.
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June 27, 1994, The American Almanac, Franklin Delano Roosevelt vs. the Banks: Morgan's Fascist Plot, and How It Was Defeated, Part I, by L. Wolfe,
July 4, 1994, The American Almanac, Franklin Delano Roosevelt vs. the Banks: Morgan's Fascist Plot, and How It Was Defeated, Part II, by L. Wolfe,
July 11, 1994, The American Almanac, Franklin Delano Roosevelt vs. the Banks: Morgan's Fascist Plot, and How It Was Defeated, Part III, by L. Wolfe,
July 25, 1994, The American Almanac, Franklin Delano Roosevelt vs. the Banks: Morgan's Fascist Plot, and How It Was Defeated, Part IV, by L. Wolfe, [Blog]
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March 17, 2009, New York Times, Sounds of Peace, Sometimes Drowned Out by the Din of War, by Steve Smith,
Smedley Butler, in which he characterized his heroic service as having served capitalist plunder, while playing brittle, often sardonic music that ...
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August 4, 2009, New York Times, Opinion, Fight in August, by Eric Etheridge,
Invited the Hero of the Bonus Marchers, Major General Smedley Butler, to lead his men with their unemployed immigrant union workers with their ...
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November 21, 2009 - International Herald Tribune, 100, 75, 50 Years Ago
WASHINGTON Major General Smedley D. Butler, U.S.M.C., retired, caused a sensation here today [Nov. 20] by testifying before the House ...
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November 24, 2010, New York Times, Creator of Salon Turns World War II Into 'Pulp History', by Patricia Cohen,
The cover, drawn in bold colors, depicts Butler with a gun in one hand ...Smedley Butler fought in wars around the globe, battled Chicago's ...
Print Headline: "Selling History With '50s Pulp Pow and Punch"
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February 27, 2014, New York Times - Reuters, British Man Charged With Hacking Fed Computers
Prosecutors said Mr. Love boasted about his activity in a chatroom under names such as “peace” and "Smedley Butler," once saying he ...
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