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Melvin Purvis — Part 1

103 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Jul 22, 1934 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Melvin Purvis · 102 pages OCR'd
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eS a ™ ood An amendment to paragraph 35 of the complaint ment toned Arthur Zent as a person with whom Fredric March; movie actor, , corresponded relative to communistic acttuitties. phe amendment alao % mentioned Melvin Purvis, "r-Dept. of Justice Man", as a correspondent of March. (p1471) Addittonal information. oo 339-915-619 p.1764 eo (12) anon Sadat i SI 61-7559-2078 (Addtttonal 3 (13j)— In format ton) 2 SI 61-7559-2151 t (13) In a memorandum to the Director dated 3/3/36, it was stated that the Bell Publishing Company, NIC, wanted to present the first medal award to be given each month to persons outstanding tn law enforcement work, to the Director. Because of the possibility of setting an embarrassing precedent tf the Director accepted, the invitation was declined. Mr. Peterson of the above menttoned Companys stated that the first award could be given to Melvin Purvis, but preferred to make the award to the Director. It was explained to Mr. Peterson that Furvis was a private citizen end could do almost ee le A embaa + a & anything he wanted to do in the way of accepting awards. = 2. 62-39245~5 a Changed to a 94 -9-4-228 o (16) _-- sal RES A On 3/3/36, questioned by the Chicago represented s being employed in tnuestigative rk for the government. also stated he had advised several indtviduals that he was a 7 alt [ Jriend of Melvin Purvis. 47-10165-11 (12) ~ a
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